CURIOUS INDEX, 3/18/2009
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You’re done. Once a friend got hit on by a drunk redneck at a blues bar. He staggered up, sat down next to my friend and her friend, and then grabbed some of the peanuts and said, “These are the only peanuts that ain’t got the SARS.” A moment of silence passed, and then the friend looked at drunk redneck and said, “You’re done.” He nodded, and skulked away without a word.
This happened to FSU president T.K. Wetherell, who got the hook from a university spokesman at his press conference regarding FSU’s appeal of the NCAA’s ruling on the academic fraud case involving the football team. THAT’S JUST HOW WELL IT WENT. Andrew Carter of the Orlando Sentinel was there, and protects the tender ears of retirees and shut-ins still reading the paper by cleaning up Wetherell’s filthy language. Wetherell had said that wasn’t the reason why Bowden wanted to stay and then, at about the 33-minute mark of this press conference, Wetherell says: “Now, we understand all the rest of it. We’ve heard [Sentinel columnist Mike] Bianchi over there saying, well hell, 31 wins don’t count anyway because they were at some [dipstick] school …” “Dipstick” equals “dipshit” here, something Samford would really appreciate. Of course, those are dipshit wins, but that’s beside the point. Proceeding on: Wetherell then went into a long, badly sketched diatribe about setting up Tim Tebow with a fake paper written by someone else, and then reporting it to the NCAA, and then…and then Wetherell got the hook. It’s probably not a coincidence that, not long after Wetherell finished the above hypothetical story, Frank Murphy, the university’s lead spokesman, rose from his chair and told Wetherell that it was near time to end the press conference. “You’re done.” T.K. Wetherell, never retire. We’re so happy to have you here in the great state of Texas, even if we don’t understand a word you say. Mack Brown is considering dropping out of the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. In a moment of admirable honesty, he explains the simple reason why: he doesn’t understand the BCS. HOOWEEE THESE TICKET PRICES ARE FUCKING CRAZY LIKE ME. $150-$300 will be your ticket price range for the Texas A&M/Arkansas game on September 5th. Jerry Jones, watching the affair inside one of those cash grab tubes with thousands of dollars floating around him in his private box, will wonder what you are bitching about, broke-ass loserface. Earthquake! Florida has a 2010 commit nicknamed “Earthquake.” Pleasure is being a University of Florida fan in this halcyon age of awesome names, national titles, and a coach who drinks blood smoothies made from the vital fluids of his foes. MOM! HOT POCKETS! Competitive varsity video gaming: the dream comes true, one enlightened school at a time. |
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Billy From Baton Rouge says:
Eh that’s nothing. LSU is the home of the (late) ORIGINAL Earthquake — alum and former WWF Tag Team Champion John “Earthquake” Tenta.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:33 am
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hobeg8r says:
And someone in an earlier blog questioned why we, as Gator fans, hate FSU all-year round? A University President comes up with a hypothetical which includes how to cheat Tebow out of playing next year? A University President?
March 18th, 2009 at 8:52 am
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I R A Darth Aggie says:
$150-$300? Jerry Jones, please know that I mean this with greatest love, but fuck you very much.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:57 am
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etsuVol says:
Way to beat out FIU for Da Erfquake, Urban.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:00 am
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RaginCajunRebel says:
A similar line once actually worked for me: “You know, this is the only boudin that ain’t got the SARS.” True story. Ask Holly.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:09 am
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CincySooner says:
If, after 90 minutes, Mack Brown doesn’t understand that you’ve got to win all of your games to remove all doubt, then maybe he should take his ball and go home.
