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SO BEHIND: THE LIST OF EDSBS ESSENTIALS TO GET BEFORE THURSDAY.

Every year the S.S. EDSBS sets sail for the college football season and inevitably forgets half of its gear on the dock. We inevitably have to buy half of it back later at exorbitant prices from local fences, and then curse our lack of planning and general ineptitude. This year is no exception, but here's what has made its way onto the boat for 2010.

SOME CHEAPASS AIRLINE TICKETS. Unless you live in Atlanta, Nashville, or some other very centrally located place, a cheapass airline is well worth developing a cuddly relationship with over the next three months, especially for those souls who elected to become Pac-10 or Big 12 fans. Your love is continental, and most likely requires an airline better than, you know, Continental. 

For ATLiens Airtran is your best cheapass airways option, especially since the option of Southwest remains the dreamiest of pipe dreams and the Big Bus in the sky can be fairly nice with the cheap business upgrades, etc. They tend to do a lot of the little things other airlines don't do, as well, like clean the rotting human corpses out of the aisles. We're not mentioning any airlines that leave their planes filthy in particular, but if we were we would mention American because they really do leave human corpses to rot in the aisles. 

A LAP DESK. For laptop freaks who will watch the game with the computer open on the lap--all the better to see ESPN 3 on there, and thus add a third or perhaps fourth game running in your living room footballosphere all at once. Save your genitals the displeasing sensation of being hotboxed by a fiery laptop battery by buying one, and don't feel the need to blow money on one, either. Ours cost 15 bucks at a Barnes and Noble, and the jumblies have been grateful for the purchase ever since. (A pillow can do in a pinch, but a hot bastard like ourselves sweats the minute we put on pants.) 

DVR. There is no excuse, since DVR comes standard on almost every basic cable box now.  

A REALLY NICE SET OF WINE GLASSES AND A FEW BEER MUGS. Because you'll break them by the end of the season, most likely in "accidents." Some of those "accidents" might "coincide" with "70 yard TD runs allowed late in close games." Pure coincidence, we assure you. 

QUALITY RAIN GEAR OF SOME SORT. Your climate might vary, but wherever you are at one point it will rain. The best investment we made two years ago was buying rain gear you could ball up in a pocket, which then has kept us from being completely miserable 

GEEK NINJA PRO SENSEI TIP: BitTorrent. Shhh. It doesn't exist, and you certainly can't find every game and its footage on the internet using it, not to mention whole seasons' worth of games from season stretching back decades into the historical football record. 

FOR THE EXERCISE COMPULSIVE: Seriously, we rigged up a FitDesk to a bike on a trainer, and it only sort of sucks. As long as you're not three beers or over into the day, it's a way to hate yourself ever-so-slightly less for not moving. After that, however, you're simply asking to suffer the indignity of a bicycle crash in the confines of your living room, and that is so much worse in reality than it sounds in theory. 

Please leave your own suggestions below, since our list is necessarily incomplete. 

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Bullhorn

Who doesn’t need a bullhorn?

by Brian_K on Aug 30, 2010 3:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Vuvuzelas?

The SEC cain’t arrest us all!

Excuse my language, ma'am, but that damn Dodd's gonna beat my butt today. -- Bear Bryant, November 1962

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by Jason Kirk on Aug 30, 2010 3:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Vuvuzela app on your phone?

by hobe g8r on Aug 30, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

BZZZZZZZZ BZZ BZZZZZZZZZZZZ BBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

by vineyarddawg on Aug 30, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bubba Sparxx Approves

"It’s not Disneyland, people. Get the hell out of the way." NYC Firefighter

by jokastrength on Aug 30, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

some kind of flash video downloader

like this one. to get a hard drive copy of that youtube vid that’s going to disappear 20 seconds after you watch it.

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by kleph on Aug 30, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Kleenex.....

lots and lots of Kleenex. Because watching your team blow a 4th quarter lead is one of the few situations in which real men are allowed to weep (but only in the comforts of your own home – if you cry at a sports bar, you are fair game for ridicule)

by Spartan D on Aug 30, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Cheer up

MSU can’t blow THAT many 4th quarter leads this year. I’m saying 3 or 4 tops.

