- The best rumor I heard last night regarding Nick Saban’s retirement was that Steve Sarkisian was going to replace him at Alabama and take Arch Manning with him. Now, wouldn’t that be something? The next UT/Alabama game would be circled on every college football fan’s calendar. It is a little funny that before Sarkisian was hired at Texas, there were strong rumors of Texas trying to hire Saban. The best part of that rumor was how they were trying to sell the job to him. Basically, it was said he was enticed by his agent saying he’ll never surpass Bear Bryant as the greatest coach at Alabama, but what he could do was go to Texas, win a national championship, and be known are the only coach to win national championships at three different universities and therefor the greatest in college football history. True or not, I like the story.
- Who’s older, Nick Saban or Mack Brown? That’s a bit of a trick question, both are 72, with Brown being born in August and Saban in October. One man has been comfortable with his hair color naturally changing to gray and white for quite a while now and the other continues to dye it a ridiculous color.
- I remember talking to
mya very politically conservative MIL who, when asked what’s the most important trait of the USA, answered capitalism. In that same conversation, she also stated college football coaches were excessively overpaid and all that money should be going to public schools, which didn’t support her earlier argument of capitalism. But, I digress. Anywho, I thought of that conversation when I read the following yesterday:
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I remember my dad once half-seriously telling me that if I became a mortician, I would never run out of business.
- I don’t know much about Hunter Biden other than his sordid past. But yesterday he pulled the rug out from MTG (who likes to show photos of his reproductive organ, and may have sent them to minors). As soon as she started talking, he walked out, baiting the reporters and cameras outside. All the major cable networks had started carrying the hearing live when he walked in and sat for about ten minutes. When he left, he took away her only chance of having national airtime. The networks cut away from the hearing while his lawyer made a statement to the cameras outside. Had Biden stayed, MTG would’ve had five minutes of uninterrupted airtime on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc. I doubt it was his idea, but it was honestly a brilliant political play.
- I think I’ll just stick to the traditional Big Mac, though I wasn’t aware the chain has done a burger overhaul – McDonald’s is bringing the Double Big Mac back to US menus.
- Unlike the previous version, this Double Big Mac highlights McDonald’s overhaul of its core burger offerings, which includes softer buns, adjusting its grill settings for a better sear and improving how the cheese melts. Big Macs, in particular, are getting more sauce.
- That time David Letterman lost $100 to Cybill Shepherd who threw a football into a trashcan by banking it off a wall. I have it qued up for you. If you watch until the 2:39 mark, Dave has one of his all-time best one-liners. If you skip to the very end of the clip, you’ll see Dave, Cybill, and Joe Wyoming all successfully throw a football into a moving NYC taxi. Cybill (yes, I’m on a first-name basis with her) was a great guest. Here’s the time she walked out with nothing but a towel on and sat through the entire interview that way. You’ll notice this was during a time when Paul would not play any music when a guest walked out. That’s right, music wasn’t always played when a guest walked out to Dave’s desk. And one more Cybill fact, she dated Elvis and taught him how to, uh, orally take care of her.