The Swamp

Swamper Bowl III

Wlulax vs. DC

Questions to come on Monday February 2nd (if I'm functioning). Enjoy media week.

Damn, we're still kicking ourselves over last week.

But what the fuck, ionosphere??

Thanks again Ryan!

Missouri played on New Year's Day! NO RESPECT

If I had gone with UCLA's opponent, K-State, I win.

Unspecified Davis could flat-out ball.

Apropos of nothing, I went out on a date with Walter Davis's niece.

Marco Polo should be awarded -10 points.

Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Pleas tip your waitresses and bartenders.

L-Jam3 wrote:Unspecified Davis could flat-out ball.

Apropos of nothing, I went out on a date with Walter Davis's niece.

The guy could fill it up

sancarlos wrote:Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Pleas tip your waitresses and bartenders.

That was great man.

Thanks ryan. Glad Morley Safer didn't count. WTF.

tennbengal wrote:Played out like it should have, needed turnovers from DC, only got one.

Ryan, thanks so much for doing this again this year. Huge fun, much appreciated.

I won it on the good fortune of there being a question about Creedence. Any band after that time and I would have struggled to just come up with the most popular correct answer. Creedence was the American Beatles, and Fogerty a combo Lennon/McCartney/Harrison. I played every CCR album until the grooves wore off.

Violating my usual rule of Swampcrash success, I spent some time on this question and narrowed down the absolutely killer answers to Sweet Hitchhiker and Lodi. Despite myself playing an imassioned version of Lodi, one of the great tunes ever, I went with the other one. The last cut on the last Creedence album, made as they were imploding into the worst management/contract/musician personality conflict abyss in music history.

From the answers here, apparently the brilliantly Lodi was not a hit. It's poetically universal -- every failed musician has lived this song. Lodi not being a hit is like if In My Life was viewed as dull or Good Vibrations wasn't considered catchy enough. But of course there's no accounting for (the public's lack of) taste.

sancarlos wrote:Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Pleas tip your waitresses and bartenders.

That was the single most creative answer to any question, anywhere.

The only competition you have in my experience was when I was playing "Apples to Apples" with the family. The category that had just come up was "Insensitive." You play a card from those in your hand that you think is the best fit with this concept. My daughter played "Helen Keller." She was 9 years old. That was the moment that I knew she'd turn out all right.

Gunpowder wrote:
The guy could fill it up

Davis played his college ball at the University of Detroit. I'll never forget the crowd chanting "U - D, U - D." They did this even when he wasn't playing much as a freshman. But they saw the greatness. It was a moving tribute to the man.

Ryan wrote:Swamper Bowl III

Wlulax vs. DC

Questions to come on Monday February 2nd (if I'm functioning). Enjoy media week.

I'll be deflating my balls in preparation.

DC47 wrote:

tennbengal wrote:Played out like it should have, needed turnovers from DC, only got one.

Ryan, thanks so much for doing this again this year. Huge fun, much appreciated.

I won it on the good fortune of there being a question about Creedence. Any band after that time and I would have struggled to just come up with the most popular correct answer. Creedence was the American Beatles, and Fogerty a combo Lennon/McCartney/Harrison. I played every CCR album until the grooves wore off.

Violating my usual rule of Swampcrash success, I spent some time on this question and narrowed down the absolutely killer answers to Sweet Hitchhiker and Lodi. Despite myself playing an imassioned version of Lodi, one of the great tunes ever, I went with the other one. The last cut on the last Creedence album, made as they were imploding into the worst management/contract/musician personality conflict abyss in music history.

From the answers here, apparently the brilliantly Lodi was not a hit. It's poetically universal -- every failed musician has lived this song. Lodi not being a hit is like if In My Life was viewed as dull or Good Vibrations wasn't considered catchy enough. But of course there's no accounting for (the public's lack of) taste.

Great call on Lodi. Thought about it but went Green River. Great games all around. Good Luck to you and Wlu.

What's the spread?

1. Name an appendage of a certain mammalian egg-layer y'all can choke on (4)