COUNTDOWN 2009: 34
1.
Everything changes; nothing dies; the soul
Roams to and fro, now here, now there, and takes
What frame it will, passing from beast to man,
From our own form to beast and never dies.
2.
His ear had a real nasty cut and it was dangling from his head, bleeding badly. He grabbed his own ear and tried to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him and the managers bandaged him. Man was that guy a tough one. He wanted to tear off his own ear so he could keep playing.
(HT: Nathan.)
A few site notes:
–Next week is the annual Swindle Beach Invasion. You will be in the competent and bloodstained hands of Doug and Holly next week, meaning Doug will feed you tasteful cheesecake, most likely, and Holly will feed you to the sharks. You’ll love both. Spicy Livin’ will return next week, as well, because we have to buy an assload of sunscreen and porn beach reading.
–The return week will begin HOT DAMN PREVIEW SEASON in earnest: more football-focused, faster, and revving up to the season. This includes the return of EDSBS Live. We once had a baby and we named it w00t. Rejoice.
–Thank you again for your enthusiastic, loving support of EDSBS. Cocktails to all of you.
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
Hey, yeah, me too. Goin’ to the beach tomorrow. Hooray Beer!
July 31st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
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BeaverJohn says:
Even Taylor Mays is scared of the Cerberus-back.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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Will says:
How in the holy hells did you choose to go with Bo’s body for 34? If there’s a more iconic running back than the real #34, I haven’t seen them. Hershel would eat him for breakfast. I won’t even get into the travesty of Williams being included in that group.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
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spartymike says:
Yeah, I’m not a big fan of the picture. Kinda unsettling. Although I do like the fact that Ricky is clearly distracted by food, or bright lights, or something over on the sidelines. Think the Bo and Herschel heads keep having to yell at him to pay attention? Me too.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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General Disarray says:
“Although I do like the fact that Ricky is clearly distracted by food, or bright lights, or something over on the sidelines. ”
Pretty sure he smelled some sweet cheeba in the stands.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Will–
Curran was yesterday, and we’re not doing two of any team in a row. Especially Georgia.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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Sundawg says:
Looks like a Seminole helmet; not a G anyway.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
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Silver Britches says:
Ahem. . . I believe the word I’m looking for is ARP!
Is it sad that I thought that was Earl Campbell’s head instead of the Masseuse?
July 31st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
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Danny Wuerffel's Helmet says:
“His ear had a real nasty cut and it was dangling from his head, bleeding badly. He grabbed his own ear and tried to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him and the managers bandaged him. Man was that guy a tough one. He wanted to tear off his own ear so he could keep playing.”
Who are they talking about and who’s talking?
July 31st, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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BottaGetta says:
Are those Herschel’s other two personalities?
Great quote
July 31st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
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The Curse of Chan Gailey says:
This picture becomes infinitely more entertaining when Herschel’s multiple personality disorder is taken into account.
July 31st, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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Holly says:
Doug will feed you tasteful cheesecake, most likely, and Holly will feed you to the sharks. You’ll love both.
This is so beyond accurate that it’d be simpler just to call it “canon”.
July 31st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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Brizzle says:
That’s the new design for Ricky’s three-bowled, four-hosed hookah, available this fall.
July 31st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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Andy says:
Leave Herschel alone! Besides, his other personalities wouldn’t be Bo and Ricky, you know that; they’d be Bo (not Luke) and Daisy. Put Hershel’s head and Bo Duke’s head on Daisy’s body in that bikini shot, of course, and there you go. Photoshop icon where are you. . .
July 31st, 2009 at 7:19 pm
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Andy says:
Yes, yes, oh yes, that’s better: http://www.blacklabelempire.com/images/whothehellisherschel.jpg
July 31st, 2009 at 7:37 pm
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BamaTaxMan says:
@9 (and others)
Tuscaloosa’s Hargrove Van de Graaff was one tough hombre on the football field.
In a 1913 game against Tennessee, he nearly lost an ear.
It “had a real nasty cut and was dangling from his head, bleeding badly,” Tennessee tackle Bull Bayer recalls in Winston Groom’s book, “The Crimson Tide.” “He grabbed his ear and tried to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him and his managers bandaged him … He wanted to tear off his own ear so he could keep playing.”
Van de Graaff hung on to his ear and Alabama hung on to a 6-0 lead to beat the Vols.
July 31st, 2009 at 11:17 pm
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BamaTaxMan says:
Sorry, forgot to attribute that to a Tuscaloosa News article (Google is my friend) – I thought at first it was Bully Van de Graff, but I was wrong.
(And yes, we DID play football at Bama prior to the Bear).
Nice quote Orson.
July 31st, 2009 at 11:19 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
Swindle Beach Invasion. I smell Ted Peters Smoked Mullet right now. And am jealous.
August 1st, 2009 at 8:51 am
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NRBQ says:
Yeah, that ain’t a Georgia helmet.
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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ronald says:
@ Silver Britches:
I thought it was Campbell too. He was 34 with the Oilers.
The Weinsteins are cooking up a Hulk sequel where he battles the creature in that picture. And loses. Badly.
Of course, in the movie, it IS Campbell’s head, not Ricky’s.
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 am