What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?

by inVINCEable on Aug 30, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kleenex?

Hmmm, I seem to have a pretty healthy (slightly used) stack right here?

"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero

by Stuck in the Plains on Aug 30, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

In my experience

you’re going to need something a little more absorbent than Kleenex.

Brian Kelly says no commercial interruption.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Aug 30, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

You forgot

1. Brown Likka.
2. A nice brown likka dispenser.
3. Ice*

*optional

by ESS EEE SEE Speed on Aug 30, 2010 4:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Coolant.

To keep your robotic death coach from suffering sudden mechanical meltdown.

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

by cantcatchuf on Aug 30, 2010 4:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Playmate cooler

to sit next to the couch. It’s the perfect size for a 12-pack, or it holds enough ice for all of your mixed drinks for the afternoon….I only get up to use the bathroom.

by five point stance on Aug 30, 2010 4:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Why get up at all?

/hummingbirds? I dunno. First one that came up on GIS.

by Rich_ on Aug 30, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

For the truely classless

We’re talkin’ about people who piss into empties in their own living room!

by SC-Gator on Aug 30, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

I mean it is closer than the sink.

"It’s not Disneyland, people. Get the hell out of the way." NYC Firefighter

by jokastrength on Aug 30, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sarcasm.

It’s wonderful – get some.

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Aug 30, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Chump

Toilets don’t have to go in the Bathroom only. I tried bringing the TV into the bathroom, but the toilet in the living room just works better for me.

What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?

by inVINCEable on Aug 30, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

I would say xbox...

…if it weren’t for the fact that it won’t be till November that ESPN3 is available on the console. /SMASHSMASHWANTNOW!!

I swear to Pat Dye's pants I will make Trudy Campbell my wife!

by Oscar Whiskey on Aug 30, 2010 4:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Depends.

Works for home and away games. Works well with pleated pants.

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by BurritoBrosShits on Aug 30, 2010 4:05 PM EDT reply actions  

…and bat-shit crazy lady astronauts

by Billy Sims' Fro on Aug 30, 2010 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

You forgot Bacon. Everything is better with Bacon.

by Board Certified Scrotologist on Aug 30, 2010 4:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Slingbox

and the Slingbox iPhone or Android App for the inevitable family gathering that’s going to interfere with a must-see game.

by ESS EEE SEE Speed on Aug 30, 2010 4:08 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

+1

Slingbox has been around for a looong time; how are these not more popular?!? Love mine.

Let's hang half a hundred on 'em and enjoy the second half.

by Uncle Earmuffs on Aug 30, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

the people I know who get the most use out of them

are exchange students and military personnel.

Most people will just buy the _ package to get the games they want rather than use the box.

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by Boozy McHound on Aug 31, 2010 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

delay play radio

Or some such to sync Larry… err… Scott Howard or whomever to the tv & avoid the Mike Patrick Monster.

not drunk, just overserved

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Aug 30, 2010 4:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

yep, agreed.

I usually end up buffering both my radio/web stream AND the video via Tivo, to get A/V synced.

by Rich_ on Aug 30, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

My problem is that audio is ahead of TV, so tivo does little good here.

not drunk, just overserved

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Aug 31, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

For those friendly rivalry games

when you invite opposing fans to a party, you always need a nice campfire so……

you can throw that bitch into the fire.

by hobe g8r on Aug 30, 2010 4:11 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Goody’s headache powder.. the anti-headache ninja

by bambakophobia on Aug 30, 2010 4:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Campus Wireless Internet Username/Password

Because your school, while charmingly located in a small town, has the charming quality of only having two cell phone towers and there’s only so much 3G bandwidth to go around as you furiously check ESPN’s Mobile app for other score updates.

I’ve found internet access can be had for the low, low price of an 18-holer of Bud Light.

I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.

by boddagettaflyer on Aug 30, 2010 4:13 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Ingenious and good value for money.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Aug 30, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Excellent advice.

