I referanced TJ O’Pootertoots on the show, its a fictional bar, and people wanted to know where it came from. Well here you go and don’t ask me why I thought of this or why I even rememeber it. It’s from the Ben Stiller show, a sketch comdey show on fox from the early 90’s. It had some funny moments.

You are on the cusp of your NFL dreams, you get invited to the best All-Star game in the land, where every NFL team will have people there watching your every move. It’s arguably the biggest week of your life. And you show up at 370? Looking like this? Come on now Terrnance, your a All-American and a national champion. Not pretty man, not pretty. Roll Tide.

In all my years of doing this radio show never had I touched on a topic that brought out such hateful emails as when I had the nerve to poke fun at Avatar and suggest that it may be slightly over hyped and that I doubted it was as good as the buzz surrounding it. Nerds and virgins alike went postal on me filling my inbox with fanboy rants and threats. One guy went as far as saying I didn’t deserve the right to see the film or even live for that matter and that he’d already seen it 4 times. The only other thing he has witnessed in his life that could compare was the Lord of the Rings movies, but that I was probably too stupid to recognize their greatness as well. He then went on to say I should probably just kill myself for not being able to appreciate true art. Wow, I’m sure he’s gonna make somebody really happy someday. Ladies, if you want I can forward his email on to you but you might have to get in line for this winner. But I figured if I was going to mock the Avatar nerd I should at least see the film to have a frame of reference. So last night I headed out for a late night 3D showing in Battleground.

I went with a buddy of mine and there was only 2 other people in the theater making me wonder if this was the smallest screening of Avatar ever?

Let me say this before I get into specifics of the film, I enjoyed the movie. I didn’t feel ripped off in any way and was entertained for the most part. Just wanted to get that out of the way before nerds everywhere started to threaten me again.

The 3-d was better than I thought it would be. Certainly a upgrade over Captain E-oh and the Muppets in 3-d which were my last two 3-d experiences. It was a pretty cool effect and some of the stuff did look like it was right in front of you, but life changing? Uh no. 3-d can add to a movie but it doesn’t make one. You wouldn’t buy a crappy car just because it had a awesome stereo would you? It adds to the over all experiences but people are going a little over board saying no movie is complete without 3-d. I don’t think the Godfather needed 3-d to be a great movie. The glasses also were a bit annoying to wear for 3 hours.

The story was good the first time I saw it when it was called Dances With Wolves. Holly hell this thing was ripped off. I kept waiting for John Dunbar and Kicking bird to show up. At least change something so I know you’re not totaling ripping off another movie. The aliens even sounded like Indians. Some originality would have been nice.

I could also go for a toned down political message. I get it, the military is bad, health care sucks, and the earth is our mother and god. Relax there James Cameron, I came to watch a movie not have your beliefs shoved down my throat. There’s a scene about two minutes in where a ex Marine in a wheel chair states that in the future world they can fix a spinal injury but not a Marine’s salary or VA benefits. Real subtle there. At least buy me dinner before you f me.

I think a large reason this movie was so popular with nerds is the fact that for 3 hours you watch big blue toned cat women in g-strings and no tops run around and do cool things. I don’t want to know how many of these young men go home and play Avatar the home game with themselves locked in their parents basements. This is the greatest marketing ploy ever, that James Cameron is a genius.

The Movie was a little long, but like I said I enjoyed it. I got my money’s worth but greatest movie of all time? Come now people, lets be real. It’s good not great. But visually it’s impressive and if you go in with reasonable expectations you won’t be disappointed.

I’m not really sure what to say about this, but here you go.

What is the point of doing that? I mean really LT, what does that do for your already fading rep? If your going to release a video you could at least do something classy. Maybe a remake of classic, something like….oh I don’t know….This

There is no greater site to a fat man(myself included) than to see of of his brothern scale the mountain and stand on it’s peak and proclaim victory. Here’s proof that while rare, the fat guy hot chick combo does happen outside of crazy TV sitcoms.

Lots of news over the weekend. USC lost a football coach, Oregon State kept theirs. Not a huge shocker that Mike riley chose to stay, but certainly has to be a relief for Beaver fans everywhere. I’ve said for years that Mike Riley is the best thing to ever happen to that program and that OSU should hold onto him like grim death. His new deal basically guarantees that OSU can never fire him, they can’t afford to. The only thing that would give me pause if I’m a Beaver is that these kind of deals have gone south before at other program, see ND and Charlie Wiess. But Oregon State had to do something and they did, so you can’t really knock them.

