THE SWINDLE INDUSTRIES CHARITY BOWL
The world is a rolling hot mess, and occasionally in all the festivity some people fall under its glittery wheels. There happens to be an abundance of mayhem at this moment, much of it beyond the control of the people involved–meaning even a grizzled misanthrope like yourself may reach down in your wallet and pluck a doubloon or two from your fortune and donate to charity.
Tornadoes in Oklahoma and Georgia and the cyclone in Burma have one upside at least: they give you a chance not only to show how devoted you are to improving this “karma” thing Carson Daly’s always talking about, but we’re turning the nasty energies of college football rivalry into a positive force in the process.
You can take away our Checkers and billboards for gun shops and porno…but you cannot take away our desire to shame our opponents with our generosity.
Donations to charities assisting with either the tornadoes or the Burmese cyclone–where aid is slowly and steadily getting through despite the best efforts of the “murder-first” regime there–and we’ll keep tally of the donations as reported. Do good, feel shiny noble throughout your day, and embarrass the stingy bastards at other schools in the process.
The particulars:
1) Make a donation online to the American Red Cross, CARE, or the International Rescue Committee.
2) Email the donation confirmation to kevin@fanblogs.com and state your team affiliation by 8pm EDT on Wednesday, May 14th.
3) Results will be displayed at Every Day Should Be Saturday and Fanblogs throughout the week, with the final results shown by Thursday, May 15th.
4) The winning school will have its colors displayed at EDSBS and logo/mascot shown on every page at Fanblogs.
Florida’s currently up fifty dollars on everyone right now courtesy of yours truly, so let the games begin. If residents current or former in Florida are keen on any issue, it’s that of randomly being blown to smithereens by forces you can’t possibly defend yourself from in the least. (See: pass defense, for example, in 2007.)
Go get ‘em, you slaughtering vikings of charity.












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The coming “twist”: RIVAL SMACKDOWN!!!!!!!
Tomorrow (Wed, May 15th) is our last day of the College Football Charity Bowl and all eyes are going to be focused on the leaderboard. I know there are some fans out there that do not want to see their rival at the top of the board. So… tomorrow is going to be RIVAL SMACKDOWN!!!!!
Tomorrow, you will have the choice of crediting your donation to your favorite team, or taking your donation off of your rivals board. Your choice!!
The Charity Bowl runs through 8pm EDT on Wednesday, May 14th.
Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs — May 13, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
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Money raised to date: $5,715.00
Team Donation Standings:
Alabama - $180
1) Michigan - $1,975
2) Florida - $525
3) Auburn - $355
4) Florida State - $350
5) Ohio State - $305
6) Case Western Reserve - $300
7t) South Carolina - $200
7t) Georgia Tech - $200
7t) SMU - $200
9) Tennessee - $150
10t) LSU - $125
10t) Ole Miss - $125
10t) Nebraska - $125
Lurking: Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Georgia
Updated as of 12n EDT - May 13, 2008
Notably missing from the list? West Virginia, Clemson, Miami, USC, UCLA, Texas A&M, Penn State
Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs — May 13, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
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This is one situation where I don’t mind if Michigan or any other team runs up the score.
Comment by Tim Waymen — May 13, 2008 @ 8:49 am
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Ah, feck. I missed LSU on the spreadsheet in last night’s recap.
4t) LSU - $125
Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs — May 13, 2008 @ 6:50 am
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Day One Update - Michigan Goes Yard
Money raised to date: $3,095.00
Team Donation Standings:
1) Michigan - $1,000
2) Florida - $500
3t) Auburn - $130
3t) Alabama - $130
4t) Ohio State - $125
4t) Ole Miss - $125
4t) Nebraska - $125
5t) South Carolina - $100
5t) Oklahoma - $100
5t) Mississippi State - $100
Lurking: Michigan State, FSU, Georgia
Conference Donation Standings:
1) SEC - $1,315
2) Big 10 - $1,175
3) Big 12 - $225
4) ACC - $200
5t) Pac10 - $0
5t) Big East - $0
Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs — May 12, 2008 @ 8:28 pm
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Those of you who pray, send a prayer or two up for the victims of the nasty earthquake in China too.
This was a great idea, Orson. Mother earth can be a vindictive old hag sometimes.
Comment by Year2-Dave — May 12, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
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Wolverines score in bunches now…no more trying to keep it close.
I’m a pilot who has participated in some interesting airllifts over the years–how about a closed field near New Orleans without a control tower? If they’d let aid workers in, a lot can get done. Juntas suck.
Comment by Zone Left — May 12, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
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UPDATE 5/12/2008 4p EDT:
We’ve not only crossed the $1,000 mark, we’ve left it in the dust in less than eight hours time. Thank you all for your donations. Now help spread the word by sending this page link or linking to http://www.fanblogs.com/charity on your favorite message boards.
Standings:
1) Florida - $250
2) Auburn - $130
3) LSU - $125
4t) South Carolina - $100
4t) Oklahoma - $100
4t) Mississippi State - $100
4t) Ohio State - $100
4t) Nebraska - $100
5t) Florida State - $50
5t) Michigan State - $50
5t) Tennessee - $50
Total raised so far: $1,235.00
Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs — May 12, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
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You may know it as Myanmar but it will always be Burma to me…
Comment by Spazzy McGee — May 12, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
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Yet another demonstration of S-E-C Speed!
Comment by TigerNacho — May 12, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
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I’ve sent the idea along to a website called dandydon.com. The guy has a very large and loyal LSU following so I hope he’ll post a link to your idea. If he does I’m sure that many LSU fans will want to donate. I figure we owe it to the rest of the country, and world honestly, to help out as everyone has done for us since those bitches Katrina and Rita came and ruined our fun times. Great idea guys. This is the first time that I can actually say, and mean, that I don’t care what school wins.
Comment by Casey Potts — May 12, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
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How many copies of Herschel’s book would it take to construct a temporary shelter?
Comment by Allahver Fist — May 12, 2008 @ 11:39 am
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CONTEST UPDATE:
1) Florida - $250
2t) South Carolina - $100
2t) Oklahoma - $100
2t) Mississippi State - $100
3) LSU - $75
Four hours in and we’re up over $800. Excellent! Keep ‘em coming
Comment by Kevin @ Fanblogs — May 12, 2008 @ 11:14 am