Thursday, July 31, 2008

Buying or Selling?

Horses? Well. You came to the wrong place, didn't you....

Sweet Kentuck Bluegrass! Looks like the SEC has an Ohio guy Quarterbacking one of the least marquee teams next year. Mike Hartline, who's Kentucky team did upset in overtime LSU- the National Title Winning Team- it must give Kentucky football a sense of resonant well-being to know they beat the national title winning team- but I digress.... Mike Hartline, who's brother, Brian Hartline is starting as a wide receiver for the Buckeyes, will be the starting quarterback for the Blue Team from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It's mainly due to the favored starter being busted for, oh, I don't know- at least Marijuana (Frotuss) and DUI or something. The national heads haven't drawn the connection to Ohio State via Glenoak HS in N. Canton yet. Kosta Koufus/Hartline ESPN warm fuzzy moments to come.

Beano At it Again...

THE COLLEGEFOOTBALLTALK RUMOR MILL
by Michael David Smith
POSTED 7:08 a.m. EST, July 31, 2008
"IF GEORGIA GOES 13-0 THEY SHOULD BE IN THE SUPER BOWL"
As he is wont to do, ESPN's resident college football historian Beano Cook engaged in a bit of hyperbole on his weekly college football podcast this week. Said Cook of Georgia fans saying they expected their team to go undefeated, "If Georgia goes 13-0, they should be in the Super Bowl."

Go here for rest of story, courtesy collegefootballtalk.com

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Grandpa Joe? Is it so?

Joepa- the grandpa of college football is retiring after this year. At least that's what the tea leaves are telling the nations' talking heads. Sporting News compiles a short list with some brief talking points detailing some of the contenders. Some I like and some I don't.

Grobe won't leave Wake. Bielema won't leave Wisconsin. But Schiano is likely to leap or Tim Murphy from Harvard. Why do I like Murphy? Why not? He's been at Harvard since 1994 and even recruited me to play for him there- so there's my bias. It's on the table. Admittedly, I haven't watched too much Harvard or paid them much mind over the past 14 years since he's been there but he's sent a good number of guys to the NFL from there believe it or not and his product has been very competitive. Obviously, he's selling recruits a quality product there, despite the fact that the recruits have to pay for school themselves (same goes for Patriot League)- unless they're a hardship or can get academic funds.

Nevermind that Rubbish

Rivals top 25 CFB countdown is a bit absurd with Auburn having a new QB and two new coordinators- going to the spread from not-the-spread??? They're talented but that talent lost to South Florida last year- sorry. Not a single MAC team in the top 50? What, no love for Central Michigan?


WEST DIVISION (6-5-4-3-2-1 point system)

1. Central Michigan 207

2. Ball State 168

3. Western Michigan 143

4. Toledo 98

5. Eastern Michigan 80

6. Northern Illinois 60

EAST DIVISION (7-6-5-4-3-2-1)

1. Bowling Green 206

2. Miami 202

3. Buffalo 145

4. Kent State 137

5. Temple 120

6. Ohio 119

7. Akron 78


(Sorry Zippers)


Brett Favre (pron: Farv) is officially making me puke because sportsnews doesn't know how to report on anything else for the past month or two.... I guess last year it was MichaleVickMichaelVickMichaelVick blah blah blah.


We should get more Jessica Simpson coverage.. and Tony Romo.



Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Who Fucked the Rooster?

If you want to freak out about the economy, naked capitalism is trying very hard to get you to sell at the lows....

Japan gains on Exporters, my ass, the US Markets went up 2plus % today which is becoming more usual than not. The housing bottom is in. You can't go back to year 2000 prices. You could buy mansions on Palm Beach for less than a million then.

University of Miami has decided to recruit kids who can't qualify this year. (7)


Let me tell you how it will be... there's one for you... nineteen for me...be thankful I don't take it all... Because I'm the tax man........ (Vote O...) If you take a walk I'll tax your feet...Don't ask me what I want it for... if you don't want to pay some more. And my advice for those who die, those clever pennies on your eyes... and you're working for no one but me.

