Wake n Bake

Here we are. It's the 30th Day of the 8th Month in the 2008th year since Ano Domino. The Olympics are foolishly over. Baseball is still being played and some people are still paying attention but college football is on us and if you aren't drinking are smoking you should be working or being somehow responsible in some other way like parenting.

My wife just slid a torn out article at me from the Palm Beach Post about how the woman was convicted for microwaving her baby. She should be microwaved to death or just shot.

It's not fair, they have those Jubblies

Racist Odds

Kissing Suzy Kolber's Blog post regarding odds against getting arrested is hilarious.... excerpted:

Steve Smith, Panthers: 5/1
As far as I know, Steve Smith has never been convicted of any sort of crime (and no, punching a teammate in practice is not going to get you arrested any time soon). What I do know (thanks Wiki!) is that he was raised by his mother, a drug counselor who taught him to stay away from that shit. As an adult he’s been a dedicated family man who has partnered with fellow Carolinians Dell Curry and Jay Bilas to form Athletes United for Youth. Oh, and most recently he began interning at Morgan Stanley’s Charlotte branch. HIDE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN!

Kellen Winslow, Browns: 6/1
Kellen’s record is cleaner than Brady Quinn’s jersey, and if being a douchebag was an arrestable offense in Ohio the whole state would be be on lockdown.

Best QB TANDEMS

Rivals/Yahoo article on best QB tandems is a good read.

The Government wants you to Masturbate

Just thought I'd say that since it's true. Since you might enjoy it, and porn, I thought I might point out that China kind of controls their internet and they pretty much permit nonstop jacking off and our government has probably even more control over the internet if they want anyway... So all I'm trying to point out is that the Government likes you masturbating and smoking weed and being drunk and really not accomplishing anything significant. They must, because it's permitted. It's the only conclusion that's really acceptable.

Ban is Over

Ohio State, and surely others, will begin to replay controversial plays on the big screens. This play cost Ohio State their perfect season last year- or at least shouldn't have led to a TD.

The play to the right was clearly a fumble- that fumbled out of the endzone and was not replayed on the board and the referee who called the game has since been fired by the Big 10. Apparently, the coaches weren't able to hit their buttons for replay during this time either due to other "technical glitches." Well- that's all over now. The home techies are going to begin to work the refs. For more info, visit dottingthei...

Sneaky BC

Boston College gets to visit one their recruiting hotbeds, Cleveland, home to some of the nations finest Catholic schools for a night game against Kent State- and get paid 150,000 to do it. It's being called the Patriot Bowl and is being played at Cleveland Browns Stadium.

Preseason All America

SI Has their picture list up. Always annoying to have to flip through the pictures you don't like. I'd post them all here if I weren't so lazy.

CSTV, now CBS College Sports

I've been wondering why all they do is play replays of SEC Games but now it's making sense. I forgot that CSTV existed, but was taken over by CBS. It was cool when it wasn't really affiliated with any particular conference. But CSTV did raise Trev Alberts from the grave of college football analysis. Sort of.

What I witnessed was nothing more than an ill-conceieved ESPN segment where they each picked conference winners, national championship participants, national champion winner and the Heisman winner. Trev continues his annoyance here now. But. He has toned down his disdain and sword swallowing a bit from his old days as the useless and hateful yin to Mark May's useless and hateful yang.

Anyways, it was better than watching the Chinese Government slave drive their civilians into weird performances where they almost seem happy.

The CBS station is parked clear up in the nosebleed 600 level near the new location for the Big 10 Network. Needless to say most DirecTV people don't even know to check out the channels up there so not too many casual sports fans will ever even get to watch Trev and his buddies. They don't even have Aaron whatshisname- triple forehead the Domer who was also castoff of ABC/ESPN's studio show.

Nobody Picking the Bucks

Rivals has a roundtable discussion over who will be in the title game. We get Olin Buchanan and another writer thinking USC vs Missouri. Pretty much everybody picking USC and then a Georgia nod and Gators giggle... and some pretty lazy analysis. It's worth a quick scan as we get into the final week with kickoff looming probably Wednesday or Tuesday night.

