CURIOUS INDEX, 7/16/08

During the bowl prep week, Auburn runs a scrimidge where the redshirts get to play against the first team in a closed practice that is only attended by the team. According to rumors, during his redshirt season, Tray Blackmon delivered such a hit on starting RB Kenny Irons that both benches cleared to mob him in admiration, halting practice for several minutes.

This is how legends are created.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKnCbvsxDGc&feature=related

I wouldn’t underestimate Swarbrick. Take a peek at his resume, he’s been pretty active in the sports field for three decades now. He was a finalist for the NCAA presidency, Big XII commissionership, and a couple of other AD roles. Seeing how he’s pretty good at football-type negotiations, the BCS negotiating table could get a lot more interesting in the years to come.

He certainly won’t be the pantywaist that White was at those meetings.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Jasper Brinkley could easily qualify for both “Thundercock Linebacker” and “Big Ball of Hate”

The Husker fan who posted the hoax story on OU player dealin’ has been sued by the Daily Oklahoman:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/071608dntexbogusarticle.5a34ab14.html

Does being sued for copyright and trademark infringement get you much street cred in the world of the interwebs?

Anyone running an EDSBS online dynasty for NCAA 09? :-p

#1

I believe Orson posted a video on here before last season similar to the one you mentioned featuring Major Wright (the lone bright spot in UF’s secondary) absolutely obliterating fellow freshman Chris Rainey in practice.

by the way, that’s Major Wright’s nickname— “The Lone Bright Spot in UF’s Secondary”

doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Thundercock” though

One wonders if Blackmon hits the books equally hard.

If we’re talking about Auburn, that might literally be a class: “The Physics of Running into Books at High Speed.”

You whiffed on the ND AD, Swindle. Internazionale Immobiliare is running the show.

just to clarify, swarbrick will be the compliant asphault for the administration, who themselves are compliant asphault for the regents and other big money donors

these are the people who pushed out willingham, former president monk malloy, and white, and while they do wield a strikingly large amount of power, i cannot look at the list of people they’ve pushed out and doubt their judgment

(b/c if i did they’d have me killed)

We always assumed it was the Illuminati.

okiedomer,

They’d probably only remove your tongue and fingers to keep you from expressing your disagreements. Maybe your toes too, just to be safe.

/to the pain

Would the etymology of “ball of hate” go through Jim Rome? The hanful of times I’ve listened to him, that seems to have come up.

Even assuming that Swarbrick has great experience – which seems to be the case – I wonder why a program like ND wouldn’t get someone with experience.

Your awesome appreciation of Brinkley’s incredibly awesome awesomeness is noted and appreciated by the South Carolina faithful.

While ND apologists may claim another coup in the hiring wars, there remains one undeniable fact. Until ND shows it can produce on the field and get the ratings for its below standard broadcasts to improve, their bargaining power at the negotiating table is muted. Since I am of the belief that the likes of SDSU is not a big draw, that may be a tough order.

In addition, they have had their foot in the water long enough concerning a conference. Either get in or get out. ND is too scared to join the Big 10/11, despite being in the heart of Big 10/11 country. The Big East would fit their path of least resistance strategy, but still leave them in a no win situation. In the mean time, maybe they can schedule IPFW at a neutral site to fill out their schedule.

Come on now. Little Ball of Hate is now, and forever will be, the nickname of former NHL forward Pat Verbeek.

Blackmon can borrow it, but don’t you Southerners ever forget where it came from.

That’s a nickname so damn good, it could only originate in hockey.

Orson @ #9 — I always thought that was how Auburn students absorbed the information in their textbooks. I sure as shit didn’t think they actually read them.

Gotta second that, ‘Little Ball of Hate’ is and always will be the nickname of NHL journeyman forward Pat Verbeek.

Was it the OBC who stated something to the effect that “it’s a shame becuase some of the books haven’t been colored in yet” when the library on the plains went up in flames during a game?

Okie domer, the people you justl isted all deserved to be pushed out long before they actually were.

Crapabble buck, our foot has never been in the water regarding any conference, so I don’t know where you get that line of thinking from.

They invited us in the 90’s and we said no. End of story.

you need to get your facts straight, but this being the interwebz, maybe you don’t have to.

The “Little Ball of Hate” is Jennifer Floyd Engel of the Ft. Worth Star Telegram.

It’s possible Verbeek pre-dated her for usage, but she’s like 900 and a vampire, so I doubt it.

