I realized this past weekend that I haven’t been much of a Badger basketball fan, and nor have my parents. In the past, my parents have been HUGE Badger fans. They’ve tried to attend as many games as possible or would watch the games on TV. They still watch the Badgers when they can, but they also aren’t as enthusiastic as they once were, and it’s due to the 20+ games being shown on the Big Ten Network. When games are on the BTN, they are forced to hear about the game the next day, and aren’t as emotionally involved with the team, and don’t want to be. I kind of felt the same way during the football season. Why should I get emotionally involved when I don’t know from one day to the next which games I’ll be able to watch.

The fact is, the Big Ten Network is destroying each school’s fan base.

Yes. I have no doubt it was a calculated event. I believe her campaign felt she was slipping after getting destroyed in Iowa and needed a momentum swing. Obama and Edwards rattled her and made her look like a bitch, so crying was a means of showing her sensitive side, and it made other women feel bad for her.

So, let’s take a look…

She cracks up, but her face doesn’t look sad, and she doesn’t look tired as she says. The only thing she’s good at is bad acting. Do you notice what she says when she pretend cries? She says, “I have so many opportunities for this country”. I find that sentence a little odd. Shouldn’t it be, “we have so many opportunities for this country”?

Oh, poor Hillary, she was picked on by the big bad bully MALE candidates. Give me a break! Come on people, don’t fall for this lame attempt at winning votes. I want to vote for a mentally strong candidate that doesn’t crack under pressure. In Iowa she snapped, and in New Hampshire she cried. What’s next?

…and she doesn’t even know it yet. It’s become clear Edwards and Obama are way ahead of her in all aspects of the game. In fact, they’re making her look like an inexperienced amateur. She boasts 35 years of experience, but in actuality, what has she done? The answer is very little. The ONLY reason she has been able to become a senator and eventually run for president is because people like her husband.

I remember when Bill was campaigning and she promised us health care reform as the potential first lady. That never happened, and now she wants to run for president? No thanks!

Bill had experience, and a personality to boot. She has neither. Hillary has proven she cracks under pressure, and is kind of a bitch.

Hillary. You want change? Get some experience in politics, grow a personality, and quit riding your husband’s coattails.

Choking up because she knows it’s over

Now people are saying she’s staged the “Iron My Shirt” incident

Is Bill Belichick a good coach? Yes. Should a good coach who was caught cheating win coach of the year? No.

To me, the coach of the year award has to do with not only being a good coach, but it also includes dealing with adversity. Of course I’m a little biased, but I think Mike McCarthy, or maybe Dick Jauron, deserves this award over Belichick. Yes, the Patriots did go 16-0, but they hit that mark with a great roster which includes a QB that threw 50 TD’s this season, it required very little adversity, and let us not forget, they cheated. McCarthy surprised everyone with the way he had the Packers playing this season. And Jauron’s team, they didn’t have a great season, but they were more or less destroyed by injuries, yet he had them playing some pretty damn good football.

Instead, for coach of the year, we have a CHEATER! Why? 16-0 is the only reason why, regardless of cheating and the lack of adversity. The NFL and Bill Belichick, shame on you.

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I’m starting to wonder if Jessica Simpson is really a Packer fan. She seems to have shown up in Tony Romo’s life just in time for the playoffs. Woohoo! She went to her first game, which just so happened to be Romo’s worst game statistically to date. T.O. is starting to shoot his big mouth off about it, and there are rumblings that more Dallas players are upset about Simpson. If this continues, the Cowboys won’t even make it to the NFC Championship, let alone the Super Bowl.

Is Jessica a Packer fan? I doubt it, but she just may help out the Packers this post-season. Thanks Jess!

The Wisconsin Badger’s football team ended it’s regular season with over 50% of Madison not being able to view the game since it was on the dreaded Big Ten Network. I just never imagined 4 out of the last 5 games would be on the BTN.

The BTN promotes their network as if it’s a good thing for the Big Ten, but in fact, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The truth is they want to over-charge for a handful of second rate football and basketball games. Yes, they’re showing sports like field hockey, volleyball, and other sports, but what kind of ratings are those getting? I doubt those ratings are worth a damn. So, in essence, the BTN is over-charging for only a handful of games.

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I think it’s time for for the Denver Broncos to get rid of Mike Shanahan. Shanahan has done some great things in Denver over the years, but regardless of the talent of a coach, sometimes it’s time for a coach to move on. It reminds me of when Mike Holmgren was coaching in Green Bay. I think everyone knew it was time for Holmgren to move on, even though Green Bay residents just named a street after him.

I think it’s time to give a new coach a shot at developing Jay Cutler. The only thing Shanahan has done the last few years on a consistent basis is to continue to provide a decent running game with second-rate running backs.

The team reminds of the last few years of the Mike Sherman era in Green Bay. Zero depth, too many failed free agent pickups, and terrible draft decisions…ex: Maurice Clarett. This team needs to unload the old farts and reload this team with some young talent.

Lastly, I’d like to know who’s idea it was to punt the ball to Devin Hester? This alone should get Shanahan fired. I mean, how stupid do you have to be?

I’ve been wanting to get back into shape, so I’m setting a goal for myself. I want to run a 5k this Spring, probably in May. For a lot of people, running 5k wouldn’t be a big deal, but it is to me. I was in a car accident in 2004 which earned me a dislocated ankle and my fibula being broken in two places on my right leg. It’s been a constant struggle for me to keep my weight down since it’s been difficult to workout with any regularity.

Things I need to do to make this happen:

• Strengthen my legs, in particular my bad leg
• Lose weight to take the stress off of my leg. I’m thinking 40-50 pounds should do it.
• Gain endurance to run the entire 5k without stopping.

I’m not sure which run I’m going to do, but it’ll probably be for a good cause. Anyway, wish me luck.

This will be the third weekend in a row where the Badgers have been on the Big Ten Network, and I won’t be able to watch the game. BOLLOCKS! I’ve gone from being pissed to very disappointed. I’ve been become such a huge fan over the years that I’m starting to wonder if it’s time to find another team to follow. The fans have been left out to dry by the Big Ten Network and companies like Charter, and I don’t know about other fans, but I won’t be quick to forgive if and when I ever get the BTN. Anyone selling BTN sucks t-shirts? I want one!

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The Drive-By Truckers are one of my favorite bands, but I was a pretty disappointed with their show Saturday in Madison, WI. First of all, they kind of just strolled out on stage like one of the roadies. I don’t even think the crowd noticed them at first. I was just kind of waiting for the show, and then I was like, “oh, that’s Patterson and Cooley”. They just walked out and sat down and started tuning their acoustics while there was still music playing through the PA system. It was like they didn’t even want to be there.

The show wasn’t labeled as an acoustic show, so I figured they’d start out the show acoustic and then rock out a little later. I was wrong. They sat down and put a very enthusiastic DBT crowd to sleep. I mean, everyone still enjoyed it, but I think everyone expected to see DBT, not DBT unplugged.

I left after the first encore song, but at that point they hadn’t played a single song off of their new album, and I was starting to hear comments about that from fans. I was surprised to hear a lot of material from Pizza Deliverance.

Anyway, I hope this isn’t the new post-Isbell Truckers, because I wasn’t impressed. I can’t wait for Jason Isbell to come back through town.