Roundup: Kurt Busch Fired by Penske, Tiger Woods Won a Golf Tournament & Phoenix Will Waive Vince Carter
Jennifer Lopez … Jill Martin of the Today Show in a bikini … “Teacher in trouble after alleged panty party with young girls” … big fan of this Friday Night Lights themed tattoo … the history of the LA Times front page … “Driver rams into “The Booze it and Lose it” unit … you need to start saving for retirement … no indictment for McDonald’s worker in beating … here’s Michael Buble’s wife modeling in her bra/underwear … Yahoo closed some entertainment blogs … Madonna is performing at halftime of the Super Bowl … “couple on bath salts abandon 4-year-old at Walmart ” … lady dumps boiling water on ex-husband in his bed …
Tiger Woods won a Golf tournament you’ve never heard of! Obviously, he’s back! It only took him 749 days to win one! [Golf Digest]
A lot of guns were purchased on Black Friday. [AP]
Penske fired Kurt Busch. This outburst had a lot to do with it. [That's Racin]
The Suns plan to waive Vince Carter this week. [ESPN]
Wichita State 89, UNLV 70 in a mild surprise. [Sun]
Cam Newton’s two rushing TDs against the Bucs helped him set an NFL record. [Observer]
Manny Ramirez wants to return to baseball? [LA Times]
Tulane has found its new football coach: Curtis Johnson, the wide receivers’ coach of the Saints. [NOLA]
Sportswriter Allen Wilson passed away over the weekend after losing a battle with leukemia. [Buffalo News]
Pat Hill had a good 15-year run with Fresno State, but the Bulldogs fired him Sunday. [Bee]
On a Sunday that involved a Jets’ rally, a Tebow rally, and Aaron Rodgers heroics … the 49ers clinched the NFC West. [Mercury News]
Would it make sense for the Orlando Magic to trade for Chris Paul? [CBS Sports]
Dayne Crist, Notre Dame’s starting QB at the beginning of the season, is transferring. [Tribune]
“GZA, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, met with scientists at MIT to do research for his next album.” [Boston Globe]
“Police in Vermont say a woman who might have been angry about a dead raccoon left on a street took its bloody carcass to City Hall and angrily slammed it against the building’s doors.” [AP]
Urban Meyer got kicked out of a high school baseball game for arguing balls/strikes 30 years ago. The score of the game was 39-0, and his team was winning. [Dispatch]
San Diego State’s football program will probably join the Big East; the other SDSU sports will join the … Big West? [Union Trib]
Clayton Kershaw is a Taylor Swift fan. [ESPN LA]
Olivia Munn seems nice. I think I’ve said that before, but what else is there to say after viewing this video?
Here’s some grainy footage of JR Smith of the Nuggets exploding for 52 points and 22 rebounds in a game in China last week.
An expensive car accident featuring … Ferraris.
- LeBron James’ Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- Paul George Hit a Ridiculous 3 to Send it Into Overtime After Throwing the Ball Away Moments Earlier [Video]
- Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- Shane Battier Kneed Roy Hibbert in the Balls [Video]
- Chuck Norris Wants a NFL Team to Sign Tim Tebow Because He is a Winner Like Chuck Norris
- Quietgoesthedon on LeBron James' Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- knifeyspoony on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- wildcat1144 on LeBron James' Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
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December 5th, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Howdy?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Is this a thing? Has anyone heard of this?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Yaaaaay, Madonna at halftime. Will they ever book someone you could believe might watch football? Or at least still relevant?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
You know, I see everybody complaining about LSU and Alabama, but why isn’t anyone upset about Michigan? Teams 6 and 7 spots ahead of them didn’t get a Sugar Bowl bid but they did. Because they’re Michigan and Kansas State is not. Heaven forbid some jackass in New York City doesn’t want to watch Kansas State and the Michigan game would get a .2 ratings boost.
And you might not think it’s a big deal, but tell that to the Big 12. They got screwed out of $20 million dollars because Michigan gets preferential treatment.
/bring it on
//I’m a big boy
December 5th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Will they ever book someone you could believe might watch football?
I know for a fact Madonna loves parlaying home dogs with the over.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:40 AM
don’t tell me what to do! I fully plan on depending on the local, state, and federal government to subsidize my lifestyle and healthcare when I stop working.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:40 AM
That is a fantastic sentence to read.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:40 AM
“Police in Vermont say a woman who might have been angry about a dead raccoon left on a street took its bloody carcass to City Hall and angrily slammed it against the building’s doors.”
they never pick up anything dead around here, outside of roadkill moose (to eat) and dead bears (for the pelt). There was a dead skunk in the road this summer, until it was fully and completely decomposed. You just get used to driving by the same deer carcass every day for a calendar year.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Good job by him
December 5th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
/dougies
Was banging this drum loud on twitter last night. Will the NFL ever get someone at least someone relevant a la Foo Fighters?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:42 AM
ok Tiger, now that you’ve won and justified your “hard work & dedication to the game of golf” go back under the rock you crawled out from under.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Well, which is it?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:43 AM
I’m upset about Alabama, Michigan, Virginia Tech, etc. All of them. It’s not that we don’t know it’s just a big money grab but now they are waving it right in our faces. And like many said in the thread yesterday, we will still sit and watch and that’s why they do stuff like this, because we will accept it.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Where do you live, Clay?
My ability to care about mediocre football programs with self-satisfying traditions is at an all-time low.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
The NFL wants performers that bring in non-football watching demographics, hence the trainwrecks they bring in.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Was banging this drum loud on twitter last night. Will the NFL ever get someone at least someone relevant a la Foo Fighters?
Always a fun game — what bands will be big/relevant enough to play the Super Bowl in 10 years. In most cases the act was huge and now are in the twilight of their prime (The Who, Rolling Stones, Prince, Madonna) — in some cases it’s a cheesy pop act which you could never predict. Green Day, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters are all big enough to play the Super Bowl at some point.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:45 AM
I think you’re just choosing to ignore all the people that actually are complaining about Michigan.
But to answer your question for those who don’t seem to care: Michigan isn’t playing for the National Title.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Against a bunch of people that YOU’VE never heard of.
/some guy’d
December 5th, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Wow, not a Tiger fan, huh?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Say it isn’t so!
December 5th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
I like this sentence.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Where do you live, Clay?
use your context clues
At what point today do we start laughing about how stupid Jason Garrett is? And I guess Romo, too. But mostly Garrett.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
they never pick up anything dead around here, outside of roadkill moose (to eat) and dead bears (for the pelt). There was a dead skunk in the road this summer, until it was fully and completely decomposed. You just get used to driving by the same deer carcass every day for a calendar year.
Once saw a deer on the side of the road that had been painted over when they redid the white line.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
LeBatard dated Jill Martin for a while. Has her on the show every now and then. Nice bod
December 5th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Good. Those stupid, drunk women deserved that McBeatdown
December 5th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
I always assumed Texas, but I didn’t think there were moose there…
December 5th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
you had to be top 50 in the world to be invited to the tournament…it’s not an official money list event but probably had more top 50 players in the field than the european tour and asian tour events combined.
also, i think it’s incredibly telling that if some skank came out with a rumor about tiger, it was worth 10 posts on it’s own but when he does the thing that’s the only reason he’s famous, it gets one line in the roundup. pretty disgusting.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
I hate the self-fulfilling prophecy part of it. Everybody says Michigan deserves it because of RATINGS!. But then K-State never gets a chance to prove that it can get RATINGS! too. So of course Michigan’s going to get higher ratings. I don’t see a weekly feature about Bill Snyder on College Football Gameday, but we’ll hear about Brady Hoke is a “Michigan Man.”
