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CURIOUS INDEX, 8/6/09


For lack of a better term, we're calling this the "Kiffin Effect." Pop quiz, hotshot: Coming off a 4-8 season and a 45-0 vivisectioning by your big in-state rival in which you netted all of 37 yards, what do you do? What do you do? Evidently, this:

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Houston Nutt phoned in just now to say he has sucked it, as a matter of fact, and the Delicious Creamsicle of Immediate In-State Superiority was everything he thought it could be.

The pressure of being the preseason #1 for the Fulmer Cup must've gotten to them. I know all you EDSBS regulars have been waiting with bated breath for the first time I'd make a blatant plug for my dear Georgia Bulldogs, and here it is: For what feels like the first time since I was an naive, apple-cheeked freshman, the Dawgs have gone an entire offseason without a single player getting arrested. One hundred law-abiding cocktails to all of you, gentlemen! By contrast, the Dawgs' season-opening opponent, Oklahoma State, won't be suspending two offensive players arrested for pot possession in June. Note to Mike Gundy: If you're going up against Georgia and you're the one that looks slack on player discipline, there may be a problem. Unfortunately for the Dawgs, that righteous indignation plus two bucks will get Willie Martinez a grande Pike Place roast at Starbucks.

Your "Suddenly My Problems Seem Pretty Minor" moment of the day. The Tulsa World profiles Tulsa QB G.J. Kinne, whose dad, a high-school coach in Texas, was shot to death by the angry parent of a player four years ago. By contrast, I've spent most of the past 24 hours raging at having shattered the screen on my iPhone, and officially consider myself humbled.

We have met the enemy, and he is Tony Franklin. I mean us. We knew the Auburn coaching staff was a wee bit divided during last year's 5-7 debacle, but evidently so were the players. Why was that, you think?

"The offense had their problems and some guys started hanging their heads - just stuff of that sort," said defensive end Antonio Coleman. "That led to a 5-7 season. It was just the little things that led to seven losses. Coach Chizik came in and corrected that; and all the guys have their heads up."

Yeah, it was just the little things -- you know, division, not having any semblance of an offense, that sort of thing. You drop off by a few hundred yards here and there, pretty soon you're going 5-7. It happens.

Hasn't Detroit suffered enough? With the cash-strapped Big Three automakers pulling their sponsorship of the Motor City Bowl, Little Caesar's Pizza may be stepping into the void, meaning "We're gonna probably be known as the Little Caesar's Pizza, Pizza Bowl," according to bowl co-founder George Perles. As a Birmingham resident and much-put-upon supporter of the Papajohns.com Bowl, I have but one thing to say: YOU BASTARDS. Can't you just let us have this?!?

It beat out other mottos including "Bereft," "Unfulfilled," and "Empty-Feeling." Ole Miss's team motto going into 2009: "Unsatisfied," taking a commanding lead in the Most Depressing Team Motto of All Time competition. Tip: If it sounds like something you'd circle on a restaurant comment card after a particularly disappointing meal, it probably shouldn't be your team motto.

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The anthem to which the Rebels will be charging into Vaught-Hemingway in '09.

Failure to plan means planning to fail. As for the Early Bird Award for Most Absurdly Diligent Scheduling, Oklahoma and Army have won that one in a runaway by agreeing on a home-and-home -- in 2018 and 2020. Congratulations, Black Knights, on being the first D-IA program to earn a guaranteed loss in a season that won't even begin for another nine years.

Now, you go back to doing something latently homoerotic, all right? We've already posted Still Life With Shirtless, Oiled Football Players and Lamborghini, the curious poster Tennessee is using to arouse . . . uh, interest in the 2009 season, or something; turns out there's a "making of" video. Go click the link yourselves, pervs, we're not posting that nonsense here.

File under "Up, Nowhere to Go But." UCF offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe is "pleased" with the improvement his team has shown heading into '09. Considering that the Golden Knights finished 120th out of 120 in DI-A in both total yardage and first downs, the fact that there has been improvement at all is probably reasonable grounds for pleased-ness.

Twelve-pack? Better go ahead and make that a case. Scott Wolf compiles every single college football game that will be on TV opening weekend. If you can look at this and not devise a way to remain laid out on your coach from noon straight through midnight on September 5, you're not really trying.

