THE CURIOUS INDEX, 05/20/2011
by Luke Zimmermann on May 20, 2011 9:00 AM EDT
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PrintPROBABLY, MAYBE Head Baw Coach and Stephen Garcia are like two objects in orbit that inevitably find their way back to realignment. The Visor was perfectly Steve Spurrier in assessing that the prodigal quarterback will be afforded a second second chance telling reporters Thursday "Stephen Garcia, in all likelihood, will probably maybe be given another chance if he behaves himself the way he should." While the Warrior Poet CBB (chillbroback) probably wishes the endorsement was more akin to that of a queefcore outfit, a great man once said, "probably's two fifth's of the way to a sure thing." That great man was Stephen Garcia. This deserves a celebration befitting of a man of Garcia's measure, one that involves significant drinking and significantly drunk eating:
SCHADURDAY SCHADURDAY Butch Davis' Tarheels are nothing if not consistent.Star defensive end Quinton Coples is being investigated by the NCAA after attending a Washington D.C. based draft party, you know, specifically after the NCAA made everyone aware that this sort of behavior wouldn't exactly be thought of highly. Overshadowing the story is the man, the myth, the legend breaking the news, one Joe Schad gets a hard time around the internets by haters who accuse him of simply reporting on other folks' reporting. Well rats off to ya, Joe. This baby's all yours. To celebrate, we're turning forward the clocks and making a week from next Monday today:
MORE LIKE CHRIS PETERSTUNNED, AMIRITE SBN's Paul Wadlington continues his "Do Work 2k11" summer tour, taking to task the preconceived notion that by virtue of keeping non-BCS conference schools on the up and up on that trajectory, coaches like Boise State's Chris Petersen would automatically be able to take fledging major conference schools (back?) to the highest echelon of the sport. While these guys deserve every bit the credit for the jobs they've done, the scalability (and as historical precedent in most cases would suggest) at the BCS level is anything but a sure thing.
ARE YOU IN A LOVING RELATIONSHIP? YOU WON'T BE IN JULY I have three words for you with respect to EA Sports' NCAA Football 12: fully customizable conferences. Finishing Larry Scott's job and getting Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma into the Pac-16? The job can be yours. Fulfilling the inevitable and making the aforementioned Horns an independent? Also within the realm of possibilities. And this saying nothing of the BUILD YOUR OWN PLAYBOOK FEATURE. July 12th, you dine, in Four Verts hell.
THOSE WHO STAY WILL BE PINSTRIPE BOWL CHAMPIONS Todd Graham's Pitt Panthers are the latest to suffer from the attrition bug concentrated heavily to the south but also affecting teams nationwide during this, the 104 day away from college football mark in the off-season (hold me, Eightball). Reserve defensive back Kolby Gray and tight end Dan Schneider are headed for the finest NAIA institutions this side of the Greendale Human Beings. What does this mean to the college football landscape? It probably means we necessitate some non-sequitur levity:
STANFORD TO KEEP PLAYING NOOOOTRE DAME /1920SVOICE Stanford AD Bob Bowlsby (also the front man of the indie brit pop outfit Bowlsby) anounced Thursday that the school would continue their series with the Fighting Irish through the 2019 season. This agreement in part gives Notre Dame guaranteed presence to poach California recruits as in the seasons they don't meet the Cardinal in Palo Alto they'll be south in Los Angeles. I see what you did there Brian Kelly.
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Custom conferences and playbooks?
I’ll be in my bunk.
by Peter Gray on May 20, 2011 9:09 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Finally MTSU can replace Vandy in the SEC
because we have a better football team. 3 straight, richers!!!
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Please don't take this the wrong way, but
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on May 20, 2011 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Troy is clearly the better option, amirite?
by Peter Gray on May 20, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Troy, hmm.
NO. they are .500 against MSState.
/shakes fist at Crxxm
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
it's like a picture of someone winning the lottery
‘things that have happened once’
(plus, that was probably against DACOACHO. someone was gonna get out-stupided that day)
/hooray i made up another word
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
DACOACHO vs. CRXXM?
Also known as “Two mules fighting over a turnip.”
by Peter Gray on May 20, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was the "DaCoachO got his ass fired the very next day" game
My Dad happens to have the ears of many higher-ups in the Ole Miss administration, and I remember driving home from that game, he hands me his Blackberry and growls, “Type an email.” “To whom?” “Pete Boone and Robert Khayat.” And he proceeded to eviscerate them for several paragraphs. Certainly he wasn’t the only one, because Orgeron was packing his shit by noon the next day.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
No but let's face it:
Anyone can type faster than my Dad, on any type of keyboard every produced.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
the Crxxm and DACOACHO coaching timeline
marked a low point for the state of Mississippi. and that is saying something, ya know?
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by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
But if we had to have one of the shittiest coaches in our program’s history, I’m glad y’all had one of your worst at the same time!
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
BAWWWWWWW
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by Londonjoe on May 20, 2011 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
You are black and I am white...