And now Michigan and the B1G get 20 million dollars to perpetuate their bullshit mythology. That’s why it’s never going to change and nobody will give a shit about Kansas State even if it wins 50 straight games.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Madonna is performing at halftime of the Super Bowl
Could be worse…could be Nickelback again.
here’s Michael Buble’s wife modeling in her bra/underwear
Cool dude, cool career, went all in with a hot model…I should hate him, but I don’t.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
None whatsoever since he won’t re-sign. He wants to go to NY, so that’s where he’ll go.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Just an abortion those last 30 seconds.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Would it make sense for the Orlando Magic to trade for Chris Paul?
If they’re going to lose Dwight Howard anyway, why not go all in for a title this year? Get CP3 and pair him, get them to tear through the East and, if they win it all, turn around and say to each “Stay together. We can offer you the max each. And you’ll both win titles for the next decade.”
Hell, why aren’t the Hornets doing this?!
December 5th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
That’s pretty much it at this point honestly…Radiohead would not work for many reasons. Tool would feel it would be a sell-out.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Because they’re owned by the NBA. It’s in their selfish best interest to get CP3 the hell out of dodge.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:53 AM
how’s that new saddle on your highhorse? I heard you had it reupholstered to cut down on chaffing.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Bath salts are starting to become an issue in a few towns outside of Indy. You hear some messed up stories about people when they are on it.
Whatever happened to simple pot smoking and shrooms?
/how I long for the good ole days.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Who do you think Orlando could trade for Paul that wouldn’t kill their ability to compete? It’s not like the league would just take Orlando’s garbage and give them CP. He and Howard alone can’t win anything (see Heat, Miami).
December 5th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
we will still sit and watch and that’s why they do stuff like this, because we will accept it.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Clay lives in one of those New England states that wants to secede from the Union. That, or Frostbite Falls.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
How exactly do you take a bath salt?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
cmon over brother. we got plenty of those.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Do you remember who the Hornets when they were forced to dump Baron Davis, Jamal Mashburn, and Jamal Magloire? Besides a bunch of salary dumps who just went back to their original teams or some other contenders?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Because they’re owned by the NBA. It’s in their selfish best interest to get CP3 the hell out of dodge.
I agree with the first part. If the Hornets are owned by anyone but the league, then Demps could sell the idea of adding a max contract guy like Howard. NBA will want to keep costs low until it sells.
As for the second part, I disagree for the exact same reason. Having one of the 10 best players in the league increases the value of the team.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
It would be a move with the sole purpose of trying to win a title this year. And it might work.
CP3 + Dwight and a few decent pieces (they’d still have the full midlevel, I believe) might just be enough to win it all.
Then both of them walk, and the rebuild begins.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
You can count on human beings for one thing. There is no substance we won’t sniff, snort, eat, or stick in some orifice in an attempt to get high.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
He didn’t promise to do anything about it, he just said he thought there should be a playoff. But CFB is funded and lobbied just as slimily as Congress and Obama hasn’t handled that too well so I doubt the BCS will be on his plate.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
1) run a warm bath.
2) pour some salts in there.
3) allow them to dissolve.
4) soak in your own filth.
5) ???
6) profit.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:00 AM
a sorry ass NC rematch, RGIII wont get the heisman even though he should..college football is crapping on everyone right now.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
/high fives Spencer
//dougies
December 5th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
They don’t have the pieces to make that trade.Something like this is much more realistic.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
I guess it beats the alternative.
/ Bobbitt’d
December 5th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Per uptodate.com
Sounds like a winner to me.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Nelson, Bass, and Ryan Anderson plus a couple of first round picks starting in 2013 (when Dwight leaves, those picks will be very high and valuable).
That’s not a great haul but certainly better than anything the Knicks could offer.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
4) soak in your own filth.
5)
???play the payoffs6) profit.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Kansas State, Boise State and Arkansas got screwed the most. Michigan and Va Tech have no business being in BCS bowls, but as you said, it’s about eyeballs and money. It’s fitting that Mich and VaTech got in this year, though, as the voters clearly chose not ignore which team had the best resume’ (Oklahoma State) in favor of which team they wanted to play in the game (Bama).
December 5th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
So no extension for Paul?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Anyone watch Next Iron Chef last night? Flipped between that and the game. That’s what happens when you call down the thunder from Zakarian.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Don’t spoil!!!! Have it on the DVR and going to watch with the wife tonight.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Sorry, should have included the ALERT.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Is this a joke?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
As it stands now, the only BCS bowls worth a shit are the Rose, Fiesta and the Title game. The sugar pits two above average teams against each other, and the Orange is tied to the dead weight that is the Big East champ. Hell, at least Clemson is entertaining.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
For some reason it feels like TNIC is fixed to me. Always seems like the better cook off dish gets booted.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
No one got jobbed like PSU. Dropped to 7th Big Ten pick thanks to something that has nothing to do with the season. Iowa, OSU and NW (all teams PSU beat and had 2+ less wins) were chosen ahead of them.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
I doubt NYC finds enough interest in LSU/Alabama to blow a fart at. K State’s biggest issue is that no one outside of the other Manhattan wants them.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Watching Tiger’s interview yesterday after his win, I thought it was very, very clear that he had a fake tooth installed at some point. So we know that Elin got him pretty good that fateful night in 2009.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Next Iron Chef is awesome. There is one chef still there that I simply don’t understand. That chef has done less than dick all season and keeps on keepin’ on. It’s bullshit.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
i wouldn’t say no one…
December 5th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Michigan will draw many more casual viewers than KSU or Boise. Allstate is spending a shitload of money to be the Sugar Bowl sponsor, and demands viewers in return. Arkansas wasn’t getting in because other conferences want their share of the $20+ million that each BCS team is worth.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Those little boys getting ass fucked disagree. Penn State was a PR nightmare. No one wanted to go near them.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
I know why Michigan was chosen. I just wish talent meant more. Michigan kind of blows. Their best win is against an even worse Nebraska team…who is going to get smacked around by South Carolina.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Tiger made low seven figures doing something sorta sports-related. Stand together, brother!
December 5th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
since they like older, geriatric rock bands i’m hoping AC/DC gets the call soon.
otherwise, foo fighters would be fantastic.
probably end up with James Taylor’s smooth acoustic stylings next year. It will be a really nice time. very nice.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
He’d leave after the season, too.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Well the person I thought they had it in for was kicked off last night so I don’t know if I agree.
