CURIOUS INDEX, 7/14/2008

buzz bizzenger thinks berry tramel should relax.

Berry Tramel’s wardrobe provided by Chess King.

He must know that this is certainly not a porn site. Orson gave up on Friday Cheesecake long ago…

ahoy there Swindle – methinks them Georgia boys will be salivating while dreaming about completed passes before your game with them

reminds me of the time we attacked the good ship “MenWithOneArm”… that was a mighty easy battle that one, lots of rum and sodomy afterwards I’m a tellin’ ya

. . . and his hairpiece courtesy of The Quicksilver Collection by Emporio Anton Chigurh.

Speaking of men who drink, The Snake won’t be doing color commentary next year for Bama. Unfortunately, his personal life is colorful enough.

is that an Anglo-Aztec?

Gawd, I hate Jimmy Fallon.

Athletic Departments need to be a lot more proactive in dealing with mental health (i.e. Lemon or on the other end of the spectrum, Avery Atkins). Try not to make it too obvious that you only care about these kids if they are starters and don’t care about helping to mold them into productive citizens.

/dick joke

So that’s what happened to Don Johnson…..

Orson, please tell us you have something brewing using the Pete Carroll video SKLM posted over the weekend.

I’m consistently amazed at the way my fellow Sooners manage to embarrass themselves. Being that the folks running the Daily Oklahoman have their name on the Sooner stadium and the OU school of journalism, the wrath will continue in many amusing/embarrassing forms.

So he’ll support his freedom of the press so long as that darn freedom of speech doesn’t get into his way.

Can you believe what that problem maker Alexander Hamilton was making when they were reporting all those falsehoods. If you’re writing the Federalist Papers, you’re part of the problem. Get off them.

It’s a good thing that the media has never reported false prank stories like War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Can you believe people actually believed something that sounded like a newscast but actually wasn’t? Good thing there wasn’t mass panic.

I’m not trying to defend the prank as a good idea. But people have the right to be or say stupid things too. Big chill pills need to be taken in mass quantities.

“Enough of this nonsense that message boards are some kind of modern social networking technique. Bullfeathers!”

They tuck are jobs!!!

“It’s time to abandon the peep show.”

What? I shall never abandon the peep show, Mr. Spector. I shall only peep harder.

@ Navy Husker – or that Thomas Paine jerk with the Common Sense pamphlets. If it weren’t for guys like this, we would all be blogging about soccer.

All you college kids who get high…YOU’RE SUPPORTING THE TERRORISTS!

Does Tramel advocate book-burning, too?

I am jerking off to the peep show in the face of starting QB @ Oklahoma. You know he is gay and a terrorist don’t you?!?!?!

“Message boards are a huge problem in college sports.”

I only wish that were true. I really, really wish message boards were our biggest concern. Also, decent people would never go to message boards in the first place. Simply by being there, you’ve lost your decency.

[Ding] Time for your Acepromazine, Mr. Newsman.

#11

And the media in Texas is less than stellar a lot of the time. The Austin American Statesman has earned the nickname “The Daily Disappointment” for a myriad of reasons. Down here, Talk Radio isn’t any better. They (the so-called “journalists”) did not do their job and let a story get to the air. Someone forget the basic rule of reporting: check your facts. But that isn’t any big surprise here.

I’ll probably get the wrath of the NU people on this list again but the guy should get some sort of punishment. Satire is great, that is why we read EDSBS, but accusing someone of cocaine use/distribution (unfounded) is not funny. Especially when it is a kid.

And the worst part is that the guy works for UT. UT had absolutely nothing to do with this, but it looks bad for the University.

If I were you, I’d be worried about them coyotes.

College football is an unconventional war, after all.

1. From your blog…
   For some reason, the tagline, “Sooners, cheating since 1889” has never caught on.

That is poetic. I’ll be sure to pass that one on. :-)

Hayley Lafontaine thinks talk radio hosts are morons.

The bigger issue is how we as a social network can keep Jimmy Fallon from ever appearing on stage or screen again.

The greatest threat to our freedom is the extremist internetofascists. And evolutionary theory.

As Thomas Jefferson in a former life, I deeply resent the claim that I used alcohol excessively. I had a deep appreciation for french wines and actively sought to bring such viniculture to our great country, however I was quite moderate in my habit…and my relationship with Sally Hemings had nothing to do with intoxication, hers or mine.

