….. Vlad Putin is licking his chops …. Hugo Chavez is thrilled …. Osama bin Laden is dancing a jig. Gene Nichol, Spike Lee and Jane Fonda are lovin’ it. Throughout the 3rd world machete-weilding thugs are euphoric. What singular event in American history last week has triggered such a reaction around the planet? UNC Footballers WORE NAVY JERSEYS on Saturday….. What did you think I was talking about?

…. Depending upon what time of day on Friday you are seeing this, this site either looks a bit different or it doesn’t. We’ll explain. BobLee and Gene “Darth Vader” Nichol share crabcakes at Rizzo’s place. What the heck is going on w/ Tyler? So, lets assume Butch stays – then what?

It’s been nagging me all season but suppressed because it is not how I am supposed to think. Maybe it was the frog-strangling rain that deluged Byrd Stadium. Maybe it was the Bowl Game prospectus I received from the Rams Club. But I really like watching games on my 40” Sony HD flat-screen better than hassling to go to the actual game. …. It’s Rivalry Week and time for our annual Perils Of The Purehearts saga!

As Tar Heel fans try desperately NOT to relate the rash of basketball injuries with Lord Obama’s imminent coronation (coincidence ?) …. An announcement in Austin TX on Tuesday will have a tsunami-like impact among The Old Well crowd. Every November the fit hits the Kenan shan as the leaves hit the ground just south o’ quaint Franklin Street. This year is no different. This one involves Coach February, Will The Phenom, The Pale Rider, Bum’s Boy, Jerry J., Prince Tassel Loafer, and The Brothers Goodmon,

Like an obscure island in the South Pacific, Tom O’Brien led his valiant lupine troops into battle on a chilly November Saturday. When the clock read 00:00 a red block “S” flag was flying high “amid the pines”. The losing side this day did not put up as fierce a fight as the Japs did in 1945. Two football coaches with different styles took over floundering programs in ’06. On the 45th anniversary of “Camelot Comes To Dallas” the scoreboard reads The Marine – 2 …. The Mercenary – 0. .

For almost a decade and 1,300 commentaries you expect a consistency to my point-of-view on issues of the day. Be those issues of actual relevance …. or about sports! So it may bumfuzzle you that I strongly approve of overt passion on the matter of sports rivalries. Last weekend culminated 2008’s season-ending rivalries matches across America’s gridirons. It’s a good thing with the inevitable caveat. …. In my research I toured the main street of Lawrence KS in the midst of an apparent serial killer convention.

Yo Lil’ Johnny Swofford …. “stick a fork in it” … “pull the plug” …. WHATEVER. Just admit the ACCCG is a bust – the Edsel of college football. It was a poorly thought out knee-jerk attempt to imitate the SEC. The dynamics of the two conferences could not be more contrary yet you stubbornly keep cramming a square peg into an empty stadium. I’ll give you one, the only, way it might be less embarrassing.

And BobLee looks at the bowl situation and a few other college FB goings-on. Note to UNC band guy Jeff Fuchs …. No Duelin’ Banjos at halftime in Charlotte. …. and BIG NEWS about Tyler!

You’re all Aware kinda folks ….right? Lets travel back in time just three weeks …. here’s your “I’m an Aware kinda guy/gal” Test ….. (1) Who the bleep is “Blago” ?….. (2) Have either you OR a Christmas Tree ever been in the UNC Library ? …. (3) If your mamma named you Plaxico would you carry a pistol in your pants?

The BobLee Public Opinion & Muffler Repair Center’s weekly Hell In A Handbasket poll shows that 83% of Obamaites are pretty sure that Blago and Plaxico were two of The Three Wise Men.