Wish I had an iPhone last year with wi-fi. Hey, YOU try checking scores while 60,000 people in the Grove are texting/tweeting/twating at the same time.

Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?

by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Aug 30, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

EZ-Up brand 10' by 10' tent

because we evolved from all of that pole/canvas nonsense YEARS ago. As Orson will attest, you can setup a pretty good field mess with just 4 or 5 of them and some leftover FEMA tarps for walls.

also, coleman propane canister grill (reliable to the core) and recent generation quiet generator (honda or knock-off) because it stops the migraines from starBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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by PodKATT on Aug 30, 2010 4:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Got this for my 2 year old son's birthday in July...

Can’t wait to watch games with him this year.

Also, the beer belly is a must for games at the Shoe…

It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.

by devidee33 on Aug 30, 2010 4:15 PM EDT reply actions  

I've actually worn a Camelbak under my shirt.

It just looks like you have kyphosis.

I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.

by boddagettaflyer on Aug 30, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Once got the bra flask thing for a girlfriend

she liked it

should’ve known then that she was a whore

didn’t work out

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by Old South on Aug 30, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

She wore a bra flask and is a whore?

Bro, it totally worked out!

It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.

by devidee33 on Aug 30, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

You sound a bit like Rich Brooks here.

by softbatch on Aug 30, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

I would be afraid...

that the FitDesk would somehow tilt forward, gain traction, and send me headfirst into my flatscreen while I am trying grab my beer while riding…..

THE EDGE– there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

— Hunter S. Thompson

by mrpelicanpants on Aug 30, 2010 4:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Have no fear!


I have a FitDesk and it really makes it easy to watch the games, read this blog, exercise, maybe even a little web shopping, etc…
I LOVE FITDESK
exercise with my laptop… Mayo Clinic loves it too!

by 1stthings1st on Aug 31, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

Pedialyte. Because noon gets here in a hurry.

I don’t know how the hell you West Coast people do it with games starting at almost sunrise.

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by Jamie DeVriend on Aug 30, 2010 4:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Step 1: Set alarm for 9 am
Step 2: Flip on football from the comfort of my bed.

by ESS EEE SEE Speed on Aug 30, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Here is how it goes;

1. Sunrise shotgun = because you’re right, games start at nearly sunrise, stop pretending get up at sunrise and shotgun a Dag-gum beer.
2. Old-school Nintendo + Tecmo Bowl = because Game Day is on, and I don’t want my eyes to bleed.
3. Then watch the first game.
4. Rotate between water and beer after the first game, before kick off of the second.
5. Second game.
6. Third ga……………………………………….
7. Sunday mid-morning

Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 30, 2010 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

If I weren't an expat Cuse fan

… I’d just say if it ain’t the Pac 10, it doesn’t matter and sleep in. Instead, I have to get up early to hook my laptop up to the Internet to watch the Orange lose (when does basketball season start?).

by drothgery on Aug 30, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Buck up man, it'll get better

Just not any time soon I’m afraid.

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

by MtnEer_in_SC on Aug 31, 2010 3:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Just imagine the people who get up for Gameday.

by GBB4188 on Aug 30, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

chicken suit.

i have now seen these at locales stretching from psu games to a gwar mosh pit.

it just feels and looks right.

also, never mess with a guy wearing a chicken suit at a gwar concert. bad juju, man.

Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance

by psudrozz on Aug 30, 2010 4:31 PM EDT reply actions  

I just blue myself

"When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!"
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by Warrior Brad on Aug 30, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Almost definitely.

Brian Kelly says no commercial interruption.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Aug 31, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yep, need to bust mine out sometime this year.

Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 30, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

I see your Banana suit and raise you a red hot chili pepper

http://www.dees-fancydress.co.uk/catalog/images/7101.jpg

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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Aug 30, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

AW SH!T ITS ON NOW

Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance

by psudrozz on Aug 30, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

BitTorrent.

A word about this please.