You’re as blind as a bat and I have sight…
/Piscopoed Sinatra
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If only RichRod's tenure had coincided with Bobby Williams' or John L's....
….we could’ve seen some epic derpfests of historical magnitude.
Kill, Bubba, Kill!
I noticed we're recruiting a kid named Croom
Not Crxxm. Not sure what this means.
"When a woman says "nothing's wrong," that means everything is wrong. And when a woman says "everything's wrong" that means EVERYthing is wrong. And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off." H. Simpson
by Sasquatch Love on May 20, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
i saw this.
freaked out a bit. he must also have an offer from ‘Purdue’.
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by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha. Purdue. Like that's a real thing
"When a woman says "nothing's wrong," that means everything is wrong. And when a woman says "everything's wrong" that means EVERYthing is wrong. And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off." H. Simpson
by Sasquatch Love on May 20, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
i believe this goes here:
"Speak softly and wear a loud shirt" - Kimo's Rules
by greekpadre on May 20, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
up top. on the right. click "wide"
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
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by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
MY GOD.
IT’S THE Z KEY EPIPHANY ALL OVER AGAIN.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, "shit just got real"
but he wasn’t smart enough to know that you can’t do sql injection against an Oracle database the way he described.
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I… I have no words. My world has just been rocked.
"[Autzen Stadium's] steep concrete banks and closed ends turn a small but rabid crowd from WAC-sized cheering section into a horde of bees with megaphones capable of reaching 127 decibels of hatenoise." -Spencer Hall
by ProbablyMonty on May 20, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Mother
of God…Cons…you…I don’t even..what…I am gracious
by Onestatewest on May 20, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I had to read it twice before I got the joke
but what a good joke it is.
/forgot everything I learned in college once I went to law school
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Greekpadre....
I am at a los as to how your very funny cartoon didn’t go green until after the direction to use the Wide view button did. N00Bs. /shakes head
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Personally, I left
Because I couldn’t handle the physics.
Now you wanna talk orogenies, I’m all ears.
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't leave, just changed majors....
Orogenies? Which ones, Grenville, Taconic, Acadian, Alleghenian?
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure
As soon as you can explain to the class what the hell a “Blue Raider” is.
by commodore_dude on May 20, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
A thinly veiled attempt to scrap the old confederate mascot
And only a scant 10 years before Ole Miss!
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure the SEC has a by-law
preventing schools with My Little Pony mascots from joining.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
by allicolls on May 20, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Pac 12 has a bylaw preventing school with Trucking majors from joining
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Thank you for pointing this out for me
I love green because money be green.
_____________________
Twittin
LET US COMPARE
Yeah… that’s about right.
by commodore_dude on May 20, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah you got me dude
If only we had a secondary mascot that consisted of an oak leaf and a tiny “acorn” 
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
While I do have some bias (ESS-EE-CEE), I think this debate's done
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on May 20, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not seriously suggesting that MT is good enough for the SEC
merely that we’re better than Vanderbilt. They have an opportunity to prove otherwise in 2015
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Not really here nor there
The SEC needs Vandy. Conferences really aren’t in the business of kicking out their best academic schools…it makes no sense.
by Onestatewest on May 20, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
They kicked themselves out, athletically...
stuck around academically, which is nice for the rest of us- also makes “The increasingly inaccurately named Big Ten” an apt description for more than just the last 18 years.
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
-Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling."
-Londonjoe
Is Vandy not in the process of doing so?
How many other schools don’t have athletic directors? And I realize that conferences consider far more ($) than athletics when considering member schools, which is why it’s so lulzy that Nebraska got booted from the AAU. Vanderbilt’s presence in same makes them leaving the SEC for any reason other than their own choice unrealistic
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Vandy no longer has an "athletic director", but they do have a VP in charge of "student activity" or some such...
which is really just an AD.
And my understanding is that Nebraska got booted from the AAU because the University system decided to connect the med school with UNO, rather than with the flagship, and they’ve been politically fighting for years over that.
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
-Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling."
-Londonjoe
UNMC is it's own institution
It’s not a satellite campus of Omaha or Lincoln, although it’s at most 3 miles from the Omaha campus.
UNL got booted because much of the Ag research from the USDA is doubly-penalized by the AAU’s process – it’s not counted because it’s insufficiently competitive, and it not being counted counts against faculty doing research. Similarly, UNMC’s research not counting towards UNL’s means the comparisons are very apples-to-bears.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew there'd be a Nebraskan on here who could clear that up for me.
Thanks! Was I right in that there are people trying to attach UNMC to both UNO and UNL, and there’s some sort of Mexican standoff between the three groups?
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
-Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling."
-Londonjoe
Not that I recall.
