In a relatively quiet Mustache Wednesday, we do present these fine examples.
Dwight Galt, Maryland Strength and Conditioning Coach, sporting the “Slim Pickens” model.
More beans, Mr. Taggert?
Duane Akina, who’s fronting the “Omar Sharif.”
If Omar were born in East Texas, he’d look something like this.
Rob in Madtown, infuriated by the Enlightened Spartan’s Blogpoll Ballot, shows the proper method for suitcase-nuking a blogger who pisses you off: compact, concise, and very effectively done.
How do sportswriters fill this vacuum between their previews and actual games? With tasty puff, of course, as Pitt Sports Blather shows just one flavor of the preseason confection in his post here. Struggling Joe–whose offer of a kiss still stands–wonders out loud if the MSM isn’t so bad at preseason polling. (Hush!) And we feel a little bit better about our preseason pumping of Virginia Tech (come on, as long as Marcus Vick is at qb we’re going to double-entendre the shit out of the Hokies) as Tony Barnhart places them at #2 in the preseason poll on his blog. Actually, it would be a stretch to call it a blog, since it’s really just a daily column, but the AJC doesn’t seem to know the difference yet, which makes us wonder if they all go home, flick on their Apple IIEs, and sit down to a green screen full of Oregon Trail goodness each night with a nice, cold can of Fresca.
A finer t-shirt cannot be found.
Vols fans, exhale–your Practice Report Panic Pendulum® just swung back towards chill as the Vols mount an effective assault in Tuesday night’s work. Phil remained mum on the qb race between Ainge and Clausen, though, referring reporters to the beaked monkey on his shoulder for all questions on the matter.
Salacious Crumb said Fulmer had no commentary on the qb situation.
Tate Casey wins the Gators’ starting TE spot by not having any of his bones or ligaments snap during fall practice.
In response to the multiple, time-killing articles bemoaning ‘Bama’s undefeated 1966 season that ended without a national title, Blue-Gray Sky pulls out the research stick on those who say Notre Dame stole the title from Bryant’s squad and lays a whoopin’ to the argument. The only thing they don’t lay waste to in their refutation is this: ‘Bama went undefeated, Notre Dame tied a game with Michigan State, and Notre Dame walks away with a national title.
There’s reasons for this–and in appropriately Jesuitical fashion, BGS goes through every last one–but none seems more compelling to me than reputation and media concentration. It’s the reason West Coast teams still don’t get the credit they deserve, it’s the reason the climb up to the top 25 takes so long for up and coming programs, and it’s the reason why Oklahoma will get a bowl bid to the BCS championship game when it really shouldn’t. Attempt to quantify the process all you like–human bias creeps into the numbers.
Why? We take cognitive shortcuts, both out of total laziness and in the name of efficiency. We lazily assume the sun will rise every morning, and as Brian points out, sometimes we see tigers in the jungle where there are none. Reputation, like a credit rating, is one of those shortcuts. In 1966, given a difficult choice, we think pollsters relied on reputation. Notre Dame was still NOTRE DAME in all caps, nestled in the heart of bland, wholesome Middle America. Alabama was a stone’s throw away from Birmingham, where Bull Connor had loosed German Shepherds on black people.
PR 101: Uh, don’t do this.
Let’s put it this way: given two nearly identical dates, who do you choose: the girl with the huge honking cold sore, or the girl without one? That’s what we thought, too. It’s not the only reason Notre Dame won–as BGS shows, they were a phenomenal team–but it sure as hell didn’t help.
Why else wouldn’t Bama rise above two teams who’d tied after going the season undefeated? Firehoses, dogs, and the predetermined weight of national program rep. Just shows that a playoff has been a good idea for a very, very long time.
Thanks to an unfortunate case of Lyme’s disease, the FSU starting quarterback situation is still up in the air with a meeting with the mighty Hurricanes just around the corner. However, following the last scrimmage, in which he was picked off twice (one returned for a touchdown), Drew Weatherford has “stepped up” to take the lead in the battle for the starting job. When I say he stepped up, it is largely due to the fact that Xavier Lee only threw 3 passes thanks to a sore shoulder that has been nagging for a few weeks. Devin Hester and the rest of the ‘Canes backfield are licking their chops as we speak.
Frank Beamer is a master of consistency, fundamentals and an all-around great coach. He put Virginia Tech on the map (with some help from Michael Vick to put them over the top) and the Hokies know that. Now, they are trying to guarantee that Beamer remains a Hokie for the rest of his career. To that end, the school has offer Beamer a seven year extension worth over $2 Million per year. The deal isn’t done yet though as Beamer, a consumate team player, is holding out signing the deal until his 9 full time assistants get raises as well. Atta Boy Beamer. We applauded Spurrier when he took less for the same reason, so we salute you too for looking out for your team.
Orson Swindle and Stranko Montana are two men pushing thirty who should know better than to run a college football blog, but evidently don't. Both graduated from the University of Florida, and both agree that college football is far too important to be left to the professionals.
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