Let's play True Confessions (slow July post)

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Ok... let's see a show of hands of the Six Pack nation that still adheres to their pledge not to dine at Outback Steak House. I can proudly say "yes". Can you?

Really slow July, Friday 13th but just curious what the stat looks like after all this time.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

We could be invited to the next ten Outback Bowls after five win seasons and I still won't eat there.

It has nothing to do with football.

 

[tatedog]

I don't dine at Outback Steakhouse, but it has far more to do with ****** food and a horrible gimmick than a bowl snub. I'm pretty sure I've eaten at many establishments over the years whose ownership hates us far more than Outback does.

 

[Dawgbite]

I don't recall making the pledge so can I throw myself on the mercy of the court? I might eat there once a year, I really don't do chains but their seared Ahi Tuna is fabulous. Around here it's really the only option for tuna when I get a hankering. Forgive me for I have sinned.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Not sure if I have you mixed up but I think I recall you living in Nashville. If correct you need to try the ahi tuna steak at J Alexander’s. It’s incredible.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Not a huge fan of Outback, but the bloomin' onion with cheese fries and a chopped up steak on top was pretty great

 

[Dawgbite]

Nope, North Miss

Not sure if I have you mixed up but I think I recall you living in Nashville. If correct you need to try the ahi tuna steak at J Alexander’s. It’s incredible.

Tupelo area. Go to Nashville regularly so I will give it a try next trip. Flippers in OBA has a pretty good tune steak. Shipps Harbor Grill had the best Tuna until they burned. They have reopened as Fin and Fork in the old Wintzells location but I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

17 that. I like outback and I don’t like any other steak chains

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Thanks for the recs

 

[CrookedLetta4Eva]

Why the hate for Outback?

 

[SirBarksalot]

We could be invited to the next ten Outback Bowls after five win seasons and I still won't eat there.

It has nothing to do with football.

This.
only way I’d eat outback, would be if I’m on the road traveling for work, and it’s the only place within walking distance of my hotel that has a bar...which happens never

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Bowl snub

 

[hatfieldms]

I have eaten there once and it was for a business meeting. Has nothing to do with any kind of boycott though. I just rarely eat at chain restaurants

 

[dickiedawg]

I eat there rarely because there's not one near me, and if I'm traveling I can usually find a more exciting option.
But no, I'm not boycotting. I also don't hate the food.

 

[MarkDallas]

I've never seen Die Hard.

 

[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

I love how people say the don't eat at chains...

but every time I pass an outback, long horns or an applebeess there isn't a parking spot to be had...Yeah, I eat at Outback frequently, they have good wings, blooming onion and a decent steak. They also have cold beer and free bread....Miss. State sports has no impact on where I eat.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I don’t think Bill Murray is funny and the old SNLs sucked

 

[G-Dawg]

And here's the thing (after all these years), I don't think the company had anything to do with us not being chosen for that bowl. All of those bowls have a committee of business leaders, former coaches, etc. that CHOOSE who to invite to their bowl. Outback simply cuts a check to be the title sponsor and get tons of advertising.

 

[MarkDallas]

I don’t think Bill Murray is funny and the old SNLs sucked

Like, at all? You've never liked Bill Murray in a movie?

 

[Dawg1976]

I never made that pledge, but only eat there maybe four times a year. Mainly when traveling and stopping for a quick bite over a hamburger joint.

 

[hatfieldms]

I can’t speak for everyone else and where they eat. I’m just telling you I rarely eat at chain restaurants

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Like, at all? You've never liked Bill Murray in a movie?

I like ghost busters. I don’t like anyone associated with Wes Anderson. His films are the most pretentious pieces of **** I’ve ever seen. They aren’t good. They aren’t funny. There is no way anyone on earth can say they think that garbage is good. The fact people circle jerk to them makes me mad. I’m mad right now.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Straight whiskey/bourbon or on the rocks is terrible.

 

[Dawgology]

I've never seen any of The Godfather movies.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Well, that's not really the point of a boycott like that. The ONLY way State fans could have voiced their displeasure would be to boycott the sponsor(s) of the bowl. The "boycott" was never going to amount to anything, but if there were some way to effect Outback's business through a boycott, then maybe they would put pressure on the bowl committee to make more fair decisions in the future. Instead, I suspect the game got the ratings that Outback anticipated, and they continued to sponsor the bowl.

By the way, the SEC office has a lot to do with setting up the bowl matchups. Mark Womack could have stepped in and told the Outback bowl to take State, and they would have. Instead, he decided it was in the SEC's best interest to reward one of their cash cows. I suppose we could have tried to boycott the SEC, but I'm not sure how that would work.

FTR, I always thought the boycott was just a sarcastic internet joke. I don't normally eat at Outback, but the boycott never stopped me.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I've never seen any of The Godfather movies.

It insists upon itself.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

but every time I pass an outback, long horns or an applebeess there isn't a parking spot to be had...Yeah, I eat at Outback frequently, they have good wings, blooming onion and a decent steak. They also have cold beer and free bread....Miss. State sports has no impact on where I eat.

Applebee's really is trash. The others are fine if you want a decent steak.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Never did boycott but the last time I ate at one it was terrible, so I haven't been back.

 

[Dr. Funke.sixpack]

Call me crazy but Outback’s wings are my favorite.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I’ve probably eaten at Outback maybe on average of once every other year but haven’t been to one in about three years. No boycott. Don’t hate the food. It’s just that there are other options.

 

[Todd4State]

Well, that's not really the point of a boycott like that. The ONLY way State fans could have voiced their displeasure would be to boycott the sponsor(s) of the bowl. The "boycott" was never going to amount to anything, but if there were some way to effect Outback's business through a boycott, then maybe they would put pressure on the bowl committee to make more fair decisions in the future. Instead, I suspect the game got the ratings that Outback anticipated, and they continued to sponsor the bowl.

By the way, the SEC office has a lot to do with setting up the bowl matchups. Mark Womack could have stepped in and told the Outback bowl to take State, and they would have. Instead, he decided it was in the SEC's best interest to reward one of their cash cows. I suppose we could have tried to boycott the SEC, but I'm not sure how that would work.

FTR, I always thought the boycott was just a sarcastic internet joke. I don't normally eat at Outback, but the boycott never stopped me.

The ironic thing to me is nowadays the Peach/Chik-Fil-A Bowl is more prestigious than the Outback Bowl.

 

[MarkDallas]

I like ghost busters. I don’t like anyone associated with Wes Anderson. His films are the most pretentious pieces of **** I’ve ever seen. They aren’t good. They aren’t funny. There is no way anyone on earth can say they think that garbage is good. The fact people circle jerk to them makes me mad. I’m mad right now.

That's understandable.

Caddyshack? What About Bob?

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I’ve never seen either of those.

 

[ArcherSPS]

The reason you don’t get it Ruckus is because they’re speaking a language of subtlety. Something you wouldn’t understand.*

 

[The Peeper]

I've eaten there once in my half century of life and wasnt impressed

 

[Fritz!]

I've never seen Die Hard.

One of the finest, if not the best Christmas movies in the history of mankind.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I like the money pit

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I do chains but I don't do Outback. Logan's is my go to steak chain. And steak out in a pinch.

 

[natchezdawg]

I have not eaten at an Outback in 5 years, but I don’t

get all the hate. It is what is - a decent chain restaurant that can (probably) satisfy a variety of people. The steaks are ok, I like the Bloomin Onion, and they have cold draft beer. It’s not Ely’s, but it ain’t Golden Corral or Western Sizzlin either.

 

[mcdawg22]

Helen Mirren is not hot.

And There Will Be Blood is a terrible movie.