Good Idea= Let's tax assets rather than income... that's how you tax the rich and not the working man.

Sing... Sing, Sing, Sing

For the love you bring, won't mean a thing, unless you sing....

Sing, Sing, Sing---------- Oh, the immortal words of Travis.... Not quite as immortal as The Gourds and their "Turd in My Pocket" but neverthemore... we have a life here that's worth living. If we could just wake up to the facts.

First. Small towns are the best.
Nobody should underestimate themselves if they came from one. Nothing quite like being a big fish in a little pond.

Second. There's nothing wrong with having a hot sister. It's always nice to have her friends over.

Third. Football season is almost here. Baseball is disgusting. I had to listen to Mike Golic of all people pound out stats about a player that got traded last year, late, and made a fucking difference. Golic? There's a reason his name sounds just like the word "Garlic". It's Ukranian for Garlic/Butter/Pumpkin Seeds. It's okay. His family has been in the US less than 125 years. It just goes to show you that anybody can make it.

Clone Wars

I'm highly skeptical of this bullcrap that isn't Jedi-ish. But you can watch about ten minutes of trailers here and see what you think for yourself.

Never TOO Early

Profootball Weekly has had a page discussing next year's draft. It's not bad. Not very ambitious. I should say, not overly ambitious, but interesting to read.

Everybody's out jinxing Ohio State this year. Dodd's 5 things to know about the Big 10. Let the horse flogging continue.

Georgia is the national media's darling but the SEC Coaches and Media picked the Gators. SI makes up for it with some rationale.

Time Magazine is going to feature LeBron Raymone James as it's coverboy as the most important athlete to watch in the Olympics. Maybe most well-known, but I disagree. I like the Olympics because I get to watch all these athletes in other sports pour their guts into competitions that never get on TV, like Table-Tennis, Javelin, Triple-Jump. Lebron? We see him on TV 2/3rds of the year and twice on Sundays.

Herbstreit Challenge is cool inter-sectional football event for High Schoolers.

University of Miami is going to be deep as usual this year but will they be any good?

Monday, July 28, 2008

Hilarity to ensue

The Whiz has a funny picture and good commentary to correspond to the PRINCETON REVIEW of Party/Non Party Schools... "you won't recognize the non-party schools unless you study SEC out of conference schedules..."

Courtesy of Courtesy

The Whiz has several links and a youtube video of Charlie Weiss getting booed at Wrigley as he sings take me out to the ballgame. Wonder why they're boing?


Meet the Buckeyes. CFN's preview... wonder if they'll tell the tale of how OSU wins all the tough games this year but mysteriously tanks one they should win to keep them out of th title game for the third straight year.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Linkage

Penn State's off-field troubles will be featured tomorrow on ESPN's outside the lines. Lately, the Penn State team has been referred to as "State Penn", but even more recently Iowa's fracas over rape allegations has been getting more coverage than any place's problems.

Good Day

This is a pretty cool new concept for offense- everybody's a playmaker here. It's like that Frisbee Game Ultimate. The coaches must have spent a lot of time burning down.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Dropping the morning Blog

SouthernCollegeSports.com has a list of this year's college football newcomers with some impressive research thrown in. Very nice.

Sporting News takes their morning dump on the Big 10.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Tebow Won't do Playboy



Apparently, Timmy is too religious to be a preseason Playboy All-American. UF wouldn't even nominate him.

In the immortal words of Wayne and Garth... "Shyea, Right..." Tebow's GF is a quintuple SCHWING!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Big 10 Media Day Blog

Coach Tiller: The new coach isn't a new coach. He's an old coach coming back.

Coach Paterno should get another 40 year extension.

Coach Tressel: Carson Palmer is just excited because his alma mater is playing against the team that he has to annoyingly hear about locally 24/7 and he's pretty proud of his team on the west coast.

Prior will become incorporated into the offense on day 1.

Getting the old guys excited about this year is going to be a challenge.

