Jerry Kramer Is Not In the Hall of Fame?!?!?

How did I not know this? That is one of the more insane things that I've ever heard. How does a guy who was named to the NFL All-Decade team of the 1960's, and the NFL's 50th Anniversary Team, not also be a Hall of Famer? I'm just confused. I know that it is pretty hard to put numbers on Offensive Lineman, but how can you be widely considered to be one of the best at your position for an entire decade, yet not make the Hall of Fame? He's not the only one, but I don't care about Howard Mudd. What makes him not Hall worthy when Forrest Gregg and Jim Ringo are? (Answer: probably slightly longer careers and therefore a few more All-Pro selections).

But Google "Jerry Kramer Hall of Fame" and notice that there are about 1,000 articles that discuss how messed up this is, and that he is widely considered to be the best player not in the Hall of Fame. This got me thinking: What other really good 1960s Packers aren't in? Two that came to mind looking at that particular All-Decade team are Dave Robinson and Boyd Dowler. I just don't get how you can be the best at your position for an entire decade but not be a Hall of Famer. I guess it is possible. But most of those players weren't part of the above picture, which should cement it.

By the Way

This is happening. Good lord. What did Buffalo fans do to deserve this? Career (pre-season) Stats: 58/104, 455 YDs, 3TD, 6INT, 49.9 QB Rating.

The Wikipedia page says it all: Career highlights: None. That made me laugh out loud.

Stream of Consciousness

Soda Review: Diet Mountain Dew Ultra Violet.

I started drinking diet soda when I went on my diet awhile back. I still don't love diet soda, but it has caffeine, so I get over it. However, Diet Mountain Dew Ultra Violet is made of some crack-like substance that makes it taste fucking fantastic. My office randomly bought a 12-pack (employee benefits! It totally makes up for making half of what I'm worth in the open (non-recessed) market!). As a bonus, if you pour it in a glass it looks like you are drinking "Sizzurp" or "Purple Drank". (one of the more in-depth Wikipedia entries ever, and since it is on Wikipedia, it has to be true!) Keep Johnny Jolly clear! In fact, if I was in my younger days, and Purple Drank had been invented, I would have dumped out the Ultra Violet, replaced it with Purple Drank, and went to a school dance!

In conclusion, this shit is great, and will be taken off the market because I'm the only one that ever consumed it.

More Vegas Stuff

Since I have nothing to do but pretend to work at this job that is also pretending to pay me, I thought I would share this nugget that I retrieved while "working".

We are staying at Bally's when we go to Vegas. On November 21, 1980, there was a fire at Bally's that KILLED 85 PEOPLE and is still the largest disaster in Nevada history in terms of loss of life. Well fuck me. It is a good thing that I find ghosts that are horribly burned to be a turn on.

The Gaels?

I looked around for the Badger game on the dish last night, and couldn't find it. When I went to bed, I saw they beat Iona 60-58 in Overtime. The story on JSOnline was like two sentences long, and described nothing about the game itself. It is quite possible that it was actually played on College Hoops 2k9 in a dorm room somewhere, and didn't actually happen live. The only information was that Bucky shot 31.3%, which is poor. Iona's nickname is the Gaels. A quick check of Iona on Wikipedia reveals that it is an island in Scotland. If you are almost losing to a team with no mention on Wikipedia, that isn't real good. Iona plays in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference or the MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC. I only really know this because I play a bunch of College Basketball video games. My first guess was that a Gael was a bird. It is apparently a yellow and maroon leprechaun. Scary.

Bucky plays the San Diego Torerros Sunday night for the tournament championship. I don't know if San Diego is good this year or not. They were last year. It smells like a Badger loss.

Today's Predictions:

UW 51, Cal Poly 30

Oklahoma 31, Texas Tech 21 (although I will be rooting hard for the Red Raiders)

I murder at least 13 people at the mall. (It's X-mas shopping day! Wheeee!)

ESPN's "Titletown" = Blasphemy

In one of the more ridiculous things ESPN has ever done, they have taken it upon themselves to take the "Titletown U.S.A." tag away from Green Bay. I'm not sure who ESPN thinks they are, but I'm fairly certain they don't have this authority. In fact, I would be willing to be that the government of the City of Green Bay, and the good folks at wikipedia might have a problem with this. (Everything on Wikipedia is true and accurate).

And consider the destruction that will be rained upon Bristol, CT when the ghost of Ray Nitschke gets ahold of Chris Berman and co. I shudder at the thought.

Now, I realize that this is just another ESPN shenanigan to get ratings or whatever ("Who's Now?") and this won't ever actually stick to whomever Red Sox and Yankees fan feel is Titletown, but I still fell like this is a shitty thing for them to do.

In closing, I took the liberty of other nicknames that the overlords at ESPN will be taking away from cities because they apparently have the power to do so.

1) "The Windy City"-Chicago: Fuck Chicago, that's why. I heard it is pretty goddamn windy in Laramie, WY.

2) "The Big Apple"- New York

3) "The City of Brotherly Love"- Philly

4) "America's Team"- Dallas Cowboys: OK, I know this isn't the same thing, but this has always struck me as being a crock of shit. At least Green Bay had something to back up Titletown, U.S.A. It is pretty presumptuous to assume that everybody in fucking America roots for you. I'm sure there is a study of this somewhere, and I am certain that someone else has a better claim. Probably even Green Bay. (I don't see any Cowboy bars in Green Bay, but I bet without doing research that there is more than one Packer bar in Dallas). Also, fuck the Cowboys.

5) "The Big Easy" - New Orleans: There are whores elsewhere.

Voting begins soon!