Stephen’s Blog

The PAC-10 officials calling the Oregon vs OU game blew it big time. It wasn’t the initial call either. Their initial call that Oregon had recovered the ball from an onside kick looked to be right. What was unbelievable was the replay review. How could the replay official miss the Oregon player touching the ball first before it went ten yards?

OU should have won. Despite the call the Sooners can only hold themselves accountable. Bob’s boys had plenty of chances that they failed to capitalize on. In the end, OU had an opportunity to turn the tables with a 44 yard field goal only to have the wheels fall off the Sooner Schooner.

Hopefully Texas Tech won’t blow the game against the Horned Frogs.

[Edit]
Yup. Tech lost a defensive game.

Amber has asked me nicely twice to fix some issues with the comment verification image. I thought I better not make it three or I might get into trouble.

The chief issue, I hope, is the readability of the font. So I swapped out the existing font with what I think is a more readable font. There may be another problem with the script, but I won’t know for sure until I see how the new font works. If anyone still has problems leaving comments let me know via email: Stephen @ this domain.

What do you get when you mix potassium and water? An explosion. Reality TV has been all about creating explosions by mixing potassium and water. Until recently that is.

I have noticed a shift in the reality TV show landscape. Since I don’t watch all that much TV it could just be that I have only recently noticed shows like Project Runway or Design Star.

If only I were a fly on the wall I might have heard a conversation like this happen a couple of years ago.

Exec: “The numbers are down for Eliminator. People just aren’t as interested in watching other people be rude/mean/obnoxious to each other for a million dollar prize.”

Producer: “What about doubling the prize?”

Exec: “No. That isn’t going to work. Sponsors are jumping ship. We need to come up with something new to bring the viewers back and get the sponsors interested again.”

And after much angst, gnashing of teeth, a few thousand lattes, and a focus group they come up with… Give a group of people an opportunity to land dream job X on the boob tube with lots of product placement. It’s all about product placement and just a pinch of potassium.

I saw a bumper sticker on the way back from work today. It showed a cartoon of a child wrestler with the caption “My son pinned your Honor Student.” Now that is what I call being an example for your kids. Next thing you know I will see another car with the original bumper sticker followed by “15 years later my honor student fired your son.”

Speaking of athletic and mental prowess I heard a funny commentary by Frank Deford about what he thinks is the reason behind men only making up 42% graduating college students this year.