TCU AD Says the Big 12 Has “Florida State, Clemson and Miami trying to get in”

All, College Football Jason McIntyre May 23rd. 2012, 2:05pm

Ready for another summer of college football realignment? It’s coming. The Big 12 was at death’s door last summer, but now is back with a vengeance, and poised to expand.

The pillaging of the meek ACC is about to begin. Florida State seems like the easiest and most likely program to convince. But why stop there? Why not grab Miami and Clemson while you’re at it? Hell, the TCU AD confirmed as much this morning!

According to Chris Level, who is the publisher of RedRaiderSports.com and a co-host of a radio show on 104.3 FM in Lubbock; he Tweeted that Del Conte said that the once dead Big 12 “now has schools like Florida State, Clemson and Miami trying to get in.”

Wait, didn’t FSU Board of Trustees member Derrick Brooks say the Big 12 approached Florida State? Whatever. Point being … the ACC – which looked brilliant boosting Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East – is now about to get its pocket picked.

Big fun!

* The TCU AD has attempted to clear things up (read: Fix shit, quick), saying he was only referring to the “rumor mill, not confirming schools interested in the Big 12.”

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96 Responses to “TCU AD Says the Big 12 Has “Florida State, Clemson and Miami trying to get in””

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fluffy_bunny_feet Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Does Clemson come for free?
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:10 PM
My ~~love~~ limited affection for college sports is dying. What the hell is the point anymore?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Super duper conferences! B1G should go get Notre Dame and Pitt.
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Ben80123 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:13 PM
I’ve done so much “/wanking” to realignment that not only did I finish while out in the field, but I had to wipe my dick off on the underside of the hive.
* The TCU AD has attempted to clear things up, saying he misrepresented an article he had already written about and linked to, all while linking to himself.
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Big Hoss Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Super duper conferences! B1G should go get Notre Dame and Pitt.
The Big 10 has been trying to get ND since the dawn of time with no luck. Which would make it positively hilarious if ND joins up elsewhere instead.
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Big Hoss Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
* The TCU AD has attempted to clear things up, saying he misrepresented an article he had already written about and linked to, all while linking to himself.
You’re very subtle, but I think I’m picking up what you’re laying down here.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Where does North Carolina and Va Tech end up?
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Dental Dam Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Point being … the ACC – which looked brilliant boosting Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East
What was brilliant about that move?
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Super duper conferences! B1G should go get Notre Dame and Pitt.
The B1G’s reputation is bad enough at this point.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:17 PM
College Football should introduce more Relegation.
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:18 PM
I’ve done so much “/wanking” to realignment that not only did I finish while out in the field, but I had to wipe my dick off on the underside of the hive.
Did the bees like it?
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José Pippen Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Which would make it positively hilarious if ND joins up elsewhere instead.
It’d especially be hilarious for ND, considering the B1G is their best bet. They shouldn’t want any part of the SEC or the Big XII from a competition standpoint.
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ms621 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Can we come in too?
/has pie thrown in face as response
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:19 PM
ESPN must be bored shitless. They’ve made future power rankings for the NFL in 2015.
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Big Hoss Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM
It’d especially be hilarious for ND, considering the B1G is their best bet. They shouldn’t want any part of the SEC or the Big XII from a competition standpoint.
Yeah but strategically either the expanded Big 12, SEC, or ACC if it remains viable is the better fit. The expanded footprints of those conferences into strong recruiting areas would be more helpful.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Just make four 16 team conferences, and make every other school D2.
/obviously there is no need for a regular season, as the 64-team playoff begins in October
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fluffy_bunny_feet Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Where does North Carolina and Va Tech end up?
Ask their recruits agents.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Rusillo and Gottlieb are gonna throw the fuck down!
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payaso Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Just make four 16 team conferences, and make every other school D2.
I support this if relegation is involved.
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HawkEye Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Rusillo and Gottlieb are gonna throw the fuck down!
I’d buy tickets to that
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Ben80123 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:25 PM
You’re very subtle, but I think I’m picking up what you’re laying down here.
I had to make it subtle, I didn’t want to be a blight on the site.
Did the bees like it?
