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The final Saturday night Scoreboard Show of 2021, what a season it's been...

Michigan 42

Ohio State 27

Michigan fans are probably still on the field and have ordered dinner to be delivered

Minnesota 23

Wisconsin 13

The Varmint Bowl goes the way of the Go Go Gophers. With Wisconsin's choke it's Iowa at 10-2 who will face Michigan next week

Alabama 24

Auburn 22 4OT

One wonders what the selection committee does each week when they sit down to chat and 'Bama has whistled past the graveyard once again

Ferris State 54

Grand Valley State 20

The biggest game in Michigan you didn't hear about today as 11-0 Ferris topped 10-2 GVSU

Wake Forest 41

Boston College 10

The Demon Deacons earn a berth in the ACC title game at 10-2. Wouldn't it be funny if they somehow met 10-2 Michigan State and Kenneth Walker III who left Wake Forest for the transfer portal last year?

Michigan State 30

Penn State 27

A moxie win for Sparty down 20 players to flu and injury. MSU is 10-2 and so far the Mel Tucker money looks like money well spent. James Franklin maybe not so much

Holy Cross 13

Sacred Heart 10

None of the penalties in the this game involved taunting and or foul language

Virginia Tech 29

Virginia 24

Virginia Tech outscored Virginia 5-0 in the 4th quarter and would you look at that final score

Hawaii 38

Wyoming 17

With the win Hawaii improves to 6-7 (How many games do they play?) and we guess they become bowl eligible

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Kent State 48

Miami (OH) 47 OT

As the snow swirled, Kent State faced their season slipping away. Miami (OH) was going for two in overtime and the win. A loss would cost Kent State the MAC East title. Montre Miller said he was sorry he had to crash that Honda and break up the Miami two-point conversion to help the Golden Flashes get power up and win the MAC East title. For his efforts, Montre Miller may loot and pillage Kent Ohio for the next 24 hours

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Remember to come back tomorrow night for the final *sniff* Saturday night Scoreboard Show of the year. A lot to be decided tomorrow.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with DEPECHE MODE!

Depeche Mode, Johnny's favorite kind of artisan ice cream. It's French you know. Johnny's always wanted to use this song as entry music to a party or wedding or you know, church, and watch the reactions.

'Personal Jesus' getting things hopping tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with PETER GABRIEL!

Did you know that Peter Gabriel was in Genesis? Ha! Trick question. If you didn't know you can't come visit the Music Series anymore.

OK, you can but Johnny expects a 5000 word report on Genesis and when it all fell apart. It's a 5000 word report, not pages, space it how you will. 'Games Without Frontiers' up next.

The crackle of vinyl, be still Johnny's heart.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with ROMEO VOID!

You really can't argue with the premise of this song when you think on it. You might not like it better, but you might AND you'd get to have some of that sex. 

Honestly the reason this song is here tonight is to see if Johnny's friend drops by this week as this band actually came up in a discussion earlier this week. It sure works as an out the door number. 'Never Say Never' with a line you can use at literally any bar...or church.

The crackle of vinyl, be still Johnny's heart.

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If President James Madison had his way America would celebrate two Thanksgivings a year. He did just that in 1815, one on Spring and one in Fall.

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What's this? The first real measurable snow on Saturday?

According to our good friends at Accuweather and of course the Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team, 2-4" of white stuff should begin early Saturday evening and continue into Sunday.

Johnny's dog approves.

Darned if the dump in Stockbridge Massachusetts isn't closed again today...

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Guess what song Johnny is going to post in the morning. Go on, guess...

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Psych! The new dispensary in East Tawas called High Society? Nope, it's Heritage Provisioning

Anyone around Iosco County has seen those signs for the new "High Society" dispensary coming to East Tawas, almost across the street from the Botanical & Co. Suddenly though, those signs quickly went away and the sign out front of the business was covered over. Johnny thought maybe the process there had fallen through. So many hoops to jump through to get a license to sell cannabis in Michigan and elsewhere.

But just yesterday Johnny drove by and saw one of those silly air powered plastic 'characters' that go up and down with the air pressure out front. Then, this morning there was Heritage Provisioning on the Weedmaps site. Johnny also did wonder about naming a dispensary using the save naming convention as an out of print porn magazine from days of yore.

Welcome to Iosco County Heritage Provisioning. Put the THC%'s on your Weedmaps listings. Please and thank you.

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Points galore on a Saturday where playoff spots in conference and out are being decided.

Ohio St. 56

Michigan St. 7

This just in, the Buckeyes just scored again...

Michigan 59

Maryland 18

Is this the year Maize and Blue Charlie Brown finally gets to kick the football?

Utah 38

Oregon 7

Seating has opened up in the playoff section all of a sudden

Colgate 100

Syracuse 85

Oops, an intern let a college basketball score slip in. BAD intern, BAD

Kent St. 38

Akron 0

Dammit MAC, either Tuesday or Saturday, pick a day!

Harvard 34

Yale 31

A classic rivalry lives up to the hype

Missouri 24

Florida 23 OT

Missouri wasn't messing around in overtime. After they scored in OT to come within 1 point the Mizzou coach remembered watching the Penn St. vs Illinois game and thought screw it, let's win it now

Lehigh 17

Lafayette 10

Lehigh wins their last three games of the season, their only three wins, including victory today in 'The Rivalry." These two have met more times than any other college teams

UCLA 62

USC 33

THE most aesthetically pleasing game in college football with UCLA in their powder blue jerseys and USC in the red jersey with yellow pants

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UTSA 34

UAB 31

With everything to play for, a division title and a perfect record, UTSA put together a 77 yard 7 play drive before Oscar Cardenas caught a game-winning 1 yard pass from Frank Harris to get power up and win the game with 3 seconds to play. For their efforts both Oscar Cardenas and Frank Harris may loot and pillage San Antonio Texas for the next 24 hours

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BLONDIE!