I know Harvey Perlman’s tried to get UNMC’s research pulled into the “University of Nebraska”‘s umbrella for AAU purposes, but that ship sailed. All three (well, four, if you count Kearney) campuses are fine, with their own goals. All Nebraska-Omaha has in common with UNMC is that almost on the same street; UNO is not a research institution, it’s focus is undergrad, and primarily commuters at that.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I HAZ CONFUSED
I thought the purpose of the oak leaf was to cover up your acorns.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
by DevilGrad on May 20, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I was tempted to give up on the series
Now, I feel compelled to purchase, if only so I can build a playbook without any damn option plays when I have a lead-footed QB.
Me too
I barely even played 11, but the custom conferences and playbooks are pretty damn tempting.
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by The Missing T on May 20, 2011 9:40 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I played the SHIT out of 2011.
I had like a two week period between moving into my apartment last August and when school started. The cable hadn’t been hooked up yet, and internet connection was spotty at best. I legitimately played it like five-six hours a day.
Same here
I played it a ton before the season started. I then picked it up a little again after the draft because I had the football itch. In addition to the custom playbooks they’re supposedly going to fix blocking. Now if they can somehow make play-fakes work more than once a blue moon I’ll be incredibly happy.
Mike Bobo would like that last part to happen, too.
/green notebook’ed
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
You gotta establish the run game!
Especially on third and long!
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
And nothing says establish the run game
like a QB draw with a relatively poor running QB.
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by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe that's the problem
EA’s developers based game play off watching UGA games, so they just assume a QB will be snowed under when he fakes a handoff because the o-line lets everyone go past them.
THIS
SO MUCH THIS. MUST BUY HAVE NO CHOICE.
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by The Ghost of John Hannah on May 20, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
We can give the Big Ten divisions (and names) that don't suck horribly!
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
This is what I imagine breakfast with Holly looks like.
Except with more cursing, liquor and bright orange.
by Tracer Bullet on May 20, 2011 9:13 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
IDK about Holly, but I used to date a girl who was just like that.....
We went out for brunch, A LOT.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
MORE LIKE CHRIS PETERSTUNNED, AMIRITE
I had to read this section like seven times before I figured out what was going on. I either damaged my brain thinking box thingy or need more coffee.
As a result your favorite team has now
Hired Chris Petersen. Will he be the next Dan Hawkins or the next Urban Meyer? The choice is… Somebody’s.
by Luke Zimmermann on May 20, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Sigh
My team has lost to both of those men
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 May 20, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Moar appropriate:
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on May 20, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
me
returning to my boulder-based office full of cu grads the monday after we lost here last year.
had i spent the last 2 months talking shit about esss eeee ceee speeeed? eat some of the crow? ALL. OF. THE. CROW.
"i play real sports. not trying to be the best at exercising."
by whiskey_soup on May 20, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I just gave up and read the article.
Grammar is important.
by Tracer Bullet on May 20, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmm...
Stephen Garcia, in all likelihood, will probably maybe be given another chance if he behaves himself the way he should.
Is “the way he should” equal to “his usual behavior”? B/c otherwise we’re gonna have a new QB. Can somebody do the maffs for me?
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
If keying the profs car didn't cause any games missed...
I think his current lifestyle is not going to cause any missed snaps.
/oh lord, I am waaaay out on a limb
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 May 20, 2011 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
He missed 12 games.
He was suspended for the season after that.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on May 20, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
That was back when my nephew was going around telling people....
“We love our Cocks and the quaterback is Smelley.”
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly!
Garcia behaving the way he should means behaving the way he does, man. Otherwise he’s not being true to himself. As a man who told Danny Snyder to fuck off, Spurrier should understand how important that is.
I'm white and I don't dance but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.
It's not like he has control over his actions
Little Matthew McComeonahay tells him what to do!
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on May 20, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Garcai and Spurrier are like two positively charged ions!
I love green because money be green.
_____________________
Twittin
Garcia, on the other hand...
/faceplant
I love green because money be green.
_____________________
Twittin
If anyone needs me
I’ll be standing outside Garcia’s bedroom window holding a boombox playing “In Your Eyes” over my head.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 9:29 AM EDT reply actions
Breakfast time at Steven Garcia's place....
Gawd, I just love this shot.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
BTW this is from an article Orson did last off-season
The Steven Garcia Helmet Cam
Mar 24, 2010
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Bud Select? boooo
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Like that's difficult. They aren't even in the process of consuming
Those are just beer holders.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The beers are for Steven....
Those ARE just the beerholders
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
FUCK ALBERT LIN WITH MONTE FAISON'S DICK
good morning
black coffee and a friday to all of you.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
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by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 9:30 AM EDT reply actions
Aunt Stabby had a tidy summation of the sequence of events
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
glad i was finally able to read the Box story.
all the twitpics were too small for it to be legible when zoomed in.
that being said
i stick to my original statment.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
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by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Though it coming from B/R
maybe the least surprising aspect of them all, the condemnation of ESPN article makes it worse. As in, they capitalized on the RAEG stemming from the FUCK ALBERT LIN incident THEN shamelessly did the exact same thing in the Austin Box story. This goes without saying but here I go: Bleacher Report is a disgusting, all about the clicks, factory of filthy shit that has no value in genuine content or substance.
by Onestatewest on May 20, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Spurrier: "Should I start Stephen Garcia"
by fluffy_bunny_feet on May 20, 2011 9:30 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Maybe Spurrier has a
tiny floating Danny Wuerffel on his should that says things like “Gee Coach, maybe we should give him another chance!”
