Buckeye Bombast with Belhaven & the Boy

If you like your bombast thick....like butter before it sits out in the butter dish for a period of time, then you are in luck!  We will probably apologize for it later....or not.

As Donald Fagen would say....."When black Friday comes, I'm gonna dig myself a hole. Gonna lay down in it 'til I satisfy my soul..." with Big Buford's and college football.

No big surprise with the CFP rankings.  To quote Dr. Evil, "quite standard, really".  Put Bama at number 1, snuggle a couple more SEC teams close to the top 4, take another undeserving SEC team or two & nestle them nicely around the top ten, throw a couple more SEC teams in the 25....and then throw some darts.

Ohio State beat a top 10 team.  They are undefeated and will likely be in the top 4 of the first CFP ranking of 2020.  Yes, we are telling ourselves this in order to feel better about Ohio State's defensive secondary making the unit from 2018 hold its beer.  However, there was more from this weekend to take away the sting of the porous Buckeye defense.....the university of Malaise n...

annnnnd......slipping slightly off schedule, it is our Ohio State vs. Indiana breakdown.  Also, if you want to know the fundamental difference between competent and incompetent put in a "tape" of Ohio State's offense and then follow that up with the same for *ichigan.  I assure you that Indiana did....and on Saturday, it will be clear that they weren't too thrilled to palpably understand...

Schadenfreude - reading the back and forth between *ichigan fans as they argue which of their losses are the most embarrassing.  Explosive Plays - When talking heads are just too lazy to truly describe the x's and o's that lead to a team's ability to compete.

The boy is quite beside himself with his successful weekend picks.   But the real joy came from watching malaise (and their coach with his awful mask...er....error) get crushed by a team that has been in "protocol" for the last couple of weeks.  As I was watching, I couldn't help imagine Graham Chapman saying, "....filled with hilarious consequences!" followed by his trademark laugh...

In this episode, we spread the bombast on pretty thick....like peanut butter.  Then, we take a little sugar and sprinkle it on top.  Oh, I forgot to mention that we first toasted the bread.

You have seen all the 2020 memes.  None of them truly explain the year like having Northwestern, Purdue, and Indiana ( with Maryland not far behind) leading the Big 10 in November!  How long will it last?  Well, as George Thorogood would say, "Move over nice dog, a mean old dog is moving in."

Although we are aware that you tune into the Bombast in order to hear the dulcet tones of the hosts, we think you'll be especially excited to hear the boy and his compelling reasons as to why he believes this will be a record week for him in his picks.  We've got 18 Top 25 matchups to plow through.  So, grab some popcorn and fire up the record player!

When I think of the Pac 12, I typically think of USC....in the 70s....beating meatchicken in the Rose Bowl.  The once-mighty Trojans have a window to show us mighty once more.  So, break out the Brady Bunch vaudeville act to warm yourself up and then jump in for the Pac 12 edition of Bombast!  However, beware!  There are no roosters in the Pac 12.  Privileged or otherwise.

Think of your favorite sitcom episode....the one that makes it's "I really don't have much of a career otherwise" lead character smile from ear to ear because of the residuals they get from you watching it over and over again.  The wolverines like to provide that "joy on all levels" kind of entertainment.  Sparty! Oh and, like the righteous Bucks are like awesome and stuff too.  The...

Personally, I don't think its Halloween without The Raven

Happy Halloween! - Enjoy some more Poe!

We break out the scotch in this prediction episode.  We let the bombast fly once again regarding the boobery of the Big 10.

Cabbage Night - Enjoy some Poe!

Covid, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State....Chanitcleers?

The adorable michigan fans have returned now that their beloved have taken their rightful place on the early season accolade list - Playoffs!  National Championship!  October Heisman!...... or not.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch scUM this weekend and try to convince yourself that Jim Harbaugh is not the physical embodiment of - "a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify."

Only one thing can overshadow the Chanticleers entry into the top 25.  That's right! Ohio State Football!  It's back baby!  We declare this the Fall/Winter of Brutus!  Will the offense be better than last year?  Will Ohio State be able to fill in the holes left behind by their departing NFL superstars?  How will the running backs acquit themselves?  Who will be J...

The Privileged Roosters have given us sunshine in this darkened, divided covid-world.  Not to be outdone, the under-privileged roosters...as if to suggest "we are your lost, and more than slightly less privileged brethren!  Let us not have this division between us!"...rose from their dreary doldrums to slay a 4-score-and-7-year tiger.  Oh, Chanticleer!  Rooster of fantasy! &nbs...

With our weekly picks, the boy and I try to get to the bottom of the division between Roosters of Privilege and Roosters of Ruin.  Is there a world where Chanticleers and Gamecocks can live together in relative peace and harmony?

During Covid, the NCAA has figured out a way to limit the number of players in the facility.  Instead of using real, flesh-and-blood bodies on the defensive side of the ball, the SEC, Big 12, and ACC have elected to replace with the rigid, plastic figures from Electric Football table-top games.

Yeah, we're terrible at picking these games but, every so often, we sound like we know what we're talking about.  But most of the time......

Nothing of immense gravity in this episode....only the boy and I making our clever picks of the top 25 matchups for the week.  It is October.  So, be on the look-out for a few surprises throughout the month.....think Edgar Allan Poe!