Let me get this straight:
In a state where property taxes are through the roof, gas prices are heading back that way, traffic is a fucking nightmare and its two biggest cities are chock full of murderes, rapists and battered children, a U.S. Senator is worried about a shitty football game not being on TV.
Yes, Jerseyans, that is what's going on here.
In case you missed it, Sen. Frank Lautenberg has written a letter to the head of the NFL Network pleading him to get the highly anticipated Houston Bowl on free TV. He's used phrases like "we will fight this" and "not gonna stand for this" when it comes to this tremendous injustice.
If you're not one of the thousand or so people who really care about Rutgers football, the Knights' clash with mighty Kansas State is scheduled to be shown exclusively on the NFL Network. And unless you have Comcast Digital Cable or a satellite dish, you will be watching Rutgers and North Carolina on the hardwood on 12/28 instead of what some are calling the other BCS Title game from Reliant Stadium.
Does that suck? It certainly does. It is annoying? Absolutely. Is it a reason for U.S. Senator to get involved? Absolutely not. Anyone who followed the YES Network's dispute with Cablevision in NYC knows a U.S. Senator and a few put off RU fans are not going to make the a-holes at the NFL Network and the Cable Companies give in. There's too much money at stake and they don't give a shit about the fans.
As for Lautenberg, it's a great grandstanding move, but c'mon dude, get real. Yes, RU fever is running rampant like E.Coli these days, but in all honestly, how many people are really looking forward to this game. Had it been last year's Insight.com bowl, I could see his point. Rutgers hadn't played in a bowl game in decades and it was a big deal. To me, the Houston Bowl is a shitty consolation prize. A week ago, Rutgers was minutes away from playing in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day and now they are heading for The Houston Bowl. Whoop de damn do. It would be comparable to the Jets missing the playoffs on the last day of the season and then playing the Arizona Cardinals 5 weeks later.
Please, Senator Lautenberg, focus your efforts on shit that matters to everyone in the state. Instead of typing up a letter to a station that thinks Bryant Gumbel is talented, pay a visit to Newark or Camden or talk to some single parent working two jobs just so they pay their property taxes and put gas in their tank so they can get to their minimum wage job.
P.S. - The Pendleton Household does get the NFL Network and will charging RU fans just $5 a head to see the game. Beer will be extra.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
ROTO-SCHILLING
Ok, I know it's been a while, what can I tell you?
Blogging is low on my list of things to do these days, but I'm taking the quality over quantity approach, basically blogging when I really get wound up.
Yesterday, I was.
Now let me say, I understand how fun/frustrating fantasy football can be. I'm in a league, my team sucks arse - Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams were my first two picks, but it's still fun. However, I don't fucking obsess over it. And I would never, EVER, do what I saw yesterday.
Celebrating my brother's birthday, me, Joe Pendleton Sr. and my brother went to a place with Sunday Ticket to bang down some tastes, watch every game and eat some grub.
So there we were having fun and then I spot a dude looking for a table. The problem was, no tables had an outlet for him to plug in his laptop. Yes, this dude actually brought a laptop with him to the bar so he could track his fantasy game. Get a fucking life. This fantasy thing has gone too far. When I think fantasy, it's Without a Trace star Poppy Montgomery, Rosalyn Sanchez and a can of Reddi Whip, not a laptop in a bar tracking how Marc Bulger is doing.
Other than that, not much else going on. The beer count is through the roof after a weekend of drinking in Colorado for a wedding, a complete bash of a wedding the following week in Hoboken when a midget in a wheelchair played the keyboards and banged out tunes and a Thanksgiving weekend that featured nothing but football and tastes (the laptop stayed home).
A few things to look forward to before the year ends.
1. THe most overrated bands of all time post I have promised since Oct.
2. The 10 best/worst days of the year.
I promise these will be posted soon.
Blogging is low on my list of things to do these days, but I'm taking the quality over quantity approach, basically blogging when I really get wound up.
Yesterday, I was.
Now let me say, I understand how fun/frustrating fantasy football can be. I'm in a league, my team sucks arse - Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams were my first two picks, but it's still fun. However, I don't fucking obsess over it. And I would never, EVER, do what I saw yesterday.
Celebrating my brother's birthday, me, Joe Pendleton Sr. and my brother went to a place with Sunday Ticket to bang down some tastes, watch every game and eat some grub.
So there we were having fun and then I spot a dude looking for a table. The problem was, no tables had an outlet for him to plug in his laptop. Yes, this dude actually brought a laptop with him to the bar so he could track his fantasy game. Get a fucking life. This fantasy thing has gone too far. When I think fantasy, it's Without a Trace star Poppy Montgomery, Rosalyn Sanchez and a can of Reddi Whip, not a laptop in a bar tracking how Marc Bulger is doing.
Other than that, not much else going on. The beer count is through the roof after a weekend of drinking in Colorado for a wedding, a complete bash of a wedding the following week in Hoboken when a midget in a wheelchair played the keyboards and banged out tunes and a Thanksgiving weekend that featured nothing but football and tastes (the laptop stayed home).
A few things to look forward to before the year ends.
1. THe most overrated bands of all time post I have promised since Oct.
2. The 10 best/worst days of the year.
I promise these will be posted soon.
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