tomorrow at midnight.......

[*Awful Llama*]

The game will unfold and regardless of the outcome, Lap will ask Merv about it being his last game. Merv will demur and change the topic to something player-related and then end the interview. The next day, the Cincinnati media (Lap and whomever drew a short straw/lost a bet/accepted a dare) will morosely and silently file into PBS for Merv's noon presser. Merv will say they did some good things and need to improve on some other things in the off-season. After :30 of silence some inquisitive scribe will then address the elephant in the room and ask if, you know, Merv still works there. Merv will laugh and make some condescending remark about the press and how they love to blow things out of proportion. He'll then get up and leave the room. Three days of silence later, Hobspin will matter-of-factly report a two year extension for Merv.

I hope it's everything we fantasize it to be.