College football will survive without his vote.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:19 am
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sb says:
I love reFSU and TK and all their odd-ball, disfunctional, backward rationalizations/reasons/psychoses. It warms my heart that someone can be so out to lunch as to stand before God and everyone and spout such absolute drivel and think that a) they might agree with TK, and b) not believe TK has the mental capacity of a hatstand. They (reFSU) are spinning around like a cat with one foot nailed to the floor…and it’s only going to get better! They are appealing the NCAA! ” ‘At’s raht, Boys! reFSU wants tuh question whut we desahded…so now we git tuh throw in ‘dem thangs we missed th’ furst tahm…”
March 18th, 2009 at 9:36 am
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Counter Trap says:
A. Are we sure there are people in Arkansas with $150? Before the stammering starts: Sometimes the cheapest shots are the most effective, hoggy broke-ass loserfaces (now my favorite EDSBS phrase).
B. Dr. Wetherell has a bright future ahead as AIG spokesperson or experimental schizophrenia drug subject. BIG, nay HUGE bucks either way.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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Campus says:
Tebow, Bradford, McCoy, other?
If you’re building a team to make a 2009 MNC run, which QB do you go with?
Debate here: http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/football/ncaa_blog/2009/03/who_is_your_goto_qb.html
March 18th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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DevilGrad says:
Sir –
I regret only that the Economist — fresh off its expose of lard-choked West Virginia children — was not there to cover the FSU presser.
Best, etc.
DG
March 18th, 2009 at 10:01 am
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Counter Trap says:
Oh, I left out the obvious: Freek, whatever we pay you it obviously is not enough.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
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Brian O'Blivion says:
NCAA: Our penalties have been rendered based on the evidence provided.
TK: But, but, but, did you not UNDERSTAND us the first time when we told you WE DIDN’T KNOW THEY WERE CHEATING??!?!11!! I SAID it’s not FAIR!! We STRENUOUSLY object.
NCAA: Oh, you STRENUOUSLY object? Well if you strenuously object then we should take some time to reconsider.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
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Claws says:
Best evidence that FSU lacks institutional control is that it doesn’t ban Jen Sterger from sitting in the front row and giving everybody Sars.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:08 am
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robert says:
I think T.K. is just referring to the Gambia’s president’s precedent of imprisoning, torturing and force-feeding hallucinogens to supposed witches, or he’s a victim. Either way, fund me for the summer, you motherfucker.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iF_r4jKqxlBNu6JRvsvPmb4_rmyQD970GMU00
March 18th, 2009 at 10:24 am
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Harris says:
Said redneck showed poor form. He’s supposed to grab his own nuts before assuring onlookers they were free of potentially fatal respiratory disease.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
He has to be Earthquake, Jr., as the Beavers had the original Earthquake (Enyart) back in the late 60s. Big ol’ boy, a 6′5/250 FB running out of the straight T formation.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:48 am
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DrB says:
Mack should bring in the Big XII presidents and figure out their stupid tie-breaker, not worry about the BCS.
Its the conference that screwed Texas over last year.
March 18th, 2009 at 11:07 am
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
1. Mack Brown understood the BCS and polls well enough in 2004 to politik the ‘horns way to Pasadena past Cal. I’m a closet Texas fan and I have to call bullshit on that one, Mack.
2. I guess the Big XII is making the cash grab for SEC money. Georgia fans got their ticket order forms recently and our eyes popped out of our head. T. Boone must really be hurtin’ because Georgia-Okie State tickets are $100 a pop.
I guess they don’t want to get Arizona State’d.
March 18th, 2009 at 11:33 am
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AERose says:
As a Cal fan I should reflexively want to punch Mack Brown for a move like this (or just for breathing), but you know what? The BCS is, objectively, a stupid bullshit system designed to do nothing in particular but spit out arbitrary numbers that hopefully will somewhat reflect the national hierarchy of college football. Just because Brown’s an asshole doesn’t mean he’s wrong.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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JD says:
Claws – unfortunately Ms. Sterger and her incredibly ugly fake bosoms have been moonlighting at USF games the last couple of years. I’m hoping we can pawn her off on some school like FIU that would gladly trade an outbreak of SARS for a little notoriety.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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RammerJammerHereComestheBammerHarmmer says:
***Once a friend got hit on by a drunk redneck at a blues bar. He staggered up, sat down next to my friend and her friend, and then grabbed some of the peanuts and said, “These are the only peanuts that ain’t got the SARS.” A moment of silence passed, and then the friend looked at drunk redneck and said, “You’re done.” He nodded, and skulked away without a word. ***
Friend gets hit on by drunk redneck presumably walks away from said redneck and sits beside you and friend A and friend B then says to drunk redneck [from afar?] “you’re done”.
