CURIOUS INDEX, 7/25/2008

Florida piked to win the SEC at media days…by a pretty large margin

http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=2&url_article_id=11325&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2

Good luck, Meyer & Tebow! No pressure!

it wouldn’t be an official contract in New Jersey if all of the terms were transparent. money needs to be washed somewhere…

I had totally forgotten about that song. I’m not sure whether to thank you or to punch you….

Who doesn’t get a hard on while using the Product function?

why do you have the theme song to “dirty jobs” on here??

If SEC media days moved to Atlanta – I might finally realize my dream of challanging Coach Fulmer to a hot sauce eating contest at Doc Chey’s

First we lost the airport to Atlanta. Then we lost the SEC championship game. Now you guys want SEC Media Days. WHAT MORE DO YOU FUCKERS WANT FROM US?!?! How about we just move Vulcan to the top of Stone Mountain, would that make you happy too?!?!!!??

If Media Days is moved to Atlanta, then Barnhart had better keep his eyes out for that subpoena coming his way from the attorney for Eric Zeier.

He HAS NOT forgotten about that nasty Rogaine rumor Barnhart ran with during his junior season!

Barnhart if right. As entertaining as the unwashed throngs in crimson are, they are clearly an embarassment to the rest of the conference. Looks like Slive agrees too. This thing needs to be at a private, gated resort or something where it can truly be a media event as opposed to bammercon.

1. - More astonishing: Ole Miss received a vote to finish first place in the Western Division.

Ahh… Blondie. You and your cans. (And I’m not talking about your excessively large, saggy tits. I am talking about the beer cans you crush with them.) In all seriousness. Blondie actually gave my friend a black eye one night because he stole some shots. She put her breast against his face and then punched herself in the breast and gave him a black eye.

Clairmont Lounge: The type of class that only someone drunk in the Highlands can appreciate.

Doug, it sounds like your one step away from realizing what most of us ex-Birminghamians did a long time ago: Birmingham has lost the war with Atlanta to be the South’s premier city. Welcome to 1987. Truthfully, I don’t think Atlanta ever knew Birmingham was in the fight. Get out while you still can.

Nice touch with Springsteen. A friend of mine from New Jersey honestly cannot listen to any criticism of daboss. Otherwise normal guy, instantly ready to throw down at the slightest hint that Springsteen isn’t the greatest thing in the history of sound.

I will never understand why people like the olive garden.

Barnhart wants a home game too. If he is going to shill for the SEC, he wants to sleep at home. If they move it to Atlanta, they can have it at Chateau Elan, serve tea and crumpets, wine with dinner and play golf. Pat Dye would disapprove.

The only suitable move for the SEC Media Days is to Graceland.

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Because when you’re there, you’re family.

Erdinger, it has to be the imaginative properties of the waitresses’ undergarments:

“I mean, take yesterday for example. We were out at the Olive Garden for dinner, which was lovely. And uh, I happen to look over at a certain point during the meal and see a waitress taking an order, and I found myself wondering what color her underpants might be. Her panties. Uh, odds are they are probably basic white, cotton, underpants. But I sort of think well maybe they’re silk panties, maybe it’s a thong. Maybe it’s something really cool that I don’t even know about. You know, and uh, and I started feeling… what? what I thought we were in the trust tree in the nest, were we not?”

Oklahoma, USC and Florida all have good odds on undefeated…

Maybe, just maybe, OU goes undefeated in the BIg 12, but once they hit that bowl game, streak over.

I nominate New Orleans for the SEC media days…less traffic, better food, casino…

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I agree. The Big Easy is just as crazy and twice, if not thrice the fun.

Hell, maybe it’s time to move the whole damn thing to Atlanta, including the SEC Head Offices and the baseball tournament (I know plenty of MSU fans will be happy to drive a few more hours from Hoover for baseball).

“Past” Hoover, I mean…

Damnit.

Dick Rod wants the phone number of Schiano’s agent.

To all those who want to move SEC Media Days to Atlanta: Outrageous. I can think of two better cities than Atlanta, one of which has been mentioned:

New Orleans

Nashville

Both are far superior to Atlanta. Nashville is the new site for young professionals. While Birmingham lost the fight to Atlanta, the ATL is losing its fight to Nashville. Atlanta blows.

I do agree that Atlanta blows. And Nashville is a fine city.

What about Montgomery? That’s a nice piece of shit…

Suck my balls, Tater. As long as David Price is still pitching for the Biscuits, we got something to brag about.

Blondie will crush your balls like a PBR can for you inaccurate spelling of “Clermont Lounge.”

Judging by your handle I imagine we have at least one thing in common. However, a love of Montgomery is not it.

I was just stirring the pot, though.

While we’re on the subject, are those assholes ever going to finish that roadwork on 65?

NOLA would be a nice choice- great convention city and it would be a nice gesture in the rebuilding efforts. Mobile and Destin are also nice locations so long as you can keep the coaches in line (it’s rollin’ baby!)
But seriously, it should probably rotate to give exposure to all the schools/fanbases.

Early approves of moving the SEC media thang to the great state of Jawja, but on the other hand that sumbitch Slive been cuttin’ his eyes at him.

Nashville is a fine city, and Orson is way off on his “boring” assesmemt. It would be a major major upgrade to Bham for SEC media days.

But, Atlanta is THE job engine of the South. Call me when any other Southeastern metro area passes 5 million folks.

