I would like to take this opportunity to thank ABC and ESPN for royally screwing up my football watching last night.
There were two Monday night games on last night; the regularly scheduled 9 PM game between Dallas and the Redskins; and a special "home" game opener for the New Orleans Saints against the Giants - starting at 7:30.
The way it was supposed to work: Show the 7:30 game on ABC until 9, then switch that game over to ESPN.
The way it worked: Show the 7:30 game on ABC until 8:55. At which time, Chris Berman told everyone to "switch over to ESPN now, the game is on over there.". At which point we switched to ESPN and saw the last 5 minutes of golf.
Let me mention that the Saints appeared to have stopped a drive by the Giants, just before half-time, with enough time to perhaps tie the score - but there was a penalty on that play and we were breathlessly waiting for the call.
Then - they switched out of that game to a bunch of commercials in preparation for the 9 PM game - and no game on ESPN. Then, at 9 PM, ESPN got their stuff together (not really) and started showing football - THE FREAKIN DALLAS GAME THAT WAS ON ABC! AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!
Granted, I wasn't going to watch much longer, just until half-time, but I still wanted to know what the hell happened!
Oh, and did I mention that the Saints' game was a driving force of fund raising efforts for the victims of Katrina? After ESPN didn't show their portion of the game, I'll bet donations went down drastically!
UPDATE:
WS tells me that ESPN finally changed over to the Saints game.
Football is wasted on me.....I confess that I didn't watch, but I wanted to tell you that I plan to drag Dear Husband over to the computer to see your spelling of the old Peanuts shout of frustration. We named the boat ARRGH! but HE sent in the paperwork. It came back ARR!! I suspect that he wanted a three letter name that would fit on caps and shirts, using the international flag symbols.
I want him to see all those GGGGGGGGGs and HHHHHHHs!
Posted by: buffy | September 23, 2005 at 02:47 PM
I've used that expression sparingly since finding your blog (don't want to be sued for using your name - LOL). But it really does show the high level of frustration that I was feeling.
Posted by: bogie | September 24, 2005 at 06:43 AM
Oh, don't hold back! Be my guest. Use it all you like! I don't have a copyright on the word, and I don't mind seeing it pop up in other places.
Posted by: buffy | September 27, 2005 at 10:48 PM