You Can Charge That To The Game

this is classic… memories…

I once prosecuted a drug dealer for shooting & killing another dealer. It seems the victim owed the other gentleman some money, which the victim suggested he charge to the game.

I remember playing some dudes from the Dallas, metro area when I was a little kid, at some random tennis tournament.

This was doubles in tennis, mind you, and my partner and I were playing up in 16’s, as 12 year olds.

One of the dudes pegged my partner with an overhead, and he actually said “charge that to the game.”

mr sunshine, redfoot -
 
Outstanding.

ah, podcasts…
I enjoy:
-The Kevin Pollak Chat Show (where he’s planning on having Jay Mohr on soon, and does a killer Walken, among others)
-The Tobolowsky Files (where notable character actor Stephen Tobolowsky tells amazing stories of ‘life, love and the entertainment industry’)
-The Treatment with Elvis Mitchell (a chat show with some interesting folks, where I learned about Texas Thunder Soul, the Story of the Kashmere Stage Band)
-The News from Lake Wobegon (self-explanatory, yes?)
-BC podcasts with Blake Brokemeyer (while they still existed… tear)
-ESPN CFB (Beano Cooke has actually grown on me since listening to this)
-ESPN CBB (where the great Doug Gotleib dishes better than his on-court dimes in days of yore)
-This American Life
-FRONTLINE
etc…

What others do you subscribe, Scip?

“There’s kingfish in there!”

Completely of topic, but did you see that no-hands jet sweep in the orang bowl? I could imagine a certain Olympic track star on the roster lighting up d’s w/ this. Seems like we could keep opposing dl out long enough to get him to the edge.

I never heard anyone say “you can charge that to the game,” but I do recall not so fondly the inexplicably popular game of “Hey, get on all fours behind this guys knees and I’ll push him in the chest till he falls over your back.” Ever single player on the team had a score to settle with various other players trying to make we hadn’t been the victim of that game more than anyone else on the team, lest we feel like the team bitch. It’s a wonder we were ever able to get any meaningful practice in.

I thought I was the only one who works out to podcasts rather than music. I find that listening to music lets my mind wander to how much working out sucks. Podcasts can keep my attention diverted from the task at hand much better.

scagnetti -
 
I listen to a bunch of history and current events podcasts - too many to list - but comedic staples are Joe Rogan, Adam Carolla, Marc Maron, and Hardwick’s Nerdist. Four very different cats, each representing a different sphere of my comedic sensibilities.
 
Do I need to start listening to Pollak?
 
Yeah, we dropped the ball on the BC podcasts. Need to start up again. Our bad.

Holy shit that bit was funny. Classic man.

Savage -
 
“Man, I don’t wanna go in the water. Stingray!”
 
burntorangejuice -
 
Or worse, someone would initiate Dick Game. Dick Game consisted of nothing else but trying to hit another guy in his nuts, usually during Thursday practice when we’d go light walk thru in our shorts and shells.
 
So we’d all stand with one hand in front of our nuts, constantly on guard. I’ll never forget one of our coaches slamming down his clipboard after seeing another one of us writhing on the ground and screaming, “We’re playing fucking LBJ in 24 hours and you motherfuckers keep hitting each other in the johnson! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM!?”
 
We had no answer.
 
t1climb1 -
 
That’s how I respond. If sufficiently entertained, I completely disassociate from the workout and sort of snap back into reality after it’s over. Love it.

Hey Scip, what kind of history podcasts? I’d love to find out what.

I work out to dance music podcasts. Does that make me a cheater?

I also listen to How Did This Get Made. It makes me laugh, but only sometimes.

Holy Cow -
 
Go to ItunesU and enter your subject of interest. You’ll be overwhelmed with options.

Charge it to the game, and keep the change bitch!

Our substitute for Dick Game, there was also Blindside Shoulder Pad Hit to the Kidneys Game. I think only one guy peed blood as a result of that game. We all learned to listen for footsteps much like 2010 Texas wide receivers.

Scag, I agree about the espn/cfb podcasts with Maisel and Cook. You just have to learn to get past Beano’s incessant wheezing.

I started at UT in fall 1990. I guess I missed this bit of zeitgeist.