It has everything to do with the institution and the football program. PSU is lucky to even get to go to a bowl game.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
My sister works at PSU and she told me that all of the “canners” for THON (for those not from this area, THON is a huge fundraisr for PSU where you raise money and people dance for an entire weekend, people from PSU could explain a little better) were told specific things to say to people when they make Sandusky comments.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
I want this puppy. So cute.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Except CUSA, because Houston gagged so badly.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Feeling good about my “you are crazy if you take New England -20.5″ pick from the weekend. Belichick at this point is basically holding open tryouts on the team for the starting safety and LCB spots.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
I’m fully expecting A&M to hire Kevin Sumlin today even after he got destroyed by a better coach with a much better defense and better execution.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Here’s a trade that gets the Magic Chris Paul.
New Orleans gets Steve Nash for 1 more year before he’s out and they have cap space. The Suns get cheaper and younger at the point (plus I’m sure someone can throw in a pick or something) and the Magic get CP3.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
My brother saw them in concert last year and said it was one of the best shows he’d ever seen. I was quite jealous.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
do they have a name that carries them on?
i watched the first episode and was incredibly underwhelmed.
if they do a next iron chef they should have a bracket system and they have to beat all the iron chef’s to ascend to the title of “iron chef”.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
I am by no means diminishing what occurred relative to your first statement, but it had nothing to do with the season/this team.
As for PR nightmare, bowl games like the Outback and Gator Bowls are known for their hardhitting journalism coverage.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
And that game they had with Notre Dame where nobody knew how to play pass defense was a “Classic,” but the LSU/Alabama 9-6 game was boring and doesn’t deserve to be played again.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Michigan deserved to be in the BCS as much as VaTech did. At least Michigan beat a team ranked in the CS top 20, I don’t think VaTech did
December 5th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I agree with what Spencer said earlier but I’ll go in a different route – how or why are we supposed to take anything else said on this blog seriously, if this is deemed a legitimate stance around here. Tiger won a golf tournament I’m not going to worry about researching against a bunch of players I don’t care about knowing…but pay the players in a playoff because everything else is stupid and I should know because look at my resume or stance on… ?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
since they like older, geriatric rock bands i’m hoping AC/DC gets the call soon.
My brother saw them in concert last year and said it was one of the best shows he’d ever seen. I was quite jealous.
Caught them in ’95 in Memphis. Couldn’t hear right for about a week. Them short, old dudes know how to ROCK! \m/
I am by no means diminishing what occurred relative to your first statement, but it had nothing to do with the season/this team.
As we’ve just seen with UM and Va Tech, what you do this year only matters so much. Name recognition matters just as much…and PSU is right now, unfortunately, recognized for all the wrong reasons. I hate to say it (because it sounds so insensitive) but this is part of the price that PSU is going to have to pay.
Welcome to college football wasteland.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Fleet, that same Chef had their book advertised at least once every commercial break, so he/she certainly got their money’s worth.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
JoePa was the coach at the beginning of this season. McQueary was on the staff. I know the players had nothing to do with it but that to me is not a good enough argument for not getting a better bowl.
I highly enjoyed that game, I just wish the result had….ya know….meant something.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
*Cleet
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
PR and journalism aren’t the same thing, brah. You want a good bowl game? Tell your dumb shit (ex) coach not to slow foot his friend raping children. Fuck Penn State. They got a bowl game and that’s good enough.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
That would be awesome. As long as they bring back Cat Cora so everyone could beat her, then it would be even more enjoyable. The Flay/Simon/Morimoto bracket would be damn near impossible.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
I assume the Festivus pole is up today so that the BCS grievances can be aired. I’m thrilled with all the games that don’t involve and ACC or Big East team.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Definitely. All these chefs have gotten great exposure but I guess they deserve it. The way the other chefs talked about Samuelson I’m guessing he makes some pretty awesome food.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
yeah, but at least the celebrity chefs would have a leg up on normal competition against those guys, considering Flay at least gets favoritism for being bobby flay. i’m conviced if you stack up his dishes with a competitors and it’s a blind test, he’d lose more frequently.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Because a coach from 15 years ago is a scumbag? That does seem highly relevant to this years players.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Two teams that struggle offensively at times. I hardly think either will smack the other around.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Samuelson was my dark horse. The bald judge seemed to have it in for him. Seems like a cool guy, Swedish-African is quite the combo.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Tell that to USC, coop. Their current roster of players has more of a gripe about the postseason than yours.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
meh. People should be more irate about the ACC getting two BCS bids.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Also the Cotton Bowl is low key an awesome match up. Though I kinda would have rather played Baylor.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
That would kick ass.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Of the non-BCS games, there are some decent games.
Cotton
Outback
Capital One
Champs Sports
Las Vegas
Ticket City
Insight
Holiday
The Urban Bowl isn’t a decent game as both teams are terrible to watch, but it’s kind of car-crash-esque.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
This year’s PSU players learned an important life lesson, you often suffer the consequences of other more powerful people’s screw ups.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Your head coach, your AD and the administration covered it up. The players had nothing to do with it but they do play for Penn State so they get affected by what happens to it. Scumbag? No, the guy who was your DC for years WAS RAPING BOYS ON YOUR INSTITUTIONS CAMPUS. AND YOUR LEGENDARY COACH WAS TOLD ABOUT IT A DECADE AGO. Take your shitty bowl invite and be happy with it.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
James Taylor is awesome though.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
And also, if you witness child rape, for God’s sake, call the cops.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Michigan will draw many more casual viewers than KSU or Boise.
Does Michigan still have casual viewers? You would think after 4 years of crap the casual viewers would hitch their bandwagon to some trendy team that’s actually good.
/Oh yeah, old people. Never mind.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
It’s a nice story line with Stoops and Ferentz having both coached under Hayden Fry, but the Hawkeyes are going to get housed in that game.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Boy, I see the high horses are back out today. Once again, let the facts come out and stop pretending like the grand jury report is the word of god.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
I have a vision, and that vision includes Taylor Martinez getting his ass handed to him by Ingram, Clowney and Taylor. I think Burkhead can move the chains as running at SC works, but when NEB has to pass the ball shit will be comical. On the flip side, SC’s offense is coming around now that they know what Shaw can and can’t do. Factor that in with Nebraska not have a very good defense and things could get ugly (14-17 point loss).
December 5th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Is this the thread where I can point and laugh at BCS apologists or is it later?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Bath salts have been against the law here since January.
Good for Tiger. The look on Zach Johnson’s face when Tiger sank the putt was priceless.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Jan. 2 is going to be an awesome day of CFB. The rest of the “big” bowl games outside the Cotton Bowl are meh until the title game.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
now that paterno was fired, this is soooo 3 weeks ago.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Houston’s QB threw 9 TD passes in a game. PSU’s QB’s threw 9 TD’s all season.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
agreed. sweet that it is friday night in primetime. I kind of wanted the Hogs to play OU just to bitchslap them around a bit.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
No, it’s much better to get the rage out on a blog in the most uninformed fashion possible.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Garces beat him when they faced one another before Garces became IC. Both times a chef from Philly went to Iron Chef, they’ve won (Vetri beat Simon as well).
December 5th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
It’s going to fucking suck, though. The Cap One, Outback and Gator all start at the same fucking time.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
PEDOPHILIA TALK!!! How I’ve missed the.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
helmets.