I assume so. When I went back out there the stain was gone and the bees were trying to unzip my pants.
BTW, anyone seen TBL’s Twitter pic? Looks like the kid has taken a turn for the worse (calm down, it’s Snake Roberts).
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KC Resident Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
The Big 12 was at death’s door last summer,
That is simply not true. We were just laying low, biding our time, waiting for the trash to leave and go to the SEC. This was the plan all along.
/Somebody ought to Saint Chuck Neinas.
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ButtersBC Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
My limited affection for college sports is dying. What the hell is the point anymore?
It’s something to have on Saturdays…and gambling if that’s your bag
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KC Resident Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
BTW, anyone seen TBL’s Twitter pic? Looks like the kid has taken a turn for the worse (calm down, it’s Snake Roberts)
Enjoy your one week vacation.
/TBl
//Dirt’s just being a dick now, by not coming back.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
I’d buy tickets to that
It’s hilarious. Gottlieb kicked a ball in Rusillo’s face while they’re on the air and he said “I’m gonna punch Gottlieb in this face when we break for a commercial.” He then called him an idiot and told him to go miss another free throw. Nobody likes Gottlieb, it’s hilarious.
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cleet Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
My limited affection for college sports is dying. What the hell is the point anymore?
Here’s a thought for every man who tries to understand
What is in his hands (what’s in his hands)
He walks along the open road of love and life
Surviving if he can (surviving if he can)
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
Chained to all the places that he never wished to stay
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Apparently I thought it was hilarious. Christ.
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José Pippen Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 PM
VaTech should be in the SEC. Fucking UVA…
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 PM
levels
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coop247 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:32 PM
16 team league means you have to play 7 division football game, leaving 1 or 2 cross divisional games (one of which is a designated annual rivalry). So PSU plays Michigan every 7 years? Whats the point of even being in the same conference?
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jdeeser5 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 PM
So if the Big 12 raids the ACC, does the ACC raid the Big East again and try to grab UConn and either Rutgers and/or Notre Dame?
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 PM
BTW, anyone seen TBL’s Twitter pic? Looks like the kid has taken a turn for the worse (calm down, it’s Snake Roberts)
Mine used to be this guy. I have no room to talk.
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José Pippen Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:34 PM
He then called him an idiot and told him to go miss another free throw.
1st off, no one who spells their name ‘Ryen’ should be allowed to talk shit, and secondly, that insult only works if you’ve also played D1 athletics, right?
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:34 PM
I really don’t want the ACC to break up. TBL, can you bang the drum against that seeing as the NCAA listens to you?
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Super duper conferences! B1G should go get Notre Dame and Pitt.
Bet they end up with Uva, UNC, U Md., and Ga Tech
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MP III Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 PM
That is simply not true. We were just laying low, biding our time, waiting for the trash to leave and go to the SEC. This was the plan all along.
i like this explanation the best.
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José Pippen Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 PM
So if the Big 12 raids the ACC, does the ACC raid the Big East again and try to grab UConn and either Rutgers and/or Notre Dame?
Then they’d just turn into the Big East, w/ all these basketball schools they’re getting.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
I feel like Rusillo just wants to fight. I’d lay some down on him.
/no coop
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
16 team league means you have to play 7 division football game, leaving 1 or 2 cross divisional games (one of which is a designated annual rivalry). So PSU plays Michigan every 7 years? Whats the point of even being in the same conference?
Divisions within the divisions.
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scripty Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Does Clemson come for free?
From what I got in the Roundup, it costs them $250. Less if in Amsterdam.
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scripty Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Here’s a thought for every man who tries to understand
What is in his hands
So, I have Noel’s CD. There are some great songs just stuck in my head, albeit none are #1 singles on the radio like they used to be. Beady Eye’s was very meh.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Whats the point of even being in the same conference?
Each 8 team division has 4 team sub-divisions that rotate against each other, so it(i forget), either a 3 or 4 year miss, no worse than it is now.
The WAC did this when they were at 16 with limited success because, well, they’re the WAC.
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coop247 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Divisions within the divisions.
24 team conference with 12 team divisions and 6 team groupings. Why didnt we think of that already.
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KC Resident Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 PM
