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CURIOUS INDEX 12/28/07


22 yards rushing. That's what ultimately doomed Arizona State in Texas's 52-34 victory in the Holiday Bowl, stepson totally trying to grab the ball off the field from the sideline aside. (Here's Chris Jesse's MySpace page as evidence of his existence, and his intelligence in changing it to a private page sometime between last night and the present.)


Totally agree. The big story was Texas shutting down the run. Nothing to see here.

No rushing meant no play-action, and no play-action meant Rudy Carpenter getting sacked 4 times, sailing balls all night, and getting the Texas bench taunt "RUUUUUUU--DEEEE, RUUUUUUUU-DEEEE" in the fourth quarter, expertly caught by ESPN's mikes.

Jamaal Charles gets 27 carries for 161 and 2 TDs, Colt McCoy
keeps it efficient, and Texas looks way more intense
than Arizona State for all sixty minutes of the game on the way to Mack Brown's seventh ten-win season in a row. Shang Tsung says IMPRESSIVE.

And, yes, Mack Brown's stepson tried to grab a live ball and subsequently blew referee Penn Wagers' mind.

Darren McFadden may have lost his eligibility for the senior season he'll spend in the NFL, so no big deal. He may have also lost his eligibility for the bowl game; deal. The cause of the possible ineligibility is a new Cadillac Escalade, how it was purchased, and whether said purchase tramps on the collection of logical inconsistencies, tomfooleries, and elaborately woven skeins of bullshit that are the NCAA's rules regarding college athletes.

FOX continues its slow demolition of the competitive American sports market with its announcement of sold-out ad space for all four BCS games. Ad rates rose 18% to around a million dollars for a 30 second ad, mercifully pricing out the Yella Wood ads and Yamaha ATV spots that are the bane of an SEC fan's existence. Muchas gracias, invisible hand. Muchas.

Conspiracy theories are for the paranoid and uniformed so gimmeh gimmeh The wackazoid, possibly parallel universe scenario of the day: Bill Parcells can't get Romeo Crennell (another rumor) to come to Miami to be his coach, so he dips into the loyal toady bag and pulls out Charlie Weis. All parties come out happy: Notre Dame tastefully unloads a coach with a 300 year contract extension, Miami gets rid of Cam Cameron, Parcells gets someone he knows and feels comfortable with, and Weis and Parcells get hot pressed sandwiches with cheese and double meat as stipulated in their contracts. It's ripped straight from the pages of college/pro football fanfic, but with some claim to realism and no love scenes. Thank God, no love scenes.

That vomit won't come out of your keyboard. Get a new one. You needed one anyway.

West Virginia is suing Rich Rodriguez to recover the buyout, tastefully suing their former coach of seven years and an alum in Rich Rodriguez for $4 million for leaving the job for Michigan without formally notifying them. Ed Pastilong, publicly upbraided by a prominent WVU booster already for allegedly dragging heels on promises to Rodriguez, just upped his asshole rating in their eyes by exponential numbers.

And because it's Friday, you need a reminder of how crucial dragon and wizard-based metal is to our culture, and that yes, someone made the impossible song in GH3 on purpose.

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That’s my biggest qualm with Parcells, he just goes and get people who he already had, much like any old man, he’s not comfortable with anything that hasn’t been around at least 10 years – see: Bledsoe, Drew. and Glenn, Terry.

by Brian on Dec 28, 2007 9:13 AM EST reply actions  

What’s all the noise about DMac?! I’m sure when he traded in the big wheel hoopty he was able to get the Escalade with manageable $150 monthly payments.

by fotodog on Dec 28, 2007 9:24 AM EST reply actions  

The clip- I laughed at first…..by the end I have to say I was pretty damn impressed.

by Yukon Cornelius on Dec 28, 2007 9:40 AM EST reply actions  

If no yella wood, please tell me there’s Golden Flake

by SteveDave on Dec 28, 2007 9:42 AM EST reply actions  

You can bet a bunch that the lawsuit against Rodriguez was at the direct order of the Governor, Joe Manchin.

