UngsungBlog: A (Fantasy) Sports Blog

*shivers*

Quick-hitters:

- I love the Encino CVS store (on Ventura Blvd., for those of you in the valley). I brought my order of three items (all heavily discounted after CVS coupons) up to the register, and as she started checking me out, I handed her my three coupons. The cashier mulled over them for a bit, then asked me where I got these coupons from.

Oh oh, I thought. Did she think my coupons were fraudulent?

Fortunately for me, the cashier then asked, “Did you get these from your e-mail?”, following that up with some spiel about the good deals people get with CVS coupons + ECBs. She then asked the cashier next to her, “Why don’t I start doing these deals?”

Upon completion of checkout, my cashier told me about a guy who goes to that CVS every week, buys everything that has an ECB attached to it, then returns the items while keeping the ECBs.

(Tangent: Is this even possible? I thought the return of items that generate ECBs invalidate those rewards in question.)

Gosh I hate customers like that; these people are the one that kill hot deals for others. Costco’s return policy comes to mind…

For the record, I bought a bottle of baby oil (-$2 mfr coupon), some D batteries (-$5 coupon), and a box of free CVS brand Kleenex. After the $2 ECB I used, I paid a cool $0.13.

- Here are my Week 14 (Fantasy) Football thoughts:

1) So now that we know that the Jets may have been the ones that started this whole Spygate crap, does this mean the Patriots* are now vindicated?

Ugh.

(Tangent, sorta: In this wacky sports year of 2007–Boise State over Oklahoma, college football #1s and #2s losing every week, Tim Donaghy, Spygate, etc. etc. etc.–it’s refreshing to know that two of sports’ most consistent “performers” (Randy Moss and Terrell Owens) are back to their old antics. All this season, I’ve been hearing how neither Moss nor Owens has acted up, and now I hear about the following:

- Apparently Randy Moss has been caught on tape quitting on certain plays (if/when I find a link to this story, I’ll provide it). I can’t wait for Moss to give up on a critical play during the playoffs.

- Terrell Owens took a run at former Cowboy WR Keyshawn Johnson, obviously unhappy with the fact that Johnson tried to give some credit to Parcells for the Cowboys’ success in 2007. Thank you, TO, for giving me a reason to mute you every time I see your face on television again.

Ah…the more things change, the more they stay the same.)

2) Former coach Bobby Petrino is a coward, disloyal, and a “disingenuous drifter.” Falcons owner Arthur Blank once called Petrino the “CEO” of his team; ESPN writer Len Pasquarelli suggests that CEO stands for “Changes Employers Often.” Well, at least he didn’t insist that he was going to remain the coach of the Atlanta Falcons (right, Nick Saban?).

Couldn’t the guy have stuck around for three more weeks? And I couldn’t believe he didn’t have the decency to announce his resignation directly to his players; he left a note in each player’s locker!

What a great example Petrino is setting for his players in Arkansas, huh?

3) Fantasy Football update: It took a pair of minor miracles (4 TDs by Matt Hasselbeck, a garbage-TD by Jamal Lewis, and two Drew Brees TDs to Marques Colston), but I made the playoffs in the Bargainshare Fantasy Football league! Unfortunately for me, I now face the same team that ousted me last year, so I’m probably going to be one-and-done again this year

In one of the other leagues I participated in, I somehow backed into the playoffs! IIRC, I had to win in Week 14 AND had two other teams lose, and I guess that’s exactly what happened :D.

I’m tired and pissed off right now, so let’s just get to the final story of the day.

- (from Consumerist) Apparently CompUSA and Bobby Petrino both subscribe to the “Save Face By Leaving Notes Instead of Actually Talking to People” when it comes to handing out bad news. How else can you explain this pathetic excuse of a pink slip?

Later.

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