CURIOUS INDEX, 3/11/08

by Orson on Mar 11, 2008 9:28 AM EDT

Thematically Appropriate Song of the Day: "Who Let These Hoes In My Room," in honor of Elliot Spitzer.

Be sure to stick around for the appearance of Bill O'Reilly at the end.

Hey, Joe...this "friend" of mine is considering retirement. Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Joe Paterno's friend "Moe" is considering figuring out eventually how to kind of do this retirement thing he's been hearing about...we mean, um, that "Moe" has been hearing about.

"He was asking me 'Why?' and 'Who?' and 'How?' " Tiller said during a telephone interview. "He didn't really tip his hand. But he did ask me 'Who's this guy?' and 'Why did I like him?' and 'Why now?' and those types of things.

"He didn't say, 'I'm thinking about this or I've got to do this.' But, after it had been announced, he seemed to be curious."

That Moe is a sly one! Meaning "Moe" is for the first time in a while seriously considering retirement, if Tiller's not just reaching down into his big bag of crazy and oatmeal and pulling this out of it. (HT: Fanblogs.)

Condolences to Howard Schnellenberger, whose 48 year old son Stephen died of endocrine cancer. Read the Miami Herald article on Steven to get a picture of someone who sounds like an extremely tough person.

The Comcast/Big Ten Network War is Over. Kiss any dame in the street you care to, sailors! Huzzah, your boys are coming home from the great Comcast/ Big Ten Network War at last, clothed in victory and teeming with foreign microbes! Remember their valiant struggles in the editorial pages of the Fort Wayne Gazette, or their solemn sacrifices in the great memo tiff of 2007! Oh, happy day! Rhubarb pies and chocolate malts for everyone, except daddy who gets to guzzle scotch and cry because he had flat feet and had to stay behind and endure the shame of banging everyone else's deserted wives! HUZZAH!

Bears Necessity has your Pac-10 helmet schedule for 2008.

Les Miles still doesn't know exactly how much he's going to get paid, but everyone else in Louisiana has been waiting for checks of undisclosed sums and arrival date for years now, so he's in good company. (Except for Lil Wayne, who's already "Got his check from FEMA, time to buy some co-cay-ee-nah.")

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I empathize with the loss that Howard Schnellenberger and his family are experiencing.

by Anonymous IV on Mar 11, 2008 9:59 AM EDT reply actions

Faget-white-bread-chicken-shit-nigga. Pretty accurate description of Bill O’Rilley really.

by Chuck on Mar 11, 2008 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

Les Miles still doesn’t know what he is doing in Louisana.
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by CapstoneAlum on Mar 11, 2008 10:13 AM EDT reply actions

even the pac 10 is light years behind the sec in terms of helmet schedules. les miles was right.

by gerry dorsey on Mar 11, 2008 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

The one good thing about the BTN/Comcast war in EL was that the bars had very competitive specials during Game Day. I’ll always remember the 7 shots of Tequila I had during the 1st quarter of the MSU-Bowling Green game.

by Ground0EastLansing on Mar 11, 2008 10:20 AM EDT reply actions

Wayne is not the only person to have received his FEMA check.

A classmate of mine at Alabama, who hailed from one of the wealthier part of New Orleans received his own personal check about a year and a half ago for $2000, even though his neighborhood was virtually untouched by the hurricane. He just applied for one, and they sent it too him. Needless to say, he went on a 3 day booze/coke binge with all of his friends. He was quoted as saying, “This round is on the United States Government”.

Douche.

by haybeav on Mar 11, 2008 10:36 AM EDT reply actions

Spitzer just had the most expensive hooker in history, with deferred costs being even greater than the $5000 original fee.

As a DirecTV customer for many years, I received the Big Ten Network from inception and didn’t miss a Buckeye game in football or basketball. How convenient of Comcast to wait until the season was over to finally strike a deal.

While I have no sympathy for Spitzer, I have a lot for the Schnellenberger family. That has to be the worst to overcome.

by Crabapple Buck on Mar 11, 2008 10:43 AM EDT reply actions

If Spitzer was patronizing a prostitution ring/escort service that operated internationally, does it stand to reason, then, that he had hos in different area codes?

by Doug on Mar 11, 2008 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

Doug, you mean like this?

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/254-ludacris-rap-map-of-us-area-codes/

by AllWhoYonder on Mar 11, 2008 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

“If Spitzer was patronizing a prostitution ring/escort service that operated internationally, does it stand to reason, then, that he had hos in different area codes?”

Don’t you mean country codes? Area codes are generally thought of as not being international.

by MiseanAuFan on Mar 11, 2008 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

Somebody, get these ho’s up off of me!

by Brian O'Blivion on Mar 11, 2008 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

I want to know what “other” great conference Bears is talking about. Surely not the one that’s USC and the seven….err.. nine dwarfes.

by Luv4Gators on Mar 11, 2008 12:19 PM EDT reply actions

- AllWhoWonder – you just made leaps and bounds in my list of “cool folks that bring funny shit to the party” list.

by Out of Conference on Mar 11, 2008 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

Out of Conference, that blog is my favorite non-sports daily check. And thanks!

by AllWhoYonder on Mar 11, 2008 1:18 PM EDT reply actions

Alright, everyone will have the BTN just in time for college baseball season, with the Big Ten featureing such Top 25 powers as

Yes, space intentionally left blank. Michigan’s the only one even appearing in the “others receiving votes” section of the USA Today poll.

by Yinka Double Dare on Mar 11, 2008 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

If my eyes do not deceive me, the Beavers are playing BRAINS at Beaver Stadium. Does this count as a home game for them?

by yoyofutbawl on Mar 11, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions

As an ACC/SEC fan now living in a Big 10 area, I look forward to the chance to see great matchups provided by the Big 10 network like Indiana/Northwestern and Iowa/Purdue.

by mb on Mar 11, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions