OFFICIAL GAME 14: SMU vs. SKYLINE CHILI THREAD

[Harry0569]

Who: SMU vs. The Fightin' Skyline Chilis
When: Thursday January 7 @ 7 PM EST / 6 PM CST
Where: MOOOOOOOOODY MAGIC
Why: WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN
KenPom: 75-67 VICTORY; 79% Win Probability

[Harry0569]

http://deadspin.com/the-great-american- ... 1349137024

The Great American Menu: Foods Of The States, Ranked And Mapped

51. Being hit by a car

52. Cincinnati chili (Ohio)

For the mercifully unacquainted, "Cincinnati chili," the worst regional foodstuff in America or anywhere else, is a horrifying diarrhea sludge (most commonly encountered in the guise of the "Skyline" brand) that Ohioans slop across plain spaghetti noodles and hot dogs as a way to make the rest of us feel grateful that our own shit-eating is (mostly) figurative. The only thing "chili" about it is the shiver that goes down your spine when you watch Ohio sports fans shoveling it into their maws on television and are forced to reckon with the cold reality that, for as desperately as you might cling to faltering notions of community and universality, ultimately your fellow human beings are as foreign and unknowable to you as the surface of Pluto, and you are alone and always have been and will die alone, a world unto yourself unmarked and unmapped and totally, hopelessly isolated.

But wait! This abominable garbage-gravy isn't just sensorily and spiritually disgusting—it's culturally grotesque, too! What began as an ethnic curio born of immigrant make-do—a Greek-owned chili parlor that took its "Skyline" name from its view of the city of Cincinnati—is now a hulking private-equity-owned corporate monolith that gins up interest in its unmistakably abhorrent product by engineering phony groups of "chili fanatics" to camp out in advance of the opening of new chains, in locations whose residents would otherwise see this shit-broth for what it is and take up torches and truncheons to drive it back into the wilderness.

Whatever virtue this bad-tasting Z-grade atrocity once contained derived from its exemplification of a set of certain cherished American fables—immigrant ingenuity, the cultural melting pot, old things combining into new things—and has now been totally swamped and consumed by different and infinitely uglier American realities: the commodification of culture; the transmutation of authentic artifacts of human life into hollow corporate brand divisions; the willingness of Americans to slop any horrible goddamn thing into their [deleted] mouths if it claims to contain some byproduct of a cow and comes buried beneath a pyramid of shredded, waxy, safety-cone-orange "cheese."

Cincinnati chili is the worst, saddest, most depressing goddamn thing in the world. If it came out of the end of your digestive system, you would turn the color of chalk and call an ambulance, but at least it'd make some sense. The people of Ohio see nothing wrong with inserting it into their mouths, which perhaps tells you everything you need to know about the Buckeye State. Don't eat it. Don't let your loved ones eat it. Turn away from the darkness, and toward the deep-dish pizza.

[Harry0569]

Much to my surprise, Cinci's offense is far better than its defense (38th vs. 57th). They're top 10 nationally in offensive reb % and shoot the rock fairly effectively from 3 (37%).

[LA_Mustang]

Also the official Harry Froling visit game. One of the biggest officials visits we've had in awhile.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I don't know what it would take but SMU has three days to round up some students and more than four cheerleaders and some poms for this one.

We need all hands on deck both for this huge game and for Froling.

[SMUstangs22]

Can we get a Froling chant from the student section? Should be good weather. Thursday and Friday a high of almost 70

[skyscraper]

Everyone please prepare yourself for a late arriving crowd, like all the 6 pm tips last year. Let's not act surprised when Moody isn't filled with everyone in their seat at 5:55 pm for starting lineups.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Pony Up.

[stangsup4]

Gotta press up on Cobb, can't let him get open looks from distance. No one else on their team really scares me that much.

[sadderbudweiser]

Is it Thursday yet?

[gostangs]

they have better height than us inside - and they can score - so actually i am more concerned with that…..

[Terry Webster]

This is going to be a tough game. If Cinci decides to bring their defense, which isn't always the case this year, we are going to have really cut the turnovers, pass well and hit the long ball when the chance arises.

[Pony64]

How many minute does Wilfong have? We are so thin now with Keith gone I would think he's going to have to play some.

[1983 Cotton Bowl]

Cincy was our nemesis last year. This will be tough.

[ojaipony]

We HAVE to hit shots. Going to need their best shooting out of Nic, Shake, Sterling, Jarrey. Not having Keith for this one hurts. Markus and Tolbert, of course, are going to HAVE to play like grown [deleted] men and B. Moore can't disappear.