Throwback Thursday // 24th of October

Each Thursday we’re taking Instagram to the streets. And to this blog. Remembering the good ol’ days – cause if any good therapist will tell you, it’s best to live in the past.

Nick O.

You haven’t lived until you’ve been to a Girl Talk concert. And you definitely haven’t lived, or almost died after 4 day long birthday bender followed up by a Monday night Girl Talk concert. Try not to wear too many clothes when you go. You will either sweat through them all or end up taking them off and throwing them around your head or someone may just rip them off of you. That all may or may not have happened at this particular show. But what did happen was glory. Toilet paper, confetti, balloons, beach balls. Ca’mon. Here we are preparing for the show. Jello shots and goofy glasses and all. One of these guys made it out the whole night even after the show. One did not. Guess which one?

Adam O.

With only 3 races left in the chase, after just finishing up at the biggest track on the Chase schedule lineup, and heading now to the smallest track. It seems fitting to throw in a NASCAR picture to the mix. We’ve only been to short track racing, which as a spectator might be the best way to go. Newton Motorspeedway in Iowa isn’t on the Sprint Cup schedule, yet. But one day you will see a Spring Cup race in Newton. Last year at Bristol was great. Especially when for the end of days every single pre-Bristol commercial for the Bristol Race will show Tony Stewart taking off his helmet and throwing it at Matt Kenseth’s car. Dominant. Not only were we there. But we were there. Like right there. Standing on the fence watching it all unfold. I will tell my kids this story over and over and over again until they can’t stand to hear it anymore. And then I will tell it to them again. Just for good measure. They may hate me. But hey, isn’t that what all high school kids are suppose to do at one point or another? If you ever get a chance to catch a NASCAR race at Bristol, or a Football game for that matter. Go. 160,000 people at the world’s largest amplitheater. Loud noises. Cold beer. Cars doing a buck 40 in circles for three hours at night. America.

After the toss.

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Parks and Rec on Hiatus? I don’t think so.. But maybe?

Hiatus: a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break.

The other night, as I tucked my dog into bed at 1:30am and started to fire up Netflix to watch as much of a Parks and Recreation episode I had already seen for as long as possible, I decided to check the twitter and see if there was anything worthwhile going on that I needed to know before I dreamt away.

I came across a tweet from a girl I may or may not know that read:

“BRING BACK PARKS AND RECREATION. #thisisanoutrage http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/nbc-has-quietly-put-parks-and-recreation-on-hiatus.html”

I immediately clicked the link and began to read. Cry. Yell and want to know more.

For those of you who didn’t read the article. It goes a little something like this.. Cliff notes version.

Basically – Parks and Rec would immediately put on hiatus. Due to terrible NBC shows be cancelled, no more The Office and people for some reason enjoying The Voice, Parks and Rec would be put on hold.

Over the next few months to close out the year, there may – if we’re lucky, be a total of 4 new episodes of Parks and Rec. Devastation. If you are familiar with the show Community, you know how this feels.

Basically the moral of the story, according to Josef Adalian and Vulture who put out this article, NBC isn’t thrilled with the numbers Parks and Rec is bringing in and would really like people to try and watch Michael J. Fox’s show (fair) and that gay guy from Will and Grace’s new show (eh).

For those loyal fans like myself, who have loved Parks and Rec from day one – like me, you probably through your laptop on the ground, burned down your apartment and went on a drinking and drug fueled rampage around town.

Not all of that happened. But you know what I’m getting at.

Smash cut to the morning when the same person I was trying to start an online #SaveParksAndRec petition at 3am recommended I take a look at a few nice things the wonderful Adam Scott recently tweeted.

So Parks and Rec isn’t on hiatus?

Technically. Wait – what does hiatus mean again?

Hiatus: a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break.

Technically. Parks and Rec is on a hiatus. There will be a few gaps between now and the next new episodes, and then another gap before new episodes, with one more gap between new episodes.

You follow?

Next airing of Parks and Recreation, will be on November 14th. And we get two. Win.

But after that it is going to be some time. Again, after learning what the word hiatus actually means I learned a few things.

• I won’t be getting my fix of new Parks and Rec before the new year.
• This is exactly what happened last year, which sounds right – but I can’t remember because I have slept since then.
• Don’t compare shows to Community, because they got the ultimate ring around the rosey by NBC.

Moral of the story?

1. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
2. Don’t overact immediately to things you read on the internet.
3. Probably not a good idea to aggressively tweet at NBC in the middle of the night after a few heavy beers about how bad they are at making decisions. And picking shows. NBC isn’t putting Parks and Recreation on a hiatus because it isn’t doing well, or because it’s going to get cancelled. It’s because they are not smart.