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on May 20, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I like this idea
If Wuerffel is the angel on his shoulder, I suppose that means Grossman would be the devil, right?
by Domer Dore on May 20, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like it...
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on May 20, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Tiny Floating Rex Grossman says:
Fuck it! Drop some acid, grab another Coors tallboy, and go cruisin’ for some tail!
by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on May 20, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Spurrier: "Should I start Stephen Garcia?", take 2
by Dr. Norris Camacho on May 20, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
The autocorrect makes it even better.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Not autocorrect
Hyman’s a doodler
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by rubrchickens on May 20, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean the spelling and grammar squiggles, whatever they're called
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel you, dog
but maybe Hyman’s got autocorrect on his notepads – he’s a UNC grad after all
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by rubrchickens on May 20, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
More ways (cont. from other blog)
- Buy him a keg of O’Douls, tell him it’s Natty
- Make him pick up my dry cleaning. Pay for dry cleaning in pennies.
- Lock him in a room with the student section microphone guy.
- Pee on his fucking rug.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
NOT THE RUG!
I really ties the room together.
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
AWESOME DAY WOOOOO
Earned an “A” in economic forecasting, the toughest graduate course in the econ. department. My research project in the class, you ask? “The Effects of Long-Term Recruiting in College Football” … and I somehow still was in the top 5 in the class! WOOOOOO. Time to drink despite it being early in the morning. HOLLLA
"People ask what it's like to be a black coach. I've never been any other kind." - Ron Prince
by ASManess on May 20, 2011 9:38 AM EDT reply actions 20 recs
Congratulations.
I hope you’re better at economic forecasting than whoever is doing it now.
by Tracer Bullet on May 20, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
congrats!
watch the youtube vid for an example of brunch drunj
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought all brunches were drunj brunches
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
good point
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Long-Term Recruiting?
Houston Nutt does not wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I'm white and I don't dance but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.
I'll rec it too
even though as a class “Economic Forecasting” sounds like it should be coupled with the “Science, Magic and Religion” course I took as an elective back in the day. Was “voodoo economics” covered, or does it form the basis of the course now?
Well done!!!
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
You bring up a good point.
The number one rule of forecasting: You’re never correct in your predictions.
And that’s not really a joke. That’s the first thing you learn.
"People ask what it's like to be a black coach. I've never been any other kind." - Ron Prince
Unless you predict your prediction will be incorrect
BWWWWAAAAAANNNNGG
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sorry, but Rush got there first
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
whoo whoooo!
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"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
M.A.
Applying for Ph.D. programs currently. Figured a B.S. in math (also minor in statistics) bolstered by an M.A. in econ would be a good combination to get into a decent program. Focusing on econometrics.
My graduate program is actually at a non-FBS school (as opposed to my undergrad experience), so about a quarter of the paper was devoted to explaining the importance of college football to academia and a university.
"People ask what it's like to be a black coach. I've never been any other kind." - Ron Prince
Bless your heart
thinkin’ K-State’s big time football.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
/Stocks non-core curricula with cupcake classes
//Loads department chairs with JUCO transfers
Seriously though, congrats on the coursework.
That's it, I'll sue you and YOUR WHOLE CRUMMY AIRLINE
by Burrito Electrico on May 20, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
SO WHAT WILL YOUR NEW NCAA 12 CONFERENCES BE?
I will totes be adding Virginia Tech, Clemson, Texas and TAMU to the SEC, and I may go ahead and dissolve the ACC and cast their survivors into the Sun Belt.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 9:43 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
UNC and Tech, damnit. Unite the founding fathers! Except for Sewanee.
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Tech and Tulane you mean?
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Yeah for some reason I thought it was UNC
carry on
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Will likely make JoePa's Eastern Football Conference
Beating the living fuck out of Pitt is fun! Why not do it every year?!
8-Ball and Schnelly together at last?
This is gonna lead to some Deer Hunter shit.
by Run Home Jack on May 20, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Halcyon Digest was an amazing album
Oh, right. not that deerhunter.
by LUNCHBOXTHEGOAT on May 20, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
agreed
killer album, so long as you don’t have to physically see the lead singer. it literally disturbs me the way holocaust photography does.
anorexic dude is anorexic.
"i play real sports. not trying to be the best at exercising."
by whiskey_soup on May 20, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Tech goes back to the SEC
Along with FSU, Clemson, VT, and WVU. That’s 17, so someone has to get kicked out – Arkansas goes to the Big 12. So does Houston, making it actually 12 again.
Still working on the rest.