I have lived in both Atlanta and Birmingham. No metro area in the South loves the SEC with more wild, pure abandon more than Birmingham. It defines the place culturally. Atlanta and Nashville are more cosmopolitan, but since when did THAT adjective mean anything on Saturdays in the fall? Birmingham is where the smaller towns and cities that form the backbone of support for the SEC meet the larger cities.

Oh, and you can issue a subpoena for Phil Fulmer’s deposition just as easily in Georgia as you can in Alabama. That’s a red herring.

Correction sdf:

No metro area in the South loves the SEC the tide with more wild, pure abandon more than Birmingham.

Bham is a one trick pony, with little to no support for other programs because no one graduates from UGA, UF, UT, or any other school and moves to Bham for a job. I would bet that 99% that don’t move back to their home town move to ATL or Nashville.

But this thing needs to be a fan free event anyway. The SEC Fanfair at the Championship game is for that. This needs to be at a private resort with a guard checking credentials before you enter the property.

damn html

the SEC the tide

fuckit….

my point is they only love the tide in birmingham.

Wow, you’re quite the fuck up Tiger.

Your pride in Atlanta humors me.

And before you “product” in your hair worked up, I’m only fucking with you.

Wow, you’re quite the fuck up Tiger.

Your pride in Atlanta humors me.

And before you “product” in your hair worked up, I’m only fucking with you.

And now I’m the fuck up.

Supposed to be something along the lines of “Before you get that ‘product’ in your hair worked up…”

Shitballs.

I disagree with your assessment, Tiger. First off, I never detected any material difference between Auburn and Bama fans in Birmingham. Certainly, our office Iron Bowl week festivities were well contested, and I bet other more scientific measures (say, counting car flags the Friday before the game) would produce the same results. So from the start, Birmingham escapes the immediate “homer” issues that Nashville and New Orleans would have – it’s split between two fan bases who would never let the other have an unchallenged hold on the proceedings.

Furthermore, at least in the over-the-mountain areas, there is great representation of all SEC teams. If you take a drive down a neighborhood in Homewood, Hoover, or Vestavia on a Saturday in the fall, you’ll see UT, LSU, Georgia, Ole Miss, etc. flags. I am a Georgia alum, and I had lots of friends in town who were diehard fans of another team besides AU and UA. Birmingham certainly doesn’t draw as many young professionals as Atlanta or Nashville, but it does have its share.

Atlanta is notorious for being a terrible sports town, and its population, if not its sports attention span, is so hopelessly divided that it just can’t be as devoted to SEC football as B’ham. For Christ’s sake, it’s got an ACC team right in the middle of the city. You’ve got pro sports. And, of course, the transplant factor – there are probably more people from Detroit and Buffalo in Atlanta than there are from Kentucky and Arkansas. It would not surprise me if Notre Dame fans outnumber Mississippi State fans in Atlanta, which would be an automatic disqualifier. Nashville is much more preferable to Atlanta in this regard, but it’s getting worse.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the media days were moved to Nashville or Atlanta or Sea Island or Destin or someplace else, because money talks. But that wouldn’t make it right!

I vote they have it in New Orleans, at Pat O’Briens in the piano bar, with a 2 Hurricane minimum BEFORE the interviews, for players and coaches. Then let the supoena’s fly. And chairs….pretty soon it would look like this scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0iDk_SRKcU
RAWHIDE!!

SEC MEDIA DAYS 2009
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC
WELCOME TO THE WAR BY THE SHORE MOTHERFUCKERS!

Some of the comments to that Barnhardt article/blog were pretty funny. Love the comparison of the Wynfrey/Galleria to a strip mall.

W/G is to strip malls as Buckhead is to trailer parks.

As a ’Ham resident, I would favor the rotating idea over Atlanta. The SEC Championship game is one thing — a singular and large event in a domed stadium well suited for December football is one thing — but a three day event intended for the media would get lost in the noise of Atlanta.

Honestly, and I doubt most folks on here remember, I was a big fan of the skywriters tour. Phil Snow was the schiz.

Glad to see I’m not the only one, Tater.

Sdf,
Why have we not seen any rediculous media day AU fan videos from an “equally split” birmingham? I grew up “under” the mountain in the Bham area, and I think AU has a better representation in the ATL than in it’s home state’s largest metro area.

Case in point (hope this works):

Shit!

try this: http://videos.al.com/al/2008/07/searching_for_nick_saban_at_me.html

Wow

Seriously, if they move media days to Atlanta I am burning down the SEC offices. That is all.

+100 Jaeger shots to “sdf fan,” who absolutely nails it. Birmingham is more than sufficient for Media Days. Just like when he suggested moving the conference to Atlanta back in 2004, Barnhardt is just stirring the pot again.

Some of the comments on this post prove again why arguing over “what’s a better city/town/etc.” is at least two evolutionary quotients above monkeys throwing their leavings at each other.

I can’t also help at shake my head at the guys on here comparing the Wynfrey to a strip mall. Get over yourself. It’s a 4-Diamond hotel. Granted, I’m sure you guys probably wipe your asses with Google stock certificates anyway.

Bring the SEC Media Days to Nashville. It’s nearer the geographical center of the conference, and all the media could fit into Dudley Field.

I attended media days this year for the first time. (Oh, Orson: the shorts, flip flops and black tee shirt was a hell of an ensemble Friday.)

As an Alabama native, I think it should be moved to Atlanta. The Tide white trash have become too much of an embarrassment.

Oh, and fuck New Orleans. The whole place is a urinal.

FWIW, Schiano has gone on record stating that his favorite music is Springstein. I expect a note in the next Corrections.