Hotdog & Friends

Manny Faces

Since, you know, it’s The Apple Cup and all, here some gnarly burns you can throw around the office to ramp-up this epic rivalry.  We will start with an oldie but goodie…

It seems there was this fellow named Smythe who graduated from the Washington State University. He had decided to seek employment as a salesman for a haberdashery located in the city of Seattle. He procured an interview with the owner, one Mr. Longfellow, the following morning. Smythe arrived at Longfellow’s and took a seat in the parlor. Longfellow entered the room and said with a booming baritone, “I will hire thee immediately if you just name for me the Patron Saint of Haberdashers.” Smythe stood up and wagged his finger, “Why that would be Saint Louis XI!” he exclaimed. Longfellow chortled, “You imbecile, the Patron Saint of Haberdashers is Saint Louis IX, I can clearly see you were educated at an inferior university.” He then tossed out this zinger of a farewell, “and were I like thee, I would throw myself away in the rubbish bin.”

And it only goes downhill from here…

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Kurt Warner Cheered On By Wire-Haired Man-Goblin

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34927

Manny Faces

I decided to miss attending this one in person just in case I needed to commit an emergency suicide.  So come join Bea Arthur (my bong) and I on the couch as we enjoyed this afternoon’s crapfest.

"Sometimes" did not include today.

Continue to read after the jump if you want to relive the punishment:

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Sager Bombs

I don’t really have much to add than the headline.  Colorado was two and Eugene was three.  Oklahoma and Salt Lake City were not ranked.  So, yeah.  We don’t have much but the beer is still fantastic.  So we’ve got that going for us.

Also: I miss the Olympia stubby.  Cheap, delicious, and it came with a rebus, which eventually would turn into drunken Classic Concentration.  These days the northwest needs all the beer they can get.  Sign the petition to bring them back.

Hello Blawg fans!

So, USC’s trouncing of Ohio State was about the only good thing that happened to the Pac-10 last week. Cal lost to a Maryland team that lost to Middle Tennessee State. WSU did not hold up as road favorites at Baylor. UCLA played so poorly against BYU that all goodwill from the Tennessee upset may have already been spent.

Does Arizona, coming off a loss to New Mexico, have what it takes to beat UCLA? Can WSU beat Portland State? And why is that last question totally reasonable?

Can UW cover as touchdown underdogs against the bye week?

09.16.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

09.16.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

Echelon

Washington’s adorable Alaskan Malamute mascot “Spirit” apparently has a shoulder condition that will prevent him from panting, sleeping on the track, and discreetly sniffing cheerleader underwear this Saturday against BYU.

Let me be the first to speculate that Spirit, who has been the mascot since 1999 and is scheduled to retire at the end of this season, has simply had enough of this shit.

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Have a question for Constable Echelon and Fig Jam? Email the show! hotdogandfriends@hotmail.com

In our sixth show we recap all the week one action in the Pac-10, and look ahead to week two.

Can Washington rebound from a ridiculously poor showing against Oregon? Does WSU have enough players to compete at the D-1 level? Should Arizona State be worried about their inability to run the ball against Northern Arizona?

09.02.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

09.02.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

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Constable Echelon

That’s a nice little program you got there Oregon. Real nice. Had a little success in recent years and everything.

As far as I can tell your football program materialized in 1994 when Kenny Wheaton intercepted a Damon Huard pass to beat Washington. That reminds me of the play that put Washington on the map….

Wait, no it doesn’t. Because we’ve always been on the map. And if we did pick a play it sure as hell wouldn’t involve Oregon.

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Hello Blawg fans,

In the fifth edition of our Pac-10 Football Podcast, we preview the weekend’s upcoming games.

How old is the Oklahoma State coach again? Can Rick Neuheisel conjure up the points he needs to beat Tennessee? What needs to happen for Washington to upset Oregon?

08.26.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

08.26.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

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or Let’s Stop Worrying About Age and Focus on Production

Constable Echelon

Why are there only a half dozen decent pro quarterbacks? Quarterback is the most glamorous position in American sports. Thousands of kids want to play qb, and sure most of them aren’t 6′2+” or blessed with a cannon for an arm, but enough people are that the Dolphins shouldn’t have been barely able to fill the position last year.

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