Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Bad Fans, Time Travel, and Erotic Food

As y'all may know, we all got back from Vegas recently and I think it is high time we had ourselves a Vegas story.

After arriving and making my way to the hotel I went down to the sportsbook and proceded to place all of my Saturday bets. Then we went to the oyster bar in Harrah's. I only have one comment about the place, if you are going to serve grilled crab legs, don't serve them frozen. Friday was pretty uneventful, so onto Saturday.

Side bar on being a good fan - I'm a rowdy fan, my friends are rowdy fans, but even we know that you don't go up to a player's family and say "your son/brother/boyfriend sucks." Sad to say, but the Texas kicker's girlfriend was in the Zone and received this treatment from longhorn fans. Tisk, Tisk.

I'm not going to go into the football betting, but if you want to know how it went check my post below, lets just say there is nothing like external validation. After the zone we went to Binions where I proceded to play the dark side of the craps table. I ended up staying there too long, but it really wasn't my fault; I was drunk and the dealer was flirting. What was I suppost to do?

After Binions I know we made it to "the place that shall not be named," but that is about it. I'll let Jack fill you in on those details. I really don't know the exact process, but some how I time traveled because it went from 9 pm in the casino to 7 am in the room. Funny how that happens in Vegas.

My favorite part about Sunday had to be brunch at Commander's Palace in Alladin's. The food was good as always, but what transpired that morning was stuff of legend. Whiskey ordered the Shrimp and Grits. When he took his first bite he announced to the table, "I just came." While not normally shocking with us, I'm sure that the waiter pouring his water at the time was a little surprised, but did this stop our waiter? No, he continued onto K's water like nothing happened. Now y'all are thinking the waiter obviously didn't hear, but he did, I know he did, and he knows. Now what I'm wondering is if he didn't flinch because he is a master of his craft, or is the food that good that he expects that reaction, or is it that he used to be a porn star. Well which is it Mr. Porn Star waiter? Like we need to ask, this is Vegas, the food is so good he asked the rest of us why we didn't cum.

Monday, October 30, 2006

The old menu is still legible

Sitting in my local coffee shop enjoying breakfast with some random folks i decided to sit down next to. ESPN is showing the 2006 USBC Masters, live from the Wisconsin Exposition Center.

As I stare at the TV set waiting for the unconcerned waitress to rustle up my chicken fried steak, something strange occured to me. Here I am in a ratty little coffee shop, with grease stained menus, thread bare booths, and a two day old newspaper, and I am watching Bowling on a 42" Samsung Plasma TV.

What sort of management team decides to forgo printing new menus, and redoing the decore in favor of Plasma tv's (Yes there were more than one)? I'll tell you what kind, the kind that hates to miss football on a Sunday afternnon. Not too long after bowling kicked up, the channel was changed, to good ole' American Football!!!

How much time is enough (Part 2)

I think I have waited the appropriate amount of time to comment on USC v OSU.

USC got beat by a better football team. That's not saying that USC is not a good team, just that they are not National Championship contenders this season. Look for the Trojans to improve as the season progresses, and for them to be up near the top again next season.

Jack

P.S. Where is that review of Frangelico, and the reviews of Damiana liqueur and Phillips Root 100?

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Just In Case You Needed a Pick

Rutgers -20 over UConn - 1 unit

YTD: 13-7, +11.5 units

Friday, October 27, 2006

Just the Picks

I don't have time to tell y'all about Vegas, but I wanted to make sure that everyone had thier picks for week 9.

Miami (5-2) at Georgia Tech (5-2) 3:30 PM EST – GT -5 – 1 unit
Oklahoma
(5-2) at Missouri (7-1) 12 PM EST – Mizzou -2 – 1 unit
Nebraska
(6-2) at Oklahoma State (4-3) 3:30 PM ABC EST – N -6 – 1 unit
Iowa
State (3-5) at Kansas State (4-4) 3:35 PM EST – KSU -4 – 1 unit
Minnesota
(3-5) at Ohio State (8-0) 3:30 PM EST – OSU -27 – 2 units
Illinois
(2-6) at Wisconsin (7-1) 12 PM EST ESPN2 – UW -21.5 – 1 unit
BYU (5-2) at Air Force (3-3), 2:00 EST - BYU -9 – 1 unit
Arizona
State
(4-3) at Washington (4-4), 3:30 EST – ASU +1.5 – 2 units


YTD: 8-4, +7.5 units

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Vegas here I come

I'm leaving for Vegas tomorrow and I don't want to leave without getting the picks up so here we go.

