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The Saturday night Scoreboard Show asking the question, "How do you allow a team 5 yards for a whole half and lose?"

Michigan State 23

Nebraska 20 OT

Well Nebraska, how DO you give up five yards in the second half and lose? Sparty's MVP was a punter tonight

Purdue 13

Illinois 9

Time for ESPN to come up with yet another college football metric: "Game excitement to ticket price quotient" which this week would have graded out at a -3.67

Bowling Green 14

Minnesota 10

Sherman, get the Wayback Machine and set it for 1970's Golden Goofers football

Dayton 63

Presbyterian 43

Today's PlayStation Game of the Week

Colby College 10 

Amherst College 7

Always a party when the Colby College White Mules tangle with the Amherst College Mammoths

UCLA 35

Stanford 24

Johnny covers the PAC-12, shut up

Minnesota St. Moorhead 33

Upper Iowa 28

The Dragons of Moorhead scored 23 points in the 4th quarter to get power up and win the game

Arkansas 20

Texas A&M 10

Welcome back 4-0 Arkansas

Notre Dame 41

Wisconsin 13

Remember the old Popeye cartoons where near the end Popeye would eat his spinach and give Brutus a red-ass beat-down? Pretty much the same thing happened here

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Washington & Lee University 29

Randolph Macon College 28

Washington and Lee began their game winning drive on their own 1 yard line and not only scored as time expired, they eschewed the extra point to send it to overtime to play for some of that right now glory. Conversion good, glory got. For their efforts, the entire Washington & Lee team may loot and pillage Ashland Virginia for the next 24 hours

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Don't miss tomorrow evening's Saturday Night Scoreboard Show, laughs aplenty unless of course your team lost. 

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with VELVET UNDERGROUND!

Johnny heard an old Lou Reed song earlier today and got him in the mind for some Velvet Underground on the Music Series tonight. 'There She Goes Again' starting things off tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE DRAMATICS!

The Stax record label, a sure sign of quality.  Johnny hopes you won't be needing any more proof than The Dramatics with 'Whatcha See is Whatcha Get'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE RAVYNS!

This song will always be about Brad Hamilton washing the Cruising Vessel in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The Ravyns taking us out tonight with 'Raised On the Radio' which is a pretty apt description of young Johnny.

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Wednesday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ANIMALS!

Now as you well know Johnny planned this Music Series on Sunday evening. He had some news from home that required a trip downstate and a visit with his mom whose health is a bit dodgy. 

Which brings us to this special Wednesday night Music Series because this blog was built on music. We're not even gonna tell the Twitter folks we're holding it tonight. Just for the regular readers. 'It's My Life' kicking things off tonight.

Wednesday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE VOGUES!

The Drew Carey theme, sure sure, but also the remastered version of this song. Know how you can tell? No strings in the 1965 original.

'Five O' Clock World' up next on an extra special version of the Music Series.

Wednesday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with GARBAGE!

If anyone has a better choice than 'Only Happy When It Rains' after the last day and a half Johnny is all ears. Stay safe out there kids, this is some wild weather.

Pour your misery down indeed...

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It's the Saturday Night Scoreboard Show; Life's a dream until your team loses

Michigan 63

Northern Illinois 10

Michigan used six players at QB, 2 Ann Arbor Pioneer high school lunch ladies and a guy parking cars

Notre Dame 27

Purdue 13

Purdue complained they couldn't get their big drum into Notre Dame Stadium. They should have worried more about getting quality players inside

Alabama 31

Florida 29

Close but no cigar Gators

Western Michigan 44

Pitt 41

September is always flag flying season in the MAC

San Diego St. 33

Utah 31 3OT

San Diego State blew a big lead but came back to save the day in 3OT's

Utah State 49

Air Force 45

Utah State who only won one game last year is 3-0

Eastern Washington 62

Western Illinois 56

Today's PlayStation Game of the Week saw WIU score 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, and still lost

Northern Michigan 20

Davenport 14

It was a great day to be a Wildcat

Michigan State 38

Miami FL 17

Sparty downgraded the Hurricanes to a tropical depression

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SMU 39

Louisiana Tech 37

SMU trailed 37 to 33 with just :36 to play. SMU must have thought this was far too much time because it wasn't until the clock read 0:00 did the winning points cross the La Tech goal line. Tanner Mordecai hit Reggie Roberson Jr. a 33-yard touchdown pass as time expired and getting power up and winning the game for SMU. For their efforts, Tanner Mordecai and Reggie Roberson Jr. may loot and pillage Ruston Louisiana for the next 24 hours

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OK kids, lineup change for this weekend...

Since Johnny will be seeing his best friend since 9th grade this evening for the first time since May of 2018 the Music Series will have to be delayed until tomorrow night. Nope, nope, wait, that's the Saturday Night Scoreboard Show. Well, Sunday night music it shall be. We'll see you then.

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The Saturday night Scoreboard Show, if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a burn.

