BLOG POLL ROUNDTABLE: EDSBS GOES ALL MATCH.COM

1) Pennsylvania; PSU: BS 99, MS 05, MD 09! ; If there was no Penn State or > JoePa I am sure I would have moved to Gainesville and did the exact same thing.

2)10) U of Florida College Basketabll (because of EDSBS) 9) Hershey Bears (06 Calder Cup Champs!!!) 8) STEELERS! 7) WVU football (because everyone loves burned furniture) 6) Pitt football(because the girl Im currently stalking went there) 5) Any team playing FSU (Because of EDSBS) 4) Any team playing Michigan 3) Notre Dame Football 2) Florida Football (because of EDSBS)1) PSU Football!

3) Watched the most: Fight Club
Fav sports related movie: Miracle
Movie; won’t admit: Rudy
Most Looking Forward To: My Sister’s Hot Friend 3 (stars Eve Lawrence)

4) Middle School: U2, High School: Smashing Pumpkins, College: Penn State Blue Band!; Now: Benassi Brothers; Secret Song: Notre Dame Fight Song

5) Fav Books: Finished: The Killer Angels; Worst: The Da Vinci Code; Shoulda read: The Jeff Bowden Playbook

6) State College PA, of course; Still need to get to: Ann Arbor, the dirty whore that she is.

7)Most about college football? The white uniforms of the Penn State Nittany Lions.

1. From Ohio. Attended Ohio undergrad, Eastern Michigan grad, and in the doctoral program at South Florida. Would have attended Notre Dame if the fine E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University were not in existence.

2. Bobcat Football, Bobcat Basketball, Bobcat Volleyball, USF Football, USF Basketball, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Detroit Red Wings.

3. The Big Lebowski, Slap Shot, Can’t Buy Me Love, Clerks II.

4. Boyz II Men, Counting Crows, The Refreshments, Old 97’s. Song I secretly love: Geri Halliwell’s “Look At Me”

5. Favorite book: Henderson The Rain King. Worst: The Chamber. Should have finished: This Book Will Change Your Life.

6. Austin, TX is the best place I’ve been, and I absolutely have to visit Munich.

7. College football is a microcosm of the human struggle, encapsulating the battle of have vs. have not under the pressure of expectations and hopes/dreams.

1. Born: New Orleans; raised Colorado. Attended Texas (undergrad and law). Would have attended CU if Texas did not kick ass (and have low in-state tuition).

2. Teams: 1. Houston Astros, 2. Longhorn Football, 3. Longhorn Baseball, 4. Colorado Rockies, 5. Denver Broncos, 6. Longhorn Basketball, 7. Green Bay Packers, 8. Longhorn Softball, 9. Whoever is playing OU this week, 10. Colorado Buffalo Football

3. Favorite movies: Dr. Strangelove and Young Frankenstein. Favorite sports movie: Slap Shot. Secretly love: My Best Friend’s Wedding

4. Middle school band: U2. High school band: Screaming Trees. College and current band: Spoon. Rather sheepishly admit to owning all Dixie Chicks albums.

5. Favorite book: “American Aurora.” Favorite sports book: “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty.” Haven’t gotten around to reading “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” but I should. Worst book finished: “Jude the Obscure” followed closely by that other Thomas Hardy POS “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.”

6. Favorite city: Cairo (Egypt, not IL). Would like to see Dubai because the seem to believe it’s the year 2525 with the bizarre stuff they’re building there.

7. Singing “The Eyes of Texas” with 85,000 people every week.

1.Born in Michigan. Attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University in Detroit.
2.I’ve lived in MI,GA,NV, and AZ so I root for many pro teams other than U of M sports.
3.The Big Lebowski
4.Have always liked Pink Floyd. Have always liked “Video Killed the Radio Star” but I’ll never admit it to your face.
5.Fav. Book:The Dark Tower Series Hated: The Colorado Kid
6.Loved Auckland NZ. Would like to visit Dubai
7.College football fans are loyal and enthusiastic and we have reason to be. Is there anything better on a fall Saturday?

1.Born in Michigan. Attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University in Detroit. If Michigan didn’t exist…..“Looks like the University of Illinois”
2.I’ve lived in MI,GA,NV, and AZ so I root for many pro teams other than U of M sports.
3.The Big Lebowski. Sports movie would be Major League. B movie would be Manos: The Hands of Fate.
4.Have always liked Pink Floyd. Have always liked “Video Killed the Radio Star” but I’ll never admit it to your face.
5.Fav. Book:The Dark Tower Series. Hated: The Colorado Kid
6.Loved Auckland NZ. Would like to visit Dubai
7.College football fans are loyal and enthusiastic and we have reason to be. Is there anything better on a fall Saturday?

1. Born in Ohio. Attended UM (I was confused), OSU, Carnegie-Mellon. If OSU hadn’t existed, hmm, perhaps Case Western.

2. Buckeye Football. Buckeye Basketball. Michigan Football. Iowa Football. Wisconsin Football. Sonics. Seahawks. Steelers. Duke Basketball. MSU Basketball.

3. Wizard of Oz. Dodgeball. Wizard of Oz. XMenIII

4. Steely Dan (seriously). Queen. Prince. White Stripes. “My Sharona”

5. Godel, Escher and Bach. Anything by Clive Cussler. Bible.

6. Paris. Moscow.

7. I love seeing UM fans tear out their gall bladders in anguish.

1. Highschool, So far. (i’m 16) will attend UT, if that didn’t exist West Point
2. Top 10 Favourite Sports Teams
(10) San Antonio Spurs. (9.) Milwaukee Bucks (8.) Houston Astro’s (7.) Texas State SM- Bobcats (6) The Texas Longhorns Baseball (5.) Dallas Mavericks (4) Texas Longhorns Softball (3.) Dallas Cowboys :( (2.) Texas Longhorns Basketball (1.) Texas Longhorns Football =)

3. Movie I watch the Most : Old School
Your favorite sports related movie : Bad News Bears (original)
The movie you secretly love…: Titanic

Music : Middle School : Willie Nelson, Highschool(now) : Damien Rice

Books : Favourite : Alice In Wonderland
Worst : Highland Kings.
Should Read : The Great Gatsby

Travel : Fave. City : New York City or Austin, Tx(but that doesn’t count.) Place I wanna Go : Tokoyo, Japan

What do you love most about college football :
Beating OU.

1.Born in Michigan. Attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University in Detroit.
2.I’ve lived in MI,GA,NV, and AZ so I root for many pro teams other than U of M sports. If no UM then “Looks like the University of Illinois”
3.The Big Lebowski. Sports movie would be Major League.
4.Have always liked Pink Floyd. Have always liked “Video Killed the Radio Star” but I’ll never admit it to your face.
5.Fav. Book:The Dark Tower Series Hated: The Colorado Kid
6.Loved Auckland NZ. Would like to visit Dubai
7.College football fans are loyal and enthusiastic and we have reason to be. Is there anything better on a fall Saturday?

1) Chattanooga, TN; UT-Chattanooga; University of Alabama

2)Teams: 1) Tide football 2) Braves baseball 3) UT-Chatt basketball 3)Titans football 4)Tide basketball 5)Phil Mickelson (does that count as a team?) 6) Tiger Woods (same as preceding) 7) Falcons football 8) Tampa Bay Bucs football 9) Va Tech football (because I live there now) 10) Any team playing the University of Tennessee in anything!

3) Movie most watched “Tin Cup”. Favorite sports movie “Tin Cup”. Movie secretly love “When Harry Met Sally”

4) Favorite band middle school: Kiss. High School Van Halen. College Steely Dan. Now Rascal Flatts

5) Favorite Book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer. Book read/hated Babywise. Book I need to read Babywise II.

6) Favorite city: Road Town, Tortola (British Virgin Islands) City I must visit: St. Andrews, Scotland

7) My roots are in Alabama sod; I’m Southern by the grace of God; Bear Bryant taught me the meaning of pride; My pledge of allegiance is “Roll Tide”! (28 words, but please forgive me)

Love the blog, gentlemen! Keep up the good work.

1) I was born in the South-East, but it was a different country. I graduated from both USC and tOSU and the school I nearly went to for undergrad was Cal.

2) USC football, English national team (the other football), tOSU football, Liverpool, San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Anaheim Angels, Manchester United, LA Galaxy, LA Lakers.

3) Most: Pulp Fiction, Sports: Bull Durham, Chick Flick: The Princess Bride, and I’m looking forward to Pirates of the Carribean 2

4) middle school: Led Zeppelin HS: Pink Floyd College: Pink Floyd Today: U2/Radiohead

 5) best: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, worst: The Butlerian Jihad (a Dune prequel), not gotten around to.: A brief History of Time.

6) It’s not a city but the South Island of New Zealand is the coolest place I’ve been (I’ve actually been to 9 of the dancing guy’s places and should hit two more this summer). The place I must go to is Angkor Wat.

7) Passion, violence, alcohol abuse and college women, how could anything be better?

1) Education
Born in Michigan, but grew up in San Jose, CA. Went to Cal for undergrad and headed to Columbia Law School in 6 weeks. Very nearly chose to go to Cornell, but it was too cold.

2) Sports Affiliations.
10. Oakland Raiders
9. Cal Rugby
8. SJ Sharks
7. Golden State Warriors
6. SF 49ers
5. Cal Softball
4. Seattle Mariners
3. Oakland A’s
2. Cal Basketball
1. Cal football

3. Movies.
Most watched – Fight Club
Fav sports related – Rocky 1
Secretly like – Can’t Hardly Wait
Looking forward to this summer – X3

4. Music.
Fav band from middle school – Guns ’N Roses
Fav from high school – Metallica
Fav from college – still Metallica
Fav today – Death Cab for Cutie
Song I secretly love – Tonight and for the Rest of My Life (Nina Gordan)

5. Books.
Fav I’ve finished – High Hunt (David Eddings)
Worst I’ve finished – True Love and Other Lies (?)
Book I really should read – Crime and Punishment

6. Travel.
Fav city I’ve been to: Venice
Most go to: Prague

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
The sweat on my brow as I hurry up the hill to Memorial Stadium’s entrances on a hot Saturday afternoon.

1. From Ohio, attended and graduated from the University of Notre Dame. Originally planned on attending Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

2. Sports Affiliations. List your top 10 favorite teams in all of sports in decending order. For instance, your alma mater’s football team may be number 1, but perhaps there is a professional team that squeezes in before you get to your alma mater’s lacrosse team.
1. ND Football
2. Cleveland Browns Football
3. ND Baseball
4. Cleveland Indians Baseball
5. ND Basketball
6. Cleveland Cavaliers
7. Army Football
That’s about it.

3. Movies. Braveheart, Rudy, Can’t Hardly Wait, not sure

4. Music. Guns ’n Roses, Led Zeppelin, Dave Matthews Band, Anything by Neil Diamond

5. Books. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, On War by Von Clauswitz

6. Travel. Rome, Edinburgh

7. The passion exhibited by players, fans and students alike. College football is the purest sport on earth.

1) Education: HS drop out, but GED and Auburn w honors, ’70

2) Sports Affiliations: War Eagle FB 1-10.

3) Movies: Limited access to theaters. Last watched w girlfriend: home movie of us doing doggie

4) Music: NFL FB lead-in song

5) Book: John Deere service manual for 5325 ‘BigBoy’ Diesel

6) Travel: To the local 7 11 to buy superbox of Redman for me and Loretta

7) What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less? I like football. Noise, drums, colors, short skirts, beat Alabama, some for my thumb, no work on Monday.

1. Education/Region:
Born in Michigan. Moved to Alabama at age 15. Currently in Seattle, WA. Attended the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Kendall College of Art & Design(Grand Rapids, MI), Atlanta Institute of Art & Design(Atlanta, GA), Fullsail(Orlando, FL)(Degree in Recording & Engineering Music).

2. Sports Affiliations 1-10:
Michigan Football, Red Wings Hockey, Detroit Pistons Basketball, Detroit Lions Football, Michigan Hockey, New England Patriots Football, Seattle Seahawks Football, Detroit Tigers Baseball, Michigan Basketball, Auburn Football.

3. Movies:
Most watched movie- “Monty Python & The Holy Grail”
Sports Related- “Any Given Sunday”
Secretly Like- “Return to Oz” (Scared the hell out of me as a kid.)
Looking forward to- “Clerks II”

4. Music:
Middle School- The Smashing Pumpkins
High School- Marilyn Manson
College- Placebo
Today- Coheed and Cambria & Saosin
Song I Secretly Love- “Mmmm Mmmm” by Crash Test Dummies

5. Books:
Favorite Finished- “Dune” by Frank Herbert & “The Wheel of Time” series by Robert Jordan
Worst Finished- “Black Sun Rising” by C.S. Friedman
Keep Putting Off- “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn

6. Travel:
Favorite City Visited- I’ve been all over North America and Seattle is, by far, the best.
Cities I Must Visit- Sydney, Australia & London, England

7: College Football Love:
Autumn in Michigan. My Childhood. Tradition. Unabashed Passion. High Expectations. The Helmets. Michigan Stadium. Maize and Blue. All of it.

1. Geography
    Born in Georgia, lived in both Carolinas, finished growing up in Connecticut, Graduated ND ‘03 w/ BA. Would’ve gone to Ga Tech, turned down a full ride there.

2. Teams
10. ND Women’s B-ball (shut up, stop laughing)
9. Boise State Football
8. USA Soccer
7. New York Rangers
6. Sydney Roosters (rugby league)
5. Australia Wallabies (rugby union)
4. ND Men’s Basketball
2-t. Boston Red Sox
2-t. NE Patriots
1.ND Football

3. Movies
    Most Watched: “Super Troopers”
    Sports: “Rudy”
    Secretly like: “Jerry Maguire”
    This Summer: “Pirates of the Carribean”

4. Music
    Middle School: Matthew Sweet
    High School: Everclear
    College: Dispatch/ Our Lady Peace
    Now: Fallout Boy

5. Books
    Finished: The Great Gatsby
    Worst: The Bible. Too many plot holes.
    Putting off: War and Peace (200 pages in)

6. Cities
   Visited: Sydney Australia, their passion for Rugby makes SEC fans look like LA fair-weather fans.
    Want to Visit still: Amsterdam, Kiev, and Tokyo.