Are you going to get insane viruses or have all your personal/creditcard information ripped from you if you use this?

by RynoRedhawk on Aug 30, 2010 4:37 PM EDT reply actions  

I've found

the more geeky you go in computer technology, the safer you are. With some caution about looking at file sizes, there should be few issues with BitTorrent. I suggest Azureus if you are new to torrents.

What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?

by inVINCEable on Aug 30, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

I jumped right in with µTorrent

by Synaesthesia on Aug 30, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nope, if you join the right forum, you should be all right.
Anyone use anything besides Ten Yard Torrents? There aren’t any invites left into the tracker and Gator Torrents is down.

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by BurritoBrosShits on Aug 30, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Anyone know why Gator Torrents went down? That place was amazing. I was always too drunk to remember the 4th quarter.

by Riley Cooper's Mane on Aug 30, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Much like everything on the Internet, the best anti-virus is just being smart. For example, if you look in the list of files contained in the torrent, and they don’t end in extensions that you’d expect to find (acceptable video files would be like .mkv, .ogm, .mp4, .avi, .mpg, .wmv, etc), or they have executable files in them (files with these extensions: http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/fileextview.htm), then you might want to think twice about it

by Synaesthesia on Aug 30, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

With some minimal cyber-awareness you should be 99.9% safe. Most torrent download will have a comment thread attached, check that to see if anyone has had problems. Check the types of files that you’re getting and also whether the file sizes make sense. Video is typically going to come in multiples of 700MB (for burning to CDs) or somewhere around 4-5GB for a DVD.

If you’re exceptionally worried you can do a simple google search of filenames, if they’re bad you’ll get some hits from AV sites.

by GBB4188 on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

the things you learn on the internet...

and here I thought bit torrent and other such sites were only for finding legal and less than legal music and movie downloads and pron. who knew?

by AllWhoYonder on Aug 30, 2010 4:41 PM EDT reply actions  

You might also want to consider Veoh.com

It’s not a torrent, so you don’t have to worry about seeding. It’s a very legit site, well-rated by cnet.com. If you register you get unlimited upload space, time and bandwidth, and other registered members can download your files.

You have to download the browser plugin to watch full length videos, otherwise you only get 5 minute previews. However, the plugin is no worse than Flash, Adobe, etc. If you watch online you get ads, but since you can download the file you only have to suffer them once.

I just tested it out by uploading a 1.43G, 3 1/2 hour long .wmv file of the 2005 WVU-Louisville tilt, and there have been no complaints from the WVU faithful.

Give it a look-see.

by An 'eer with a beer on Aug 30, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

If it can be digitized there’s a very good chance it’s been torrented somewhere.

by GBB4188 on Aug 30, 2010 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bungee cords.

I think I’ve needed one more bungee cord pretty much every time I’ve packed up the tailgate.

Also, everyone should own a copy of George Jones’ greatest hits for those games where you drink waaaay too much brown liquor and end up angry and sulking in a room by yourself. In those moments, you need George.

Pig Pen this here's Rubber Duck, and I'm about to put the hammer down.

by JimHalpert on Aug 30, 2010 4:44 PM EDT reply actions  

....Johnny Cash LIVE! from Folsom Prison....

except it makes you wanna do more drugs and drive a tractor into a lake.

THE EDGE– there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

— Hunter S. Thompson

by mrpelicanpants on Aug 30, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Signed papers from your friends and loved ones

Explicit acknowlegement from them that you cannot be reached for comment or favor from the time your team kicks off until the time the final kneeldown is taken.

by CincySooner on Aug 30, 2010 4:51 PM EDT reply actions  

My phone doesnt work during games. dont know why.

Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.

by gtne91 on Aug 30, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

For some reason, every year, someone forgets that I’m off the map for three hours every saturday. They forget that I will not help them move. I will not go to their barbeque. I will not go to the club.

For some reason, “The OU game is on. I’ll catch up with you when it’s over.”, is insufficient reasoning for them.

by CincySooner on Aug 30, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

It took a few years of training,

but I think Mrs. Rev gets that the Husker game = Do Not Disturb. This year, my oldest daughter is 3 1/2 – just about old enough for serious indoctrination.