/duffy’d
December 5th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Go for it. I stand by my comment from last night. The two best teams are playing for the chance to be #1. They got it right. Again.
The lesson, as always, is don’t ever lose to Iowa State. Please take note, Misters Ferentz and Gundy.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Olivia Munn seems nice. I think I’ve said that before, but what else is there to say after viewing this video?
This went past with all the BCS talk, but I think Olivia is a hot minute away from Playboy. Her TV show tanked. She’s the worst thing in The Daily Show. Her options? Back to the geeks on G4 (oh wait, they got the blonde Playboy chick now).
So I guess Playboy is it.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
You’re right. Absolutely right.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Maybe you’re right.
Did the Russian judge get a chance to vote? They are notoriously difficult.
Oh, sorry. I thought we were talking about figure skating and not college football. I get the two easily confused.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
your first mistake was taking something the proprietor said seriously. your second mistake was taking something the proprietor said seriously.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
I still think OKST should have gone. The resume needs to matter, and theirs was head and shoulders above Bama’s. I think Bama is the better of the two teams, but I think you need to reward resumes. This is just another year where a plus-one would be epic. It wouldn’t solve everything, as no system is perfect, but it would alleviate so much pressure.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
He had 3 rushing TD yesterday
December 5th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
She’s really, really hot.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Poor Sparty. Tough way to lose. I would have much preferred to have seen UW do that to Michigan, and MSU gotten the Sugar Bowl bid. Better team. Funny, both Alabama and Michigan did themselves a favor by losing to the best teams they played this year.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Having a discussion in the office this morning, your opinions are needed. What’s the expiration date on asking out a girl one of your buddies used to date? I said dividing in half the time the two dated (i.e. 1 year, wait 6 months).
December 5th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
The Kyle Orton era ended barely as it began.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
yeah, i remember seeing that.
i can’t even watch an IC when Flay is competing, i mean, he could serve up three day old room temp haddock and still get top marks for presentation, taste and creativity.
still think he’s january jones’ baby daddy.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Yes. Lots of them. All over the country.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
But that’s how I remember it from when I was a kid. It’s a fball bonanza and you just have to switch between all of them.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
If they had shown any sign of life against OSU I would agree, but the injuries have made OU a shell of its former self. It would have been fiun to beat them because of their name, but Kansas State should make for a much better game.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Oh, sorry. I thought we were talking about figure skating and not college football. I get the two easily confused.
Hey, this is the system college football wants. Mike Slive proposed the “plus one” and got shouted down by everyone but the ACC.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
How long did they date? If they dated for a while (year or longer) I’m not sure I’d ever ask. Plenty other options in this big world.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
I felt so bad for him. One play, it’s a goddamn flea flicker, and he’s hurt. I’m not entirely sure which exhibition of quarterbacking was worse. Todd Collins vs. Jimmy Clausen/Matt Moore from last year or yesterday’s epic Palko vs. Hanie display.
I miss Jay Cutler. I miss him a lot.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
What’s the expiration date on asking out a girl one of your buddies used to date?
If it was anything more than a fling I wouldn’t ask at all.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
So true.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Exactly. The Big 10, Big 12 and Pac 12 fans can kindly shut the fuck up. The ACC and SEC wanted a plus one and the other three leagues that matter didn’t even want to entertain the idea. Fuck em.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
not really.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
definitely. all the Gaytor fans here in my office are all riled up hoping that Meyer shows up. one of them spent 10 minutes at the door of my cubicle talking about how Urban might coach Ohio State in their bowl game following the season he left Florida. he was spitting mad.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
BCS apologists are one step removed from beauty pageant moms who claim pageants are good for growth and self-esteem.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Tiger Woods, bitches!
and don’t belittle the field, TBL. it was stacked.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
whatever it is, it’s not nearly as soon as the expiration date on the friednship with the buddy.
if it’s a clean break and they are both reasonably cool people who don’t get emotional about this stuff, go nuts.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
/lights candle for Matt Forte’s knee
//blows out candle on Bears’ postseason chances
December 5th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Dan Patrick just threw out the idea that the Saints could be after Peyton Manning if the Colts release him once they draft Andrew Luck.
uh…WTF?!
December 5th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Exactly, the conversation used to circle around resumes when talking down Boise but now it’s okay to use the ol’ eye test since Alabama is old money…this is the least satisfying championship game since OU got in after being spanked by Darren Sproles
December 5th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Something about her bugs me. I’m not that attracted to her so I find her more annoying than charming.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Daniel Snyder’s daughters are named Tiffanie and Brittanie. That is all.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Hilarious.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
“car crash” is a bad description for OSU/florida since neither teams can get their cars started.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Yeah he does get a little bit of a boost for his name, but his food is tasty at the Flay restaurants I’ve been to in AC & NYC. Simon & Morimoto are the best chefs and I love Garces because I’m a homer and have seen him several times at his Philly restaurnants.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
oh, and rollllll tide.
/fuck you haters
December 5th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
She’s really, really hot.
not really.
She’s attractive and she manages to convince guys that she’s totally cool with their video game fixation — which I’m betting she’s not.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
They need to win in Denver next week, with Oakland likely to lose at Lambeau the rest of the league needs to band together to keep Tebow out of the playoffs (although there is something funny about the idea of Pittsburgh going there in Round 1 to destroy them)
December 5th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I hate Tiger but that was a respectable win, because pros are motivated by cash and there was some serious cash at stake. Last year GMac was playing the best golf in the world at that time and won, so I’ll begrudge Tiger a modicum of props, even if he sets the course up.
/Needs to beat a full field and make Late Sunday some putts on championship-calibur greens under duress first before “he’s back”
December 5th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
depends on how bad he tattered her windsock and how often you heard about it.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
It’s applicable for any bowl game involving a B1G team that doesn’t involve Wisconsin. That Rose Bowl should be really fun. I don’t see Wisconsin being able to keep up with Oregon’s offense, but it’ll be entertaining to watch nonetheless.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
That’s as good as anything.
I was just never one of those guys that could ask out a buddy’s ex-GF. It felt like I was violating some non-existent bro-code. That, and I always knew there were many ladies out there available to turn me down that didn’t go out with one of my friends.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
probably the most asinine thing i’ve ever heard.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
She’s attractive and she manages to convince guys that she’s totally cool with their video game fixation — which I’m betting she’s not.
she’s horribly unfunny on the daily show. That’s one show where just being a pretty face doesn’t get you a free pass. swing and a miss by stewart there.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Condolences.
That’s around the time Saban was quoted as saying you should win your conference to play for the title.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Agreed. It’s really hard for me to figure out how Alabama is in over Ok St.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Someone on the radio said it best in Atlanta today. Gundy was guilty of being an innocent man. He played it correctly by saying the right things before the game and stating his case after beating OU, but had he been pounding the table of OKST I think it would have made a difference, especially since the gap was so narrow between 2 and 3. I think Bama would beat OKST by 10 or more, but to me that’s not the point. Until we have a playoff, resumes need to be the most important if each team has the same record.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Ah yes. I remember that as part of the BCS selection criteria on the ESPN program last night.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Florida can’t even pop the clutch.
