CURIOUS INDEX, 6/17/09
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Putting our cheese where our mouth is. This seems a bit ununsual to me–mostly because, logic aside, team biases all but ensure a universal declaration of failure for Future Lane Kiffin and his cyborg compatriots as they travel through time to decide the fate of VolManity. (”Come with me if you want to taste a luxurious buyout package in four years.”) Remember that it was a plurality, if not a majority of SEC folks who saw Urban Meyer’s system as not working in the SEC. If he’s yours, he’ll work; if he’s not, he’s a brave but moronic desert astronaut sitting with his button on the ignition of the JATO pack of FAIL strapped to his roof. The crater will be spectacular, but let’s put some cheese on the table in the most literal sense. We hate cheese. It’s not lactose intolerance, but rather a lifelong dislike so intense that our sister used to chase us with pieces of it. We can’t eat it on anything, and the smell of it cooking will drive us out of a room. It’s a minor form of madness, but heat up some parmesan in a room and we’ll show you some theatrical but genuine dry heaving. Cheese is bad milk that can walk around. So, if Lane Kiffin is still coach at Tennessee in three years, we volunteer to eat a 6 oz piece of cheese on film to commemorate the occasion. The exact variety shall be left up to relevant experts, though really if Joel wants us to eat limburger so ripe it can hold up liquor stores at knifepoint after hotwiring a car, that’s what we’ll eat, even if we end up vomiting up a spleen over it. That’s how convinced we are that Kiffin will fail. This man disagrees. It looks like someone slaughtered a troop of Oompa-Loompas in there. There is an LSU fan out there with a live tiger in his LSU room, but it’s loyal to him and only him, and the minute he takes a picture of it the Department of the Interior is going to want to have a few words with him. His name is funnier if you rearrange it to “Horrin Atch.” Orrin Hatch gets fat softballs lobbed at him all day in a Real Clear Sports interview about the BCS, something Blutarsky gleefully shreds to tiny little batter-covered tasty pieces. Spellcheck, enabled. Me gusta to the retro-agricultural stylings and fonts of the Mississippi State rebranding. All good football programs begin with powerful font, and defeat stings twice as badly when your opponent signs his correspondence with lacy cursive. TNIAAM is an absolute magician. And further proof of this in a discussion of Doug Marrone’s panty-dropping minivan. The LaGreat is such a superior name for a minivan. |
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RaginCajunRebel says:
Can someone please explain to me why it’s spelled “Dog Walk” on the wall, but “Dawg Walk” on the sign directly next to it? Anyone?
June 17th, 2009 at 9:02 am
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CKGAtor says:
Bold move, Orson. I agree with your sentiments, but for such a lofty wager, I would have said four years–not because I don’t think Kiffin will crash and burn in spectacular fashion, but because the UT athletic department will have to give him at least 4 years. The $$ they’ve invested in that staff, and the buyouts that would result from giving them the boot have to be amortized over a long period, and that extra year will allow them more time to save their wooden nickels up for the next savior.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:05 am
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Houston's Nutts says:
@1
I’m pretty sure that’s why Orson mentioned it.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:34 am
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ChasingMizzou says:
That’s bold, Orson. Consider the achievements cheese industry could make in three years. All the Whole Foods hippies are going to be demanding oil based cheese products so vile you’ll be coughing up preservatives for weeks.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:36 am
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
I’d make you eat a whole block of Velveeta. That seems more appropriate.
How does one go from Pensacola Junior College alum to Vol Fan?
June 17th, 2009 at 9:37 am
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Anonymous IV says:
That room looks as if someone let Gallagher smash a lot of pumpkins.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:37 am
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now_a_hoo says:
In addition to their Dawg/Dog confusion, there’s a sign encouraging the players to reach their potential “everyday” when they mean “every day.”
June 17th, 2009 at 9:43 am
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Anonymous IV says:
#5, good eye on seeing the JC degree. The photo where it is paired with his high school diploma tells a lot more about his academic expectations.
On second thought those walls look more like someone repeatedly puked Tang orange drink on them.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:46 am
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Doug says:
Extend the bet to four years, as per CKGator’s rationale, and I will eat an eight-ounce block of cheese and drive around for one year with an orange-”T” front license plate on my car.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:49 am
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Doug says:
Also, Chan Gailey drives a Buick L’Average.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:51 am
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theBunkis says:
Well, you’re splitting hairs, now_a_hoo, so I guess I will too.