Stew and a little Boogie

Mandel actually writes a very good article about the top five national contenders and their area where they need to improve. It's actually excellent. It's nice to see him display a strength in his writing style. It's brief and capsulated. Very nice.

Teddy Ballgame?

Roundup... There was nothing yesterday

SEC coaching lineup by somebody who's given it some thought, Erik, at Deepsouthsports. He hates northern football but he's funny all the way.

Pryor is going to see some action. Shocker. Schlabach blogs it all up like a mother. Tressel is building a nice QB machine at OSU. Pryor might play 3 years, then 4th year rocket arm Bauserman will pull a Weinke at 25. Watch.

Stew's mailbag is back, finally. He makes a little list. Makes a rules change comment. Discusses Benny Mauk, from my wife's hometown, Kenton, Oh. He talks about Eugene Jarvis of Kent State, my alma mater not possibly winning the Heisman. Overall, one of his lazier endeavors, but there's not much football to talk about at this point.

Sagarin's crazy rankings are at it again. If he knew as much about football as he knows about computer programming he'd be dangerous.

Tuesday Night's Best

Rivals discusses the college game's best LBs... The hype around 9/13 is too big.

Heismanpundit.com says get ready for the SEC to get their "makeup heismans" from the 1990s- not makeup really, but just the result of spread offenses and QBs making more plays all around.

CFN/Scout must be ESPing Rivals in neighboring bathroom stalls as they'be both issued LB reports today, with some similar results and descriptions.

Visit Sporting News if you want today. College football is ruled by the big boys. Even if they're losing, it's a story about the big boys. Always has been. Yet, somehow I was just turned off to go there and see... Missouri, Rutgers... a recruit for Oklahoma who won't even be playing this year? Georgia Southern? What's that? SI and Yahoo! both feature Rich Rodriguez on the front looking nasty. Those kind of stories inspire an emotion and Maisel's recent story on Neuheisel is phenomenal. They need to buck up over there at Sporting News. I know it takes balls to be out on the edge but they have to do more.

12000 show up to watch Freshman QB Pryor and the Bucks for open practice, of which, they have very few.

Gratful Blue's Fun with SEC Names

It is classic. Excerpted: Mississippi StateThis is a special commendation for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. In addition to the names already mentioned above, they have a great looking roster. Sylvester Croom has been very selective in the kinds of names he recruits. Have a look:- Demario Bobo, DB - Great rhythmic sound for announcers. Go ahead - imagine how the stadium announcer would say it.- De'Mon Glanton, DB - Is that pronounced like "demon" or is it more like "de-moan" or "de-mahn?" I need to know.- Co-Eric Riley, WR - He's not the main Eric on the team. He's just a Co-Eric.- Jasper O'Quinn, DB - Is he a leprechaun?- Mike Hunt, DB - "Great coverage my Mike Hunt on that play. Mike Hunt was all over him. Mike Hunt is really looking good today. Uh-oh - it looks like Mike Hunt is hurt."

Sunday Night's Best

Sportshernia has some of the new, fantastic features of Madden such as the secret code to turn the Browns Steelers game into excite bike racing Ben Roethlisberger vs "Lieutenant Winslow". The Pacman Tank feature allows the Cowboys to acquire any and all active criminals... cleek here and read em all.

This website, Pollspeak lets you analyze the pollsters. It's very cool. You can see how individuals are voting as well as how each team is voted on. Many of the voters allow their regional biases to influence them. Many are just plain stupid, but you can tell which ones are stupid right off the bat. And that's fun. Taylor Zarzour should probably have his voting privelages revoked. Wisconsin, 9 (no returning QB), Ohio State, 13th... Penn State 8th?

The Columbus Dispatch and others close to the program have been mentioning that Walt Harris is hanging around. He coached QBs and ran offense under Cooper during Coop's salad days with the Buckeyes when they were rolling up big numbers on offense. There's potential he could be stepping in to replace coach Joe Daniels (coached Marino at Pitt) who's been going through many, many rounds of chemo. Daniels looked bald, but very active during practice on the Big 10 Network's behind the scenes.
Most don't believe Tressel could ever give up control of the O or even accept input.

