And of course, it helped that ECU had their AD on the selection committee so they got picked over us even having beat them senseless 4 times (hey! novel idea. when is the Greenwave TPTB gonna smarten up and figure out those kinda home cooking arrangements?)
So I bought me these boots instead of having a pity party. Retail therapy, cures all that ails ya.
I found them on a birthday trip to Austin the same weekend of the Cusa Tourney which was taking place in Pearl, Mississippi. I found these at this lovely boot scootin shop called "Allen Boots" located amongst the Hippie dives of South Congress. (Serious. Austin is sooo weird. and I say that as a New Orleanean.)
Here's a link, don't look at the price, just buy them because they are fabulous. And get them in a size larger because they run small.
......So, now, am I ready to go pitchforking Coach Rick Jones like some of the haters? ....Uh, No Thank You! Lawd have mercy. Could you imagine all of the extraordinary drama that TPTB at Wilson Center could invent in their effort to derail yet another head coaching search?
During the football head coaching search, there was all kinds of drama. And I mean: all kinds. I got grey hairs from all of it and worse: it was interfereing with my ability to hostess proper tailgating parties! And that is serious y'all!
The Football Head Coaching Search which was conducted was such an absurd tragi-comedy that Hot Wheels renamed the thread on the topic on GoTula.net as the "Head Coaching Search Hostage Crisis Day {insert number of days}" lmao! It was like a countdown, and each day it would be updated with the newest day. Of course TPTB just hated that and even mentioned it underhandedly at the announcement presser, but whatever. Laugh with us, or cry with us.
It's sad that this was actually funny to us, but seriously - this search could not have been handled in a more absurd manner. It got to the point that the only thing a random candidate needed was an offer from Tulane in order to parlay that into getting a better gig at a better program. Scott Cowen had even schockingly opened up the coffers to the limit, above and beyond what other schools were offering to pay and nobody, I mean, nobody, dared accept. Every candidate pulled a Todd Graham on us, accepting our overtures in order to use our offers to sweaten the ones they really wanted. It was embarassing, excruciating, undignified.
Tulane started out at the front of the pack in the coaching search in October and we offered everybody with a living pulse before finally thankfully drawing the charade to a close in high December with someone not but 3 miles away from campus. I cannot make this up.
And then to top that drama, we now have the withering away of CUSA right before our very eyes - which was a joke of a conference to begin with. Titanic imagery and all. And second-guessing TCU for conference hopping. And making Louisville and Cincinnatti promise to schedule CUSA games as an exchange condition for bolting. (!!!!!!)
We, as in Tulane, have managed to identify, along with CUSA, some additions of schools whose names even I can't even wring out of my skull or point out on a map. Seriously. The indiginity of even recalling these "new" additions to CUSA is so embarassing to me, that I can't bring myself to even type them until I absolutely must because they happen to be on the schedule.
(Please Buddah or whoever, Great One Up Above, please, pretty please help us get into a for real college conference? If you could find it in your heart. We've suffered enough.....)
So in short, I'll get back to my point with respect to Coach Rick Jones: We all deserve better treatment than what would most certainly ensue in a "search" should we fire him. The foreseen possibilities that this course of action would promise causes me to have post-traumatic stress disorder in advance. And by "we" who deserve better: I mean the entire Greenwave family: fans, players, and most of all Coach Rick Jones who's given us more wins than any other coach in the history of the Greenwave. and yet, has stuck around.
I do, however, acknowledge that RJ does need to do some hard thinking about the lineup of his coaching staff and how long he lets pitchers marinate on the mound. And then Dickson needs to do some Rise Up TM thinking about proper scholarship arrangements for baseball so that we can do what Rice figured out to do long ago.
Maybe we'll get these wishes in time for Christmas. Dare to dream.....
It was funny to us in Section 110 at the time, but we threatened to take matters into our own hands and do a Forrest Gump.
As in commandeer signal calling away from the third base coach. Sending players around 3rd when they wouldn't make it in time, giving them the signal to stop when it was too late for them to cool the momentum of their jets, running into players running for home. And lawered knows how many botched stolen bases that would doom innings.
Anyways, that's all I gots to say about all of this. Onward to the food and shopping portion of my post today.
I have found these cuuu-te football party gear and hope ya'll love them too.
Cute tailgate glasses from Glam Glasses. Adorable, non?
and Yummy recipes too...I think I'm gonna serve this at the Rice game this season
RACHEL RAY'S TEX MEX BRISKET
Spice Rub
1/4 cuppa light brown sugar, packed
3 tbs paprika
1 tbs garlic powder
1 tbs mustard seeds
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp dried oregano
1 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Braised Beef prep beef brisket (5 to 6 pounds), liposuctioned, but leave 1/8" of fat on top
fresh ground black pepper
1/4 cup olive erl
4 cloves chopped garlic
2-3 stalks chopped celery
2 chopped carrots
1 large chopped oignon
Kosher salt
2 tablespoons pureed seeded chipotle in adobo
2 tablespoons tomater paste
1 bottle dark Mejican Cerveza
2 cups beef stock
One 32-ounce can tomater puree
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Combine spice blend ingredients, reserve 2 tbsp of blend for another use.
Bring the brisket to room temperature. Sprinkle with black pepper and some of the spice blend onto the meat.
Heat 3 tbsp of erl in a skillet and brown the brisket on both sides and then remove from heat onto a separate plate. Don't cook thru.
To the same skillet, add the remaining 1 tbsp of oil, sautee the veggies for 5 mins, seasoned with salt n pepper. Stir in the chipotle puree and tomato paste and let simmer for a minute. Add the beer, stir and simmer for another minute. Add the beef stock n tomato puree and bring to a low simmering boil.
Add the brisket back in, cover the skillet and braise in the oven until fork tender, about 2.5 to 3 hours. Very carefully, remove the brisket and slice it up.
Puree the braising gravy left in the skillet with an immersion blender and add sliced brisket back into the sauce.
serve with Jalapeno Orzo Mac n Cheese (yum-o!)
JALAPENO POPPER ORZO MAC N CHEESE
Kosher salt
1 pound orzo
1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter
4 jalapenos seeded and finely chopped
2 jalapenos, sliced with seeds
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups milk
Fresh ground pepper
2 cups cheddar
4 ounces cream cheese
2 cups panko
2 Fresno chile peppers, sliced
Cook orzo in berld salted water for 6 mins. Until al dente. Drain orzo.
Sautée chopped jalapenos, garlic and onions in 4 tbsp butter until soft. Add the flour and make a roux. Add the milk and stir until the sauce thickens (you've made a bechamel!). Season with salt n pepper. Add cheddar and cream cheese, stir until melted delicious goo-eyness.
Combine the orzo with your cheesy sauce in a casserole dish.
Melt 4 tbsp of butter and toss with panko to coat. Sprinkle buttered panko over the casserole and top with sliced jalapenos and Fresno chiles. Yum, tastes just like a jalapeno popper! With the Orzo, it's a perfect Houston inspired menu with the Greek and the Tex Mex and the American all coming together. Can't wait!
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