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Is the clean record for Georgia a reflection of layoffs of the Athens/Clarke County police or lack of badassedness of the team. My guess is that they left the real crime to the faculty this year. I’m sure they will rebound with jaywalking and scooter violations, pecking away one point at a time.

by Crabapple Buck on Aug 6, 2009 7:58 AM EDT reply actions  

Not to point fingers at any school’s conditioning program, but shouldn’t Mississippi St. fans be at least a little bit worried about the complete lack of muscles that annonymous-white-guy-with-a-towel is sporting.

The guy two cubicles down from me has arms like those fer cryin out loud….

by CincySooner on Aug 6, 2009 9:02 AM EDT reply actions  

Texas High School football is serious buisness.

by NatiJacket on Aug 6, 2009 9:02 AM EDT reply actions  

Not to quibble, Doug,

but that Tulsa World article says that Kinne’s dad survived the attack.

by CincySooner on Aug 6, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions  

Perspective on the OU-Army Series.

The players that will be college freshmen in 2020 are going to start 2nd grade in a few weeks.

by CincySooner on Aug 6, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions  

Doug Marrone is mad sexy, but I don’t think I want to lay out on him for twelve hours.

by zibby on Aug 6, 2009 9:39 AM EDT reply actions  

I’m glad to hear an outsider’s take on the team’s “unsatisfied” mantra. It litereally never occured to me that it could be taken in such a way. When I heard Greg Hardy’s angry ass say the team was “unsatisfied,” it came off in a “I cain’t get no satisfaction—therefore I’m determined to get me some” kinda way.

No matter how hard I try not to, I can be such a homer sometimes.

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Aug 6, 2009 9:45 AM EDT reply actions  

CincySooner: Yarrggh. Corrected.

HEY READING COMPREHENSION SKILLZ: DOUG GOT 2 WORD FOR YA! SUCK IT!

by Doug on Aug 6, 2009 10:02 AM EDT reply actions  

Is he doing the Tom Cruise scene from Magnolia…“and in August, we celebrate SUCK MY BIG FAT FUCKING SAU-SAAAAAGE!”

Seriously, why do teams talk shit after getting not just beaten, but absolutely stomped? I can maybe understand why I still get Gator chomps from my UF friends, I mean it was just by 1 point and a great neck-and-neck game the whole time that gave me not just a new fresh belief in my beloved Rebels, but also a damn horrible case of sun poisoning from sitting way up next to the scoreboard where I could literally reach out and catch solar flares as they escaped the sun. But honestly, State, you are horrible. You are nothing but a bunch of illiterate rednecks and gansta wannabes. 37 TOTAL YARDS, and you still talk trash. You are a disgrace to the SEC and should have been relegated to C-USA a long time ago. I’d rather promote Tulane or USM to the SEC in your place, and allow you to become our new SE La. Oh, and this picture is totally ghey.

by col reb on Aug 6, 2009 10:06 AM EDT reply actions  

[sniffsniff] I love the smell of rivalry smack talk in the morning!

by Will Q on Aug 6, 2009 10:14 AM EDT reply actions  

UNSATISFIED…it wasn’t a team decision. Snead was being interviewed or something and was asked how he’d describe last season, and that’s what he said. Nutt liked it and made it the motto. He was going to have it engraved on a steel plate and screw it into the side of the training center but apparently he immediately came to his senses and realized how ghey that would be, especially since Snead wasn’t in the middle of a blubbering, apologetic conniption fit on national television when he said it.

by col reb on Aug 6, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions  

Georgia/Richt has actually always been extremely strict on player discipline…Just look at the Justin Houston suspension for the first 2 games this year. Suspending a starting DE against Ok St and likely the best passing game we will face all year is something very few coaches would do ( My personal favorite is Spurrier’s “double-secret-probation suspension” where he doesn’t actually say when the player is suspended until after the fact). Of course, Richt has had lots of chances to hone his skilllz at player discipline.

by The Royal We on Aug 6, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions  

MissState is simply engaging in the behavorial leitmotif of 2009:

Showing Ole Miss how Mississippi State do.

by Counter Trap on Aug 6, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, yeah, Mississippi. Get back to us when an esteemed stateswoman like Corrine Brown notices your program.

by Tim on Aug 6, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow. Ole Miss fans, you’re one season removed from being 0-8 in the SEC, and you have the gall to talk about replacing State? Go three years without a losing season before talking like you’re an SEC power, you freaking red pants wearing douche bag.