Drinking for recreation and to excess was reserved in large measure for this lifetime, wherein I have been able to make unbelieveable social and professional gains while imbibing.

As for the idiot espousing blog censorship and regulation…he’s treading very near the edge of John Adam’s pet Alien and Sedition Act…good thing I’ve given up politics…

I don’t understand everyone’s intense hatred of Jimmy Fallon. I’m not saying he’s the greatest comedian of our time, but he had a few funny characters. Same goes for Dane Cook.

Think about some of the SNL cast members who brought absolutely nothing to the table: Julia Sweeney, Jeanine Garafolo, Horatio Sanz…where is the hatred for them?

What is truly sad is that last year Michael Lemon was going to be the first person in his family to graduate from college.
Now, he is merely the 17th person in his family to be convinted of assault…

Classic. Viva South Park.

Again, shouldn’t the Texas radio stations be at fault here as well, esp. when the story doesn’t even link to the paper’s website. How is that for responsibility? Yes, the guy is a dumbass and should be fined or something, but that is it, no jail time, no “his life and family should be ruined by this!” hyperbole. Let the shame of his actions be his punishment.

PW, I think it’s the fact that he never got through a skit without laughing, he went on to make millions in film (with performances that were no better than those on SNL), and Taxi (where he was out-acted by Gisele, Ann-Margaret, and Queen Latifah).
Also, he thinks he’s the funniest guy in the room.

#30

Yes, the stations should be at fault, as well, and the news managers/reporters of those stations should be held responsible by their parent companies.

The Oklahoman video blaming boards, etc. is a moron. The blogs didn’t give us Jason Blair, Judith Miller or Mike Barnacle. Those journalists were in the mainstream or so-called legitimate media and they did far more damage than this story.

#21: “I’ll probably get the wrath of the NU people on this list again but the guy should get some sort of punishment. Satire is great, that is why we read EDSBS, but accusing someone of cocaine use/distribution (unfounded) is not funny. Especially when it is a kid.”

I agree with you and I personally don’t think it has anything to do with who’s a fan of what team. I know we’re all bored and starting to itch for football to start back up but what that guy did was extremely stupid, especially in the face of his “I wasn’t thinking” or “I was trying to get back at some Sooners fans” excuses.

And the Texas media who ran the story need to get their heads examined at some point too. The station I listen to in Omaha at least went “uhhh, what the fuck” and declined to air the story until they got confirmation/otherwise from a source a little bit more reputable than a message board.

@30

Not only does Michael lose tremendous opportunity in this whole thing but, his little brother will really suffer. I don’t know if there is any other family to help but, the kid has takes some serious blows regardless. And he is still a teen.

Sad, sad deal…..

Wow, Jax State will be loaded with Perriloux, Jimmy Johns and Michael Lemon……is South Florida too uppity ,since they were in the top 10 last year, to take cast offs now? I am thinkin Jax State, with a couple more transfers, could be the next App. State

Michael Lemon is a good guy who made the mistake of talking to an idiot from Albany who can’t help but be a jackass. Any time someone gets their facial features rearranged by a football player, it’s THEIR fault for being like, “Who cares what I say to him. I can take him.” There’s no way a kid with understandable issues punching someone is worse than a kid getting a DUI, for which measly one or two game suspensions are handed out.

ORBB @ #37…what? Are you saying Lemon isn’t a dangerous individual and without fault of his own, was goaded into causing extreme damage to another individual’s facial features by someone who deserved such treatment? And said victim should have known Lemon had issues? And this is not more dangerous than DUI? Just checking…

Funny the perspectives each of us bring to the table…y’all dawgs gonna miss him this year, huh?

Wow OrangeRedBlueBlack, people are starting to get what I am saying. What say you and I start a youth ranch?

I think Lemon’s life will play out like the dude
in “Con-Air”, whose hands should have been registered as lethal weapons……..just sayin’

37

“There’s no way a kid with understandable issues punching someone is worse than a kid getting a DUI, for which measly one or two game suspensions are handed out.”

So the fractured skull is just a red herring?

No communism was the red herring.

sonofsamford @ #41…yeah, no real story there…remember ‘everyone’ figures they can take on a football player, especially those football players with issues, and as a result, they deserve whtever they get…cracked skull, eyes pushed out of sockets, you know…the usual. The writer was simply trying to show the player in a bad light and we all took the bait…something about a smelly red fish that hooks me every time.