tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post48604256973751390..comments2010-01-17T12:38:24.751-06:00The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-66138988063807462112010-01-17T12:38:24.751-06:002010-01-17T12:38:24.751-06:00This is just my on, but I think it is a moral responsibility for every Catholic to cheer for the Saints.<br /><br />Saint Drew Brees . . . Pray for us.<br />Saint Colston and Bush . . . Pray for us.<br />Saint Vilma and Saint Sharper . . . Pray for us.<br />All You Saints fans black and gold . . . Pray for us.Paul Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962510592521598520[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-76145064845374871682010-01-17T02:06:57.776-06:002010-01-17T02:06:57.776-06:00These comments were fun to read through, especially as a displaced Wisconsinite now living in Texas. I&#39;ll certainly be cheering on the Cowboys on Sunday!<br /><br />And TCU has had two great seasons under their belt, playing in two bowl games in the most recent years and this year going undefeated (sans the Fiesta Bowl...)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976032424505414385[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-89495051882945710342010-01-16T06:58:54.375-06:002010-01-16T06:58:54.375-06:00IC - great way to lift the spirits, btw, and leave me smiling. Merci beaucoups.<br /><br />I&#39;d say, let the best man win, but that leaves us right where I began ... celebrating a Cowboy&#39;s victory tomorrow! :-DJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-22291928896585058302010-01-16T03:03:27.086-06:002010-01-16T03:03:27.086-06:00Fight on the grand happy ironic stoush. Let noone deer you from the rout. And may all your snowballs be round ones.Kiwi Nomad 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351034705766073667[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-62945161438560040832010-01-15T22:57:59.309-06:002010-01-15T22:57:59.309-06:00<i>We&#39;re environmentally superior.</i> I&#39;m very happy for you. This gives algore a target to visit that&#39;s not in Texas.<br /><br />Class - TCU has been pretty serious for the past three years. To be honest, I don&#39;t follow college football all that much. From what I&#39;ve heard through the grapevine, they&#39;ve been rebuilding the program for about six years. It started working about three years ago, and now they had a legit shot at the top spot. But when you were here, who know that Tech would be what they are today? A&amp;M and Houston are both shells, so I guess the other schools have picked up the slack.<br /><br />Mark WindsorMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138095328541163796[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-15419502147118486222010-01-15T21:53:42.821-06:002010-01-15T21:53:42.821-06:00Scott, you wound me. Who the heck do you cheer for in Salt Lake? Dustdevils?The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-29816673297530656992010-01-15T21:52:45.108-06:002010-01-15T21:52:45.108-06:00Mark, your post simply proves that Texans are obsessed. See, in MN, we specialize in cross training. We pass and punt, then cross country ski, then kick the ball, then jump in a frozen lake, etc. While it is little known, this is the same regimen that helped the East Germans and Russians dominate the winter olympics for decades. We&#39;re environmentally superior.<br /><br />As for the lack of top ranked football teams in MN...<br />1) Minnesotans don&#39;t do rankings. Haven&#39;t you ever listened to Garrison Keillor? Just not done. Showy, you know.<br />2) The university I teach at? We&#39;re undefeated at football.<br /><br />o&#39; course, we have no team....The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-11956264292717657572010-01-15T20:09:01.467-06:002010-01-15T20:09:01.467-06:00Julie, it&#39;s easy to be for the Cowboys as long as the Packers aren&#39;t playing. After all, I am a Texan. :) But I live in Wisconsin now, so I&#39;d face a dilemma if the two teams were to face each other in a superbowl. Would the Packers rosary help me then? Who knows? My friend says that the reason it didn&#39;t work against the Cardinals was because - well, the Pack was playing THE CARDINALS.<br /><br />PS You really do have to see the photo: http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2010/01/wisconsin-101-pack.html<br /><br />PS Mark. Since when did TCU become good at football? All I remember is from when I was in college in the early 80s in the SWC. OK, so I went to Rice, which was everyone&#39;s homecoming game, but TCU was the second choice if you couldn&#39;t play Rice and wanted a guaranteed win.Class factotumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868415610877745200[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-9010192706837923202010-01-15T18:23:48.356-06:002010-01-15T18:23:48.356-06:00<i>We&#39;re holy and ironic and better at football.</i><br /><br />Let&#39;s see...<br /><br />http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/seasontype/3<br /><br />University of Texas<br />TCU<br />Texas Tech<br /><br />It seems that Minnesota schools are slightly...absent...from most football polls. We have 3 of the top 20. (Oh, and Wisconsin even managed to make the list.)<br /><br />Perhaps college isn&#39;t your thing.<br /><br />http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=646<br /><br />Yes, that would be 9 out of the top 100 in Texas, one from Minnesota.<br /><br />Ok, maybe fiction is a better place to look. How many movies have they made about Minnesota football? Hmmm...I guess that would be none (I&#39;m not counting Fran Tarkenton highlights from NFL Films). We have at least one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390022/<br /><br />Oh, and that reminds me...how many Super Bowl rings did Fran win? For that matter, how many Super Bowl rings have they ever given to a team wearing purple? <br /><br />Sorry, Ironic, but we live football down here. You snowplow drivers only pretend. And we have the ultimate weapon in the contest on Sunday...Brad Childress.<br /><br />Smack down concluded. Have a nice off season.<br /><br />Mark Windsor<br /><br />P.S. Humility, schmumility. This is football!Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138095328541163796[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-24059754537911289812010-01-15T16:14:53.190-06:002010-01-15T16:14:53.190-06:00Here&#39;s an idea for you. While your watching the Vikes pound the Cowboys (I mean cmmon, A viking vs a cowboy?) invite people over and have a commercial contest. Every time one of the nasty commercials comes on, turn down the sound and have a guest perform a home grown commercial, trophy to be awarded for best commercial at the end of the Vikings victorymacmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190155291581256313[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-84411676213591688092010-01-15T15:44:58.123-06:002010-01-15T15:44:58.123-06:00It is one of those games I wish both teams could lose.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-70010892579232674532010-01-15T15:37:44.726-06:002010-01-15T15:37:44.726-06:00CF, I <i>knew</i> you were on the side of God&#39;s ... I mean AMERICA&#39;S team. :-DJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-65648953171098963432010-01-15T14:57:16.509-06:002010-01-15T14:57:16.509-06:00Real, real bad.Class factotumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868415610877745200[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-40092670951312783212010-01-15T13:56:51.295-06:002010-01-15T13:56:51.295-06:00Class factorum--<br />easy. Cheese and Beer.<br /><br />And admittedly, seeing Farve beat bad.The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-8230807213291420952010-01-15T13:32:58.187-06:002010-01-15T13:32:58.187-06:00But the real issue: what will make the folks in Wisconsin happy?<br /><br />http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2010/01/wisconsin-101-pack.htmlClass factotumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868415610877745200[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-3660252690439248202010-01-15T12:40:44.132-06:002010-01-15T12:40:44.132-06:00Oh so <i>that&#39;s</i> how you wanna play it, huh? <a href="#topofpage" rel="nofollow">No problemo...</a><br /><br />:-DJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678[email protected]