As for Pete Carroll, good for you. You just put 35 million in your pocket regardless of what your team does on the field and you only have to coach. Pete will not be team president or GM. So either this works out for Pete and he puts the finishing touches on a great coaching career or he becomes really really rich and lives on a beach someone and then does some broadcasting work for ESPN. (He was very impressive during their national title coverage) And to top it all off he doesn’t have to recruit 6 months out of the year. This is a pretty sweet deal for Pete.

As for the NFL wild card weekend, who the hell saw that coming from the Ravens? Especially when Joe Flaco throws for a whopping 34 yards? Maybe The Pats were living off reputation, but I just didn’t think they were capable of looking that bad against a average team like Baltimore. It wasn’t that long ago that New England was pushing around the undefeated Colts and were 6 inches away from looking like the best team in the NFL. But everything seemed to come apart after 4th and 2. You have to wonder if the team of the decade that could do no wrong has seen the top on the hill and are now on the downside never to see the top again.

In other games, what the hell happened to Carson Palmer? Remember when this guy was one of the top 4 Qb’s in the league? Neither do I, his crappy play of late has made me forget it as well. Kurt Warner on the other hand just keeps cementing his place in Canton. He had more TD passes against the Packers(5) than he did incompletions. (4) One of the worst played but best games I have ever seen. And is there any doubt right now that the Cowboys look to be Super Bowl bound. They were the one team to stick out as super from the wild card weekend.

I also went and saw Sherlock Homles on Saturday and loved it. Robert Doweny Jr is fast becoming a go to actor for me. The type of guy that even the the movie looks sketchy you still go just because he’s in it.

We had the opportunity to have Nebraska All American Defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh in studio today and was blown away by this young man. He is the best college football player in the country at any position, he is one of the most dominate defensive players ever to step on the field which is why you are about to see him taken number one over all in the upcoming NFL draft. But he also just graduated with a degree in engineering, how often do you hear that about the number one NFL draft pick? He was very humble, thoughtful and engaging. This is a local kid that is worth cheering for on and off the field.

I think I was the only man in Oregon and one of the few in the country to actually pick Ohio State to beat Oregon. I feel somewhat vindicated by the results all though now it seems as if people are making the assumption that Oregon is terrible and Ohio State is the greatest. The truth is both are really good teams and that particular day, Ohio State was just a tad better. The Buckeye defense did what I thought they would, slow down the Ducks vaunted attack, although I didn’t think they could do that kind of job against it. But the big shocker was Terrelle Pryor and him playing the game of his life. I don’t know if he could duplicate that again if the teams played 10 more times and if he doesn’t maybe Oregon wins but on that day he was the difference.

The big thing that stuck out for me though when I looked at the stat sheet was Oregon 2-11 on 3rd down. The last month of the season they had been fantastic at converting 3rd down, even 3rd and long. Arizona and Oregon State did a nice job on first and second down against the Ducks, only to see Masoli or James make a huge play on 3rd down and bail out the Ducks. I said going in Oregon had to be better at getting themselves in manageable 3rd downs, or they would be in trouble. You just can’t rely on big plays to bail you out time and time again, especially with a run first offense. Their luck finally ran out against the Buckeyes and Ohio State constantly got them in 3rd and long. They would just play their base defense and force Oregon to throw the ball. They didn’t fear Oregon running the ball in these situations. They were physical enough to clog the middle and fast enough to not allow Oregon to turn the corner. Time and time again Oregon tried to get the edge only to find a Buckeye player had gotten there first. Give a lot of credit to that defense, it was by far the best the Ducks and seen all year and they just didn’t have a answer for what they saw.

The good part for Oregon though is that you bring back 18 starters and should, on paper be better next year. That doesn’t mean you’re going back to the Rose Bowl or that they will be playing for a National Championship. Too often we just assume that everything will fall into place just because a team is a year older, which is a mistake. But what it does mean is that they will have a excellent chance to put together another special season and should be in the top ten when the pre season polls come out which is huge. It allows the Ducks to stumble early and still be in a position to be a top ten or higher team as the year rolls on if they keep winning. So even if they don’t win a Pac-10 title they might be in position to get a at large BCS birth.

It was a great year for Oregon, it didn’t end the way they were hoping for, but that shouldn’t mare a special year. They were a great team before the Rose Bowl and they still are. Don’t let one game cloud what this team accomplished. But also don’t let it raise your expectation level to unreasonable heights.