/no hills down hyah
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
The dream is dead, Butters. I’m not even sure the Bears will win another football game this year. Matt Forte and Jay Cutler are the two most vital pieces of the entire offense. They scored 3 points at home against the Chiefs. Unless Tebow gives the Bears defense 14 points, they aren’t winning that game.
Caleb Hanie takes longer to get rid of the ball than Bill Cartwright shooting a free throw. He holds it for-fucking-ever.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
He never actually said that, though. It was originated by OKST fans on message boards.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
I believe that quote was proven to be a hoax but because Saban is a sleaze it was easy to believe
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Oops. Guilty on being an honest man, not innocent.
/fucking monday’s
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
me neither, but wisconsin’s got the kind of offense that can keep oregon’s offense on the sidelines for large chunks of time.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
all the Gaytor fans here in my office
Condolences.
I’m envisioning lots of smoking breaks and lots of mom jeans on casual fridays.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Alabama benefitted by the SEC being judged by its past instead of by this year. This year’s SEC doesn’t have the team depth that it has enjoyed in recent years. In this situation, this year, Alabama should have been judged by not winning their Conference as opposed to being judged by playing in the best conference in the country.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I did (would) never date a girl a buddy dated. I’m not a fan of being around other guys who have slept with my gf/wife.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
The NFC is so bad. Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit are going to battle it out for 3 playoff spots this year, and all of them are so average it’s sad. Dallas is lead by an idiot for a QB, Atlanta doesn’t have a QB who can throw a deep ball or WRs who can catch them when they hit them square in the hands, CHI has no one, period, due to injuries and DET is more likely to start a brawl than play pass defense.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
I love the way ESPN and Allstate act like they’re going to go bankrupt and they’re going to get a 0.2 rating if they picked Kansas State. Come on, people. Don’t they have a primetime game with a captive college football audience going up against reruns? Seriously, any college game would get a good number that night.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
bingo.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
I’m not sure whether more outrage should be directed at the title game or the inclusion of Virginia Tech.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Agree. That’s a great matchup. The Fiesta is a kick ass matchup, too. Should be loads of offense, that’s for sure.
Exactly. Well said.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Does Michigan still have casual viewers?
i dont think so. who the hell casually wants to watch them? dont know anyone down here who does.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Well said.
I concur. I think Snoop Dog does too when he addressed Sadie, who used to be his homeboy’s lady.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Having a discussion in the office this morning, your opinions are needed. What’s the expiration date on asking out a girl one of your buddies used to date? I said dividing in half the time the two dated (i.e. 1 year, wait 6 months).Date her on the sly soon enough so some other guy doesn’t lock her up. But then let your buddy in on the fact afterwards. Then just explain “it just kinda happened” and buy him a shot.
/”it’s a sliding scale, really”
December 5th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Having a discussion in the office this morning, your opinions are needed. What’s the expiration date on asking out a girl one of your buddies used to date? I said dividing in half the time the two dated (i.e. 1 year, wait 6 months).
Here’s the thing: unless she’s really, really, really attractive, I wouldn’t do it. Because every time you see your buddy, he’ll have that look that says “You know I tapped that.” And every time you mention going out with her to a fancy restaurant, he’ll give you that look that says “You know I tapped that in the kitchen. The dishwashers saw us. They took photos.” And when you mention you’re going to her childhood home for Xmas, he’ll give you that look that says “You know I tapped that in her kiddie bed.”
December 5th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
I didn’t watch any of the OU-OSU game, but yeah, name wise I would just like to beat those smug assholes from OU. I’m not all that convinced that K-State is all that good either. McGee isn’t coaching in the bowl game, I wonder how that will affect the team.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
It’s a common theme this year, though. They simply ignored resumes and put Mich, VaTech and Bama into games they had no business being in.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Compared to the AFC? Tim Tebow is leading a team to the playoffs, for Christ’s sake. You have the Patriots, Steelers and shit.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
I think Snoop Dog does too when he addressed Sadie, who used to be his homeboy’s lady
Oh, THAT bitch?!
December 5th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
All of this.
Really, there are many, many other people out there to date.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
lol @ 182
December 5th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
All of the teams are down, really. But I do think the NFC is worse. Alex Smith is leading the second best team right now. Alex.Mother Fucking.Smith.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
The ACC collectively had to be firing their guns in the air about this. DOuble the revenue shared. And for the shitty product of football they put on the field this year. I imagine all the boxes of sparklers in the greater Greensboro area were lit last night.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
They have a higher BCS rating than Michigan, and the only team they lost to is in the BCS.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
The Walmart Wolverines with their GEDs will tell you they have a national following.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
The Ginger that went to Princeton is the real idiot.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
The NFC is the stronger conference but because this is pro sports I don’t view this as a source of pride but rather an annoyance…a 49er-Saints game in the bay could be all sorts of fun in the Divisional Round seeing if they can slow down Brees & Friends
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Speaking of that, who do you think we should get to replace him?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
The NFC is so bad that they have the 3 best teams in the NFL
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
All of this… I also have never dated anyone I knew for more than a week, or was ever friends with or worked with. Much easier to be able to date, extract yourself cleanily when it doesnt work, and never have to see her again, worry about having mutual friends, having the new gf get jealous etc.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
You have the Patriots, Steelers and shit.
pats are going to get bit in the ass with that d. dan orlovsky should not be putting up 24 on you at any time. steelers are hard to figure out, ravens suck b/c flacco sucks, texans are too goosed this year. yeah, the afc sucks.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Oh, and for the record, this doesn’t involve me. I am a scumbag, but I’m a taken scumbag as of the current moment. Just trying to facilitate more opinions than just mine for a co-worker. I gave him the green light. His situation involves a friend that dated this girl for like 6 months or so last year. I said go for it.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Alex Smith is leading the second best team right now. Alex.Mother Fucking.Smith.
He’s having a pretty decent year though. It’s not like their winning in spite of him. NFC isn’t really good, but neither is the AFC. Texans? Baltimore? Patriots? Bengals? Meh.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
The Walmart Wolverines with their GEDs will tell you they have a national following.
not down here. and i think the south is a tad more populous than the midwest, so i dont see the ratings side of the argument here.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Virgina Tech, without a doubt dr tom
December 5th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
You just want the Niners to knock out the Saints so the Packers don’t have to beat them twice this year. Be honest. New Orleans in the biggest threat to Green Bay. Even in January at Lambeau.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
They picked up yet another guy off waivers to start, and now have TWO wide recievers that have seen time at defensive back. The Patriots’ problem is that they overcome this shit in the regular season well enough that when a defense that is almost entirely UFA’s, and waiver guys come up short in the playoffs, it’s an indictment of Belichick’s coaching.
/makes another excuse for Sanchez
December 5th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
I do agree with most of this. I think the SEC’s past history got Bama the nod for the Championship. Their SOS was 18 and OkSt was 6. I still believe Bama is the better of the 2 teams, but a playoff would definitely put all these arguments to rest. I wonder what the hell would happen if Bama kicks a last 2nd FG to win, say 17-14? Would sill leave doubts in many writers/coaches’ minds.