7. “Tell the boys to win just one for the Gipper. I don’t know where I’ll be then Rock, but I’ll know about it, and I’ll be happy”

1. Education.

Born, raised, and still living ITP in the ATL. (a dying breed we are). BS ‘00, The University of Georgia. No UGA, I would’ve attended Wake Forest, except they wouldn’t have taken me.

2. Sports Affiliations.

10. US Men’s Soccer National Team (only every 4 years and only for a week-and-a-half or so)
9. UGA Baseball
8. Atlanta Hawks
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
6. US Ryder Cup Team
5. Wake Forest Basketball
4. UGA Basketball
3. Atlanta Falcons
2. Atlanta Braves
1. UGA Football

3. Movies.

Most watched movie: Silence of the Lambs
Fave sports-related: Raging Bull, Friday Night Lights, Tin Cup
Secretly love: Cabin Boy
Looking forward to: Snakes. On. A. Mu’F***ing. Plane.

4. Music.

Middle school: Timbuk3, Beach Boys
High school: Soundgarden, Tool
College: Tool, Ben Harper, Billy Pilgrim
Today: Radiohead, unequivocally.

5. Books.

Fave: Stephen King’s The Dead Zone or Desperation
Worst: I don’t finish shite books
Should read: The Da Vinci Code (y’all heard about this one?)

6. Travel.

Favorite city: Edinburgh, Scotland. The most depressingly beautiful city in the world.

Must visit: The southern tip of Africa, to sit amongst the penguins on the shore and watch the great whites voraciously devour defenseless seals.

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Anticipation. Tailgating. Beer. Friends. Music. Crowds. Noise. Stadium. Pregame. Band. Team. Eruption. Kickoff. Loud. Score. Elation. Victory. Celebration. Monday. Anticipation.

1. Ohio. University of Toledo (BS). Notre Dame (MS)

2. 10)Colts Football 9) Whoever is playing USC 8) Boston Celtics 7) Tar Heel basketball 6) Toledo football 5) ND basketball 4) Cleveland Browns football 3) Whoever is playing tOSU football 2) New York Yankee baseball 1) Notre Dame Football

3. Watched most: Gladiator
   Sports: Rudy
   Don’t like to admit: Shrek
   Looking forward to: Can they PLEASE make Team America II (nothing good this summer)

4. MS: Bush/Smashing Pumpkins
   HS: Limp Bizkit (????) Eminem
   College: 50 Cent/Eminem/The Killers
   Today: Beatles/Same as above
   Secret Song: Don’t Stop Believing

5. Fave Book: America: The Book
   Worst Book: Catcher in the Rye
   Should Read: Da Vinci Code

6. Windsor, Ontario (for obvious reasons)
   Need to visit: Paris

7. Passion; from fans, coaches, and players.

1. Born in Chicago and grew up in Cary, NC. Currently live in Apex, NC. Attended University of South Carolina and studied broadcast journalism. Would’ve loved to attend Notre Dame – damn admission standards!

2. A. Gamecock football B. Fighting Irish football C. White Sox baseball D. Arizona Cardinals football E. Carolina Hurricanes hockey F. Duke Basketball G. ND basketball H. Illinois basketball I. Chicago Bulls J. Chicago Blackhawks

3. Most watched – “Caddyshack”; Sports flick – “Hoosiers”; Secretly like – “Ishtar”; Looking forward to – “Superman Returns”

4. Middle School – R.E.M.; HS – U2; College – Pearl Jam; Currently – The Killers; Secretly like – Paris Hilton’s new song.

5. Favorite Book – anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Worst Book – “Under the Tarnished Dome”; Should read – “War and Peace.”

6. Favorite place traveled to- South Pacific; Must visit – Amsterdam. Sports-wise – favorite place is South Bend; must visit The Red River Shootout in Dallas.

7. Tailgating at any SEC locale and admiring the co-eds in sun dresses (or tank-tops and shorts); a crisp autumn day in South Bend.

COAN, does this make us all narcissistic a-holes because we jumped at the chance to write about ourselves? I need some guidance here.

1. Michigan, UofMichigan ’01, if no beloved Maize and Blue – UofColorado, Boulder.

2. Michigan Football, Michigan Basketball, Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Carolina Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Michigan Baseball, Michigan Softball.

3. Most – Empire Strikes Back
   Sports – Maltese Flamingo (Warren Miller)
   Don’t like to admit – Meet Joe Black
   Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest

4. Middle School – Scorpions
   High School – Tool
   College $ Today – 311
   Don’t like to admit – ?

5. Fav. Book – The Stand, S.King
   Worst Book – The Davinci(Sp?) Code
   Need to Read – Runes of the Earth, S.Donaldson

6. Fav. City – Utrecht(Sp?), Holland
   Still to see – Las Vegas

7. I love the passion that Michigan Football brings out of me every single fall Saturday, every year.

1 – Jacksonville, FL. attended Furman University, where i got a BA. about to attend UF or Seattle U for law school.

2 – not sure i have ten i like. 5-Jacksonville Jaguars, 4-Philadelphia Eagles, 3-UF Bball, 2-Furman Football, 1-UF football.

3 – most: Zoolander, Sports: Bull Durham, Secret: The Whole 9 Yards, Summer: was looking forward to X-Men 3, but i just saw the teaser for Spiderman 3 and i can’t wait until may ’07.

4 – middle school: nirvana high school: dave matthews (shudder), college: radiohead/ani difranco, now: death cab for cutie/radiohead/clap your hands say yeah.

5 – fav book: “the book of daniel”, by e. l. doctorow, worst book: “haunted,” by chuck palahnuik, need to read: i own, but have never gotten around to reading “the second sex.”

6 – London is the best city i’ve ever been to, and i really want to see prague, berlin, and st. petersburg.

7 – The best thing about college football is the sheer passion of it. hearing the unbelieveably loud roar of the Swamp. seeing grown men fight like middle schoolers over the 2003 UF-FSU game. reading message boards and seeing that some people have 20,000 posts.

1. Finishing up my BS at Ohio State. I would have gone to UC Berkeley but OSU does exist and they give me lots of money to take class where as Berkeley wanted to take all my money.
2. Top 10 favorite teams
  1. Ohio State Football
  2. Cincinnati Bengals
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Cincinnati Reds
  5. Northwestern Football
  6. Penn State Football
  7. Georgia Tech Football
  8. University of Texas Football
  9. Ohio State Basketball
  10. University of Cincinnati Basketball

3. Watched the most: Snatch, Sports Movie: Remember the Titans, secret love: Love Actually, Summer Movie: Pirates of The Carribean

4. Middle school: Marilyn Manson, high school: Rage Against The Machine, Beginning of College: REM, Today(3rd year of College): The Decemberists, Secret Love: Kelly Clarkson

5. Favorite book: The Count of Monte Cristo, worst book: Washington Square, Should read: In the Name of the Rose

6. Favorite city: Istanbul, Should Visit: Kiev

7. The Game.

1. Born in NJ, live in (the) ATL. Went to ND. Would have gone to University of Vale CO (if it existed).

2. Navy Football (10), Braves (9), ND Hoops (8), ND Baseball (7), Falcons (6), whoever beats Mickelson (5), my Roto baseball Team (4), any US National Team (3), Blackwell Bears (2 – my son’s 6 year old football team), ND FB (1)

3. Unforgiven (most watched), Bull Durham (sports), 16 Candles (secretly like), X-Men 3 (anticipated this summer)

4. ABBA (middle school), The Who (HS), REM (Coll), Green Day (now – although I still have a soft spot for my favorite Swedish super group)

5. Ender’s Game (best), Jane Eyre (worst), Pride and Prejudice (need to read)

6. St. Andrews, Scotland (favorite city visited), Sydney (need to get to before I die)

7. Every damn game counts!!! Long live the BCS.

*addition to 1. I was born in Atlanta and raised in Cincinnati.

forgot to say. had furman not existed, i would have gone to brown or wake forrest.

1) Born and raised in Ohio. Attended Miami University (undergrad), Glasgow University (junior year abroad), Duke (grad degree), and Harvard Law. If Miami hadn’t existed, I would have accepted that offer at Penn.

2) Top ten teams: (1) MIAMI football; (2) MIAMI basketball; (3) Duke basketball; (4) Detroit Tigers; (5) Washington Nationals; (6) MIAMI hockey; (7) DC United; (8 )
Pittsburgh Steelers (purely as a bandwagon follower of Ben Roethlisberger; I rooted for the Browns as a kid); (9) Glasgow Celtic; (10) Harvard football (which I follow basically only for The Game).

3) Movies. Watched most: Probably Fantasia. (I have two kids.) Sports movie: Field of Dreams. Looking forward to: Cars (Did I mention that I have kids?)

4) Music. Middle/High School – AC/DC; Journey (radio sucked where I grew up). College – the holy early Eighties trinity of U2, R.E.M., and the Replacements. Today – still love U2 and listen to a lot of different stuff ranging from the Roots to the Drive-By Truckers. In short, pretty much anything on the playlist at WOXY.com. Guilty Pleasure – anything by the Cardigans.

5) Favorite book: Flann O’Brien’s “The Third Policeman.” Worst book: Henry James’s “The Portrait of a Lady.” English teachers who think that James embodies American fiction should be forcibly expatriated. Get around to: Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton is still on my nightstand.

6) Favorite city: Glasgow. Lived there for a year and loved it. Must see: Sydney or Tokyo. I can’t decide.

7) What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less? The way it builds upon our tribal instincts and creates communities.

1. I attended and graduated from the University of Notre Dame. I believe you know it. A small Catholic college in the Midwest. I currently live in Australia and have for the last thirty years which will, of course, affect the rest of my team selections.

2. I assume you mean “descending” and that the misspelling was actually a typo caused by over-imbibing in Walchesky’s Cabernet de Milwaukee Sauvignon Imbetigo.

1. The Notre Dame football team. 1966 was my Freshman year.
2. The Boston Red Sox (I was born and raised in Rhode Island and saw his “Tedness” hit two against Baltimore and another against Cleveland.)
3. The Wallabies (which is the Australian Rugby Union team)
4. The Menlo Baths Darts team
5. The Oberon Ladies Auxiliary Package Cake Baking Team (Reserve Grade)
6. The Snug Harbor Quahoging Team
7. The Spice Girls
8. The Bannister Bush Fire Brigade Drinking Team
9. The Western Suburbs Rugby League Football Team
10. Any team that involved Doug Walters (You’ll have to look it up.)

3. Movies
1. Greaser’s Palace (“If ya feel, ya heal.”)
2. Grease (No quote necessary.)
3. None of the above

4. Music
1. Question Mark and the Mysterions
2. The Kinks
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Grateful Dead
5. Anything by Enya especially if I’m watching a shampoo commercial or a tastefully subdued promotion for a funeral home in soft focus with purple hues around the edges. I want to die on the spot.

5. Books.
1. Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (…and like everything Pynchon has written I still don’t have a clue what the fuck it’s about but I loved it.)
2. A tie between The DaVinci Code and The Pederast’s Guide to Health and Happiness
3. I’ve read Heart of Darkness four times but it still eludes me.

6. Travel.
1. Again, I assume you mean “ever” and not “every”. Nimitybell, New South Wales, Australia. Because every other place on earth looks better after you’ve been there.
2. Dublin, Ireland for the sheer whimsy of it all.

7.Big, fast, fit dumb guys hitting one another and getting angry about.

1. The sticks of Upstate New York, about thirty miles outside of Albany. ND ‘00, and I guess I would’ve gone to Holy Cross in Massachusetts otherwise.

2. Geez, ten teams in descending order. I’m a little hungover, so I’m having a hard time figuring out if that means my favorite team goes first. I think it does. a) Irish football, b) Boston Red Sox, c) whoever’s playing the Yankees, d) Irish basketball, e) Washington Redskins, f) the New York Mets, g) the little league team that sucks worse than the team they’re playing when I happen to be watching little league at the park, h) whatever team the person I’m watching a game with is rooting for, as long as they’re not opposing my team at the time, i) the Brooklyn Cyclones, j) the team in Bookstore Basketball with the most offensive name.

3) I’d imagine I’ve watched Star Wars the most, I like Field of Dreams as far as sports flicks go, I really like The Ten Commandments in a non-ironic way that I can’t explain, and I guess maybe the Pirate movie? The Al Gore flick was really good if it hasn’t come to your area yet, though.

4) Middle school/high school/college – Smashing Pumpkins. Today – the Hold Steady. Song I don’t like to admit liking – 2 Become 1, by the Spice Girls. I spent a semester in Europe when they were huge – it does weird things to you, man.

5) Favorite book – I was an English major, so this is a horrible question to ask me. I’ll go lowbrow and say Ball Four. (Highbrow would be Brother Karamazov) Most hated book – the Da Vinci Code. What an awful piece of shit. Book I otter read – I’ll go with gamecock Tony and say War and Peace. Never read any Tolstoy somehow.

6) Favorite city – Rome. I would like to go to Tokyo.

7) The tradition, the feeling of community, the smell of grills in autumn, the sounds, We Are ND.

1)Life
Born In Washington DC, Now live In Madison, WI, Marquette University B.A. ’04 Currently in the process of starting Grad School at Wisconsin(No Football there was the bane of my existence) Virginia Tech is where I would have attended had I not gone to Marquette.

