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THE XBOX CALLING: ADRIAN PETERSON IS GOLIATH EDITION

That's the ad for NCAA 2008 that aired last night during the baseball all-star game, which we did not watch since we were busy doing EDSBS Live and not giving a shit about baseball. Seeing this did not help our struggle with buying an XBox, which we figure will cost us at least this much money:

--$435 minimum for system setup

--Another hundred for crap we don't need but crave like sweet, sweet blueflake (headsets, new video game rocker, vibrating wireless codpiece)

--$60 for NCAA 2008

--Calculated loss of wages and labor over the next year. Even at blogging wages, which we'll calculate at fifty cents an hour for no particular reason, that will add up to $3.5 billion over the next six months lost to playing NCAA alone. Once Mercenaries Two comes out, our losses could add up to the net worth of several Balkan republics since we'll not only be able to run the "All Speed Option and Statue of Liberty Offense" with our newly created "Peter North University Gushers," but can throw our brain a changeup by burning down whole Venezuelan towns with nothing more than a cell phone and a lighter.

Even with that and this morning's replacement of a radiator in the Swindle FAB1...well, it is our birthday tomorrow, no? And we couldn't have an EDSBS league without the PNU Gushers and their wily Dutch coach Vaas Deference, right?

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Adrian Peterson is a liar; he didn’t make that tackle. Hell, he doesn’t even play defense.

so…no 7’0’’, 400 lb. QB named Edward Orgeron?

by PW on Jul 11, 2007 11:58 AM EDT reply actions  

That commercial last night was, to put it mildly, fucking awesome.

NCAA ‘08 seems like one of two games that may compel me to nut up and buy a PS3 or 360. It’s basically that and GTA 4, which has already caused me to shit both my drawers and the drawers of passers-by.

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jul 11, 2007 12:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I have to purchase a new vibrating wireless codpiece.

by Anonymous IV on Jul 11, 2007 12:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Can’t wait to get online in NCAA 08 and beat the shit out of LSWHO fans, FulmerFags, and those that pull for “that other school down the road.” Roll Tide.

Also Halo 3 september 24. There’s my two reasons to shell out 450 for the setup on Xbox 360. But, good news is that the price will drop soon in response to PS3 dropping their price.

by Hook'em Tide on Jul 11, 2007 12:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Purchase a codpiece? I think I’ll hold out for winning one fair and square at the Mordhaus employee day.

by Rusty on Jul 11, 2007 12:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Coach “Vaas Deference”

That’s why I keep coming back.

by Whitey on Jul 11, 2007 12:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Does this mean Troy Smith will appear in an ad where he out runs a helmet-less Earl Everett and throws for 7 TD’s?

by mlmintampa on Jul 11, 2007 12:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Oops Pow Suprise, that is some power of suggestion and/or bowel movtion.

by Anonymous IV on Jul 11, 2007 12:20 PM EDT reply actions  

One of the bext commercials of all time. It ranks up there with the 3 licks owl and the Encyclopedia Britannica kid.

by Peace w/o the barn on Jul 11, 2007 12:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Peace # 9,

     I am laughing my ass off.

     However, did anyone notice these two things:
          1. The guy who made the tackle was #16. Peterson is #28.
    
          2. At the very end of the commercial, it says “Adrian Peterson plays as
               SoonerPride28.”

by Cardiac Kids on Jul 11, 2007 12:25 PM EDT reply actions  

“Does this mean Troy Smith will appear in an ad where he out runs a helmet-less Earl Everett and throws for 7 TD’s?”

Or Notre Dame’s experiened/veteran/leader qb burning the LSU secondary for 450 yards.

by Hook'em Tide on Jul 11, 2007 12:25 PM EDT reply actions  

grrr—-I think I’m looking at Septemberish before I’ve got the spare change for a new system. Looks like PS2 NCAA for this guy…must…run….Wildcat…

by Jerkwheat on Jul 11, 2007 12:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Orson, your birthday’s tomorrow? Mine too! Hurrah for all geniuses born on July 12…LIKE BILL FUCKING COSBY!

by Mätt on Jul 11, 2007 12:33 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. Hook em:

Ouch, that hurt. Too soon man, too soon.