I get a little defensive about my television shows. Especially this one, which seems to not get the due it needs. It has a good following, maybe not a huge one, but a good one.

As I re-watch season 4 while I write this, it is important to know that while NBC plays reruns of Cee-Lo Green slipping girls drugs.. I mean The Voice, you can watch Parks and Recreation all day every day on repeat via Netflix.

Or listen to Nick Offerman do a podcast or two on the Nerdist. You won’t be disappointed. He’s got a new book out too. Fantastic.

Or watch Aubrey Plaza in Safety Not Guaranteed.

Or watch old SNL skits with Amy Poehler.

Or catch one of Aziz’s stand-up routines.

What I am trying to say is that is isn’t the end of the world peeps. I thought it was. But it was late. And I was drunk.

This happened before, we made it out alive, and we can do it again. I am now taking a hiatus.

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What we learned // College Football Week 8

In the words of Muse (still on my ACL high), this week, “some kind of madness has started to evolve.”  Top teams fell left and right and there was a major shake-up in the SEC.  Oh and some guy named Duzey almost helped the Hawks shock the world.

• Famous Jaemis – This kid is for real.  It wasn’t even a contest, as they absolutely dismantled the Tigers.  Can Alabama lose already so we can set up a national title game/battle for the Heisman between Jameis Winston and his Noles versus Marcus Mariota and his Ducks.  Boy would that be a game to see.
• Favorites Fall – The SEC was madness on Saturday.  Ole Miss toppled LSU, Auburn outscored A&M, Tennessee overpowered the Gamecocks, and Vanderbilt upset Georgia.  Oh yeah, and they were by a combined 13 points!  At the beginning of the year, many would have said Mizzou over Florida would have been an upset too.  Now they’re happily positioned in the top 5 and control their destiny to the SEC title game.
• New Look Big 12 – The top two teams in the conference; your Baylor Bears and Texas Tech Raiders.  Read that sentence again.  I promise there are no typos.  No one would have predicted this at the beginning of the year as the Bears are in the top 10 for passing yards, rushing yards, points for, AND points against.  Meanwhile, the Red Raiders are 2nd in passing yards and 15th and 16th in points for and against, respectively.  The next 3-4 weeks will decide the conference crown as the top 5 teams will have almost all have faced off.
• Light at the End of the Tunnel – Yes our Hawks did lose this week, but would anyone have predicted they’d travel to the shoe and dominate the first half and hold a tie going into the 4th quarter.  There are definitely still things to improve on, mainly stopped a quarterback from running 46 yards around the field to get a 10 yard gain and first down.  A winnable game against the Wildcats at home awaits them this week.

THE BARNEY STINSON LEGEND-I HOPE YOU’RE NOT LACTOSE INTOLERANT-DARY PLAY OF THE WEEK

Boy. Was it a great weekend for College Football. I mean these are the weekends we live for right? Call the wife, tell her – listen babe, I’m not coming home tonight. Order another round and kick up your feet at the bar and watch the night games. Just a few more hours.

With all these great games, we had some great plays as well.

You had a few kickoff returns for touchdowns by the Baylor Bears. But.. They were playing Iowa State. That’s not that special. I mean they have  a fiery coach – but sorry Cyclones fans, that’s not going to win you games. And it’s not gonna help your opponents earn a spot in the Barney Stinson Legendary play of the week.

Ohio State didn’t have many big plays, surprisingly enough, but Carlos Hyde did have a nice touchdown run breaking a handful of tackles against the Hawks this weekend. It was nice. But c’mon Hyde you shoulda been doing that all day long. Not this week.

Ole Miss had a big win and a nice pick. Jameis Winston is making it hard to not put him back in here. And some Stanford kid who apparently didn’t go to the school for academics made a heck of a one-handed grab. I even saw some guy make a pretty awesome two-handed catch this weekend. Do they still do that anymore?

None of those really do it for us you know.

The South Carolina v. Tennessee game – there we go! Jadeveon Clowney had some big hits this weekend – finally. But sorry Jadeveon, that didn’t help you win the game.

This kid Marquez North. Shoot. He had some big grabs! We are a sucker here for one-handed grabs. You know that. We know that. Your father knows that. But this one?! LEGENDARY.

Luck probably had something to do with it. Yeah – and Johnny Football is sticking around for 4 years of school.