…or something.
Can we get a flowchart for this?
March 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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hodad says:
God, when will this myth that Brown politicked Texas into the Rose Bowl finally be laid to rest? Texas LOST 4 points in the human polls following Mack’s appeal to the voters to reconsider their votes. It wasn’t until Cal played like shit against Southern Miss the following week that Texas gained points in the human polls.
Cal then went on to get destroyed in the Holiday Bowl by Texas Tech , who Texas had easily beaten during the regular season.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
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Meg says:
After that statement of all the blessings of the UF fan, does it make any of you wonder just when the other shoe will drop. NOthing stays nice in CFB for long. Not even at USC or Notre Dame.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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zzgator says:
friend who got hit on = friend that redneck sat down next to = friend that said “you’re done”
or possibly…
friend who got hit on = friend that redneck sat down next to AND her friend = the friend that said “you’re done”
Clear as mud now right?
March 18th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
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zzgator says:
And another thing…T.K. as university president = more proof that God hates FSU.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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PW says:
21
I think you misread the story.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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sb says:
zz @ #25…yes, and isn’t it wonderful!
March 18th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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GatorAM says:
#23: No, we don’t.
Think of us as the New Age guys wearing robes and talking about positive energy, positive thinking, auras, crystals (trophies! what-what), and shit. It works even better when you imagine the rest of the SEC as various sects of evangelical, bible-fearing Christians. Ex: non-missionary sex = the spread offense. it’s a sin and will never work and that’s that.
March 18th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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westbrooke says:
@hodad “God, when will this myth that Brown politicked Texas into the Rose Bowl finally be laid to rest?”
What is the myth? That he campaigned or that the alleged campaigning was the ultimate reason for Texas’s ascent in the polls? I think the former is indisputable. (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2004/12/04/mack_campaigns_until_the_end.html)
As for the latter, I think it’s irrelevant. I think Gen. Stoopnagle’s point is essentially that Mack Brown knew what needed to happen for his team to advance well enough to lobby for it. Regardless of causality, what then happened is exactly what he asked for, and it circumstantially proved his knowledge of the system. After 5 years, he’s now irredeemably clueless? Probably not. More likely: he’s grandstanding.
March 18th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
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sb says:
^^^^^
…and all that positive energy just builds on itself, uh, and shit. My lesbian buddhist psychic says that with the December 21, 2012 alignment that those already going in a positive energetic direction will be so far ahead of everyone else that they may never catch up…so we’ve got that going for us! And she also said that missionary sex may be modified to include the spread, and is sometimes better that way…I’m still asking for a demonstration…
March 18th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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RammerJammertheNCAAWillHammerBammer says:
#26
Choose your answer:
A. I’m pretty sure you’re right.
B.
March 18th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
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Ben says:
T. K. Wetherell is an embarrassment to coon-ass, backwoods, redneck politicians, much less to all college presidents, including the one from the “dipstick” colleges.
And nice fark. I particularly liked the sores on the lips of the “ladies”.
March 18th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
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Keegan says:
A link supporting this is sadly unavailable, but Aggies and Razorbacks are splitting the ticket revenue 50/50 from the game at Jerryworld, resulting in a mid-tier-bowl-game-sized payday for both schools, handily outpacing what each would haul in for a sold out home game.
Skeletor Jones is making his cut from parking – always a favorite cash grab – and a portion of the concessions.
March 18th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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CincySooner says:
I wonder if Wetherell counts his years (1995-2001) as President of Tallahassee Community College towards his total years experience as president of an institute of higer education.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:56 am