by Domer Guy on Jul 11, 2007 12:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Since it is Bill Cosby’s birthday tomorrow and he was a fullback at Temple University are there going to any photoshopped images celebrating his football playing days? Cosby’s mug on Javorskie Lane’s body sort of material.

by Anonymous IV on Jul 11, 2007 12:43 PM EDT reply actions  

I think I’m stuck with the PS2 version for a while, too. But maybe I’ll be able to stop that one play that led to Minnesota blowing a 31 point second half lead in the Idontgiveashit Bowl. You know, that one that nobody saw because it was on the NFL Network.

by Brewster Crew on Jul 11, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. — I don’t think anyone at EA Sports is seriously suggesting that Adrian Peterson was lining up at strong safety. This is (sparta) NCAA football, not the climax of D3: The Mighty Ducks.

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jul 11, 2007 12:46 PM EDT reply actions  

If I had to out on a limb, I’d say the tackle was made by #16 because he actually plays defense. A tackle by a running back in a situation like that would have probably resulted in some sort of penalty and made the game memorable for entirely different reasons.

by Chg on Jul 11, 2007 12:48 PM EDT reply actions  

NEGATIVE A HUNDRED COCKTAILS for me; the Knuckle Puck was popularized in D2.

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jul 11, 2007 12:48 PM EDT reply actions  

“Peter North University Gushers”

Dr. Pepper just gushed out of my nose! You, sir, are a man of endless entertainment!

by Aerobab on Jul 11, 2007 12:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Oops Pow Surprise, at least with your list of games the console decision is made for you; GTA 4 is 360 only.

by Jonathan on Jul 11, 2007 1:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Oops Pow: Peterson could have had himself playing LB/RB, Ironman style.

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 1:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Sorry, that should have been directed at Chg.

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 1:24 PM EDT reply actions  

#22, but then they would have to show Peterson writhing on the ground after the inevitable injury.

by Herb on Jul 11, 2007 1:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Orson, come now.

You KNOW you’ll be buying Guitar Hero II for xbox360, in addition to Halo2, GTA4, and NCAA 08.

I KNOW you’ll also be buying your wife that “engagement ring upgrade” with the two extra diamonds in order to keep her form divorcing you when you buy the aforementioned items.

by Wooderson on Jul 11, 2007 1:29 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. Jonathan:

GTAIV is cross-platform (PS3 and 360). However, the episodic content is a 360-exclusive (at least for now… wouldn’t be surprised to see the PS3 get that stuff later on).

That said, 360 is really the way to go. You could even get the new ‘Halo3’ model, if only for the included HDMI port.

by Pappy on Jul 11, 2007 1:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Extra $300. Damn you, Wooderson—that was supposed to be in the collapsed cells on our “07 Football Budget Proposal” spreadsheet we submit to TCOAN.

by Orson Swindle on Jul 11, 2007 1:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Sorry abotu that Orson. Just picked up GHII and, being left handed, is possibly god’s gift to video gaming (since the arcade verisons do’nt let you switch)

by Wooderson on Jul 11, 2007 2:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Chg #18 — You mean it might go something like this?

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/1104561.html

Also, Orson, I think you could save some on the accessories by improvising. Who needs the expensive codpiece when a jockstrap and cell phone work just as well. I should know, I’m wearing mine rrrrrriiiiight nnnnnnnooooowwwww.

by Dinknflicka on Jul 11, 2007 2:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Thanks pappy, I may need to learn to read one fo these days, avoiding it as long as I can

by Jonathan on Jul 11, 2007 2:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow, some Sooners are never going to get over that loss are they?

Anyway, I think I feel a cold coming on cough cough for sometime around next Tuesday. Unfortunately, I’m stuck with PS2 for the foreseeable future, as Orson’s “blogger wages” and my real life wages aren’t that far apart.

by BDoc on Jul 11, 2007 2:27 PM EDT reply actions  

EDSBS League?

Where do we sign on to kick Swindle ass?

by Will on Jul 11, 2007 2:36 PM EDT reply actions  

http://www.czjewels.com/

No one needs to know but you and me, darling.

by The Conscience of a Nation on Jul 11, 2007 2:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, I’m down for an EDSBS NCAA 08 league.

by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 2:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Orson, get the plastic vibrating wireless codpiece. Yeah, it’s an extra $29 but it’s unisex and it’s dishwasher safe.

by jebushchrist on Jul 11, 2007 2:55 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. BDoc -

You might want to sip some codine to kill that cough

by Dave on Jul 11, 2007 3:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I would also be down for a EDSBS league

by Dave on Jul 11, 2007 3:21 PM EDT reply actions  

PUH LEASE start an EDSBS league. You’d have to have one for every game system I guess. But even little 8 team tournes would rock.

