FULMER CUPDATE: UCONN GETS FIRSTS
EmailBrian, in his fifth year tending the Fulmer Cup Big Board, still wakes up every morning and begins the day by reeling his gigantic, Reggie Nelson-esque ladyhammer onto a spool and checking the scores to enter on the board for your pleasure. Ovations are due to him for his durability and for UConn for hitting the Big Board first.
UConn Sparks Up The Race. Running back Lyle McCombs may have two relatively small charges--possession of marijuana under 4 ounces, and an accompanying paraphernalia charge, both misdemeanors--but those two paltry charges are enough to break the silence and put UConn in a commanding lead over every other team in FBS football. Paul Pasqualoni says he has been suspended from the team, and will have to take the right steps to earn his way back on, and that is all good because really, less than four ounces of marijuana isn't enough to get Percy Harvin so much as mildly out-of-it.*
Still, that is enough to get UConn one point each for the misdemeanors and one bonus point for being first. Three points are hereby awarded to UConn in the Fulmer Cup. They are first, and your team is second just like everyone else.
*All marijuana measurements are done in PH units, named for a given quantity of marijuana of enough potency to sufficiently disorient Percy Harvin. This is like 0.00000001 PH units we're talking about here.
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Looks like Paul Pasquoeuiaiueaiualany was a good hire after all
Sometimes you can scheme it up, even execute it up, and then some guy named Tank bats the ball down and you go home a loser. -Chris Brown
by Old South on Jan 20, 2025 3:02 PM EST reply actions
Good going Big East.
Welcome TCU!
Twitter.com/SenatorGiggity
by SenatorGiggity on Jan 20, 2025 3:02 PM EST reply actions
Mock Percy Harvin If You Must
But if you know of a better way to deal with all those migraines, I’d like to hear it.
by Tom Fornelli on Jan 20, 2025 3:03 PM EST reply actions
That sprained ankle doesn't just heal itself!
Well… yeah, it does… but… y’know… relaxing helps!
by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on Jan 20, 2025 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
Obligatory
McCombs sent a statement by e-mail Tuesday saying he had made a “huge mistake,”
by Dr. Norris Camacho on Jan 20, 2025 3:12 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Nate Newton laughs at this
and at Percy Harvin. He got caught with 213 pounds (which is like 3,408 ounces) of weed in his van. And that was 10 years ago, when 213 pounds was 213 pounds.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/11/06/newton_ap/
by wvjgrad69 on Jan 20, 2025 3:14 PM EST reply actions
Actually it was probably closer to 1000 pounds
You may notice the trooper in that article is named Willie Williams
Sometimes you can scheme it up, even execute it up, and then some guy named Tank bats the ball down and you go home a loser. -Chris Brown
by Old South on Jan 20, 2025 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
and here….we……go….
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
by psudrozz on Jan 20, 2025 3:14 PM EST reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSLlZh9yelk
by Jackwraith on Jan 20, 2025 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
being first on the board for FC
is like winning your first conference game before anyone else has played.
“HEY WE’RE NUMBER ONE WOOOOOO!!!!!”
by Matty Light on Jan 20, 2025 3:16 PM EST reply actions
Something I'm curious about....
Does an early off-season incident lead coaching staffs to mount a successful crackdown that cripples their Fulmer Cup hopes? Or does it merely provide momentum for the miscreants? I feel like a successful campaign requires multiple acts of delinquency that manage to stay under the radar for a few weeks or months and then suddenly attract public attention
by cockblocker on Jan 20, 2025 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Similarly, if UConn can keep up this 3 points per 8 days average
they’ll be on pace for 83 points.
by Archive on Jan 20, 2025 3:26 PM EST reply actions
WOOO EARLY SEASON MATHS!!!
my favorite statistical analysis.
Weoejuwejhdjwe!
by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jan 20, 2025 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
I hate you
for making me figure out how many days that means. And then realizing that this long and agonizing period is the time we have between now and when football season begins again.
"Another day in which to excel" ~ Erk Russell.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Jan 21, 2025 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
I just punched my screen and it done got broke. Where might I find a new one?
by Erik T on Jan 20, 2025 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
Yo Brah
I got cha—- I got like 3 x-tras over here behing the cases of the Goose that gets umm loose.
