This is a picture of Cate Blanchett taken at the Costume Institute Gala in NYC yesterday. I stole the pic from Drudge.My first thought was that poor Cate needs someone to supersize a Big Mac combo for her, but then I wondered if her emaciated self would have enough strength to chew, much less swallow, solid food. My next thought was that she looks like some kind of mutant bird....almost emu-like, you might say.
This, of course, got me thinking about the other currently famous member of the Emu Family, one Jimmy "no one in my family has ever started a win versus UGA" Clausen.
Cate Blanchett has just as many wins over UGA, SEC titles, and significant victories over top 10 teams as anyone in the Clausen family. Although she appears to be able to slide herself under a door, she at least has had a successful movie career.
I think Casey Clausen was practicing for a career as a rodeo clown during his days at UT. How else could you explain the pummeling he took every year at the hands of the UGA defense? Rick Clausen is rumored to be in the running for the lead in Slingblade 2: Hillibilly Edition (a candidate to go straight to DVD, if there ever was one). Young Emu looks like he wants a gig on Animal Planet or the National Geographic Channel. When Good Emus Get Pummeled Behind a Lousy OL, indeed.While I know that in the avian world, the male is supposed to be the one with the colorful look, I guess it wouldn't be the first thing the Clausens have gotten ass-backwards.
As a good Irish Catholic kid, I loved ND football growing up. I cheered for Joe Theisman against Texas. I pulled for ND in their match ups with Alabama (which annoyed the hell out of my SEC loving friends, especially when ND won against the favored Tide two bowls in a row). I pulled for Joe Montana, who may still be my favorite non-UGA player. I had no problem pulling for UGA against ND in the Sugar Bowl, incidentally. It was just business, right?
I started to hate Notre Dame during the Lou Holtz era. Lou seemed like a lisping phony then, and nothing that's happened since he got there has made me change my mind about him. I didn't mind Bob Davie, didn't care about Ty Willingham, but I don't think I care for Charlie Weis.(Image: Clausen hatches helmet)
The guy is no doubt a talented offensive mind, but he seems kind of unjustifiably pompous considering that they haven't won any big games since he arrived, including beat downs in bowls. The best game they've played in the Weis era was the first loss to Southern Cal (which I admit is one of the best games I've ever seen); if moral victories are all you can point to as proof of your accomplishments, you might want to consider acquiring a touch of humility.
The marriage of Emu Clausen and Charlie Weis seems perfect to me. Two humongous egos that, between them, have racked up an impressive list of accomplishments at ND. It may make me a bad Irish Catholic, but it is my fond wish that the current status quo remain in effect for the rest of young Emu's career.
By: 81Dog (AllSchool)
See Also:
-- Four Horsemen and a Jackass - GSB
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