"Preseason" aka YSU, Ohio U, means taking guys to the next level.

The challenge of going to USC vs a team that has only lost 1 game at home in 6 seasons: It helps recruiting. Coach Carrol is a great coach and great recruiter and everybody knows it and we look forward to it.

RE: Being overwhelming favorite in the Big 10: It's frightening because the preseason Big 10 poll is never right. Guys have seen that the poll hasn't been accurate in the past.

Boeckman will be a better leader this year because he has a track record.

RE: Penn St w/out Joe P....: Helped intercollegiate athletics: If I were a betting man, he'd be there in 2009.

Who's the darkhorse this year?
Can't do it. The Big 10 in 2008, will be better than in 2007, and we're the finest group of coaches... if you ask us.

Is it fair that the Big 10 is being painted by OSU's failures and the Rose Bowl catastrophes?
From us: We haven't been successful in the NCs. Makes me feel bad because we're painting the conference. We'll find out this year.

If it happened again, would you be pissed?
I'd be proud to win the Big 10, but if we didn't play as well as we could, I'd be disappointed then.

From The Chicago Tribune

In less the an hour Illinois sold out their game vs Ohio State.

Notre Dame is rushing out letters to the NCAA to say "sorry" we messed up in using images of specific players for cell phone ads.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Good Day!

Fiutak allows you to.......... Meet the Spartans........ (And not the movie, which I purchased ever so stupidly on Pay Per View this past weekend. It has it's moments of funny, but many more of extreme looking away for allowing how ridiculously off the wall dumb it is. Naked Gun looks like Shakespeare by comparison. But. I love Carmen Electra no matter how big a dumb slut she might be.)

Michigan State opens up on the road at Cal... that should be a good game to watch.

I don't get men over 10 years old who still go by "Bobby". Maybe it's just me... Bobby Petrino, Bobby Bowden... Or "Tommy" for that matter; Tommy Tuberville, Tommy Bowden. Maybe it's just one of those southern things left over from the Confederacy that I just won't ever get. I'll call my buddy Tommy- but that's when we're drinking. Not when we're coachin' us some football, boy! At that point, I would be Coach Tom, or Captain Bob! (Excuse me, I'm getting off of my high horse, he's smoked entirely too much herbage (sic Frotuss).


ESPN's Big Ten Mailbag proves that Adam Rittenberg does read Phil Steele's magazine as he too proclaims the infinite superiority of Penn State's DLine.


I just think Tulane should be called Turlane, because it makes you sound drunk when you say it. "Who's gonna win?"

"Sure as hell not Turlane."

"Why not? Turlane, ain't bad. I'll have another drink please."

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Michigan love

Fiu loves on some Michigan.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Marlon Brando and Odds & Ends



Boy, Marlon Brando sure did stink it up in Columbus: The Discovery. Everybody was just acting too hard- even Benecio Del Turro- who's skinny in the 1992 5th Century Anniversary flick. Lame.

Lame. Lame. And there's nothing else on so I'm stuck.



Not a big deal, but Carson Palmer is providing bulletin board material to Ohio State for the 13 Sept showdown. (no link necessary)

Kirk Ferentz has got to be smelling his ass on fire lately. (No link necessary).


The Big Lead had this great picture of Kim Kardashian grinding Reggie Bush... I guess he's still giving the old Bush Push???
I have no idea what the article is about, but being Reggie, despite not lighting up the pros, is still a good thing.


Update

Oddsmakers aren't sure what to make of UCLA (LA TIMES).

Dayton Daily News says Browns won't make playoffs due to schedule. I'd argue that they'll be better then those NFC East teams and probably drop the games to the easy teams just like last year- but make the wild card.

Breakdown of Ohio State Defense
PD's Doug Lesmerises talks about OSU football








Sunday, July 20, 2008

Update

Newcomers at key positions, by Olin Buchanan at Rivals. Ball State and the Mid American Conference should change their names to "Mid Week Conference" since they'll be on every night of the week. And Penn State plays Oregon State which is interesting.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Update

Spurrier says he's not going anywhere according to Yahoo! news. Apparently, they mean physically. They aren't really that bad a football team so saying he's not going anywhere as a team isn't what's meant here.