The kid was covered. He was harassed.  Tennessee needed a prayer answered. And not only did North answer it, he held on to it! Helping setting up the upset win for the Men’s Vols over the Gamecocks. Unbelievable. You don’t see catches like that everyday. And that’s why today, it is our Legen-wait for it-dary play of the week.

“How did he make that catch?”

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NFL Power Rankings, After Week 7

This week superstars were dropping faster than a futbol player flopping.  The Colts looked impressive, but move forward without their best WR, while the Packers lost yet another target for Aaron Rodgers.  Here’s how things stack up after the seventh week (A hint; there’s a new team perched on the top):

1. Kansas City Chiefs – From worst to first, the Chiefs are bringing life to Kansas City and making the fans at Arrowhead think there is a great possibility of a a Super Bowl run.  And why not?  They have a stifling defense and a premier game manager.  Even though they barely pulled it out against the Texans, all good teams still manage to win, which is exactly what they did.
2. Indianapolis Colts – Trying to control my obvious bias here, but after knocking off the only team to hold the #1 spot in the power rankings, a jump up the rankings was inevitable.  From the get go, this team played near perfect.  And even when Peyton was on his way to completing a 4th quarter comeback that the fans in Lucas Oil are all too familiar with, the defense stepped up and got an interception and and forced a fumble to seal the victory.  Now Jim Irsay is free to go away for awhile.
3. Denver Broncos – With Peyton behind center, this team will always be in a game.  The defense, however, is starting to become a real problem.  The return of Von Miller didn’t do enough and has one to wonder if this is going to be the same script that #18 is used to; amazing offense and regular season, while having a sub par defense and playoff run.
4. New Orleans Saints – With a bye this week, the Saints aren’t moving in these rankings.  Looking back now, they still haven’t beat a real playoff contender (sorry Bears), even though they should have beat the Patriots.  That’s why they play the game though and let’s just hope that Rob Ryan has recovered.  He took that last loss really tough.
5. Seattle Seahawks – If Russell Wilson has this team at 6-1 with his best target being a guy named Golden, just how much better can they get?  How about inserting Percy Harvin this week and we’ll wait and see.  Watch out NFC, this just got a lot more exciting.
6. San Francisco 49ers – Jacksonville has to win at some point.  It won’t be this upcoming week though because Kaepernick and the boys are coming to town and after winning 4 straight, it won’t even be close.
7. Cincinnati Bengals – Winners of 3 straight and 5 of their last 6, the Bengals are showing they’re for real.  The state of the AFC North must have them feeling pretty good going forward.  Up next is a home game against the Jets, who may actually be, gulp, good.
8. New England Patriots – The return of Gronk means the return of the real Tom Brady, right?  Not so fast!  The Jets came to town and won the game as time expired, although some would argue there was a controversial penalty that set up the field goal.  At least they still have the Red Sox in Boston.
9. Green Bay Packers – The bye was just what the Packers needed.  Now winners of three straight this team is showing no signs of slowing down.  Even with injuries to Randall Cobb, James Jones, and now Jermichael Finley, as long as Aaron Rodgers is behind the line, he’ll get the job done.
10. San Diego Chargers – Choosing the tenth team is basically a toss up.  Do we go with the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets?  The Bears just lost their third game in the past 4 to the Redskins (Can I still use that term?) so that’s a no go.  The combined win-loss record of the teams the Cowboys have beaten is 8-19, don’t make me laugh.  The Lions’ best win if over the aforementioned Bears; again no. So congrats San Diego, you’re the best of the teams that still have no shot at a Super Bowl (Yes, I know they did beat the Colts. Don’t remind me).

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LISTEN: Oh’s Knows #10 // Moral Victories 10-20-13

The guys talk about the weekend in Professional Football, the pains of Fantasy Football, briefly break down the big NASCAR race at ‘Dega and talk about the Iowa Hawkeyes hanging in their with the #4 Nationally Ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. They also talk about still basking in the glory that was ACL Festival last weekend and they go back in forth about “moral victories” – and is there really such a thing?!

Adam keeps rolling – even though the Hawks lost, and it was so close. He is still 7-0 on the season for his predictions. Also, will most definitely be watching Law and Order: SVU this week and kind of sorta believes in moral victories.

Nick finally moved above .500 by picking the Buckeyes to beat the Hawkeyes. Looks to keep going next week against Northwestern but won’t beat his brother. Also, doesn’t ever watch TV shows when they originally air. Believes in moral victories.

Tune in next week as we break down the Iowa Hawkeye basketball season and all that is the NBA. Cheers!

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