Deadspin: Fiesta Bowl

A Slight Departure From Billy Packer

mjdeadspin — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:00:00 EDT

With the NCAA tournament gone, and CBS putting Billy Packer back in his cryogenic chamber for 11 months, I thought we were entitled to some commentators with more of a sense of joy.

I'm at a total loss to explain why this makes me laugh. I can't imagine why that happened, or why someone thought this was a good idea ... but they had a vision, they trusted it, and we're all winners here. I'm not sure I'd have been so brave.

2007 Fiesta Bowl [YouTube]

Laura Quinn Gives Us A Fiesta Of Pain

Leitch — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:00:14 EST

Thoughts while watching about three hundred shots of Brady Quinn's sister, Laura, during the Fiesta Bowl last night:

1. We kind of miss that TV show, Xena, Warrior Princess.
2. We thought A.J. Hawk was some sort of famous skateboarder. Apparently we're confused.
3. Brent Musberger is still alive? Wow.

You know, during her rounds on ESPN Cold Pizza and whatever other shows she was on over the past week, Laura Quinn should have been notified that her boyfriend and her brother would be on opposing teams in the same game. She seemed shocked by that fact on Monday, when Ohio State's Hawk spent more time cuddling Notre Dame quarterback Quinn on than he does, probably, on a typical night with Laura. We just wish Notre Dame's offensive line had done a better job of blocking, so that we didn't have to see so many cutaways of that awful half-and-half jersey.

Laura Quinn Is ... Um ... [NFL Spam]

The Trophy Monstrosity

Leitch — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:02:20 EST

Via TrojanWire and Every Day Should Be Saturday, we present the trophy given to the winner of the Fiesta Bowl this year. That's really it. This isn't actual size, but oh, if it were.

It's a bowling trophy as designed by a man taking heavy amounts of hallucinogens, or perhaps basement schlock in the 23rd century.

If Notre Dame wins this trophy, it will have to store it in a basement as an abomination against God. If Ohio State wins it, well, it immediately becomes the tallest building in Columbus. And no matter who wins the Fiesta Bowl, expect this to be unclaimed for a long, long time. And it's gonna take half the offensive line to carry the damned thing anyway.

New Fiesta Bowl Trophy Makes Us Cry [TrojanWire]
Why, God, Why? [Every Day Should Be Saturday]