by Millon deFloss on Dec 28, 2007 9:44 AM EST reply actions  

there’s a joke in here somewhere about the wooly mountain lawyers of west virginia, but i don’t know what it is…

by okiedomer on Dec 28, 2007 9:54 AM EST reply actions  

“Conspiracies are for the paranoid and uniformed…” or is that “uninformed”? I am still trying to get my head around a uniformed paranoiac intent on proving his pet conspiracies…

On another note I am proud to announce that through a lack of efficiency in my domestic laundry situation, and like Dennis Erickson…I am freeballin’…although I can claim no such worthy inspiration as Dennis’s “hippie chick from the ’70’s”. Kinda cool, though…

by sb on Dec 28, 2007 10:09 AM EST reply actions  

Orson,
Any ideas of what happened to the sweet 97 Crown Vic that was traded in for the Caddy? I bet that has a “niche” market value in NW Arkansas.
Also, I must say, that I am saddened that there will no longer be an yella wood commericials. I always appreciate Steve Spurrier reminding me that “if it doesn’t say Osmose on the little yella tag, believe me you don’t want it.”
Or Terry Bowden, in an ironic twist, reminding me that “character is the one building project you never finish”.

by Hang up & Listen on Dec 28, 2007 10:10 AM EST reply actions  

Heavens. Does this mean DMac won’t get his degree on schedule?

by NRBQ on Dec 28, 2007 10:13 AM EST reply actions  

The DMAC escalade is all just a misunderstanding. Let Mini Muhammed, DMAC’s mom clear it up for you:

Mike Conley hasn’t bought nothing, and it ain’t in my name," Muhammed said. "It’s his step-mom’s, Ella McFadden’s. Really the truck is on loan.

“Darren drove that down [to Dallas ] to see how he’d like it, and maybe he’d get one later. They got that all wrong. Darren doesn’t have no truck.”

See. The truk is just on loan. Darren doesn’t have no truck, you guys are just hating.

by Rowdy Gaines on Dec 28, 2007 10:17 AM EST reply actions  

Beautiful find, Rowdy. I’m heading down to my local Chevy dealer, see If I can get set up with a “loaner Escalade” for a “raod trip to Dallas” to “see how I like it.”
see you guys in a coupla days.

by Hang up & Listen on Dec 28, 2007 10:21 AM EST reply actions  

D-Mac says “Fuck a Cottonbowl. I got dat wood”

by SpookyJuice on Dec 28, 2007 10:21 AM EST reply actions  

Leave it to family to fuck things up.

by Jerkwheat on Dec 28, 2007 10:26 AM EST reply actions  

Head coach leaves, and DMac just figures he might as well now start to enjoy the riches — he gets away with not being the guy to let the team down (coaching changes make it grey) and he’s outta thur. Would this affect and Senior bowl situations?

by Brian on Dec 28, 2007 10:28 AM EST reply actions  

You guys are just haters. The Chief of Police in Miami had the same deal for a Lexus SUV; test drove it for a year, year-and-a -half at no charge.

Mr. McFadden is simply following his shining example!

by SunDawg on Dec 28, 2007 10:29 AM EST reply actions  

While Yella Wood is bad, it’s all the car insurance commercials that drive me BSCrazy. It’s All-State ALL the time and if Geico has one commercial on TV, they have 300. I guess the best thing about the ill-conceived ABC Cavemen show bombing is that Geico has pulled all those commercials which were pretty stupid.

by fotodog on Dec 28, 2007 10:33 AM EST reply actions  

you’re going to have to prove to me that wasn’t “weird al” yankovic singing that song.

what size rims does dmac’s new caddy have??? nothing less than 26’s i hope.

by gerry dorsey on Dec 28, 2007 10:35 AM EST reply actions  

This is but a prelude to DMac’s post-draft deal with GM to introduce the new, signature-model DeMesCalade.

With wood trim.

by NRBQ on Dec 28, 2007 10:35 AM EST reply actions  

I don’t think DMac really needed the Senior Bowl. Greater chance of injury and dropping value that really increasing his paycheck & bonus.

by fotodog on Dec 28, 2007 10:35 AM EST reply actions  

Was anyone else amazed that the replay official overruled the call on the field based on that video? I thought it had to be “irrefutable.” Penn Wagers was probably pissed when he finally saw the video for himself.