So congrats Auburn, stealing your nicknames from chick sportswriters. This is atleast a step up from Ben “Fuck Jesus” Obamanu

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ND isn’t part of the Big East in some sports? Really?

If Blackmon every gets to play an entire season, he may actually live up to his potential. As for the nickname, I think he’s had it since high school.

They invited us in the 90’s and we said no [despite significant support of the faculty that wanted access to the Big Ten’s academic CIC arm nearly leading to the merger]. End of story.

Fixed that.

Wooderson, I think CB is talking about how ND is a) part of the Big East sans football and b) plays a heavy Big Televen schedule in September.

But to your point, the last invitation for ND & the Big 10/11 was made by the Big 10 back in early 1999. ND looked at it and said no (much to Monk’s dismay). ND wanted to have access to the educational resources of the Big 10 but not share in the sports revenue (a la U of Chicago*). That was where things hit a standstill.

* U of Chicago gets the Big 10 academic benefits because they were once part of the Big 10 in athletics.

I thought Little Ball of Hate was Saban’s motorcade call sign.

Wooderson may not be aware there are other sports being played at ND. BTW Wooderson, ND is a Big East member outside of football, as G.I. pointed out. I guess if it ain’t on NBC, you wouldn’t know.

1. - Nice factoid re U. of Chicago. Thanks.

@Boston Nick – I always thought “Little Ball of Hate” was Ray Ferraro?! I know he is “Chicken Parm”, also.

Don’t let Georgia Tech find out about the U of Chicago thing. Next thing ya know they’ll want access to Auburn’s academic resources.

Really Buck? There’s other sports? I didn’t fucking notice, you idiot.

Last I checked, this is a football site, and that’s what we’re discussing.

Speaking of which, our new AD has truckloads of experience in that department.

If you want to get all uppity about olympic sports, why don’t you go worry about why you’re not in the Big 1X for hockey. Oh crap, you mean the Big1X doesn’t have a hockey set up so you’re forced to play in a different conference for that sport? Well shoot. don’t that beat all.

And Gaeux, Irish, I’m thrilled Monk is gone. He was ruining the best parts of our school. No one I know was happy that we even considered joining.

Since ND was 0-4 in the Big 10/11 last year (yet 2-1 in the Pac 10), maybe you should get back to us when you are relevant in football. Percentagewise, you would be tied with Minnesota. If “Olympic sports” don’t matter, why does ND have teams playing them? And charge admission for them too? While you are at it, return the money that you got for your brief appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament since that is an Olympic sport also. Hold on tight, that high horse you’re on could buck. Keep that haughty attitude, while you slip further into football purgatory. You just confirm the stereotype of the ND fan.

Hey queef, I mean, Buck—

Suck it.

that is all.

Come on, let’s leave the Minnesota bashing out of the Notre Dame bashing. We never hurt nobody.

And Wooderson, part of the reason there’s no Big Televen conference in hockey is that there isn’t televen teams, and the other part is that places like Denver, North Dakota, Colorado College, Mankato, Duluth, and St. Cloud couldn’t compete in D1 in football, but are decent-to-great hockey programs.

Henceforth, South Carolina’s nickname shall be “The Fabulous Thundercocks.”

Wait, is that gay?

Either way, it’s awesome.

You are all my children and I love you all equally.

#34, +100 to you good sir!

Blackman quote concerning Georgia…“We need to outhit them, we need to outwork them.”

Uh Tray, you need to CATCH them and not by the face mask.

Concerning the UGA donation requirements, I thought that the $1600 I shelled out annually (plus the cost of the tickets) was the norm among major football programs. If you are a season ticket holder out there in EDSBSland, what is your annual extortion?

/looking at an old geezer two rows from me with aisle seats

While ND apologists may claim another coup in the hiring wars

There are hiring wars? ND went out and hired a Notre Dame graduate who is smart, well-respected and very experienced in football and Olympic sports matters. No one knows at this point if that’s a “coup” or not. We alums and fans hope it is.

there remains one undeniable fact. Until ND shows it can produce on the field and get the ratings for its below standard broadcasts to improve, their bargaining power at the negotiating table is muted.

First, you were groping for a colon, not a period, in the first sentence. Second, noting that Notre Dame needs to improve on the field to improve it’s bargaining position is not anything resembling a profound insight, but thanks for agreeing with the roughly 3,895 editorials that were written when ND’s BCS deal was renegotiated. Third, how is Notre Dame in control of NBC’s substandard broadcast? I’ll bet it’s in the contract that NBC won’t try to coach the team and Notre Dame won’t try to produce the telecast.