2)Sports Allegience
10.Baltimore Ravens
9.Georgetown basketball
8.Wisconsin Football(Becasue I have no other Choice)
7.Washington Capitals
6.Milwaukee Brewers
5.Virginia Tech Basketball
6.Philadelphia 76ers
4.Washington Nationals
3.Philadelphia Eagles
2.Marquette Basketball
1.Virginia Tech Football (Father Season Ticket Holder)

3)Movies
Most Watched: Die Hard
Best Sports Movie: Major League
Guilty Pleasure: Garden State
Summer Movie: Talledaga Nights

4)Music
Middle School: Foo Fighters
High School: Metallica
College: Slipknot
Now: In Flames
Secret Song: Kelly Clarkson
5)Books
Favorite: Jackdaws or anything by Stuart Woods
Worst: Da Vinci Code the Ending sucks
Should read: Most of the Classics including the Great Gatsby

6)Places
Chicago is pretty Awesome but I have no been outside the US for Tailgating I need to go to the Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, But I also shodu tour the cities of Scandanavia.

7) Best Regular Season, Evergy Game a Must win, Old School Uniforms, Blood Fueled Rivalries

1) Mountain States. Menlo College (Cali) & University of Colorado.
Da U, Cal Berkley, Cal-Poly, Texass

2) CU Football. Any team Chad Brown was on at the time (Steelers, Seahawks, Pats). Ditto Bo Jackson. Denver Nuggets. Colorado Avalanche. Iowa Football. Menlo College Soccer. Air Force Football.

3) Shawshank Redemption (most). Victory/Major League/Naked Gun (sports – hahahahaha Reggie Jackson). Jerry McGuire (secret). X3 (anticipation).

4) Weezer (middle). Dave Matthews (high). Jurassic 5 (college). Jack Johnson/Spoon (now). 3 A.M. by Matchbox Twenty (secret).

5) Lord of the Rings: Two Towers – Tolkien (best) Me Talk Pretty One Day – Sedaris (worst) Catch 22 (need)

6) Barcelona (fav. intl.)/San Francisco (fav. domestic) Rio (need intl.)/Austin (need domestic)

7) Ralphie. Black & Gold. Folsom Field. Band. Anticipation. BCS. Rose Bowl. Orange Bowl. Rankings. Controversy. O.H.————-I.O. MNC. College Gameday (Fowler). Passion. Away Game Road Trip. Message Boards. Blogs. Kordell Stewart. Rashaan Salaam. Darrien Hagan. Eric Bienemy.

1. Born in Ohio, raising in Michigan, current student at Notre Dame. If ND didn’t exist, I probably would have gone to Northwestern.

2. 1) Notre Dame football 2) Notre Dame basketball 3) Cincinnati Reds 4) Green Bay Packers 5) Notre Dame baseball 6) Detroit Red Wings 7) Detroit Pistons 8) Notre Dame hockey 9) Washington Nationals 10) Western Michigan football

3. Watched most: the Godfater, Favorite sports movie: Rudy, Ashamed of: Fools Rush In, This summer: Pirates of the Carribean

4. Middle school: Third Eye Blind, High Schoool: Lynyrd Skynyrd, College (and today): U2

5. Favorite: The Inferno, Least favorite: Great Expectations, Should Read: The Screwtape Letters

6. Favorite I’ve been to: London, Must go to: Dublin

7. The passion that comes along with rooting for a school you love.

1. Born in Gator Country, attended UF. Only other school I’d consider…Berkley.

1. Education/Region:
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1978. Educated by the Jesuits of St. Xavier High School (Ohio Div 1 State football champs of 2005!) Then attended The University of Cincinnati with a BS in Geography.

 Top 10 favorite teams
1. Cincinnati Bengals
2. Notre Dame Football
3. Anyone playing tOSU that given week in football.
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. University of Cincinnati Basketball
6. St. Xavier High School Football
7. Tiger Woods
8. Princeton Lacrosse
9. Xavier University Basketball
10. Hurricane Football- just for the freak show
3. Movies:
Most watched movie- Star Wars
Sports Related- Rocky III
Secretly Like- Star Trek
Looking forward to- Superman Returns

4. Music:
Middle School- Led Zepplin
High School- Tool
College- The Clash
Today- Motorhead is in my CD player at the moment
Song I Secretly Love- “Can’t get you out of my head” Kylie Monogue

5. Books:
Favorite Finished- On the Road
Worst Finished- Great Expectations
Keep Putting Off- Moby Dick

6. Travel:
Favorite City Visited- London
Cities I Must Visit- Moscow, Munich, New York

7: College Football Love:
My first Notre Dame game in person was at ND against PSU in 1992. It snowed most of the game. Not enough to cover you, but just enough to cover the field. The series was all time at 16-17-1 in PSU favor. I was with my Dad and we were about 4 rows up from the field. ND stopped PSU on a two point conversion. Then came back and won the game with no time on the clock. I ran out on to the field as a 14 year old boy and helped pick an ND lineman up on my shoulders. I see my two older brothers hanging from the goal posts. It was the second best day of my life. This is why I love college football.

1. Education. List the region of the country you were born in, what universities you attended and at least one other you would have attended if your alma mater didn’t exist.
Born in Ohio, Double Domer 73 and 75. That’s two degrees (BS and MBA) from Notre Dame. Probably would have gone to Villanova.

2. Sports Affiliations. List your top 10 favorite teams in all of sports in decending order. For instance, your alma mater’s football team may be number 1, but perhaps there is a professional team that squeezes in before you get to your alma mater’s lacrosse team.
Fighting Irish Football. Number 1 through 7
Carolina Panthers
Navy Football
Durham Bulls

3. Movies. List the movie you’ve watched the most, your favorite sports related movie, the movie you secretly love but don’t like to admit it (possibly a chick flick or b film), and the movie you were (or still are) most looking forward to from this summer’s season.
Godfather
Rudy (what did you expect?)
Clueless
Pirates of the Caribbean

4. Music. List your favorite band from middle school, high school, college and today. Also, as with the movies, include the song you secretly love but don’t like to admit. If Nickleback is involved in any of these responses, please give a detailed explanation as to why, god, why.
Junior High – Beatles (I pre-date the concept of Middle School)
High School – Rolling Stones
College – Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Current – The Rippingtons
Secret shame – Music by Garth Brooks.

5. Books. Favorite book you’ve finished, worst book you’ve finished and the book you really should read but haven’t gotten around to it.
The Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell
Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

6. Travel. Favorite city you’ve every been to and the one place you still must visit before you shuffle off this mortal coil.
Hong Kong
Prague, Czech Republic

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
“Tradition never graduates.” Your team is always there looking the same playing for your school.

1. Geography/Education:
I was born in Dallas, TX but my family moved to Madison, MS when I was 6. I currently attend Ole Miss. If Ole Miss didn’t exist I would probably attend Texas A&M.

2. Sports Affiliations:
(1) Ole Miss Rebel football
(2) Ole Miss Rebel baseball
(3) Dallas Cowboys
(4) Dallas Mavericks
(5) U of Maine Black Bears baseball (Ole Miss fans will understand)
(6) New Orleans Saints
(7) Texas Rangers
(8) Stanford Cardinal football
(9) Notre Dame football
(10) US mens soccer national team

3. Movies:
When I got the VHS for Angels in the Outfield I watched it nonstop, so that’s what I’ve probably watched the most.
My favorite sports related movie is Rudy (unless Forrest Gump counts, I mean he DID play for the Bear)
I secretly love The Replacements starring Keanu Reeves (it’s pretty bad, but somehow entertaining)
I WAS looking forward to X-Men III but was let down.

4. Music:
Middle School: DMB
High School: The Beatles
College (now): Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
I have a secret love for Justin Timberlake. There, I said it.

5. Books:
Favorite: Breakfast of Champions
Worst: The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne is awful)
Should have read: Catcher in the Rye

6. Travel:
I lived in Munich for a summer and that is an awesome city. Before I’m 6 feet under I really would love to visit Manhattan.

7. What do I love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Everybody has a team nearby they can call their own. That basically breeds huge, passionate fanbases for “amateur” athletes.

1. Education.
Born in Northern VA.
Indiana University, B.S. ’03
University of Notre Dame J.D. ’07
Would have attended Georgetown if not for ND.

2. Sports Affiliations.
10. Hoya Basketball
9. USA Swimming & Diving
8. Fightin’ Irish Baseball
7. Hoosier Football
6. Fightin’ Irish Basketball
5. Chicago Bulls
4. Chicago Cubs
3. Washington Redskins
2. Hoosier Basketball
1. Fightin’ Irish Football

3. Movies.
Watched most: Rudy (game-day tradition)
Secretly love, but don’t like to admit: Armageddon
Movie most looking forward to this summer: Superman Returns

4. Music.
Middle school: Boyz II Men
High School: Aerosmith
College: Aerosmith
Today: Aerosmith

5. Books.
Favorite book: Lord of the Flies
Worst book: Helter Skelter
Book I really should read but haven’t gotten around to: Bible ( I always give up at the Shamalamazam begat Hazarahadazod begat Bart section…)

6. Travel.
Favorite city: Washington, D.C.
The one place I still must visit before I shuffle off this mortal coil: Rome

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Purity of sport.

1. Born in SW Alabama Auburn B.S. Econ 2003- if no Auburn, I would have gone to UGA

2. Kentucky Basketball; Boston Red Sox; TB Bucs; Miami Heat; US Nat’l Soccer; SD Padres; Auburn Basketball; New Orleans Saints; ATL Braves; Auburn football

3. Most- The Naked Gun (though favorite movie is The Godfather); Sports- Major League; Don’t want to admit- either “When Harry Met Sally” or “What’s New Pussycat?”; looking forward to- Don’t really know, what’s coming out?

4. Middle School- Zeppelin; College- Beatles; Now- Zeppelin
Don’t want to admit- Duran Duran

5. Books- Best-Atlas Shrugged; Worst- A Separate Peace; Want to read- Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises

6. Favorite- NYC; must visit- Amsterdam

7. Booze, Babes, Beating the Tide, SEC, the Eagle flying through Jordan-Hare, Bowl Week, Tiger Walk

1. Education
Born in the SE US. Went to Auburn University for engineering, UAB for medical school, now at University of Massachusetts for residency. Colorado would have been a nice place to matriculate.

2. Sports Affiliations
- Auburn football
- Tennessee Titans
- Boston Red Sox
- New England Patriots
- Ole Miss football (Orgeron made me say it)
- Whichever team SOS is coaching
- Tiger Woods
- Roger Federer
- Chicago Bears
- Maria Sharapova

3. Movies
Watched the most: The Bourne Identity
Sports-related: Caddyshack
Guilty pleasure: Can’t Buy Me Love (ugh, the secret’s out!)
Summer movie: Superman?

4. Music
Middle school: Umm, probably Def Leppard
High school: U2
College: Peter Murphy
Today: Josh Rouse
Secretly Love: ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ by Shakira

5. Books
Favorite: ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’ by Dave Eggers
Worst: Any of the Tom Clancy Op-Center books
Should read: ‘Fountainhead’ by Ayn Rand

6. Travel
Favorite city: Vancouver, BC
Must visit: Australia

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Pregame at Jordan-Hare: eagle flying, smoke circling, players running on the field, the in-an-any-other-environment-this-would-be-uber-cheesy ‘Eye of the Tiger’ music.

1). born in Port Angeles, WA. Now live on St. Simons Island, GA. BA-UGA 04, JD-Bama 08.
Would have attended UW.

2). 10. Atlanta Braves
9. UW Huskies Basketball
8. UW Huskies Football
7. Seattle Supersonics
6. St. Louis Cardinals (friend is a relief pitcher)
5. UGA Baseball
4. UGA Basketball
3. Seattle Seahawks
2. Seattle Mariners
1. UGA Football

3). Movie-> Tombstone
    Sports-> Field of Dreams
    rather not-> the notebook

4).Bands: there is nothing other than TOOL.
  Don’t like to admit: Justin Timberlake “cry me a river”

5). fav book: watership down
    worst book: their eyes were watching god
    should read: bible

6). fav city: seattle
    should visit: NYC

7). I love that I can’t sit down and watch UGA football, and the battle hymn of the bulldog nation.

Oops! Maybe computer school…

2. Gator Football, Gator Men’s Basketball, Miami Dolphins (alas), any team coached by SOS, any team playing against FSUcks, Miami Heat, any team playing Phat Phil, Gator Baseball, Richmond Spider Basketball, Cal Bear football

3. Ghostbusters & Blazing Saddles (tied); Bad News Bears; Bubba Ho-Tep; The Break-up (so embarrassed…)

4. Pink Floyd; Jimi Hendrix; The Smiths; POS. Photograph by Def Leopard (the shame!)

5. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris; Tristam Shandy (forced on me in college); Room Full of Mirrors (a Hendrix bio given to me 2 yrs ago at Xmas)

6. Paris. Not a city but Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

7. Tailgating with friends I see 6 weekends a year, singing We are the Boys with 90,000+, beating UT, UGA, LSU, FSU…anyone really!

1. Education. Born in Athens, GA. Attended Clarke Central High School, graduated the University of Georgia in political science. Currently attending University of South Carolina School of Law. If not for UGA/SC, probably Florida State (mama’s family) or Ole Miss (obvious reasons).

2. Sports Affiliations.
10. South Carolina Football/Basketball (they’ll skin me if I don’t say this)
9. Florida St football/Nebraska football (parent’s schools)
8. Carolina Panthers
7. Atlanta Braves
6. Atlanta Hawks
5. Atlanta Falcons
4. All other GA sports besides those sitting at 1 and 2
3. All Clarke Central squads, football, basketball, soccer, et al
2. Georgia football
1. Georgia basketball

3. Movies.
Watched the Most—Big Lebowski or O Brother Where art Thou, maybe Braveheart
Favorite Sports Movie—Diggstown probably. Since ESPN loves poker, does Rounders count?
Secret—Robin Hood, the Disney version. The Lion King.
Looking forward too-the next celebrity porn, cause Hollywood sucks and blows

4. Music.
Middle School-Nirvana
High School-Widespread Panic/Outkast
College-Phish/String Cheese Incident/Keller Williams/old recording of the Allman Brothers Band
Today-Drive By Truckers

Secret—Mariah Carey

5. Books.
Favorite-The Power of One by Bryce Courtney
Worst Book-I don’t think I read all of any law school book, but they’d be here if I had
Should read-There’s probably a whole helluva lot here.

