The metro D.C. area has a population of 5.3 million. The state of West Virgina has a population of 1.8 million. While the guy in article claims “the district” itself only has a population of 500k, DC is obviously a much more densly populated area WV. He’s comparing apples to oranges.

Correct me if I am wrong, but that evil eye thingy didn’t work out so well for the legions from Mordor in the end, did it? Beaten by Rudy if I remember correctly…

Orson,

I’m a little shocked you haven’t picked up on the recent Alabama/Auburn spat. I know there’s one everyday, but this one is actually a bigger deal than normal.

Charlie Strong, wearing a robe and slamming a staff into the ground with each word: YOU! SHALL! NOT! PASS! [on third down and long]

Orson smells like trees.

Eye of Sauron’s only weakness: microbacks with giant feet.

So Brian White has graduated from singing prissy mid-90’s country songs to coaching tight ends? I suppose that’s career progress.

Is the Dark Lord Saban getting any compensation for his likeness being displayed at the swamp?

Ball State/Faulkner parallel:

“As I Lay Dying” indeed.

Eye of Sauron was spotted by Urban Meyer while playing for Mordor H.S. Meyer was unable to convince EOS to sign, as he had aspirations of going pro(evil) right out of high school. Well, things didn’t work out as you know and Coach Urban, who is all about second chances, managed to finally sign the highly-touted recruit. “He’s really a high-character kid who ended up leading a pretty bad crowd” said Meyer. EOS will sport blue contact lenses in an effort to appear more kid-friendly and show school spirit.

Kenny Carter is not new, he was the running back’s coach for Florida in 2008, hired after Stan Drayton Benedict Arnold’d his way to Knoxville a year ago…

re #10:

So how many Fulmer Cup points does UF tally for “Attempted Domination of Middle-Earth”

I’m thinking AT LEAST four.

Yeh, Saban up and hired James “Whatchutalkin’bout” Wills from Auburn…..
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=509805

Keepin the Mobile area recruiting alive….

@ Noel Devine’s Gold Teeth – the only “apples to oranges” comparison in that City Paper article is that DC residents don’t have full representation in Congress, as opposed to the fine citizens of West Virginia. I don’t know why you felt compelled to put quote marks around the District, it’s what locals call the city.

Last time I checked there are no students from Virginia or Maryland clamoring to play football in DC public schools, which is where the vast majority of DC recruits come from. Those public school DC recruits are from the city, and the city only. There’s an outside possibility that you might see someone from Gonzaga or Sidwell or St Albans recruited, but that’s at the level of statistical noise. Therefore, I’d say that the stats that you cited for “metro area” residents are completely irrelevant.

DC Trojan:

I was merely pointing out that the per capita arguement is a bit misleading, when comparing the densly populated DC metro area and the spartsly populated state of WV.

I mean, if he was talking about a similarly sized city of 500k people in Nebraska that is surround by corn fields for 50 miles, that happened to produced 30 BCS school recruits, that would be impressive. Saying “look at the tiny District” and our outrageous number of great footbaw recruites — not so much.

@12

woohoo! we’re on the Big Board!

Spare me GWU football, if recruits want to stay in the DC Metro area, College Park, MD is inside the Beltway.

Pelican: Because Willis did so well in Mobile last year… ;)

Who is Faulkner bringing in as position coaches? Anse Bundren? Wontgomery Ward Snopes? Ben Quick? Inquiring minds want to know.

No. 19:

V.K. Ratliff will assume the position of sports information director. Jason Compson will coordinate recruiting, while Gavin Stevens will serve as director of compliance. The original John Sartoris will call the plays, although you shouldn’t be surprised to see him ousted at mid-season (like Tony Franklin) and swiftly replaced by Thomas Sutpen, in much the same way that Charley Pell positioned himself to take over after Red Parker at Clemson. No matter who’s calling the plays, though, Linda Snopes Kohl will be in charge of sending in the signals from the sidelines.

Re #15: I don’t get your point. It’s not as if the DC public schools have a resource advantage. To the contrary, many of them play out-of-state “buy” games (just like non-BCS colleges) to fund their programs, and this year, one school (Eastern High) had to disband its team mid-season because it was down to 18 eligible players. Topping it all off, DC is now and forevermore a HS basketball town. Under the circumstances, I find the number of BCS prospects remarkable, although one should note that, if the list is compiled by the kids’ addresses rather than the schools’, you’d pick up some DeMatha recruits. That place is a factory for high-major talent.

(And, just for DC Trojan, while St. Albans may not produce tons of high-major talent, it is Jonathan Ogden’s alma mater.)

“Endure, prevail”

100 cocktails to you, Sir!

That Jewelcat offense will really take off once he signs Sarty Snopes.

BUILD ME A JUMBOTRON WORTHY OF MOR-DORRRRR!

I thought the Eye of Mordor was already roaming the sidelines in the Swamp, getting slapped on the ass by Percy Harvin.

“I SSSEEEEEE YOUUUUUU…”

@ Noel Devine’s Gold Teef, again – I take your point about DC versus Nebraska, but in some regards DC is rather like an island unto itself. If anything, VA and MD are a draw for promising players out of DC, rather than the other way. I can understand that you’d be reticent to take my word for it, but there’s a degree of separation between the city and the surrounding states that has nothing to do with distance.

DevilGrad – I had forgotten about DeMatha, that place is a factory. As for Jonathon Ogden, fair enough. When I think St Albans’ football, what comes to mind is my father-in-law, who was a captain his senior year, went to Princeton, and promptly took up with the SDS. About the only thing he was throwing after that was insults.

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Much thanks, I assume that Flem Snopes will be the evil Logan Young-type booster. Along that line, Benji Compson can sub for Chan Gailey. Or Chuck D’Amato. Take your pick.

I thought everyone had forgotten what Charlie did to Red. My cousin roomed with Hootie Ingram at Bammer for 4 years and never forgave Charlie for screwing the guy who hired him. The only positive thing was that Danny became HC beacuse of that, which I doubt would have happened otherwise.

Faulkner would indeed have been an EDSBS reader. To wit, from the prologue of “Mosquitoes”:

“They came cityward lustful as country boys, as passionately integral as a college football squad; pervading and monstrous but without majesty: a biblical plague seen through the wrong end of a binocular: the majesty of Fate become contemptuous through ubiquity and sheer repetition.”

RE: Faulkner. Well played Mr. Swindle.

I love being out in the internet wilderness for a couple days and coming home to the ‘Curiofities’.

Two things:
1. if you Google on Godzillatron, Darrell Royal Stadium is the first result. Jus’ sayin.
2.I am completely geeked for Dostoevsky’s defense to line up against Faulkner’s crazy-ass A-11 offense. If Eudora Welty can do the color commentary from the grave, just shoot my veins full of gravy and put a sock full of biscuit in my mouth and let me die.

That eye of sauron is some bad mojo Orson. Takes some little hairy footed dude to kick that ass.

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My junior year in HS (Jackson, MS), our English tacher came in one day and said, “I have a surprise for you.” In walked Eudora. Spent the period with us, read “Why I Live at the P.O.” It was surreal.

@ yoyofutbawl

I’m having a hard time wrapping my brain around that. That is awesome.1K cocktails to your teacher.

Q. how do you get a contract extension at air force?

A. lose to navy two years in a row