CURIOUS INDEX, 6/2/2008
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AD Kevin White takes off after eight years as the Athletic Director at Notre Dame for the job at Duke, where “three or four times a years I’ll drink a heckuva lot less coffee,” according to Kevin White. We think this means that barring another mock-rape scandal, he’s joining David Cutcliffe on the low-stress Blue Devil retirement gravy train. Notre Dame says there’s no time table for replacing White. Given the speedy pace of Catholic bureaucracy, this means the next Notre Dame AD will be announced sometime around the year 2201. Trojan Wire, ever solicitous of Irish affairs, wonders if this means future trouble for Weis, but most of the Irish fans we know think the trustees have more power over Weis’ fate than the AD. This and much more in a large Fulmer Cupdate later this a.m. It’s just massive how many charges and points will have to be assessed in a single blow. It’s downright Switzer-esque. We don’t know how you even begin to craft a legal defense about a charge involving putting a pillow over someone’s face while they sleep. “Oxygen suppression therapy?” Kirk Ferentz, done Training Day style. Target! Cain’t top that, homey! In case you wonder just how tiny Oxford, Mississippi is, they’re just now getting their first Target. Starkville has its own small town quirks, too; according to Kanu, you could write a check at Burger King there as recently as 1995. I can’t put my fist in your childhood dreams. Good to see rap songs decoded to their basic units of meaning, especially by a guy in pleated shorts. (NSFW, but only because a chorus of “SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS” is NSFW, right?)
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ehrenb2 says:
“AD Kevin White takes off for Duke after eight years as the Athletic Director for the job at Duke,”
Might want to say Notre Dame in there somewhere
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 am
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leNDmeabuck says:
Is my reading comprehension that bad or did Kevin White just land a double jeopardy AD job at Duke?
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 am
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the croominator says:
Damn it, you got my hopes up about the Target, until I clicked the link and saw it was the same old rumor that’s been going around for two years now. Everyone knows that Tupelo will get a Target LONG before Oxford gets one.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
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Rob says:
Target rules. Those Archer Farms curry chips are fucking delicious.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 am
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AUAlum says:
New U.S. Senator in 2008
http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8245799
Mark “No NCAA” Townsend
Mark Townsend (D)
Townsend provided the following information to NewsChannel 19:
My name is Mark Townsend, I was born in Alabama. I do not believe we went to the moon. I believe the Van Allen Belt is the hand of God and Dust on the moon makes Plutomium Looks like a birthday party.
I believe the attacks on 9-11 was an inside job, It took over a year to form the 9-11 commission with a budget of eight million tax dollars, compared to twenty four hours and over one hundred million tax dollars to investigate stains on a blue dress.
The Bush family owns NCAA, Mitre Corporation and a big part of the Federal Reserve. ( a private closed incorporation.) I like the Iron Bowl (DELETED FOR EDITORIAL CONTENT) almost as much as chewing tobacco. The spirit of America has one foot in a grave and the other foot on a banana peeling, Thanks to the NCAA. America must open their eyes to see that NCAA is not just slave master just to sports also Master over many powers over people in America.
I believe the people of the Huntsville area are the best hope to fix America. It is said Coach Bryant once put Joe Namath in on Defense, He intercepted a pass which won the game, when the game was over the Press ask Coach Bryant ” Why did you put Joe in on Defense” and Coach Bryant said, “We tried everything we knew as Coaches to stop Florida. It was not working so we put in our Best Athlete and hope for the best.
The people of Huntsville area are America’s Joe.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
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beauford @ theonlygamethatmatters says:
Do you think white smoke will be released from TD Jesus’s fingertips at the selection of a new AD?
I feel a Dan Brown novel comin’ on!!
