{"id":25447,"date":"2022-01-01T07:55:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25447"},"modified":"2022-01-01T07:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:55:51","slug":"first-update-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/01\/first-update-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"First update of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to start attracting good luck and good fortune in 2022. Do it Southern-style at the Blind Bear today with ham, blackeyed peas, collard greens, cornbread, and mac and cheese. Plates are $15 and will be available from 11 AM until they run out. Unclear why Southerners eat these foods on New Year&#8217;s? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whas11.com\/article\/life\/new-years-day-meal-bring-good-luck-health-and-wealth\/417-0eba2524-73a9-4258-87fb-374efdb75507\">Here&#8217;s an explainer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an all-SEC college football title game as Alabama and Georgia punched their tickets in yesterday&#8217;s semifinals. Today&#8217;s bowl action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outback Bowl: Penn State vs. Arkansas, 11 AM, ESPN2<\/li>\n<li>Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Notre Dame, noon, ESPN<\/li>\n<li>Citrus Bowl: Iowa vs. Kentucky, noon, ABC<\/li>\n<li>Rose Bowl: Utah vs. Ohio State, 4 PM, ESPN<\/li>\n<li>Sugar Bowl: Baylor vs. Ole Miss, 7:45 PM, ESPN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tigers on national TV alert: The Memphis Tigers men&#8217;s basketball team has a road game against Wichita State which will be nationally televised on CBS this morning at 11.<\/p>\n<p>From Food &amp; Wine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/travel\/history-of-malort-chicago-novelty-liquor?\">Why this off-putting Chicago liquor is so damn special.<\/a> Chicagoans say both &#8220;this defines us&#8221; and &#8220;this is terrible&#8221; about Malort.<\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant moved closer to being named an All-Star with a 30-point performance vs. San Antonio last night. The Grizzlies won 118-105. Let&#8217;s have a look at what that does for the Western Conference standings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Grizzlies (23-14) are in sole possession of 4th place<\/li>\n<li>They trail the Utah Jazz by 4 games for 3rd place<\/li>\n<li>They lead the 5th-place Denver Nuggets by 4 games<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re avoiding play-in scenarios with a 5-game lead over 7th-place L.A. Lakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Grizz get the weekend off, then will play at Brooklyn Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/b221270fa264f4e8c68ac80dd4c43d2a\/national-bloody-mary-day\">National Bloody Mary Day<\/a>. Maybe I&#8217;ll have one this morning with my plate of good luck. Remember, today is Saturday, so a lot of places will be offering the drink as a brunch special.<\/p>\n<p>Weather alert:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Memphis remains in a level 3 &#8220;Enhanced&#8221; risk of severe storms this afternoon. Damaging wind is the main threat (30% chance within 25 miles). Tornado threat is &#8220;conditional,&#8221; meaning we aren&#8217;t sure one forms. Highest threat south &amp; east of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/memstorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#memstorm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dzj0kQjHI8\">pic.twitter.com\/Dzj0kQjHI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MemphisWeather.net (@memphisweather1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/memphisweather1\/status\/1477267628259520520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MemphisWeather.net says rain is expected noon-7 PM with best chance of storms 1-4 PM.<\/p>\n<p>RIP Betty White, and she&#8217;s not the only beautiful soul we lost yesterday. I will miss my Peabody lobby bar Christmas Eve drinking buddy.<\/p>\n<p>So I have a conundrum. The Arkansas game (Outback Bowl) is on at 11. The Tigers basketball game is on at 11. Ideally, I&#8217;d like to see both, which would put a trip to Max&#8217;s Sports Bar on the morning&#8217;s agenda &#8211; but the forecast makes getting back to the core a bit too dicey for my taste. Max&#8217;s is out.<\/p>\n<p>The only other of my regular bars where I can easily keep an eye on 2 TVs at once is Silly Goose, and they&#8217;re not open until this evening.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves Bardog and Blind Bear. Due to the New Year&#8217;s Day food special &#8211; and due to the fact that I want to park myself at one bar all day and avoid the weather &#8211; Bear has the advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Of the two games, I care much, much, much more about the Arkansas game. They have the chance to beat a storied Big 10 program and finish with their best record since Bobby Petrino crashed his bike. So I&#8217;d like to get there right at 11 and request the Arkansas game on the TV in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>But someone could, quite correctly, come along and note that this is Memphis, and the Memphis basketball game should be on the best TV in the house &#8211; even though it&#8217;s now likely the Tigers aren&#8217;t going to be invited to the Big Dance.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose this is a high-class problem to have. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Tip Jar', '#29abe0', 'B0B57GDFG');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to start attracting good luck and good fortune in 2022. Do it Southern-style at the Blind Bear today with ham, blackeyed peas, collard greens, cornbread, and mac and cheese. Plates are $15 and will be available from 11 AM until they run out. Unclear why Southerners eat these foods on New Year&#8217;s? 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