NCAA MADness, Crashed Ice and Who Dat?! with The Girls!
4 Feb 2010 | Posted in Fantoo Blog HomeWe are mere days away from the Vancouver Olympics, the start of Spring Training, and the beginning of the NBA season. Wha? You mean it started already fo’ real? Child please. But first there’s the Super Bowl. This game may break the record for most points scored, bumping off Super Bowl XXIX which had the San Francisco 49ers beating the San Diego Chargers 49-26on January 29, 1995. Our wish? No blowout, and no sideline proposal from Reggie Bush to Kim Kardashian. Can we please just have a great game with no concussions and, oh, a streaker for fun?
Girls can dream…and you can listen to this week’s podcast:
Episode 203
NCAA MADness, Crashed Ice and Who Dat?! with The Girls!
Today The Girls are coming to you live from the set of the new game show taking the country by storm…”Now, Why Are They Doin’ That?” First topic - the expansion of the NCAA basketball tournament from 65 to 96 teams. We all know the answer is cash, so the real fun in this game show is to spot the spin. We’re doing it for the kids. We’re doing it for the fans. We’re doing it for the athletes…ooops…student/athletes. What they’re actually doing is watering down a thrilling and super fun tournament that all consider to be as perfect as can be. The real question is, Who is going to play the NIT (that would be the ‘Not Interesting Tournament’)? Us?
Heck no, we’re saving ourselves for the Crashed Ice competition in Quebec City. Robin could excel at this sport, however Carol would most certainly perish, so she’ll be carrying a flask near the finish line to cheer on her buddy. Here’s a sneak peek courtesy of Red Bull:
We also go a little retro with a look at Bandy, the precursor to hockey. Why these visits to sports that push the participants to their limits in harsh conditions, all for glory and maybe a little coin? That’s what you do to re-balance your fanliness after you’ve subjected yourself to the NFL Pro Bowl. What a cuddly little fluffy lost kitten kind of football game. But people tuned in, so Roger Goodell is on to something: we want our NFL season to end when the Super Bowl is finished. We stand up, dust off the crumbs of nachos and wings and get ready for Spring Training. Now if we could just get him to eliminate the actual game and throw a big fat par-tay…
Until that happens we will ponder the media’s thoughts on the ‘new media’, create conspiracy theories around Dwight Freeney’s ankle, lament the death of the phrase, “Defense Wins Championships”, and try (seriously, we broke a sweat) to come up with reasons to root for the Colts to win. We did find one on particular:
Not that we don’t respect - hugely - their game, their class, their style, the comedic excellence of Peyton Manning, and the entrepreneurial genius of Jeff Saturday, it’s just that the underdog (complete with tragedy, determination, achieving against all odds, and a slight stature) is so compelling. And an underdog victory so uplifting! And well…this happened in New Orleans, at the Superdome, to the Saints and the City.
Couldn’t we all use a little Yay! this time of year? Especially in light of the NFL’s outrageous reaction to the use of ‘Who Dat?’, a colloquialism in use before the NFL was anything other than three letters from the English alphabet. Cease and Desist letters? Really? Somebody’s been watching too much Rambo.
We squeeze in a little hockey Fan-Tutor for those of you who are wondering just what those refs are up to, and spank Nike for being a wee bit too jacked up for our consumer tastes. Then we tie it all up with an IT HAS TO BE SAID, cuz it does. So grab your emergency brake, a bandy ball and some confetti…it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

















