{"id":4606,"date":"2010-12-30T05:23:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T10:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=4606"},"modified":"2010-12-30T06:56:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T11:56:01","slug":"its-a-new-era-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2010\/12\/30\/its-a-new-era-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a New Era, Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not often I agree with that pissy little bitch (credit to Andy Sipowicz for that phrase) Fucker Carlson, but I find it hard to disagree with his assertion that Michael Vick should have been executed<\/a> for his crimes against Caninity. Of course, the Tuckster’s motivation was no doubt that he wanted to diss Obama, but still. I’m not ordinarily one to embrace the death penalty, but in this case, well…. <\/p>\n

The week (and the year) are winding down, and the end is finally in sight. Today, of course, is the day that college football fans (nay, all<\/em><\/strong> real Americans) have been waiting for: the inaugural New Era Pinstripe Bowl – “New Era” (which turns out to be the maker of hats or something; I thought it was laundry detergent) being the sponsor, and pinstripes being for the Yankees, at whose stadium the game is taking place. A football game between two 7-5 teams on the final Thursday in December in the Bronx (outdoors) at 3:30PM Eastern time? It doesn’t get more prestigious than that. Of course, for Syracuse fans, this is actually a pretty good deal. Someplace warm might sound nice, but, being about a 4-5 hour ride away by car, this is a day trip for the folks up here, or they can take a long New Year’s weekend in New York.<\/p>\n

And, unlike most of NYC, Yankee Stadium had actually been plowed out for the game. <\/p>\n

I’ll be recording the game because I have to work today. The last time I had to work during an SU bowl game was way back on January 1, 1988, when undefeated Syracuse took on Auburn in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. I was running movies at the time, and brought a TV to work so I could watch in my office. <\/p>\n

You no doubt recall that, with 4 seconds remaining and SU leading 16-13, Auburn – which had marched down the field and had the ball on the Syracuse 13 yard line – had time for one final play. And in perhaps the biggest wuss move in the history of college football, Pat Dye decided to kick a field goal and tie the game. A tie, in a bowl game, fer chrissakes. This was, I might add, back before there was such a thing as overtime in college football. <\/p>\n

Pat Dye will forever be known as a coward and a schmuck up here in these parts, and his behavior explains why the South lost the Civil War. Apparently they were playing for a tie.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, thanks to OT and the fact that neither Syracuse nor its opponent, Kansas State, are from south of the Mason-Dixon line (love that song, BTW), there will be no ties today. Actually, Syracuse is more likely to get killed, what with a vast number of its players missing from an already decimated lineup. We may have to go old school and have some of these kids play both ways today. <\/p>\n

But, hey. We’re in a bowl game again, which is something that seemed would never happen again after the 5 year reign of the previous coach, whose name we do not speak up here. <\/p>\n

First, though, there’s business to attend to today. It all starts with a trip to get the car inspected. As far as I know, there are no problems with it (new tires, new wiper blades, brakes should be good), but it’s just a hassle dealing with it. I’d blow it off until next month, but we’re at the end of the year here, so it’s a whole new color sticker, and hard to hide (especially now that I drive a million miles a week). <\/p>\n

Oh well, off I go. Yesterday was almost unbearably slow – I hope today goes a bit quicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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