I played lacrosse in northern Virginia in high school. When we played TC Williams (from Remember the Titans) the kid guarding me sang that damn “we are the titans, the mighty mighty titans” song the whole damn game. The only time he would stop was to spit on the back of my helmet/neck and try and push me over the restraining line. Never heard charge it to the game though, that would have at least been funny.

Listen to pollak. His Walkien is better than Mohr’s. He also does Alan Arkin impressions that fool Alan Arkin. He leaves Arkin messages on his own machine that Arkin thinks are himself until they cross over from the sublime to the absurd.

The picture in my head of Arkin fists clenched, looking up at the heavens in disbelief, yelling, “POLLAK” in vengeful agony makes me laugh.

yes. Pollak has some interesting people on his show. and there’ve been i think 150+ of them, so while i wouldnt subscribe, youd do well to just pick and choose. ive actually repeated a handful of them, which is a task (they typically run 2+ hours) primarily as an industry thing (Rob Reiner was fascinating)…
Others i tend to listen to are industry staples, but Ive also recently got into is The Moth (another storytellers ’cast)

My only addendum to this trash talking bit was as a catcher thru semi-pro ball, and it largely had to do with the whole in someone’s swing, but regardless, the Lee-Permian rivalry was ripe for shit talking — and a couple fights — on the field. The mouth-breathers from Odessa tried to imply we still had rectally inserted silver spoons while the Rebs just made fun of their vocabulary, intimating there were unhealthy relationships with their mothers/pets. It of course escalated as you work through the innings and subsequent at bats.

fun times

Gundy, Hey Mack Kendall Sanders Just decommited from us and is Commited to you guys, whats up with you taking all our recruits?

Mack " Charge it to the Game"

Any of you know what an Atomic Situp is?

Here is Mohr arguing the superiority of his Walkien impression over Pollak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBir-SaU6A

Podcasts during your workouts? 3 sets of 10 Mad Dog approved bench and curls?

Charge it to the game bitch.

Listen to Podcasts over Music most of the time as well for mundane tasks, and I love Mohr’s Podcast. The only other one I listen to religiously is the Dan LeBatard Show, which I highly recommend - awesome blend of Sports and Humor with some interesting discussion on the dogma of sports reporting and fandom.

Scip, Joe Rogan is one of the funniest mother fuckers in the world. I saw him in Houston and met him afterwards. We sat down with him and bought him drinks and shot the shit with him for a solid hour. One of the couples that was with us were these uber competitive d-bags. They drove go-karts competitively and Joe Rogan had a field day ragging on them for that. They expressed that driving these go-karts prepared them for anything involving speed and g-force. Joe went into his whole pilot skit about how physically demanding flying a jet was and told my buddies girl there was no way she was strong enough to handle the physical demand. Joe got into a argument with the broad, and needless to say it was the funniest thing I’ve ever witnessed. One of those things where you had to be there

I’m glad to hear “The U” were such positive role models.

http://withleather.uproxx.com/2011/12/dont-worry-the-future-of-the-nba-is-modest

People are acting like this kid isn’t learning sportsmanship or good character by pounding his chest and yelling profanities after dunking on people, but I say the combination of arrogance and utter disrespect for “rules” will take him far in life.

Given that I was an overgrown, ebonics spitting college punk back in the early 90’s occasionally collaborating with some of my wannabe gangsta homeboys from the old neighborhood, I would have totally worn the fuck out of a catchphrase like “Charge it to the game” back then. I am really sorry that I missed it, truth be told.

As an aside, you’d be amazed how many northside Amarillo two bit thugs from my neighborhood ended up in Austin and San Antonio working various vice rackets. It is uncanny how often I run into folks I know from back in high school. A few years back, felonious endeavors would almost certainly follow these reunions. Nowadays, the wife won’t give me a kitchen pass.

sorry laguna, still prefer Pollak’s.

I listen to every Mohr Stories and Sklarbro Country and pick and choose with Maron. Nice rec’s on here. Could get me through the other 4 gym days per week.

Only Bob Stoops would convince a quarterback that is a mid level 1st round draft pick to come back for his senior year.

I’m from a small town without a bunch of diversity—hardworking overachievers with little natural talent— for the most part we kept our mouths shut, so it was surprising one game when the opposing team kept calling their first baseman “assface” after a hit, my teammate says to the guy “so whats up with the alias?” Turns out ol’ assface chewed so much tobacco that they had to scrape a piece skin from his ass and graft it to his lip.

