Roundup: The Big 12 Wants Air Force, Jayson Werth Has Been a Disaster & Video of Ronnie ‘Fighting’ the Situation
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In the South Tower 4 people survived from above where United flight 175 hit. Brian Clark was one of them. [WFTV]
“In a vacuum, a free education and a shot at the NFL sound like pretty good compensation for the labor of 18 year-old football players, many of whom come from poor backgrounds. And if this were fifty years ago, before the giant TV contracts that come with major-college football, it would make perfect sense. But it’s not a good deal.” [Rolling Stone]
According to Newsweek, Ole Miss the has the best looking campus and hottest student body. [Ledger]
Ryan Braun’s teammates are having fun with his funny fall after rounding third base Wednesday night. [JS Online]
In addition to BYU, the Big 12 is supposedly interested in Air Force. [Dennis Dodd]
A close examination of Javaris Crittenton’s twitter activity in the last few weeks. [True Hoop]
Wisconsin led UNLV 51-3 before giving up two TDs to make the final 51-17. Why does this matter? The line was 34.5. Rats. [JS Online]
“But ultimately, Feldman said, he left ESPN because he could no longer trust the people he was working for.” [NYT]
Signing Jayson Werth to a $126 million deal was a massive mistake. [Baseball Reference]
College basketball practice begins in about 45 days. Here’s a fantastic story about a former college hoops player fleeing war-torn Libya. [ESPN]
ESPN’s Jenn Brown is now doing a weekly feature with Esquire. [Esquire.com]
Very “inside football” read from Peter King on NFL defenses. [SI]
“But Ricky Rubio, the guard signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves, missed all of his five field-goal attempts in 16 minutes of play, with two steals and two turnovers.” [Globe & Mail]
This is the highest I’ve seen the Stanford Cardinal ranked anywhere. Their season will come down to the Oregon game. [The Daily]
Andy Roddick has some thoughts on today’s tennis analysts.
The long-awaited Situation vs. Ronnie fight was, as expected, a letdown. (Ronnie would wreck him, though.)
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September 2nd, 2011 at 7:59 AM
And if this were fifty years ago, before the giant TV contracts that come with major-college football, it would make perfect sense. But it’s not a good deal.”
Those giant TV contracts help those poor kids audition for a better job. And calling it labor? STFU
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:01 AM
lol
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:04 AM
/stands
//claps
///gives middle finger to people in office staring at me
lots of nervous/uncomfortable laughter there from Fowler.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:05 AM
Maybe. Unless you were scouting for how well Ronnie would do when they finally give Jersey Shore dudes RW/RR Challenge eligibility. In which case, you’ve learned that maybe he doesn’t have the killer instinct. CT would have never let a dude with a minor self-inflicted concussion off the hook.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:06 AM
I enjoyed it, but unfortunate that Fowler was the one of the receiving end.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:08 AM
Everyone Phillies fan is nodding their head in agreement.
/Nats will still be scary good when Harper-Rendon-Zimmerman-Werth are the core.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:13 AM
That Rolling Stone thing was so general it was pathetic. Using the Miami thing to validate the fact that kids get paid is retarded. You would think that Shapiro was just helping these kids eat and afford books. No they were fucking strippers, drinking at clubs, and throwing parties.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:16 AM
/Nats will still be scary good when Harper-Rendon-Zimmerman-Werth are the core.
I worry about Zimmerman though. Dude seems to get hurt a lot. Werth is fucking garbage but nobody here expected him to win MVP, they signed him because they wanted butts in seats and the biggest sign-able name in FA unfortunately for the Nats was Werth.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:18 AM
40 minutes left in culture tourney voting: Simmons trails by 9 votes
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/01/culture-tournament-final-four-blake-griffin-vs-kate-upton-desean-jackson-vs-bill-simmons
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:19 AM
For a more nerdy read on today’s NFL defenses… this x and o post from TheScore is pretty good.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:21 AM
I have no idea what Lucy Hale does, but she’s definitely cute, and she looks a hell of a lot like Winnie Cooper.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:23 AM
And if this were fifty years ago, before the giant TV contracts that come with major-college football, it would make perfect sense. But it’s not a good deal.
