1.) First, here in SoFlo, we're staring down Irma (although she had so much fun in Cuba that her ultimate influence on us in the East has diminished), and that meant that ABC (which aired today's game) was all about the coverage ... so thanks to modern technology and smart TVs that permit you to still find the game to watch even amidst all that drama.
2.) Second, thanks to FPL and the aforementioned Irma both for keeping the power on during the whole thing.
3.) Finally, the strangest thing about watching the game via a streaming app was that the commercials weren't included BUT the dead space when the commercials were happening for everyone else WAS, creating a lot of silence in between plays and a new appreciation for exactly how many ads there are in a game.
4.) By the way ... did I mention that 4 (as in number four in the country) is my new favorite number?
5.) Moving on ... anyone know the proper naming of this year's throuple? Should it be McBarkSicki? SaySorSicki? We should have some way to refer to the best threesome since Stephen Baldwin threatened to cut off his junk after engaging in one in that movie from the nineties.
6.) Also ... congrats to the 1982 team who celebrated the 35th anniversary of the season when the Sugar Bowl was won -- what wiki refers to as "Paterno's first consensus national championship".
7.) Speaking of Paterno, I did cringe during Marcus ALLEN's smiling dancing celebration as I don't think it would have been permitted back in the day.
8.) Hey announcerpeople -- can you maybe retire the phrase "going for a ride on BARKLEY" when you talk about how the little guys can't bring him down? Just sounds a little porny ...
9.) I don't care what anyone else says. *My* player of the week is actually poor Pitt's Max BROWNE, because I felt so sorry watching him get replaced by the back up QB in the part of the game where Pitt scored (and I don't mean for that to be as snarky as I know it sounds).
In closing, thanks to everyone on the team for rewriting last year's story of being comeback kids who only play well in the second half by scoring at least 14 points in the first half of both games so far this year ... and here's to the first night game of the season next week (against GA State)!
THERE ARE BIGGER FOOTBALL WOES THAN MY STRUGGLE TO FIND THE GAME:
http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-09-09/how-hurricane-irma-will-affect-college-footballs-week-2
IN CASE YOU NEVER HEARD OF THE THROUPLE PHENOMENON:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/throuple-meaning-what-you-do-in-a-three-person-relationship_uk_5798ba5be4b0796a0b611e7a
REMEMBERING 1982 (WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD!):
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/penn-state/1982-schedule.html