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by The Missing T on May 20, 2011 9:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
we don't want tech
I’ll grovel, as I do.
by dirt sandwich on May 20, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
He doesn't give a shit about the SEC...
… and we don’t give a shit about him.
Leave him in Tobacco Road land. Put (Fuck) Clemson in the SEC instead.
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
obligatory
"i play real sports. not trying to be the best at exercising."
by whiskey_soup on May 20, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
[said fabulously] That lazy bastard!
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
personally, i would not like much
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by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Lets play man D against the best* WR in college football
Genius!
Actually, not a bad strategy, sell out to stop the run and dare Nesbitt to beat you with his arm. But to also give Thomas a 10 yard cushion was insane.
*He was first taken in the draft that year, so best of the Jrs and Srs at least
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
the 08 game infuriated me the worst.
MSState got the ball first & Dixon broke a huge run down inside the 10. they ran it up the gut 3 times and then missed a FG. GT scored on their 5 possesions, i think. it was a damn morning game & i was wasted around lunchtime. i was actually in Auburn that saturday, so i gave my ticket away due to being way too hammered to be in public.
/cool story bro mode off
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by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I am intrigued by your ideas, and would like to sign up for your newsletter....
We’ll just schedule the Backyard Brawl with Pitt as an OOC game, provided they have the stones to continue the series.
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by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Can I customize a playoff too?
8 super conferences, with an 8 team playoff of only conference champs? Maybe 5 with 3 at large spots? Maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don’t know, I don’t know if we’ll have enough time.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
There is no way in hell the NCAA would allow EA to put in a playoff.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Doubt it
Hell I wish they’d put 1-AA teams back in without having to custom create them. I love leading my alma mater to glory.
They don't have I-AA teams anymore?
I definitely remember the older games having I-AA.
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on May 20, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope, now they're FCS Southwest, etc
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
But are the actual teams there or do you have to create them?
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on May 20, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
No actual teams, as far as I'm aware, but I didn't buy '11
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
No Actual Teams, just FCS Northeast, etc.
If we dont get the 3 and out, well, when is the turnover coming?
The actual teams have been gone since at least 09
I miss the days when the annual body bag actually had a face.
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by The Missing T on May 20, 2011 10:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That sucks.
I haven’t played NCAA CFB since the mid-2000s or so, but I always enjoyed pitting the Ivy League teams against each other. Columbia-Princeton? We’d go Oprah with the fumbles (“Errbody gettin’ fumbles up in here!”)
MEIN GOTT, IT’S THE “BABY I’M BURNING” OF VIDEO GAMES.
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on May 20, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope, they're gone
There are 4 FCS stand-ins. You can use the create-a-school function to make a team (and they have voice bits of Nessler saying the nicknames of just about every 1-AA, DII and high school team for the intros), but it’s a pain. Sigh. I realize that the amount of people who buy NCAA who would care about that is around 5%, but I hate it.
That sucks. For some reason my roommate in 2004-2005 loved taking W&M big time.
I have no idea why he picked the Tribe.
2004 was the year Lang Campbell won the Payton Award
We actually had a good QB and team that season.
and for the first time LIGHTS!
JMU troll
If you win all your fights, you're pickin em
by imhugeinjapan on May 20, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
16 teams or bust
Actually that’s not true, as I would gladly take a 12 or 8 team playoff instead of the BCS.
See that closet? Can you go stand in there for a minute, please?
What? Well, I don’t recall if there are any multi-legged animals in there.
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Anything more than a 4-team "+1 format" (which I refuse to call a Playoff) is the first step on a slippery slope.
Every playoff in history has expanded, thereby devaluing regular season. Having a 4-team playoff that you don’t really call a playoff is the only way to avoid the inevitable postseason-tourney-creep later on.
8 or 12 teams in a playoff? Dang, man, you’d have 3-loss teams in contention for the national championship. That’s just wrong.
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
A 2 team playoff is the first step on the slippery slope
Which is what the BCS is.
slipping down the slope to a better place is better.
4 then 8 then 16. Then I will be yelling stop (like I am at the hoops people).
I will accept the occassional 3 loss team to get all the reasonable 0 and 1 loss teams in contention.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Right but an 8-12 team playoff would lead to about two months of playoffs.
And what sports league in their right mind would want that?
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's a chicken shit argument and you know it
The NBA plays four rounds of seven game series, with like two or three days between games. This is single elimination. It takes four weeks.
Yes, but the point was...
… that it’s a slippery slope.
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I understand your point, I just don't think it's worth fearing
The logistics and demands of football would necessitate any playoff being of limited scale. The basketball tournament can expand and expand and expand because you can play several rounds in a few days. You’re basically confined to one round a week in football, and expanding it past 16 teams would make it too unwieldy to be realistically viable.
Concur.
Easy solution: run down the list of the Top 25 and say “should this school be in the national title picture?” I guarantee you’ll run out of legit contenders before you hit 8.
