THE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/19/2010
by Spencer Hall on Feb 19, 2010 10:20 AM EST
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PrintBECAUSE MGMT GOES WELL WITH PATERNO. Because it's Friday, and we're in the mood for a little '98 Citrus Bowl.
Fred Taylor ran the ball 43 times for 234 yards in that game, because Spurrier was just feeling cheeky and wanted to out Big Ten a Big Ten team, and because he was going through deep trust issues with his quarterbacks, something that took years of therapy to overcome before he became open to love and life again with the hot touch of Rex Grossman's hands. The two coaches had a bet that the winner of the game got to make the other wear their signature gear after the game; thus Spurrier immediately slapping a visor on Paterno's head post-game, something Paterno laughs off as soon as he sees it coming. #letsallcuddle
SOMETIMES A SUSPENSION IS MERELY A SUSPENSION DESTROYING REPORTER WITH LASER EYES. Robby Green is suspended due to "a violation of team rules," and that's all Nick Saban is telling you. Now sit still. If you feel a burning sensation, just go with it. Flames? We don't see flames. Requisite comments about Green's role in a defensive backfield that lost seven players this offseason go here.
EMMANUEL MOODY HAS BEEN IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL SINCE 1993. And is this year's candidate for "Player You Didn't Know Was Still In College." Moody, the USC transfer to Florida who is going to bust out any minute now, seriously, any minute now, is now reunited with Stan Drayton, his former coach who says the back has "grown a little hair on his chest." Which he should have now, since he's 32 and should have at least a few settlers sprouting there by now.
HE AND RYAN MALLETT WILL DRINK SMOOTHIES AND SCRAPBOOK. Josh Nesbitt also gets an excuse from the Random Injury Fairy to miss spring practice, undergoing what is described as "minor ankle surgery." If Paul Johnson is calling it "minor ankle surgery," Nesbitt has had his foot amputated, and will have it replaced with a bionic limb in time for Tech's fall practices.
MYRON ROLLE IS AT OXFORD TAKING ASS AND GETTING NAMES. Myron Rolle, Wright Thompson, and Oxford. We'd love to say the idea of a man from Florida State in an ascot would have us ROTFLOAO for a good ten minutes or so, but the motherfucker looks good with the neck-tongue look. Plus, he's winless against Florida, so no hard feelings. If you are in the Oxford dining hall, and are currently a student gawking at the brilliant and musclebound gentleman making the spindly Europeans look like underfed weaklings, throw something to him and ask him to catch it, and you'll suddenly feel a bit better about yourself. (But just a bit: an inability to catch things is his only weakness.)
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That's why Myron is a DB
If he could catch, he would be on offense.
Paul Johnson subscibes to my theory of surgery. Minor surgery is when it is performed on others. It is major when it applies to us.
by Crabapple Buck on Feb 19, 2010 10:40 AM EST reply actions
He's amazing
But not unique- one of the chief considerations in the interview process for the Rhodes is athletic accomplishment and leadership. It’s in the original charter for the program.
ESPN got a lot of things wrong here. Not saying he’s not an incredible scholar and athlete- but a great majority of the Rhodes scholars played sports in college. It’s one of the reasons my old school has so many of them- about half the school plays a sport. In addition, the majority of his classes are tutorials, where you get ripped a new one every week anyway, so he’s probably used to it by now. Also, he’s probably staying in Rhodes’ house most of the time, the college you are assigned to is little more than a formality after undergraduate at Oxford. And Iffley road sports complex? Some of the best athletes in the world train there- In particular a few guys from England’s national rugby team, and most of England’s rowers. It’s not even the best facility in Oxford- that’s probably St. John’s or St. Ed’s grounds (the independent school, not the college). It sounds romantic to act like he’s the best athlete in the town, but it’s patently false. World cup winners in both Rugby and Soccer (out of deference to the site- and they’re not english either) live in the city.
I’ve spent a lot of time in Oxford, and am somewhat familiar with the Rhodes process, and the article sacrifices facts in pursuit of romanticism. It somehow manages to underplay that he is in one of the most academically rigorous programs in the world, and act like it’s all a lark. Seems somewhat disrespectful, really.
I don't know.
An article should be able to focus on something other than the Rhodes process without downplaying or being disrespectful of it. This article doesn’t seem to intend to highlight the school or all of the really smart, talented people within it. Instead, it seems designed to highlight one person and some of the unique challenges that come with his level of achievement.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Feb 19, 2010 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Jesse
Jesse F-ing Jackson leeches on again… What on earth could brilliant, wise and athletic Rolle learn from that extortion artist/adulterer/dead beat daddy? What are the odds the Jesse and/or Sharpton show up to “counsel” Tiger too?
