CURIOUS INDEX, 4/16/08

by Orson on Apr 16, 2008 9:55 AM EDT

Is Army going to run the bone? And if they are, as this article guesses, will they have the brutal downfield blocking demostrated by these young gridiron warrior/poets?

We encourage this move and support its existence heartily. Especially the three-card monte handoff fake sequence on run plays. That never fails to crack us up.

UCLA ditches a whole practice, causing outrage generators everywhere to spike. Brian Dohn of the L.A. Daily News starts:

Rather than continue the process of learning a new offense and working toward improvement, UCLA's football players, led by its senior class, elected to blow off Tuesday's practice.

Or Brian Grummell over at Das Fanhaus:

In one swift act, Neuheisel willingly undermined himself before his players, his coaches and the lifeblood of any program: recruits. Nice work.

Oh, and that's just about the most pathetic school tradition I've ever heard of. The NCAA limits the hours and number of practices schools can arrange, so for UCLA to be wasting a practice like that is troubling.

Gutty Little Bruins didn't seem to care--deeming the whole thing "AWESOME"--
while the reasoned, level heads over at Bruins Nation express deep feely hurt and disappointment at the seniors who kept the Ditch tradition alive while remaining convinced that COACH Rick Neuheisel will fix the culture at UCLA.

In all of this, we're reminded that Jim Grobe at Wake Forest didn't even use all of his allotted days of spring practice last year. Oh, and Neuheisel may petition the NCAA to get that practice day back. Good luck explaining that one, counselor.

Pat White will get the push as a Heisman candidate from the West Virginia coaching staff. No pressure, sir.

Mark Sanchez officially gets the nod as the starting qb at USC. Shelley Smith just awoke and switched into stalk mode, tapping mutely at the glowing electrodes in the side of her head and rising from her rest pod somewhere beneath Bristol.

Brennan Carroll, Office Special Teams Coach. It's OPS on that Tussin, or something like it. He doesn't have a whistle, he just says whistle.

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“Our guys showed good solidarity,” Neuheisel said.

allsome.

by okiedomer on Apr 16, 2008 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

…prone. PRONE!!…

by B on Apr 16, 2008 10:21 AM EDT reply actions

Looks like Mitch Mustain made a spectacular move. Not quite as smooth of one that Sam Keller did… but almost.

by ThreenOut on Apr 16, 2008 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

more brennan carroll = happy gerry

by gerry dorsey on Apr 16, 2008 10:27 AM EDT reply actions

Pool for when the harpies at Bruins Nation turn on the new coach? Gamblers, make it happen.

by Holly on Apr 16, 2008 10:29 AM EDT reply actions

@ Holly,

I’d say about 4 PM PDT yesterday.

by GamecockTony on Apr 16, 2008 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

Has anyone seen Shelley Smith and Sally Struthers in the same place at the same time?

by Raider Red on Apr 16, 2008 10:37 AM EDT reply actions

Dunno if this one has been reported yet, but Mizzou is asserting their Fulmer Cup muscle again.

Nice quote from the article:

When asked whether Wuebbels might be suspended or dismissed from the team, MU football spokesman Chad Moller said, No, not for misdemeanors.

by Brian O'Blivion on Apr 16, 2008 10:52 AM EDT reply actions

On my flight out of Gainesville this weekend, some of the ESPN college football crew were sitting near me. They talked about putting in their time in Bristol (like it was a jail or something) before getting to choose a region to stay in, and all of them were wearing either Washington Huskies or Seattle Mariners gear.

by Dave on Apr 16, 2008 10:53 AM EDT reply actions

In other news, last week’s slice of cheesecake, Brigitte Bardot, seems to have more in common with RP than one would think!

by Aerobab on Apr 16, 2008 10:58 AM EDT reply actions

Woo for WV midget football!

by EchoWhiskey on Apr 16, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

I think we just need to send RP to the middle east. That dude would kill them all or corrupt their society into anarchy. Win-win.

by ThreenOut on Apr 16, 2008 11:09 AM EDT reply actions

Now that Shelley Smith is awake, she’s catching up on her email while doing some serious kegel exercises – she’s got a localized variant of that Nike iPod integration software that plays songs like “tighten up” by Archie Bell and the Drells.

Target tightness: Rick Neuheisel’s rectal pucker factor when the seniors decided to show the rest of the team how to remain the sleeping giant of Pac-10 football.

by DC Trojan on Apr 16, 2008 11:22 AM EDT reply actions

shes got a localized variant of that Nike iPod integration software that plays songs like tighten up by Archie Bell and the Drells.

[horrified slow clap]

by Holly on Apr 16, 2008 11:24 AM EDT reply actions

Holly There will be grumbling sooner, but the domers have shown that a black coach can serve as a scapegoat for a full 4 years after he is gone. For a long time every loss for UCLA will just make them hate Dorrell all the more.

It will be interesting seeing the cracks form over there though, since that “community” is one where you have to follow the (frequently psychotic) party line to a “T” or you get run.

by oc phil on Apr 16, 2008 12:18 PM EDT reply actions