Her ignorance of the difference between "except" and "accept" is what made me think she was an idiot. That is, outside of her crazed posts. I love using y'all—it's more efficient!

Affect and effect I can understand—it's a bit confusing, and they refer to similar things. Except and accept have completely different meanings, even if they sound similar.

Everything I would have said was covered by GetMeOffThisPlanet. If you're going to rant in a public forum, you make yourself look much better by seeming to have a basic grasp of English.

Forget the "y'all". What about the repeated use of "except" for "accept"?

I'd take him as mayor if it meant he wasn't around to completely obliterate St. Louis pitching next year.

All three were on Colbert a while back, and I was fascinated. I'd love to see this. Especially since T-Bone is involved.

The Austin Drag Rats.

This is true—another reason this is unlikely to ever happen. As big as we like to think we are in Austin, we're too small and terribly equipped to handle anything like an NFL team.

Oh no! Where did you go? The upshot is that the boatloads of money that would have been used for the football program might have actually gone into academics.

Thanks for the explanation—I've never actually looked into how the NCAA football divisions worked. Also, SIU football games mainly consisted of everyone tailgating until halftime, watching the Saluki Shakers dance, then head out to the bars during the second half. Our disinterest in Saluki football was breathtaking.

I want a jersey!

Yeah, the BridgeBats sounds like a minor league baseball team. Hell, the local hockey team (not sure if they still exist) was called the Ice Bats, as little sense as that made. If you want a scary mascot, I'd go with the Austin Gridlock.

I think any team would have to go into San Antonio—Austin nearly bursts at the seams for Longhorn games, even when they're terrible, i.e. right now. I don't think we could handle it, unless you built the stadium south of Buda or something.

I knew it. Grand Rapids is the home of the beast.

There is no gap between 12 and 14! The 14th floor is the REAL 13th floor! Scary!

Great minds and whatnot.

From the Hedges?

Nah, the Salukis are Division II (or whatever they call just below D-1) in football, D-1 in everything else.

The Salukis made Deadspin, and it's not even our once-every-decade trip to the NCAA Tournament! Go Dawgs!

And Obama looks like he could really use the hug.