CURIOUS INDEX, 12/19/07
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And you thought it would be the guy named “Penn Wagers.” Get your perjoratives right: SEC officials are homers, Pac-10 officials are buffoons, and Big 10 officials are corrupt. An exaggeration, sure: but an investigation into Stephen Pamon, who worked the crew at the Illinois/Ohio State game among others, sprays stink all over the league’s officiating. Yahoo! Sports (the excalamation point is for actual! investigative! reporting!) has the full report, but in summary: Meaning that your hopes of becoming a Big Ten referee aren’t dashed forever, friend! Because who hasn’t gotten at least a couple of those on the record, especially the bankruptcy/casino gambling combo. They go together like herpes and Hedonism 2, man. SMU to get the Dork Penalty? Southern Methodist University is talking to Dennis Franchione. Whatever comes your way is completely deserved, SMU, if you let Dennis Franchione have the stick. A damnable idea by any standards, especially when you consider you’ll have to pay for a newsletter now, Mustangs fans. (HT: Dave and David.) Ohio State swears they’re not slow. It’s just the pants, really. Austin Murphy’s article explaining how Ohio State is looking to minimize the impact of the fifty day layoff, stay focused, and avoid a repeat of last year’s 41–14 demolition at the tails and teeth of the Florida Gators. (Apologies–no matter how we type that, it comes out in bold type.) One extremely irrational thought: that Ohio State, allegedly distracted by Arizona’s nightlife, will be better focused by spending only five days No, a thousand times, no: Neuheisel to UCLA: a desperation play? Rick’s taking odds on his own hire, and has some awesome teasers if you’ve got the coin to back them up. We’re slaves to a good “They Live” reference. LSUFreek, again.
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“That’s like pouring perfume on a pig.”
Comment by Jorgé the Bass Player — December 19, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
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Coop @ 33: Yeah that was my joke, but I didn’t really mean it. A big chunk of the rugby team when I was at USC came from the EX house.
I learned a long time ago that you cant generalize about houses from campus to campus. And people who worry too much about that stuff need to get a life anyway. I never needed to pay money to either make friends or meet women so I never joined any of them.
Kate @ 28: Thanks for the clip. That’s a good movie, though it kind of runs out of gas towards the end.
Techie @18: The funny thing about the long layoff for Big 10 teams is that’s the way it has been for many many years. Everybody used to do it that way but more and more games have been creeping into December and they are now the outlier. So the answer is “because they have not changed”.
Comment by oc phil — December 19, 2007 @ 4:48 pm
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#33
I hear the Tri-Lam’s are interesting lot…
So, how high does the eagle fly?
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — December 19, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
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32 - No, he just means that most EX chapters are full of meatheads. In the North, that probably plays better.
In the South, show me a school where the EX chapter is better than the KA, SAE, EN, ATO, KE, etc chapters.
And, North Carolina does not count, given that their best fraternities are basically Yankee houses, Phi Delt, Phi Gam, Beta, etc. with the exception to the rule being DKE.
Comment by Coop — December 19, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
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oc phil - depends. The Pitt Sigma Chi’s were a bunch of odd, club-hopping ravers. And usually, the girls that ended up at a party were pretty hot. The Sigma Chi at the Univ. of Arizona was what I envision the Playboy Mansion being like. The girls at WFVU were brutal.
Comment by Edsall is God — December 19, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
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Edsall: Sounds like a typical Sigma Chi experience to me.
Comment by oc phil — December 19, 2007 @ 12:21 pm