Monday Grab Bag

I'm sick at home with some random bug, so I'll hit on a bunch of quick topics.

-Buffs v Missouri

Wow was that a crappy performance. In a situation where you know that a team is going to run you all day (fast break offense, dribble-drive and kick, full-court press, tight man-to-man defense for 40 minutes) you better show up ready to go. But all day, on inbound passes and passes into the block and to the point, the Buffs caught the ball flat-footed. Flat-footed isn't going to beat Missouri. CU also shot the ball like crap, which isn't the norm. I'll take this game with a grain of salt: there was bound to be a letdown after Kansas, and the team did put out a ton of effort to push KU as hard as they did.

-Superbowl

I'm generally pleased the New Orleans Saints won. The game itself, however, was a little boring. No joke, people at my party were falling asleep, and I don't necessarily blame them. The commercials, such as they are, slow the game to a crawl. Normally, that would have been an extremely quick game. With the extended half time (I'll get to that in a second) and commercial breaks it was longer than a normal NFL game. Even Colts DE Dwight Freeney mentioned that the extreme length of the half-time show played into his disappearance in the second half. I just have to keep reminding myself that the Superbowl is not about football fans. Being a football fan watching the Superbowl is like being the groom at a wedding; no one gives a shit what you think.

-The Who at Halftime

Can a band with only 2 surviving members still go by the same name? At least led Zeppelin understands that they all need to be there for the name to go up in lights. Anyways, those guys were old (How old were they?). The show wasn't bad, but they've obviously lost their fastball. One thing I did notice was the resemblance of Roger Daltrey to the original "Dr. Who." Check this out:

(The Who picture from the AP via AM 1150 in Canada (no, I'm not kidding), Dr Who picture from the BBC)

The only difference is that "Dr. Who" isn't frickin' old. Is it too much to ask that someone who doesn't have an AARP card performs at halftime next year?