In current news, w/ 7:22 to go in the 3rd Quarter the Patriots are royally ineffective on Offense w/out Brady with poor protection, poor execution, lots of drops. Their frontline defense couldn't stop the Jenny Garcia-less Bucs either. They looked a step slow as Vrabel, Bruschi, John Lynch et al ust look like Grumpy old Men on the sidelines yukking it up while being down 27-3. You know what? It's good to be a millionaire athlete. I don't care who you are. The Pats can't catch or throw to guys in their color jerseys. A shotgun snap gone awry bounced right up into the arms of a blitzing Bucs safety for a quick six on Matt Cassel's last play.

Neighbor Jim

He has the same remot I do. For the same fucking ceiling fan by Harbor Winds or some fucking shit. I hate it when he turns on the ceiling fan in the middle of the night and cranks up the light.

I let his motherfucking ass have it.

The first time it happened to us, I thought it was the ghost of my wife's brother because I just got back from Vegas and a bachelor party. But voodoo ain't that strong and I know Jim's ass is asking for it. I know it's him that's called the assocation for the lack of paint on my "metal striping" around the rooftiles- mfer!

Usain Bolt should go play for the Bears.

Georgia Football should still be tops...

from ESPN’s Bruce Feldman:
… On the bright side, some SEC coaches I spoke to believe that UGA assistant Stacey Searles is the best O-line coach in the conference and that he will get the new front ready to play. It certainly doesn’t hurt that Georgia was a very big screen team last season, which also reduces the pressure on the line to pass protect.

Roundup

The best description of top 25s ever... I haven't even read the comments yet, but they're sure to be the best.

Trojans got the itch... jock itch...

Deadspin Pokes a Gator

You can go and hear Ronnie Wilson's potential victim's 911 call while "Taz" was brandishing the AK 47....

"Two black males in the front, one with an extra, extra large white t-shirt and gold teeth on the bottom." What's amazing about this 911 call is how calm the caller stays throughout. Even when he thinks a large, angry football player is getting out of the car in front of him with a baseball bat. And even when he realizes it's a semi-automatic weapon as opposed to a baseball bat. That, and how the 911 dispatcher keeps saying,"Okay, I would go ahead and drive," as if people call from the University of Florida's campus while confronted by guys with AK-47's all the time. Hell, maybe they do.

Before & After

Borrowing a little Wheel of Fortune action... SI has picked Purdue's Tony-Curtis Painter as their top Big 10 offensive player. I choose to call him Tony Curtis Painter because white guys named Curtis are usually a little too into masturbation. Don't ask me why, that's just what I think when I hear about a white guy named Curtis. "They caught Curtis jacking off in the restroom at the bowling alley." "JJ's older brother Curtis has all the nudie mags. And vaseline. And his mom don't care."

Everybody's top choice for Heisman is Beanie Wells from Ohio State, so what SI is saying might be if Purdue can beat Ohio State Tony Curtis Painter wins the Theisman? I mean Heisman?

Gators & Dawgs losing some depth

You have to wonder what's up w/ the conditioning at UF if all their players are blowing ACLs.

Georgia won't lose their poll position just yet over losing their QB's backside protection but if he was an all-star. He was a freshman last year and from the sounds of it, they're not sure who to plug in. Depth might be a problem for UGA.

SEC QBs?

Not too many proven ones back this year. We'll see. ESPN reports.

Deion Sanders Disses Mike & Mike

Deion Sanders refused to discuss Brett Favre with the radio program this morning on grounds that it violates something contractual with the NFL network and said to the effect, "Come on guys, you know I can't talk about that stuff with you," basically rubbing their noses in the fact and being very non-Deionish. Greenberg's nose was noticeably bent out of shape about it. Deion went against his own rule and commented on it anyway by saying it was a lateral move and he wasn't a big fan of the move.

His job was to discuss the stupid ass Madden Palooza taking place at the Rose Bowl tomorrow or something. Of course Brett Favre is on the cover of Madden in a Packers Uni this year but who really cares.