SOS and JoePa
I remember that ’98 bowl, starting with the banner Tennessee boosters hired to have towed behind a plane (UT welcomes UF to the Citrus Bowl). Game was played in about a four-club wind. For all the carries and yards that Freddie had, he had zero touchdowns, and the defense saved the day with a pair of goal line stands. Game was a damn sight closer than the score indicated. SOS and [Name Redacted] started losing to Big Ten teams after that.
... beware the anger of the legions
Joe looks great - hard to believe that was 12 years ago.
The Adam Taliaferro injury, the 4 losing seasons and (I guess) his seventies really seem to have taken a lot out of JoePa.
Now he merely looks like a man in his 50’s who has had a tough life.
Emmanuel Moody has nothing on Mitch Mustain
His matriculation seems to be nearing NCAA investigation-type lengths, and he’s eligible through 2011.
Gotta love the guys who somehow get 12 years of eligibility out of the NCAA.
I don’t bother to learn Pitt’s quarterbacks’ names anymore; they’re all Tyler Fucking Palko.
Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 19, 2010 10:57 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
The most impressive thing about the ascot
is that, because it’s Myron Rolle, he also raised the worms, harvested the silk, and made it himself, all performed deep under the Atlantic in an environmentally friendly submarine he designed while working out 40 hours a week and banging your girlfriend.
STRONG LIKE BOAR
Damn, he's a busy fellow.
Don’t you just hate people with that kind of insane time management skill?
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 19, 2010 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
1997. Ugh.
PSU lays a gigantic turd in the Battle of the Land Grant Trophy and loses a Sugar Bowl berth. Then RB Curtis Enis who’s responsible for—oh—99.9% of PSU’s offense that year takes a gift with an agent and is declared ineligible for the Citrus Bowl. The o-staff decides to pull out the ’79 Alabama goal line offense and ends up with zero points in two drives inside the 5-yard line.
Ugly game
Yeah, if that game wasn’t the Hallmark of Paterno’s stubbornness, I don’t know what is.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
JoePa
Ironic that you post this video today…
It was 44 years agao today that JoePa was hired as Penn State head coach
http://daddyssugarball.com/2010/02/19/today-in-central-pa-sports-history—1966.aspx
by DSB_MaxPower on Feb 19, 2010 12:07 PM EST reply actions
The 1997 and 1998
Florida teams were two of the most talented Gator squads in Spurrier’s tenure. They did not win an SEC championship in either year, but they were deeper in my opinion than the 1995 and 1996 teams. I remember when they walked into Bryan Dennehy Stadium in 1998. They had a presence like you wouldn’t believe.
(In the voice of Bruno) Spencer…Spencer…Spencer?
www.totteringworld.com
Not to be out done by...
Wilford Brimley Stadium sponsored by Splenda and the American “Diabeatis” Association
by NittanyJackets on Feb 19, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
They renamed that one.
It’s now Diabeetus Field at Liberty Medical Stadium.
Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 19, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Should've been a farmer
I love pigs and chickens. Should’ve been a farmer. My mama urged me to get out of this game years ago and I meant to but she died.
www.totteringworld.com
After it was burned to the ground,
It was named Rambo Stadium, John J.
by mrpelicanpants on Feb 19, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
I was a 12 year old at the 1998 Citrus Bowl
It was my first college football game. And I think I fell asleep from the lull of Fred Taylor getting hand off after hand off. How I ever stayed a football fan is unknown after that unusual display of anti-Fun n’ Gun.
"The tradition argument is what has-been's use when they've got nothing left currently to brag about. You can drag out all the numbers you want. Those banners in your stadium don't pass, catch or play defense."
-RIP FSU Football
by krempmasterflash on Feb 19, 2010 1:56 PM EST reply actions
This post made me feel old.
I'm Irish. I'm going to have to deal with something being wrong the rest of my life.
by boddagettaflyer on Feb 19, 2010 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
My first CFB game was a Tulsa v. Southern Miss game in 1993.
It was a 30-30 tie .. .and the answer is, "Yes, you can totally be jealous of me now.
Enis, Jurevicius, and 80's glam rock
This video was a bit unfair. Penn State had its two best players — Curtis Enis and Joe Jurevicius — suspended for this game.
Penn State beat LSU in this year’s Cap One Bowl. Penn Staters will celebrate that win for a long time. What we will not to is put the highlights together with some eyeliner-wearing ‘80s band providing the score. LSU fans would make fun of us if we did that. Instead, we will have DMX provide the score with his 2000 hit, "What’s my name?"
As far as Bama not being good on defense...
Go ahead. Place your bets…Bama will be 8-4 with losses to Penn St, LSU, Auburn and Arkansas. Where will we ever get the talent to replace those who have moved on???
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