He really was an assface, and he was still chewing.

It’s never even cross my mind to listen to one of these while working out, etc. Thanks for the heads up.

But then again I still have my bootleg CD’s of the UT/USC MNC game in the CD player in my truck.

Only Bob Stoops would convince a quarterback that is a mid level 1st round draft pick to come back for his senior year.

Worked out ok for the last guy, well except for getting hurt and not winning anything.

Is Landry back? That’s terrible news.

And playing for the St Louis Rams, I guess that pretty much sucks too.

But he did get to play for Josh McDaniels.

Their passing offense could be every bit as good next year with Landry back, plus perhaps expanded running packages for “Belldozer” or improvement from their young backs. I was really counting on them trying to break in a new signal caller.

Nickel,

I wouldn’t worry about it as long as Broyles is gone.

Nickel Rover said:
January 5th, 2012 at 4:16 pm

Is Landry back? That’s terrible news.

Unfortunately yes Nickel, but fortunately Ronnell Lewis declared. I think there offense takes a small step back, but not so much that they won’t be in the hunt for the Big 12 title.

Fellache Me:
That’s good, but they have depth at DE. They don’t have another QB who has 3 years of starting experience with an NFL arm.

roach: Replacing Broyles at the end of the season before playing Baylor, ISU, and OSU is far worse than having an offseason to do it with Kameel Jackson, Kenny Stills, Trey Franks, Trey Meteyor, and their other big recruits. I’m fairly worried. Their only losing one starting OL, also.

I’ve listened to Mohr Stories since about October and I’ve gone back and listened to all of them. I’m a huge fan. Really funny stuff.

roach said:
January 5th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Nickel,

I wouldn’t worry about it as long as Broyles is gone.

Roach, he is a redshirt senior. I can assure you he is gone.

“LOOK AT THE GAME TAPE!!!”

My comedy podcasts at the gym are Harold Lloyd.

Safety Last kills it on the ab blaster.

I hope you Joe Rogan fans are properly and intimately familiar with “Newsradio”. Rogan, Stephen Root, Dave Foley, pre-train wreck Andy Dick, Maura Tierney, and of course Phil Hartman.

Criminally underwatched by the wretched masses. Must see if you haven’t already.

Apropos of nothing, Scip, I thought you’d find this article interesting (especially the section on Process vs. Outcome and the UT connection), if only because I expect that you’ll hate most of it.

Any of you know what an Atomic Situp is?

[googles]

Holy shit, I actually played in a band called “Atomic Situp” 22 years ago (sounded like Primus covering P Funk at double speed, singing about peyote), and I had no idea until today what it meant.

Wish I didn’t, actually.

A zone blitzing Kenny Vaccaro will make Landry wish “HE NEVAH CAME BACK.”

slate’s general sports podcast “hang up and listen” is a great listen.

“Is Landry back? That’s terrible news.”

Let the firm of Byndom & Diggs man up, go get some redemption and drop his draft spot a few places in the process.

I was a DB in high school but we had this OL coach who’s first name I don’t recall, but who’s last name was Bates. Being the incredibly mature, suave individuals we were it didn’t take long until everyone started calling him Master Bates. Coach Bates never caught on either (or at least pretended not to) maybe because he was so old that when God said “Let there be light” he was the one that hit the switch.

Anyway, we were playing an early season game against some pretty small 2A school from I can’t-remember-where and their quarterback flat out sucked meat sacks. Which was good because if he hadn’t the guy I was manning up would have had a scholarship offer worthy day. I couldn’t cover his ass and luckily for me he kept a running dialogue to make sure I knew I couldn’t cover his ass. Well earlier in the game he had caught win of “Master Bates” and that had been a great source inspiration for this guy. Finally, after getting burned for about the seventh time that day (and having the ball sail of the wide-out’s head by about 15 yards) Master Bates called out - “Goddamn it, if you won’t cover him I’ll do it”. Everyone on our sideline got a chuckle out of that. But then this dude who’d been riding me all game walks right up to Coach Bates and says “Ya know I figured out why they call you Master Bates…cause you’re a grade A jack-off”.

I laughed so much we had to call a time out.