AntiUS Biasness

Bella Karolyi says there is some anti US Biasness that is obvious in the gymnastics competition. Or at least that's what it sounded like he said. His english is really bad. The little US Gymnasts are pretty hot anyway but he was matching his socks and his shoes and his pants so I'm pretty sure when he agreed that the anti US "Biasness" was rampant.

In fact I'd like to take my stand here and point back at our foreign friends- just to say that it is so 1995 to hate America for our corporatism, imperialism, blah blah blah blah blah. We're all like that. Remember that 1980s drug abuse commercial? The one where the dad catches the son rolling doobies and he says, "Where'd you learn this? Where!!! Where'd you learn this???!!!!"

And the son so poetically replies... "I learned it from watching you DAD! I learned it from Watching YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Fucking loved it. Still do.

So all these foreign people who hate us for being American should just get over their own conceit because, for fuck sakes, we get it already. We know you hate our President, no matter what bumbling idiot it might be and you hate our foreign policy and our weatherman accents of nothingness... the plainness of our flag... of the shapes of most of our states... I get all that but come on already. No matter how bad or how much we're hated, people can't avoid drinking coke or eating McDonalds and it's old for them already. This is ummm.... a great big diverse world where we have friends in every country... this nationalistic hatred is really juvenile.

Yao is Dead Man Walking

The jump explains how Yao Ming is being used and abused by the Chinese and has been a tool of the NBA. He should be a 10% owner of the NBA if you ask me. Poor guy has been beaten to hell.

(Getty Images)

2008 Season... still approaching...

USC's Mark Sanchez has dislocated his kneecap (owwwww-owww-wwch!) and will possibly miss the season opener. Maybe more. (Picture courtesy of Tshirtbordello.com)

Title Dreams, Schemes.

ESPN Analyzes Oklahoma and oHIio State's extreme prejudices (Shlabach).

Maybe the ridiculosity of not playing a single game for 7 weeks should be emphasized a bit more by nerdy media types who never even snapped a chinstrap in their lives.

The SEC reminds me of the NFC of the 80s and 90s. Not glamorous at all to watch but more effective at the time of the big games.



Something funny written at SPNEWS.

Michigan is more talented than WestVa, except at QB.

One of the reasons CFN picked Florida to be so good, TE Ingram, is out for the season due to knee surgery.

Mandel finally has a new Mailbag. It's about time he got up of his ass. As added bonus he's telling us who's going to possibly surprise to the up and downsides.

Bandwagon Boy's message boards are twisted like no others. It is absolute hilarity. They rope people in all the time who want to argue with them but they don't get that they are just being purposely stupid. Read these posts for instance regarding... uh.. ESPN's titletown USA...


Poster 1:

CHAMPION TOWN OF USA!!! « Thread Started on Jul 29, 2008, 11:24am »

Vadolsta Gerogia = CHAMPION TOWN! I called it! It is way better then other towns when it comes to CHAMPIONS! They have all the high school football CHAMPS! And other stuff! Everone loves the sports down there! And they win all the time! They probaly want me to move there so they will be even MORE champion! I would think about it if they offer me some money! Yo I gots to get PAYED yo! Annyways the point is Vadalotsa is the CHAMP town of AMERCA! Awesomest of the AWESOME! You dont see no foreing towns winning the big CHAMPION award do you! No! Only AMERCA!! USA USA USA USA USA!!

Poster 2:

Thats dumm I never even heard of Vadolsta Georgia it sounds like Rushian town to me whats wrong with Boston??? Ever hear of the Celltecs? And the Patriats? And the Redsocks? Every won of those teams have been world Champians in the last 5 years every one and thats for big time importent sports no high school football cripes even I played football in high school and even YOU prolbaly played football in high school so its not big importent sports like the Worl Seres and the Supper Bowel and like that Vladstok Georgia thats redickless.

Poster 1:

No! Bosston is stuck with CHEATER Patriats and CHOKER Redsocks! Why would you want to give a trophey to that dirty Mannie Rodregez and that CHEATER Bill Bellyshack! They ruin it for Celltecs!

Vadolta Gerogia NEVER stold a Supper Bowel with dirty CHEATING! NEver even once! Name ONE time they even did that! I bet you cant! Can you!!

Case CLOSED!! Game OVA!!

