CURIOUS INDEX, 8/6/2008

Wasn’t there a stretch of time SS used to vote Southern Miss #25 when no-one else did?

If the anticipation is killing you I will give you a preview of Mssr. Steele’s article
1. Schedule
2. Schedule
3. Schedule
4. Schedule
5. Kicker

At least they didn’t put the ULM and Bama logos next to each other

Number 6!!!! Woooo!!!!

Good job on the “Stop writing about women” piece Orson.

Do you think it got to be this bad because sports bloggin’ is an overwhelmingly male dominated venture or simply because the most prominent blogs know where their bread is buttered and by posting pictures that entice lewd comments (very guilty myself), they’re more likely to attract return readers?

Let me get this straight: A meaningless preseason poll rife with conflicts of interest in which the supposed voters often don’t even cast their own ballot, and they’re worried about the “integrity” of the poll because Spurrier wants to put Duke at No. 25?

Give me a freaking break.

So if Bush is deemed ineligible does that mean USC’s NC is revoked? If so, then that means AUBURN the 2004 NC!

Wahoo! Suck it bitches!

@ 5:

I know, right. How does one 25th place vote for lowly Duke harm the “integrity” of that poll?

Re: Reggie Bush
He spent a $1M in attorney’s fees to avoid paying $300,000? Quite obviously, the bigger issue was avoiding any determination that he accepted cash.

So, do they hold a quiet ceremony and give a second Heisman to Vince Young – who was runner-up – or does Reggie have to give it back?

And how will this affect USC’s future scholarships?

Inquiring minds want to know. Especially the golden boy at UCLA.

Re: USC 2004/2005 football schedule

I want to be the first to point out that if USC has to forfeit games for 2004/2005, then Ty Willingham will have been declared the default winner of the ND game in 2004 and the Washington game in 2005.

He will be asking for a pay raise.

A four day old news story about Bush? C’mon Orson, we knew the corporate mindset was starting to set in but this kind of obvious mailing-it-in blogging is unacceptable.

Orson – your reputation is known far and wide. In a recent posting on the Mizzou Tiger message board conerning the Fulmer Cup, this is how you were viewed:

“It’s just run by a couple of apparently drunk Florida fans.”

I think you should demand a retraction immediately and ask that “apparently” be removed.

@5- Good points.

Trenni Kusnierek had a good response to the whole situation.
http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/andrewsreact.html

Very telling…google Trenni’s name and the top links are guys asking/debating if she is “hot”. Not her ability as a reporter or her knowledge of the game, but her looks. Men are visual and smart women know that. Looks seems to matter as much, if not more, than almost anything else. Women have to live with that fact and balance what we do (and how we dress) professionally so that we are taken seriously.

I deal with that issue when I am trying to land a new male client. I actually have to work harder to prove that I am more than just a blonde. I’m not complaining or want to raise a sexism fight, it is just reality. You just live with it and adjust.

You can tell Bush was a sociology “major” with the ROI he’s getting on the legal fees.

As for the question of sanctions against SC, we can but wait and see. If I were Fresno State, I’d be getting nervous right about now.

@ DC:

He may be putting a large premium on future access to USC sidelines, so it’s not yet clear he has ventured into -ROI territory.

It is really, really interesting though…$1MM in legal fees, and only 300K liability…there has to be a lot implied in that situation…like a boatful-of-Hungarians-and-a-van-with-$90MM-in-cash type stuff.

Yes, because we’re very, very corporate around here.

DCTrojan, I believe you misspelled “Alabama”.

Grant Teaff? Bull****.

Real reason? Look at Dook’s coach – think there might be a reason he used Mr Teaff as cover?

Old hatreds never die in the SEC.

blon57 @ 11
good job trying to be something other than a blonde with that screen name…

But I am a very smart blonde. I defy expectations.

Does this mean that Cal is retroactively in the Rose Bowl?

HA +1

spartymike @ 15 – you’re right, there could be non-monetary considerations like sideline access that would effect the risk – reward calculations. Now, when you say boatful of Hungarians, are you thinking like the Hungarians you might see in certain kinds of, um, travelogue videos shot in Budapest? Because $1MM would be cheap cheap cheap in that case, never mind the van full of money.

NewAZTiger @ 16 – how careless of me. Still, I remain confident that Ess-Eee-See speed will prevail and the Tide will get rolled by one of their conference colleagues first.

Reggie Bush always said that he doesn’t believe in God, but he’s afraid of Him. DC Trojan, I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is the NCAA.

/weak-ass butchery of great movie quote

No. 18

You might be onto something there. Another interesting tidbit to throw out: Spurrier supposedly lobbied for Jr. to be the OC at Duke.

I’m guessing Phil Steele is dealing with a huge amount of blowback from Dawg fans who are exulting in the otherwise heavy pre-season hype, and who suspect him of drinking too much Gatorade. He’s obviously right about the scheduling issues for UGA, but ranking Florida number one is what really rankled.

You have to realize that knowledgeable Georgia folk figured after ’06 that Florida was moving into a position to dominate the SEC for a long, long time. So This is the Year to challenge perpetual Gator Hegemony.

Personally, I’d be happy if the Dawgs reversed last year’s two losses, against the Evil One, and versus Phat Phil, whose blind luck in surviving the Vandy and Kentucky games is what ultimately blocked Georgia from an SEC and MNC shot.

BTW, I read Steele this year for the first time, and though he obviously knows whereof he speaks, and provides some great data, I did find it very tiresome that he devotes about 80% of his text to defending his omniscience in the past. Show, don’t tell! And don’t use so many damn exclamation points!!!!

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Thanx. Things are not that stoopid. Jes simple. As follows-

RCR, just had dranks with Julie Hines Mabus & her seegnificant other in Na$hvegas. More to come.