Tonight:
UVA -6 over UNC - 1 unit

Friday:
WVU vs. UConn, over 50 - 1 unit

Saturday:
Middle Tenn. -4.5 over ULM - 1 unit
Rutgers +6.5 over Pitt - 1 unit
Michigan -13.5 over Iowa - 1 unit
Wisconsin -6.5 over Purdue - 3 units
Baylor -3.5 over Kansas - 1 unit
ATM +3.5 over Okie St. - 2 units
ASU -23 over Stanford - 1 unit
Oregon St. vs. Arizona, under 38 - 1 unit

Sunday:
SFU +1.5 over Cinncinati - 1 unit

YTD: 0-1, -0.5 units

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

The story of weekday football

I like to watch Lost. I don't like to watch commercials, nor do I wish to entertain a debate on whether or not I should watch the commercials. The problem with recording and watching later is that you need something to do while you wait. The people at ESPN realized that this was a problem for many Americans so they invented weekday football. This allows you to have something to watch while waiting for Lost or any other television program. It was quite nice of ESPN to do this and I think we should all give them a big thank you.

Tonight's game - I like ULL -9, half unit.

Almost forgot, Thank You ESPN.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Knowing when to walk away

When I found out my friends Jack and Whiskey had a blog about gambling, football, and well who cares there is gambling and football, I knew this was a place for me to give out picks for games. For my first post Whiskey wanted a pick for tonight's game between the Bears and the Cardinals, but there are a few problems with this game. First, it is the NFL and my specialty is college. Second, the Bears are giving up 14 points on the road; I know you saw that Buffalo score and are thinking the Bears have this easy, but this is the NFL and I can see the Bears winning by a margin of 10 to 20 points, that is too close to make a pick.

This leads into a big lesson for betting on sports, if you think a team is going to barely cover, DO NOT bet on the game. I don't know how clear I can make this, but sometimes you just have to know when to walk away from a bet. There are a ton of games left in the season so why force yourself to make a bad bet. If I like a line I go for it, but never bet just to have action, unless you are in Vegas and you don't live there.

There is no pick for tonight, and that's just the way it is. Check back on Friday for my Saturday picks.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

You know that Christmas eve feeling?

You know that nervous, cannot sleep, tossing and turning feeling? The excitement, the wonder the mystery?

Now that I am a adult (sort of) I know longer get it in December, but thats OK! I do get it a few times a year, the first one is the night before the college football season starts. That last Friday night, I cannot sleep, i can hardly contain my self. It does not matter that the next day we are going to battle the mighty seven dwarfs of middle Oklahoma state. I recently has this conversation with Whiskey and Dimity and they agreed Its a great night!

But there is another event that produces this emotion. It's the days leading up to to a trip to the promised land. VEGAS! I am 4 days away from the next trip. Whiskey and Dimity are as excited a we are. Surly this will be the trip that one of us strikes it rich. Mega Millions i jut around the corner. How will I sleep for the next four days?

The good news is this week I get to go to Northern Cal and visit the best Sushi place on the planet! I am not shitting you, maybe some day I will tell you all about it. Till then pas the Ambien.....

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Antipasto and College Football

Today's Antipasto menu:

Vintage Cheddar Wheel by Kerrygold 11.99/lb
Read Hawk by Cowgirl creamery 24.99/lb
Swiss Gruyere Cave Aged Raw Milk by Kaltbach 10.99/lb
Huntsman Cheese by Long Clawson Dairy 12.99/lb Cheddar and Blue

Molinari and Sons Salami
Applegate Farms

iL Prosecco Del Veneto
J.W. Morris Johannisberg Riesling


French Marinated olives
someone's garlic marinated olives

Reviews to come later

UT played a great ballgame and showed the are still a great team.
Washington played a great ballgame and showed that they are for real.