We know our place in the SEC. Apparently it’s going to take another spirit-crushing season of dissapointment before Ole Miss learns their place.

by hailstate on Aug 6, 2009 10:58 AM EDT reply actions  

What, does Scott Wolf want a cookie? Matt Sarz has been doing this for years, for every week of the season, updated as announcements come in. The first 3-4 weeks are pretty much solidified. It’s college football marathon watching greatness. mattsarzsports.com

by Evan on Aug 6, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions  

You may have “hidden” your love for thUGA, but you certainly brought your hate for all things Auburn early and often.

by Mooncricket on Aug 6, 2009 11:14 AM EDT reply actions  

Sucks about the iPhone. Oddly enough, I read an an article about replacing a broken iPhone screen yesterday. peruse at lesiure and pony up the $$

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2350704,00.asp

RTR

by maomatt on Aug 6, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions  

Nice work this week, Doug, especially with the tags.

by softbatch on Aug 6, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions  

Ole Miss and the Right Rev Nutt ripping off Teddy KGB? Un-syat-ees-fied? Ole Miss ees just like a young man coming in for a kwvickie?

Watch out for Grama lurking among the magnolias, Rev. He’s bringing more than a FOIA request.

by CockOfAges on Aug 6, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions  

The “Kiffin Effect” implies far too much credibility and intelligence on Lane’s part. He’s more of a virus, STD-type, e.g. genital warts.

by NativeSon on Aug 6, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions  

Col Reb @ 9 —

Are you serious? You do realize they play this thing called the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta in December. At least State fans know that from personal experience.

by jd4au on Aug 6, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions  

“Unsatisfied?”

Maybe we should turn to Morrissey for some team slogans… lotta choices here….

“In The Future When All Is Well,” “You Were Good in Your Time,” “First of the Gang to Die,” “There is a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends,” “We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful,” etc etc etc

by Rich on Aug 6, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions  

Is this some sort of record?

Mississippi State Punting – 444 yards

by Ray Guy on Aug 6, 2009 11:51 AM EDT reply actions  

If it’s a 3G, and you are gonna be in/near Atlanta any time soon, hit me up and I’ll replace your screen or at least attempt same. I have a spare.

If you attempt it yourself, this is very important: pry between the glass and the “chrome” edge, not between the chrome and the bottom half. This was not completely clear from the directions I used.

If you need a phone just to get by on for a few weeks, go to Target or Wal-Mart and get one of those cheap prepaid phones, and put your SIM card in it.

by Nerdbone FTW on Aug 6, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions  

My favorite part of the picture is the classic problem of trying to center written text and ending up without enough margin on the other side.

I bet you could almost hear the mental gears working in the locker room when everyone came to the realization (each at their own pace) that they might have to drop a letter or two from their message to make it fit.

by Tim on Aug 6, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow, an MSU-Ole Miss smack thread on EDSBS. That’s great. What’s even better though is being a fan of the school whose biggest rival has the worst all-time winning percentage in the SEC. Yes, even Vandy has a better winning percentage than MSU.

And even better than that is when the rival school is such a coaching graveyard that no coach since Darrel Royal in his 2 year stint from 1954-1955 has managed to compile a career winning record during his tenure with the school.

Sorry Dan Mullen. You should’ve done more research on that before taking the job. When you look up and see that the most beloved coach in the school’s modern history could only manage to go .500, you should have known not to take the job.

by rebel84 on Aug 6, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions  

red pants wearing douchebag? seriously? that’s all you’ve got? are you calling me that whilst wearing overalls with no shirt and frantically waving a cowbell? you’re nothing. you’ve always been nothing. Mississippi State sucks ballsack, always has, always will, you’ve ALWAYS BEEN THE LAUGHING STOCK OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALWAYS WILL BE. You are an agricultural school, which is ironic in and of itself because there is certainly no culture whatsoever in Starkghanistan. You live in a dust bowl in the middle of NOWHERE. The only reason there’s a college there is because a long time ago someone thought it would be nice to build a school for all the farmers to go to learn how to be better farmers because they couldn’t get in to THE University of Mississippi. thanks for the soybeans btw. and tell your ghey-ass coach to stop calling you the ‘state’ university. we are the only university representing the state of mississippi. After we get through humiliating you once again, this time in your own backyard, maybe then you will realize that STATE IS THE LITTLE BITCH SISTER OF OLE MISS AND YOU ARE DESTINED TO SPEND YOUR MISERABLE EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET LICKING OUR REBEL TAINT AND SQUIRMING EVERY TIME IT GETS CLOSE TO THE END OF NOVEMBER. Now go bang your sister after you mow my lawn.

by col reb on Aug 6, 2009 1:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Col Reb, take a fuckin’ pill dude.

