WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO: TWO HOURS OF INSANITY

As painful as the endless stiffarm buildup and acceptance usually are, it’s going to be downright excruciating knowing what’s going to happen once it’s over. I’ll be here fo sho.

“It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.” — Dizzy Dean

They had swagger, but they could play.

I’m sure this wasn’t shocking at Steve Walsh, coming from the tough streets surrounding Cretin-Derham Hall.

Holy shit I can’t wait for this.

Don’t forget Army-Navy, Saturday on CBS! Best game with absolutely no impact on the MNC game every year.

Plus, all y’all who hate UCLA can root for Army to keep the Bruins out of a bowl.

“…nah, I would never encourage anything like that…”

man, that Luther Campbell is smooth…. and funny

Speaking of profanity, look out for the sixteen wheels of drunken debauchery rolling through Big Sky country en route to a Fiesta: http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/1005374.html?storylink=omni_popular

Stoopit east side boyz. 30 bucks don’t pay my power bill for da weekend. Nowhatimtalknbout.

I still would like to see Connie Chung naked. Now I finally get David Letterman.

If only Neon Deion had been a Cane. What glorious marriage that would have been.

@ #4-

What has UCLA actually done in football that would inspire hate?

@10 – I’m a Buckeye, so not really anything to me….but those USC people and some other Pac 10ers seem to have something against them.

If you were going to take a shot at former Oklahoma Heisman winners, I would have thought there’d be a more obvious choice…

BOOOOOOOOOMER!

I miss this time in college football. It was nice to have proper villians to root against.

Boostin’ car stereos to make weekend meal money. I thought that was par for the course in the Athletic Criminals Conference.

That said, I’m actually surprised that the weekend stipend was only $30 for guys that would vacuum up meat and potatoes like a Kirby picks up dust mice – you’d think they’d at least have meal privliges at the campus cafeteria.

Yeah they could play, but a lot of teams could/can play w/o being total dicks. WOOO I MADE A FIRST DOWN LET ME TAKE MY HELMET OFF AND LET’S HAVE HALF THE BENCH COME ON THE FIELD TO CELEBRATE!!

Please tell me they have Winslow, Jr. hosting this thing so we can tie the whole soldiers angle together on Saturday.

You know who often held the bounty money? THE TEAM PRIEST. Da U, bitches.

I think some of you are missing the effects of inflation on the $30 for weekend meal money. $30 in 1985 would have had the equivalent buying power of about $60 today. You can buy a dozen “Go Large” Big Mac meals for $60.

No joke, I bought 5 KC Strip steaks at Sam’s on Sunday for… $30. Big uns too. Granted, UM players probably are in an exclusive club like Sam’s (sic), but, as SC_Eer points out, 30 bucks in ‘85 is how many today? If it’s 60, then you could very likely get 4 sirloins and a sack of potatoes at the grocer for less. Just sayin’.

Anyway, a booster can host players to his/her home for a meal these days. If true back in the day, why didn’t Luther just have all the boys over once a week for dinner?

@ 18 – "a dozen "Go Large" Big Mac meals "

The thought of that makes me gag. Not that 20 yr old kids from “da hood” are all that concerned about good nutrition and eating wholesome food…

I agree with MikeLew. Army v Navy is a great game. I watch it every year. Like other people said though, who hates UCLA?

@ 14 – ColoBama

To be fair, they were an D-I Independent during the heyday.

As for the show: how can you not enjoy Luther Campbell? The man’s gone so far down that he’s circumnavigated back to the top. Here he is, on national television no less, essentially admitting to giving players cash. BCS be damned — let’s have Luke pick the teams.

I guess it’s hard to argue against the entertainment value and none of that is really news. The NCAA is one of the world’s biggest – if not biggest – eunuchs.

That defense of “if they don’t get the money they’re gonna steal what they want from someone else” is such a total crock of b.s.

The sooner the oceans rise and float Miami outta memory, the better.

Dan Le Batard is on Sports Guy’s podcast today to promote the film. Tells some great stories (second half is all about basketball and Tiger tho), including the bit about the Priest being the money holder and Luther Campbell’s Supreme Court case.

@22 you mean “Purple Rain: The Musical” didn’t pan out?

I was in attendance when Lamar Thomas ran back a punt against Arizona and did the Nestea Plunge into the end zone. It wasn’t the 80s, but still…awesome.

That guy’s got the best shit-eating grin I’ve seen all year.

lamar thomas… now why do i have the feeling i’ve heard that name somewhere before…?

Luther Campbell in that clip…damn. The Chesire Cat could take some lessons from that man. I don’t like the U, and the idea that their only options were getting paid for football or stealing is absurd, but fuck the NCAA. I like a good villain.

@14:

An Alabama fan calling out an entire conference for being criminals is fucking hilarious. Stones in glass houses and what not.

Schnellenberger. Yes, oh yes…

All you need to know about tha U is that Jimmy Johnson & Jerry Jones roomed together when they played at UPig. Birds of a feather flock together.

As a lifelong fan of Miami (FL), I am too excited for this documentary tonight and the smugness of Uncle Luke is pure comedy in and of itself. Without villains, there would be no heroes and outside Palm Beach County, I don’t think there was a bigger villain in 80s college football than The U and I loved every minute of it.

For those of you giving the Army Navy game some love, thank you. Being prior service I watch this game every year and wish nothing but the best to all those kids. They deserve a few minutes in the spotlight and I am glad they get the last regular season game.

Does anyone else miss last year’s ‘Army of One’ unis? I thought they were pretty slick, myself.

“What has UCLA actually done in football that would inspire hate?”

THOSE GOD DAMN POWDER BLUE UNIFORMS

wait what?!

They edited the Ass kicking in 1993 by the Tide in the Sugar Bowl and they glossed over Davis’s NC run