"Rocky II" / Jerry Tarkanian / Washed Up Quarterback / Las Vegas Bowl

Yes, this is a rant. Maybe some of you didn't get to watch the thing that ESPN decided to broadcast during the Las Vegas Bowl between BYU and Oregon. Among topics that were covered:

• Brent Musburger's part in "Rocky II"
• Brent Musburger's "Rocky II" action figure
• Brent Musburger's "Rocky II" action figure's physique and pants.
• Jerry Tarkanian's opinion of Bobby Knight
• Jerry Tarkanian's opinion of Texas A&M (not playing in this game, by the way)
• A former NFL quarterback becoming the golf coach at West Texas A&M because they couldn't even pay him to be their quarterbacks coach.
  

Among topics that were not covered:

• The Las Vegas Bowl
• Plays
• Stats
• Penalties
• Anything having to do with BYU or Oregon

Major gaffe of the game: Brent Musburger confusing Oregon QB Brady Leaf with Notre Lame QB Brady Quinn. Strongly worded emails have already been sent to ESPN, but feel free to add your own. I put up with CSTV and Versus coverage during the season which was bad, but at least it was on topic. At least they tried. Tonight, ESPN didn't even care. They didn't even try to convince me that they took the game seriously at all. But I am glad that they cleared up the confused I had about the golf coach at West Texas A&M