If it wasn’t for football, many of these kids wouldn’t even get past the first round of admissions. I’d venture to guess that many of these same kids never make it to the NFL. STFU
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:24 AM
“this reader has some thoughts on the Culture Tournament …”
That was a painful read.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:24 AM
By putting butts in the seats do you mean the 30k+ Phillies fans that come down to cheer for the Phillies every time the Nats and Phillies play?
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:24 AM
That Rolling Stone thing was so general it was pathetic
you just summed up Matt Taibbi’s whole sportswriting portfolio. I didn’t even click this one.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Nick Mendola = CucktheFubs
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:26 AM
By putting butts in the seats do you mean the 30k+ Phillies fans that come down to cheer for the Phillies every time the Nats and Phillies play?
No I mean aside from that. A guy I work with buys season tix and then just sells all his Phillies games and actually makes money off the season tix package.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:27 AM
Late in the first quarter of a scoreless game, New England had third-and-five at the Jets’ seven. The defense dialed up Leonhard’s coverage. New York had three down linemen—with the versatile Shaun Ellis in the middle—and six cornerbacks.
Peter King with the big burn on Jets fans. The versatile Shaun Ellis is long gone.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Don’t get me wrong CT is a giant douche but he would destroy Ronnie.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:29 AM
well, then the whole fourth page was all about Ellis now being a Patsie.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Well, if you paid the players then they could afford to pay for their own abortions
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:31 AM
NCAA has weekly practice limits of 20 hours and I know games don’t last 24 hours. Plus they are allowed to get jobs.
It makes me wonder if Taibbi just makes up stats in all of Wall Street content as well.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Now that is a Boston v NY fight I would love to see.. CT would waste him
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Andy Roddick is a good friend with a morning radio show host here in Austin and he and his wife are always in the studio hanging. She seems like the coolest and nicest girl, I don’t understand why this dude just doesn’t shut it down. Even without the tennis this dude has won at life.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Lucy Hale..Isnt she on Pretty Little Liars? I like the fake blonde on there as well
/Hates ABC Family
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Roddick is still one of the twenty or so best in the world at what he does…
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Does your wife watch it or something? Explain yourself.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:40 AM
yeah
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:41 AM
I was watching whatever MTV challenge it’s on now on TV the other day, and they were doing some competition wearing football pads and helmets. He absolutely crushed two guys at once. The guy should have been a football player, he looks like a linebacker and is clearly insane.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Probably doesnt deal well with authority or play well with others. Has the raw ability but never the discipline to actually follow through. My dime store diagnosis.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Anybody listen to the Feldman interview or the Garnett interview on the DP show? Nobody touches DP when it comes to interviews(or name dropping).
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:46 AM
In addition to BYU, the Big 12 is supposedly interested in Air Force.
Smart of the Big XII to target a less militaristic option now that A&M is gone.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
He links to a USA Today article that cites an NCAA conducted survey: “Football players in the NCAA’s Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A) said they spent an average of 44.8 hours a week on their sport — playing games, practicing, training and in the training room — compared with a little less than 40 hours on academics.”
So there’s that.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Congrats to Fred Taylor on a solid NFL career. One of my favorite Jags, I’ll rock the Taylor jersey week 1.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Congrats to Fred Taylor on a solid NFL career. One of my favorite Jags, I’ll rock the Taylor jersey week 1.
What if Fred Taylor was white?
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:51 AM
NCAA has weekly practice limits of 20 hours and I know games don’t last 24 hours. Plus they are allowed to get jobs.
It makes me wonder if Taibbi just makes up stats in all of Wall Street content as well.
Does film study time count toward practice? It must, because there is no way there was even 20 hours of on field practice in a week once school started.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:51 AM
They must use travel time, pre game, post game and travel time as hours used on a game.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
He links to a USA Today article that cites an NCAA conducted survey:
What he’s not saying is that this is DURING a season. This isn’t every week during the school year.
/Just saying
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
losing in the early rounds of any major he enters? no doubt, he’s top 5 in that.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Does weight room time count as well? Organized maybe but Im sure players use it on their own free will.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Kids actually think they’re entitled to that. Trust me–I teach at a high school that produces up to a half-dozen Division I athletes a year.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Well, if you paid the players then they could afford to pay for their own abortions
You are right. Sometimes I am just so close minded.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
THIS is a good thing.