Still, Roll Tide.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Come on. VT’s best win is over a pretty mediocre Georgia Tech team that lost 4 of their last 6 games. Their second best win? Virginia?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
I agree with the “why not” aspect of asking her out.
He’s just going to have to deal with the mental pictures of his buddy plowing his new love interest. It’s much better when you don’t know the guy that used to be with your current gf/wife.
If he can deal with that, it’s all cream cheese, really.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
The NFC is the stronger conference but because this is pro sports I don’t view this as a source of pride but rather an annoyance…a 49er-Saints game in the bay could be all sorts of fun in the Divisional Round seeing if they can slow down Brees & Friends
I’m praying that the Steelers and Ravens keep battling till the last game to force Pitt to beat Frisco in the last game of the season. I’m hoping the Saints pip the Niners for that #2 seed.
I also hope the Packers keep winning. Keep that pressure up.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
The guy that ran into the booze it or loose it unit is lucky he’s alive based on the photo in the article. Natural selection failed us there.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
The Walmart Wolverines with their GEDs will tell you they have a national following.
Condolences Watsonian. Dantonio was pretty classy in his post game presser. I feel bad for MSU getting screwed out of a BCS bowl 2 years in a row.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Oh, I was agreeing with you. Now, this is not exact science, but in Chicago there are a lot of MSU, Iowa, and Wisky bars. Only 1 or 2 U of M bars.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Somewhere I missed that point that after watching the Patriots give up 400 yards (or close to) to Chad Henne, Dan Orlovsky, and Vince Young, let’s not pretend the Patriots are a top team, despite what Peter King wants you to believe.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Fixed for accuracy.
Someone’s been tuning into a little too much ESPN.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Abso-freaking-lutely…I think the Niners are looking good to get the #2 seed even if they lose to Pittsburgh since they’d hold the better conference record (shit happens when you lose to the Rams)
December 5th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Ok, do New York and DC next
December 5th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
It’s all too true. Belichick obviously knows this and even moreso than in past years is trying everything he can to find a stopgap that will allow the offense to carry them. It’s kind of a race against time as they play these shitty teams down the stretch.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
I had to go to a couples baby shower on saturday (my buddy is a total pussy) and my gf pointed out to me that including her, I had banged 3 of the girls there. I walked out of that place 10 foot tall and bullet proof. that will never, ever happen again.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I will admit to not seeing a whole lot of Falcons games, but holy shit dude, I have never seen a truer statement than this.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
depends, the d really relaxed and they played a lot of prevent in the very end, 2nd and 3rd quarter they were very solid. better now as opposed to 6 weeks ago.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
How did they get screwed this year? Did something happen at the end of the game with Wisky?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Couples baby showers suck. I hope you got to drink, at least.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
/opens test results
December 5th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Men have to attend baby showers? Is this normal? If so, I’m adding it to my list of reasons why not to get married. That sounds brutal, ark.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Whoever the idiot was that ran into the punter should lose his scholarship.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Atlanta has been a fraudy “good” team for 2 years now. Their best team was probably the year the lost to the cardinals in the first round. Their record last year was a direct result of playing 4 games against NFC West. I hate that their on TV every week… so boring to watch. Thank goodness for the redzone channel.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Ryan throws a terrible deep ball, and Roddy White is reverting back his first 3 years when he couldn’t catch shit, and Julio is doing exactly what he did at Bama. Always nicked up and dropping balls. Atlanta can close 3-1 (beating @CAR, JAX, TAMPA and losing @NO) finish 10-6, make the playoffs and get dumped in the first round when they’d have to travel back to NO or to SF.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Atlanta doesn’t have a QB who can throw a deep ball or WRs who can catch them when they hit them square in the hands
I will admit to not seeing a whole lot of Falcons games, but holy shit dude, I have never seen a truer statement than this.
And it’s not like the Falcons didn’t spend a lot in landing a WR rookie, right?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I thought it was females only. Ark must be whipped.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
/”well put”
December 5th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Dallas is lead by an idiot for a QB
The Ginger that went to Princeton is the real idiot.
No, he’s scared of a higher up idiot that went to Arkansas.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
We went to one but it was mostly a group of friends we always hang out with, and the guys just had to compete in the “drinking beer from a baby bottle” contest, and didn’t have to stick around for present-opening etc.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
I honestly have no idea. I know Paul Petrino is out of a job thanks to the Zooker, but I don’t see him coming back. surely he has someone in mind though.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
their=they’re. rabble rabble.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Julio dropped so many balls yesterday. Hell, the hail mary at the end of the game hit him square in his hands…and he dropped it.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
So… anyone else excited for the Winter Meetings starting today? Isn’t it Hall of Fame day as well?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
You’re correct. It’s not exact science. The Michigan alumni association in Chicago has something like 15,000+ members.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
In my (previous) married experience, it was not normal. There was always that one asshole couple that HAD to have a “couples baby shower”. Complete bullshit. None of the men want to ever be there. Not even the father of the kid, who the shower is for.
If Ark is lucky, there was indiscriminate drinking involved. Otherwise, if it were me, I’d just stare into my phone.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
hasn’t this mostly been hype the past few years, with no big trades or signings happening?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Being married is awesome. You just have to marry a cool girl and not let yourself get dragged into the bullshit. If you get married and let her convince you to stop playing golf, that’s a you problem.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Dantonio has never been classy and never will be.
I think Sparty got screwed out of the BCS bid last year, but they did not get screwed this season.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
/raises hand, but its the Legends Ballot. Hall of Fame results aren’t announced until early January, when half the internet will bitch about someone not getting enough votes.
/large Hall
December 5th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
what.the.fuck.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Only ever had to go to one of these, but since both husband & wife are restaurant folks it was held at the wife’s bar. There was a definite split along gender lines when it came to hanging out near the tequila and opening gifts.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
I think Sparty got screwed out of the BCS bid last year, but they did not get screwed this season.
They beat Michigan and didn’t lose to Iowa. Michigan gets the BCS bowl though because they didn’t have to play Wisc.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
They got penalized for playing in the championship game…congrats to the Wolverines for not even having a shot to make it to Indy the last week of the season, here’s your BCS berth
December 5th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Who’s complaining about LSU?
The Cotton Bowl got another great matchup. It’s really positioned itself nicely as a potential 5th BCS bowl.
CFB is a semester-long beauty pageant. Havent we gotten used to it by now?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
it was fucking lame dude, totally out of my hands. it is one of my good buddies, and his wife doesn’t have many friends and they are having their first kid in about a month. it was pitiful really. my gf doesn’t even really like her that much.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Oooooooh. Legends ballot. That means Ron Santo’s best chance is today because of the sympathy factor. I’ll take a posthumous induction at this point. I need a pick-me-up for Chicago sports.
/goes back to NHL.com to watch the highlights from the Blues-Hawks game
December 5th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
if anyone has weird, karmic powers on their side, it’s the giants this year. i knew the score of the GB game looked funky, didn’t realize it was the exact same score of the giants/pats regular season game in 2007.
that would be kind of fun to see them sneak into the playoffs and beat the packers in the divisional round.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Last season they didn’t get screwed out of a BCS game any more than Arkansas did this season. The 2 best teams from the Big 10 went. This season I think MSU was one of the 2 best teams from the conference, but I don’t think they got screwed this year either.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
They got penalized for playing in the championship game…congrats to the Wolverines for not even having a shot to make it to Indy the last week of the season, here’s your BCS berth
/Whenever you want to fix the moderation problem TBL I’d be all for it
December 5th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
San Diego State’s football program will probably join the Big East; the other SDSU sports will join the … Big West?