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Aug 6, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

[inhales deeply]….. ahhhh the sweet smell of hatred and rage sweat. The season approaches – at last

by ben hill gryphon on Aug 6, 2009 2:00 PM EDT reply actions  

@15:

This site is also a good go-to for all things televised, and the only LSU bias you get is their countdown clock and the central time zone:

http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm

by Beef on Aug 6, 2009 2:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Col Reb is a very angry fella.

by thebunkis on Aug 6, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Mississippi State is the state university of Mississippi, dumbass.

I like the UM/MSU smack talk. It’s like two retarded toddlers pissing on each other.

by basil on Aug 6, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions  

my bad, jay. i didn’t realize this was www.everydayshouldbefilledwithpuppiesandrainbowsandpeoplebeingnicetoeachother.com. i thought this was a certified blogs with balls sight. i’ll be more caring of your feelings from now on.

by col reb on Aug 6, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions  

HOTTY TODDY!
GOSHAMIGHTY!
WHEN’S OLE MISS GONNA BEAT SOMEBODY?

GO TO HELL OLE MISS GO TO HELL!

GO TO HELL OLE MISS GO TO HELL!

GO TO HELL OLE MISS GO TO HELL!

GO TO HELL OLE MISS GO TO HELL!

by Tom Tuberville on Aug 6, 2009 2:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Col. Reb, no wonder they banned you from all Ole Miss athletic events.

by hailstate on Aug 6, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions  

“Colonel Sanders is MY mascot!”

by Raider Red on Aug 6, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions  

@ ColReb #29

Guess who else runs a “certified” Blogs With Balls site (yes, I did attend the conference and, no, there isn’t a “certification”)? C’mon, guess? Yeah, I fuckin’ do. And guess what, it’s an Ole Miss site. I’m the biggest pro-Ole Miss/anti-Mississippi State motherfucker you’re ever gonna find.

Still, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re making yourself, along with me by proxy, look like a moron. Dude, why do you need to talk trash here? Look at that fucking picture. I mean, two very simple grammatical errors, body paint, 1990’s professional wrestling references? You don’t even need to talk shit with this one. This time, State has done all the damage you could ever hope to do on their own.

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Aug 6, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions  

i know there’s not a actual BWB certification, thank you captain obvious. dont ever tell me not to talk shit to someone again, especially a state fan or LSU fan. nobody’s looking like a moron so why dont you order yourself a shot of chill the fuck out and put it on my tab.

by col reb on Aug 6, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I award you +1 for the dirty work reference

by Norm on Aug 6, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions  

and btw i know who you are and follow your site as well and have been since you started it.

by col reb on Aug 6, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions  

I knew I never should have let Ed convince me that he would pull out. This little anger management nightmare bastard son of mine is driving me crazy!!!

STFU you little Yaw Yaw Bastard!

by Col Reb's Momma on Aug 6, 2009 4:33 PM EDT reply actions  

I knew I never should have believed Ed when he said pulling out was safe. This little anger management bastard son of mine is drving me crazy. And, his daddy is up in Tennessee.

STFU you Little Yaw Yaw Bastard!

by Col Reb's Momman on Aug 6, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Can’t wait till after X-mas. I get to see Dan Lefevour play his last game and 200 ads for Little Ceaser’s pizza. Life is Wonderful.

by Captain Kirk on Aug 6, 2009 5:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Col. Reb = Douche
Ole Miss 2009 = MSU 2001

That is all.

by fresh on Aug 6, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Am I the only one singing “Colonel Reb is Cryin” while reading these posts? Still one of my favorite football
related you-tubes. Thank you Coach O and Ole Miss ran for your unintended humor.

by Wes Tex on Aug 6, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Two big differences between Ole Miss 2009 and MSU 2001.

1) Ole Miss 2009 actually has a real NFL-caliber QB, something no MSU team has ever had…in the history of the program.

2) Our team leaders actually understand the idea of working together toward a common goal. MSU 2001 had a lot of talent. They just couldn’t get it together because Sherrill let the inmates run the asylum.

So, if you’re hoping for a 3 win type implosion, you’re going to be disappointed. MSU 2001 crashed and burned because they imploded internally after a couple of tight losses early, and that happened because Sherrill was in the process of losing grip of the program.

by rebel84 on Aug 6, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Hmm…I was thinking more like MSU 2000. That team had some impressive wins (AU & UF), but had some heart breakers as well (USC, Ark, LSU).

by hailstate on Aug 7, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions  

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