From the conversation in the AM Round-up. RIAA wants trillions out of Limewire.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215074/RIAA_request_for_trillions_in_LimeWire_copyright_case_is_absurd_judge_says?taxonomyId=126&pageNumber=2
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squawkbox Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Where does North Carolina and Va Tech end up?
Not sure about VA Tech but UNC has ramped up the cheating and arrests to get a serious look by the SEC.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Fuck the RIAA. Thieves themselves. Occupy Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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scripty Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
My preferred four for the Big 10 to go for would be Syracuse, Baylor, G Tech and Notre Dame. I realize that’s a crap shoot but I’d like good schools and that gets you into NY, Texas and the South. Expands TV and Recruiting areas. I was really rooting for the Big 12 meltdown but they’ve clearly realized its expand or die.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Whats the point of even being in the same conference?
Playboy continuity?
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José Pippen Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
From the conversation in the AM Round-up. RIAA wants trillions out of Limewire.
Does Limewire even have millions? Or thousands at this point? Who still uses Limewire anyway? The last time I used it, I was 14 and tried to download “Sky High” aad got a girl fucking a horse instead.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Divisions within the divisions.
Continuing with my own brilliant idea…
2 groups of 4 within each division…only the groups are randomly drawn every year (pulls huge TV ratings, sponsored by FedEx). Win your group, play for the division title…division winners play for conference title (Once again, big money).
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squawkbox Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Rusillo and Gottlieb are gonna throw the fuck down!
You actually listen to that crap? Gottlieb’s a dick.
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SouvenirCity Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
My ~~love~~ limited affection for college sports is dying. What the hell is the point anymore?
I side with this guy.
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Big Hoss Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:46 PM
My preferred four for the Big 10 to go for would be Syracuse, Baylor, G Tech and Notre Dame. I realize that’s a crap shoot but I’d like good schools and that gets you into NY, Texas and the South. Expands TV and Recruiting areas. I was really rooting for the Big 12 meltdown but they’ve clearly realized its expand or die.
Baylor’s a no-go. All Big 12 schools signed away their TV rights. Baylor would essentially have to sacrifice its TV revenue for something like 13 years if it were to move.
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:46 PM
im still completely blown away by how many people were aligned with the music industry this am…they had nothing to do with anything but decided to rape both the manufacturers and consumers of that product as thoroughly as possible, and yet their rights (rights only due to lawyerin’) couldn’t have been more sacrosanct.
they’re no different than the greedy wall street assholes or cable companies we all bitch about.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:47 PM
I was really rooting for the Big 12 meltdown but they’ve clearly realized its expand or die.
Still could. TExas is the big fish in that pond. Oklahoma realized it’s Texas’ bitch and cowed, but newcomers would be in for a suprise.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:48 PM
they’re no different than the greedy wall street assholes or cable companies we all bitch about.
So we should be able to torrent stocks?
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Does Limewire even have millions? Or thousands at this point? Who still uses Limewire anyway? The last time I used it, I was 14 and tried to download “Sky High” aad got a girl fucking a horse instead.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
/had a buddy in college with tourettes…we were partying at another school in the area and he switched someone’s background to a horse fucking a hot blonde chick and locked the settings. twas funnah.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:48 PM
(rights only due to lawyerin’)
And lobbyists, lots of lobbyists.
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KC Resident Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Does Limewire even have millions? Or thousands at this point? Who still uses Limewire anyway?
I hadn’t heard/read the name Limewire in years. It was the one that came after Napster, right?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
they’re no different than the greedy wall street assholes or cable companies we all bitch about.
No shit, why don’t those hippies go boycott Apple.
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
So we should be able to torrent stocks?
I LIKE IT.
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
i thought kazaa was after napster.
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MP Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:50 PM
they’re no different than the greedy wall street assholes or cable companies we all bitch about.
Agree that everyone should stop blaming bankers for being ballers.
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José Pippen Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:51 PM
I hadn’t heard/read the name Limewire in years. It was the one that came after Napster, right?
Nah that was Kazaa. But something happened with that, and then everyone went to Limewire. Limewire would fuck you over though, I saw beastiality and the first 1.7 seconds of a gay porn because people would just rename shit for no reason.
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knitty Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:51 PM
College Football should introduce more Relegation.