6. Travel.
Favorite city-Athens, GA of course
Must visit-Havana would be nice

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

The beautiful women in their Saturday finest, and that joga bonita that is football. That violent grace.

1. Education: Born in mid-Atlantic region (Washington DC).
Attended Notre Dame (‘98) St. John’s College (’02) and Rutgers-Camden Law (currently). I there was no ND, I would have gone to Georgetown since I attended Georgetown Prep High School.

2. Sports Affiliations:
10)Discovery Channel Team (Tour de France.I know,I’m a dork)
9)USA Soccer
8)ND Baseball
7)Washington Capitals
6)Washington Bullets (not Wizards)
5)U of Arizona Basketball
4)Washington Nationals
3)ND Men’s Basketball
2)Washington Redskins
1)ND Football

3. Movies:
Most watched: The Blues Brothers (I have them tattooed on my arm)
Favorite Sports Movie: The Program
Secret Movie: Dante’s Peak
Most looking forward to: Superman Returns

4. Music.
Middle School: Bruce Springsteen
High School: U2
College: The Refreshments
Today: Radiohead
Secret Song: The New INXS Song, Dirty Vegas or something.

5. Books.
Favorite: East of Eden (Steinbeck)
Worst: The first Harry Potter book
Should Read: Catch-22

6. Travel.
Favorite city: New Orleans
One Final Destination: Antarctica

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Unpredictability of results. Crazy gimmick offenses. Games on Thursday through Saturday. Tailgating/After Party (NOT ND Business School Style). Coeds.

1. Born in Oklahoma and grew up there, now reside in Dallas, TX. Graduated from the University of Oklahoma. Would have attended the University of Missouri if OU did not exist.

2. 1. OU Football 2. OU Basketball 3. Chicago Cubs 4. San Francisco 49ers. 5. Michigan Football 6. UCLA Football 7. Georgia Football. 8. Chicago Bears football 9. OU Women’s basketball 10. Whoever is playing Texass this week

3. Movies. Most = Anchorman, Sports = Bull Durham/Tin Cup, Shame = Love Actually, looking forward = Pirates sequel

4. Music. middle school = REM, high school = U2, college = Dave Matthews Band, now = Drive-By Truckers. guilty pleasure song = In Da Club

5. Books. Favorite finished = The Killer Angels, worst = The March, need to read = Atlas Shrugged

6. Cities. Favorite = Heidelburg, Germany. need to visit = NYC

7. Third & Long. The First Saturday in October. Cheerleaders. Game of the Century. Tradition. Tailgaiting. Fight Songs. Bud. Barry. Bob. Boomer Sooner.

1. Education-
Born in Biloxi, MS, graduated Ole Miss, in pharmacy school at UM, and damn the girls a HOT. Ole Miss is a small school for SEC standards, but 8 of every 10 girls are gorgeous. Would have attended Alabama had I not had to pay out of state tuition ( ain’t that a bitch), looking back I wish I would have.

2. Teams-
Alabama football, Alabama baseball, Alabama basketball, Boston Red Sox (Grandparents from Boston, been to Fenway, how can you not like it?), New Orleans Saints, Ole Miss football, Ole Miss baseball, Seatle Seahawks (for obvious reasons), Ole Miss basketball, US SOCCER, okay damnit I like soccer!

3.Movies-
Most watched, Caddy Shack (Bill Murray is a genius)
Sports related, Junction Boys
Guilty Pleasure, Young and Hungry II, er, I mean How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
Summer Flick, That Pirate movie

4.Music-
Middle School- Beastie Boys
High School-Aerosmith
College-Dave Matthews
Today-Mike and Mike in the Morning, Rome is sucking, Dan Patrick, any sports radio- Music today is crap, I’d rather be listening to talk radio
Secretly love- Hold on Loosly, 38 special

5.Books
Fav.- Crimson Tradition, Eli Gold
Worst- Laws of Physics, Nolife McBrain
Should- Rammer Jammer

6. Las Vegas, WOW thats about all I can say to sum it up
   Egypt, Pyramids are AWSOME

7. The pureness of the game, playing from the heart, not for the wallet or checkbook. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!

1. Education
*Tennessee born & bred
*Attended film school at a tiny Catholic university in the Mediterranean; got my BA from Tennessee
*Should’ve gone to Southern Cal or Carnegie Mellon

2. Sports Affiliations
*Indianapolis Colts
*Tennessee football
*Tennessee women’s basketball
*My little brother’s high school football team (Knoxville Catholic)
*Tennessee Men’s basketball
*Any team playing the Patriots
*My high school football team
*US Soccer
*Andre Agassi
*US Snowboarding

3. Movies
Watched the most: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 version w/Errol Flynn)
Sports movie: The Sandlot
Secret movie: Red Dawn
Can’t wait for: SNAKES. ON. A. PLANE.

4. Music
Junior High: Smashing Pumpkins
High School: Weezer
College: The Pogues
Secret shame song: The Top Gun theme

5. Books
Favorite book: The Halloween Tree by Bradbury
Worst book: Doctor Zhivago
Should read: The complete works of Tom Stoppard

6. Travel
Favorite city: Berlin
Must see: Sydney

7. College football
The Tennessee-Alabama game. There’s no feeling quite like that third Saturday in October.

1.Education
Louisville, KY
Undergrad University of Louisville
Most liked to go to if I would have had the guts: UGA

2.Affiliations
10.Easten Kentucky Football(Former coaches now coaching there)
9. Florida Atlantic Football(same as above)
8. Southern Ill. Football
7. Northern Ill. Football
6. Washington Husky Football
5. UGA Basketball
4. Any golfer from the state of Kentucky
3. Red Sox Baseball
2. Louisville Basketball
1. Louisville and UGA football(they are one in the same to me)

3. Movies
Airplane!
Hoosers
October Sky
Superman Returns

4.Music
Van Halen
U2/Chili Peppers
Dave Mathews Band/Snoop/Rage Agaist the Machine
The Go-Go’s We Got the Beat

5.Books
Hogan by Curt Sampson
White Shark by Peter Benchley
(INSERT NAME HERE) Text book from college

6.Travel
Boston
Anywhere on the Oregon coast

7. Football is the greatest test of a man’s character. Not just physical character but it tests the character of your heart you soul and most importantly your mind.

1. Education. From: State College, PA (yes, people actually are from there); Preschool – Penn State; BS – Penn State; JD – Temple; if there were no Penn State? life would be much different – I’ll say – Montana State University or Holy Cross
2. Sports Affiliations.
a. Penn State Nittany Lions’ Football
b. Reruns of Penn State Nittany Lions’ Football
c. Philadelphia sports teams
d. Pittsburgh sports teams
e. Penn State non-football sports teams
f. Any team that plays FSU
g. US, England, France & Sweden national football teams
h. Any team that plays Carolina (except FSU football)
i. Roger Federer
3. Movies.
Most watched: Gone With the Wind
Fave sports movie: Remember the Titans
Shame flick: Pearl Harbor
4. Music.
Middle school: the Beatles.
High school: Crowded House
College: REM
Shamelove song: “Girlfriend” The Darkness
5. Books.
Favorite: The Three Musketeers
Need to Read: Still working on that high school summer reading list
6. Travel. Fave city: Paris -
City (the royal) we need to go to: Stockholm
7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
blocked kicks

Institution from which I got my learn on – BA from Florida State, Master’s from Texas.

Teams
1) FSU football, the pain
2) Texas Rangers, even more pain
3) FSU basketball, ball-twistin’ pain
4) FSU baseball, being raped by a gorilla pain
5) Duke basketball, family ties
6) Baylor football, more family ties and an above-ground pool full of pain

Movies
Most watched sports – Bull Durham
Fave sports flick – Same
Secret movie – Idol Hands. A young Jessica Alba grinding in an angel costume….proof that God’s a dude.

Music
Middle School – Genesis
High School – Guns N’ Roses
College – Dave Matthews Band
Now – U2
Secret song – The CBS college football theme. I envy the SEC’s TV contract because of it.

Books
Fave – On the Road, Kerouac
Worst – Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne, that bastard
Should – the Koran

Travel
Fave city – Washington, D.C.
Want to go – Tokyo

Why college football is the one to rule all
The passion and the pageantry is unique to American sports. It cannot be artificially reproduced in another setting.

Education/Upbringing: Born and raised in Houston, Texas (and thus bleed Burnt orange) Attended George Washington (BA 06), Villanova (JD 09). Would have gone to UT.

Teams:
(10)Longhorn Basketball
(9)InterMilan / England National team
(8)Andre Agassi
(7)Houston Dynamo (I’m trying…)
(6)GW Basketball (Go Colonials!)
—almost impossible to decide between the top 5—
(5)Houston Texans
(4)FC Barcelona
(3)US Soccer
(2)Houston Astros
(1)Longhorn Football

Movies:
Most watched – Usual Suspects
Sports movie – Major League… even before I saw it not on TV
Shame movie – any big, dumb epic movie (example: Troy)

Music:
Middle School – The Offspring
High School – Weezer / Paul Oakenfold
College – DJ Tiesto / DangerMouse
Shame – anything by Cascada… I.. can’t help it.

Books:
Fav – 1984
Worst – Angels and Deamons
Should have – biography of Leonardo DaVinci

Travel:
Fav city – London or Barcelona
Need to see – China

College Football is passion, loyalty and pure emotion.

1. Born: KY Edu: University of Louisville, University of Phoenix (BS) . Would attend: Notre Dame
2. 10) ND Football 9) Seattle Mariners 8) UK Basketball 7) ND Basketball 6) U of L Basketball 5) U of L Football 4) Seattle Seahawks 3) Edmonton Oilers 2)Cincinnati Bengals 1) ND FOOTBALL
3. Star Wars Episode IV, Caddyshack, The English Patient, Pirates: Dead Man’s Chest
4. Mid: Duran Duran, High: Slayer & Megadeth, College (first time): Pantera, College (second time, after 8 year break for the military) and Now: Pretty much everything. Shame: Tom Jones, “It’s Not Unusual”
5. Red Storm Rising, The Chamber, Seven Habits of Highly Successful People
6. Anywhere in Crete, Amsterdam
7. Student sections, tailgates, fight songs, mascots, cheerleaders, beer….and all on perfect fall Saturdays

1) Born in South Africa, Attended UGA BBA 03, then MAcc 04. If UGA hadn’t existed and I had wanted to write code in a dark corner for the rest of my Days, then GT (it was close, scary close).

2) 1 UGA Football
   2 SA Rugby
   3 SA Cricket
   4 Detroit Redwings (ATL is a city full of transfers)
   5-10 UGA anything else will take up the rest of this list.

3)Most watched movie: PCU
  Sports movie: Caddyshack (does this count?)
  Secret: Sliding doors (gwyneth…)
  Most anticipated: Taladega nights

4)Music
  Middle school: Don’t have this in SA
  High School: Nirvana/PearlJam/ Metallica
  College: Cowboy mouth/Zac Brown Band/Outkast
  Now: Everything from the previous list and more
  Secret: Jessica Simpson “With You”

5)Books
  Favorite: Too damn many, though Watership Down (Adams) and Small Gods (Pratchett) stand out.
  Worst: Can’t think of any horrible books I actually finished. Blacked them out.
  Should Read: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

6)Favorite City: Lahaina Maui
  Want to go to: Everywhere, but next I guess Alexandria Egypt.

7)Everything, the passion, the tradition, tailgating, coeds, the game, the atmosphere, and ringing the church bell on north campus.

1. Born in Madison, WI – grew up in Rockford, IL. Have attended the University of Kansas off-and-on for the past 8 years. Shut up. History/PoliSci double major. Alternate school: UW-Madison or UNC-Chapel Hill

2. KU football, KU other sports, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Blues, Illinois State Redbirds, UND Fighting Sioux, Fighting Illini

3. Most watched: The Big Lebowski, Caddyshack, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off all vie for top honors.

Fave sports movie: The Longest Yard (original, of course)

Shame flick: Roller Boogie

4. Middle school: Pearl Jam
High school: Pearl Jam/Tupac
College: Too many to list, but let’s just say that I’ve gotten much more diverse/sophistimacated in both my rockin’ and hip-hoppin’ tastes.

Shamelove song: “Since You’ve Been Gone,” Kelly Clarkson. Good for blasting while driving, even if it means frightened looks from other drivers.

5. Books. Favorite: What’s the Matter With Kansas, Thomas Frank

Least fave: Too many to name. Textbooks, mostly. Bible’s up there, too.

Should-read: Qu’ran, more good sports books.

6. Travel. Fave city: Chicago, with Copenhagen and Hong Kong fighting for second as if to say, yes, I have ventured out of the Midwest.

Must-visit: Kolobrzeg, Poland (Grandfather’s hometown. Used to be German – Kolberg – prewar. I’m no Pole, thanks.)

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Gameday atmosphere.

Answers can be located…here.

You cannot root for multiple college football teams unless:
A) You attended multiple universities
B) You don’t really care about college football

Don’t mean to be a dick, but there are rules people.

Education – High School, and 2 months of drunken madness, where I managed to aquire quite a few parking tickets at UTSA (Texas San Antonio).

Sports -
1. Notre Dame
2. San Antonio Spurs ( I was at game 7 in 05 )
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
4. Yankees
5. Arkansas Travelers (Texas League, a cousin plays for them)
6. Houston Astros
7. Texas Tech
8. Gators
9. Nick Faldo
10. Mike Tyson – I know the guy is an ass, but I was a teenager when he was in him prime.