Then again, I also think conference championship shouldn’t be an automatic seat on the starship, but then, it’s not really been an issue for my school…
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
16 teams is 12 teams too many
There’s never a year where there are more than 4 legit contenders who deserve a shot based on their body of work in the reg season. It’s bad enough that 7-5 teams can get into the BCS games (I’m looking at YOU, ACC & Big East) because they are “conference champions”. The 16 team playoff schemes I’ve seen all have “conference champion” as a pre-req, which is BS. The second place SEC team deserves to be in ahead of a 8-4 Big East conference champ. Which is to say, neither deserve to be in, because they weren’t good enough in the reg season.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
My point, made.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So regular season work determines deserved and undeserved?
Miami, which had the same record and beat BCS game participant FSU in 2000 says hi. As does 2001 Nebraska, which couldn’t win their own division, let alone the conference whole. And 07 LSU, which lost their last regular season game to Arkansas, as well as another game earlier that year and got lucky UT lacked a competent QB in the SEC C, sends their regards as well.
But by all means, let’s keep up this myth that college football has an “important” regular season.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
Disagree
This isn’t basketball, where the interconference games is half of the schedule. Few Big Boy teams play more than 2 others OOC on a regular basis; many play one or even none.
Win your conference; make the playoffs. I don’t care which conference you win – you win and you’re in. That preserves the integrity of the regular season – it may even enhance it.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
It would make your Tuesday MAC-tion pretty exciting
. . . even getting beat by three TDs by the #3 seed overall in the first round of the playoffs would be more fun than fighting over the GoDaddy.com Bowl.
Think about how much more fun it is to watch conference hoops tourneys in one-bid leagues. The last month of the regular season would be the same thing in small-ball football.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
So a 7-5 FSU or an 8-4 UCONN deserves a shot at the national title?
No, sir. You and I will just have to disagree.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd also suggest you're an NFL fan
if winning your division/conference means you “deserve” to get in.
/7-9 Seahawks should not have been anywhere near the playoffs.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
raiders sweep conference
dont even win it.
i had a lolz
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by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Specious argument is specious
Selecting 12 teams out of 32 is no different than 16 teams out of 120.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
MY POINT
It’s no DIFFERENT.
AND IT’S EXACTLY WHAT I DON’T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
37.5% vs. 13.3%.
Yeah, it’s different. Especially since you play against 10% of the other teams in the latter, rather than ~40% (plus three teams twice).
College football is the sport that most needs a reasonable-size playoff to determine the best team, because the regular season is such a tiny sample. MLB could get by with the World Series and nothing more (and that only because there’s such limited interleague play). The NBA and NHL have at least two more rounds than necessary, maybe three (and again, balance the schedules and the President’s Trophy winner or NBA equivalent thereof would almost certainly be the best team).
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
I FREAKING HATE TYPING A LONG RESPONSE ONLY TO LOSE IT BECAUSE OF STUPID TOUCHPADS
Anyways, trying to recover what I typed: Any system that enables a team with 3 losses to play for the NC is changing college football from the way it is now to a more NFL-like system. If that’s what I wanted, I’d watch the NFL. The best system would be a flexible one, limited each year to the number of teams that all had the best record. This past year, for instance, I’d have supported TCU playing Oregon (as #2 vs #3) for the right to play Auburn in the NC game. If you have 6 1-loss teams, then play it out between them, as long as they all won their conferences if they are in conferences. If they weren’t declared conference champ by whatever rules their conference decides, then they weren’t the “best team”, and shouldn’t be in. (this shouldn’t be a problem anymore as the B1G is going to a championship game format instead of their stupid “co-champion” model).
Unfortunately you can’t change things on a year to year basis like that. Based on how the season plays out, it’s pretty rare that anymore than 4 teams ever have a legit claim to a title shot. I’ll say it again, any system that rewards 3-4 loss teams with BCS bowls/title shots is against what I believe college football postseason should be about.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 21, 2011 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Top 8 wouldn't have included a 3-loss team, ever, as far as I'm aware.
But there’s another problem – what if one conference is ludicrously loaded (think “caricatured SEC fan who thinks Vandy and Ole Miss would go 12-0 in any other conference, only it’s actually true for a change”) such that everyone in the conference loses at least three games just because their schedules are utterly insane? The single biggest reason a playoff is needed is because the non-conference schedules are thoroughly inadequate for detecting this situation.
It doesn’t even have to be that ridiculous for “number of losses” to be inadequate – what if the Big East and Sun Belt champions are unbeaten while Alabama and Florida, or USC and Oregon, or Nebraska and Ohio State, annihilate everyone but each other and meet in both the regular season and title game, splitting them?
The regular season tells us (with a reasonable level of confidence, most of the time anyway – the 2008 Big XII South clusterfuck is proof that even this isn’t foolproof) which team is best in each conference. It’s much weaker at making comparisons among teams in different conferences; in extreme cases (SEC vs Sun Belt) you can tell, but trying to distinguish between champions outside of the Sun Belt, MAC, and CUSA is usually all but impossible (not helped by the fact that their non-con schedules are usually either “MAC, MAC, 1-AA, MAC” or “Sun Belt, Sun Belt, Tulane, 1-AA”). Number of losses alone doesn’t cut it (PAWWWWWWWWWL THEM NORTHERN SLOW TEAMS WOULD ALL HAVE FIVE LOSSES IF THEY HAD TO PLAY TEAMS WITH ESS EEE CEE SPEED IMMA HANG UP AND LISTEN; as usual, strength of opinion is inversely proportional to the available evidence).
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
They are as deserving of a playoff bid
as they are of a BCS bowl berth.
BWWWAAAANNNNGG
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
AGAIN, THAT'S THE POINT.JPG
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I guess that the ninth-place Big East team didn't deserve a shot at the national title either.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Not in football
basketball is a different sport, and honestly I don’t give a rat’s behind about it. The Tourney is fun, but there’s a reason I don’t pay attention until March. Please to not get in my football, thank you.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bullshit.
2008 with Florida, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Penn State, and USC all with one loss and Utah and Boise both unbeaten going into the bowls? Yes, that’s an extreme case, but that’s nine clear contenders. Not to mention the five unbeaten teams in 2004 and 2009.
Eight is probably large enough. I’d prefer 12 (byes = more importance on the regular season). 16 is the absolute maximum.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Okay, so let's look at that.
Florida & Bama both SEC: One won the conference, the other didn’t. Conference winner goes.
Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech: All same conference. Sure, they all had arguments to be included, and the way the Big 12 decided how to do things was crappy, but the conference winner should be eligible.
Penn State-ok
USC-ok
Utah & Boise State? See, here’s the interesting question. Undefeated and won their conference? Heck, play the NC between them. Do I believe that they were the two best teams? Maybe not, though Utah did beat up Alabama pretty good. Everyone will have a different argument of who is better, but to me the bottom line is that these two teams finished undefeated, the others didn’t. While I don’t think they should have been the NC game, I couldn’t argue against it based on their records, and a system that excludes them is wrong as well.
See my reply to you above—I’d prefer a flexible system to handle these EXCEPTIONS. 8, I’d still watch. 16 teams, and then that means that you don’t have to win your conference, which means that who cares about the regular season, as all that matters is qualifying for the playoffs. If you had an 8 team playoff that limited it to a. teams with best record who b. won their conference if they were in a conference and c. favored non-BCS undefeateds over 1-loss BCS teams, then I’d be okay with it. If a 7-5 team gets into the national playoffs because they beat their opponent in a conference championship game, I’ll stop watching college football, because that’s just not right.
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by Kelly's Gyros on May 21, 2011 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
1-AA hasn't fallen far down that slope
they’ve got a formula, and it stays there. Of course, they also don’t have the potential greedy presidents wanting a bigger pie and potentially billions on the table either.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
16-game regular season says hello.
So does might-not-happen 18-game regular season.
To be honest, I don’t think that’s an argument in favor of the playoff or the importance of the regular season, though… it’s just a money grab.
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Personally, I think 18 games...
is a ploy. We put it on the table not really wanting it, so it can seem like we’re making a concession in the negotiation where they withdraw an item something that is of actual importance.
But on your point for college, the 12 game season would like to send it’s regards as well. Although I’m still at a loss on how people can still harp on the importance of a regular season when there’s a) examples like a 2 loss LSU and a conference loser in the BCS game like Nebraska in 01 or the arguments foolishly made for Michigan a few years ago, and b) such a gross disparity in conference strength so that going undefeated in the SEC vs. the Big East vs. the Big Televenelve vs the Pac 12 vs the ACC means varyingly different things, and that’s without the “unworthy” TCU, Boise, formerly Utah, etc when they go undefeated.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
My point is that the NFL hasn't expanded the playoffs.
But I’m not really using the NFL as a model for anything; in many ways, it’s the antithesis of all I love about CFB.
Sure they did
When they went from 30 teams to 32 teams and realigned divisions, they went from 10 teams to 12.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
No they didn't
It’s been 12 for quite some time. They just went from having 3 Wild Cards to having 2.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
I remember when I was a wee lad (Reagan presidency)
That there was wild card weekend – 2 wild card games, then the wild card played the top seed, and the 2 and 3 seeds played.
Per the wikis’, that’s how it was from ’78 to `89. That was when they added the 3rd wild card. The 2nd wild card was added when they went from the 14 game schedule to the 16 game schedule.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
"it’s just a money grab."
As a playoff in D1 would be, as all postseason play in “revenue” sports are.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
There's a reason slippery slope is one of the textbook fallacies.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
The only legitimate argument in terms of how long the playoffs would take
is that they would take place during finals, and that doesn’t hold water becauseevery other division makes it work.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
I was making a hyperbolic statement simply to dump on the NBA.