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Aug 30, 2010 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

beware unexpected results

My children are so television deprived that watching football with their father seemed like a good idea for all parties… until my older daughter turned to me one day and said that she wanted to be a Song Girl. I told her she can go to Vassar like her mother and grandmother because SC is now shut.

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by DC Trojan on Aug 30, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

A few years? You got lucky.

Mrs. MtnEer and I have been together 19 years. Up until about four years ago she still thought game time was a good time to start a ‘meaningful conversation’.

Then a friend gave me a a door knob placard that reads “SHHHHHH WVU GAME DAY”. I would hand it to her when she would start talking about anything other than the game. Now it’s maybe a 50-50 proposition if I have to use the placard.

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

by MtnEer_in_SC on Aug 31, 2010 3:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

The Placard

Is golden. Respect the Placard, or face the consequences.

Thankfully Mrs. blanx is even more rabid a Wolverine fan than I am. We tried, once, to watch an away game with friends. One of the other wives/girlfriends tried to talk to Mrs. blanx about something else. Never taking her eyes from the TV, my beloved said, “Shut up, I’m trying to watch the game. Don’t make me kick your ass during a commercial break.”

Love that woman.

by blanx73 on Aug 31, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ain't marrying up great?

Never, EVER let that woman go.

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Aug 31, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

Even I'm not that dumb

I found someone who will put up with my shit- the pool of people who will do so is LIMITED.

by blanx73 on Aug 31, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

I feel ya.

not drunk, just overserved

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Aug 31, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's just Cincinnati I think

I mean, you’re talking about a fairly big city and a fairly big school, with a stadium that sits 35k. And the record attendance (at least prior to the last couple years) was for a regular season high school football game.

Go North or South for an hour and a half and college football weighs much more on everyone’s minds.

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by Old South on Aug 31, 2010 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Agreed

No ever tried to pull that crap in Oklahoma.

by CincySooner on Aug 31, 2010 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

Stock in Brown-Forman Incorporated

What about Beam Global? They public?

Passing? Who needs passing?

by RamblinWreck007 on Aug 30, 2010 4:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

BitTorrent

Where exactly do you find entire seasons worth of football games online using torrents? I’ve looked for quite some time and have never been able to find a universal site specifically for college football.

by GoHerd on Aug 30, 2010 4:52 PM EDT reply actions  

For the winter games where it gets cold

A set of good, snug thermal underwear and socks. I have found that both are crucial to being comfortable for that night game or rainy & 25 degrees with wind chill day game along with standard layers and decent gloves.

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by John Fischer on Aug 30, 2010 4:59 PM EDT reply actions  

or Leggs stockings/nohomo

THE EDGE– there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

— Hunter S. Thompson

by mrpelicanpants on Aug 30, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Word to the wise: if you’re using torrents, you better at least make sure the torrent tracker is private (i.e. you sign up and log in to it). PeerGuardian works for stuff like direct file sharing, newsgroups, etc., but it doesn’t prevent someone from querying the tracker to see which IP addresses are connected to it. All the entities involved in broadcasting college (and pro) football have more than enough spare time and money to drop the hammer on your ass if they find you.

by Synaesthesia on Aug 30, 2010 5:00 PM EDT reply actions  

pre-GameDay and post-sunset music/mixes

I won’t list actual artists since we all have our own favorites, be they honestly adored, semi-ironic, full-on ironic, or even ridiculously JockJammed. Maybe you just play the standard beach-party mix, maybe a bunch of that New Mildness from the 90s, or even just that one song played 10 or 12 times in a row, that is completely apropos of nothing but totally reminds you of a blindingly beautiful fall day on your campus, way back then.

by Rich_ on Aug 30, 2010 5:00 PM EDT reply actions  

If it's fucking Jimmy Buffett

It’s probably getting paid in X…. or M’ville merch.

by Rich_ on Aug 30, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

this

Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance

by psudrozz on Aug 30, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Widespread Panic? Phish? what the hell is this, Austin?

THE EDGE– there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

— Hunter S. Thompson

by mrpelicanpants on Aug 30, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

We only listen to Trepalium

Brutal Jazzy Circus Metal, motherfucker. It’s like Cirque du Soleil for your earholes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgvDR-Gb_M

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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Aug 30, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

ah, music.

For getting ready in the morning, there’s the Redcoats, especially Glory Dixieland. Then for the journey out U.S. 78 east, there’s Reckoning, Life’s Rich Pageant, Murmur, Fables, No. 5 … aaaaaand hit shuffle. They totally remind me of every blindingly beautiful day on my campus, way back then.

by NCT on Aug 30, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

SEC ON CBS THEME

OVER
AND OVER
AND OVER
AND OVER

DUH NUH NUH NUH DUH NUH NUH NUH NUH

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by Old South on Aug 30, 2010 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

you just said “always faithfull terrible lizard”

Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance

by psudrozz on Aug 30, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Two things

Beernoculars

1 case of pedialite

"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"

by psuphiman80 on Aug 30, 2010 6:46 PM EDT reply actions  

rain?

this is not a problem in Tiger Stadium
 
/Dan Borne’d
//John Ed Bradley’d
///homer’d

by haveagreatday on Aug 30, 2010 6:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Dan Borne

Most accurate weatherman ON THE PLANET.

I heard they offered him Jim Cantore’s old gig, but he said he had more important work to do…

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by PodKATT on Aug 30, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

For those transplants

As an SEC transplant in Big12-2 country, I have to start off the year with a comprehensive list of radio stations that will broadcast the game online. Also, a subscription to any and all sites that will broadcast the game live (preferable to radio, but really, who’s going to show Auburn vs. Arkansas State. Oh, wait, FSN SOUTH WHICH I CAN’T FREAKING GET IN MISSOURI GODDAMNITSOMUCH!!!!!!!)

by SEC Supremacist on Aug 30, 2010 7:21 PM EDT reply actions  

ESPN Gameplan in 4 easy payments gets you all SEC games (even some PPV’s).

by Jim Grizzle on Aug 30, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

A 12 week supply...

…of chicken wings, hot sauce and Keystone Light. Gotta love the 30 pack of ’stones

by PluckandGrit on Aug 30, 2010 7:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Like this?

Compliments of Miss Holly.

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

by MtnEer_in_SC on Aug 31, 2010 3:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

I see you Baconnaise

and raise you Bacon Explosion.

"It’s not Disneyland, people. Get the hell out of the way." NYC Firefighter

by jokastrength on Aug 31, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

I see your Bacon Explosion

and raise you……

/sound of bacon frying
//you win
///but i get bacon now

"Nice coat! Who shot the couch?"

by CoastalCowbell on Aug 31, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Bacon Machine?

Oh, if only…

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Aug 31, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Nah.

just good ol’ thick cut pig. yes, that slab in the back left is bacon. Conecuh products are vurra nice.

"Nice coat! Who shot the couch?"

by CoastalCowbell on Aug 31, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

Your Lucky ____________________________.

Hat, shirt, meal, drink, what have you. Whatever it is that, if you don’t wear/eat/do/smoke it, your team will lose. Guaranteed.

I wore the same boxers (washed) for every Nebraska game from the 1994 opener until they lost to Arizona State in 1996. Then I burned them, ceremoniously, and scattered the ashes on the Memorial Stadium turf at the next band practice.*

*or possibly in the parking lot behind our house. Memory from that weekend is a bit patchy.

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Aug 30, 2010 10:04 PM EDT reply actions  

The Atomic Upset Shirt.

To be used only in the most extreme circumstances, wearing of the green Atomic Upset Shirt guarantees that at least one top-5 team will lose, but it also brings a 75% chance of a Notre Dame loss.

The Atomic Upset Shirt is currently buried deep in the basement.

Brian Kelly says no commercial interruption.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Aug 31, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

Two Words...

TOILET PAPER…

There’s no tellin’ when that case of IBS will decide to show up and now better way to handle it than with some good two-ply tp that won’t scratch your ass.

by Terry Bowden's Shoe Lifts on Aug 31, 2010 9:59 AM EDT reply actions  

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