FUTURE MAN

The Longhorns added the much needed superstar quarterback to the 2013 class last week. Ladies and gents, Tyrone Swoopes:

Looks very familiar:

Apologies to Brewer, Ash, McCoy and Overstreet. I believe this is FUTURE MAN.

RUN RICKY RUN

I remember playing EA Sports NCAA football 97 against my roommate. I would use Texas and he would be Kentucky in our dynasty. I ran the HELL out of the option with Major Applewhite and Ricky Williams. (with much success.) Ricky went on to win the Heisman, Major to less success, becoming a college coach. Ricky had his ups and downs, but today he called it quits. Ricky Williams retired today, at the age of 34. I will always remember when I had Ricky on my fantasy team. I would go out with my friends on Saturday, sleep until about 2:00 PM on Sunday and go into work. I would have no idea what NFL games had transpired. When I got to work I would ask my boss, Tom, "How was Ricky?" He responded with one of two answers. "Ricky was Ricky." or "Ricky wasn't Ricky." 

Here's to Ricky being Ricky. Not many people can say they lived like Ricky.


And now here is a complete lunatic:

Favorite play-by-play announcers

A subject I take much interest in: HEARTBREAK CITY

Keith Jackson/Craig Way
 (THE GREATEST SPORTS PLAY OF MY LIFE)

Al Michaels

Brent Musburger

Jim Nantz

Bob Costas: My sportscasting hero is on the list for sure. He should be on everyone's list for nailing that sick bastard Sandusky in that interview!

Verne Lundquist:One of my top favorite calls of all time. I actually met Verne a few times working for the Radisson.

THE LEGEND: GUS JOHNSON
HAS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD.

 

PURPLE DRANK, LAWYA!

Purple drank is a slang term for a recreational drug popular in the hip hop community in the southern United States, originating in Houston, Texas. Its main ingredient is prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine.^[1] Cough syrup is typically mixed with ingredients such as Sprite soft drink or Mountain Dew and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy. The purplish hue of purple drank comes from dyes in the cough syrup.
Between 1991 and 1992, there was a large increase in use of purple drank in Houston.^[4] Purple drank has been considered to be a major influence in the making of and listening to chopped and screwed music due to its perceived effect of slowing the brain down, giving slow, mellow music its appeal. DJ Screw, however, repeatedly denounced the claim that one has to use purple drank to enjoy screwed and chopped music. Screw, a known user of purple drank, said he came up with chopped and screwed music when high on marijuana.<sup>[1]

This OF COURSE leads to Conway Twitty.</sup>