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The Perfect (Offseason Sports) Day

Last Saturday, we had a fantastic sports day in Jackson, Mississippi. We woke up and headed to Millsaps College to watch the New Orleans Saints in training camp (incidentally, we got pretty pumped when Brees and Shockey connected up the seam). After lunch we hit the links for 18 holes of golf, then went to see the Double-A Mississippi Braves--for whom Tom Glavine was starting on a rehab assignment. All in all, including Olympics watching, we spent the hours from 10 AM and 10 PM enjoying sports. The cool thing about was that it was August 9.

Obviously, even a day like that doesn't come close to the satisfaction of a trip to DKR--or, for that matter, to a Saturday on the couch watching a constant flow of college football games. But for an off-season sports day, it was pretty great.

The experience made us wax philosophically (a rare occurance) about what is the ideal off-season sports day. We agreed that it should probably include watching the fourth quarter of the 2006 Rose Bowl (with the volume turned down and the Craig Way call playing on the iPod). Minor league baseball (with a future HOFer) and golf were also pretty stellar additions. And the Olympics viewing only sweetend the deal.

We are nearing the end of a long and arduous off-season. Our long national nightmare will soon be over and the FAU game will be upon us to provide relief. However, January 2009 is an unavoidable reality and fans should be prepared. In the comments, we'd love to hear about your ideal off-season sports day. Let us know about the best one you can remember, or just lay out the perfect plan that you haven't been able to pull off yet. For to paraphrase Homer Simpson, all we can do in the off-season is try to make the days not hurt so much until football comes around again.

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Off-Season Day

1. Blowjob
2. 9 Holes – walking
3. Best 2 0f 3 sets of Tennis
4. Culvers Double Deluxe Basket
5. 36-Holes – riding getting hammered
6. Jaccuzi Bath
7. Steak & Wine
8. Pub of choice for west coast Astros game & beers
9. Blowjob

by EggDeath on Aug 14, 2008 10:01 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Off-Season Day cont.

Almost forgot:
10. Late night ping-pong
11. Winner take all pencil break tournament
12. Draw teams for next day’s wiffle ball matches

by EggDeath on Aug 14, 2008 10:09 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Hook and Slice

A buddy organizes an annual 72 person tournament up in Portland, ME – shotgun start 18 holes in the morning, bloodies and beers not optional, and straight out to the bay for 6 hours of fishing for stripers and blues in the afternoon. It’s by far the best participatory day of sport I’ve ever done, and a great reunion with friends that come in from everywhere…a total treat of a day.

by Horndogger on Aug 14, 2008 10:53 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Simple

June 2009: 18 in the morning. Lake Travis wakeboarding in the afternoon. Beer pong whilst watching the Rockets beat the Celtics in the NBA finals in the eve.

by BigTexBD on Aug 14, 2008 1:46 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the off season

Can’t agree on the Jan (end of FB) concern……not with Barnes Ball in full bloom.
I can usually get through NCAA tourney and then the Masters before my gloom
sets in….if Texas baseball is competitive, I can enjoy Craig , yardwook and a couple beers on Sat and Sun until June. No Omaha, it really starts to hurt. Golf game
gets better and this year I looked forward to PB’s book. I look at it this way….
life is good, but always better during the 12 golden Saturdays of fall. Not bad
after that until the July timeframe….then it’s pretty boring. Hook’em

by lutherpard on Aug 14, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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