COUNTDOWN: 92 DAYS

No no. No. You don’t understand You can’t make a deal with him. Even if you gave him the money he’d still kill you. He’s a peculiar man. You could even say that he has principles. Principles that transcend money or drugs or anything like that. He’s not like you. He’s not even like me.









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socalbryan says:
Maualuga is coming for you.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
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The underrated Sorola Palmer says:
Color Steve and Reveille unimpressed
May 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
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mambajack says:
Your only chance is call it right – head or tails?
May 28th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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That 5.0 Guy says:
Call it, friendo.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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IdentityCrisis says:
Do you think Maualuga has a Prince Valiant haircut?
May 28th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
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spartanmike says:
Bring me the football and I’ll let her live.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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Out of Conference says:
Damn, I need to see that movie.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
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bk says:
Illinois was such a worthy choice for the Orange Bowl.
/still bitter Mizzou fan
May 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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bk says:
. . . and by Orange I mean Rose. Of course, Orange was questionable, as well.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
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Out of Conference says:
Oh, and just so I know- who would The Humanitarian be represent by in that movie?
May 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
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Unhappy Monkey says:
I thought you were going this way, but that is good too.
It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
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sb says:
…and it (92 days) cannot pass quickly enough.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
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atepesm says:
Did anyone see this:
http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10843938/rss
Apparently, OU is now MANDATING that their local business spread out their illegal payments to players. They don’t want all the cheating occuring at one business, because that’s too easy to trace.
Instead, they are opting to spread the cheating out over multiple businesses, right? or am I misreading something?
May 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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brian says:
“you dont have to do this”they say that every time.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
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MikeLew says:
@ Still Bitter…..
Why are you blaming Illinois? You should be blaming Kansas- even if Illinois hadn’t gone, you couldn’t have gone, because the BCS has a “only two teams from a conference rule”.
And for those who wanted to see USC-UGA in the Rose(like I did), the Sugar Bowl had the right of first refusal on UGA….ie, no one could pick UGA until the Sugar passed on them(which they never did).
So, it sucks, but we got stuck with USC-Illinois in the Rose, but it’s because of the rules, not because of the Rose selection committee.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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CincySooner says:
now now #13… lets take a deep breath before we call the NCAA and cry foul
if you read the article, it looks like OUs just taking steps try and avoid being Bomar’d again.
There is nothing in the article about the payments being illegal. I also don’t read anywhere in the article that OU demands that local businesses cheat. (shrug)
May 28th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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ryan says:
nicely played orson
May 28th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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DC Trojan says:
Does “Rey SMASH!” rise to the level of principle? Because if so, young Mr Maualuga is a very principled man indeed.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
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Brian O'Blivion says:
I often don’t agree with the Best Picture winners, but they sure got it right the last two years.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
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Pants McPants says:
Maualuga vs. Chris Wells….cannot wait to see this….
May 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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cmw says:
Exactly. It is about the Sugar Bowl and not the Rose.
Besides, Mizzou beat Illinois by only 6 points without their starting QB playing.
What makes you think that Mizzou would have been a better pick for the Rose Bowl.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
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bk says:
To clarify, I am fully aware of the only 2 schools per conference rule and, rest assured, I am more bitter about Kansas selection than Illinois selection. But the only reason Illinois made the Rose was because of the “tradition” of having a Big 10 team. There were more worthy candidates for the spot than Illinois.
But, that’s over, and now I can look forward to a schedule free of Oklahoma. But Kansas gets them this year, so that will be amusing.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
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MikeLew says:
@22-
Unfortunately, there really weren’t any better choices for the Rose….
BCS NCG- OSU & LSU
Sugar- Georgia & Hawaii
Fiesta- Oklahoma and WVU
Orange- Kansas & VaTech
Rose- USC & ???
No more SEC teams, no more Big XII teams, so you need an ACC team, a Big East team, a Pac 10 team, or a Big Ten team…..so, the options are Boston College(10-3), UConn(9-3), ASU(10-2), or Illinois(9-3).
BC had played poorly down the stretch, UConn played no one, and ASU would have been an all Pac 10 game. Then, consider that Illinois had just beaten the #1 team in the nation, and had looked pretty impressive in the second half…..they were really the only choice- it was just a funny year.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
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Illini FTW says:
Although I was optimistic about the game at the time, Illinois was not a match for USC talent wise last January, whether or not there was a better option to play USC i don’t know, but I don’t think any of the teams mentioned with the possible exception of UGA would have been able to beat the trojans. USC had talent from top to bottom last year and would have been in the championship game had it not crapped its pants and lost to Stanford. And to you bitter Mizzou fans, OSU was originally going to go to the Rose, not us, and had the Tigers beaten OU in the Big XII championship game Mizzou would have been in the BCS champ, not OSU. Don’t blame Illinois for benefiting from circumstances beyond their control.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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oc phil says:
USC vs LSU or Georgia would have been a very good game. With the way USC was playing at the end of the year, anyone else would have been crushed.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
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bk says:
I’m not blaming Illinois, just frustrated with the system.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
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ChemE93 says:
MikeLew @ 23 — you’ve got the process wrong. The Rose gets first pick (because of OSU at #1) and can take any eligible team that isn’t locked into another game because of a conference championship tie-in. The Rose could have taken Georgia, Missouri, Kansas or West Virginia. Any one of those would have been a better choice than Illinois.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:44 am
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UgasTexan says:
Rose Bowl = Joke
May 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am
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Jeff from LA says:
For those unfamiliar with Rey’s greatest hits, here’s a youtube clip, aptly named “Don’t F*** with Rey Maualuga:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=owXgLCbw5YU
May 29th, 2008 at 5:04 pm