URBAN MEYER POINTING CONTEST
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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bitterhorn says:
This idea has enough possibilities to carry edsbs all the way to September.
April 28th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
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NoleinTexas says:
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?
April 28th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Laotians are so ‘87. We’re into Chinese slave labor now.
April 28th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
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FortheGlory says:
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.
April 28th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
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adam says:
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.
April 28th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
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PSUgirl says:
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.
April 28th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
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parker91 says:
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.”
April 28th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
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6 degrees of Bowden says:
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
April 28th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
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Billy says:
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
April 28th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
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Joe says:
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?
April 28th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Certainly not, Joe.
April 28th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
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Oda Saburo says:
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…
April 29th, 2006 at 1:47 am
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Joe says:
Saburo-san — Hook a brother up!
April 29th, 2006 at 2:26 am
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Socraticsilence says:
What we need is someone at the sistine chapel for, well you know where i’m going here.
April 29th, 2006 at 3:32 am
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JR says:
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
April 29th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
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Brian says:
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.
April 30th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
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Brian says:
Chan Gailey points with the best of them. Def. first string “all pointing” team.
April 30th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
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Aaron says:
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
April 30th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
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gatorjess says:
FTG — nice entries and nice facebook reference. Possibly the biggest shameful addiction since Iron Chef.
Frank Beamer comes correct
http://www.hokiesports.com/SIPhotos/fb2002/images/marsh/b.Beamer.ceremony.jpg
and does the hokey pokey http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/1999/bowls/sugar/news/2000/01/03/vatech_report/t1_beamer_ap.jpg
May 1st, 2006 at 12:05 pm