Poster 3:

The best thing I can say about Valdosta GA is that they are a great speedtrap. But even there, they are not champions. The crown goes to Ludowici.

And Vidalia has the onions.

Poster 1:

What the hell are you even talking about! WHY do you people keep trying to tell me that Vadostla stole a Supper Bowel! I am telling you they NEVER did! But you all keep arguing against me! What the HELL!

None of you can answer that can you! What the HELL! I am aksing you right now! Answer me! What the HELL!


Well!

Top Ten Preview from CFN

Surprisingly, Wisconsin gets the 10 spot.

and this is interesting, courtesy of Get the Picture (go there for proper format)

Here’s a breakdown of the 12 SEC coaches heading into the 2008 season. Note: The salaries came from various media reports.
Coach
Media Guide Bio
On The Cover?
Record
Pct.
Bowl Record
2008 Salary
Rich Brooks, Kentucky
3 pages
Yes
116-144-4
.447
3-3
$1.1M
Sylvester Croom, Miss. State
6 pages
Yes
17-30
.362
1-0
$1.7M
Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
4 pages
Yes
147-45
.766
8-7
$2.6M
Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt
5 pages
No
20-50
.286
0-0
$1M
Urban Meyer, Florida
11 pages
No
70-16
.814
4-1
$3.4M
Les Miles, LSU
6 pages
No
62-27
.697
4-2
$3.751M
Houston Nutt, Mississippi
6 pages
Yes
80-54
.597
2-5
$1.7M
Bobby Petrino, Arkansas
4 pages
Yes
41-9
.820
2-2
$2.85M
Mark Richt, Georgia
3 pages
No
72-19
.809
5-2
$2.8M
Nick Saban, Alabama
8 pages
No
98-48-1
.670
5-5
$3.75M
Steve Spurrier, S. Carolina
6 pages
Yes
163-56-2
.742
7-7
$1.75M
Tommy Tuberville, Auburn
7 pages
Yes
105-53
.666
6-3
$2.8M

Off to raise my Q-Rating

There are five zillion links on nfl.com with videos of what everybody thinks of the filthy BF going to play for a crapper of a team. My opinion doesn't count but it only seems like he's just going to get more media exposure and maybe he won't be stuck simply doing those latently gay pickup football games in the tall wheat grass for Wrangler anymore. He can be shirtless on the cover of vogue like some old man's Tom Brady.

Where are you're Bucanneers?

On my Fuckin' Head? BF likes the Bucs, but the Jets are offering more money. (Courtesy of Fox and Jay Glazer)

Get ready for NFL officials who have boobies. (Shut Down Corner) Honestly, sex shouldn't make a difference when it comes to officiating or even coaching for that matter. That's it. Big fat dykey coaches that chew tobacco.

Coach Willingham will soon be Coach Won'tbehereham or Willingturkey at division II.

Paris Hilton approves this message.

Dem Fools

Dem Gaytuz have demselves some double standuhds. I wonder if Oklahoma will do the same thing letting a bad seed back on the teaum. This guy was an Ohia State recruit before Ohia pulled his offuh a few yeahs back.

Jimmy Clausen looks like a girl in this one, also via DaWhizof odds.

A southern view of Ohia State in Fanhouse; pretty fair.

Ballcoach be mad (SI), "Y'all go home, my ball."

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Ding Ding Ding

Everyday, another round of top teams is discussed. This is by SMQ. 5. GA, 4. OSU, 3. UO (okla), 2. USC, 1. UFlor.

The BCS must escape the MAC unscathed.

Las Vegas has it's own team rankings:

(This list comes courtesy of Caesars, by the way.)
USC: 7/2 - 5/2
Ohio State: 4/1 - 7/2
Florida: 5/1 - 5/1
Georgia: 6/1 - 3/1
Missouri: 7/1 - 7/1
Oklahoma: 8/1 - 7/1
LSU: 10/1 - 8/1
Kansas: 12/1 - 20/1
Clemson: 15/1 - 20/1
Texas: 15/1 - 18/1
Virginia Tech: 18/1 - 22/1
Illinois: 25/1 - 30/1
Penn State: 25/1 - 30/1
Michigan: 25/1 - 22/1
Wisconsin: 30/1 - 35/1
Arizona State: 30/1 - 40/1
Boise State: 40/1 - 75/1
Cal: 50/1 - 75/1
Oregon: 75/1 - 60/1
Alabama: 75/1 - 25/1
Texas A&M: 200/1 - 85/1
BYU: 250/1 - 125/1
Notre Dame: 300/1 - 45/1
Field: 18/1 - 18/1

He's Back...

