BOWL BRIEFS A-COMIN’; OTHER THINGS TO ENTERTAIN IN THE MEANTIME
Nobody knows distraction like we do, a talent partially culpable for the slowness of our bowl previews. We’ll have the Champs and the Emerald on the way, done with the intensity of at least five trained macaques. In the meantime…
Find out why you crave Morehead (State) and the Shockers (Wichita State) over at Thirty Five Seconds.
And…
Our column over at the Sporting News establishes both quantitatively and qualitatively that the Independence Bowl is the biggest and worst of the bad bowls.
Filed under: Coaches, the BCS, scandals, arrests, and other eccentri, College football, media whoring by Orson Swindle
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You mentioned Detroit in that column on the Independence Bowl: “Even the Motor City Bowl is smart enough to hold the thing indoors before turning people loose to fend for themselves in the wilds of downtown Detroit. (There are enough variables in Detroit without having the weather frighten people, too.)” Mostly true, but you forget Super Bowl XVI in 1982. The weather might not have affected the game itself, but it was epic for anyone trying to attend it.
Comment by JohnAnnArbor — December 29, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
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This story has even made it to Yahoo! (Does SN own the distribution rights?)
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=shreveportthegrandaddyof&prov=tsn&type=lgns
Orson, you are now qualified believe you should be the next coach at WVU.
Comment by BarefeetBob — December 29, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
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wow, you seriously hit a nerve over there. I guess readers of the sportingblog aren’t quite as thickskinned and used to playful lambasting as your typical EDSBS reader. at least you’re getting hits, right? all publicity is good publicity, or something?
on another note, i think the vehement response to this might also indicate some of the problems involved in shitcanning the current meaningless bowl system. The people involved are very proud of the 3 hours of exposure their city gets on national television, and won’t stand for anything that gets in the way of showcasing Shreveport/Boise/wherever.
Comment by gosouthgohard — December 29, 2007 @ 2:30 am
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PDub-
Don’t think Steve’s hostility is serious. I know mine wasn’t. Just sticking up for Mobile. Which brings me to…
Fuck you PantsMcPants! I know you read this site! I read your bullshit on Sporting News. You’ll have a wonderful time in Mobile and you’ll like it!
Comment by Tater Salad — December 28, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
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Oscar,
The best part about Shreveport was the Mobile Admirals having to travel there to play the Shreveport Bossier Knights or someshit in the RFL back in 98, then trying to keep Josh Booty, Frank Costa and laid back Thad Buzbee from kickin the living shit outta some bouncers at a strip club that we got thrown out of for leaving change on the dance floor for this fat skank….
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — December 28, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
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Is Steve serious? I mean about his hostility toward Orson, not the syphilis.
Comment by PW — December 28, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
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Ive earned no bravos, friend. Just making a joke based on one of the comments on the Sporting News piece. Although that commenter may have thought Orson was, in fact, Bill Simmons, which is funny in its own right.
Comment by PW — December 28, 2007 @ 6:16 pm
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wow, maybe the link to the sporting news piece wasnt the greatest of ideas….just sayin’
Comment by jake steely — December 28, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
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Oscar/Orson/Oswego,
You can, you fucking ass spelunker.
Comment by Steve — December 28, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
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@19: If that was a Bill Simmons joke . . . bra-fucking-vo.
Comment by The Song of Hiawatha Francisco — December 28, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
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Mom Jokes, Cont’d”
Tater Salad: I once heard two late 20-somethings arguing, and one ended up telling the other the ‘your mom wears Army boots” line. I still laugh about that situation.
Comment by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — December 28, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
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“Best post of the day” Award Dept:
#8, Hussain. The dramatic chipmunk was so funny. And, yeah, it does look a lot like Orson’s Sporting News picture. Da, Da, Da!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — December 28, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
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Honest to God, mom jokes are pretty much the only jokes that are just as funny in your late 20s as they were in late elementary/early middle school, with no signs of them becoming unfunny, at least to me, any time soon
Comment by Tater Salad — December 28, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
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Well, that’s how Steve’s mom caught it, so yes.
Comment by The Conscience of a Nation — December 28, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
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Atlanta is really that nice?
Comment by Unhappy Monkey — December 28, 2007 @ 3:14 pm