outskirts: life and times in charlottesville

Should Al be worried about his future now that he is unemployed and people think he is a terrible coach? I think not.

As has been expected for about 6 years, Al Groh was finally fired from UVA. Like a typical ACC man, Al recited a poem for his last press conference. I think the key phrase from that poem is, “You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years.” Al fooled the local community for years, and sucked more than twenty million dollars out of UVA while coaching to mediocre levels every single year (despite what some may say).

For this firing he got about 4.3 million dollars. He’ll be hanging out with the other UVA coaches that have been bought out in recent years. Millions and millions. I once ran in to one of those coaches at a Starbucks. When I went to grab the newspaper that was at the table next to his he told me to get my hands off his newspaper. Guess that is the overall philosophy of coaches around here.

Get your hands off my money (and everything else)!

If Al was a real man he would take that 4.3 million and donate to a scholarship program that would help students. How many students could be educated? Unfortunately, I don’t think that will happen. More likely is that I’ll run into him at a coffee shop where he’ll be discussing his investment opportunities and tell me not to touch his Wall Street Journal. Education, smeducation…show me the money.

(Charlottesville News Corp) U of Virginny decided to ban signs at all campus events, and an unfortunate incident occurred during the first football game of the year.

Apparently no one had told the cheerleaders or the horse that signs were banned. The local enforcement officers were on the scene and took the proper actions. The cheerleaders were arrested, and the main sign leader will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Drugs were used to get a full confession out of the horse.

Authorities have decided to not euthanize the horse, but it will no longer be allowed to work in C-Ville. Rumor has it that horse will do some hair dyeing and take a new job where it can carry a Seminole in to football games.

One fan said rather bluntly, “College football isn’t really college football anymore.”

Several photos were acquired both before and after the mayhem.

Reebok commercial might have been my favorite from the game

The Perfect Season lives on for another season!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a mother f*cking great game. It makes up for the 1-15 Fins season…at least in a small way.

Here are my thoughts half way through the halftime show.

Does anyone have any doubt who will win? Welker should be the target of every pass.

Is this the most boring halftime show ever? Since the Janet Jackson clothing malfunction the halftime shows have gone downhill (except of course for Prince).

FedEx commercial with the gigantic birds was good. The Bud horse training to the Rocky music was probably my favorite. The Audi commercially certainly targeted upper middle class white men that remember the reference to the horse. And speaking of target audience, the commercial with the shaving guy “looking for his target” was also funny.

The saddest commercial was the one for the HD DVD format. They should just wave the flag and realize Blu-ray won the war. And of course all the FOX Nascar commercials. Why don’t they just make that a one hour show every week where you show the crashes and the last lap? And of course all the fights in the pit.

The NFL Network showed the Super Bowl when the Dolphins had a perfect season last night. Wow.

Seems as if Al Groh has pulled in a new QB who will probably become the immediate starter for another 0.500 ball team (that of course is optimistic).

Pretty easy to get a new QB when the current one flunked out. Hmm…where should I go to school? I think I’ll go to UVA where I can be a starter. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

I hope this player is a bit ‘sharper’ than Groh…if you know what I mean. Speaking of which, when is UVA going to buy him out of his contract? How many coaches are we currently paying that aren’t at this school?

But the flunked players can always make it to the NFL…just go try out with the Fins. You have at least a 50/50 shot of making it this year (and of course I’m sure they’ll be in the Super Bowl next year).

The Fins went down in grand style yet again. They may be the worst team in the history of the NFL. Very debatable. In any event, the first firings will probably happen tomorrow. Happy new year…now go find a new job…

The last two drives by Beck were certainly a possible look at the future. A rookie center hiking to a rookie quarterback. The fullback and tailback in the game were rookies. Passes were getting thrown to a rookie receiver. Lots of rookies.

Sure will be interesting to see who is left next year after the Tuna starts the “process” of rebuilding. Now I just have to wait nine months for the next real game.

So the one game win streak that the Fins had was amazing. I’m still trying to relive that glory, but today they are back to normal. Losing. Lose. Loss. Maybe the one game winning streak will start again next week.

Dolphins 22 Ravens 16

For the first time in more than a year the Fins managed to win in overtime. Do you believe in miracles? Can it possibly get better than this? Perhaps this is seeing the last light before death pops up.

It’s really hard to comprehend what a miserable team the Dolphins have become. They are the Washington Generals of the NFL. The number of injuries continues to mount. Only half of the opening day team is still walking. They’ve lost one starting QB, two starting linebackers, three starting running backs, four starting safeties, five starting lineman, and their swimming mammal in a palm tree.

When is the Ghost of Seasons Yet to Come going to show up in my dreams?