Week 12 and we've got football weather for a gorgeous Saturday in Boulder. 50 degrees, sunny and snow on the flatirons as a backdrop as our elite Colorado Buffaloes (#10 ranked, 1st place in Pac-12 South) take on #20 Washington State at 1:30 pm.
These are the types of games that the really ****ty preview has been waiting for. But it presents quite the challenge. This is ****ing great! There's a strong temptation to do a deep dive for a game like this. A deep dive on the conference and playoff implications of a game like this. A deep dive on the recruiting impact as the Buffs make a final push to turn a Top 20 class into a Top 10 class. A deep dive on the players and coaches who have been through hell and risen from those ashes to become one of the best teams in the country.
You know what, though? **** that. You can read all you want on that stuff elsewhere.
Washington State sucks and we will crush them.
You know, when the Buffs joined the Pac-12 there was one great thing we all agreed on: huge upgrade to travel destinations. No more Big 12 cow towns. No years where we would look at the road schedule and try to decide if we wanted to spend a weekend in Ames, Iowa or Manhattan, Kansas or Lincoln, Nebraska, or Stillwater, Oklahoma or Columbia, Missouri or Lubbock/Waco/College Station Texas. What a horror show that was. Problem solved. Except for Pullman. I took a look at Trip Advisor to see what people did there. Attractions are pretty much the university, a few places to hike, mini golf options, and a bunch of places to drink - brewery, winery, bars, pubs and clubs.
The one thing to be said for this is that with thousands of young, single women drawn from the talent-rich western US concentrated in a place where there's nothing to do but drink and ****, Wazzu does have a certain appeal. Hell, they even refer to their town using what I believe is the Algonquin word for pussy - "Palouse". Anyway, that was my theory. Confirmation found in Collegefession quotes I was able to find:
And this is one area where I think we can trust Johnny Football's expertise:
The lesson here, though, is to avoid Pullman and catch them when they're on Spring Break. Especially their cheerleaders.
What strikes me as I think about it is that as much as Pullman sucks, it's still so much better than those old Big 12 travel destinations. Legal weed (though taxed to the point where no sane Coloradan would buy it there). And, more, importantly.... topless baristas at their coffee shops. Which is pure genius. And it's a thing in Washington.
And, yes, there's something to be said for all this. But there's a dark side to it, as hinted at with another Collegefession:
It's actually a 3-legged stool of things to do in Pullman: drink, ****... and eat. As Mike Leach has said, it can cause some problems for the football team. "As coaches we failed to make our coaching points and our points more compelling than their fat little girlfriends."
Which brings us to Mike Leach. Love him. Hate him. He makes life interesting. So glad he's coaching in our conference. Even happier that he's not coaching the team I cheer for.
On the one hand, he hung a 70-10 beatdown on Nebraska in his Texas Tech days and then followed it up by making no apologies for running up the score. He also regularly lost to even bad CU teams, sometimes through inexplicably bad coaching decisions. He locked the son of Craig James - alleged killer of 5 dead hookers - in a shed as part of his "concussion protocol" for that whiny douche. And Leach also showed himself to be a kindred spirit to the ****ty preview after beating ****bailer! in 2009 and delivering these immortal words of wisdom in his post-game presser: "F--k you. F--k me. And f--k everybody"
There's good reason why they love The Pirate at Wazzu. And a lot of what I've found makes a good case for wanting to join the crew.
But there's also that other side: the absolute horror show losses.
There's the bowl game meltdown in the 4th quarter that somehow handed CSU a ****ing win. There are the early season losses to FCS teams that have destroyed the national perception of Pac-12 football. I could go on, but there's no reason to belabor the point.
Washington State are the Cougars. To "Coug it" is the main thing they're famous for in college football.
1. To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
2. To lose when there is no possible way to do so, and to do it in a particularly spectacular manner
And not just Cougin' it in games. Also in life.