Heading to the golf course to brave the 100 degree temperature in Indya today. I will make sure to keep myself hydrated with Miller Lite.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
/swoons
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Well, he’s right.
/apparently he worked for Craig James
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
They must use travel time, pre game, post game and travel time as hours used on a game.
Yes, including travel time and all allocating all of Saturday to the game for road trips is the only way you get there.
It is a big time committment. They are probably like lawyers who double bill while on a flight for one client by reading about something else. It’s not like working 40 hours in a mine. You can study on the flight, at the hotel. Some of that time is the team breakfast where you get yummy sausage and eggs that most kids in college don’t get.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Sounds like a rough life.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:59 AM
I envy those people.
/remembers eating packaged oatmeal and beer
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
I’m just warning you, what we get in Louisiana this weekend will be similar. Sure, this thing won’t be a hurricane, but it’s forecast to sit over South Louisiana for like 4 days.
/it’s about the water, not the wind
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:01 AM
along with the highest rate of douchebags per capita.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:01 AM
One of my favorite brunettes, if not my faovrite.
The 20 hour a week limit is only for countable activity directed or supervised by a coaching or strength coach. That means it only counts for practices and conditioning, team meetings and things of that ilk. Of courses these kids spend more time watching film, getting treatment, etc. And of course there is travel. But NCAA athletes that have the dedication to learn and are willing to put forth some effort into their academics succeed in the classroom. This time issue is a non-issue. it’s another strawman argument used by the pay the players front. I am all for an increase in cost of attendance to give kids a little bit more spending money, but paying them salary is stupid and ridiculous.
I am part of a department that was millions in the black the other year and do you think I got a raise or saw a big chunk of that revenue? Fuck no, it went back into the department to increase budgets for individual sports, improve facilities, and the big shots in the executive staff probably saw any direct salary benefits. That is how our economic system works in case anyone hasn’t noticed.
Football players and all NCAA athletes get tremendous advantages and opportunities normal students would not, above all a free ride to college which includes room and board and a host of other benefits. Trying to play a “woe is me” violin for them is pathetic and laughable. The system is far from perfect, there are many changes that need to be made, but championing this crusade like it is some kind of moral combat is ridiculous.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Yup. I have a few co-workers who still don’t have power from the storm.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Simmons rallies to victory!
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Yep. I think there is an argument that can be made about how big TV and other corporate money has changed college football for better and worse, but it doesn’t do anyone any good to exaggerate the “plight” of the players.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
im not quite sure this lucy hale is of age.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
“But Ricky Rubio, the guard signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves, missed all of his five field-goal attempts in 16 minutes of play, with two steals and two turnovers.”
Good thing for him that he will have another year in Europe to play with NBA guys before the league comes back in 2012.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
true story. I lived in the athletes dorm at UT for one semester…the best food on campus is in the Gibbs cafeteria.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
I’m just going to give you an idea of what you’re up against.
Either this issue or the playoff issue, it might be both, TBL has come here on the record and said that his opinion is “right”, and anyone dissenting is “wrong”.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
meh…that’s not wrecked. that was a pussy fight.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
then pull your pants up for fucks sake.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
well said, cleet.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
What Cleet said. Even if Athletic Departments had the money to pay players, its amateur sports and should remain amateur sports.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Lucy was born in 89 I believe
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
what if it was some kind of mortal combat though? would fan interest still be through the roof? would (insert criminal here) still be a guy to root for?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Who do you bet through, TBL? I got UNLV +36 right before kickoff.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:09 AM
I understand that. Just wanted to put it out there from someone who works in the “cesspool”, no matter how much it is ignored.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
The my money is on Johnny Cage.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
cage has no chance…my money’s on robot smoke.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:12 AM
/buys Cleet a beer
I know your stance on the issues and I’d vote for you. Go Canes.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
So?
/McNulty’d
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Sub Zero all the way
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Bullshit. In some order, Miss, AL, MO, and KS are always among the most unhealthy states. I guess they reject all the fat bodies from their school.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Real Name: John Carlton
Age: 29 (as of MK)
Height: 6′ (1.83 m)
Weight: 190 lbs. (86 kg)
he is too onld and undersized. he’ll get trucked.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Needs more Scorpion.