Just a thought: I think sometimes they use mixed crews for bowl games. Does anyone think the replay guys were Pac 10 officials? They had a dog in the fight and the game was in San Diego. At least it didn’t affect the outcome.

Oh, and I am assuming the sandwiches in Parcells’ (and potentially Weiss’) contract are Cubans. Damn, I love a good Cuban.

by TIGERinATL on Dec 28, 2007 10:36 AM EST reply actions  

D-Mac is also not a senior, so he has zero use for a Senior Bowl

by Jerkwheat on Dec 28, 2007 10:42 AM EST reply actions  

20: Not at all. The refs looked at the thing and justifiably pilloried Texas not for the touch – he didn’t, I don’t think – but for essentially interfering with the play of the game. Granted, this isn’t punching a player on the sidelines, but it’s still dumbassery at its finest. At least Mack didn’t let his boy twist in the wind.

by seventyeight on Dec 28, 2007 10:49 AM EST reply actions  

The best part about actually going to the Orange Bowl is that I won’t have to watch FOX’s broadcast of the game. Between Barry Alvarez’s suits and that gelled hair moisturizing douche nozzle they’ve got running commentary I couldn’t decide between gouging out my eyes or bursting my ear drums. The resulting analysis-paralysis forced me to both watch and listen to the horror that is their broadcast of the BCS-but-not-the-Rose-Bowl games.

by Hokie Andrew on Dec 28, 2007 11:02 AM EST reply actions  

Same thing happened at OU 2 years ago…it’s called the Adrian Peterson loaner program. You drive a Lexus for a year without buying it or paying for it. Apparently after this “loan” leaked out the dealership was flooded with calls from Okie St. fans, err, “prospective customers” wanting the same deal.

by Raider Red on Dec 28, 2007 11:05 AM EST reply actions  

the music video…in the immortal words of Butthead…

THAT VIDEO ROCKS!!!

now tell the truth… it was recorded at 33 1/2 and played at 45…right?

by Futbawl Fan on Dec 28, 2007 11:24 AM EST reply actions  

Kudos to O for giving us some much goodness in the morning catchall.

Myself, I was wondering there would be more Notre Dame chatter or McFadden’s original car/new car chatter on the posts.

Anyway, I was up in the Triangle when Carolina and Duke basketball players were driving Escalades and paying $150 a month until they declared for the draft, but before their seasons were over.

Granted, Sean May’s dad probably had money, but Raymond Felton’s parents were dirt poor, and this was perfectly legal according to the NCAA, so…

it seems to me that DMac could do something along the same lines.

Unless of course somebody just bought it for him. That might be a problem…

by Coop on Dec 28, 2007 11:24 AM EST reply actions  

cock rock… it’s back, baby!!!! just with much less drugs, good looking women, or (thankfully) spandex…

by rjsplow on Dec 28, 2007 11:35 AM EST reply actions  

  1. (sb)

It’s the military academies. They’ve grown rather fond of Weis over this past year.

by Boy Howdy on Dec 28, 2007 12:09 PM EST reply actions  

Ghetto-Wies Dept:

1) Arky: D-Mac’s mom should have received her financial advice from Reggie Bush’s parents. Then, he would have had an Escalade and a home for his mom out of the ghetto.

2) Weis: He should be a man and stick it out for the 7 or 8 more years that are remaining in his contract and stay at Notre Dame. And, Notre Dame should keep him for all of those years, no matter how many seasons Charlie dumps them in the toilet.