Please donate to my Movember.
by jokastrength on Jan 20, 2025 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Point of Order
Correct me if I’m wrong, it’s been a long time since I actually read anything about the effects of mary jane, but after a certain point, doesn’t it become easier for habitual users to get high. Something about the THC getting trapped in the fat cells in the brain.
So wouldn’t Percy Harvin get high as fuck at the mention of marijuana at this point.
"Football - For the Touchdowns; Playbook - Full of Touchdowns; PIRATE HAT and BACKUP PIRATE HAT" ~ WR Emeritus Golden Tate
by stempke on Jan 20, 2025 3:30 PM EST reply actions
As someone who lived with people who smoked like an eight a day
No.
by Charles UF on Jan 20, 2025 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
As someone who smoked an eight a day
No. Notice the use of the past tense.
It was a long time past. I live in the present, tensely.
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 20, 2025 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, never have been more than a casual user
Must have misread something somewhere
"Football - For the Touchdowns; Playbook - Full of Touchdowns; PIRATE HAT and BACKUP PIRATE HAT" ~ WR Emeritus Golden Tate
by stempke on Jan 20, 2025 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Irrelevant point is irrelevant.
Most strains today contain significantly more THC than they did back in y’all’s day due to selective breeding.
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jan 20, 2025 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah,brah, it is true that today's dank has mucho mas THC
But the again, back in the day we smoked the shit by the key. Having a pound would just about get you through the weekend.
I firmly believed this guy:
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 20, 2025 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
/born into the wrong decade'd
Sigh.
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jan 20, 2025 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Negatory
as i’m not currently high.
Not that I used as much as Percy Harvin, but let’s just say I do suffer from migraines quite a bit.
"Well as we say, a punt is the most important play in football."
by broski on Jan 20, 2025 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
Highly scientific experimentation suggests
no.
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jan 20, 2025 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
heh yeahman whutzthequestion?
i couldn’t hear you.
well, so long, Earth. thanks for the air and whatnot.
by thetennesseethumper on Jan 20, 2025 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure about the fat cells thing
But for a given dose of THC, a THC-experienced user is more likely to say they are high than a novice. At a high dose, they’ll say they’re higher than a THC novice. The most likely reason isn’t THCs lipiphilia, it’s the experienced users knowing what being high feels like. Their experience helps them distinguish between high and not high. That makes them more sensitive to the effects.
Sometimes you can scheme it up, even execute it up, and then some guy named Tank bats the ball down and you go home a loser. -Chris Brown
by Old South on Jan 21, 2025 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
This ^ Word!
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 21, 2025 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
Just did some research
Apparently what I was remembering is a common urban legend that came out of a misunderstanding of a study that showed how slowly THC leaves the fat cells in the body. It is commonly mis-cited as part of the “Marijuana is not addictive” argument.
"Football - For the Touchdowns; Playbook - Full of Touchdowns; PIRATE HAT and BACKUP PIRATE HAT" ~ WR Emeritus Golden Tate
by stempke on Jan 21, 2025 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
On both a serious and humorous note
I find it much more enjoyable when UCONN players are the perpetrators of crimes rather than the victims
by cockblocker on Jan 20, 2025 3:33 PM EST reply actions
Salute
rec’d
Bull Sullivan "Toughest Coach there ever was"
by Another damn Dan on Jan 20, 2025 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
One thing I've never understood about Connecticut
Why is the middle “c” silent?
Brunettes not fighter jets
by rockyh on Jan 20, 2025 3:38 PM EST reply actions
Its not
we’ve just mispronounced it so much over the year that the wrong way has replaced the proper Con-neck-ti-cut
"Football - For the Touchdowns; Playbook - Full of Touchdowns; PIRATE HAT and BACKUP PIRATE HAT" ~ WR Emeritus Golden Tate
by stempke on Jan 20, 2025 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Connecticut
sound it out:
it is either E-S-P-N, or UConn.
/at least thats what i hear/see
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"Congrats to Mississippi State, 1941 Football National Champions!'"
by CoastalCowbell on Jan 20, 2025 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
It's kinda like Mississippi.
After a couple of bong hits, there is really no reason to pronounce that superfluous syllable.
It’s Missippi dammit!
by Dabolicious on Jan 20, 2025 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
Paul Pasqualoni
All I think of is this. But which one of ’em is Paul?
Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 20, 2025 3:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
PAWWWLLLLLL
sorry, I could not help myself
by Ron Zook Owes Me a Liver on Jan 20, 2025 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
I'll be your candle on the waaaaaterrrrrrrr.
"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther
by Go Big Rev on Jan 20, 2025 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Citadel players plead to multiple charges, listed as "former"
not sure if that’s before or after arrest. or only arrests count? shit, need to re-read rules.
by Matty Light on Jan 20, 2025 4:07 PM EST reply actions
The Citadel players committed their crimes last year (Feb 2010)
And only one was an active player at the time (QB Miquel Starks)
And it was decreed last year that Div 1 FCS athletes are NOT eleigible for the Fulmer Cup.
/still think this is a travesty as far as the Ellis T. Jones III award goes.
/Heisman is open to all players of any Division
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 20, 2025 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
yes
knew it was from last year, wasn’t sure when they reached “former” status… usually after arrest but it is El Cid, so who knows. either way it’s a wash due to division status.
by Matty Light on Jan 20, 2025 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
AMEN!
If Steve McNair was eligibile for the Heisman as an FCS (then 1-AA) player, then Miguel Starks should have been eligible for the Ellis T. Jones III award!
But I bow to Fearless Leader’s interpretation of his own aribitrary rules.
"Another day in which to excel" ~ Erk Russell.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Jan 21, 2025 2:17 AM EST up reply actions
Let’s hope the Eagles stay away from Rude Rudy’s, Retrievers, etc. and aren’t in the running for any FCS versions of Ellis T. Jones awards. Right Eagle?
/grad skooled in da Boro
They hit the road doing 90
Leavin' them steel mills far behind
Ain't no good life down at the Ford plant
Three guitars or a life of crime
by Dawg in Beaumont on Jan 21, 2025 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
Which program?
I’m technically still in the M.A. History program. Just need to defend my thesis when I get back from this wonderful detour to Kosovo.
Fuck Kosovo.
And Clemson.
"Another day in which to excel" ~ Erk Russell.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Jan 21, 2025 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Wait
WHAT
"Well as we say, a punt is the most important play in football."
by broski on Jan 21, 2025 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
He's active military currently deployed to Kosovo
"Football - For the Touchdowns; Playbook - Full of Touchdowns; PIRATE HAT and BACKUP PIRATE HAT" ~ WR Emeritus Golden Tate
by stempke on Jan 21, 2025 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
And bad ass for all of the above items.
by Chloe Denmark on Jan 21, 2025 6:37 PM EST up reply actions
Why thank you
Always nice to be appreciated by the ladies. Guys too, but the ladies most of all.
"Another day in which to excel" ~ Erk Russell.
by AUTigerGSUEagle on Jan 22, 2025 6:44 AM EST up reply actions
And it was decreed last year that Div 1 FCS athletes are NOT eleigible for the Fulmer Cup.
So then why is UConn on the board?
by ChemE93 on Jan 21, 2025 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
wakka!
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"Congrats to Mississippi State, 1941 Football National Champions!'"
by CoastalCowbell on Jan 21, 2025 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
HA HA
Did you not see UConn in the Fiesta Bowl? Did you not see the hammer-ation Oklahoma put on their asses?
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 21, 2025 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks for explaining the marijuana measurements
because for a second, I thought we were looking at -log(Harvins).
Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes
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by Neodymium on Jan 20, 2025 4:28 PM EST reply actions
Just another example of a weak Big East team taking a spot away from a more deserving mid-major
It’s only because of BCS money & prestige that UCONN gets the kind of attention from the Harris Poll Voters cops necessary for one of their players to get busted.
We want to build a university our football team can be proud of. -- Dr. George Lynn Cross
by marktgarten on Jan 20, 2025 4:54 PM EST reply actions
UConn Deserves some props here, people
They are ON FIRE. First BCS bowl game. First time their HC dumps them brutally to move on to a more history laden school. First (I believe) FC points. What other exploits await the boys of the fairest river valley?
Tune in (and turn on) next week!
by Kagemusha on Jan 20, 2025 5:22 PM EST reply actions
Didn’t seem like a terribly brutal dump to me, unless you wish to subscribe to the Greggggg Easterbrook you-can-never-get-another-job-ever school of thought.
by Erik T on Jan 20, 2025 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
he said "on fire"
/stonergiggle
well, so long, Earth. thanks for the air and whatnot.
by thetennesseethumper on Jan 20, 2025 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Big East
Speed Weed
by Board Certified Scrotologist on Jan 20, 2025 6:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I guess times have changed
but in my day (mid ’70s), possession of a quarter pound of weed (4 oz) would qualify for “intent to distribute.”
The economics of the day: a quarter pound of basic Columbian (whether or not it was actually from Columbia is moot; you either bought “Mexican,” “Columbian” or “sinse”) went for $105 from your friendly neighborhood large-volume dealer. You sold 3 oz for $35 each and smoked free.
Sock 'em, bust 'em
That's our custom
West by God, Virginia!
by An 'eer with a beer on Jan 20, 2025 7:09 PM EST reply actions
Those days went by so fast....
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 20, 2025 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Just about any amount short of Nate Newton territory can be justified as personal use
Most of the drug people who testify in court have told me that unlike crack, there really isn’t a limit to the amount a pothead can smoke (insert Ricky Williams joke). With crack, anything under half a gram or so is consistent with personal use. It’s rare for a court to decide that there was intent to distribute solely on the amount of weed.
The moral of the story- if you’ve got lots of weed with you, don’t have it in 50 individual baggies, leave the digital scales at home, and tell the officer you’re trying to find a higher plane of existence.
by ElRocco337 on Jan 20, 2025 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Big East quickness, don't let them Huskies get to far out in front 'Eers.
"...never seem to get far enough, staying in between the lines, hold on—to what you can, waiting for the end, not knowing when, may the wind take your troubles away, may the wind take your troubles away, both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel, may the wind take your troubles away...."
--Son Volt from the song "Windfall"
by mjtig on Jan 20, 2025 10:29 PM EST reply actions
I am sad to report that...
Coincidental with the drop-off in offensive production under the Stewart-Mullen regime, West Fucking Virginia was shut out in the Fulmer Cup last year foir the first time in Cup history. I look for better things under the Holgorsen regime in 2012.
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 21, 2025 7:19 AM EST up reply actions
Vikings.
I expect much burning and pillaging from this squad in 2011.
"Well as we say, a punt is the most important play in football."
by broski on Jan 21, 2025 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
I am hopeful
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 21, 2025 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
January in Storrs . . . . less than four ounces to make it through that shithole? kudos to them.
by iwouldfootball on Jan 21, 2025 12:13 AM EST reply actions
EDSBS, I would like to introduce you to
the TMF.
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by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jan 21, 2025 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
There should be a First Blood bonus
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
by Gaknar on Jan 21, 2025 12:48 AM EST reply actions
A First Blood bonus was given
Still, that is enough to get UConn one point each for the misdemeanors and one bonus point for being first.
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 21, 2025 7:13 AM EST up reply actions
I would have loved to see someone explain the drug paraphernalia to Pasqualoni.
“And then he does what with it?”
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by Voodoo 5 on Jan 21, 2025 3:09 AM EST reply actions
SQUEE!
Fulmer Cup starts up! Thank COTG that I finally got el internet in my apt today.
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on Jan 21, 2025 3:14 AM EST reply actions
Bienvenidos detras!
Somos felices que usted ha vuelto
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." ~ Tom Robbins
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jan 21, 2025 7:22 AM EST up reply actions
Welcome back!
And enjoy your time south of the border
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
by MikeLew on Jan 21, 2025 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
Gracias a todos!
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on Jan 22, 2025 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
OK, important question:
If the incident occurred before the end of the season, but the charges were only filed yesterday, does it count? Bonus: the team involved is led by Fightin’ Mike Locksley:
http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2011/01/football_players_charged_after_brawl
by saxattack29 on Jan 21, 2025 8:31 AM EST reply actions
I'm gonna go with no.
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on Jan 21, 2025 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
UConn is taking this hard
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/01/21/qt#248788
And last year a student died at this party after getting punched?
by The Gurgling Cod on Jan 21, 2025 1:40 PM EST reply actions
LOL
the administration is a little upset about some binge drinking happening in nearby apartment complexes…
and riots… and car burning.
back in MY day, it was only concerts. And drinking. And some folks had substances…
by uconnfbfan on Jan 22, 2025 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
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