Movie – Payback, and just about any movie M Knight Shamalamahimilayanman put out. Incredibles is damn good too.

Music – My cd case in the car has some Slayer, some Pantera, 2 NWA cd’s, 2 Frank Sinatra cd’s, and a few Brooks and Dunn cd’s. Any Metallica before the Black album rocks.

Books – Bernie Goldbergs 100 people screwing up America was pretty interesting.

Travel – Maui.

Losing more than one game gives you no chance at the Championship.

I can root for UND for hockey, Illinois State because they’re 1-AA and not a threat to anyone really (and because I spent every weekend sophomore year there), and Illinois because I’m the first generation of my family to not attend there since one of my ancestors was a charter member of the faculty. So bite me.

Tommy,
You are incorrect sir. I have so much love for College football that I respect Joe Pa and PSU and I love the Hurricanes for the exact opposite reasons. This is behind Notre Dame.

I love burnette’s, blondes, and Red heads too. I also like my coffee black if you know what I am saying. Is this against the rules?

1. Education.
Born in NW Arkansas—lived in AR, AZ, NV, MI, TN, and VA currently. Went to Valparaiso to play football, ended up at Adrian College, and then grad from Central Michigan University

2. Sports Affiliations.
Arkansas Razorbacks, followed closesly by the Arkansas Razorbacks. Although I do root for CMU as well since I grad from there. Additionally, all Detroit teams and the Washington Nationals.

3. Movies.
Most watched movie: High Fidelity
Favorite sports-related: Friday Night Lights
Secretly love: Days of Thunder b/c its soooo bad and “rubbin’ is racin’”
Looking forward to: Ricky Bobby

4. Music.
Middle school: Gin Blossoms
High school: Whiskeytown, Uncle Tupelo, Radiohead
College: Old 97s, Wilco, Guster, Radiohead, etc etc
Today: Pretty much the same as college

5. Books.
Fave: most Nick Hornby books
Worst: probably something from Senior Lit
Should read: You tell me

6. Travel.
Favorite city: Chicago and Toronto
Must visit: Someplace that isn’t in North America

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Southeastern rivalries where we curse you before the game and get drunk with you afterwards

I’ll just leave a link to my horseshit responses.

There will be a test on this later, Orson.

1. Education.

Born in Tampa, FL, but raised in the Burg. UF ‘98 cum laude English/minor Women’s Studies. Emory University, graduate degree (must stay mysterious), 2006. Will be attending PhD program, fall 2007; have an offer from excellent program at Ohio State, but am concerned re: tOSU lore and Columbus. Would have attended Warren Wilson (teensy hippie college in NC) if not for UF.

2. UF Football; TB Buccaneers; DEI Racing; SEC Football teams who are not playing UF at the moment; Michael Waltrip; ATL Falcons.

3. Movies.
Most: Cabin Boy.
Favorite sports movie: The Waterboy, because Kathy Bates in that movie is my spiritual twin. Wild Goose Chase is a classic. Certainly a lot of strenuous physical activity, and it IS kind of about wrestling.
Shame Flick: Rumor Has It. ack!
Looking Forward to: Talladega Nights.
 

4. Middle school: the Supremes.

High school: U2

College: The Indigo Girls.

Shamelove song: “Wouldn’t it be nice.” Makes me cry.

5.
Favorite: No single title, but I was really shaped as a preteen by The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway and by Candace Bergen’s autobiography, Knock Wood. Maybe the Florence King Reader.
Worst book: Fear of Fifty by Erica Jong, but it’s a close race with Parachutes and Kisses, also by Ms. Jong.
Need to read: I have to finish the Baroque Cycle so Orson will stop asking me how much I love Jack Shaftoe, who is his literary alter ego, excepting Jack’s numerous pelvic issues, of course.

6. Travel.

Favorite city: Bangkok.

City we need to go to: Mumbai.

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

The collective joy of watching talented young men in nice tight pants excel.

Odell,
If I may be so bold as to read between the lines, I think you are saying that you like your coffee black.

Orson,
Thanks for giving us this forum to learn a little bit about each other. Not to get all weird on everyone, but it’s pretty damn cool to learn the madness behind the posters methodology.

If any Gamecock or Irish fans would like to chat about the upcoming seasons, I would gladly welcome new “email pals.”
Would it be a complete breach of etiquette, for those that wanted, to post their email addys publicly?

COAN, Bangkok? Seriously? Too easy.

Odell and Pete, my comment was a bit tongue in cheek, meant to spur discussion. I understand there are going to be a host of objections to what I said, but I do think it has soem credence.

1. Education. .
Born in Cincy. Grew up in Houston TX, Richmond VA, and Indianapolis. Went to University of Memphis and now attend Strayer University Online. Graduate with my BSA next march. I always dreamed of going to ND but my GPA in High School was so so. I got accepted into Purdue but my parents moved to Memphis so I went there.
2. Sports Affiliations.
1. University of Notre Dame Football
2. Tennessee Titans
3. University of Memphis Football
4. Carmel IN High School Football
5. Cincinnati Reds
6. Memphis Redbirds(AAA Baseball)
7. SEMO Cross Country (My brother was on the team)
8. University of Memphis Basketball
9. Memphis Grizzlies
3. Movies.
Most: Tombstone
Favorite Sports: Rudy
Secret: Shadowlands(with Anthony Hopkins)
Looking forward to: XMEN 3
4. Music.
Middle: Guns N Roses First music that was mine and not my parents
High: Garth Brooks(No one else was listening to country. I played it loud and proud to piss everyone off. I can hardly stand him now.)
College: Metallica
Today: Johnny Cash
Song I’m Ashamed of: Bitch – Meredith Brooks(I can’t even begin to explain this)
5. Books.
Fav: Stephen King’s The Dark tower series: The Gunslinger(I was a teenager and was hooked)
Worst: The Koran (PoliSci class at Univ. of Memphis)
Need to read: Purpose Driven Life. (My dad wants me to read it)
6. Travel.
Been to: San Antonio
Want to go to: Florence, Italy
7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Violent Team Ballet

Ruh-sponses

1. Education: Born in Ohio, but grew up in Michigan. I’m woefully undereducated—and not that bright, either—and therefore have no university education. If I could, I’d attend the University of Michigan or maybe Georgetown University.

2. Sports Affiliations: There’s no way I can come up with ten favorite teams, I’m just not into professional sports anymore.
 
a. Michigan Wolverines football team.

c. Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL), circa early 1980’s

d. Minnesota Vikings, circa 1970’s

e. U.S. Women’s Beach Volleyball, although any team will do.

3. Movies:

Most watched: I’m guessing “Star Wars,” I racked up a lot of viewings when I was twelve.

Favorite sports movie: This should also be my “shame” flick, “Rudy.”

Shame flick: “Moulin Rouge.”

4. Music: I have to dig up ten sports teams I like, but only get one band per era? What’s up with that?

Middle school: Ted Nugent

High School: The Beatles

College: U2

Today: Interpol

Shame song: “Fernando” by Abba. There was something in the air that night.

5. Books:

Favorite: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemmingway.

Worst: “Hollywood Wives” By Jackie Collins. Was given to me by a girl I spent the night in the Hamburg airport with. The thing is, I actually enjoyed it even if it is pure trash.

Should read: “Ulysses” by James Joyce. Yeah, right (see above answer to number one).

6. Travel:

Favorite city: Berlin

Must visit: Rome

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Passion, tradition, the huge spectrum of teams, and every game counts.

I give unto you my answers

1. Born in Knoxville, TN. Graduated Tennessee-Chattanooga. Should have gone to UT.

2. Tennessee Vols in any sport, especially football. New York Yankees. Tennessee Titans. Detroit Tigers, Lions. Buffalo Bills.

3. Most watched- All the mob flicks (Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, etc.) All Tarantino. Not really looking forward to any movie. Fav sports movie— All of ’em

4. Middle School-Jimmy Buffett
   High School-Jimmy Buffett
   College-Dave Matthews
   Now-Any non-pop and ESPN radio

5. I read a shitload. Mainly military and political history and thrillers. Right now I’m reading “Flags of our Fathers”.

6. Fav city- Charleston and Key West.
   Want to go to Venice, Havana, London.

7. College Football- Tailgating, Fall weather in Knoxville, passion of SEC fans. And this video of a typical Georgia fan— http://www.alldumb.com/item/30866/

1.Born in Raleigh, NC. Ventured out and went to N.C. State where I studied business. If I had it to do all over again I would have gone to any of these SEC schools (strictly based on about 5 or 6 Saturday’s a year): Bama, Georgia, Auburn, Florida, LSU…

2. 10. Carolina Hurricanes 9. The Wanstache Panthers 8. Pittsburgh Penguins 7. Miami Hurricanes Football (7th floor crew) 6. N.C. State football (would be #2 but can’t root for Amato, what a clown!!) 5.Anyone who makes Fat Phil choke- Geoff Ogilvy this week. 4. N.C. State basketball 3. Tiger 2. Pittsburgh Pirates… 1. Pittsburgh Steelers

3. most watched- Pulp Fiction
   Fave Sports movie- Caddyshack
   Hate to admit it- Closer
   Most looking forward to- Pirates of Carrib 2

4. Music: middle School- 2Pac
   High School- Zeppelin
   College- Widespread Panic
   Right Now- Robert Randolph and the Family Band
   Don’t tell anybody- Jo-Jo Leave (Get Out)

5. Books:
Fav. Book- Putting out of your mind by Bob Rotella (my golf game owe’s him big time.)
worst book ever read- Tucker Max-Belligerence and Debauchery (man he is just sooooo crazy…)
Book I need to read- Trinity by Leon Uris

6. Best city traveled to – Vancouver, BC
   Need to travel to – Cape Town, South Africa

7. I went to the 2004 Georgia @ Auburn game when Reggie Brown got knocked the fuck out. That is when I realized the ACC was waaayyyy behind.

1. Grew up in Bay Area in ardent CAL family. Go to Williams College (Libearal Arts school in wastelands of Western Mass). Would have gone to CAL if I didnt want to get away from home. PLan to go there if i go to grad school.

2. Teams.
1) CAL Football
2) SF Giants
3) 49ners
4) CAL Basketball
5) SJ Sharks
6) Williams Football (DIII) (Fightin Ephmen! Yah)
6) Golden State Warriors who always suck
7) Penn St Football – love Joe Pa
8) All Pac 10 Teams playing out of conference (except stanfurd)
9) US national teams
10) Oakland A’s (AL team)

3. Movies
Most Watched: Close call between The Usual Suspects and Shawshank Redemption. Both are awesome.
Sports: Field of Dreams, always gets me pumped for baseball season
Shame: Cinderella. Man I loved that movie growing up.

4. Music
Middle School: Did I listen to music? All sports radio, brainwashed by my father.
High School: Oasis
College: Kind of everything, Outkast maybe pulls away at nuber one.

5. Books
Favorite: Catch 22
Least: The Awakening, god that was awful
Most wished I finished: Lord of the Flies

6. Travel
Favorite City: Florence, great times there
Want to visit: Prague or Copenhagen

7. The adrenaline rush of the opening kick and the unparelled passion of the fans.

1. Education: Pomona College BA Politics, looking to attend grad school in the next couple of years. If I had to do it all over I would choose a large, state-run University with a plethora of hot women and a dominant football program. I do not care which.

2.
1. Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens (4-years of DivIII glory baby)
2. Pomona-Pitzer Basketball (I hate basketball for the most part, but there is nothing like getting tanked and sitting courtside heckling your opponents—-and in DivIII they can actually hear you)
3. California Golden Bears Football (born in Berkeley)
4. Oakland Athletics
5. Anyone playing against USC football
6. Patriots
7. Niners
8. Cal Basketball
9. Cornell Baseball (brother pitches for them)
10. San Jose Giants (buddy pitches for them)

3. Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption
    Sports Movie: Major League (close second: The Sandlot)
    Shame Flick: Love and Basketball

4. Middle School: Green Day
    High School: Keak Da Sneak
    College: Matisyahu

5. Favorite Book: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal. Christopher Moore.
    Hated: World on Fire. Amy Chou

6. Favorite City: Prague…sweet baby Jesus, beer is actually cheaper then water there. Seriously.
    Need to go to: Barcelona or Buenos Aires

7. The friendly rivalry of opponents and an appreciation of differing opinions.

Education:
Born in Phoenix, went to Arizona State University. Probably would have gone to U of Pitt or Trinity U. in San Antonio.

Sports teams:
1) ASU anything, 2) Phoenix Suns, 3) AZ Diamondbacks, 4) Dallas Cowboys (currently on hiatus until TO no longer is a blight on the team), 5) Arizona Rattlers (Arena football) 6) Phoenix Coyotes 7) During college football season, “Anyone playing u of a” shoots up to #2 on this list

Movies:
Most Watched: So I Married an Axe Murderer
Fav sports movie: Field of Dreams
Secret shame: The Truth about Cats & Dogs or My Fair Lady
Not a movie buff so nothing strikes my interest this summer

Music:
Jr high: MC Hammer
High school: Boys II Men or DC Talk
College: Sarah McLachlan
Now: Dave Matthews Band
Secret shame: Bye Bye Bye (there’s probably worse songs I like more but I can’t think of them at the moment)

Books:
Too hard to pick a favorite…off the top of my head, David Eddings Belgariad or Mallorean series

Travel:
Fav City: Austin or San Francisco
Must go to: Vancouver or Montreal

Best thing about college football:
Beating u of a

1. Education.
Born: Morgan City, Louisiana
B.A. LSU; J.D. University of Denver
I honestly have difficulty even considering another undergraduate school. Maybe the Univ of Colorado, ‘cause the weather is cool, but much of its undergrad population is annoying as hell.

