4 Hard Downs: French Dips, Chuck E. Cheese & Undefeated Teams
Checked out some schedules, who can go 12-0?, plus french dips with friends and I went to see Charles Entertainment Cheese.
Tuesday, instead of Monday, because I spent Monday with my head under a sink trying to replace the damn side sprayer.
Need to get a new washer and then tighten with my monkey wrench to finish the job, but it is a workable solution for now. This is the type of dad I am. I fix stuff. In this case, once the washer is in it will be an upgrade from whatever the previous owner did with the cheapest flex hose I’ve ever seen.
Also did a show for Bleacher Report on “if the 12 team playoff started this year” and honestly, I have no clue what would happen but thanks to Stephen Hartzell, I am looking at schedules more. Everyone can’t go undefeated. There is a chain reaction of being a great team or a good team and you know what…SPOT THE BALL!!!!
1st Down: How Many Undefeated Teams Can Happen?!
FSU and Clemson can’t both be undefeated because they play each other, maybe twice.
Florida State and LSU also cannot go undefeated, they play each other.
LSU, Alabama, Tennessee and UGA cannot all go undefeated they play some combination of each other.
Ohio State, USC, Utah, Oregon, Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State can’t all go undefeated, they play each other.
I felt like Pepe Sylvia when I realized everything was this easy.
So, you either bet big on one huge horse or you realize it is a matter of splitting hairs with respect to who ends up in the playoff.
2nd Down: French Dip Bitch
I love French Dips. My wife loves them even more. We had friends stop by on their way from New York City to Hilton Head, so I made French Dips on Fryday.
Lovely.
Thin sliced steak roast. A little Swiss. Plus the au jus. All on homemade bread. That is how it ended, but this is how it started:
Making your own stock is a must. Go to your butcher and get the soup bones that they already sawed. Good marrow in there plus add your herbs and veggies.
I add a little beer and then water and cook it down a couple fingers.
Use the drippings from the pan to get her really married to the game. But you can’t beat this and make a big pot because you can save it for soup and gravy any day baby.
3rd Down: Kids Aren’t Soft, We Have New Information
Saw this from Deion Sanders:
I just don’t get it.
The entire goal of parenting is to give your kids better than you had; and my childhood wasn’t bad. Let’s get that straight, I loved being a kid and my family and they set me up for success in a big way.
I was a mama’s boy. In the words of my dad, “I was always hugged up with my mom in the kitchen.” That’s how I learned how to cook. That’s how I learned how to bake. But, I was also a kid who did things with his dad including fix the washer and go into the crawlspace. But, I absolutely was a mama’s boy.
So was Deion.
Kids aren’t soft today, we have new parenting styles and new information about parenting. We’re working harder to give our kids grace and stop a cycle of generational trauma. I don’t think I have a lot of generational trauma, but I work hard at gentle parenting because I don’t want my kid to be scared of me. I want her to run to me when she has a problem, not bury it and hide.
I had pretty good parents. Especially since my parents were also teachers who had to deal with hundreds of “me’s” every year. And a lot of those “me’s” didn’t have the same type of parents. They had parents who cussed at them, or never said thank you or never apologized when they were wrong.
Doing those things doesn’t make kids soft. It gives them the dignity of being a person in the space. You don’t need to be their best friend, Jesus if my kid said, “my dad is my best friend,” I have fucked up. But if she is scared to talk to me, I’ve fucked up more.
Kids aren’t soft, coaches have to adapt. You can blame parents all you want, and sometimes parents are to blame, but coaches have to adapt. This is not The Junction Boys. You get paid a lot of money, stop complaining and evolve.
You don’t get to walk into someone’s house, tell them you will be a father figure and then complain about it, while you make a million dollars.
4th Down: Kids Can Still Be Kids With Money
Speaking of kids, we went to Chuck E. Cheese for a birthday party for Liam. He is one of my kid’s friends and she had a blast. However, goodness gracious, unlimited tap cards for the 2 hour party is a new world of “money doesn’t matter.”
There is no ballpit, there are no tubes, there is no whack-a-mole. It is basically giving your kid a credit card that taps at every game and you go from there. You are worried about kids being soft? Worry about them not realizing things cost money and a tap isn’t free.
At the end of the day, my kid and her friends had a great time, which is what matters for a kid’s birthday party. Charles Entertainment Cheese came out and took pictures with the kids and they got to eat pizza and cake. That’s a party.
And it didn’t smell of feet, like when I was a kid going to Chuck E. Cheese.
I did not get beer at Chuck E. Cheese, I didn’t even ask about it. But the next time, I will report back if that is an option because it seems every Charles Entertainment Cheese has a different policy on their draft beer. So, for now, as I prepare for a Felder Family Fun Day, I will have a drink at home!
Cheers!!
This is it, right here. Thank you.
if my kid said, “my dad is my best friend,” I have fucked up. But if she is scared to talk to me, I’ve fucked up more.
But if she is scared to talk to me, I’ve fucked up more.
YES YES YES YES YES!!!!! Thanks for being a good parent, Felder. <3