Since I am of the belief that the likes of SDSU is not a big draw, that may be a tough order.

Which bargaining table? NBC extended ND’s deal on the heels of a 3-8 season, so you must be talking about ND’s BCS deal. What does ND’s regular season schedule have to do with its bowl payout? I think the fact that Notre Dame was selected for 2 BCS bowls — in which the Irish were ridiculously overmatched both years — shows that ND football brings television and in-person revenue. So what in the world are you talking about?

In addition, they have had their foot in the water long enough concerning a conference. Either get in or get out.

If you say so, then it must be so. Alert the Board of Trustees!

ND is too scared to join the Big 10/11, despite being in the heart of Big 10/11 country.

As has been pointed out above, this is laughingly, horribly, embarrassingly wrong.

The Big East would fit their path of least resistance strategy

What? I have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about. Odds that you don’t either: 100%!

but still leave them in a no win situation.

On this, I agree. Notre Dame football loses by joining a conference. Olympic sports and basketball win, and that’s why every sport except football competes in the Big East. What was your point, then?

In the mean time, maybe they can schedule IPFW at a neutral site to fill out their schedule.

Wow. A thousand gallons of irony spilt, and not a drop lands on you. Your team plays Youngstown State, Ohio and Troy — at home! — along with such conference giants as Minnesota and Northwestern and you’re talking trash? (By the way, “meantime” is one word. I know English is hard, but try.)

Aaaaand, in bashing another’s grammar skillz, I fucked up “it’s” and “its.” I am a stupid, non-proofreading asshole.

#22

I listened to her radio show during a trip to Dallas last year….“awful” doesn’t even begin to describe it.

Hiawatha Francisco FTW.

WSR, I’m well versed in the intricacies of the CCHA, and yet I’m utterly befuddled how we manage to have Alaska-Fairbanks in our conference.

And Buck, like I said, this is a football website, which why we’re discussing football. If you want to bitch about how our basketball program is in the Big East, go do it at 35Seconds or something. Becuase I could care less.

And for the record, we turned down the Big Least in football when everyone was jumping ship. so that’s two conference membership denials in a decade, both initiated by the conferences in question.

But alas, Hiawatha is far mroe eloquent than I.

Besides, Shouldn’t you be masturbating in a library soemwhere buck?

1. and #43 — Thankfully, she is now off the air, although Colin Cowherd isn’t much better. I used to love it when she was on vacation and Chuck Cooperstein filled in.

Oh, and can someone send a memo to EVERYONE misusing this phrase:

It is “I COULDN’T care less.” If you “could” care less, then you must care at least a little bit.

Big pet peeve. Drives me crazy.

Let us not forget that the original “Big Ball of Hate” was Ray Ferraro (aka Chicken Parm).

@41

Lighten up, paddy.

Didn’t the Auburn Anglish (sic) Dept. recently name James Brooks Professor Emeritus?

And now that ND has gone a different way in their “AD who’s never been an AD” I’ll have to scalp my way into UGA games this season. The UT fans’ mullets are pretty good handles for scalping at least…

@ 40 – HLH -

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Wow, a k per ticket will get you in the skybox at Sanford. Air-conditioning, catered meals, probably an open bar, clowns, hookers, etc.

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Hussain, check this out.

Man I love Girl Talk! Orson you need to post something from Feed the Animals. Best free album I ever downloaded.

Wait a second! The Big 10 doesn’t get to share in the University of Chicago’s athletic revenues?!?

…sadly, she’s spreading her period blood over more of the FWST.

The StartleGram used to beat the DaMN in Ranger coverage, but now that’s pathetic as well.

If the DaMN has gone down hill, the FWST fell off a fucking cliff. There’s not one columnist between the two worth reading outside of Gosselin.

Doofus…I don’t know demographics, but the last time I checked Dallas, Forth Worth and, mostly, the whole state of Texas is a bigger radio market than the Redneck Rivieria.

If you don’t mind, assbag, I’ll defer to you as a viable critic of sports-talk radio the day you find yourself doing morning drive time somewhere bigger than America’s Taint.

Your show and the remainder of your programming schedule sucks. Please try to find a way to get better in the near future. Your loyal listeners in the Florida panhandle deserve better.