Propeller Skies

I saw the Nightporters at The Earl Saturday night. They played a smashing show.

Several characters in the crowd provided additional entertainment throughout the concert. A cocaine fueled guy who danced like a demented Napolean Dynamite was fucking hilarious. I have no idea how this dumbass managed to remain upright. Several straight white people also attempted to dance. I thought the uncoordinated choad next to me would go through the floor, he was hitting it so hard.

Eventually the lead singer announced the group was out of tunes and was going to fuck around. After a cover I did not recognize, the band brought a woman from the audience on stage and played a slamming cover of Angel of Harlem with a nice little jam at the end. Next, some drunk dude who obviously knew the band members from the days of way back attempted to sing lead on a cover of Gloria. As he could barely remain standing, this was some funny shit. I was waiting for him, the mic stand, and an unlucky band member to go crashing off stage and into the monitors. Somehow, he remained upright and there were no collisions.

While at the performance, I snapped a few shots for Aspherical. Enjoy this photograph of a woman shooting video, and this shot of a woman taking stills.

We here at the Prizzo Skeezy sincerely wish Carl Torbush the best of luck at his next position. From ESPN: Torbush Fired As Defensive Coordinator. Now all Dennis Franchione needs to do is hire a coordinator who can get the wrecking crew back to wrecking.

For the sixth year in a row and the third time under the alleged leadership of Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M lost to the motherfucking tea-sips. After watching the poor performance of the Texas A&M defense all season, I was expecting a blow out. However, Franchione and the Aggies managed to stay in the game. I even briefly thought the Aggies might pull off an upset. Unfortunately a blocked punt returned for a touchdown by the Longhorns dashed hopes of a Texas A&M victory.

fire carl torbush too

A big Propeller Skies shout out goes to the Aggie defense, which finally showed up and held Texas under their average of 50.1 points per game. However, the Longhorns still managed to score 40 points. Based on the lackluster performance of the defense throughout the entire season, Carl Torbush needs to be replaced.

Last Saturday, I saw two excellent college football games that went down to the wire. One was an upset and the other was a favored team going into a hostile stadium and beating a program with a great winning tradition.

unranked yellow jackets defeat overrated hurricanes

In the interest of full disclosure, I hate every single football program in the state of Florida. Therefore, it was with great pleasure that I watched a surprising Georgia Tech defense hold on to defeat Miami. After a rather boring defensive struggle, in the last few minutes Hurricanes quarterback Kyle Wright was pressured and threw into coverage. A predictable interception by Georgia Tech’s Dennis Davis ended the game. A great game, but not nearly as good as Ohio State versus Michigan. As an aside, Texas A&M should consider hiring Jon Tenuta after they fire Carl Torbush.

ohio state travels to the big house and comes home with a win

This was a classic rivalry game. The score remained close throughout the game with the teams swapping the lead. On the Buckeye’s final drive Michigan’s number 45 missed tackling a scrambling Troy Smith, who then threw into coverage, and Anthony Gonzalez made a superlative leaping catch for the first down. On the next play, Antonio Pittman ran to the left side for the game winning touchdown.

By searching for “Dennis Franchione jokes,” a few readers have arrived here at Propeller Skies. Unfortunately, these readers found no jokes here, because Dennis Franchione is a joke. Franchione has regrettably turned a once great football program into the largest punch line in the Big 12.

If Texas A&M only had a defense, Franchione and the Aggies could have beat Oklahoma for the first time in the Franchione era on Saturday. Unfortunately, complements of Carl Torbush’s Pink Shirts defense, for the second time in Franchione’s three years as head coach, Texas A&M will suffer the indignity of a losing season and will not be bowl eligible.

Predictably, the Aggie defense got worse in every area Propeller Skies tracks, except for pass defense, which improved marginally. The following statistics make the case for firing Torbush:

• The Aggie defense is last in the Big 12 in points allowed, with 30.3 points per game, which is an increase of 0.6 points per game - they now have the distinction of being the only Big 12 team allowing over 30 points per game;
• Pass defense improved, dropping to 318.9 yards per game, a decrease of 2.3 yards per game - still good for last in the Big 12;
• In contrast, rushing defense got worse, increasing to 135.7 yards per game, 8.4 more yards per game than last week;
• Yet again, Texas A&M is last in the Big 12 in total defense with 454.6 total yards allowed per game, an increase of 6 yards per game. Opposing offenses are still averaging almost 6.0 yards per play against the hapless Aggie defense.

[I highly recommend the following site: Fire Dennis Franchione. This site contains plenty of history on the coach and also supports a cause that is dear to my heart - Ed.]

Friday night I drove down to The Earl to catch Psyche Origami. When I arrived, several dozen people were standing outside on the sidewalk and no one was being allowed in. I assumed the show was sold out, but upon inquiring, I discovered the Fire Marshall had cleared everyone out of the venue. Apparently the owners of The Earl donated to the wrong mayoral campaign and now the powers that be are exacting revenge. Alternately, the neighborhood association may be behind this, as there has been a long running disagreement over the nature of the mural on the side of The Earl. Additional conspiracy theories are welcomed via the comments link. I do not recommend the City of Atlanta.

Bill Byrne needs to fire Dennis Franchione, Carl Torbush, and the rest of the hopelessly inept coaching staff immediately, as Franchione is now the proud owner of a losing record at Texas A&M. We here at Propeller Skies propose hiring Mike Price as head coach and Bob Davies as defensive coordinator.

Despite a receiving corps that drops passes like B-29s drop bombs, the Aggie offense is showing some signs of life. Their average of 32.6 points per game is good for third in the Big 12, behind Texas and Texas Tech.

In contrast to the offense, the Texas A&M Pink Shirts defense managed to perform even worse than the prior week. Every single defensive statistic we track here at the Prizzo Skeezy got worse at an accelerating rate, as shown by the following statistics:

• The Pink Shirts are allowing 29.7 points per game, an increase of 3.3 points per game over last week;
• As per usual, pass defense is last in the Big 12 with 321.2 yards allowed per game, an increase of 14 yards per game;
• The Aggies are now allowing 127.3 rushing yards per game, an increase of 8.3 yards per game; and
• Texas A&M, once feared for the Wrecking Crew, is again dead last in the Big 12 in total defense with 448.6 yards allowed per game. The Aggies are now allowing 22.4 more yards per game than last week. Opposing offenses are averaging 6.0 yards per play, an increase of 0.2 yards.

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Fortunately, Mike Brown will have plenty of time to focus on his sartorial fixation now that he is unemployed.