CURIOUS INDEX, 10/22/07
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Ohio State and Boston College are one and two, respectively, in the BCS standings. That’s fun. Have a seat at this table: MAO! Ohio State has their first surrrrious challenge this week versus Penn State, and BC plays Virginia Tech this week at a huge matchup in Blacksburg. Exit light: Chan Gailey’s allegedly gone for what seems like the third year in a row, according to Dennis Dodd. Zombie coaches abound, but no one’s had the rage longer without getting it from a flamethrower-wielding-soldier than Gailey. Believe it when the head rolls. Arizona State’s proof comes soon and in furious fashion: The undefeated Sun Devils face Cal, Oregon, USC, and Arizona in succession. Their most dramatic improvement: a 14th ranked defense backing up the established, oh-let’s-just-go-silly-and-score-points Pac-10 offense. And hey! They’ve got Jack Elway and his enormous teeth on the way. What can go wrong, besides the inevitable departure of the ADD-stricken Erickson in a year or two? Drew Weatherford slides back into the starting spot for FSU following Xavier Lee showing up lobotomized to the Miami game and committed four turnovers. For sale signs for coaching legends: they happen. Meet the partners in our consumer whoring! Our partner in the ESPN Guide to Psycho Fan Behavior, Warren St. John, will be signing the Guide tonight at Davis-Kidd Bookstore in Nashville at 6 p.m. We know Ma Swindle will be there, so stop by and meet the family. Oh: PURCHASE PURCHASE PURCHASE!!! Or be considered a running dog of subversive, splittist elements, comrade.
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BurritoBrosShits says:
The Little Blue Book instead of the Little Red Book? Not sure what Mao would think.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:03 pm
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PW says:
I wonder if Bowden, forgetting he already lived there, made an offer on the house.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
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Domer Guy says:
ASU has UCLA in between Oregon and USC:
http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/asu-m-footbl-sched.html
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:10 pm
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doubtingthomas says:
Warren St. John will be signing and talking about the book at 6PM at the Davis Kidd in Green Hills here in Nashville, for anybody interested. I’ll be there sporting a hideous sunburn from this weekend’s Bama-UT game.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
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Lovecrafty says:
It’s Jonathan Tu himself on that poster, holding the stick he uses to keep the REALLY drunk ladies off his jock!
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:34 pm
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Gentleman Masher says:
Gailey has still got a shot if he can do one thing…beat Georgia!
So, yeah, he’s probably gone.
To that end, The Jackets Admins are stupid if they don’t just up and promote Jon Tenuta, and then pair him with some Gary Crowton-style offensive lunatic.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:36 pm
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Clemson327 says:
Damn you Orson…damn you for making me relive the beginning to that chilly, terrible October night in Lane Stadium.
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:46 pm
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JB says:
Nice move using communist literature to peddle your wares, presumably for profit. As always, EDSBS is a cultural mash-up of extreme excellence!
October 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
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Techie says:
Tenuta needs to be the head-coach, but remind me to key Dodd’s car next chance I get for potentially damaging our recruiting mid-season.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:19 pm
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Mike says:
Great entrence.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
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NativeSon says:
Ex Savior Lee-ves? Say it ain’t so Pappa Bowden!
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
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asim says:
Gailey called the firing report “asinine”, which is probably the strongest language he’s used any time in the past decade or two.
The AD also said it was silly.
Word around the Flats, though, is that 7-5 without a victory over UGA will mean the end. It’s looking less likely now that Tashard Choice is going to have knee surgery tomorrow.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
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big jon says:
This is the largest media outlet that has mentioned Arizona State since the first BCS standings were released over a week ago. Huzzah to you.
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
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SaltyGator says:
Thank God and/or Orson, I thought I was the only one on the planet that realized OSU and BC haven’t played anybody yet. The way it looks right now, winning the Big 10 should amount to nothing on the National picture.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:27 pm
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Two and Out says:
Did anyone else think Tiger Woods had become the poster child of Far Eastern communism?
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:46 pm
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:
Just a side note on the game Thursday night, I believe VT has only beaten 1 AP top ten team ever, Miami in 2003. I think that is the only time they have ever beaten a top 10 team.
#14
Good thing everyone didn’t just write off the SEC champion in 95 after Nebraska dropped 60+ on you guys…didn’t you guys win the NC in 96? Could history be getting ready to repeat itself? Could an Ohio State team who was destroyed in the NCG last year redeem itself the very next year like Florida did?
