Sports Schmorts!

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that I'm not a big sports fan. Hubby has been involved in sports all his life -- wrestling, football, golf -- he even went to college on a baseball scholarship. And now he loves nothing more than watching sports on TV, be it college or professional or even a peewee game. Do they televise those? Around the time we got married, I remember telling him that I was going to watch a movie one evening and he had a conniption. He's outraged, "Oh no, you can't watch a movie, I'm watching Monday night football!" Mind you, this was when we only had one television in the house, down in the family room. I was standing at the stove, probably stirring spaghetti sauce which we ate a lot back then. I asked him, "So who's playing?" And he kind of hollers, "I don't know!" Then we both laughed really hard. Because the point was he didn't know or even care who was playing as long as he was watching. Yikes!

But my sweet Hubby shares with me things in the newspaper that he finds amusing. Come on, ladies, don't you love to be read to? It may not be poetry ... okay, it's definitely not poetry. This article was in the Arizona Republic recently on the top rivalries in major college football. We were laughing about what these games have been nicknamed:

Alabama - Auburn: The Iron Bowl (these Bama fans mean serious business - I adore Lori's blog, The Foremans and her take on The Iron Bowl - http://benforemanfamily.blogspot.com/2010/11/thoughts-formed-from-iron.html)
ASU - U of A: The Duel in the Desert
Michigan - Ohio State: The Game (far be it from me to criticize, but this could be more personal or original!)
Oklahoma - Texas: Red River Rivalry
California - Stanford: The Big Game (at least they've added the word Big)
BYU - Utah: The Holy War
Clemson - South Carolina: Palmetto Bowl
Kansas - Missouri: Border War
Pittsburgh - West Virginia: Backyard Brawl
Oregon - Oregon State: The Civil War

And my very favorite from the list ... drumroll, please ...

Florida - Georgia: The World's Largest Cocktail Party

Even I, crappy sports fan that I am, would attend a football game called The World's Largest Cocktail Party. I would even put on a cocktail dress and heels for it.