2. Sports Affiliations.
a.LSU Football
b.New Orleans Saints (the horror)
c.LSU Baseball
d.LSU Basketball
e.Colorado Avalanche
f.Denver Broncos
g.Univ of Colo Football
h.any team with the great Rohan Davey under center

3. Movies.

Most watched: Raising Arizona
Fave sports movie: Hoop Dreams
Shame flick: Bring It On

4. Music.
Middle school: Hall & Oates
High school: Guns n Roses/Jimi Hendrix/Led Zeppelin
College: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Today: Gov’t Mule
Shamelove song: Suddenly. Olivia Newton John

5. Books.

Favorite: practically anything by John Keegan
Worst: anything by Grisham
Book we should read but haven’t: Moby Dick. What’s up with all that gay stuff?

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Saturday Night In Death Valley

1. Born: Houston, TX
   Attended: LSU
   Fall Back: Texas

2. a. LSU Football
   b. Houston Oilers (I know… it’s time to move on)
   c. LSU Baseball
   d. LSU Basketball
   e. Houston Texans (I know… it’s time to move on)

3. Most Watched: Stripes
   Sports Fav: Caddie Shack
   Guilty Pleasure: Hudson Hawk
   Looking forward to: Nacho Libre
                       (can’t think of anything else)

4. Middle School: The Cure
   High School: REM
   College: U2
   Secret: The Wreckers “Leave the Pieces”

5. Best: The Bible (cliche, but true)
   Worst: Canterburry Tales (thank God for Cliff’s Notes)
   Must: I can’t choose one, there are so many.

6. Favorite city: Singapore
   Must visit: Havana

7. Passion, tradition, culture, pride, intensity

1. Pennsylvania, undergrad: Washington & Jefferson College, grad: Duquesne U
     Miami OH
2. a) Pgh Steelers
    b) Pgh Pirates
    c) W&J football
    d) Pitt football
    e) Pgh Penguins
3. Most watched: Godfather
    Sports movie: Bull Durham
4. Middle: Van Halen & Black Sabbath
    High School: U2
    College: U2
    Shamelove song: “Love Song” – The Cure (wait, does that make me an emo?)
5. Lit: Ernest Hemingway, Malcolm Gladwell, Ayn Rand, Bill Simmons
6. Fave city: NYC
    Must visit: Hawaii
7. Why I love college football: tradition, pageantry, P-E-N-N-S-T Penn State sucks!, Lee Corso, TD Jesus, upskirt shots of cheerleaders!

1.Born in Chesapeake, Va. Will attend Virginia Tech in the fall, would go to James Madison if Tech didn’t exist.

2.Sports.
1.Miami Dolphins 2.VT Football 3.VT Basketball 4.Norfolk Tides(AAA Mets affiliate) 5.Norfolk Admirals(AHL Chicago Blackhawks affiliate) 6. Washington Nationals 7.New York Mets 8.Washington Wizards 9. Old Dominion U basketball 10.Oscar Smith HS football

3.Movies.
Most watched:Animal House
Sports:Happy Gilmore.
Shame:Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Anticipation:Clerks II

4.Music.
Middle School: Smash Mouth/Barenaked Ladies
High School:Flogging Molly
College:Arctic Monkeys/We Are Scientists/Head Automatica
Song:“Promiscuous”..Nelly Furtado’s hot, Timbaland once again why VA’s Seven Cities is known for beats.

5.Books.
Fave:Me Talk Pretty One Day, or Jennifer Government. Worst:Heart of Darkness. One guy retells one guy retelling a story. And both stories are on a boat.

6.Travel.
Fave:DC. I’ve been secluded to the suburbs. Need to go:Kent, England and Amsterdam.

7.College football.
That it gives entire Commonwealths/states the idea that they have a “major-league” sports team.

Born in NE Ohio, graduated w/a BS in Psychology/Economics from THE Ohio State University, would’ve gone to Duke if I could have afforded it.

Sports: OSU Football, OSU Basketball…
The rest is a hodgepodge of Cleveland Indians/Browns, other OSU sports

Most watched flick: Raising Arizona.

Fave sports movie: Bull Durham

Fave overall movie: Usual Suspects

Shame flick: Berry Gordy’s the Last Dragon…SHO NUFF!

Middle school: The Beatles

High school: Pink Floyd

College: The Stone Roses

Now: Built to Spill

Shamelove song: That damn Kylie Minogue Can’t Get You Out of my Head song…I just picture her butt moving around to it the whole time.

Favorite Book: Changes frequently, Into Thin Air by Krakauer most recently.

Worst: The Da Vinci Code. Embarassingly juvenile.

Book I should read but haven’t: Count of Monte Cristo

Fave city: tie between Rome and Cusco, Peru

City I need to go to: Paris

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Passion, purity, pride, tradition, rivalry

Leopold Scotch,
you may want to specify lefty, as fat phil here means someone else.

Thanks Jonathan,
 I hate that Fat Phil too.

Education.
Born in Charlotte, NC…Some college a few different places!!
 
Sports Affiliations.
10. Charlotte Bobcats
9. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
8. Myers Park Soccer
7. Duke Basketball
6. Notre Dame Football
5. England Soccer
4. Carolina Hurricanes
3. Carolina Panthers
2. Atlanta Braves
1. Auburn Football

3. Movies.
Watched most: Anchorman
Secretly love, but don’t like to admit: Chasing Liberty
Movie most looking forward to this summer: Talladega Nights

4. Music.
Middle school: Pearl Jam
High School: Bush
College: Bush
Today: American Idol!

5. Books
Favorite book: Wuthering Heights
Worst book: That damn Who Moved my Cheese book…my manager made me read it…
Book I really should read but haven’t gotten around to: War and Peace

6. Travel
Favorite city: Vegas!!
Need to visit: The Greek Isles

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Auburn…Duh!

1) Education – Born in Clearwater, Florida…Attended UF, BA in history, just finished JD at Univ. of Miami Law (unfortunately). If UF didn’t exist I’d have probably attended Notre Dame.

2)Sports Affiliations
1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2) Gators Hoops and Football 3) NY Yankees 4)Notre Dame Football 5) Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics 6) Tampa Bay Lightning 7) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8) Anyone playing the Red Sox 9) Anyone playing F$U 10) Anyone playing Georgia

3) Movies
Most watched – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Sports-related – Hoosiers; Guilty pleasure – Before Sunrise; Summer flick – couldn’t tell you one movie that is out right now

4) Music – Middle School – U2; High School – Wu Tang Clan; College; Salty Dog Jukebox; Now – The Strokes; Secret Love – Don’t Stop Believing, Journey

5)Books – Favorite -1984; Worst – Gellhorn & Byse’s Administrative Law; Book I really should read – Lolita

6)Travel – Favorite city – New York; Place I must visit – Prague; Worst “city” – Starkville, Miss.

7)What I love about College Football – Friends, Road Trips, Bourbon, Southern Co-eds

1. Born and raised in South Florida, graduated UF in ’03. UF is a family thing, so that is the only University I applied to, so this next question is tough…FINE – Auburn?

2. Favorite Teams:
1) Gator Football
2) Gator Basketball
3) Other SEC Football teams when playing OOC – except for Georgia – my hatred for them supersedes my love of the SEC… totally irrational, but also necessary when you live in Atlanta and are SURROUNDED by them. Ugh, stop barking.
4) Any team playing FSU or Miami that weekend
5) Pittsburgh Steelers
6) – 10) Other Gator sports teams

3. Most watched movie: Probably Old School, or Shawshank Redemption
Fave sports movie: The Sandlot
Shame flick: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – sooooooooo much better than the first one.
Summer flick: I don’t really go to the movies that often, Pirates of the Caribbean, I guess.

4. Middle school: the Beatles. (and Gin Blossoms, PM Dawn – yikes)
High school: the Beatles. (and Oasis, U2)
College: the Beatles. (and Coldplay, Allman Brothers)
Today: the Beatles. (and The Killers, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin)
Shame song: “Under My Thumb” – The Rolling Stones. Any girl who’s actually listened to the lyrics of this song shouldn’t love it — but I do.

5. Favorite books: Pride and Prejudice and Great Expectations.
Worst book: The Scarlet Letter… So she effed him, big whoop.
Book I should read but haven’t: A Brief History of Time

6. Fave city: Key West, FL
City I need to go to: Florence, Italy

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Singing “We Are The Boys Of Ol’ Florida" at the end of the third quarter in the Swamp. Nice.

Born: Scotland. Schools attended: University of Southern California (BA), Brown University (MA plus unspecified period of ABD). Alternative college: Cal.

Sport affiliations. USC Football. Scotland (Soccer, Rugby). Not affiliated with but approve of: Holland, FC Barcelona, Arsenal. Shameful addiction: Glasgow Rangers.

Movies. Most watched: Lawrence of Arabia. Favorite Sports: Chariots of Fire. Secretly love: Bend it Like Beckham (dios mio, the embarrassment). Looking forward to: N/A.

Music. Middle school: Men at Work, The Police. High School: Zeppelin, Hendrix, Cure, Cult. College: Jane’s Addiction, Ministry, De La Soul, Public Enemy. Now: Super Furry Animals, Roots Manuva. Shameful secret: Mr Blue Sky, ELO.

Books. Best: A Bend in the River, VS Naipaul. Worst Finished: Double Vision, Pat Parker (nothing. happens. at. all.) To read: The Black Book of Communism (only been in the queue for five years…)

Travel. Favorite city: Edinburgh, with Florence and Montreal close behind. Must see: not a city, a region: Cappadocia.

College football in 20 words or less: Sunshine and hotties. Student Body Right. 3 step drop, pass, touchdown. Night games at the Colisseum.

1.Born in southern California, graduated from the University of California (Berkeley). Would have attended Purdue University if not for Cal, but always wanted to go to USC.

2.Sports
1. Cal Football
2. Oakland/LA/Oakland Raiders
3. Cal Basketball
4. Whoever is playing $tanfurd in any sport
5. Sacramento Kings
6. Oakland A’s
7. Cal Rugby
8. Natalie Coughlin
9. San Diego Chargers
10.Gonzaga Basketball

3.Movies
Most watched: Nemo (my 2 1/2 year-old son loves this movie!)
Sports: Bull Durham
Shame: Terms of Endearment (I know, I know…)

4.Music
Middle School: J Giles Band
High School: Van Halen/Scorpions/Def Leppard
College: Metallica/Guns ’n Roses
Now: Dave Matthews Band/Counting Crows/Tool

5.Books
Favorite: Too many…
Worst: Grisham’s shit is getting old…

6.Travel
Favorite city: Rome
Need to go to: Costa Rica (I know it’s a country, not a city)

7.Why I love College football?
History, competition, pageantry, intensity, effort. Most of these kids aren’t going to play a down in the NFL, but they play like they are!

1) Born in Mississippi. Went to Bama and then law school at Cumberland (part of Samford in Bham). Would’ve gone to vandy.
2) Who’s playing Aub, Who’s playing TN, Ole miss football, Mets, Redskins, Seahawks (alexander the great, beotch), Bama baseball, Bama Hoops, Braves, damned ole Tide football
3) Animal House, 1st Bad News Bears, Sound of Music, King Kong
4) Mid school: U2, HS: Smashing Pumpkins, College: Phish
Guilty Pleasure: Take on Me
5) Count of Monte Cristo, Gravity’s Rainbow, Ulysses
6) NYC, Amsterdam
7) Being 15 yrs old at the 93 sugar bowl and the sheer hysteria of a college football national title. Period.

Born and raised in Kansas City, double major in Pysch and German from Notre Dame. Almost went to Dartmouth.

Root for Notre Dame football. KU Jayhawk Basketball is a distant second. Also receving votes: Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Chiefs, Rutgers football (c’mon Scarlet Knights).

Most watched: Animal House. I’ve seen it so many times I can watch it in my head without leaving much out.
Sports movie: Caddyshack.
Shameful addiction: anything directed by George A. Romero

Middle School: Jethro Tull, Beatles
High School: Everclear, Sublime
College: Talking Heads, Springsteen, Stones
Now: Bloc Party, The Band, lots of CCR
Shame song: Anything by Hall and Oates, esp. “Rich Girl”. But I’m really not ashamed of that.

Favorite book: Gotta concur with the other phil running around here. “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”.
Least favorite: Had to read a lot of kooky identity-politics crap for the psych major.
Someday will read: Joyce.

Favorite city: Spent a year studying in Innsbruck, Austria. For a kid from the great plains, the Alps sealed the deal. Dublin a close second.
Must visit: Australia and New Zealand.

Love about CF: Long runs. Tailgating. South Bend the night of a big win. Cold Boulevard Beer. Rivalries. The smell of autumn.

1) Education
Born in Texas went to Ole Miss for undergrad and am attending Law School in Houston.

2) Sports Affiliations.
10. Georgia Bulldogs Football
9. Houston Texans
8. Texas and Texas A&M Football (you can like both if you aren’t loyal to either)—when they play each other A&M
7. The New York Football Giants
6. Tennessee Titans
5. Ole Miss Baseball and Basketball
4. Houston Rockets
3. Houston Astros
2. Dallas Cowboys
1. Ole Miss Football

3. Movies.
Most watched – Probably is Caddyshack; Raiders of the Lost Ark
Fav sports related – Major League without a doubt
Secretly like – N/A no guilty pleasure
Looking forward to this summer – Don’t even know what’s coming out—Superman I guess

4. Music.
Fav band from middle school – U2/REM
Fav from high school – U2/REM (still) but supplemented with Janes Addiction/Tool/Chili Peppers/Doors/Jimi Hendrix and a host of other Indie Shit

Fav from college – Widespread Panic/Wilco/Uncle Tupelo/Grateful Dead et. al.

Fav today – Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff, Robert Earl Keen and still most of my college stuff

Song I secretly love – Against All Odds and various other lame Phil Collins songs

5. Books.
Fav I’ve finished – “Lonesome Dove” and the two companion books written afterwards (Comanche Moon and Dead Man’s Walk)by Larry McMurtry

Worst I’ve finished – Gosh, that’s tough-“The Dean’s List”-Jon something or other (that blew pretty bad, thought it would get better but never did.)

