Canes vs. Noles Observations

• Being a Miami Hurricane/Boston Red Sox fan is kind of like being a Muslim who is addicted to bacon.
• The 'Canes put in a backup running back and the announcer was just about salivating because the kid was from New Orleans. "Get the violin music cued up there, boys!"
• Hey, Jeb Bush got some air time. WHY? Since when did New Orleans come under his realm? Probably because ABC News has somehow morphed into FOX News with the poll claiming that most Americans don't blame Bush for the bungling of New Orleans. Even tried-and-true Red Staters who were burning Bush in effigy stopped for a second and said, "How'd they come up with THAT one?" Oh well, at least Jeb came out as a Canes fan.
• Gawd, these announcers are awful. One of them mis-identified a Miami tight end as Jeremy Shockey. Here's another helpful hint: Jim Kelley isn't the QB at Miami anymore, either.
• Preview for "Lost": A woman in the dark saying, "I think there's SOMETHING here." Really? I don't even watch the damn show and I can tell ya, "Yup, there is."
• The Miami kicker is wearing number "13." I guess this means retiring the number for Gino Toretta is officially out of the question now?
• At one point they dubbed Miami as "Tight End U." Of course, it sounded like "tight end you" which has disturbing implications.
• Bad snap on a field goal try at the end of the game seemingly ends Miami's chances and they say, "is this the year Miami is finally victimized by bad kicking?" Hey, news flash: Miami ALWAYS had bad kicking, at least since Carols Huerta. FSU was just more visible about it.
• Another pet peeve about the announcers: "He hung in there forever!" Well, by its very definition you can't use "forever" with a past-tense verb. Because if it happened in the past, then it obviously wasn't "forever" was it? You could say, "He WILL hang in there forever" but then the game would go on for infinity and we won't be able to see if that woman from "Lost" was right and there was indeed something there with them.
• On a non-game note, this reminds me of another pet peeve - the overuse of the word "historical." Before the levees broke in New Orleans, they were describing the storm as "historic." Obviously it will turn out that way, but when I first heard it, it was far from clear. A better example is when the Rolling Stones played Fenway Park. Why was it described as "historic?" As far as I can tell, it was the first time they played at Fenway. So what? I'm sure there are lots of places they go to for the first time. I don't remember their first concert at Gillette Stadium being described as "historic."

Oh well, that will do it for tonight. A tough loss for the Canes, but at least that Jim Kelley to Jeremy Shockey connection looks good. I'm going to try to roll out a new recurring feature tomorrow. I have a couple of busy weeks ahead so there probably won't be many comedy schedule updates for a few days anyway.