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
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karlhungus12 says:
I bounced a check to McDonald’s in Auburn for a Big Mac in 1994. It ended up being a $22.00 hamburger.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
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spartanmike says:
When the white smoke comes out of a 3rd floor window in Alumni Hall, you’ll know a new AD has been named.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 am
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DevilGrad says:
“Switzer-esque”? And we still can’t run the damn ball? *Hangs head in shame.*
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 am
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Ivory Tusk says:
I wrote a check for the tip at a Sizzler in Tuscaloosa in 1989.
They had the all-you-can-eat buffet on Sunday (and the yeast rolls!), a fantastic concept for the football weekend hangover-curing meal.
It was near the end of the month – before the next check came in from the First National Bank of Mom & Dad. I had enough cash to cover my meal but not the tip. How fucking broke do you have to be to write a check for the tip at Sizzler?
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
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Cock D says:
That Alabama election is for real, i think:
[Swanson's] campaign platform includes moving the United Nations’ headquarters from New York to Montgomery because he says New Yorkers give foreign delegates the wrong impression about the United States.
http://www.nbc15online.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=068be5a3-7240-4787-bf27-a80835043080
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
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hailstate says:
College — the only place you can write check for $1.09 and no one bats an eye. Of course my Mom always wondered why there were so many checks for $3.23 (cigarettes) and $4.07 (Natural Lite).
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
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I R A Darth Aggie says:
Given the speedy pace of Catholic bureaucracy, this means the next Notre Dame AD will be announced sometime around the year 2201.
And the sucessful candiate will still have to deal with Charlie “I love my contract” Weiss.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 am
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woooooohooooooooo says:
My first visit to oxford was in 2002, and I couldn’t get over how the fast food resturants (Taco Bell, Burger King, etc) used still used signs and logos from the mid-1980’s.
I’m still unsure whether this was deliberate or not.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
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Coop says:
Trojan Wire was an “interesting” read.
So, what you are saying is that you understand why Charlie Weis is not in danger of losing his job due to:
A) the AD position at ND is one of impotency and the PTB love Weis or will be the ones to make the decision, regardless
AND
B) Weis’ massive, long term contract with the horrendous buyout, one ND could easily afford except that they don’t fire their own, or those they like, until it becomes beyond necessary…
yet you speculatively come to the wrong conclusion, anyway?
Fair enough.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
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Jason says:
I wrote checks to both Zaxby’s and Guthrie’s well into 2002 while in Athens.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
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Dante says:
“My first visit to oxford was in 2002, and I couldn’t get over how the fast food resturants (Taco Bell, Burger King, etc) used still used signs and logos from the mid-1980’s.”
You say that like it’s a bad thing. One of my favorite fast food establishments in Athens, GA is the Arby’s with the old giant cowboy hat sign and obstinate lack of a drive-thru.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
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Coop says:
Every time I pass a Hardee’s with the old signs, think some of the less populated areas in SC, I stop in, thinking they will have fried chicken.
50% of the time, I am correct.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 am
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Allahver Fist says:
Who needs a Target in Oxford when you can get good chicken-on-a-stick and tater logs at the Chevron?
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
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Brian O'Blivion says:
I hope that guy at least got a bowl of soup with that shirt. And some GEN–IT-ALLIAAA!!!
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
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woooooohooooooooo says:
#17:
It is neither bad nor good, just peculiar.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:22 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
19
Does Oxfart have cold beer other than draft these days?
Starksville had privately owned ABC stores in 1972 yet was dry for beer on or off premise for years afterward.
That’s Mississippi for ya.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 am
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skinnyphatman says:
Wow, no more wondering what the meaning of life is anymore. Afterall, this dude distills it down to its purest form. SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS! What more could there be?
