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It's the Saturday night Scoreboard Show!

If college football is back so is the best scoreboard show in America. You all know how this works. Let's get to it, shall we?

Georgia 34

Clemson 3

Georgia has probably forgotten all about being left out of last year's playoffs.

Iowa 40

Illinois State 0

Iowa using up all their allotted points of the season in week 1? "It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them."

Vanderbilt 34

Virginia Tech 27 OT
Johnny had to do a double-take as well. 

Air Force 21

Merrimack 6

Didn't Air Force join the Big Ten too? Johnny has lost count.

Purdue 49

Indiana State 0

Savor this one Boiler fans, savor, not many more of these on the horizon.

Washington State 70

Portland State 30

THIS is how you take first place in a two-team league.

Northern Illinois 54

Western Illinois 15

In the excitement that is directional-school Illinois football, NIU reigns supreme.

Northern Arizona 66

Lincoln (CA) 6

Uh oh, let's hope nether is nicknamed the Fighting Ouija Boards

The Citadel 22

Charleston Southern 21

The Citadel got power up with a late TD and held on to win

The Oscoda City Desk Game of the Week®

Rhode Island 20

Holy Cross 17

Devin Farrell hit Shawn Harris Jr. with a 31-yard TD pass with 19 seconds to play sending Meade Stadium into pandemonium. For their efforts both Farrell and Harris Jr. may loot and pillage Kingston Rhode Island for the next 24 hours.

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Some people like to walk across the Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day. Johnny remembers the Labor Day he went under it.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with LITTLE RICHARD!

Like Tootsie Pops and owls, try and count how many "Woooo's" it takes to get to the end of a Little Richard song.

It's more than three. 'Long Tall Sally' starting things off on a Labor Day weekend.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE WHITE STRIPES!

Big respect for Jack White to stand up to the Trump campaign who think they are allowed to just lift any song they like for their rallys. Jack and Megan's music you jackasses, not yours. 'Seven Nation Army' up next.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND!

Putting the wraps on a Labor Day weekend Music Series with Mr. Bob Seger. Pretty fitting for a Labor Day anything. 'Come to Poppa' taking us out tonight.

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Here now, the Oscoda High School 2024 football schedule

As you readers well know, Johnny is all about the local Owl sports teams. Big week this weekend with football kicking off for the most part in high school and the college game (Make sure to come back for Saturday night's Scoreboard Show). Johnny thought everyone might enjoy seeing the Oscoda football schedule if you haven't memorized it already:

8/29 Roscommon H

9/6 Charlevoix H

9/13 Mancelona A
9/20 Elk Rapids A

9/27 Tawas H

10/4 Harbor Springs H

10/11 Benzie Central H

10/18 Boyne City A

10/25 Frankfort A

League games in bold

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THEM!

The legendary Van Morrison out front on this classic. Not only a great song, 'Gloria' is a song that teaches proper spelling. So important. 

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SUZANNE VEGA!

Johnny doesn't normally pay this much attention to what is going on at Mama's Kitchen, his local diner. God love Ms. Vega as she gets a full-on view of the diner machinations. Johnny is normally buried too deep in his Johnny cakes and bacon. 'Tom's Diner' next up on the music menu.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE CARS!

One of Johnny's favorites by The Cars, 'Dangerous Type' as he think it mixes many of the aspects of this band that made them so darned good. Ric Ocasek being his best self, a nice ripping guitar solo, some great backing vocals, it's all there. 

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Saturday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BERLIN!

Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for October of 1982. Interesting note from Wikipedia on the making of the video for this song:

The song's music video was their first MTV hit, in heavy rotation on the young channel in its second and third years. Directed by Dominic Orlando, it was filmed in 1983 at GMT Studios in West Los Angeles, California. Terri Nunn only sang two lyrics on camera: "I remember hating you for loving me" and "Sorry". 

Saturday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE SPINNERS!

When the band started out they were known as The Domingoes and got their start in Ferndale MI. Yes indeed, yet another first-class band out of the state of Michigan. 'Games People play' up next.

Saturday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with AC/DC!

Too bad the keyboard doesn't have that downward lightning bolt in the actual AC/DC logo for the headline. Sending everyone out tonight with a real rocker, 'Shoot to Thrill' keeping everyone amped up this weekend.

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So, the big announcement, yes. Here it is: Saturday August 31 marks the return of the Saturday night Scoreboard Show! All the way through the end of the college football season it'll be scores done Johnny's way. Always a lot of fun and big numbers for the blog. Hope you're excited.

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Johnny, why will it be a Saturday night Music Series this week?

Well, um, because Johnny will be home alone by his lonesome all Saturday and will have an opportunity to put together a proper one. They aren't just thrown together you know. 

Johnny will be back tonight with a quick Late night open thread but it'll have a big announcement.

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 Trivia night. What Was The First Toy To Be Advertised On Television? Answer here.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE FOUR TOPS!

'Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)' taking us to vocals school tonight. What a song. What layered vocals. Again, Motown FTW. 

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with DEVO!

At the beginning of this video Johnny thought the TV networks were signing off for the night. Yes, television stations used to go off the air after 1 or 2am. National anthem then bars.

And 'That's Good'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with AEROSMITH!

Sad to see Aerosmith having to bring down the curtain on live performances with Steven Tyler's voice injury just not getting better. What a great long run it was. Good, honest, rock and roll. 'Toys in the Attic' taking us out tonight.

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Did you know then, the 3 Musketeers candy bar got it's name originally because it came in 3 flavors: Chocolate, vanilla and of course, strawberry. World War II sugar restrictions had the effect of Mars cutting out the vanilla and strawberry flavors. Now you know.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SOCIAL DISTORTION!

One of Johnny's all-time favorite sing-alongs. A touch autobiographical for Johnny. 

A real rocker, 'I Was Wrong' kicking things off tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with FLEETWOOD MAC!

You were expecting Stevie and Lindsey? Sorry, Bob Welch and 'Hypnotized' which Johnny holds up as Fleetwood Mac's best song.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with OTIS REDDING!

If you're wondering what Johnny will be up to tomorrow he'll be '(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay' down in East Tawas. He hopes no military planes are dropping parts.