Self Promotion

We've stolen a basic principle from the Dan Dakich show here at the Bous Theory: Self promotion.

With a snow storm postponing Pike's game from Friday night to last night, I got the opportunity to do play-by-play for the game. It's the 4th time that I've done play-by-play, but just the 2nd time that I did it without the aid of a color commentator. My good friend, Bruce, helped with the commentating last season when Dan couldn't make the game, but with short notice on a Monday game, I ventured into the world of talking to myself for an hour and a half. Trust me, I have had plenty of practice with this, as I've been holding self press conferences for about twenty years.

Without further ado, here's the finished product:



http://www.ezstream.com/play/index.cfm?id=1617732803


As a youngster, I used to spend snow days at the YMCA. Now, I just shamelessly plug my work in an effort to get paid for these skills (said in jest, of course!)

With the Colts loss on Sunday, I'm now fully invested in basketball season. Butler, New Castle, and Pike all won on Monday setting up what should be a great winter. I've yet to hear back from Medley if our church league team won last night, but if we did, it was a perfect Monday. Of course, if they didn't, I will gladly boast that it was due to my absence.

Where's The Love?

For two weeks on Indianapolis sports radio, I listened to fans calling in about the lack of respect the Colts have received from the national media. When you have a dog in the fight, it's easy to remember exactly what the naysayers have to say. Often times, people overlook the fact that half (if not more than half) of the people actually were picking the Colts to win and respected the hell out of them. I guess that's normal thinking, as if 9 people told me they loved this blog, and then 1 person ripped it, I probably wouldn't sleep very well at night.

The reason I bring this up is the fact that I have yet to hear a single person pick the Saints to win this football game. And it scares the hell out of me. Just a month ago, this would have been a complete toss-up. Two months ago, the Saints would actually be favored. And now, it's like it's no contest.

Granted, this isn't as one sided as the 2002 Super Bowl when the Patriots were huge dogs to the Rams, but it kind of has that feel. Of course, the Patriots won that game. As I type this, I realize that I fall right in line with the folks I talked about in the opening paragraph, as I fail to remember the 49ers-Chargers matchup when everyone was picking the Niners to roll: The Niners did roll, 49-26.

Everyone loves the role of the underdog. In fact, when the Seahawks and Steelers matched up in Super Bowl XL, they both tried to play the role of underdog. At the time, it was an unprecedented move. With the Colts, you're just not going to get that. They've been chumping people out for way too many years to play that card.

I think I'd just feel a lot better if one, maybe two national people would predict a Saints victory. I've just seen the side that's picked by a wide majority of the nation in games like this end up with a loss too many times.

Now that I think about it, I've seen the team picked by nearly everyone win a lot of ballgames too. The problem is, I've got a dog in the fight.