Their most successful coach in program history? Mike Price left for the Alabama job and spectacularly Coug'd it by taking a booster's private jet to Pensacola, running up thousands of dollars at a strip club, breaking club rules getting too handsy with the girls, and losing his credit card. Ended up never coaching a game for the Tide. http://www.si.com/vault/2003/05/12/342806/how-he-met-his-destiny-at-a-strip-club-mike-price-fired
Their most successful player in program history? Ryan Leaf almost got picked ahead of Peyton Manning and the consensus among NFL scouts was that he had more physical talent. 2nd pick in the NFL draft and instant multi-millionaire. And, of course, he Coug'd it.
So it's no surprise that the program that has made the art of losing its calling card would hire the coach who is famous for insane clock management, 4th down attempts, fake kick attempts, etc. to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Leach and Wazzu is truly a match made by the football gods.
But today, it won't be coming down to a typical Coug it type performance. It won't be about Leach going mental in the 4th quarter. Their fans know it's coming and that it's overdue. As their hope and belief have increased, the sweetness of their tears only increases as they suffer a beatdown in Boulder today and then follow up next week by UDub destroying them. Coug'ing it this season is not about the 4th quarter of a game, it's about an entire season getting flushed down the toilet.
Buffs do their traditional November work as a ranked home team today with championship on its agenda.
CU 62
Wazzu 36
Go Buffs!
A special P.S. this week: the ****ty preview's Cougar of the week.
The ultimate smoke show who is bat**** crazy enough to have once thought it was romantic to wear a necklace with a vial of Billy Bob Thornton's blood as its pendant (and vice versa for him)... yet still hot enough to defy those crazy points on the crazy/hot scale.
As a teenager, it was totally appropriate for me to notice her when she was 15 and started getting some press:
As a young adult when she made her movie debut playing strung out supermodel Gia, I fell in love:
Later, she was the only woman on the planet who actually had the body to play the role of Lara Croft, a video game hottie created by a bunch of Weird Science nerds and made real by Angelina:
And now, at 41 years old with 6 children, Angelina Jolie continues her decades long reign as the queen of hotness and the one woman who is probably on both my and my wife's Hall Pass. She is our Cougar of the Week:
These are the types of games that the really ****ty preview has been waiting for. But it presents quite the challenge. This is ****ing great! There's a strong temptation to do a deep dive for a game like this. A deep dive on the conference and playoff implications of a game like this. A deep dive on the recruiting impact as the Buffs make a final push to turn a Top 20 class into a Top 10 class. A deep dive on the players and coaches who have been through hell and risen from those ashes to become one of the best teams in the country.
You know what, though? **** that. You can read all you want on that stuff elsewhere.
Washington State sucks and we will crush them.
You know, when the Buffs joined the Pac-12 there was one great thing we all agreed on: huge upgrade to travel destinations. No more Big 12 cow towns. No years where we would look at the road schedule and try to decide if we wanted to spend a weekend in Ames, Iowa or Manhattan, Kansas or Lincoln, Nebraska, or Stillwater, Oklahoma or Columbia, Missouri or Lubbock/Waco/College Station Texas. What a horror show that was. Problem solved. Except for Pullman. I took a look at Trip Advisor to see what people did there. Attractions are pretty much the university, a few places to hike, mini golf options, and a bunch of places to drink - brewery, winery, bars, pubs and clubs.
The one thing to be said for this is that with thousands of young, single women drawn from the talent-rich western US concentrated in a place where there's nothing to do but drink and ****, Wazzu does have a certain appeal. Hell, they even refer to their town using what I believe is the Algonquin word for pussy - "Palouse". Anyway, that was my theory. Confirmation found in Collegefession quotes I was able to find:
And this is one area where I think we can trust Johnny Football's expertise:
The lesson here, though, is to avoid Pullman and catch them when they're on Spring Break. Especially their cheerleaders.
What strikes me as I think about it is that as much as Pullman sucks, it's still so much better than those old Big 12 travel destinations. Legal weed (though taxed to the point where no sane Coloradan would buy it there). And, more, importantly.... topless baristas at their coffee shops. Which is pure genius. And it's a thing in Washington.