The spear was unstoppable!
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Some of that time is the team breakfast where you get yummy sausage steak and eggs omelets that most kids in college don’t get.
steak night was Thursdays at the training table dining hall. Granted, it wasn’t 20 dollar steaks, but steaks nonetheless every Thursday were a big deal when you would have to pay for dinner otherwise. That was one of the reasons I did the video staff thing for no pay while in college, in addition to free shorts and sweats, getting to travel to lots of cool college towns while in school, and most importantly, the $25 stipend for food on road trips handed to us in envelopes as we got on the flight, which was used for a $5 meal at McDonald’s and $20 worth of drinking in places like College Station, Champaign-Urbana, or Boulder.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
My go to move in MK II was creating that ice pool under the other guy an then uppercut (outstanding).
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Wait wait, you’re saying that I have to fight every single one of you, in order? That’s not really a tournament.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
I too lived in the athlete dorm at Iowa, Miz. Incredible food. Pizza, burgers, a different choice of ethnic (Chinese, Mexican, Italian etc) every night, salad bar and more cereal than a General Mills warehouse. My favorite was the waffle maker that put a Tigerhawk in the middle of my waffle. That thing was sweet.
I had better food my freshman year than any other time in college.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
i find it hard to believe that a pool of ice would cause guys that can do a triple flip from flat feet, fly across the air and teleport to slip.
i demand satisfaction.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Sub Zero is kind of like Ryu in Street Fighter, everyone uses him because he’s easy to pick up, but mastering someone like Raiden (my personal fave) was like mastering E Honda.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Baller.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Thanks to whomever suggested “The Descent” on here. It’s on IFC On Demand and enjoyed it alot.
This could be controversial — but Ill take Street Fighter over Mortal Kombat any day. HADUKEN!
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Champaign, eh Lisk? I assume you spent some time at Kam’s, Clybourn or CO Daniel’s then.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Wisconsin led UNLV 51-3 before giving up two TDs to make the final 51-17. Why does this matter? The line was 34.5. Rats.
They also missed an extra point…. double rats.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Depends, does he read the bible?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Then don’t play. If the “deal” is so bad, don’t worry about it and study finance or history.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Ouch. A reminder of the joys of gambling. I’m surprised how little urge I have to get started this year.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
, but mastering someone like Raiden (my personal fave) was like mastering E Honda.
Or you could be the guy who did the 1000 hand slap as E Honda a didnt let your opponent get out of the corner. I can do a fantastic impression of the noise E Honda makes during that move.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Reptile’s “acid spit” was always effective.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Liu Kang or Ken for me. I got pretty good with Vega and Cano too.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
I’ve never been good at fighting games, you have to work with you have.
/selects Blanka
//pushes B furiously
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
zangief > e honda…but seriously, raiden can fucking wreck shop.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Did they ever make a MK v. SF game?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:22 AM
According to Newsweek, Ole Miss the has the best looking campus and hottest student body
ark… is it just me or are a lot of women from ole miss the submissive type? I’ve met a few alums and I can’t carry on a conversation with a female who went to there. It’s weird. Small sample size, but still.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Yup, just have to work with what you have. I saw they released the Mortal Kombat arcade anthology on XBox Live & PSN this week, you get MK 1, 2, 3 for like $10 or $15.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
I rented Mortal Kombat back when it was cool to rent video games and I remember playing the single player mode and at one point Goro dropped down from the top of the screen and I was so freaked out I turned the game off in sheer terror.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
yeah if you could beat street fghter with zangief, balrog or dhalsim then you are a fuckin champ
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Sub Zero is kind of like Ryu in Street Fighter
I still think you guys are talking about refrigeration equipment.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Ouch. A reminder of the joys of gambling.
I tried to be a gambler last year. I’m not wired that way at all. It hurts me on the inside. The only thing I actually enjoyed betting on was tennis. But with the football, rooting for interception being returned for TDs on the first play of the game, or for teams to run up the score to a 41 point victory just drove me to the brink.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Champaign, eh Lisk? I assume you spent some time at Kam’s, Clybourn or CO Daniel’s then.
