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SING, YE SEA DOGS, PRAISE OF MIKE LEACH.

Real pirates! Not fun! Like theft! And rape! Yarr!

Yes, it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day, which like the shifting winds of fall puts one's mind out to sea, the home of pirates like Mike Leach. Actually, most pirates we suspect are Indonesian or Somali, carry RPGs and pistols, and are missing one or more very yellowed teeth. But don't blame us, misconstrued reality--blame Michael Lewis and the head swashbuckler himself, Leach.

Bringing us, mateys, to ponder the six year old question: be Captain Leach perched upon a treasure of gold unseen since the mines of Solomon belched forth their wealthy golden vomit o' fortune? Or be it fool's gold, as Texas Tech has pulled a textbook example o' tackin' 'round the reefs of early schedule contestation, feastin' on the defenseless wee merchantmen of SMU, UTEP, and Rice to the measty sum of 153-64 in points, friend?

Yarr! Friend, Texas Tech may yet be hornswagglin' ye--a likely 6 and unvanquished they'll be goin' into the matchup with Texas A&M on October 13th, where they'll fain avoid the poundin' offense of the biggest, ugliest mermaid gone terrestrial e're the crust of this cursed earth cooled: the Black Cap'n Dennis Franchione. Wot with the beastie in Jorvorskie Lane, should be quite a night o' wenchin', drankin', and merriment* to be had there for all concerned!

Still, it be tallish impressive to behold Graham Harrell and the moighty digits he puts forth on this early leg of the voyage: 120 completions, 160 attempts, 75.0 completion percentage, 1,317 yards total, and a 14/2 TD ratio. Great Neptune's Jockstrap, them's impressive, even against wee squabbers like they've been feastin'.

Get no illusions, however--Admiral Stoops lays in wait just round the horn, and a ferocious galleon he sails this season. Yet for a swabbie's meager purse, none sailing the sea runs a more colorful ship, matey, than Leach--oh, how the cannonballs should fly when Missouri sees the Red Raiders sail into Missouri! A jolly day it should be, indeed, sirrah, most 'specially with all the heads rolling about the place and the thin hulls of defense on both sides. [TEAM REDACTED] scored 34 on them? Four score and a tankard of scumble for our fair captain that night!

HUZZAH!!!

*And by merriment, we mean rape. Let's be clear on that. You think pirates be all fun and games, then you ken that next to showtunes, fresh breezes, and cosmopolitans on the stern in a muscle shirt, pirates also loves the rape. Seriously. Men, women, dogs, furniture, luxury European sports cars' tailpipes, melons with holes cut in them--whatever. Don't go a-sailin' with one with virtue on your mind, lest the Barbary Coast find you bent over a barrel watchin' the sun rise with a fleshpike firm square plied in thy poop deck for a watch's length. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you're into that. Pirates love frilly shirts and dancin', too. Avast ye, love that dare not speak its name!

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100 bottles of rum to you, yarr.

by PeteJayhawk on Sep 19, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions  

I have been speaking various southern Philipino dialects all day in honor.

by tzubear on Sep 19, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions  

when i saw that today was talk like a pirate day, i hoped you’d take the time to honor the greatest pirate among us, mike leach

yarrrr!

by okiedomer on Sep 19, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions  

the whole pirate day thing is fuckin stupid

by stapler on Sep 19, 2007 5:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Avast! I knew ye would not be dissapointin’, Cap’n Swindle.

by NDTom on Sep 19, 2007 5:38 PM EDT reply actions  

oh shove off, stapler

by NDTom on Sep 19, 2007 5:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Great Neptune’s jockstrap!

by Anonymous IV on Sep 19, 2007 5:41 PM EDT reply actions  

stapler must be an aggie-soldier

by okiedomer on Sep 19, 2007 5:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Stapler,

I’z s’pose ye be tellin us santa dosnt exist now? Yarrrrr!

by tzubear on Sep 19, 2007 5:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Those people on talklikeapirate.com look like the unpopular-fat-kids-in-highschool-that-were-in-the -drama-club grown up.

by ALGator on Sep 19, 2007 6:17 PM EDT reply actions  

stapler you picked the wrong “holiday” to bash on this website. what was the other no-fun commenters name??? he and stapler should hang.

but i digress…i hope the tt pirates kick that aggie ass.

by gerry dorsey on Sep 19, 2007 6:19 PM EDT reply actions  

In honor of the day, Marques Slocum has a yard arm.

by DevilGrad on Sep 19, 2007 6:29 PM EDT reply actions  

As his team raced onto the field, he gazed into the stands filled with screaming fans and wondered about the several thousand “cadets” from Texas A.&M. clustered in one end zone. They wear military uniforms and buzz cuts, holler in unison and stand at attention the entire game. “How come they get to pretend they are soldiers?” he asked. “The thing is, they aren’t actually in the military. I ought to have Mike’s Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandanna. When you’re a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we’ll work pirate maneuvers and stuff like that.”

This is the best quote in the history of football by a coach not named Spurrier.

by JoesDeliGatorTail on Sep 19, 2007 6:33 PM EDT reply actions  

[TEAM REDACTED] scored 34 on Mizzou because of shitty run defense. Mizzou’s pass defense isn’t much better, but remember this: Graham Harrell has a vagina.

by Mike Leach is a flaming homo on Sep 19, 2007 6:47 PM EDT reply actions  

“Dont tase me, bro!”