“Everyday” is an adjective that means commonplace, ordinary, or normal.
“Every day” means “each day.”
So, I don’t see the conflict in which you point out.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:55 am
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Year2 says:
I also love how schools feel compelled to include the “TM” on logos that they use at their own facilities. I mean, it makes sense on merchandise, but did you really need to laser engrave the TM next to your new logo on that metal plaque? Really?
June 17th, 2009 at 9:58 am
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theBunkis says:
Disregard my comment, now_a_hoo. I got confused.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:01 am
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ALGator says:
UF’s go-to attorney is a horny old fart: http://deadspin.com/5291398/florida-gators-go
June 17th, 2009 at 10:02 am
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Stranko Montana says:
As a long time friend of Mr. Swindle, let me just say that I hope you people appreciate the magnitude of this wager. The thought of him having to be in the room with cheese, much less consume it, has me ALMOST rooting for Tennessee to not completely suck.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:02 am
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cocknfire says:
I love the high class of the Tennessee room, as exhibited by the window with the random white lace at the top and the Tennessee jersey hanging from the blinds. That’s grade A interior decorating there.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:08 am
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Not You says:
the “When your opponent signs his correspondence with lacy cursive” link should probably be www dot sportslogos dot net/logo.php?id=2479 (And apparently, I can’t post a link)
The one you have directly to the image just errors out.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:09 am
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ohiodawg says:
A Stranko sighting!
I like cheese, but would also heave if faced with a block of limburger.
I’m shocked – SHOCKED – to see misspellings in and around major college football programs.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:09 am
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HudiBlitz says:
As a lifelong cheese-hater, I salute you for the sentence “Cheese is bad milk that can walk around,” although it did trigger repressed memories of my parents’ forcing me to drink spoiled milk. (Our milk was spoiled more often than not because our refrigerator never worked properly and my parents were too cheap to replace it. Ah, childhood . . . .)
June 17th, 2009 at 10:21 am
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Boozy McHound says:
@14:
It’s called ’street cred’.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:33 am
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Stan Gable says:
Alas! A kindred spirit! I too abhore cheese (except Pizza Cheese, which really isn’t food, but a form of alcohol-absorbing sponge). Such a wager does not go lightly with me, and I do hope you are correct, Orson…would not wish that on anyone….
June 17th, 2009 at 11:15 am
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chg says:
At least they’re “telling unique stories.” Check out that Dawg Walk! As best I can piece together, apparently the Mississippi State football players walk through a crowd of fans to enter the stadium! Isn’t that crazy? I bet there’s spirit music, and focused intensity, and everything! Of course, not being privy to the unique traditions of Mississippi State, this is pure conjecture. Can any Ole Miss fans share some other traditions unique to Mississippi State football?
June 17th, 2009 at 11:22 am
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Harris says:
Well, you’ve recruited at least one new ensign to the Vol Navy, Orson. And, brother, have I got the cheese for you: <a href=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu"
June 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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SECHaiku says:
A wondrous wager!
Whether shat, puke’d, or eaten
Chesse looks like U.T.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
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Touchdown74 says:
#23
Holy shit! -100 cocktails to you! And here I thought blood sausage was the worst thing I could eat!
June 17th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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SonOfBuckeye says:
Merely *linking* to that “casu marzu” nightmare should be prosecuted as a hate crime against turophobes.
June 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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JimHalpert says:
I liked the ever-so-classy framed picture of the coaches with bowling shirts on. This isn’t fucking Wisconsin, Lane. Learn to frat properly.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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Holly says:
Doug, I’ve got one of these lying around that you’ll be welcome to.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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jm2 says:
Wasn’t expecting to see a guy I went to high school with when I clicked on the Tennessee room.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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Nate says:
I live in Japan. For 2 years I drove a Honda Odyssey. It was called an “Odyssey”. Said so right on the back. I’ve been in Japan off and on for 14 years. Never seen a “LaGreat”.
I’ve seen the Daihatsu “Naked”.
I’ve seen the Suzuki “Every Joypop”
I’ve seen the Toyota “Hilux Surf” (known in the States as a 4Runner)
There’s too many wacky names to count. But the Odyssey is the Odyssey.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
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Dan says:
Count-down clock please for the 3 years wager
June 18th, 2009 at 7:28 am