Saturday Stuff - November 14, 2009 Issue

Finally watched The Graduate again last night. It is the first R-rated movie I ever saw. It would probably rate a PG today. I think I was 15 or 16 when I saw it. I can say, without qualification, that it sailed right over my head then. I didn't think much of it mainly because I didn't get it. Now that I do, I still don't think much of it although Anne Bancroft's performance was fantastic. It's an OK movie with a great Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack and there are some funny moments, mainly concerning how far out of his depth the Dustin Hoffman character was. Hoffman was only 6 years younger than Bancroft but her Mrs. Robinson perfectly nailed the older, more experienced woman. The end is just plain silly, though.

Just a note about something I read earlier this week: I've seen Navy play many times over the years both in person and on TV. They are usually out-manned against the elite teams but they play hard, they play clean, and they shake your hand afterward, win or lose. That's not to say there is NEVER an exception or a personal foul. ALL teams get some of those. I'm not wild about cut blocking but it's legal. Notre Dame has better players than Navy but they were out-hustled, out-coached, and outplayed. That's why they lost. Nothing dirty about it. The Notre Dame family would do better to stop offering excuses and, even more importantly, stop accepting them. Their advantages far outweigh their disadvantages. They have no excuse whatsoever for not competing nationally.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Quadrophenia 6:15 The Who Quadrophenia [Disc 1]
2. Another Day In Paradise 5:23 Phil Collins
3. Venus 36 Shocking Blue Rock 'n Roll Relix 1968-1969
4. Stone Cold Crazy [1991 Remix] 2:15 Queen Sheer Heart Attack [Bonus Track]
5. Here It Comes Again 2:41 Please Empire Records Soundtrack

Quote of the Day

Here come the law
Gonna break down the door
Gonna carry me away once more
Never never I never want it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy you know

Queen, Stone Cold Crazy

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "I remember watching the replay on that illegal cut block on Blanton and thinking to myself that if it wasn't a Navy player doing that, he'd get shredding. But that's one of the other elements that go into playing Navy, the sentiment that because they're a service academy and because they are heroic off the football field that they're above reproach."