A Wolf with a Top Hat

It occurs to me that I can use this forum to show just how awesome the old Nevada mascot -- the Wolf wearing a Top Hat -- really is.

This, and other great Nevada gear, can be found at the terrific new online store at
www.silverandblueoutfitters.com

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Return of the Greggity and . . . Reno 911?

Not only have I not posted anything in nearly two and a half months, I haven't even been to the site in that same span. On a whim I decided to take a spin through memory lane tonight, only to find a smattering of witty new posts from Mr. Dex, focusing on his beloved Broncos from Boise State University. In some ways I'm saddened, because we could have had a nice war of words leading up to the epic clash between his Broncos and my Wolf Pack.

However, I'd have only had to eat large helpings of crow if I had engaged in much pre-game smack, as BSU trounced my Pack that Saturday.

This was a year where Nevada was "supposed" to give BSU a close game, maybe even dash their BCS hopes. The game was in Reno. We were coming off of seven wins in the last eight games, including back-to-back shut-out victories.

So, naturally, we laid an egg on national tv, got destroyed, and the Broncos danced and dropped little tostitos crumbs on our field. Our #40 punched a BSU guy in the face while he was on his back. (Note to #40 -- Um, methinks the guy's FACE MASK took a lot of heat off of your punch). #40 wasn't done yet. A national audience watched him push a team leader on our sidelines, then push a coach. He was then escorted off the field by Reno's finest. (Insert Reno 911 joke here).

I hear he's been suspended for the rest of the season. And there actually is a "rest of the season," as Nevada did well enough before the BSU game to earn the right to play Miami in . . . . . . . . Boise. I can't make this up, folks. #40 won't play in that game. Good. The guy embarrassed the Nevada uniform and the university with his appalling behavior. Frankly, I think he should be stripped of his scholarship -- let him try to earn a spot on the team next year as a walk on, paying for school like a regular student.

I'd be remiss if I didn't congratulate the Broncos on a fine season. To answer a question Dex posed in an earlier post: Does BSU deserve a shot at Ohio State? Why not? College football is the only sport in the world where a team can finish UNDEFEATED and not even be considered as a contender for the title, and that's a shame.

Would Ohio State beat BSU on the field? Probably. Does BSU deserve the shot? Sure.

Anyone here remember USA Hockey? Do you believe in miracles? Yes!

Go BSU! Beat the Sooners! Go Pack! Beat the Canes! Go WAC!

dex celebrates

I suppose now I can end the hijacking of the blog for purposes related solely to Boise State. But I would like to take a moment to celebrate the undefeated regular season of the Boise State Broncos. Now it's on to the national title! Er... well... we're working on that... BCS anyway which is as high as can be expected for now.

I also want to issue an impassioned encouragement to fellow nice boy bloggers. I know you are out there and the world has not yet fully realized your awesomeness. So blog on.

reminder from dex

Hey there! It's game day! Hopefully this isn't my last BSU post while they are undefeated. That would give me another month or so to rally the reader(s) of this blog that BSU deserves a shot at the national title. Either way I think most would agree that it shouldn't be USC... tee hee...

Go BSU! Beat Nevada! (A wolf with a top hat???)

dex is thankful

Do you know what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving? I'm thankful for a Boise State Broncos undefeated record.

Go BSU! Beat Nevada!

dex has limited time to boast

Only three days until BSU crushes the Pack. (Hopefully they crush the Pack, otherwise fellow blogger Greggity will have a heyday smack talking me.) Then BSU will be shunned and not offered their rightful shot at the national title. Michigan, you had your chance! USC, losers to a team in BSU's win column! It's time for Orange and Blue! B - S - U!

Boise State... deserving of a national title?


OK, so it's time to get on my soapbox. At this point in time there are only two undefeated teams in NCAA 1-A football. You've probably heard of one team, the Ohio State University Buckeyes, yadda, yadda, yadda. But more importantly is the Boise State Broncos! That's right the alma mater of both dex and tex is undefeated. That means that BSU and OSU should be meeting for the national title at the end of the season. Well... maybe not this year... but I really needed to give the Broncos their due in my little corner of the blogosphere.

Go! Orange! Go Big Blue! Fight! Fight! B - S - U!

So, to answer the question raised in the title of this blog, is Boise State deserving of a chance at a national title? In my humble and totally objective opinion...

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

The curtain comes up on the coldest beer in town

Since I was eight years old, I knew I wanted to have a beer from the Cape View in Colfax, California. The Cape View was/is a bar on Highway 174 between my house and Sacramento (Home of the Kings). What made the bar special was the sign out front – a piece of plywood shaped and painted like a beer mug, featuring the following text: “Coldest Beer in Town – 31°” The sign captivated my friend Rich and I. Every time we rode/drove past there we’d say we’d get the “coldest beer in town” when we turned 21.

I didn’t get my first coldest beer in town until 2005 and I was 29 years old.

While in California last month I hosted my friend Chris, a great friend from college. I decided to treat him to the experience of the coldest beer in town. Unfortunately, this trip destroyed the decades-long glamour and mystique of the famed brew.

The first indication of a problem was the bar was renamed from the Cape View (cool) to “The Red Frog.”

I was a little surprised by that fact, but not worried, because the legendary sign was still out front. What happened next soiled everything.

Chris and I ordered the coldest beer in town, then watched as the bartender reached into an ordinary igloo cooler to pull out two bottles of beer. I had always assumed the coldest beer in town used some scientific, top-secret, Cobra Commander method to keep the brews cold, but all this time they were just kept in a simple cooler you’d find on the beach or at a tailgate? The legendary sign was no more than a shrewd marketing ploy? I was crestfallen.

I was appalled and shell-shocked. It was as if I met the beer equivalent of the Wizard of Oz. The coldest beer in town was no more than a normal beer in an everyday cooler behind the curtain. Drat, foiled again!! To make matters worse, the bartender kept complaining when she reached into the cooler to get our beers: “Oh my gosh, my hand is so cold! I wonder if I’m going to get hypothermia!” I was so disappointed I chose not to play along with the act, and nearly offered to reach in and grab the darn beers myself.

I’ve since been asked what I had expected from a little hole in the wall dive bar on the highway in Colfax.

I guess I expected something sexier, some sort of high-tech, cryogenically frozen beer keg. Or a beer iceberg that they scraped chunks off of and put into your pint glass. Something like that.

Buyer beware.

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I've come for the booty! Arrrrrgh!!

Nice Boy and fellow blogger Johnny P reminded us all that today, September 19, is National Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Question:

When you guys went on Pirates of the Caribbean, did you ever want to jump out of the boat and swim over to hang out with the pirates? I mean, I knew they were fake and all, but I always wanted to go party with them. Especially that one guy who was was chasing the girl around and around the big barrel.

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