Watching Saturday Football
Mich/MSU --- ND/Washington
October 3, 2009
By: O. J. Cunningham
An actual photo of RoTel - Velveeta Queso Dip
(You can't start your game-day with out their Queso Dip)
I watched them both . . . MSU's overtime win against Michigan and then stayed right in my seat as Notre Dame's Irish outlasted Washington in the second OT game.
Announcers kept mentioning that 1966 was the last time MSU beat a Michigan team in back-to-back years.
Heheheh . . . Something about 1966 and MSU and Notre Dame seems to ring a bell but I just can't seem to recall the significance . . . but the numbers 10-10 are part of my foggy remembrance.
Can you believe that was 43 years ago?
RUDE AWAKENING FOR SOME -- It must have been a rude awakening for some when they found out the network TV (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) was not carrying the MSU/Mich game. It was on Big Ten Network (Charter 59) and could only be seen if you had Cable.
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The MSU/Mich game was a war of wars . . . a battle royal . . . and one of the games when it's truly unfortunate that someone has to lose.
But the Big Ten Network was wayyyyyyyyy over the line with its advertising placement on even the most tiny aspects of the game.
Here are just a few . . . I'm sure you noticed. You Had to. I noticed too . . . but I wrote them down so we could could make fun of The Big Ten Network together here at MyBayCity.
Player Introductions sponsored by RoTel Tomato Mix and Velveeta (You can't start your game-day with out their Queso Dip)
Prestone Game break
Honda Generators Red Zone
United States Marines Game Leader (End of First Quarter Stats)
Buffalo Wild Wings Halftime Report
Jack Links Beef Jerky Wild Fan Cam . . . OMGOD -- What a STRETCH!
Polaris Hardest Working Player . . .
Land Rover Extraordinary Defensive Play of the Game
Liberty Mutual Alumni Spotlight (Jeff Smoker & T.J. Duckett)
Verizon Wireless Connection -- Passing Highlights
And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse . . .
The Hampton Hotels Touchdown of the Game . . .
And then (Make it STOP) . . . THE Philips HD Player of the Game -- Larry Capers
And Finally . . . The State Farm Insurance Big Ten Wrap-up
Only thing missing was the Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Fumbles & Turnover Stats.
I had a nightmare the other night -- all of the ESPN sports analysts and Weather Channel meteorologists were Indian -- With voices like the telephone technical support staff for Dell Computers . . . "I totally understand your frustration, Mr. Cunningham."