John Madden is a lightning rod for some. For me he's just a dude living for the belly laugh. He's been having fun finding his groove with Al Michaels tonight.

Colt Brennan and Mike Hart have been impressive in their NFL debuts. Hart's helmet popped off on a nice run over left tackle and he said that Hart looks like Tony Dorsett, "facially". Then he promptly took the comparison and began digging a hole by saying: "They're brothers". Michaels tried digging him out but it only made it worse when he said, "Well, he could be his dad." I mean just stop it guys. Don't say this guy looks like that guy and don't start making outrageous comparisons in a guy's first NFL Preseason game.

They got back on track later with humor on Colt Brennan who made great throws. Madden remarked that he made not one but two perfect throws, and laughing on the touchdown said, "Boy, he's a flinger... look at him move around... he's a wild flinger!"

And the drumbeat for shorter quarterback continues as Brennan proves a little footwark can open up lanes. Brennan just earned himself a minimum of 3 more years in the league.

Not Really Part Deux

I'm sorry, I just don't get it. Erin Andrews dressed up like a hooker at a baseball game; doing interviews in the clubhouse dressed up like a date I wouldn't want to be seen with. I know that guys drool all over her and she's on tv and somewhat statuesque but the hair is bad, the dress is bad and the shoes and legs just don't look that good at all. I'm not impressed. The baseball players all do a lot better for themselves than her. That's all I gotta say.

Not Really

Get the Picture punctures Tim Tebow's clutch-ness by noting that he's never had to come from behind. While his girlfriend may argue with that notion, it's pretty notable.

Sunday Morning Quarterback speculates that USC is on a similar descent that many of the great programs take after rising to the top of the sport. The analysis is detailed and extremely interesting.

Big Friggin' Deal

Ohio Legislators buy tickets with campaign funds. Like that's a crime. They're criminals anyway. All they do is bullshit people and try to keep their jobs. Just like the rest of us. Selling them on EBay for a profit? Well, let's just let our friends from "The Falls" explain that one! Zing. No worries. Every city has a guy worse than the next town over. Why get into politics if you don't think you can get free shit anyway? Isn't that what it's all about or am I missing something here?

Lameness is Georgia getting voted preseason number one by the coaches and not getting voted to win their own division or conference. "McFly?"

I know it's not his fault but Tebow should rename himself to TeBLOW due to all the gizz reporters around the country are swallowing at his expense. Just thought I'd say that. Urban even said he was a "once in a generation type". The truth is we won't know it until it's already over and done with.

My son isn't wearing his pants again I have to go... he's 33 years old-- I mean 3.

Some Player Biographies

ESPN has a very nice piece on Mark Sanchez's entire family history. Not much football to it but a little knob polishing by ESPN in July/August might give them good access to the QB should he become the franchise at USC and beyond. It's excerpted from ESPN THE MAG.

Sporting News does an excellent article on Justin Boren. Boren won't even play this year for Ohio State because he transferred from a I-A or FBS conference team to another but the dude does not back down at all from his assertions with regard to Rodriguez's in your face/up your ass coaching style which he did not appreciate or really have the opportunity to choose coming out of High School. His dad, a former Michigan player- and by some accounts a bit controlling, readily supports both of his sons' decisions to play for OSU.

CFN's Fiutak covers the Big 10 this morning and brings up a lot of interesting points. Iowa should do well and Illinois not so much while Wisconsin could be in the hunt for a National Title birth this season should they dethrone Ohio State, however, their out of conference schedule is sorely lacking opponents with a pulse outside of Fresno State.

4 out of 5 top pro prospects are Buckeyes with Maurice Evans the DE from Penn St being the bologna in the Buckeye sandwich.