Updated

ESPN has a good spread on this summer's
crp of Elite 11 QBs


Another story on Michigan's strength and conditioning from Sportsline. Very modest "We cover more than anyone in the world," Barwis said. "We're kind of the pioneers of the most progressive strength program in the country. We (West Virginia) were the strongest team in the country the last four years -- best conditioned, the fastest, most balanced, best body awareness, and most explosive." Nothing quite like a good Michigan knob polishing, that's usually preserved for ND or USC.

USC's May and Bush, reading between the lines, really have no incentive to meet with the NCAA... David Wharton, LA Times... "The schools know where the kids live, and know what they drive. They have to pay attention." That's part of institutional control.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Around The Web

It's not summer unless Brady is busted being a little gayish, via Kissing Suzy Kolber. Read the comments.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Around the web

Via East Coast Bias: Undersanding the British Open through Caddy Shack. It's very funny.

Pac Man Jones is resurrecting his reputation.

Deep South Sports has a hilarious deal on Jack & Coke.

PFT has Tim Brown telling Favre Beans to hang it up. Whitlock says the opposite. Click the PFT link for that stuff.

Tailgating at it's... uhh... Yeah, Tailgating....



This is classic tailgating by Jimmy Kimmel's aunt at an ASU vs USC '05 contest. Warning, do not drink anything while watching. You may ruin your computer.

Courtesy of Wizardofsports, via Mark at Pitchfork Nation.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

From Around the Web

Mark Rae gives us a 11 two paragraph summations of the Big 1o as of today. Zook is contstantly rebuilding and faces a tough schedule. Indiana gets Kellen Lewis back off of suspension. Ferentz is looking to get back on track and begin to even up his road record (17-28). Michigan's an enigma. Everybody loves Sparty this year. Minny needs to beat a I-AA team. Paterno thinks he's in the NFC East. Look for Purdue's offense to be more balanced under the direction of Head Coach in waiting Danny Hope.

For some reason Mangino makes me think angina, which is good that he got a 2.3million dollar salary this year since he probably wouldn't be allowed to buy too much life insurance.

Dr. Z remembers whoring around Singapore w/ Rocky Bleier, courtesy kissing Suzy Kolber. Pretty funny.

Phil Steele has heard it from everyone... "No Ohio State in Title Game!" His answer includes: Last year if you went to Columbus Ohio in the summer and asked when Ohio State would have their next national title contender the consensus answer would have been 2008. Phil's weekly notes.

Terry Bowden considers UCLA in the PAC 10

Over the past 25 years, UCLA has split its games evenly with USC at 12-12-1. I realize Southern Cal has won eight out of the last nine, but before that, the Bruins were dominant over the men of Troy winning eight straight. More importantly, UCLA is in the same geographical recruiting area as USC … and those are the most fertile recruiting grounds in America. There are more top division football recruits (over 200 in 2008) in the Los Angeles metropolitan area than in any other city in the U.S.

Ohio State Being Favored By Majority of Writers

Collegefootballnews has been having a roundtable debate over several great topics and today they decided on who will win the Heisman and who will win the national title and the majority went with Chris Wells for the former and Ohio State for the latter. Seasons aren't usually too "chalk" but lately they have been- except for the title game.

ESPN's 3 Must See Big 10 Games


Top three must-see games in the Big Ten July 15, 2008 12:47 PMPosted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg If this list were longer, it would include Penn State's attempt to break a nine-game losing streak to Michigan and Illinois' matchups against Missouri and Ohio State. Oh well, here goes:

1. Ohio State at USC, Sept. 13 -- Unless your favorite college team is playing at the same time, you have no excuse to miss this one. The game has it all -- national championship implications, brutalizing defenses, rival leagues, dynamic running backs, no shortage of pro prospects and two coaches with different personalities but similar track records of success. After being ripped for its title game flops, Ohio State can regain national respect. With a win, USC will only get more.