Book I really should read – Something by Faulkner—perhaps “As I Lay Dying”

6. Travel.
Fav city I’ve been to: Austin (it’s where I have had the most fun in a city)

Must go to: Venice

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
The rolling thunder of a crowd, getting progressively louder as a player breaks a really long run and the high feeling I get on gameday.

I was going to respond to this fully, but my eyes starting glazing over on about #12. I’ll abreviate my answers:
Mississippi State,
Mississippi State, Ronin/ML/ItsAWoderfulLife, Van Halen/Beatles/STP/“Jesus Christ Superstar” Album, Clear and Present Danger/American Psycho/For Whom the Bell Tolls, Waikiki/Rome, Tradition yet it’s always fresh

1) Education
Born in South Dakota went to went to UGA for undergrad.
Despite having an anti-florida site if i had to go someplace else I’d go to UF

2) Sports Affiliations.
1 UGA Football
2 Minnesota Vikings
3 AVP – pro volleyball

Most watched – Ferris Bueller’s Day off (Seen it at least 100 times)

Fav sports related – Friday Night Lights
Secretly like – Princess Bride (shame)
Looking forward to this summer – Pirates of the Carribean Sequel

4. Music.
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Blink 182
Big Head Todd and the Monsters

5. Books.
Fav I’ve finished – Guns Germs and Steel on the non fiction side, and I love the Stephen King Gunslinger books

Worst I’ve finished – The Left Behind Series. I liked it in the beginning but they wrote at a 3rd grade level and constantly remind you what happen in the previous books.

Book I really should read – Ulysses

6. Travel.
Fav city I’ve been to: Sydney Australia
Must go to: Tokyo

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
The slow buildup of excitement that builds before the beginning of the season/game peaking on the drunken walk to the stadium.

1) Education
Born in South Bend, grew up in Memphis, went to Tennessee for undergrad, looking to attend University of Memphis State University for grad. Alternative school in high school-Michigan, now-it would have to be in the SEC, either Ole Miss or South Carolina

2) Sports Affiliations.
10. BARRY BONDS..the greatest EVER
9. St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers
8. Michigan football
7. Memphis Grizzlies and Detroit Pistons
6. Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions
5. Ole Miss Baseball
4. Anyone playing Notre Dame in football
3. Anyone playing tOSU in football
2. Tennessee football
1. Anyone playing UGA in football-my hate for them is greater than any love i could ever have or find, i would cheer for the taliban over these guys

3. Movies.
Most watched – Dazed and Confused…runner-up, Shawshank, can’t help it when its on TNT 45 times a day
Fav sports related – Caddyshack
Secretly like – Princess Bride
Looking forward to this summer – NO MOVIES, jus baseball ending AUG.31 so football gets here

4. Music.
Fav band from middle school – Green Day, Candlebox
Fav from high school – AC/DC, Dave Matthews
Fav from college – George Strait, Allman Brothers
Fav today – Robert Randolph & Family Band

Song I secretly love – Walking on Broken Glass- Annie Lenox

5. Books. Lindys, Athons, Sporting News previews.

I just read off the bestseller list when I can

6. Travel.
Fav city I’ve been to: for a game day atmosphere? RED STICK at night (Baton Rouge for all you laymans) nothing even comes close and I’ve been to ann arbor, columbus, athens, tuscoloosa, auburn, gainesville, south bend and of course knoxville

town i wish i could see on game day…either eugene or college station

Must go to: Rio for CARNIVAL or Munich for Oktoberfest

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?
Winning on the road in the SEC, taking a victorty out of UF, UGA, USC, BAMA is priceless

Tommy and Gamecock Tony,

You are correct in saying that I like my coffee black. I also smoke a pack a day and love every minute of it.

I was just following your cue to spark debate. Please do not take offense. But I get mocked from my own friends and family for liking ND, PSU, and the U. I have a strange thing for the extremes of anything. Hence I like Slayer and the occational Phil Collins song.

1. Born in Iowa, moved to Nebraska before I was 2 and grew up there in a town of 300 people. High school in Omaha. BS – Computer Science from The United States Naval Academy. Naval Nuclear Power program after USNA and served aboard submarines.

2. Sports Affiliations.
7. Whoever is on my sportsbook ticket
6. Baltimore Orioles (I guess)
5. Any great rivalry game
4. Any NFL team with a Navy or Nebraska player
3. Any Navy sport (generally lacrosse)
2. Nebraska Football
1. Navy Football

3. Movies
Most watched: War movies
Fave sports movie: Caddyshack
Shame flick: When Harry Met Sally

4. Music.
middle school: Boston
high school: Motley Crue
college: Metallica
today: Bare Naked Ladies (and the band too)
Shame: Copa Cabana (you’ve got to admit that it gets the ladies dancing at parties)

5. Books
Favorite book you’ve finished: Black Hawk Down
worst book you’ve finished: The Greatest Generation – couldn’t stand all the liberal politics that Tom B. had to throw in there while trying to make it about the WWII vets.
really should read but haven’t gotten around to it: State of Fear

6. Travel.
Favorite city: Las Vegas
still must visit: Don’t know, traveled all over the world in the Navy. May Rio.

7. The passion of the players, EVERY game counts, smack talk and arguing over the sport.

Hey bearisdeadsince82- The Bear died in 1983.

Nah. He died in ‘82. The Bammers just couldn’t bring themselves to bury his dead ass until ’83.

From:

He had intended to stay on with the University as athletic director, but died on January 26, 1983 after checking into a hospital in Tuscaloosa with chest pains. His death came less than a month after his last game as a coach.

Still a long time.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Bryant

1. Born in Michigan, Notre Dame ‘95. Would have gone to a school with hot women and golf all year long.
2. ND Football, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, ND Basketball, Detroit Red Wings, ND Baseball, Denver Broncos, all USA teams, Bocas Junior, Navy football.
3. Most watched – Patton, Sports – Breaking Away, Shame – Princess Bride, Looking Forward to – Mike Leach’s fav, Pirates of the Caribbean 2.
4. Beatles, The Who, Nirvana\DMB\Jimmy Buffet, Tenacious D.
5. Best – Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez, Worst – most of the books I read in English while in Bolivia, Should – Any of the large stack on my night stand.
6. Favorite – Buenos Aires, Would like to see – Barcelona or Moscow.
7. Excitment, energy in the air, grilled food, tailgating, Charlie Weis.

Why must you do fun things when I can’t play?? I’m moving today, have 5 minutes before the ass holes at Comcast come take my internet connection, check EDSBS and find out I missed a post on which I could have wasted an entire work day.

Damn you all.

1. Born and raised in WV, but I can read. BS from WVU in something I got too far into before I realized I hated it, but am shockingly well employed. No WVU, probably would have gone to UK.

2. 10. Washington Redskins (byproduct of living there)
9. Atlanta Braves
8. Pittsburgh Penguins
7. Syracuse
6. Whomever is playing Virginia Tech
5. Whomever is playing Pitt
4. Whomever is playing the Steelers
3. Whomever is playing Notre Dame
2. WVU Basketball
1. WVU Football

3. Most watched: Just Friends (Ryan Reynolds is my boyfriend, and the girl from Scarey Movie is HYSTERICAL)
Fave sports movie: Caddyshack – own it. love it.
Shame flick: Bring It On. Yes, I said it.

4.Middle school: Boys II Men and anything off the Mtv CDs.
High school: Blink 182 (Dude Ranch album came out my junior year… completely changed my taste in music)
College: Still Blink 182, but I was really into No Doubt and Green Day as well.
Shamelove song: The Trouble With Love – Kelly Clarkson

5. Favorite: A Confederacy of Dunces
Worst: Jane Eyre – obviously a school read that I actually read and then had to read the cliff notes just to understand.
Book we should read but haven’t: Memiors of a Geisha

6. Favorite City – The Isle of Capri, Italy
Still want to go to – anywhere in Switzerland

7. Winning the Sugar Bowl, tailgating, and being a Mountaineer

None of your fucking business.

YMB, would you like to receive exciting information about exciting marketing opportunities?

Orson,
How did you know what I do for a living?

Whomever is not a subject :)

is that better?

1. Born in Iowa; BS ME from Iowa State; if not ISU, then Notre Dame, Illinois, or Iowa

2.
a. Iowa State football
b. Iowa State basketball
c. Notre Dame football
d. Chicago Bears
e. James Blake (tennis)
f. Any U.S. national team/player
g. UNI Panther football
h. Roger Federer
i. UNI basketball
j. Chicago Cubs

3.
Most-watched (not favorite) – South Park
Sports – Rudy
Ashamed – Star Wars
Looking forward to – nothing this summer

4.
Middle school – Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana
High school – Led Zeppelin, Doors, Hendrix, Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Tool
College – various rock and hip hop; too many to list
Ashamed – the first Coldplay album

5.
Favorite – To Kill A Mockingbird
Worst – none that I’ve finished; I haven’t read in a while
Should read – Hamlet

6.
Favorite – Chicago
Must visit – Rome

7. Momentum swings, nail-biters, upsets, and comebacks

is that better?

If you weren’t a Vol, I wouldn’t have said anything- clever, though.

1.)
Born in northern California an hour east of San Francisco.

California State Univ., Sacramento – Bachelor of Music,

Univ. of North Texas – Master of Science,

Univ. of North Texas – Master of Music,

Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Univ. of North Texas

Would have attended UC – Berkeley, Michigan, or dream school of Harvard.

2.)
Cal Golden Bears football

Michigan Wolverines football

Auburn Tigers football

Harvard football

San Francisco Giants

Boston Red Sox

3.)
Most watched movie: The Quiet Man

Favorite sports movie: Because I am an alumnus of North Texas and still attend the school I will pull for Necessary Roughness

Shame flick: Fight Club

4.)
Middle school: did not really listen to anything.

High school: Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic/ Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker, but if it had to be a better known group it was the Pet Shop Boys even if they were a distant third.

College: Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Elvis a distant third.

Not really a shame song, but mention the name of Andrew Lloyd Webber to any classical musician and they throw Holy Water on you. I own his Phantom of the Opera and enjoy it.

5.)
Favorite: The Count of Monte Cristo, Anna Karenina, War and Peace, anything by John Steinbeck, Kalevala, Fight Club.

Worst: DaVinci Code

Book I should have read but have not: This is an unfair question since I am librarian but I will say any book in its original language. I know it is a lame answer but there are just too many books to list.

6.)
Favorite city: San Francisco!!!

City I need to visit: Helsinki, Finland but a really strong case may be made for Moscow.

7.)
Tradition, Passion, impact it had and continues to have on the socio-economics, race relations, and history of the U.S.

BTW, Orson – singularity? Have you been spending time with Ray Kurzweil?

Still not a blogpoller, but that didn’t stop me from answering.

Woof GatorAM

1) Born: PA; attended WAC, would have gone to Hampden-Syndey if WAC didn’t exist.
2) (1) Philadelphia Eagles, (2) Philadelphia Phillies, (3) Villanova basketball, (4) St. Joe’s basketball, (5) Penn State football, (6) Philadelphia Flyers, (7) Philadelphia 76ers, (8) Florida football (EDSBS), (9) WAC lacrosse, (10) Navy football
3) Watched: Silence of the Lambs, Sports: Caddyshack, Secretly like: You’ve Got Mail, Looked forward to: X3
4) Middle School: The Beatles, High School: U2, College and today: Van Halen, Secretly like: “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” by Michael Bolton
5) Favorite: 1984, Worst: “Travels With Charley” by John Steinbeck, Should read: “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand
6) Favorite visited: Montreal, Need to visit: London
7) The contrasting styles of teams, the traditions, the fans, and every game being important.

Orson and Crew:
Fabulous post, it’s almost like one of those meetings where we have to fill out questionnaires to mingle. Only better, because we want to be here.

In looking at the various posts, I have noted that many people have listed the Beatles and Rolling Stones as their favorite groups. I did too, but my guess is that they discovered them from either their parents’ CDs or an “oldies” station.

Sorry about screwing up your demographics…

This is definitely the best blogpoll ever. My answers

Courtesy of EDSBS, shocking, I know.

1. Education. List the region of the country you were born in, what universities you attended and at least one other you would have attended if your alma mater didn’t exist.

Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit. Er, Livonia, a really boring western suburb of The D. Proud double alum of The University of Michigan in 2002 with a BS in biology and 2006 with my DDS. People actually call me “doctor” and I get mail with a prefix in front of my name now. It’s fucking weird. Had I been forced to go somewhere else, it would definitely have been a big state school. Something along the lines of Texas, Wisconsin, Bama, etc. But honestly, I probably would have gone to UNC (had I gotten in for dental school I would have gone there). Great weather, fun college town, and 3:2 female to male ratio. Score!

2. Sports Affiliations. List your top 10 favorite teams in all of sports in decending order. For instance, your alma mater’s football team may be number 1, but perhaps there is a professional team that squeezes in before you get to your alma mater’s lacrosse team.

Michigan Football, Michigan Basketball, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Detroit Red Wings, Michigan Hockey, any US National Team. That’s it, I’m a firm believer that you are not allowed to be a sports traitor and root for professional teams outside of your hometown (although the order of mine does change) and those 3 Michigan teams are really the only ones I follow.

3. Movies. List the movie you’ve watched the most, your favorite sports related movie, the movie you secretly love but don’t like to admit it (possibly a chick flick or b film), and the movie you were (or still are) most looking forward to from this summer’s season.

Most watched: Way too hard to answer but it’s gonna be something along the lines of Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Braveheart, King Arthur, and Die Hard with a Vengeance
Sports-related: Tie between Remember the Titans and The Sandlot
Secret love: some cheesy chick flicks such as Notting Hill, Serendipity, Bring It On
Looking forward to: Miami Vice. It’s going to be absolutely terrible. And I’ll love every second of it.

