BYB Express (With Preseason College Football Top 25)

It's Friday again and you know what that means - it's time for the BYB Express. Don't think of it as getting less blog. Just think of it getting more time to wish you were reading a full blog.

F My Life Moment of the Day
Today, I was working at my job as a cashier, checking out an elderly woman's groceries. She was very nice, and we chatted for a couple minutes. Once she had paid, she leaned close to me and said, very politely, "I'm so so sorry that I mistook you for a girl at first, young man." I AM a girl. FML

Wal Mart Person of the Day

Is summer over yet???

PRESEASON TOP 25 COUNTDOWN - #4 NEBRASKA

Okay so its a homer pick. If you don't like it then get your own damn blog. The truth of the matter is that in two short years Bo Pelini has shown everyone that not only can he make a good defense better (Oklahoma, LSU), he can make a terrible one badass. And enough with the "how are they going to replace Ndamukong Suh question". If I would have said the name Ndamukong Suh to you two years ago you probably would have said "God Bless You." This year's Blackshirt squad should be even more talented than last year's group. Jared Crick is earning a lot of preseason attention at his DT spot but the guy to look for is sophomore Barrett Steinkuhler who very well could be Pelini's next big time defensive star.

Last season the Blackshirts confused opposing offenses (aside from Tech's) with five, six and seven DB sets. Nebraska's depth in the secondary is the primary reason they will finish best in the Big 12 in defense. Leading the way is CB Prince Amukamara, ranked as Mel Kiper's top Senior this season. He'll be helped by fellow corners Dejuan Gomes and Alfonzo Dennard, as well as hybrid S/LB Eric Hagg.

Offensively the Huskers look like they could be great...all except at QB. Despite losing OL stalwart Mike Smith to a broken leg, the Huskers return six lineman with starting experience, their top three receivers and a backfield that includes 1,200 rusher Roy Helu and explosive playmaker Rex Burkhead. The big question is of course at QB where enticing freshman Taylor Martinez is battling incumbent Zack Lee. Expect Lee to get the nod and for Nebraska to ask him to not lose games instead of win them.

An early season clash with Washington in Seattle won't be easy but you've got to love the home vs. road schedule. Nebraska gets Texas and Missouri in Lincoln with only Iowa State, Okie State and A&M on the road. When the regular season is over Nebraska should be either undefeated or 11-1 prepping for a rematch with the Horns or against OU for the Big 12 title.



Texts From Last Nite Moment of the Day!

(541): I just found a bottle of gin in my vegetable crisper. Party is back on.

SORE LOSER MEETS SORE BICEP
Police: Arm-wrestling loss sets off Fla. man
AP

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Police in South Florida say a 25-year-old man went into a violent rage after losing an arm-wrestling match. Police say Erick Lee Blanton drove his pickup truck across a lawn, over a mailbox and at several people after losing on Sunday. Witnesses told Fort Pierce police he also drew a rifle and pressed the barrel against the forehead of the man who beat him.

Police arrested Blanton at his home shortly afterward. He faces four counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

It could not be immediately determined if Blanton has an attorney.

Wow, in the pantheon of all-time bad responses to a loss this has to rank right up there with the time O'Bannion got the paint thrown on him. Actually its more reminiscent of the time Lawrence Phillips got beat in pickup football and tried to run over some kids after. He's in jail now. But lets give Mr. Blanton a break. Arm wrestling is a highly competitive sport and the stakes sometimes can get very high. For all we know Blanton could have lost custody to his son because of the loss. It almost happened to Stallone in 'Over The Top.'

On this day in…
1789 – The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.

Births
1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1948 – Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
1952 – Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), American actor
1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player
1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
1977 – Mase, American rapper

I think I gotta go with the best dance ever for the spotlight birthday here.



NAPPY HEADED HOS!



Okay, I thought the hat that lets you watch your iPod screen under a hood like a movie theatre was stupid and this is like 20 times worse than that. Are you that sensitive to sunlight that you have to wear a hood like a freaking beekeeper to fall asleep? If that's really the case then maybe you just weren't meant to sleep in public. Not to mention, with all the anti-Muslim hysteria and fervor in this country right now I don't think I'd want to have my eyes closed while wearing what amounts to a berka. You're bound to get punched. So what if there's a sheep on the front? Some redneck is just going to think its a terrorist who likes cute animals.