That, and fuck auburn.

by Hook'em Tide on Jul 11, 2007 3:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Orson, slap on another $200 for Rock Band, which it would seem is being marketed directly to the SEC tailgate crowd (notice the sweatshirt on the jort-less lead guitarist).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd3E8zgqJM4

And look out for another NCAA 2008 commercial, featuring Matt Leinart playing as himself in the 2006 Rose Bowl.

by Yant on Jul 11, 2007 3:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Fuck auburn, Hook’em, fuck auburn indeed.

by Dave on Jul 11, 2007 3:42 PM EDT reply actions  

I, too, support the EDSBS NCAA 08 league. maybe someone should set up a blgo or something along the lines of EDSBSNCAATOURNEY.blogspot.com or something. we can have the Playstation 2 (DIII), Xbox (DII), Playstation 3 (D1-AA), and xbox360 (D1-A) divisions bracketed out. isn’t there a bracket manager site on the net somewhere?

by Wooderson on Jul 11, 2007 3:50 PM EDT reply actions  

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who’s unable to splurge for a 360 just on the basis of this game. I have been going back and forth on how long it would be before my fiancee let me back in the house if I went out and dropped 3 bills on a new toy. And btw, craigslist is the way to go for a system, I see desperate souls trying to unload systems at a discount for cash all the time.

Anyone else out there mostly a dynasty moder? I don’t get into the online thing cause my fingerspeed left me about the same time I graduated college, but the joy I get from building ASU into a 5 time defending national champion is unreal.

by Beatuofa on Jul 11, 2007 3:52 PM EDT reply actions  

I’ve got a dilemna here—I have an old-school Xbox but it’s still at my parents’ house; my roommate has a 360 but I’m moving out at the end of August. I’m debating buying a copy of the game for the 360 then selling it on Ebay or Craigslist and buying a regular Xbox copy when I move.

Anyone know what advantages the 360 version has over the old-school Xbox version beyond the improved system itself?? Any extra features on the 360 version??

by Alex F. on Jul 11, 2007 4:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Dave, ingesting the “purple drank” seems to do nothing except increase the desire to “make it rain” and play NCAA ‘08 while leanin’. Though, I’m pretty sure a full day of NCAA ’08 gaming will cure everything.

An EDSBS NCAA league/tourney? Im in ur internets destroying ur futbawl teemz!

by BDoc on Jul 11, 2007 4:20 PM EDT reply actions  

If you’re considering PS3 vs 360 just for NCAA and GTA, there’s no question: go 360.

NCAA will run at 60fps on 360, and only 30 on PS3 (which is a huge difference), and GTA 4 will have exclusive downloadable content on the 360 (seeing as Microsoft paid 50 million dollars for that content, it will never be on PS3). Plus Xbox Live is much better than PSN (at least for the time being)

by Rob G on Jul 11, 2007 4:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Alex — the main draw that is calling me to the 360 this year is the revamped recruiting system. You can explore 14 different pitches to prospects, rank prospects by position so the players know how badly you want them, search according to height, weight, speed, stars, etc…

Register on OperationSports.com and check out the message boards there, a user already has the game and is posting 1st impressions, plus there are lots of videos and info on what to expect from the newer version.

by Beatuofa on Jul 11, 2007 4:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Can you send away for a memory card to get the real names of the players, like you could on PS2 and regular xbox?

by Dave on Jul 11, 2007 6:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Not that anyone will read this now, but a question I have about XBox 460 GTA 4 – will you be able to get all your money back from the hookers when you kill them after you pay then for services? In GTA 2 I was a little disappointed to shell out cash to get my life up only for the ho to come up short when I killed her with the golf club.

by Out of Conference on Jul 12, 2007 10:26 AM EDT reply actions  

XBox 360 even – not 460.

by Out of Conference on Jul 12, 2007 10:27 AM EDT reply actions  

#47-
Yes, go to FKrosters.com

by champ on Jul 13, 2007 6:04 PM EDT reply actions  

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