Iowa 27
Iowa St. 17
You know what they say: When Iowa wins the Cy-Hawk Trophy corn prices stay stable. When Iowa State wins the dead rise and goblins roam the lands

Oregon 35
Ohio St. 28
Close the bridges in Columbus as Ducks beat Bucks for Ann Arbor yucks

Wisconsin 34
Eastern Michigan 7
Bucky ends EMU's reign over the Big Ten at 3 games in a row

Albion 51
Defiance 0
That's not much defiance at all really

Rutgers 17
Syracuse 7
People paid actual money to see this game which was scoreless at halftime. Actual money, no coupons

Boston College 45
UMass 28
Yes yes, Paul Revere, Minutemen, blah blah blah

Whitworth 31
Lincoln University 29
Lincoln stormed back with 20 4th quarter points...and still lost. When Johnny says he checks every game, he checks every game

Bluefield College 46
Emory & Henry 45
Bluefield stormed back with 29 4th quarter points...and got power up and won their game

Arkansas 40
Texas 21
How's that SEC tasting so far Mr. Texas?

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Duquesne 28

Ohio 26

Of course you knew that Duquesne had never beaten a Division 1 opponent, right? What's that, you didn't? Duquesne had an 8 point lead with 9 seconds to play BUT those Ohio Bobcats scored a TD and went for 2 to tie. Tim Lowery would have none of that nonsense and broke up the two-point conversion ensuring Duquesne glory. For his efforts, Tim Lowery may loot and pillage Athens Ohio for the next 24 hours

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Something happened tonight that hadn't happened since November 1, 2019, Oscoda lost a football game. The Owls came up short vs Frankfort tonight 32-16. They play Frankfort AGAIN next Friday but the game will be at the Owl's Nest.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BOOKER T & THE MG'S!

If you remember the Booker T & the MG's song 'Behave Yourself' which is the A-side to 'Green Onions' you get a gold fucking star chappy. Now, practically everyone has heard the iconic B-side in some capacity, radio, party, movie, tv show, advertisement et al. 

So good is the song 'Green Onions' it was re-released as an A-side.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with ROD STEWART!

Record company: Rod, we're going to run with 'Every Picture Tells A Story' as the A side and big release. It'll be great....trust us.

History: 'Every Picture Tells A Story' peaked at #62 on the charts. A DJ flipped the record and started playing the B-side, 'Maggie May' and before long Mr. Stewart had his first #1 song.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS!

The story around this B-side to 'Band on the Run' was that & Wings never played 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five' live but it was standard fare at Paul McCartney solo shows. Either way it takes us out tonight.

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The guests are gone for the social season, you don't have to wear pants around the house now.

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Happy Labor Day!

 From all of us here to all our readers, have a fun and relaxing Labor Day. You've earned it!

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It's back! The long-awaited return of the Saturday Night Scoreboard Show!

Michigan State 38

Northwestern 21

What? It ended after midnight, today. MSU has 41 new players on the roster and it shows

Georgia 10

Clemson 7

For all the hype this game got all through the off-season it was kind of a snore, like listening to Dabo at press conferences 

Montana 13

Washington 7

The Pac-12 fans yelling they get no respect ended in week 1 this year

Alabama 44

Miami (FL) 13

Some things never change

Northern Illinois 22

Georgia Tech 21

Northern Illinois was in ESPN's bottom ten teams of college football last week. They won't be this week

Kansas 17

South Dakota 14

Jayhawk fans rushed the field after their first win over a Division 1 team since 2019. The losers just went home to South Dakovid

Presbyterian 84

St. Andrews 43

Not only is this our Playstation Game of the Week, former Michigan QB Ren Hefley threw an NCAA record 10 TD passes

Wofford 24

Elon 22

Johnny did not wear his Wofford t-shirt today but they got power up and won anyway

Rutgers 61

Temple 14

The time of orc is over, the time of the Rutgers has come

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Charlotte 31

Duke 28

Not only did Charlotte get their first win over a Power 5 conference, they beat Duke which because of that fanbase is simply hilarious. Shadrick Byrd caught an 11 yard pass from Chris Reynolds with a mere 33 seconds to play and for their efforts Byrd and Reynolds may loot and pillage Charlotte North Carolina for the next 24 hours.

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If you miss tomorrow night's Scoreboard Show, you will be sad.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with R.E.M.!

R.E.M. hasn't been on the Music Series in a while so how about let's have them start it off. Wonderful band. Johnny bought all their albums and CD's because that's what they had back then. And you LIKED IT!

'So. Central Rain' getting us started tonight on a bonus Labor Day edition of the Music Series.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with JOE JACKSON!

Johnny wants to hear a lot of people yelling "WHERE?" at the top of their lungs as he sits near his open window tonight. C'mon, it's a long weekend, let 'em fly. 'Is She Really Going Out With Him' up next.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with LUSCIOUS JACKSON!

Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for 1996, it's time for some Luscious Jackson and the always welcome 'Naked Eye'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE TEMPTATIONS!

"It was the third of September..." OK, there you go, right there. This song NEEDS to be on the Music Series tonight, it's kismet. 

Here's that bonus song Johnny spoke about, seeing as everyone has been working so hard, including Johnny's old friends in Jersey City who Johnny is looping in tonight via Twitter who have been working to literally keep their heads above water and clean water in their homes. Johnny remembers the mess after Superstorm Sandy all too well. 

"And all he left us was alone..." Sound like anyone in Jersey City this week? 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' finishing off another Music Series the right way.