{"id":25570,"date":"2022-02-13T09:49:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T15:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25570"},"modified":"2022-02-13T09:49:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T15:49:53","slug":"sunday-update-will-the-super-bowl-ruin-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/13\/sunday-update-will-the-super-bowl-ruin-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update: Will the Super Bowl ruin Valentine’s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s 8 PM on February 13, and you’re driving home from Galentine’s Day<\/a> with a smile on your face. You’ve spent the evening showing the girls photos of the sexy red dress and heels you plan to wear tomorrow night when your boyfriend takes you to Porch & Parlor for dinner. You love ya girls but you gotta admit also loved it when you saw a twinge of envy in their eyes. Tomorrow night is going to be perfect.<\/p>\n

You pull into the garage, walk into the house, and are immediately hit with the overpowering stench of deviled eggs, Ro-Tel dip, and Busch Light. It’s the middle of the third quarter and your boyfriend is on number 11 of the 12-pack he bought for the game. You walk over to the couch, noticing that your feet make a crunching sound due to all the spilled beer on the floor.<\/p>\n

You sit next to your boyfriend and start to tell him about the delightful evening you had with the gals, but he cuts you off. “Hold on,” he says. “The Bengals have the ball, first and goal at the 7. I took the over at 37\u00bd and if they score, I win.” Then he lets out a fart that registers 4.3 on the Richter scale. The Bengals take it to the end zone. Satisfied, he passes out on the couch. He’s too heavy to move, so after spending an hour cleaning up the mess, you leave him there. The sun rises on Valentine’s morning without the man you love snuggled up next to you.<\/p>\n

He barely makes it to work. You’re not surprised when he texts you at 3 PM saying he’s fallen asleep at his desk twice. Then he drops the bomb. “Honey, I canceled our reservations at Porch & Parlor,” he said. “I’m so hung over that I just don’t feel like being out in public and eating all that rich food. I hope you understand. Let’s do a rain check for next week.”<\/p>\n

Dinner is a 10-pack of Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos at the kitchen counter. As he crunches into his 4th taco, he lets out a fart that registers 4.8 on the RIchter scale. You know ya girls are surfing Instagram, waiting to see pics of you at P&P enjoying a sumptuous dinner in that hot red dress. Should you upload a photo of a crumpled taco wrapper?<\/p>\n

Dejected, you fall asleep that night wondering if your boyfriend loves football more than he loves you.<\/p>\n

Scheduling the Super Bowl the second week of February is going to increase the divorce rate. I guarantee it.<\/p>\n

How ’bout those Memphis Tigers!!! Max’s Sports Bar was packed yesterday as we saw them hand Houston a 69-59 loss, the Cougars’ first loss at home in 38 games. It’s the Tigers’ first true road win against a Top 10 team in 17 years.<\/p>\n

One stat said it all: The Tigers are plus-18 this season when DeAndre Williams is on the floor and minus-13 when he’s not. Penny took the hint and kept Williams on the floor.<\/p>\n

And they made their free throws! 18 of 19. That is how you win games.<\/p>\n

The win improves the Tigers to 14-8 overall, 8-4 in conference. They are now only 1.5 games back from conference leaders SMU and Houston.<\/p>\n

There is still work to do. Memphis’ win caused bracketologist Joe Lunardi to move them onto the bubble, but they’re projected as “next four out.” So the Tigers need to move past another 5 to 8 NCAA teams to be projected in the field of 68. Next up for the Tigers:<\/p>\n