Outrage!!!!!

You've gotta be kidding me. The first round of the two day finals of the Jeopardy teachers' tournament was pre-empted by an NFL pre-game show?

Instead of being able to view three of the smartest teachers in the country matching wits and trivia knowledge, viewers got a dose of football talking heads blathering on?

Hey, these are the fertile grounds from which nerd jihadists spring forth. No, I won't be strapping myself with explosives any day soon to blow somebody or something up. After all, where would a Jeopardy fan even obtain such materials? I'm pretty sure one can't just sashay into their local hardware store and walk out with a bunch of dynamite or plastic explosive. A keg of nails is a possibility. Maybe I could throw handfuls of them at NBC headquarters, the diabolical perpetrators of such an atrocity. Alas, I don't know where that is. Probably in the LA area, and last time I was there the damn traffic was a nightmare even Freddie Krueger couldn't have outdone.

Still, who wants to hear the likes of Dan Patrick and his lame attempts at humor? Didn't he get zapped from his radio/TV program for poor ratings? And now they give him a prime-time gig? Surely you jest.

And alongside him was Tony Dunge. You remember him. He's still the chrome-dome pointy-headed guy with a speech impediment. Listen to TD blather on about his playing days in Pittsburgh, or coaching days at Indy from so long ago.

Two words. WHO CARES???

Some other black dude, likely a former player that wasn't smart enough to sock away enough money to comfortably retire on, filled out the Larry, Moe, and Curly broadcast.

And these guys could go on for an entire HOUR with their analyses, predictions, player profiles, and other such nonsense?

Again, you've got to be kidding me. Who's in charge of this clown show being foisted upon loyal Jeopardy viewers at the worst possible moment?

The best and brightest of teachers, having made their way through all the testing, preliminary matches, and finally clawing their way to the finals, are displaced by THIS travesty of sports dopes?

[Idle thought. If these guys can talk for an hour while saying nothing even remotely relevant -- I would suggest they missed their true calling in life. Politics, of course.]

Any Jeopardy viewer will tell you the show is quite informational. One can learn lots of things by watching it.

Conversely, NFL pre-game shows mostly appeal to the already stupid people looking to get dumbed down even more.

An outrage indeed.

I hereby issue a fatwah to all nerd jihadists. It is time to rise up and dispatch the infidels that would engage in such disrespectful and insulting behavior to our loyal, honorable and righteous legions.

Meet me at ACO.

We'll figure out something.....