It’s been 17 years, and it was one time, so I don’t remember specifics. If one of those places had quarter draws or dollar pitchers, then probably.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
No but they’re making a SF vs Tekken game for next year.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
those are my 3 favorite characters, actually. pure power. sagat was a badass too.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Dogs = Awesome
Lets see a cat do this.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
This pretty much personifies the Internet. That clown is full of faux outrage.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
You ever cash anything out at cent sports dirt?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Whatt?? Balrog??!? No way — dude couldnt kick. But he did have the best home fight turf BC there was a really hot 16 bit girl in a bikini in the background. I know all of you remember that girl.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
If you don’t think it’s a good deal, then don’t play. Real simple.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
The my money is on Johnny Cage
MK – Cyrax
SF – Guile
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Well, in fairness to him, he named the blog “Irrational Anger”. It’s not like he’s lacking self awareness.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
power brah…if you knew what you were doing, you could knock a guy out in 7 hits.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Yup, she was a smokeshow. The easiest SF fighers were Ryu, Ken and Chun Li. Guile was a pain in the ass, but sonic boom always leveled the playing field.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I got two words for you — SONIC BOOM!
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
it’s not just you, most of them are there for their Mrs. degree and that’s about it. oh, and to spend daddy’s money.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
/high five
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
You ever cash anything out at cent sports dirt?
no, I got jobbed, then I just started betting it away on nonsense. Then I got to zero and never went back. I don’t miss it at all.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Is this dude a commenter? Isnt NDub’s name Nick?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
That girl and the one in Guile’s stage that’s leaning up against the dude in her short mini-skirt pumping her fist.
/pours one out for my adolesence
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
yeah if you could beat street fghter with zangief, balrog or dhalsim then you are a fuckin champ
Dhalsim was overpowered in some of the later games, we had to “Oddjob” him.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Appropriate — this is acting my friends.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
It might just be me, but Killer Instinct was always my favorite fighting game from that generation. Maybe it was because I was actually pretty decent at it. The combos and combo breakers were cool and so were the characters.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Is this dude a commenter? Isnt NDub’s name Nick?
That was my first thought as well…. NNNNNNDUUUUUB? Explain yourself.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Is this dude a commenter? Isnt NDub’s name Nick?
yeah, but this guy says he lives in Western upstate NY, and “works” in the same building as the nubile young Alex Morgan, meaning a sports arena where they play girl soccer. And he roots for the Bills.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
ESPN’s Jenn Brown is now doing a weekly feature with Esquire.
/swoons
/barfs and shits at the same time
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Killer Instict was awesome. I remember beating the last guy in the game with a 62 hit combo. It was glorious.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
It might just be me, but Killer Instinct was always my favorite fighting game from that generation.
Solid game. I have a soft spot for Darkstalkers.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
If we’re talkin about fighting video games, we need to start talking about Tekken. Mmmmmm, Tekken.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
top 5 awesomely bad movie of all time.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
I forgot all about mine, just logged in, and apparently they got bought out by someone. my money transfered over (about $17) but the new layout looks confusing and not really worth my time.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Virtual Fighter was ok as well.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:33 AM
soul caliber is the king of fighting games.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
ULTRA! ULTRA! ULTRA! ULTRA COMBO!!
Orchid was the only person you ever needed to play with.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
and apparently they got bought out by someone.
it looks like they somehow merged with free sports bet dot com. The Bulldog was using that one, and I played it a little with him (it had interactive chat amongst buddies that was better), but I quit it at the same time.
It’s just so hard to get started, or care and once you’re going, it’s painful to keep going.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:35 AM
i enjoyed it for the 3d fighting, but it did get old after a while.
good memories of playing a friend in virtuafighter4 while he broke up with his girlfriend on the phone.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Definitely not me. There’s no way I’d get worked up that much about Internet voting for Kate Upton. Nor would I besmirch her good name like he did.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
had the best music i think.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:37 AM
I’m hoping that any forthcoming desire to gamble is assuaged by a couple of less destructive but related activities. I’m doing one of those NFL Pick Em pools this year where you pick the games against the spread, weekly/season payouts and all that shit.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:37 AM
1. Death Race 2000
2. Hercules in NY
3. Street Fighter
4. Jack Frost
Hon Mention: Almost any SciFi original (Megashark vs Giant Octopus, Ice Spiders, Sharks in Venice)
5. Jack Frost
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
This. If only for it gave us video game Vader.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
1. Transformers 3
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
There was a fighting game that involved dinosaurs and I can’t remember the name of it for the life of me. You could eat citizens that were cheering for your dinosaur to regain some energy.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
lol. Primal Rage.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
one of the jack frost’s should be replaced with ‘komodo vs. cobra.”