4. Music. List your favorite band from middle school, high school, college and today. Also, as with the movies, include the song you secretly love but don’t like to admit. If Nickleback is involved in any of these responses, please give a detailed explanation as to why, god, why.

Middle school: Nirvana
High Sponge, Green Day, 2 Pac and Biggie
College: Guster, A New Found Glory
Today: Guster, Keane, Our Lady Peace, and Sister Hazel
Secret: Tony Basil-Micky

5. Books. Favorite book you’ve finished, worst book you’ve finished and the book you really should read but haven’t gotten around to it.

Favorite: A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn
Worst: Intruder in the Dust by William Faulker. I still don’t know what the fuck was going on. His writing is atrocious.
Haven’t gotten to yet: Dude, I have a list. There’s way too many.

6. Travel. Favorite city you’ve every been to and the one place you still must visit before you shuffle off this mortal coil.

Favorite: Chicago, hands down. But I’ve only been to Boston once and had a blast and I need to explore SF more now that I’m an adult.
Must Visit: Somewhere, anywhere, in Africa or Asia. Or London, Paris, Madrid, Venice, Rome, Rio; look, there’s a lot.

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Laughing, Crying, Beer, The Wave, Friends, Winning, Winged Helmets, Not Losing, Hating Ohio State and Notre Dame, The Victors, Michigan

By the way, Son of The Circus is not his best work, but not a bad read.

BlogPoll Roundtable: EDSBS Edition

The latest roundtable requires us to consider life without the alma mater. The alternative can be terrifying.

I guess we’re supposed to trackback to this thing? Well, here goes:
http://tigerpundit.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_tigerpundit_archive.html#115155605160679781

Is this an exclusive thing, like for bloggers only? Cause it seems like everybody is just spilling their guts here. If you’ll accept entries from people that don’t have the guts or know-how to start a blog, here goes.

1. a. God’s country. b. Auburn. c. Ohio U. d. Whomever would’ve taken me. (Whoever? God, I can never get that right. The only clause I for sure believe in is Santa.)

2. a. Auburn football. b. Auburn men’s and women’s golf (SID contact days). c. All other Auburn non-profit (screw the trend toward calling them “Olympic”, cause that’s what they are is non-profit) sports. d. Former Auburn football players current pro teams, but especially the Redskins. e. Buccaneers. f. Dolphins g-j. Whoever (whomever?…shit, foiled by grammer, again) is playing UAT.

3. a. Blazing Saddles, though Caddyshack runs a close second. By the by, Lacy Underalls=hottest movie rack ever. What the hell ever happened to that chick? b. The Big Lebowski, and yes, I realize that Caddyshack is just as much of a sports movie. The choices make sense in my head. c. For Love Of The Game. Costner sucks. Travolta’s crazy-assed Scientologist wife sucks, but very attractively I might add. The reason I love it? If you hate LSU baseball like everyone except an LSU fan should, watching Michael Papajohn get made a fool of at the plate more than makes up for all the other BS in the movie.

4. a. Donna Summer (and her band…I’m guessing she had one). I’m old now, but back then I was young and horny. b. The Who. c. John Prine and his, uh, band. d. Wilco.

5. a. All The King’s Men. It’s supposed to be about Huey Long (well, sort of, but not really). As an Alabama boy born and bred, however, I kind of like to think about Big Jim Folsom while reading it. b. I can’t say that I’ve ever finished a book and been pissed. I’ll never be able to criticize anyone who has the courage to cut themselves wide open for 200 pages or so. c. Light In August. I started it, but never got around to finishing it.

6. a. New Orleans. I’ve been there as a visitor and loved it and lived there as a resident and hated it. That makes no sense…but that’s New Orleans. I hate to love that town. b. Auckland. I’d pick the whole of New Zealand, but it ain’t a city. They love rugby. And rugby players beat the crap out of one another without pads or helmets. I want to drink copious amounts of brown liquor with those people.

7. a. I cant’ do 20 words, but I can give you a fairly short story. In early 1987, the nation’s OMG VHT, to borrow an acronym, was one Emmitt Smith. Word is it was between Auburn and Florida for his services and the Gators possessed the bigger bankroll. Later that year, Emmitt had rushed for more yards in his first six or seven games than any freshman back in NCAA history. Then he came to Auburn. Halloween night. Auburn wins by a large margin, shuts Emmitt down completely. At one point in the fourth quarter, it’s so loud the goalposts are vibrating. I crap you negatory, the goalposts were moving like freaking large-scale tuning forks. But what I remember more than anything else is that as the clock reached zero and the teams left the field to the Auburn fan’s taunts of “Emmitt, Emmitt, Emmitt”, Pat Dye sought out a dejected looking Emmitt Smith, put his arm around him and walked him all the way to the to the tunnel beneath the student section, ensuring that no one would throw anything from the stands. That’s what I love about college football. There’s magic and passion. For some, there’s passion beyond what they themselves can control. But for others, there’s also passion with perspective and respect.

Okay, so I guess that wasn’t fairly short. But as an Auburn grad, if I can’t tell a story without drawing pictures in the dirt with a stick, I’ll ramble on all night.

Which I just did. Apologies.

Brent- Your secret song, Mickey by Toni Basil always makes me laugh, since so few people apparently listen to the words and understand the song.

Mickey is a pretty boy and they spend lots of time together and she can’t give it away. hmmm….maybe because Mickey is gay?

So she tells him that she has “something you can use”. Maybe she’s offering up a sex act a bit more like what he is into? Then comes the clincher for this interpretation: “Come on baby give it to me any way you can. I’ll take it any way you want, I’ll take it like a man”. Yep, she’s offering a gay guy anal sex.

I could never explain to my kids why I was so amused when they used to play a version of the song on Radio Disney.

Phil,
That is pretty damn funny. I have heard that song, oh, about a million times, and it never dawned on me.

I had a similar experience trying to explain to someone what The Vapors, “Turning Japanese” was about.

You know how I know your gay…….
because you listen to Coldplay
Sorry sorry,
Don’t suspend me liek I am Ozzie Guillen

Well I guess this poll officially proves that ND is the most beloved FB program around, since for every “Whoever is playing Notre Dame” entries there are about 5 “Notre dame Football” listings in the favorites, and that’s not counting the actual domers who post back here. go irish

Wow, Tony Basil was a dirty, dirty ho

http://ciskie.blogspot.com/2006/06/blogpoll-roundtable-3719-edsbs-gets.html

Yeah. Enjoy.

1. Born in Cleveland, raised in central North Carolina. B.S. from Georgetown, M.P.P. from Duke, working on the J.D. and official overeducated status from UVA. Had none of them existed, I probably would have lived my life in the cold grave that is South Bend, IN. It’s a family thing.

2. 1) Notre Dame football (again, it’s a family thing) 2) Duke basketball (it’s a ‘northern transplant to NC’ thing) 3) Cleveland Browns (it’s a curse) 4) Cleveland Indians (ditto) 5) Virginia football (still cursed) 6) Georgetown basketball (doomed) 7) U.S. men’s soccer (infuriating) 8) Cleveland Cavaliers (ripped my heart out when they traded Mark Price) 9) Arsenal (four months in London will do that to you) 10) Washington Nationals (DC deserves this much).

3. Most watched and favorite sports flick – Major League (see Cleveland connection, supra.)

Guilty pleasure – Pixar animated movies (the little lady has a thing for them).

Summer movie – Nacho Libre.

4. Middle school – Blues Traveler, I think. Maybe M.C. Hammer. Maybe both.

High School – a healthy obsession with Ben Folds Five.

College – Better Than Ezra and a two year affair with country.

Guilty pleasure – 80s music, and I’m not just talking Police and U2 – bring on the Pat Benetar and Scandal.

5. Ah, shit, I don’t read…

Best – Memoirs of a Geisha; what can I say, I really enjoyed it. Also, I have a thing for Asian women, so the mental imagery was appreciated.

6. Favorite city – in a shocker (hehe), Cape Town. I completely fell for South Africa, and I strongly encourage anyone who even remotely likes soccer to use the 2010 World Cup as an excuse to go.

City I need to get to – Istanbul.

7. It provides a safe harbor to spew my hatred for Ann Arbor, Tallahassee, and L.A., and to love being Irish.
Worst – Waiting for Teddy Williams; an awful baseball book I read out of guilt because my dad gave it to me.

Need to – Ulysses. It’s like the educated Irish-American penance.

Kinda late but…..

1. Born Chicago Illinois. Graduated Arizona State University ‘04 BS Mech. Engineering. ( I went to Arizona State, I’m a Sun Devil MAN!) Other Uni would’ve loved to go to: Notre Dame (always my first love).
2. a) Notre Dame football b) Chicago Cubs baseball c) Chicago Bears football d) ASU football e) Phoenix Suns basketball
3. Most watched: Happy Gilmore. Don’t know why, but every time it comes on I have to watch it. Fave sports movie: Kingpin. Anyone who tells me they lost a hand due to bowling is ‘ichi ban’ cool in my book. Shame Flick: Princess Bride. Inconceivable!
4) Middle School: Pink Floyd, High School: Red Hot Chili Peppers, College: Godsmack Shamelove song: What About Love? By Heart.
5. Favorite: Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey; Worst: Cell, Stephen King; Book really should read but haven’t: Rich Dad Poor Dad
6. Fave City: Seattle, it’s purdy. City I need to visit: Munich Gotta visit the Hofbrauhaus during Oktoberfest.
7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less? Brutality with the finesse of ballet.

1. Education. List the region of the country you were born Born in the south, dammit. Undergrad – South East Podunk Biblethumper U, Grad – FSU, FSU, FSU. University of Vermont would have been cool though, maybe too cool

2. Sports Affiliations.

1. Atlanta Braves
2. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – FB, basketball, beesball
3. FSU – FB
4. Atlanta Falcons
5. Gators FB (believe it or not)
6. New Orleans Saints
7. Atlanta Thrashers
8. Baltimore Orioles
9. UNC – bb only
10. South East Podunk Biblethumper U
 

3. Movies.

Resevoir Dogs, Copland, LOTR (all 3).
Sports – Slapshot. Best sports movie ever. The Hansons are the lords of the coke machine.
Chick flick – Shakespeare in Love
This summer – none really and it makes me sad.

4. Music.
Middle school – The Knack – mmmmmmyyyyy nevermind.
High school – Led Zep what else
College: Violent Femmes

Shamelove song: “Have I told you lately that I love you” Van Morrison

5. Books.

Favorite: This is really hard but since I prefer nonfiction I’ll go with Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen since I just finished it(its about Magellan) but anything by Stephen Ambrose is great too.

Worst: Faulkner – sorry he puts me to sleep. More over rated than Ohio State in any given year.

Book we should read but haven’t: The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell. You really should read Son of the Circus – not Irving’s best but worthwhile. Come to think of it, Prayer For Owen Meany would get an honorable mention in the favorite fiction list.

6. Travel. Chicago is my all time favorite city to visit (in the summer of course) – that includes the 1/2 dozen European cities I’ve been to. Friendly people, great food, lots of culture – not quite as cosmopolitan as NYC but the midwestern ethos makes up for it
Must visit – Sydney.

7. What do you love most about college football in 20 words or less?

Tradition, passion and the illusion that its not a professional sport.

1.) Born in the Great Lakes Region (Kalamazoo, MI). Attended Southern Methodist University (BM, MM). Would probably gone to eithier Michigan or Oberlin if SMU did not exist.

2.) Teams:
SMU Football
Michigan Football
Detroit Red Wings
SMU Basketball
Detroit Lions
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Tigers
SMU Men’s Soccer
Michigan Basketball
required Michigander response of: anyone playing Ohio State

3.) Movies:
most watched: The Usual Suspects
Favorite Sports movie: Caddyshack
Shameful: Annie

4.) Music (will list composers rather than bands as I am more of a “classical” guy):

Middle School: Beethovan
High School: Stravinsky
College: Messiaen
Today: Stravinsky/Britten
I secretly enjoy: ‘Take on Me’ by A-ha

5.) Books
Favorite: Like EDSBS, I favor The Brothers Karamazov
Wish I hadn’t read: I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe and
A Payroll to Meet – does any SMU fan really need to relive the Death Penalty?
Should read: A Room of One’s Own by Virgina Woolf. I’ve had a copy forever, but have never gotten around to it.

6.) Travel
Favorite City: Big – Chicago; Small – Traverse City, MI
Want to see: tie: Vienna/London

7.) Why I love College Football
Emotional Investment, Fall air, fight songs, and ‘the old college try.’

In case the trackback thingy doesn’t work, here’s my entry.

Just the link above. No other comment.

Here is my entry.

1. Born in Houston; grew up in Ohio. Attended Miami (OH) and tOSU (B.A.’s in Political Science and History). Would have gone to UVa otherwise.

2.
Buckeyes football
Buckeyes basketball
Oak Harbor Rockets
Cleveland Indians

3.
Most Watched: Raising Arizona
Favorite Sports Movie: Bull Durham
Shameful: Top Secret!

4.
Junior High (fuck that M.S. b.s.): Prince/Morris Day & the Time
High School: Led Zeppelin/Motley Crue
College: Jane’s Addiction
Shamelove: “The King of Wishful Thinking”

5.
Favorite: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction
Worst: The DaVinci Code
Need to read: Plato’s Republic

6.
Favorite City: D.C.
Need to visit: Seattle

7.
The Atmosphere in and around The ‘Shoe on fall Saturdays (that’s Ohio Stadium, for all you Heathen, shitkicker fans of lesser teams out there).

http://schembechlerhall.com/story/2006/7/10/14326/5772

I think this

Teams:
SMU Football
Michigan Football
Detroit Red Wings
SMU Basketball
Detroit Lions
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Tigers
SMU Men’s Soccer
Michigan Basketball
required Michigander response of: anyone playing Ohio State