Of course you guys could at least show a little humility being that we gift-wrapped the NC for you guys in 1996 by upsetting ASU in the Rose Bowl. They beat us and they are the undefeated National Champs that year. You’re welcome motherfucker.
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:48 pm
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The Big Dog says:
Nice thought on the For Sale sign in Bowden’s yard, but what the little prankster didn’t think about is that the house will be sitting for a long time in this market.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:01 pm
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Bryan says:
Gentleman Masher –
We already tried Crowton as OC. We went 1-10 that year (’94).
In any case, if Tenuta were the HC, I suspect he’d want a neanderthal-three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. We need to win the time of possesion battle consistently in order for that defense to be really effective.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:14 pm
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Jeff says:
So Penn State is our first serious opponent? What happened to Washington, Purdue, and Michigan State being our first serious opponents? You jackasses say this crap every week.
That way, the reasoning must go, if we end up losing a game you SEC chumps can rag on us for “not being able to beat a serious team” while you’re off losing to each other like some kind of masochistic orgy and claiming that LSU is the greatest team in any sport, all time.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
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Florida Hokie says:
To Artist formerly known as Buckeyes – you are completely wrong on that stat but don’t let facts get in the way.
#10 Clemson Last Year
#9 Texas in 95
#9 WVU in 89
for starters
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
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BobDCousy says:
# 19,
Washington was a serious opponent? The same Washington that’s 0-4 in the PAC-10?
Purdue was a serious opponent? The same Purdue team that not only hasn’t beaten a ranked team in recent memory, but hasn’t beaten a team that finished the season with a winning record (though that may end this year, as Eastern Illinois is 5-3 at this point.)
And Michigan State? You almost lost to them because of Michigan State’s defense. NO ONE loses to Michigan State because of their defense. Even Notre Dame scored 2 offensive touchdowns on them. Come on…
Conference RPI http://www.realtimerpi.com
1. SEC
2. BIG East
3. BiG 12
4. ACC
5. BIg 10
When your conference stops losing to FCS teams (which is three now if you include Duke), then maybe, just maybe you can then start criticizing the ACC.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:35 pm
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mikebeach says:
Artist – It is late but off the top of my head I can think of these top 10 AP teams VT has beaten.
2006 -Clemson
2004 – WVU
2004 – Miami
2003- Miami
1995 – Texas
There may be more….but Im tired and dont wanna look. And yeah..they have lost quite a few of them, as well.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:40 am
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Florida Hokie says:
Oh yeah artist…forgot #6 WVU in 2004
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:38 am
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RIP Logan Young says:
Enter Sandman and fireworks – it doesn’t get much more bush league than that.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 am
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RIP Logan Young says:
They should seriously consider kicking the Big 10 (+1 + Notre Dame) out of D-1A. If the SEC ever had a year as bad as the Big 10 is having this year, I would quietly turn in my fan badge and never speak of this thing called “college football” again. Really, I can’t decide what’s more appalling: the play on the field, or the Big 10 fan’s lack of shame.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:39 am
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justanotherbuckeye says:
#24 is there some script that you all read from? Where can I get a copy of this? Who distributes it?
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:01 am
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Techie says:
The Big Ten has never won the BigTen-ACC Challenge.
Wrong sport, but just throwing that out there to fuel the fire.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:32 am
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Beardguy says:
The SEC is so good that they don’t even have to have a winning record against the Big Ten in head to head play in the last 10 years to be better. Jesus cries tears when SEC teams play, because it is so beautiful. They are so good that they transcend all logic and reason.
Stop the bullshit: the SEC is better than the Big Ten this year. That’s it. OSU has a weak nonconference schedule this year, so what? It doesn’t mean they aren’t a respectable team. Are they better than LSU? I kind of doubt it. They may not be better than Florida, either. But get off your high horse, this is ridiculous. Every time they’ve played someone from a BCS conference, everyone has said “this is the team that will beat them”, but they didn’t. OSU has won all of it’s games in convincing fashion, what more can they do? They DO schedule quality opponents (as evinced by the fact that they play USC, Miami, and Texas for home/home series), but for whatever reason, this year they have a piss poor schedule. Deal with it.
Does anyone gripe about the fact that LSU plays essentially every difficult game at home this year? No. Schedules are made in years advance, it’s not like there’s some grand conspiracy to cruise to a MNC.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 am
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PeterPumpkinhead says:
Hey Orson, there’s a new Barnes and Noble opening in Tuscaloosa just in time for you and Warren to come over and sign copies the weekend of the Bama/LSU game…
… I’m just sayin’
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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Hokie Andrew says:
@24
So common that UVA copied it.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:57 pm