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
There was a fighting game that involved dinosaurs and I can’t remember the name of it for the life of me.
Primal Rage?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Oh, I forgot Killer Klowns from Outerspace. Maybe Street Fighter gets left off.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
First game I ever got for the NES (aside from Mario/Duck Hunt) was Karate Champ, loved that game.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
I’m doing one of those NFL Pick Em pools this year where you pick the games against the spread
I’m doing the free one of these that Jck49er set up, but only so that Cleet can complain when he sleeps until 1pm on Sundays and can’t get his picks in on time.
And so I can hear St Bear claim that he would have won if he hadn’t missed a week, while Cleet is busy claiming he would have won if he hadn’t missed two weeks.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
yessir.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Awesome arcade game. You could also be a giant ape and toxic fart on your opponent.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Hey, you’ve got to shout if you want to be heard.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Mega Shark (yes, the same one that battled the Giant Octopus) vs. Crocosaurus was a colossal disappointment despite Urkel having a starring role
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
1. Death Race 2000
2. Hercules in NY
3. Street Fighter
4. Jack Frost
Hon Mention: Almost any SciFi original (Megashark vs Giant Octopus, Ice Spiders, Sharks in Venice)
5. Jack Frost
Sorry, the all time champ is GymKata. No question. And this list has to include the original Rollerball.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I’m doing the free one of these that Jck49er set up, but only so that Cleet can complain when he sleeps until 1pm on Sundays and can’t get his picks in on time.
And so I can hear St Bear claim that he would have won if he hadn’t missed a week, while Cleet is busy claiming he would have won if he hadn’t missed two weeks.
still room? shoot me a link.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
no, JVD will come at you with his UN task force if you leave that off.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Primal Rage would be it. Good memory, dudes. That game was impossible to get the button combos down.
Once I discovered RPGs, fighting games went by the wayside. Total nerd here, but Final Fantasy VI (3 was the American version) sucked me in for good. An underrated one was the Super Mario RPG for SNES.
The one game series that a lot of my friends as a young kid played that I never got into was Castlevania.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
How about Rampage? The giant lizard and ape smashing buildings, eating civilians, fighting off tanks and choppers and police froces.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
still room? shoot me a link.
I forwarded invites to your live.com email
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I’ll get in if all are welcome. Link?
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
How about Rampage? The giant lizard and ape smashing buildings, eating civilians, fighting off tanks and choppers and police forces.
what a great way to waste a saturday afternoon at Peter Piper pizza after 7th and 8th grade football games. That was my first great video game/money problem. I really needed quarters for that one.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Ha ha! This was on the other day and I just had to watch for a few minutes. The giant croc was in the city. I seriously had no idea how low budget and shitty those movies were. This massive croc would go into the water, but there would be no ripples. It was fascinating.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
I’ll get in if all are welcome. Link?
he specifically said not you.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
i really only have the time or attention span for madden games now, unfortunately. damn growing up and responsibilities.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I’ve always secretly hated that stupid sweater vest gravatar of his.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I’m doing all my picks on Tuesday this year.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I’ve got it set up to where you don’t get hosed if you get up late either. The deadline to enter picks is 5 minutes before each game starts.
Lisk, I’ll e-mail you the link for that and the survival league.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Sharktopus was pretty good. Sharks in Venice with Billy Baldwin is outstanding.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
jck can you DM me those as well, would be much appreciated.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
I just caved and ate the last remaining donut sitting in the break room. There goes my daily fat intake. I feel weak. I have (had) gone weeks without eating junk food.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
I’m doing all my picks on Tuesday this year.
I remember that not working out so well for Matthew McConaghey in some shitty movie where he liked to work out a lot, and said “woo” all the time. I think Al Pacino received a paycheck for that movie, too.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Uh huh. I burned through many, many hours with that and Zelda on my Game Boy.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Oh, and I’m not sure about all the mechanics or if Stephen has had a change of heart, but I think we will just do one picks against the spread segment where I join Pigskin Pigsplosion on Thursdays.
