URBAN MEYER POINTING CONTEST

by Orson on Apr 28, 2006 12:38 PM EDT

Coaches all have their signature moves. Spurrier has the visor toss; JoePa, the hand clap; Charlie Weis, the [insert fat guy joke of your choice here]; Tommy Tuberville, the "Fear the Thumb" gesture. Though it's early in his coaching career yet, our own Fearless Leader Urban Meyer already has a move most would identify as his best gesture--the point.

This finger destroyed Tyler Palko--fear it!

For our 1998th post, we thought we'd liven up what will prove to be the Rub Al-Khali of the offseason--the long, ugly, waterless stretch between now and the preview guides coming out--with a contest of our own: The Urban Meyer Pointing Challenge. We're looking for our own pointing champion, so crack out the digital camera and take your own best shot at striking Urban's trademark pose. Points will be given for:

Ferocity. Grrr. Get fierce and earn your own post here on EDSBS.com

Creativity. Point on the Great Wall of China with a lemur on your head, and we guarantee your victory, along with one of the inaugural EDSBS.com t-shirts that should come out sometime in the next week month year soon sometime!

Urbanity. Channeling the tight-assed white guy fury of Meyer will be key.

Send all submissions to harumphharumph at yahoo.com by May 15th. As we receive them, we'll post them for reader review and commentary, which will play a large role in determining exactly who makes it to the finals and who doesn't. Strike a pose!

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This idea has enough possibilities to carry edsbs all the way to September.

by bitterhorn on Apr 28, 2006 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

EDSBS shwag? Awesome. Can we assume that the unbelievably high thread count will require overtime from the 8-year old Laotian work slaves you guys have in the woods behind Cafe Risque?

by NoleinTexas on Apr 28, 2006 1:18 PM EDT reply actions

Laotians are so ‘87. We’re into Chinese slave labor now.

by Orson Swindle on Apr 28, 2006 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

I’m gonna have to disagree with you on JoePa. JoePa’s too shifty (in a great way) to be pinned down. He’s arms pumped JoePa to get the crowd into the game. He’s got arms pointing all around JoePa to point out to the Big Ten refs that they’re as crooked as Mark May is inept. He’s got arms folded JoePa to show his approval. He’s got hands in pockets JoePa to show, well, that he’s thinking about Akron.

But, to enter JoePa, not myself, in this “Praise Urban Meyer and Eat Cake” contest, let me offer these pictures:

http://www.wjpa.com/images/sports%20images/Paterno,%20Joe.jpg

http://www.cumberlink.com/PSUfootball/2005/postseason/images/1208_paterno_feisty.jpg

http://images.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/_photos/2005-08-02-in-paterno.jpg

http://www.post-gazette.com/images3/20050820pdpaterno4_450.jpg

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/09/09-03-05cm/09-03-05dsports-02s3.jpg

JoePa: Pointing Before Pointing Was Cool.

by FortheGlory on Apr 28, 2006 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

fortheglory, that last one may be the winner. pointing at god, showing his obvious superiority over the weak “alpha-omega.” plus, major points for the paisley tie.

by adam on Apr 28, 2006 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

My favorite Spurrier “gesture” has always been the hands firmly under the armpits followed by the “smell my fingers” whispering of sweet nothings to lackeys.

FtG- exceptional post.

by PSUgirl on Apr 28, 2006 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

I think the caption to the fourth JoePa photo was this “See that guy in press box, that’s Galen Hall. He was Redacted in Gainesville, before being Redacted was cool.”

by parker91 on Apr 28, 2006 5:18 PM EDT reply actions

Out of nothing other than sheer curiousity, if this is post 1998 (as the url suggests), how is the NCAA ’07 post number 2000 (as the URL suggests)?

-6DB

by 6 degrees of Bowden on Apr 28, 2006 6:51 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t think there’ll be a good picture of Weis, since his “gesture” has to be his pre-game “botched fatness surgery caused nerve damage in my leg” saunter as he struts from the locker room to the sideline. Dude knows how to make an entrance

by Billy on Apr 28, 2006 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

I’ll be in Beijing (less than an hour from the Great Wall) the week after next. Now all I need is a lemur… Think I’d have to declare that at customs?

by Joe on Apr 28, 2006 7:43 PM EDT reply actions

Certainly not, Joe.

by Orson Swindle on Apr 28, 2006 8:24 PM EDT reply actions

Damn…and here I was thinking that I’d have a leg up, since being in Tokyo I’d be the closest to Beijing.

And the lemer wouldn’t be a problem. I know a guy who knows a guy…

by Oda Saburo on Apr 29, 2006 1:47 AM EDT reply actions

Saburo-san — Hook a brother up!

by Joe on Apr 29, 2006 2:26 AM EDT reply actions

What we need is someone at the sistine chapel for, well you know where i’m going here.

by Socraticsilence on Apr 29, 2006 3:32 AM EDT reply actions

Charlie Weis may not have a “grand” entrance, like Billy says, but he sure makes up for it with plenty of his own gestures…

Parting the Red Sea: http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/magazine/specials/sportsman/2005/11/29/charlie.weis/t1_weis_si.jpg

The “What yous guys talkin’ about?”: http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/25/255427.jpg

And, of course, the “Don’t you !#!$% fumble that ball again” look: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Oct-14-Fri-2005/photos/notredame.jpg

by JR on Apr 29, 2006 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

You should be able to get some kind of absurd animal at a street market, even if not a lemur. Maybe like six parrots or a baby panda or something. Don’t let us down.

by Brian on Apr 30, 2006 12:03 PM EDT reply actions

Chan Gailey points with the best of them. Def. first string “all pointing” team.

by Brian on Apr 30, 2006 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

not to be outdone, Lloyd Carr enters the scene as a mid-major with this fiery point. His passion for pointing is unparalled but he lacks the discipline of Urban Meyer.

http://homepage.mac.com/vijayr/iblog/C1947790811/E1824796756/Media/LloydCarr.jpg

by Aaron on Apr 30, 2006 11:23 PM EDT reply actions