Happy New Year Gabbers!

Wow, it's hard to believe that another year is in the books. Hell, come to think of it, another decade is in the books too. Where has the time gone? It seems like it was only yesterday that we were all worried about what Y2K would do to our computers, and now we are prepared to go into the year 2010 ... it's amazing how time can fly past without us even noticing.

Anyway, I'm kicked back on the couch today preparing for my big New Year's celebration. I've got the cases of Fred Lites that I stole, err ... borrowed from the Tavern all on ice and ready to go. Hell, I may as well crack one open and make sure they're good and cold. Ahh, that hits the spot -- nothing like an ice cold beer to get the creative juices flowing.

It looks like Texas Tech decided to give Mike Leach the boot after the player mistreatment ordeal. I really don't have an opinion on the matter -- I don't care if he got fired or not, it doesn't change my life any. The only opinion I have on the situation is that Mike Leach looks eerily similar to Vince Gill -- other than that I have nothing to say.

I'm sure everyone is still pissed off at the Colts for pulling all their starters and essentially pissing away any chance at an undefeated season. (Well, everyone except Jets fans.) I must say, it's pretty shitty that they would do this. Hell, they had the chance to do something that only one team in history has ever done: finish the regular season and playoffs undefeated. I think I wanted them to do it more for the fact that Mercury Morris and the rest of the '72 Dolphins would finally STFU and disappear than anything else, because I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting tired of seeing their stupid ass champagne toast every year when the last team loses its first game. Hey Mercury: we all know you guys went undefeated. You don't have to keep reminding us -- really, we're good.

[Time to crack open another cold one -- I have to take multiple samples to make sure the ice is keeing them equally cold.]

I was watching Sportscenter last night and saw that Chad "Eight-Five" has decided to make fun of the Jets fans if he scores a touchdown in Sunday's game. He plans to sit on the goal post padding and quiet the crowd, then convince them to say C-H-A-D CHAD CHAD CHAD!!! (Good luck with that one buddy.)

My only thought: can we please convince eight-five that nobody enjoys his bullshit routines anymore? I mean seriously -- the dude is old news. He used to be funny, but now his antics are just getting dumber and dumber. I know he wants to make a statement that he can do whatever he wants, and apparently he would rather spend his paychecks paying fines for his stupidity than donating to charity or buying cars and houses. To each his own, I guess.

[Let's check out that other cooler and see how cold those Freds are...]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty sure that Urban Meyer's "health issues" story is total bull shit. There's something else going on there, and I can't quite put my finger on it yet ... but he's not just stepping down for his health. Why would he resign, then think about resigning, then come back and change it to a leave of absence, then say that he might be back next season? It sounds too Favreian to me (yes, I made that word up), and anything that can be compared to the shit Brett Favre pulls can't be good. Mark my words -- this will not end well for Meyer or Florida.

[Damn these beers are cold -- I think I'll have another, just to be sure.]

Is anyone else as excited as I am about the BCS bowl games that are coming up this week? I can't fucking wait. I swear -- this is going to be the most fucking awesome weekend of football ever. Fuck yeah. It's going to be wicked great. I mean we have Boise and TCU and Florida and Cincinnati and Alabama and Texas and Oregon and Ohio State -- damn there's a lot of good teams in there. I've got my coolers ready and I'm all jacked up for watching some kick-ass football for the next 5 days.

There's also going to be some kick-ass NFL games on this Sunday too. There are a few teams playing for the last playoff spot in the AFC, and there are some teams that are trying to ruin someone elses' season so they can feel better about the fact that they sucked this year. It's going to be great.

[The beer is calling my name. Okay, okay -- I'll drink one more.]

Holy shit! There's an outdoor hockey game on tv tomorrow. I forgot about that shit. Boston and Philly at Fenway Park. That's going to be awesome! I don't care who wins, but I can't wait to watch it -- outdoor hockey is the best most awesomest greatest sporting event to watch on tv. Better to watch on tv than to freeze my balls off trying to watch it live. I don't know about you but I would rather stay warm and watch it on tv. But to each his own I guess. Either way it should still be awesome because hockey is awesome and outdoors in winter is awesome -- put the two together and you have one big fucking pile of awesome, I say.

[Last beer, I promise...]

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