1.) Disclaimer: due to the power of post-dating on this blog, the reference to "today's football game" is actually going to be all about the GA State game on Sep 16, despite this actually being posted on the first Sat in Oct (what can I say ... I've fallen a bit behind).
2.) You know when you have a bit of hurricane go through town ... and you're lucky enough to get your power back pretty much right away ... but then you don't get your TV/internet for about a week after the storm ... and THEN you find out that your provider decided to drop the BIG10 network from your package ... yeah, it's been THAT kind of week around here.
3.) Hence the pic accompanying this post.
4.) In the spirit of fully embracing living in the modern world and not ever being beaten down by the man (where "the man" equals whomever is in charge of creating Comcast/Xfinity's channel lineups), me and mine are still enjoying the game courtesy of a little gather around the cell phone and listen to the FREE audio broadcast.
5.) But still ... Comcast/Xfinity sucks.
6.) Listening to broadcast as we did, it was double disheartening to know that we couldn't take advantage of the Dunkin Donuts perks where, if Penn State wins, you (the customer) wins (wah-waaaaah) as that's only in a very limited northeastern area.
7.) Have I mentioned yet that Comcast/Xfinity sucks?
8.) Hey announcerpeople -- listening to the broadcast as we did, it was a bit of reminiscing to hear the halftime show sponsored by the PA Turnpike (oh the stories we could tell about our time travelling *that* road).
9.) I don't care what anyone else says. *My* player of the week is actually GA State's Penny HART. At least I *think* he's my player of the week. He was definitely on the index card of potential nuggets that I have with me any time I watch/listen to a game. And I *think* it was for a good reason ... like maybe because it sounded like he was planning on staying in college for as long as I did (shout-out to the 90's, my decade of undergrad).
In closing, thanks to modern technology for defeating the imperial overlords in charge at Comcast/Xfinity and getting us access to the game anyway... and here's to a meet up with Iowa next week that always seems to come down to the wire!
A LITTLE BIT OF THE PENNY HART STORY:
https://www.underdogdynasty.com/sun-belt-conference/2016/2/28/11124830/georgia-state-1000-yard-season-albert-wilson-penny-hart-freshman
*ONLY* AT PARTICIPATING DUNKIN DONUTS (I.E. NOT THE ONES HERE IN FLORIDA):
http://ddpennstatewins.com/faqs/
THE SOURCE OF THE ANTI-COMCAST/XFINITY IMAGE I FOUND ON THE GOOGLE:
http://stopthecap.com/2015/06/02/comcast-system-audit-in-tallahassee-takes-away-dozens-of-channels-it-will-restore-for-a-price/