And, yes, there's something to be said for all this. But there's a dark side to it, as hinted at with another Collegefession:
It's actually a 3-legged stool of things to do in Pullman: drink, ****... and eat. As Mike Leach has said, it can cause some problems for the football team. "As coaches we failed to make our coaching points and our points more compelling than their fat little girlfriends."
Which brings us to Mike Leach. Love him. Hate him. He makes life interesting. So glad he's coaching in our conference. Even happier that he's not coaching the team I cheer for.
On the one hand, he hung a 70-10 beatdown on Nebraska in his Texas Tech days and then followed it up by making no apologies for running up the score. He also regularly lost to even bad CU teams, sometimes through inexplicably bad coaching decisions. He locked the son of Craig James - alleged killer of 5 dead hookers - in a shed as part of his "concussion protocol" for that whiny douche. And Leach also showed himself to be a kindred spirit to the ****ty preview after beating ****bailer! in 2009 and delivering these immortal words of wisdom in his post-game presser: "F--k you. F--k me. And f--k everybody"
There's good reason why they love The Pirate at Wazzu. And a lot of what I've found makes a good case for wanting to join the crew.
But there's also that other side: the absolute horror show losses.
There's the bowl game meltdown in the 4th quarter that somehow handed CSU a ****ing win. There are the early season losses to FCS teams that have destroyed the national perception of Pac-12 football. I could go on, but there's no reason to belabor the point.
Washington State are the Cougars. To "Coug it" is the main thing they're famous for in college football.
1. To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
2. To lose when there is no possible way to do so, and to do it in a particularly spectacular manner
And not just Cougin' it in games. Also in life.
Their most successful coach in program history? Mike Price left for the Alabama job and spectacularly Coug'd it by taking a booster's private jet to Pensacola, running up thousands of dollars at a strip club, breaking club rules getting too handsy with the girls, and losing his credit card. Ended up never coaching a game for the Tide. http://www.si.com/vault/2003/05/12/342806/how-he-met-his-destiny-at-a-strip-club-mike-price-fired
Their most successful player in program history? Ryan Leaf almost got picked ahead of Peyton Manning and the consensus among NFL scouts was that he had more physical talent. 2nd pick in the NFL draft and instant multi-millionaire. And, of course, he Coug'd it.
So it's no surprise that the program that has made the art of losing its calling card would hire the coach who is famous for insane clock management, 4th down attempts, fake kick attempts, etc. to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Leach and Wazzu is truly a match made by the football gods.
But today, it won't be coming down to a typical Coug it type performance. It won't be about Leach going mental in the 4th quarter. Their fans know it's coming and that it's overdue. As their hope and belief have increased, the sweetness of their tears only increases as they suffer a beatdown in Boulder today and then follow up next week by UDub destroying them. Coug'ing it this season is not about the 4th quarter of a game, it's about an entire season getting flushed down the toilet.
Buffs do their traditional November work as a ranked home team today with championship on its agenda.
CU 62
Wazzu 36
Go Buffs!
A special P.S. this week: the ****ty preview's Cougar of the week.
The ultimate smoke show who is bat**** crazy enough to have once thought it was romantic to wear a necklace with a vial of Billy Bob Thornton's blood as its pendant (and vice versa for him)... yet still hot enough to defy those crazy points on the crazy/hot scale.
As a teenager, it was totally appropriate for me to notice her when she was 15 and started getting some press:
As a young adult when she made her movie debut playing strung out supermodel Gia, I fell in love:
Later, she was the only woman on the planet who actually had the body to play the role of Lara Croft, a video game hottie created by a bunch of Weird Science nerds and made real by Angelina:
And now, at 41 years old with 6 children, Angelina Jolie continues her decades long reign as the queen of hotness and the one woman who is probably on both my and my wife's Hall Pass. She is our Cougar of the Week:
