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THE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/26/2010

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I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT TO. NOW HERE'S THREE DIMES ON McCLUSTER IN THE 40. Say you had this inescapable feeling that the last score of the Super Bowl was going to be a defensive TD, and you've been kicking yourself ever since for not actually putting any money on it. Your redemption is at hand: Sportsbook.com is offering prop bets not only on the 2010 NFL draft but on the combine itself, the hastily guzzled vanilla extract of degenerate football gambling. Convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that Ndamukong Suh can't run a sub-five-second 40? Or that CJ Spiller is certain to do more bench-presses than Jahvid Best? Well, put your money where your mouth is, tough guy. Unless you're content to keep laying sawbucks on dice rolls in the neighbor kids' Monopoly game.

DOES YOUR PROGRAM NEED A GM? This Nebraska columnist seems to think it might, and while he might be just a wee bit glib about the cost considerations at a time when some programs can't even afford to fire their demonstrably underperforming coaches, the idea is at least sensible enough to not be dismissed out of hand.

THE COURT FINDS YOU GUILTY . . . OF LOVING TOO MUCH. A former Iowa City resident will do 30 days in jail for harassing Hawkeye D-lineman Adrian Clayborn. The story is mercilessly stingy on details of what exactly constituted said harassment, but Sports by Brooks seems to indicate that the offender was bursting with stalker-y goodness during last season's Arkansas State game. With red-blooded defender of American honor Ricky Stanzi having Clayborn's back, though, we can't imagine he was ever in any serious danger.

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THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON SOME OF THESE GUYS. I MEAN THAT. Not a whole lot of shocking news in this LSU spring-practice preview, but Les Miles saying "There's not a job that's safe" wins points for irony, at least.

COULD I COACH THESE GUYS TO 8-8? OH, IN A HEARTBEAT. Buffalo Bills head coach Chan "Beige Alert" Gailey has the inside scoop on the Georgia Tech players declaring for this year's NFL draft. He knows their strengths, knows their weaknesses, knows exactly how to make the most of their talents. Hey, better late than never, right? The Chanster's always been deliberate like that.

SO HE'S NOT MAJORING IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, THEN. Football players aren't the only college students who need to stay the hell away from Facebook: A candidate for student-government president at South Florida has been penalized for a photo on his Facebook page depicting him holding a handgun and a bottle of booze. But neither those details nor the disciplinary board's melodramatic condemnations of them are anywhere near as funny as this tidbit: "…Both standing at what appears to be a perimeter fence in Israel. Mr. Cohen’s pants are lowered, and he appears to be 'mooning' the Palestinians on the other side of the fence." That isn't a violation of the cease-fire, is it?

AND THE HEISMAN TROPHY WILL GO TO, OH, LET'S SAY REGGIE BUSH. The kind of boldly insightful prediction we've come to expect from Bleacher Report -- OSU vs. USC for the national title. That's how thorough this guy's 2005 season preview is: It took five whole years to put together.

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The CI up at 0800?

Dude, now you’re just scaring us.

"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke

by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 26, 2010 8:02 AM EST reply actions  

I say bring in Doug full-time and

turn EDSBS into a 24-hour operation. He’ll cover the 1-9am time slot, Orson can handle it to 5pm, and Holly can take the rest.

"In case you're wondering what the offense should look like, that wasn't it." - Urban Meyer

by cantcatchuf on Feb 26, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions  

I saw Thursday's at 10:57 Wednesday night.

Of course, it was gone until the next morning before I could comment on it, but still, this Doug guy is really on top of his game.

All the good parts of our fight song were taken.

by ToStirItRound on Feb 26, 2010 9:46 AM EST up reply actions  

Hey, don't sell ol' Chan short

He’s gonna go 9-7, every year, until he gently toddles off to Boca. BANK IT.

by Golden Hand on Feb 26, 2010 8:23 AM EST reply actions  

If history is any indication...

Chan will only get to nine wins in one of every six seasons. This is true even though the NFL has 4 more games each season than college. That’s just how he rolls.

All the good parts of our fight song were taken.

by ToStirItRound on Feb 26, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions  

You are not familiar with the Gailey Equilibrium

Gailey will got 9-7 in the NFL, just like he went 7-6 in college, because, as Orson pointed out oh so many years ago, he wins 56% of anything he plays.

