Monday, September 22, 2008

MCMAHON MEETS MEEMAW MURRMAN

Jim McMahon poses for a photograph before enjoying a victory
breakfast at Fat Bubba Dog's Sunny Side Up restaurant.


MCMAHON MEETS MEEMAW MURRMAN

After winning a squeaker, opponent's grandmother cooks breakfast for Black Dogs coach

By R.E. Porter, Associated Web Press

When East Nashville coach Jim McMahon arrived at Fat Bubba Dog's Sunny Side Up restaurant in Alamo, Texas, Monday morning, he was there for two reasons: to have a victory breakfast — his Black Dogs had eeked out a single-digit win over the hometown Scouts the night before — and to meet Eudora "Meemaw" Murrman, grandmother of Scouts owner Thurman Murrman.

According to McMahon, he wanted to meet the Murrman matriarch because she had "beat the the unholy piss out of Triki Bobber." And meet her he did. Meemaw Murrman came out of the kitchen to shake hands with the coach. As they shook hands, he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and called her a "great American."

Then, as was her way, Murrman asked McMahon what he would be having for breakfast. "Well, your Southwestern omelette is famous all the way back in Nashvegas, so let's have one of those, with whatever sides you recommend," he said. "And, oh by the way, I'm buying breakfast for everyone in the house."

As he waited for the breakfast he later called "one of the two or three best I've ever had," the coach of the 3-0 Dogs offered a few comments on the other developments in week three.

"I saw on the waiver wire where Bobber cut his suck buddy Wes Welker. Don't quote me on this, but it sounds like a domestic quarrel."

Getting warmed up, he continued: "I feel bad about the Bakers, but it looks like they're running out of buildings to burn down and team figures to kill in order to get fired up. I fear for Amy Winehouse's safety, and I plan to avoid QCurl for awhile myself."

When asked about the 0-3 start by the Mojo, McMahon responded, "Who? Oh, you mean, Mojo D-feated? Yeah, I noticed the Animals went easy on them, but we're going to show no mercy. I have a feeling, by the end season, he'll be looking back on 0-3 as the glory days."

On the plane back to Nashvegas, McMahon was asked by one of the sportswriters traveling with the team about his unusually quiet demeanor at the Sunny Side Up earlier that day — in other words, why wasn't he his usual, smack-talking self? Especially considering the Black Dogs' 129.5-122 win over the Scouts ran their all-time record against Alamo to 10-0. He said he hadn't wanted to be disrespectful to Meemaw Murrman, but added, "Just because you don't always slap your bitch, doesn't mean she isn't still your bitch."