BLOGTOBERFEST! SPURRIER TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDITION
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–Spurrier is now going to Alabama, having hypothetically spurned the ‘Canes and President Bush’s entreaties to join him as the Secretary of Defense, and will now be joining Bill Oliver in Tuscaloosa along with other classics of the early nineties like Naughty by Nature, Rollerblades, and Mortal Kombat. Scorpion would make an awesome safety, man. Get over here! (None of this is true. Except for the bit about Scorpion, since a safety with a sharp grappling hook would be awesome.)

Scorpion: would be almost as intimidating as George Teague.
–Go Yang, indeed.
–The SEC will be outside looking in again in the BCS, which is precisely what happens when you schedule crapulence in your out of conference schedule and watch your offense throw a piston at the Auburn game. Florida’s schedule was rough on paper, but one more OOC game not involving a team you give your brother in a pick ‘em matchup in NCAA 2007 game would have made an overwhelming case for Florida’s inclusion.
Either way, Mike Slive will boldly shrug in protest.
–Fightin’ Amish introduces us to Pete Carroll’s website. We really, truly wish he hadn’t.
–Speaking of USC…Boi From Troy has his own mini-catch on the Cal/USC game. Brian Cushing evidently played a nasty role for DeSean Jackson, being one of two or three players the Trojans assigned to jam him off the line. From what we saw of the game, USC’s “jam” technique involves knocking the eyebrows off someone on every snap.
–BULLET BULLET BULLET!! INVEST IN TONGAN LINEMAN SHARES!!! Since the supply may be erratic for a while thanks to rioting and civil disorder in Tonga. Again, we repeat to Urban Meyer: recruit gay Polynesian linemen now and we will be rolling in Sears Trophies in no time.
–Peter admits that the Longhorns can’t win ‘em all: Texas A&M’s Meat Judging Team took home its fourth title in a row. We’re looking to field an EDSBS Meat Judging team, so female readers and gay boys, step on down and submit your qualifications below. We can’t have Dennis Franchione beating us at anything, especially judging fine pieces of meat of any gender.

Meat judge Morrissey would approve of A&M’s fine efforts.
–John Lopez, meanwhile, thinks A&M is dead meat in the game, which is but a shadow of its former self.
–Ivy Leaguers learn quick!
Ivy League leaders say they have protected the academic stature of their institutions, avoided the stain of recruiting and classroom scandals, and nurtured athletics as a truly amateur endeavor.
“Thank goodness,†said Derek Bok, Harvard’s president in 1981 and its interim president now. “The quality of football is not the primary objective of the institution.â€
And that’s why you’ll never win SEC championships, Har-vahhhrrd: lack of dedication, dammit. (And, er, not belonging to the SEC.) That forty percent legacy admission rate doesn’t help, either: weak aristocratic blood will ruin a good blocking scheme every time. If you can get Yale alum and motivational master Aleksey Vayner, though, then do it: impossible is nothing for that guy.












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PeteJayHawk: thanks, I think, for showing me how to waste even more time over the course of the day.
Comment by DC Trojan — November 22, 2006 @ 2:47 pm
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Apparently there’s not a lot of overlap between the Gawker and EDSBS constituencies. Aleksey Vayner is not badass, nor should one be jealous of him in any way, shape or form.
Comment by PeteJayhawk — November 22, 2006 @ 12:03 pm
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Is this some new kind of Ivy League Porn?
If it doesn’t involve getting aroused by your own resume, probably not.
Comment by DC Trojan — November 22, 2006 @ 10:23 am
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I am pretty sure that chick Aleksey is dancing with his porn start Stephanie Swift. Is this some new kind of Ivy League Porn?
Comment by Big O — November 22, 2006 @ 9:47 am
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Ivy League football may not be all that, but I know of no other football power house that has managed to get Keggy as a semi-official mascot.
http://www.playboy.com/on-campus/mascot/keggy/
Comment by Meg — November 22, 2006 @ 12:08 am
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Poodle-pete’s is the worst football website since Chris Rix’s. Is there a compendium of these terrible sites in existence? What else compares with these two?
Comment by Nick — November 21, 2006 @ 11:02 pm
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The #1 thing that the Ivy League needs to do is allow its teams to compete in the I-AA playoffs. Students want it, players want it, the teams deserve a shot. #2 would be to start scheduling Stanford, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and other bottom-feeding I-A schools with good academic reputations.
But yeah, the quality of football just isn’t there. I went to the Princeton-Yale game in 2004, Yale won 7-3 and it was the ugliest shit I’d ever seen.
Comment by Skip — November 21, 2006 @ 6:27 pm
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Oliver will sign up if Darth does.
We’d be in Atlanta next year.
Comment by JohnInHuntsville — November 21, 2006 @ 5:04 pm
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debt, not dept.
Comment by Kecalf Bailey — November 21, 2006 @ 4:46 pm
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NewAZtiger,
The Bama AD is not in dept due to the expansion, between the crimson tradition fund and the revenue from the extra ticket sells, it will be paid for in 2 years, we are actually ahead of schedule according to the people in charge.
However, anyone who thinks Bama has a shot at Spurrier, or even Saban for that matter, is a complete dumbass.
Right now everyone is looking for a suitable replacement for Shula, and after we get turned down they will cheerfully announce that they have full confidence in Shula, not dissimilar to your experience with Tubbs.
If a suitable replacement does decide to listen, though, money will not be much a deterrent, the school has more money now than it ever has.
Comment by Kecalf Bailey — November 21, 2006 @ 4:46 pm
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News Alert: The Po-Po busts out the taser on a Purdue DE after F’nWP (Fightin’ With the Police). Forced to miss trip to Hawaii. Poor bastard.
Comment by Aerobab — November 21, 2006 @ 4:00 pm
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AllWhoYonder:
Actually, in a previous post I did write something about ND scheduling Brown and/or other weaker Ivy League teams.
But, scheduling San Diego State in a few years is really a no-win situation for ND. Even if ND wins big, they lose.
Try to act like men and schedule real competition.
Comment by Stacy Keibler Loves Me — November 21, 2006 @ 3:47 pm
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MikeHoncho,
You may remember that Alabama had just been hit with crippling sanctions and was trying to hire a coach in May at the time Shula was brought in. Can you say “changed circumstances?”
Comment by Rainmaker — November 21, 2006 @ 3:37 pm
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That Yale guy might be a douche, but he is kind of a bad ass douche
Comment by Stranko Montana — November 21, 2006 @ 3:20 pm
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Mike Coster and Harold Diggs with Coach Spurrier from Columbia S.C. In a nutshell. Coach Spurrier just told Mike and Harold he has no interest in the Hurricanes whatsoever. When ask if he would consider a school like Alabama Coach Spurrier said “As far as I know Coach Shula is still coaching there”. Again Mike Coster ask Coach Spurrier if the job were open would you take it? Coach Spurrier said “I am currently getting my team ready for Clemson and need to focus on the Bowl game.”
Comment by matt — November 21, 2006 @ 2:44 pm
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perhaps i am missing the joke, why must the polynesian linemen be gay? or is that an esara toaolu reference?
or am i totally focusing on the wrong thing?
Comment by confused — November 21, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
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BTW, if it wasn’t mentioned, that kid’s clip got passed around wall street I banks like a scores girl with whip cream bikini. He’s never working there…ever.
Comment by Brian — November 21, 2006 @ 2:29 pm
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NewAZ,
So transparent–we know you just want Shula in T-town for a long as possible.
Comment by Rainmaker — November 21, 2006 @ 2:27 pm