3) Somewhere out there Little Rebel is crying. (I know it does not belong here, but, what the heck.)

by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Dec 28, 2007 12:55 PM EST reply actions  

I am sure Dmac has an agent, since last yr, and an account with an advance set up based on his projections, which I am sure is a top 3 pick….maybe to the Patriots depending on if Miami gets Dorsey or not…
Most agents operate on the “lunatic fringe” letter of the law…they all have this Ponzi cover up, most of the time when it comes to vehicles, usually in a relatives name, paid in cash, even though that relative or his side of the family dont have a W-2 to back it up, normally nobody doesnt care about what a star running back drives, but since the Reggie Bush thing, more people are paying attention….now if Dmac registered it in his name or something stupid before declaring himself eligible for the draft…he’s done, dont blame him, bowl game doesnt prove anything and the last star running back I saw play a game that was gonna get drafted was Willis McGahee, and we know how that last game turned out……..would hate to see that happen to DMAC

by Mr Pelican Pants on Dec 28, 2007 12:56 PM EST reply actions  

And Gerry,
I am sure DMAC is rollin 30’s now, just hit the streets, its redonkulous, especially in an Escalade….it’s a rule in the Ghetto Rulebook….. 30 in blades on an Escalade…
I was hopin DMAC wouldnt be a cliche’, but I digress

by Mr Pelican Pants on Dec 28, 2007 1:11 PM EST reply actions  

Speed metal + headbanging keyboard player = gay

Speed metal + hardcore double-bass mastery = teh shit

by tOSU_radar on Dec 28, 2007 2:01 PM EST reply actions  

Also, in Chris Jesse’s defense, he didnt touch the ball, and there were 15 other assistants on the field, although he acted like he was gonna pick it up, he didnt touch it, but all in all they all shouldnt have been 5 yrds in the field of play….he will get beat like a red headed step child, but I think he is used to it since he is a red headed step child

by Mr Pelican Pants on Dec 28, 2007 2:07 PM EST reply actions  

For the first 3:15 of the video: Ok, I can play that (maybe not “over the top” but still)
For the solos: not so much.

And why does only one dude drink beer? Motley Crue wouldn’t half-ass that shit.

by Will (the other one) on Dec 28, 2007 2:19 PM EST reply actions  

Eddie Pastalong is an asshole, but RichRod is a lying egotistical asshole.

WVU will take the $4Million and call it even.

by Hossnfeffer on Dec 28, 2007 2:33 PM EST reply actions  

Was I imagining that Penn Wagers said “a member of the coaching staff touched the ball, which is a penalty?”

If he had said something to an effect of an egregious sideline violation, then it would be totally clear. But if the ruling was that he touched it, then I cannot believe that the video is not definitive enough to overturn a ruling on the field.

by TIGERinATL on Dec 28, 2007 2:34 PM EST reply actions  

Per the Texas D last night:

Stop your running around
It’s time, we’ll knock you right down
You’ve got no passing future
And your scrambling will fail

Ah-ah Rudy, a message to you, Rudy, a message to you…

Apparently talking shit about Texas before the game wasn’t such a good idea after all. Who’d have suspected, eh?

by DC Trojan on Dec 28, 2007 2:35 PM EST reply actions  

damn, i screwed up that post.

…then I cannot believe that the video is (not) definitive enough to overturn a ruling on the field.

by TIGERinATL on Dec 28, 2007 2:39 PM EST reply actions  

Dear O and Guitar Hero fans,

There is one among you. He will make you weep. He is 9.

www.break.com/index/9-year-old-beats-hardest-guitar-hero-level.html

by Kenny on Dec 28, 2007 3:15 PM EST reply actions  

  1. Footbawfan: Fun things happen when you record at one speed and play back at another. Just ask Van Halen on the first night of their recent tour

http://warmowski.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/jump-in-pitch/

  1. Will: Drinking de beers on de stage is dildos. Hard liquor is much more metal
  1. Tiger: The amazing thing about that replay is that it was used to overturn the original call that went in favor of Texas. I loved Brown covering for the kid as he went off to halftime. Snoozer of a game overall though.

by oc phil on Dec 28, 2007 3:40 PM EST reply actions  

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to have a change of pace from weekly Maiden, but Dragonforce? Really?

by poguemahone on Dec 28, 2007 7:03 PM EST reply actions  

Dragonforce is ultimate cheese, and we love them for it.

by Rob on Dec 28, 2007 8:22 PM EST reply actions  

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