CURIOUS INDEX, 4/3/2009

by Orson on Apr 3, 2009 10:42 AM EDT

Get those hips down son! It is bad form, but it's spring.

Photo: Doug Finger/Gainesville Sun.

And no, Brandon Spikes did not pin 288 pound freshman lineman Nick Alajajian against a wall by his neck for loafing. Though it makes us kind of blush-y and weak in the knees just to think about him doing this.

HOOOOWEEEEE RAKROOTIN' FAIGHT. Bobbie Massie, Alabama, and what Nick Saban allegedly said to the lineman when he told him he was going to Ole Miss instead of Alabama. For extra gravy, enjoy the archived Finebaum show from yesterday, featuring use of the word "articulate" in reference to a black dude.

The good Senator brings us the tale of UW players purchasing scooters using some of their athletic scholarship money. As someone who misspent portions of an academic scholarship in grotesque fashion, we have no problem with this whatsoever. (We still have that complete set of Illuminati cards, so it wasn't all a total waste.)

In contrary news: Auburn kicker Jonathan Brooks has improved his kicking by using a cheap-as-shit pair of thirty dollar banana yellow clodhoppers. Why? "Because I don't have a lot of money right now." Bobby Lowder will get you a new pair, son, just as soon as he gets a bit more..um..."liquid."

Corp Corp., stock up. Aaron Corp is the early darling to be the USC starter at qb, and thus has an inside track on the 2011 Stiff-Arm Trophy of Dubious Relevance.

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It’s spreading – I heard a Senator in an interview praising a woman for being so well spoken.

by ohiodawg on Apr 3, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions

I swoon in your general direction, Brandon Spikes. Even if it’s not true.

by GatorAM on Apr 3, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions

FWIW, AL.com’s Blog has an article up today where they actually interviewed Bob Massie, and Massie confirms that the blog post is pure BS.

Link: http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/04/what_did_nick_saban_really_say.html

by Limedust on Apr 3, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions

In the aftermath of the Massie non-story, Giggity just signed 47 more recruits, bringing Ole Miss’ 2009 class to 3,902.

by Counter Trap on Apr 3, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

I’m glad to see the tradition of misspending money for school is still alive and well. I had a friend who used his loan money to buy a foosball table and a pound of weed. The worst I ever did was take $100 to the casino. Man, I was a puss.

by twogreattastes on Apr 3, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

Email in my inbox from Coach Dan Mullen…MSU is having its first annual “Faculty Days” for spring practice, where faculty can meet the players.

Um, isn’t that what CLASS is for? Wait…don’t answer that.

by the ex-croominator on Apr 3, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

That Ole Miss blogger who started the whole Massie story is the type that allows numbnuts like Cowherd to get traction with the whole BLOOGGERZ R STOOPID arguement.

by PeterPumpkinhead on Apr 3, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

In Erik’s defense, he was only recounting a tale first told by Yancy Porter, a “journalist,” on a subscription-only Ole Miss message board.

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Apr 3, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

How do you get to be a “journalist” on a subscription-only message board? I mean, Dennis Francione claimed he was a “coach” on his subscription-only message board, but that didn’t make it true.

by PeterPumpkinhead on Apr 3, 2009 2:12 PM EDT reply actions

A 6’4 205 pound running quarterback. The Pac 10 linebackers and safeties are licking their lips in anticipation. (I mean, seriously, did Corp not watch the Holiday Bowl? If he makes it through to the end of the season without getting snapped in half he should be a frontrunner for the Heisman, or sainthood.)

by AERose on Apr 3, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions

#10: Did you read the whole LA Times article? The plan is to have Corp be a pocket QB, who happens to have some speed and can get out of trouble when he needs to, not for him to be a Vince Young or Tebow type running QB. If he wins the job.

by oc phil on Apr 3, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions

Alright, change “running quarterback” to “quarterback who runs.” Point stands that the Pac 10 (and OSU) defenses are capable of doing terrible things to quarterbacks who cross the line of scrimmage. (See: Holiday Bowl, Oregon vs. Cal.)

by AERose on Apr 3, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

Also: hyperbole. Also: I’m kind of holding out hope that Corp is the starter going into the fall, gets injured before the Cal game, and the USC offense takes the field at Strawberry Canyon led by Mitch Mustain who proceeds to throw a zillion picks to the Cal secondary. IT COULD HAPPEN.

by AERose on Apr 4, 2009 1:37 AM EDT reply actions