-Jackass

by bonghit gator on Sep 19, 2007 6:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Arrrgh me mateys,and wenches, Capn Mike Leach eerily resembles Harry from Dumb and Dumber,arrgh,
me thinks he will never find the buried treasure in the BCS….“Rhymin & Stealin”

Because mutiny on the bounty’s what we’re all about
I’m gonna board your ship and turn it on out
No soft sucker with a parrot on his shoulder
‘Cause I’m bad gettin’ bolder – cold getting colder
Terrorizing suckers on the seven seas
And if you’ve got beef – you’ll get capped in the knees
We got sixteen men on a dead man’s chest
And I shot those suckers and I’ll shoot the rest

Most illingest b-boy – I got that feeling
Cause I am most ill and I’m rhymin’ and stealin’

Snatching gold chains – vicking pieces of eight
I got your money and your honey and the fly name plate
We got wenches on the benches – and bitties with titties
Housing all girlies from city to city
One for all and all for one
Taking out M.C.‘s with a big shotgun
All for one and one for all
Because the EDSBS boys have gone A.W.O.L.
Friggin’ in the riggin’ and cuttin’ your throat
Big biting suckers getting thrown in the moat
We got maidens and wenches – man they’re on the ace
Captain Bly is gonna die when we break his face

Ali Baba and the forty thieves

Torching and crakin’ and rhymin’ and stealin’
Robbin’ and raping – busting two in the ceiling
I’m wheeling’ – I’m dealin’ – I’m drinking, not thinking
Never cower, never shower – and I’m always stinking
Ho ho ho and a pint of Brass Monkey
And when my girlie shakes her hips – she sure gets funky
Skirt chasing, free basing – killing every village
We drink and rob and rhyme and pillage

I’ve been drinking my rum – a Def son of a gun
I fought the law and I cold won
Black Beard’s weak – Moby Dick’s on the tick
‘Cause I pull out the jammy and squeeze off six
My pistol is loaded – I shot Betty Crocker
Deliver Colonel Sanders down to Davey Jones’ locker
Rhymin’ and stealin’ in a drunken state
And I’ll be rockin’ my rhymes all the way to Hell’s gate

by Mr Pelican Pants on Sep 19, 2007 6:50 PM EDT reply actions  

I had to post that. I heard Cap’n Leach plays that at half time to remind them that they are, in fact, modern day pirates. Modern day being a song from ’85

by Mr Pelican Pants on Sep 19, 2007 6:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Not sure I understand the love for Leach – after all, he lost a bowl game to Mike Shula.

by BamaCPA on Sep 19, 2007 7:00 PM EDT reply actions  

best disclaimer ever.

by adam (the gay one) on Sep 19, 2007 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

#19

So did Urban Meyer…it happens to the best of them.

by Der Schatten on Sep 19, 2007 7:44 PM EDT reply actions  

  1. 19.

So did Urban Meyer…It happens to the best of them.

by Der Schatten on Sep 19, 2007 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Will Hill, one of the nation’s top recruits is expected to commit with the Gators soon. He currently plays QB and Strong Safety. In annoucing his plan to play SS in college he said, “Quarterbacks wear skirts, I like to hit people.”

by Sparkyjbd on Sep 19, 2007 9:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Actually, the best line in that article is “By all rights they should be Red Raider slaves.” Yarr, indeed.

To the national media: Did you really think Leach wouldn’t have any decent receivers this year? He doesn’t rebuild, he reloads.

Cap’n Leach’s tragic flaw is his loyalty to the worst first mate seen in these here parts, defensive coordinator “Bootstrap” Lyle Setencich. Lyle refuses to abandon his horrid Mackovic-like “read and react” scheme, even when the opposition (i.e. Alabama) is moving the ball at will. Check the time of possession stats for the Cotton Bowl; Bama had the ball for 39 minutes. THIRTY-NINE FRICKIN’ MINUTES!!! (And if not for the worst looking made field goal in the history of football, Tech still wins that game in OT)

http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/tt_12.html

As for this year, Saturday in Stillwater will tell a great deal about this team. Win, and great things could be on the horizon—9/10/11 wins, possibly, and really big games in November versus Big Red Sports and Imports, and Butterteeth’s merry band of criminals from UT-Austin. Lose, and we’re probably headed to another Insight Bowl.

[Either way, Aggy better get ready for another embarrassing disembowelment…many of their fans have quit going to Lubbock because they know what’s coming their way.]

Stapler, it’s all in good fun…get the stick outta your ass before Cap’n Leach hangs you from the yardarm…YARRRRRR!!!

by Raider Red on Sep 19, 2007 9:48 PM EDT reply actions  

#19

No Joe Kines beat Tech

Joe Kines and Prothro beat Meyer.

by alextuscaloosa on Sep 19, 2007 11:17 PM EDT reply actions  

you people leave coach fran alone!!!!!! :-(

http://ramblingraiders.blogspot.com/

by nate on Sep 20, 2007 8:36 AM EDT reply actions  

“melons with holes cut in them” — Orson’s been reading Suttree?

by Oren Incandenza on Sep 20, 2007 9:04 AM EDT reply actions  

What we really need is a true Pirate matchup – TTU vs ECU. Skip Holtz does a great yarrr, too.

by yoyofutbawl on Sep 20, 2007 9:29 AM EDT reply actions  

  1. - Stapler must walk the plank…….

by The Last Dragon on Sep 20, 2007 9:47 AM EDT reply actions  

#24, if Tech loses in Stillwater this year, Tech should forfeit the rest of the season and close up shop.

by The Cheese on Sep 20, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions  

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