Somewhere in America, a middle school kid is quibbling about a geography test question, and referencing this as proof that his view is right.
Why would San Diego State be in anything with “East” in its’ name???
December 5th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
This guy knows whats up
/wife lets me play videogames, play golf, we have our own hobbies
December 5th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
And Big 10 fans now know what’s it like to be punished for playing in the conference title game. It’s been happening to the SEC Title game loser for years now. It kind of sucks, but at least you have a shot at winning the conference title. It what it is, I suppose.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
K-State got screwed much worse in 1998 when a loss in the Big XII title game sent them from the BCS championship to the Alamo Bowl.
K-State got a prime-time game against a top 10 team in a world-class stadium, something they wouldnt have gotten had the Sugar selected them.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Sparty wasn’t eligible for BCS bid this season, so no screw job.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Just went to a couples’ baby shower. Had to since it was for my brother’s firstborn (and my upcoming godson).
And yeah, it’s not fun for the guys.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
oh there was drinking involved for sure. my gf, who didn’t want to be there at all, walked in and ordered a white russian before she even sat down, so it was on.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
lady dumps boiling water on ex-husband in his bed
Why would any man drop his guard around his ex-wife?
Check six, pal.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Because it’s in east San Diego
December 5th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
The Ginger that went to Princeton is the real idiot.
yuck. Yesterday was just a huge yuck. Romo is always stuck throwing to his 3rd read. I don’t know how Dez Bryant is never open, but I’m pretty sure he isn’t.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Couples baby showers suck. I hope you got to drink, at least.
I’ve attended these and no matter how much they tell you “it’s okay, all the guys do is drink” they are bogus.
/had a fishing trip planned with a best friend who I was his best man in his wedding, he declined for the couples shower.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Unless you’re VaTech.
Correct, they were 17th in the final poll. Whether they shouldve been dropped that far is a different matter altogether.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Like what happened to Missouri getting left out of the BCS in favor of Kansas in 2008, a precedent has been set.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Who’s the black private dick who’s the sex machine with all the chicks?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
I’ve attended these and no matter how much they tell you “it’s okay, all the guys do is drink” they are bogus.
/had a fishing trip planned with a best friend who I was his best man in his wedding, he declined for the couples shower.
I’m convinced that the couples that go to these things are 10X more likely to break up/get divorced down the road. Shows a total lack of understanding and is a complete power trip. “Come to this shower because I said so, even though I know you don’t want to be there.”
December 5th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
yowza. that’s brutal.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Just went to a couples’ baby shower. Had to since it was for my brother’s firstborn (and my upcoming godson).
my mother in law doesn’t drive, so my father in law went to my wife’s bridal shower, and just fucking sat there like an asshole. Wasn’t invited, only guy there, refused to take a hint about it.
Everybody who was there besides his wife and my soon to be wife realized how stupid this was, but those two didn’t realize there were a bunch of dildos nobody was getting out because that old goober was just sitting there, sipping beer with a stupid grin on his face.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
And Michigan wouldn’t have either if they played for the B1G championship. That’s what’s sad about it.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Big 12 as well. Mizzou beats Kansas and loses in the Big 12 title game. Kansas goes to the Orange Bowl and Mizzou gets screwed.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:21 AM
I’m not a big “man card” proponent, but yeesh….
December 5th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
MSU got killed by Nebtraska, who got stomped by Michigan. So there’s that.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
lady dumps boiling water on ex-husband in his bed
anybody that burns somebody should just get life in prison. The pain and rehab and invasiveness of recovery is terrible. Sick.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
MSU got killed by Nebtraska, who got stomped by Michigan. So there’s that.
Still not as bad as losing to Iowa.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Romo is the only reason this team has been winning. His receivers only get open if he ducks the blitz and improvises. Miles is surely missed.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
if she won’t go to a strip club with you, don’t do the couples shower thing
December 5th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Looks like I picked the right week to miss all the NFL games until Sunday night. They sounded pretty mediocre and frustrating.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Even my wife thought this was preposterous.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Also Michigan beat Notre Dame, who stombed MSU, who beat Michigan. I thought the Kansas-Missouri thing was worse because Missouri only lost to 1 team, they just had to play that team twice
December 5th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Headline: Tulane has found its new football coach: Curtis Johnson, the wide receivers’ coach of the Saints
Proposed subhead: Irrelevency expected to continue for foreseeable future
December 5th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Not only does Michigan get a BCS bowl.. but they draw an opponent that they have a very good shot at beating because they don’t deserve to be there either. The fact that I won’t get to witness Michigan get throttled a la Notre Dame in the Sugar a few years back makes it even more disappointing.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
I hear you on this, but the shitty part is the following:
Are you fucking kidding me? I don’t care how bad the economy is. No fucking way would I share a home with my ex-wife. I shared a home with my ex when we separated and it was easily the worst 7 months of my life.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Also Michigan beat Notre Dame, who stombed MSU, who beat Michigan.
Are we really playing this game? MSU beat both Michigan and Wisconsin this year, and were a play away from beating UW twice. Come on now. MSU has by far the better resume.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Romo is the only reason this team has been winning.
he’s lucky his ribs haven’t been re-broken. I’m pretty sure next year they’ll be flip flopping Free and Smith.
I’m also regretting Dallas losing the bidding war for Vontae Leach, because they were too busy bidding on Nmandi.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
if she won’t go to a strip club with you, don’t do the couples shower thing
exactly. I wouldn’t drag my significant other to an event I know she didn’t want to be at simply because some other guy was dragging his significant other there.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
I heard Boardwalk Empire officially fucked itself over last night. Any truth to this? Should I even bother watching the 2nd season now? I haven’t started it.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Looks like I picked the right week to miss all the NFL games until Sunday night. They sounded pretty mediocre and frustrating.
I’m not being remotely facetious when I say that the Denver game was really fun to watch. I was mostly on Red Zone, but I switched over to ride the end of that one out. It was really good.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
you need to start saving for retirement
Hard to save when the government is taking 12 percent of your earnings to subsidize a retirement program that will never benefit you.
/ Self-employed
December 5th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Whats the word on Fiammetta? We need him back so bad.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
A bunch of shit happened in last night’s episode.
There was one scene, in particular, I wish I could un-see.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Conversely, they were a play away from losing to Wisconsin twice. MSU has the better resume, they don’t have by far the better resume.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
My mind is still blown by LSU’s championship-game-in-NOLA-every-4-years routine. Just incredible timing.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:32 AM
If he can turn nobodies like Lance Moore and Marques Colston into above-average wide receivers, maybe he can perform miracles at Tulane.
