Podcasting My Pants Off With Black Heart Gold Pants

by Scipio Tex on Jun 29, 2010 11:13 AM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

I've been podcasting with our friends at Black Heart Gold Pants: Iowa fan site, one of the funniest blogs I've ever read, and they profess to hate Ohio State fans almost as much as we do.

We talk Big 12 expansion, discuss my deep connection with the Iowa Hawkeyes, ponder the Iowa Hawkeyes regrettable mid 90s Apex 1 apparel contract (feathered shoulder pads, seriously), and I make the contention that the Big 12, in whatever its form, doesn't lend itself to revenue sharing as the Big 10 does. Madness ensues. We also touch upon the Gadsden Purchase, which is my second favorite historical land purchase of all time.

Now here's a video of an Iowa Caucasian running faster than Texas black people set to music only a Dubuque native would select:

We'll have the guys on a BC podcast later this year. I join around the 11:40 mark. However, if you don't listen to their intro song, you're missing out on some of the most soulful music since Janis Joplin.

Check it out. You can also download BHGP on iTunes.

Black Heart Gold Pants Podcast with Scipio Tex from Barking Carnival

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by Sailor Ripley on Jun 29, 2010 11:44 AM CDT reply actions

Is that where Phil Knight got the idea for Oregon?

by Triston27 on Jun 29, 2010 12:07 PM CDT reply actions

I dunno, that’s kind of old-school stuff on the shoulder pads there, and I like the old-school uniform stuff. The problem is the “Hawkeyes” and logo that makes the jersey too busy. And the horrible pants stripes.

by Woody Bombay on Jun 29, 2010 12:30 PM CDT reply actions

Woody -

I’ve always thought we should have cow spots on our uniforms. Also, actual horns on our helmets.

by Scipio Tex on Jun 29, 2010 12:40 PM CDT reply actions

As long as we don’t dope up the players so they don’t get too rowdy during the game.

by Woody Bombay on Jun 29, 2010 12:43 PM CDT reply actions

You leave the doping up of players to USC.

by Triston27 on Jun 29, 2010 12:45 PM CDT reply actions

I missed the memo – when did we start hating tOSU fans?

I’d rather hate whiny NU fans instead.

by Joetx on Jun 29, 2010 12:50 PM CDT reply actions

Joetx -

You need to talk to people who went to Columbus in ‘05.

I like whiny Nebraska fans since their pre-game rituals don’t include humming full beers into the sides of women’s heads.

by Scipio Tex on Jun 29, 2010 12:51 PM CDT reply actions

@ Scipio – All the venom & lies spewed by whiny NU fans over the course of conference realignment have caused me to regard NU & its fans w/ the same level of contempt as that which I have for the Sooners & Aggies.

by Joetx on Jun 29, 2010 1:09 PM CDT reply actions

Louisianna purchase, HOLLA!!

by Thomas Jefferson on Jun 29, 2010 1:16 PM CDT reply actions

The intro music was worth the listen, though the conversation was good, too. A couple of responses:

1) the ‘so what’ vs. ‘bubble’ argument isn’t likely to have a right or wrong side, only times when one of the arguments seems more persuasive than the other.

2) after hearing you describe them as ‘sickly’ and an ‘unhealthy population’, the folks in rural Kansas and Iowa are going to start calling you Scipio Kevorkian.

by parlin on Jun 29, 2010 1:22 PM CDT reply actions

2) after hearing you describe them as ‘sickly’ and an ‘unhealthy population’, the folks in rural Kansas and Iowa are going to start calling you Scipio Kevorkian.

Unless this podcast was broadcast on AM radio as filler between the farm reports and the weather report, people in rural Kansas and Iowa will never know about this.

by Triston27 on Jun 29, 2010 1:47 PM CDT reply actions

I like and admire the good people or rural Kansas and Iowa. However, like most good Texans, I judge people only by their ability to enrich me.

by Scipio Tex on Jun 29, 2010 2:15 PM CDT reply actions

“I like and admire the good people or rural Kansas and Iowa. However, like most good Texans, I judge people only by their ability to enrich me.”

Pretty much how I judge potential boyfriends.

by Sasha is a Longhorn Dog on Jun 29, 2010 3:49 PM CDT reply actions

Too many jokes . . . Must . . . not offend . . . entire female BC readership . . .

by The General on Jun 29, 2010 4:29 PM CDT reply actions

Of one. Sasha can handle it. Remember when she had weevils in her carpet? Well she still posts here.

by Vasherized on Jun 29, 2010 4:46 PM CDT reply actions

I didn’t know she had weevils in her carpet. Sounds like my kinda girl.

by The General on Jun 29, 2010 6:05 PM CDT reply actions

I hate you all.

;-)

by Sasha is a Longhorn Dog on Jun 29, 2010 6:35 PM CDT reply actions

Good stuff Scip. Way to represent.

by Currently in Rehab on Jun 29, 2010 7:35 PM CDT reply actions

Sasha, you are one smart woman! I should be so wise.

General, what makes you think women get offended so easily? In my experience, it’s the guys who get offended.

by java on Jun 29, 2010 9:44 PM CDT reply actions

Great podcast. I’ve always enjoyed the guys over at BHGP.

by ColoradoAg on Jun 30, 2010 8:47 AM CDT reply actions

Just off the top of my head, I’d rank the Louisiana Purchase, Seward’s Folly, and Manhattan for a handful of beads all ahead of Gadsden.

by stuckinmn on Jun 30, 2010 12:39 PM CDT reply actions

Ah, the vaunted Akina defense led by the great Marcus Griffin and Scott Derry. That was a special season.

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