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The Food Network Programming Interest Level Guide to What I'm Watching This Week...

...or "Todd finally finds a way to bring his disturbing love for both college football and celebrity cooking together in a completely ridiculous manner!


Iron Chef America is one of only two shows that I make sure I watch every single week (the other being The Office). I watch new episodes, I watch reruns, and I watch every last second of it, because it's awesomenicity defined and there is no excuse for missing it. Similarly, these are the games that I know will be great and absolutely will not miss a second of.

NC State at South Carolina
Thursday - 08/28/08
Williams-Brice Stadium - Columbia, SC - ESPN - 7:00pm

Virginia Tech vs East Carolina
Satuday - 08/30/08
Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte, NC - ESPN - 11:00am

Utah at Michigan
Satuday - 08-30-08
Michigan Stadium - Ann Arbro, MI - ESPN2/ABC - 2:30pm

Alabama vs Clemson
Satuday - 08/30/08
The Georgia Dome - Atlanta, GA - ABC - 7:00pm

Colorado State vs Colorado
Sunday - 08/31/08
Invesco Field - Denver, CO - FSN - 6:30pm


I watch 30 Minute Meals because I am obsessed with Rachel Ray, just like I will watch these games because I am obsessed with college football, and just like I've watched plenty of episodes of 30 Minute Meals where Rachel Ray made something I would never want to eat, I will be watching these games for no other reason than they are college football. Look for a lot of mid-week games between mid-majors who couldn't get on TV otherwise and the early Saturday scrub SEC and Big Ten games that Raycom and ESPN always kick off with in this section.

Wake Forest at Baylor
Thursday - 08/28/08
Casey Stadium - Waco, TX - FSN - 7:00pm

Oregon State at Stanford
Thursday - 08/28/08
Stanford Stadium - Stanford, CA - ESPN2 - 8:00pm

SMU at Rice
Friday - 08/29/08
Rice Stadium - Houston, TX - ESPN - 7:00pm

Florida vs Hawaii
Saturday - 08/30/08
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium - Gainesville, FL - Raycom - 11:30am

Mississippi State at La. Tech
Saturday - 08/30/08
Joe Aillet Stadium - Ruston, LA - ESPN2 - 5:45pm

Kentucky at Louisville
Sunday - 08/31/08
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium - Louisville, KY - ESPN - 2:30pm

Fresno State at Rutgers
Monday - 09/01/08
Rutgers Stadium - New Brunswick, NJ - ESPN - 3:00pm

Tennessee at UCLA
Monday - 09/01/08
Rose Bowl Stadium - Los Angeles, CA - ESPN - 7:00pm


I find Alton Brown both educational and entertaining, but more times than not Good Eats tends to wander into the boring territory of homemade vinegar and whatnot that even he can't save, much like these games have the potential for fireworks but will likely only fizzle out quickly and have me changing channels.

USC at Virginia
Satuday - 08/30/08 Scott Stadium - Chalottesville, VA - ESPN2/ABC - 2:30pm

LSU vs Appalachian State
Saturday - 08/30/08
Tiger Stadium - Baton Rouge, LA - ESPN - 4:00pm

Michigan State at Cal
Saturday - 08/30/08
Memorial Stadium - Berkeley, CA - ABC - 7:00pm


I do have a, uh, certain fondness for Giada de Laurentis, but I generally find that, after a few seconds of, uhm, appreciation I'm not really into what she's cooking, much like these games have a certain attraction factor given the teams involved yet they will likely end up being something I'm not really interested in watching.

Illinois at Mizzou
Saturday - 08/30/08
Edward Jones Dome - St. Louis, MO - ESPN - 7:30pm

No way in hell am I watching this...unless nothing else good is on.

Syracuse at Northwestern
Saturday - 08/30/08
Ryan Field Stadium - Evanston, IL - ESPN2 - 11:00am

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Bobby Flay

No love for Throwdown or Boy Meets Grill?

Heretic!

by Bobby Briggs on Aug 27, 2008 10:03 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I actually...

…am a big fan of Throwdown, but I just couldn’t figure out how to make it work in this context.

by Todd on Aug 27, 2008 10:49 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually...

…I just thought of a way that might be funny. Considered it added for next week.

by Todd on Aug 27, 2008 10:49 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nashville

Its come twice now to Nashville, and I haven’t found out about the taping either time. Once was the biscuit episode and the recent palatas (mexican popsicles).

by Bobby Briggs on Aug 27, 2008 11:04 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bobby stole my thunder

throwdown = must see tv
second place = diners, drive ins, and dives

by gerry dorsey on Aug 27, 2008 10:11 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not only do I pretty much agree with all of your game choices…I am VERY impressed that you watch Food Network.

and, hey if i was a guy, I’d be watching Giada every moment I could. As a woman, I hate her because how in the heck can she be so tiny and gorgeous and eat so much food?

by bamacheryl on Aug 27, 2008 10:18 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Giada...

