Nick Millis

I don’t really know a whole lot about cars. Actually, pretty much nothing would be more accurate. But I see these signs along the road and I just don’t get them. They say, "NO ENGINE BRAKING." Like I said, I know nothing about cars, so this is probably common sense, but what the hell does that mean? I can only assume it means hitting the brake, but this makes absolutely no sense to me. Someone enlighten me pleeeeease.

On a different note, I’m going to talk about the elderly. I don’t really see why some 80-90 year old guy needs to be driving anywhere, but if they can do it, great. Be my guest. I don’t mind if some guy who can’t hear me talk in my normal voice goes out driving. I do, however, have a problem with that same guy going 10 MPH under the speed limit. "Oh that’s mean, he’s just being safe." Grand. Maybe he should be safe in his bed or on the couch. I don’t know if anyone would actually say that to me, but I think it adds a nice touch. I should clarify, however, that any person, no matter the age, will instantly irritate me by doing this. Driving very slow, that be.

I was watching Meet The Barkers on MTV today, and in one of the episodes, Shanna tells Travis she’s going to make a snack for him. So they head downstairs in the kitchen, and Travis seems to be a tad wary of going through with the ordeal. She proceeds to grab a bag of marshmallows, some graham crackers, and some chocolate. Then she starts “roasting” the marshmallows over the stove. She then puts the marshamllows and chocolate in between two graham crackers. Now if this process seems familiar to anyone, it should. Why? Well she made S’mores of course. Well, upon seeing this snack, Travis seems much more delighted. He bites it, and of course likes it. Then he asks her how she came up with it, and she said she invented it a couple of days ago, acting like it was no big deal. And let me tell you, they were both completely serious. As a normal human being, I was quite perplexed. How could two fully grown adults not know what S’mores are? Seriously? I don’t even know what else to say about it.

If you take a look at these two, they couldn’t be more different in appearance.  There is JJ Redick, the clean-cut, has closely cropped hair, and in my opinion, what a ballplayer should look like. Then there is Adam Morrison, who sports the straight from the trailer park look, possibly a descendent of Ron Burgandy.  Morrison gets taunts from opposing fans because of his sad mustache, shaggy hair and long socks while Redick gets booed simply because he is good.   Redick gets his points from his textbook shooting form, while I have no idea how some of Morrison’s shots make their way to the hoop, much less go in.  While comparisons have been made between Morrison and the great Larry Bird, there somewhat similar appearance is where is ends.  There will never again be another Larry Bird.  I am not saying that Morrison isn’t a great basketball player, he has already proved that he is one of the best in the country.  But, my money is on Redick.  He has proven that hard work really can take you to the top and has also come through time and time again in the clutch.  And seriously, the guy’s range starts basically when he crosses halfcourt.  How do you defend that? I take Redick all the way on this one.

JillJ

So the mighty USC Trojans finally lost. Heh, good riddance. I may have been wrong about pretty much all of my other picks, but I was right all along about Texas. I don’t even need to say it, but I will. Vince Young is a freak. And I mean that in the best possible way.

On a different note, let’s talk the polls. Everyone rips on the BCS, even in a year when we were given USC vs Texas. But what about the humans? In the final AP and USA Today polls, Wisconsin is ranked 15. Wonderful. But wait a minute…look at 14. Auburn. Auburn? Last time I checked, which is as I’m writing this, Sconnie more or less mandhandled Auburn in the Capital One Bowl, 24-10. Not only did Brian Calhoun go off for 213 yds and a TD, but Brandon Williams had 213 total yds and a TD. John Stocco threw for 301 yds and 2 TD’s. That’s borderline impossible. All of this wonderous offensive glory racks up to 548 yds. Against Auburn. And it’s not like this is the middle of the season where it can all work itself out in the end. This is the end. Don’t cry about the computers when you can’t get it right either.