Oh No! The Big 3-0

[dlgood]

Yes. Today is my birthday. Am now 30. Horrors. I am now, by my own personal reckoning, officially old. Note. I don't think of 30 as being old for other people. My sister is 33, and she's not old. But me. I am 30, and therefore old. Those of you, who are under 30... You are in that phase of life, where things are trending up. Enjoy it while it lasts... while you still can. Be irresponsible. Not me. I'm 30, and that would be weird. Go out and drink, and have sex with totally random people. Do it now, while you are still in your twenties. But not me, for lo, I am old. And I await my slow and inevitable decline, until I drift peacably into death's icy embrace.

Thank you for all your birthday wishes. Much love to the FList. Once again, I have been gifted with paid time. Now I'm gonna have to generate some legitimate content to justify such generosity.

As expected, I was given a number of gifts. Among these... a cardigan sweater, because some days it is cold in the office, and I must have something warm to wear over my various shirt and tie combos. I was give a pair of comfortable, but somewhat ugly slip on shoes. There was a remarkably ugly sweater, which I will pretend to like. And from my parents... a toaster oven.

It is a sign of my aging, that this toaster excited me so greatly.

And apparently, my sister has decided that trusty surplus jersey #38 is too nasty. Sure, it's three iterations out of date, but old becomes vintage and historical. No matter - I was given one of them swanky Under Armor jerseys. For those at home, #18. Vernon Davis. Who, unsurprisingly, declared for the NFL draft today. Still - this is better than that Michael Westbrook jersey she got me some years ago.

Now. For tomorrow. Yes - the Rose Bowl will be this year's NCAA Football Title Game. There has been talk on ESPN comparing the USC Trojans to great champions of all time. This is silly. USC has a superior offense, but an average defense. They aren't better than 2004 USC. They aren't better than 1991 Washington, 1992 Alabama, 1995 Nebraska, 1997 Michigan, or 2001 Miami.

They aren't better than 2005 Texas.

It has been commonplace to note that Mack Brown has never won "The Big Game" - not at UNC when he could not beat FSU even when his teams were loaded with NFL talent. Not Oklahoma, when he had loaded Texas squads. But this is an old story. Coaches never win the big one, until they do. So questions aside, I take the team that can play the best all around game. USC is still going to score, but they won't stop anybody either.

Final Score: 38 - 33.

Comments

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday!

Which team out of all of those do you think is the best? I'd most likely have to go with the 1995 Nebraska team.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

The '95 Nebraska or the '01 Miami team. They had the best balance. It's a game I'd have liked to see, anyway.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

I just remember that 1995 Nebraska team demolishing Florida. That was so painful -- and that was a good Florida team, too.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

That Florida team was good - they won the title the next year. The only flaws they really had were (1) they were sucky tacklers and (2) Spurrier forgot that all that passing only works if your QB isn't being constantly knocked on his ass.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

That run by Nebraska's quarterback where the Gators missed about twenty tackles was just amazing. I think they had that on highlight shows for the next two years.

How much of the Orange Bowl did you watch?

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Pretty much the whole thing. So are they going to chop up your kicker and feed him to Renegade?

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'd have to ask my brother, but from what I remember, missed kicks are just a part of being an FSU fan. Even Bobby Bowden said that in the postgame interview -- that his legacy was going to be the coach with the worst luck in kicks.