…is incredibly overrated in my book.

by Nico2.0 on Aug 27, 2008 10:59 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Giada...

Giada is so-so in my book; her food is usually pretty decent, but I have a few more that I like better.

The best thing she does, I think, is the travel show where she goes to some exotic European location. That stuff is awesome if you have Food HD.

by outsidethesidelines on Aug 27, 2008 5:23 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No way!

I’m with you on the Rachael Ray obsession. Something about her just….touches me :)

Just can’t get in to Iron Chef America: although I was absolutely fascinated by the original Japanese version. Alton Brown is great: never miss him, Paula was my cure for homesickness when I was exiled to Deleware a few years ago.

Guy is just a shmuck, I’m sorry….

by sandman227 on Aug 27, 2008 10:19 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guy...

Guy is a total ass clown. All the way from the spiked hair to the sunglasses holder to the shirts with flames on them… he’s just unbelievably annoying.

And his shows always suck because they send him out to the middle of nowhere. I swear, that guy has to visit every greasy spoon and / or choke and puke in the country; it’s almost like it’s a contractual obligation. And he has to choke all of that crap down, too. I swear, he’s going to have a massive heart attack by the time he hits 40 just from wolfing down all of that junk. He’ll probably win a lawsuit against them one day…

by outsidethesidelines on Aug 27, 2008 3:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And who still uses the phrase "that's so money"???

That disappeared a year after “Swingers” came out, for crissakes…

by sandman227 on Aug 27, 2008 5:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed...

Between the trendy 90’s wet hairdo, the old phrases, and driving around these middle of nowhere highways in a muscle car, he’s definitely stuck back in the day.

by outsidethesidelines on Aug 27, 2008 5:22 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And...

He uses the phrase “brother” all of the time. It’s like listening to Hulk Hogan when I was a kid.

by outsidethesidelines on Aug 27, 2008 5:24 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rachel Ray

Is one sexy cook. Id love to see her in my kitchen everyday.

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

by comer4tide on Aug 27, 2008 10:35 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rachel ray

sucks. there…i said it. she couldn’t be more annoying. sorry if i hurt any feelings.

by gerry dorsey on Aug 27, 2008 10:44 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed...

Agreed completely. And I rarely like the food she cooks.

by outsidethesidelines on Aug 27, 2008 3:27 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YEAH!

Iron Chef and Rachel Ray FTW!

Rachel Ray is unexplainably hot, and I would love to flour her dough…or spice her meat.

And no show beats the Office. You are truly a gentleman and a scholar with exceptional taste. Cheers, buddy!

Roll Tide, Bitches!!!

by BamaReturns07 on Aug 27, 2008 10:55 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Flour her dough and spice her meat?

I think you ment beat your meat and need your dough!

But she is so somoking hot, just imagine sitting in the recliner, look in the kitchen, and see that cute lil thing making you a sandwhich and getting you a beer on Saturdays, wearing an alabama apron!

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

by comer4tide on Aug 27, 2008 10:59 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Todd

Is a god. (The Naked Chef? had to . . . .)

"Surround yourself with people who can't live without football" - 1st tenet of 3 for Bear Bryant's 3 Rules of Coaching . . . . .

by BixBeiderbecke on Aug 27, 2008 11:19 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hilarious...

just hilarious. Thanks for the amusement during these unbearable last few days before kickoff :)

by Queen of the Universe on Aug 27, 2008 12:41 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've already told my wife...

that if Giada comes calling, she’s out. She doesn’t have to worry about any other woman in the world but Giada. What’s her face look like, by the way?

"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant

by TopDaddy on Aug 28, 2008 1:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And just for the record...

for all you who thought that may have been an insensitive thing to tell my wife, she started it by telling me the same about Brad Pitt. And I’m MUCH better looking than Brad Pitt. Or maybe it’s just those crimson glasses that are permanantly glued to my head…

"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant

by TopDaddy on Aug 28, 2008 1:20 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought better against sayin' . . . .

. . . . sh_t about Rachel Ray. And OMIGOD! I find it actually incredulous that I of her celebrity. But you nailed it Spock! I don’t get the Rachel Ray fetish. That voice. Her big _______! I’d need a high strength prescription for “closing-time glasses” to like her.

"Surround yourself with people who can't live without football" - 1st tenet of 3 for Bear Bryant's 3 Rules of Coaching . . . . .

by BixBeiderbecke on Aug 29, 2008 9:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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