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:28 am
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sonofsamford says:
Oxford has the same number of Targets as Manhattan.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:28 am
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Allahver Fist says:
Yoyo, oddly enough, we bought cold beer at the grocery store in Oxford last Fall before the Gator game. I’m not sure what changed or when it changed, but I was shocked. If memory serves me correctly, the liquor store next door (strip mall) only sold wine and liquor, but was fully stocked with hot co-ed poontang when we were there.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 am
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Sundawg says:
With those views, methinks Mr. Townsend is electable in several southern states. Alabama is truly blessed.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:52 am
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ToddlyKSU says:
Ouch, I wrote a check at McDonalds in Manhattan, KS at least as recently as 2002.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
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jrbirdman says:
Wow! Ferentz must be one bad mofo. I can’t get my dog to quit pissing on the rug. Of course, it’s not a doberman either.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 am
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oc phil says:
Checks? Kidz today barely know what they are. It’s all about the ATM cards nowdays.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
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Theskipster says:
This may be my favorite part about the inept pillow attack.
Even though she is small in stature, “she punched him and more or less chased him down the hallway,” the chief said. Marshall is 6-feet-7, 290 pounds.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/NEWS01/805310347
Orson, if you are using the SASWiki processing station
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Fulmer_Cup_Processing_Station
All the links to expired or removed news sources have been updated with working links.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 am
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gerry dorsey says:
jason @ 16,
zaxby’s is highly, HIGHLY underrated. they have started to creep into the dallas market, but it is waaaaay to damn far away. they should really expand into dallas proper. (writing this in case any zaxby’s executives read edsbs)
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
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oc phil says:
Coop @ 15
That link didn’t go to Trojan Wire. It went to Inside USC, a blog by a douchebag who works for a local fishwrap. No connection to the university and often low quality in general.
Trojan Wire has a story up reveling in the scandal at UCLA, where they’ve apparently been giving organ transplants to Yakuza gangsters and getting big cash donations in return.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
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Allahver Fist says:
Gerry, any place that serves crinkle cut school lunch fries cannot be underrated.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:14 am
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Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive says:
while in college I had a box of checks stolen out of my mailbox. It took me a couple days to notice and report them stolen to the bank, but the thief had already used 3 of the checks- for a total of about $12. Checks were written to the Checkers, Spectrum, and CVS.
from the looks of the amounts it appears the crook wanted a burger & fries, a 6-pack, and some condoms.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
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Coop says:
31 – shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I got in on the Zaxby’s franchising in NC too late.
Some enterprising Texan should get in on the Zaxby’s franchising, open up 5 or so and prepare to reap the windfall.
I am not saying they run themselves, probably harder to run than a Chic-Fil-A given that CFA basically has 3 menu items, but doesn’t appear to be too hard given that corporate gives you a formula that does not fail.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
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Out of Conference says:
Zax’s sauce is the freaking bomb! It could even make boiled okra good.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:54 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
Allahver-
Wonders will never cease. Of course, the hot poontang in Oxpatch is rightly called the Eighth Wonder of the Southern World. (Elvis, Earnhardt, Bear, Strom, Richard Petty, Bo Jackson and Spaghetti Junction in Lanner are the first seven).
BTW, you’ll be surprized at the tail in W-S when you play the Drunken Demons in September.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
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Continuation T. Arranger says:
Archer Farms Three-Bean Salsa. Buy it.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
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Craig says:
Kevin White will do for Duke football what he’’s done for the Golden Dome. How does Duke steal a guy away from a traditional powerhouse like Notre Dame? What a coup for Duke plucking this guy off the Notre Dame tree. Now that they have White in just a few years Duke’s schedule is going to start getting tougher and tougher. This is probably due to White’s great prestige. My guess is it will get progressively more difficult to find wins on the Duke schedule in the years to come.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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oc phil says:
I”m sure that the scenery in Oxford lives up to the billing, but let me tell you that the “Genitles” song was certainly NSFW when you have to walk across a campus in SoCal on a beautiful warm early june day and you have that song stuck in your head.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
I cant help but hear in my head, everytime I write a check, the old Foxworthy line….
“You take checks? Why hell, I’ll go ahead and pay this baby off right now…..sheesh, I thought you people wanted money or something.”
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:07 pm