2. Ohio State at Wisconsin, Oct. 4 -- The Buckeyes' road tour reaches Madison, where they haven't been since 2003. Wisconsin's four-pack of running backs go against arguably the nation's best front seven, while Heisman contender Beanie Wells faces a formidable defensive line led by end Matt Shaughnessy. It's a game that will delight Big Ten purists and could decide the conference title.

3. Michigan at Ohio State, Nov. 22 -- A new chapter in the league's premier rivalry begins as Rich Rodriguez tries to do what his predecessor didn't do enough -- beat Ohio State. Michigan might be a year away from a BCS run, but a win in Columbus to snap a four-game losing streak would highlight Rodriguez's first season. Ohio State likely will be looking to wrap up its third consecutive conference title and, possibly, another trip to the BCS National Championship game

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

ESPN DOING DUMB THINGS

CENTRAL OHIO -- Calling all Buckeye fans. ESPN asked for your help.
The network is taping a segment for its series Titletown USA.

The taping will happen at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Horseshoe. All Buckeye fans are invited to be a part of the background, a la college game day.
It's a contest to see which city is America's best sport town, and Archie Griffin will be the show's guest.

This sounds really good. They'll get a campus full of Indians, Chinese, Vietnemese and 8th year undergrads; a mixture of pachuli oil, hackey sac, marijuoana, and non-stoned east Asians.

They can just put signs up on High Street that say "Nickel Pitchers" and "Engineering Forum" this way! It'll be packed with stoners, jocksniffs and nerds. Don't forget the fris.

Step Brothers Trailer unrated

Barkley Chimes in on Favre Beans...

In the immortal words of Sir Chuck out at Tahoe, "Well, when you get old... you suck.... most guys guy out when they suck. It's nice to go out on a high note and Brett did that. I sucked when I retired."

Hilarious.

And he's not even really even paying attention to the camera or thinking about what he's saying, he's probably just wondering how he can pay back the casino in Tahoe from all night drinking and acting stupid.

Evening Update

It doesn't pay to make up sports stories on the internet unless they're funny.... (Courtesy Frotuss Press Wires:) The Black Scuba ""Club Strikes Again! Ricky Williams and that old addictive substance: Frotuss

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(Associated Frotuss Press Wires: 22:54:45: 02/19/2006) Zulu Puff and other members of the Black Scuba Assiociation, a group that routinely takes part in puffing the magic dragon has issued a statement today accepting rumors that it was them who influenced Ricky's decision to burn the frotuss once again.

"It was an unbelievable event," Zulu Puff said remorsefully. "Ricky had been on the bottom of the ocean, about 50 feet, (off the coast of Miami) wrestling playfully with a 15 foot stingray. Well, the stingray shocked him and my friend, Alpha Blondy (the Reggae Singer) and I had to swim with him to the surface. We could think of no other way to revive him than to take a giant hit off a spliff and mouth to mouth him with it. It was the only thing he'd respond to!"

After Ricky came back from near coma conditions he purchased several kilos of dutch grade pot and made the most of what decision had already been made for him. When reached for comment Ricky's website had no apparent comment at this time.

Monday, July 14, 2008

July 14th, 2008

Why does Brady Quinn have commercials and the starter for the Browns, Derek Anderson, doesn't have any? At least start before you make a commercial. See everything Brady here (click)- someone has too much time on their hands.

Mark Rae has a breakdown of the Big Ten's best coaches. He has Rodriguez last, Bielema 2nd and Tiller is below the Indiana coach... Ferentz, once thought to be one of the hottest coaches in college gets a fairly well-deserved 6th.

Corey Adams, a big time west coast recruit, from Scottsdale, AZ has scheduled to visit Ohio State for the Michigan game. Adams is the only recruit to my knowledge that USC and OSU are battling over as Tressel and staff have visited Scottsdale 3 times since last fall to see the Scout rated number 7 DTackle in the country.