He could beat Deep Blue in chess 56% of the time.

by gtne91 on Feb 26, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions  

When he plays Risk

Chan Gailey captures exactly 56% of the countries on the board, and then holds them for the rest of the game.

Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 26, 2010 12:51 PM EST up reply actions  

I suppose I could get behind that kind of logic

But only if he starts out really strong every year, get’s way overrated, and then loses the last few games to restore equilibrium.

All the good parts of our fight song were taken.

by ToStirItRound on Feb 26, 2010 5:04 PM EST up reply actions  

I saw Thursday's at 10:57 Wednesday night.

Of course, it was gone until the next morning before I could comment on it, but still, this Doug guy is really on top of his game.

All the good parts of our fight song were taken.

by ToStirItRound on Feb 26, 2010 9:45 AM EST up reply actions  

Ignore this.

The commenting system appears to be freaking out on me. Apparently when I comment on a page, all subsequent comments made without refreshing the page will appear in the same place in the hierarchy. Also, when I click on the “actions” button hoping desperately that there will be an option to either delete or edit, the button just disappears.

All the good parts of our fight song were taken.

by ToStirItRound on Feb 26, 2010 9:51 AM EST up reply actions  

“…Both standing at what appears to be a perimeter fence in Israel. Mr. Cohen’s pants are lowered, and he appears to be ‘mooning’ the Palestinians on the other side of the fence.” That isn’t a violation of the cease-fire, is it?"

Only if he’s been to the Tel Aviv Taco Bell.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me rather than a frontal lobotomy. - Waits

by RanchyBalls on Feb 26, 2010 9:34 AM EST reply actions  

If USC played in the national championship next year...

Tennessee would declare war on California. A real shooting war – guns, bombs, carefully coordinated armored offensives, the such. Between Cali’s financial woes precluding hiring of mercenaries and Tennessee’s guns-per-capita ratio, I don’t think it’d really be a fight.

I will pity Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona for having to suffer the ravages of an army of angry hillbillies tearing across their land.

"In case you're wondering what the offense should look like, that wasn't it." - Urban Meyer

by cantcatchuf on Feb 26, 2010 9:47 AM EST reply actions  

Colorado, Utah, NM and AZ

While Tex, Ark and Ok might be used to the sort of deranged lunacy that’d be tearing through their region the folks of the 4 corners would be in for an old school southern treat as them Vols bombarder their lands with “y’alls”, “you ain’t got grits”, “we’re fixinta”.

Sign me up for front row seats to Cali-Tenn battle. Gangs of LA vs Hillbillies.

Yeah BoYeeEEeeE

by InTheBleachers on Feb 26, 2010 10:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Hillbillies know how to aim

and don’t hold their “gats” sideways.

by HawkeyeRecon on Feb 26, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions  

As usual, Bleacher Report is on the money.

Soon they’ll predict that Purdue will challenge for the Big Ten title, and that da U really is going to be back this year. No, but seriously. This Coker guy is really good.

Also, if I were running a major D-IA football program, I would honestly consider prohibiting my players from being on Facebook. Nothing good comes from that site.

Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Feb 26, 2010 10:08 AM EST reply actions  

Ask Cap'n Leach how forbidding Facebook worked out for him

On the other hand, he’s gonna get at least 50 cents on the dollar of his contract and he’s now hanging in Key West instead of Lubbock. Perhaps it’s not such a bad idea. Paul Wulff of Wazoo should jump on the idea.

by Albino Tornado on Feb 26, 2010 11:34 AM EST up reply actions  

Let's just say...

there are some gamblers out there who could lay a large sum of money on a combine speed bet and those same gamblers could get in contact with rock solid number one draft pick and convince him to run just a tad slower than normal at the combine, in exchange for few bucks. Would that be wrong? Out of the question? All hypothetical, of course as there is no illegal gambling on college sports or football in general.

by A Mike on Feb 26, 2010 10:35 AM EST reply actions  

depicting him holding a handgun and a bottle of booze.

Just another Saturday night.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Feb 26, 2010 11:28 AM EST reply actions  

Damn Clark...

Last time I saw a beating like that, someone stuck a banana down my pants and turned a monkey loose.

by heyberto on Feb 26, 2010 12:46 PM EST reply actions  

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