That SBNation article was pretty fascinating.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:52 PM
kazaa
Morpheus, too.
I once dubbed Tears in Heaven over a video of a chick getting fucked by a black lab. At least she wasn’t racist.
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scripty Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Limewire been shut down a while since that case started. Maybe a year or so.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:52 PM
No shit, why don’t those hippies go boycott Apple.
Is there more of this meme?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:55 PM
http://us8.memecdn.com/Hippies_o_119124.jpg
Yah.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Fucked that up…
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SouvenirCity Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:58 PM
THIS IS LIFE ALTERING.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:59 PM
What in the holy fuck is that substance in the bottle? That is not ketchup, ketchup does not have flakes of stuff in it.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Who the fuck uses ketchup in a glass bottle?
These people.
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MP Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:01 PM
MIT and Harvard in battle to create life-changing product: Non-stick ketchup bottles
Glad to see our brightest minds at work on the important issues.
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:01 PM
What in the holy fuck is that substance in the bottle? That is not ketchup, ketchup does not have flakes of stuff in it.
clearly it’s menstrual blood and those flakes are bits of the uteral wall.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 PM
clearly it’s menstrual blood and those flakes are bits of the uteral wall.
what’s for lunch?
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Big Hoss Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:03 PM
I thought squeezable plastic ketchup bottles solved that problem a long time ago.
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:03 PM
what’s for lunch?
meatball sandw…/projectile vomits
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Who the fuck uses ketchup in a glass bottle?
kids use more ketchup than grownups. no glass
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:05 PM
…/projectile vomits
ha! this always makes me picture gatling guns and corn
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MP Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Smith explains that the new bottles “could save one million tons of food from being thrown out every year.”
Jesus. 1 million lbs of ketchup is not feeding the hungry, pal.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Jesus. 1 million lbs of ketchup is not feeding the hungry, pal.
That’s 2 billion pounds, chief.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Jesus. 1 million lbs of ketchup is not feeding the hungry, pal.
It’s a million tons…and it’s not just ketchup. Add in mayo and mustard, and those kids in Africa have a real treat going.
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ohheelyeah Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:10 PM
as an ECU alumni, I fear for the parent-less children that will result in the mass suicide of ECU fans when we get left out….of EVERY fucking conference…..again…..
SMH
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
as an ECU alumni, I have multiple venereal diseases
/fixed
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Jesus. 1 million lbs of ketchup is not feeding the hungry, pal.
That’s 2 billion pounds, chief.
spencer would tell you that you look too far into stuff.
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MP Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
It’s still just ketchup, bro.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:13 PM
It’s still just ketchup, bro.
It’s still delicious, guy.
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Big Hoss Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:15 PM
It’s still just ketchup, bro.
I’m guessing they’re not referring to the ketchup itself not being thrown away. More like the tomatoes and other ingredients which are no longer wasted and can be used elsewhere rather than in ketchup.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 PM
It’s still just ketchup, bro.
It’s still delicious, guy.
fun that there are different tasting regular red catsups too, based on ingrdients
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spencer096 Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:18 PM
spencer would tell you that you look too far into stuff.
WRONG. id say…
horatio, witnesses say the suspect was enraged when the victim asked for some ketchup.
looks like today’s special came with…
/sunglasses
…murder on the side.
/YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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squawkbox Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:26 PM
/YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I was the booth announcer at my kid’s HS football games. We would play the Who scream after every TD and PAT … REALLY loud. It pissed off a couple of fans/teams during blowouts.
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:58 PM
My love limited affection for college sports is dying. What the hell is the point anymore?
I hate realignment with a passion, but CFB isn’t changing. It’s only getting better.
/couldn’t care less about the other sports
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Cheesus Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 4:50 PM
as an ECU alumni
You are an ECU alumnus.
/UNC grad’d
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Nada Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Does Clemson come for free?
You get Clemson and you also get spotted 70 points in your next bowl game.
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Nada Says:
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:44 PM
1 million lbs of ketchup is not feeding the hungry, pal.
Ronald Reagan would be surprised to learn this.