/4-8 would qualify for “miracle” status at Tulane
December 5th, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Either that or Green Bay goes 18-0 and loses to the Pats in the Superbowl. I can dream, right?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Pat Hill had a good 15-year run with Fresno State, but the Bulldogs fired him Sunday
Fresno State — soon to join the New Mexican duo at the bottom of the I-A heap.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Lessons learned from this weekend: dont lose to Iowa State, or Notre Dame.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Yeah, I would stick to Pan-Am.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I think this locks you in as an NFL dufus.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
2008 had the potential to be their best team if Ryan Perrilloux wouldn’t have been kicked off the team.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
i knew the score of the GB game looked funky, didn’t realize it was the exact same score of the giants/pats regular season game in 2007.
I saw this mentioned a lot last night, as if 38-35 was an uncommon score for a football game.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
When you refer to the JP Losman era as the “glory years” you know your program sux.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Sorry, but I will NEVER trust Romo to win games that matter. Ever.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
I hear you on this, but the shitty part is the following:
Even though they were divorced, the 39-year-old shared the same home with the victim.
Are you fucking kidding me? I don’t care how bad the economy is. No fucking way would I share a home with my ex-wife. I shared a home with my ex when we separated and it was easily the worst 7 months of my life.
This.
I had a 4-month gap between our last argument and my filing for divorce (in large part due to her violent temper). Slept two floors from her in my house before she moved out. Kept my distance until she could get a place to stay.
Emotions run way too high in a divorce situation. More often than not, the guy gets the short end of the stick. Why take that risk?
I can’t think of a good reason to be in the same building as my ex anymore, let alone the same room.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Another interesting stat about the New Orleans timing:
If you were in an LSU recruiting class and you stayed for 4 years, this marks 12 straight classes that have played for at least one national championship.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
that would be one hell of a super bowl, 63-60.
we will likely end up with a Denver – Detroit showdown
December 5th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Sorry, but I will NEVER trust Romo to win games that matter. Ever.
Until he wins one that matters. Which he probably has already. What qualifies as a “game that matters?” Wow. Didn’t figure you for a skip bayless drone.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Are we forgetting the Peveto/Mallory disaster? That defense was horrible.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
it’s not like it’s a 4-2 final score, but the circumstances around it are just eerie, considering the win over the pats, etc.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Keep hope alive!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
He has one playoff win and he’s been the starter in Dallas for how long? 6 years? 7? In the NFL, winning games that matter means winning in the playoffs.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Urban Meyer got kicked out of a high school baseball game for arguing balls/strikes 30 years ago. The score of the game was 39-0, and his team was winning.
sheeeet, that’s no predictor of greatness…..i was kicked out of aa LL game when i trucked the catcher in a game we were winning 53-0
December 5th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
GB coach McCarthy was on Rome on either THUR or Friday, and he said the guys want 16-0 and won’t rest if they have the #1 locked up.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Just to be technical, the Shaun King era was pretty special. Relatively speaking.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
He has one playoff win
okay…so this one didn’t count?
winning games that matter means winning in the playoffs.
…so how many does he have to win?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Bayless is probably the biggest Romo fan/apologist in the media.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Cowherd. Gotta be, right?
December 5th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Cowherd.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Bayless is probably the biggest Romo fan/apologist in the media.
Didn’t know that because I don’t watch him… they bayless reference was to his saying Aaron Rodgers couldn’t win close games… until he did.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Did you know that 1/4 of the passing yards given up this year are when they are up 3 scores? The prevent defense annoys the shit out of me.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
You know who wins games that matter? Tim Tebow.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
I hope that’s true, it really bugged me when the Colts went into the tank the last 2 weeks. Of course since it helped the Bills score their only victory over the Colts in the last decade I should be thankful.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:43 AM
TJ YATES! TJ YATES! TJ YATES!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
PEYTON MANNING CAN’T WIN THE BIG GAMES!
….Until he blows NE out in the 2nd half of the AFC championship and then wins a Super Bowl.
DERP DERP DERP.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
it’s garbage time, but if you look at ppg, sacks and interceptions you’ll see the defense is ranked in the top 1/2 or top 1/3 of the league…. but that doesn’t go with the narrative of being the worst based on one yardage stat.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Zone is the worst. Hey lets sit back, don’t rush the elite QB and let him pick us apart without getting touched! Cause ya know holding ain’t in effect!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
He would have to win a Superbowl for bristol mouth breathers to back off. He could lead them to a superbowl and lose in overtime because his kicker missed a gimme and the tards would still say ‘see! cant win the big one’
December 5th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
He would have to win a Superbowl for bristol mouth breathers to back off. He could lead them to a superbowl and lose in overtime because his kicker missed a gimme and the tards would still say ‘see! cant win the big one’
It really annoys the fuck out of me. And I hate the Cowboys. Guy botched one snap and now he’s the chokiest choker who ever choked.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Guy botched one snap
Which, you know, has absolutely NOTHING to do with his playing the Quarterback position.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
I did the math and forget the exact numbers, but when they rested they went 1-4 in the playoffs and like 5-1 when they didnt (had to fight to get in the year the won the SB)
December 5th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
You know who wouldn’t do that? Trent Dilfer, he knows how to play the QUARTERBACK POSITION IN THE NFL.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Mark Sanchez would like his nickname back.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Will the NFL ever get someone at least someone relevant a la Foo Fighters?
since they like older, geriatric rock bands i’m hoping AC/DC gets the call soon.
otherwise, foo fighters would be fantastic.
probably end up with James Taylor’s smooth acoustic stylings next year. It will be a really nice time. very nice.
I’m not a fan, but Ted Nugent would be a real boot to the head. He’s the guy the NFL ought to go after.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
That, and the pass he threw to R.W. McQuarters to blow home field advantage for the entire playoffs.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Patrick Crayton choked that one.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
You’re better than that. Lots of people say he sucks, but no one calls him a choker.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Good point. I should be better than that. Wasn’t true enough to be funny. I withdraw the comment entirely.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
2 episodes in to The Wire and I’m certain of only one thing: this ain’t gonna end well for Det. McNulty.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
GB coach McCarthy was on Rome on either THUR or Friday, and he said the guys want 16-0 and won’t rest if they have the #1 locked up.
I hope that’s true, it really bugged me when the Colts went into the tank the last 2 weeks. Of course since it helped the Bills score their only victory over the Colts in the last decade I should be thankful.
the ponly reason i care about this is because it would be so sweet to listen to those asshat old men dolphins after their sacred record is shared. you pukes won a SB! and this is what you pop off about, when linemen were 200 pounds and the regular season was 14 games and playoffs were shorter?
/team manatee
December 5th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
The prevent defense annoys the shit out of me.
and bettors
December 5th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Whats the word on Fiammetta? We need him back so bad.
last I heard, they were no closer to figuring out what was wrong with him. Some bizarre ailment.
2 episodes in to The Wire and I’m certain of only one thing: this ain’t gonna end well for Det. McNulty.
HBOGo should win a Nobel Peace Prize.
December 5th, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Olivia Munn is off the charts hot, and she really should just pose nude and give us what we want, but she is also off the charts unfunny and annoying. She’s that worst kind of unfunny where she’s a hot chick and no one ever tells her she isn’t funny. Like, at all. But again, super hot. That photoshoot video was glorious.