Tonight, make it magnificent. 

'Atomic' stepping us off tonight...

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with DAVE EDMUNDS!

Dave Edmunds' music pretty much fits the definition of extravaganza if you ask Johnny so this one's only logical. 'I Hear You Knocking' up next tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with RAY CHARLES!

Friday night is movie night at Johnny's place with his girlfriend and tonight was the Thanksgiving classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Such a funny and touching film. Tonight was the first time Johnny had watched it since his wife passed and it was rather difficult watching scenes with John Candy's Del Griffith character having experienced the same thing and totally understanding his never-ending love for his late wife. In one of the great vignettes from the car portion of the film, John Candy orchestrates the band and plays in it when this song, 'The Mess Around' by Mr. Ray Charles, comes on the radio. 

So good.

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Did somebody say Scoreboard Show?

Michigan 21
Penn St. 17

The Burger King Coaches Hot Seat Bowl never disappoints!

Florida State 31

Miami (FL) 28

Remember when this game used to be so big it was on television?

Kennesaw State 28

North Alabama 24

Kennesaw State gets power up late to remain undefeated in conference play

Virginia Tech 48

Duke 17

Virginia Tech is SO paying for this come basketball season

California 0

USC 0

Covid 19

Georgia State 42

Coastal Carolina 40

Georgia State said "Sorry Chanticleers, no late two point conversion for you."

Florida 70

Samford 52

Anyone else feel like Samford kinda sorta somehow won this game?

Lehigh 23

Georgetown 9

Break up the Mountain Hawks

Texas Tech 41

Iowa State 38

You'd think Jonathan Garibay's incredible game-winning 63 yard field goal would make this our Oscoda City Desk Game of the Week®. Not this week because...

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South Dakota 23

South Dakota State 20

Here, you watch this, Johnny couldn't describe all this craziness properly:

For his incredible game-winning catch, Jeremiah Webb may loot and pillage Vermillion South Dakota for the next 24 hours

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Dos a Cero...again

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with KANSAS!

One of the better bands named after a state, certainly Kansas moved up that list after a tragic plane crash claimed the band New Mexico in August 1975. 

Time was back in the 70's you couldn't swing a dead 9 volt battery from your transistor radio (DO NOT EAT THE SILICA GEL PACKET) without hearing a Kansas song. Those happy days are here again with 'Point of Know Return' on a Music Series brought to you by the letter "K"

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with K'S CHOICE!

Johnny never gets tired of hearing this song. It's just one of those songs he totally immerses himself in time and time again. Not for some deep-seeded anti-drugs messaging reason, heavens no. The song does that. No, Johnny just really feels this song.

So good. Good work on the graphics on this video by the way. "Is it spelled right? Good, we're done."

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE KINKS!

There are few songs that Johnny finds himself singing for days after he hears it, 'Living On A Thin Line' is certainly one. Since Johnny likes the last song of the Music Series each week to be kind of an earworm, this one's double trouble.

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Lincoln Center, NYC

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Happy Veterans Day!

To all those who have served (Like Johnny's dad) best thoughts go out to you and your families today for your continued sacrifices.

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The Saturday night Scoreboard Show hits November which means only a few left this year so kick back and enjoy!

North Carolina 58

Wake Forest 55

Leading off with the PlayStation Game of the Week and some Demon Deacon Blues

Michigan 29

Indiana 7

Michigan's field goal kicker earns his showers

San Diego 10

Morehead State 3

At the end, nobody was yelling for Morehead

Notre Dame 34

Navy 6

Would you look at that, Notre Dame has a football team

Illinois 14

Minnesota 6

The Big Ten West is being absorbed into the MAC West

Army 21

Air Force 14 OT
Army puts in the extra work to get power up and win the game

Yale 63

Brown 38

Yale fans could be heard taunting the Brown team with insults like "Your data is inferior" and "Hassle them, Hassle them, make them relinquish the ball!"

Purdue 40

Michigan State 29

Maybe now all the collect-calls from Baton Rouge to East Lansing will cease

Lehigh 38

Bucknell 6

Lehigh finally found someone worse than themselves

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Arizona 10

California 3

Michael Wiley scored on a 10 yard run late in the game and Arizona breaks their 20 game losing streak is the big news here. Yes Cal had a lot of players in Covid protocol but tonight it's about Arizona getting a W for the first time in 20 months. For his late game efforts, Michael Wiley may loot and pillage Tucson Arizona for the next 24 hours

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State trivia night. Kentucky used to be part of what other state until 1792? Answer here.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE SMITHS!

Johnny is a fan of watching people on YouTube react to music you and Johnny may have heard a thousand times seemingly but the folks with the YT channels have not. Makes for some very interesting watching. The song and video to 'Zombie' by The Cranberries breaks a lot of people as does 'Time' by Pink Floyd. This song, 'How Soon Is Now' for whatever reason doesn't enjoy the same universal love or appreciation that many many classics do. Johnny hearing this for the first time set it on loop as he recalls. At the time loop meaning hitting the rewind feature on one's Walkman (Johnny feels bad for all the people who wasted their money on the metallic cassette tapes) until it was time to get off the AATA bus and head to work and go get a coffee and a fragel at the Bagel Factory.

Memories.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with GUSTER!

One of Johnny's fondest memories living the the Jersey City/New York City area was a concert from Guster one glorious September evening in Central Park with Mrs. Johnny. The company, the weather, the setting and yes, a really great concert that night. From the album Ganging Up on the Sun it's 'Satellite'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE BROTHERS JOHNSON!

Seriously, is there anyone who doesn't love this song? 'Strawberry Letter 23' taking us out tonight.