I think the tentative plan is that Stephen plays the straight man and I provide all the comic relief.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Two things:
1) Cheat days are ok
2) I thought you wanted to put on weight? You’re supposed to eat a lot. Fat intake helps this.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
3) Donuts are fucking awesome
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
2) I thought you wanted to put on weight? You’re supposed to eat a lot. Fat intake helps this.
Oh, I do eat a lot. I bring in extra turkey & pb&j sandwiches to eat throughout the day. I just don’t think these donuts had any redeeming caloric value. I was half kidding. I’ll live.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
3) Donuts are fucking awesome
This is true. So bad for you though. So very bad.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
We talked about this on twitter before, but FF VI/3 is my favorite game of all time, and I’ve been playing video games since 1987 (5 years old).
You should also check out the new Castlevania game they released last year on PS3, game mechanics are like God of War, but the game has that Castlevania type setting and is pretty damn challenging.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I thought you wanted to put on weight?
who has trouble with this? I’ve never found that to be a problem.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Holy shit I forgot about this. Those two words just made my weekend. I look forward to more Rex photoshops involving a pig.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
3) Donuts are fucking awesome
custard filled with chocolate icing on top are my particular weakness. That’s probably triple bad.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
It’s quite easy. Although I’ve lost six pounds this week without much trying.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:56 AM
!
Shoot me your e-mail on here or DM me on Twitter, SD
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Stop it right the hell now.
/stomach growls
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
who has trouble with this? I’ve never found that to be a problem.
people with high metabolism such as myself. I could eat 6 pizzas a day and not gain much weight.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Boston Creme
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
I hate you.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
No problem, Cleet.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
I like to keep it simple with a nice Long John. Cinnamon swirl donuts are also very good.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Boston Cream, ftw!
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
people with high metabolism such as myself. I could eat 6 pizzas a day and not gain much weight.
I hate you.
meh.. it’s not as sweet as it sounds. I wouldn’t gain much weight, but I would just be skinny-fat if all I ate was junk.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
There’s a place around the corner from me that makes homemade, amazing donuts. Not your grocery store stuff.
I like donuts, but I never crave them. Which is good because that place has breakfast “specials” that includes a breakfast sub, tater tots, and a choice of donut.
September 2nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
oh snap!
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Sweet rolls >>>> donuts
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Love love love. My in laws put candles in a Boston Cream pie for my bday one year. I love them.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
HOMER!
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Sweet rolls >>>> donuts
blasphemy.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Thanks jck, Dirt already took care of it though.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Sweet rolls, donuts, muffins, bagels = NOM
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Dunkin Donuts >>>>> Your donut place
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I love a good blueberry muffin. Those muffins though.. .they try to trick you into thinking they’re not as bad for you as donuts with their “berries.” Not true.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Dunkin Donuts >>>>> Your donut place
My youngest brother who’s still in HS works at a dunkin donuts. You wouldn’t think DD is as great as it is if you heard what goes down behind the scenes.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
This is bullshit. No more food talk. I’m about to hit up the cafeteria.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
…Every donut you’ve ever eaten from DD is frozen and then re-heated in a microwave a couple hours before you buy it.
Their coffee is good though. Although they serve it wayyyy too hot.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Dunks beats out every other donut chain. However it can’t hold a candle to a homemade donut from a real bakery. You know, the ones that cost like $2 a piece.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Correct.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Ignorance is bliss, my friend.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Stop it right now!!
Truth. Pizza is the same. You can find good pizza lots of places. How much you want to pay for it is the question.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Just got all types of fat in here.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Krispy Kreme takes epic, diabetic dumps on Dunkin.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Krispy Kreme takes epic, diabetic dumps on Dunkin
Krispy Kreme has 1 donut. No variety. I’ll pass.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:26 AM
That’s not true, don’t spread your donut lies here
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:29 AM
That’s not true, don’t spread your donut lies here
Oh. The only Krispy Kreme I’ve been to just had the glazed donuts coming off the conveyor belt. It went out of business about a year after it opened though. My apologies to the donut connoisseur out there for my libel.