DON’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
And personally I'd be OK with a 4-8 seed tournament.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd be fine with an 8 team tournament
4 is a little too small for my tastes. I just would prefer a 12 or 16 team tournament.
I would be fine with a 4
its better than 2.
And I count on that evil slippery slope to get is to 8 and then 16 in short order.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
/evil techie'd
But hey, we’re on the same side of the argument for now. :-)
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
by your graphic 16 teams would take 3 weeks
Or less than the amount of time between the end of the season and the bowls starting now.
The 2007 LSU Tigers take issue with that statement
I don’t think the “devaluing the regular season” argument holds water. It will make the last two-three games somewhat less exciting for about five or six teams, not all 120. But hey, after that you get to watch single elimination playoff games between the best teams in the country, which sounds pretty fucking exciting to me.
Also, comparing football to basketball for these purposes is pointless. Basketball plays a 30ish game regular season, while football is 12. By the numbers, each football game is significantly more important than it is in basketball. Can you imagine how fucking insane the basketball season would be if they only played 12 games before getting into their conference tournaments?
Yes, but basketball is a different game than football.
Teams almost never go undefeated in basketball. Teams frequently go undefeated in football.
Butler can be just as good, if not better, than Texas in basketball. Butler can never be just as good, if not better, in football.
/Oh god, I’ve started a religious war.
//Would do it again
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I wonder if the percent who go undefeated over a 12 game stretch
is significantly different?
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Answering my question
at least a little bit:
Ohio St had 26 different 12 game stretches last year. They went undefeated in 13 of them.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Hmm. How does it affect the numbers
if you make it reflective of a football schedule (2/3’s conference and 1/3 OOC)?
I didn’t take stats, so I have no idea how to calculate this without a lot of research.
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by GwinnettGamecock on May 20, 2011 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
"Butler can never be just as good, if not better, in football."
Boise State is essentially the Butler of football, and I think there are several big time programs that would love to have the success of Boise State, Texas included.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
If Chris Petersen had been playing Texas every year...
… Boise State would have had significantly fewer undefeated seasons during his tenure.
Success in the WAS != better program than Texas
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
That's pure conjecture...
Oklahoma and Texas dominate a landscap just fine, or FSU in their 90s run through that ACC gauntlet. A weak schedule is a weak schedule regardless of conference, same with a good team.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but
bball is just a terrible comparison. Butler has 4500 students and can compete in basketball. They can’t in football. Boise has almost 18k students, more than Northwestern, Vandy and countless other D1-A programs. It shouldn’t be all that surprising that they CAN compete.
by Onestatewest on May 20, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
FUCKING NORTHWESTERN BASKETBALL IS STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID
FUCK BILL CARMODY WITH A SCREWDRIVER.
That is all.
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by emc503 on May 20, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
boom princeton'd
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
/dribbles ball for 34 seconds
//never enters paint
///lofts up stupid 3pter
////repeat ALL FUCKING GAME
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GT had only ~8k undergrads
when we won in 1990.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Wake Forest and Tulsa are both tiny
Hardly powerhouses, but they can have years of success.
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on May 20, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Student population has nothing to do with football budget
if it did NDs 8,000 undergrad population would mean they don’t enough resources to compete.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
What I am saying is that
smaller student populations put schools at a distinct disadvantage, much more so than bball. The budgets of schools like ND and GT are stemmed from traditional success and long term support. The ability for a small school with no history of success, of say 5-8k students, to jump up and have a great team are unbelievably difficult (in fball).
by Onestatewest on May 20, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
OH YEAH? I WILL PROVE YOU WRONG BY CREATING BUTLER AND LEADING THEM TO VICTORY
in NCAA 2012
毎日は土曜日であるべき
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U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A playoff increases the value of the regular season
up to a certain point. I think that point is 16 teams.
At 32 teams, yeah, it is probably devalued.
At 16, so many more teams have games that matter late in the season. Either playing for the autobid or playing for the 5th and last at large or playing for seeding, because being a top 8 seed and playing the 1st round at home or being a top 4 seed and playing the 2nd round at home is VITALLY important.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
by gtne91 on May 20, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Any system that gives teams with 2-3 losses a shot for the NC
doesn’t increase the value of the regular season.
And 2007 LSU is the anomaly to end all anomalies.
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It is nigh impossible to contend
that a playoff does not devalue the regular season. It IS impossible to argue that it increases the value of the regular season.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on May 20, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
You are wrong.
It clearly increases the value of the regular season, depending on your defintion of value.
There are more late November (not to mention October [and September for non-BCS schools]) that matter…that means the regular season is more valuable.
Are there some games that currently matter than might not? Sure, maybe 1 per year. But there are many additional games that suddenly matter.
If by value, however, you mean the “every game is a playoff” bullshit argument, then I ask you why Ole Miss didnt eliminate Florida a few years ago? And who eliminated Utah that year from the “playoff”.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
And it also makes the last two or three games MORE exciting
for about a dozen teams trying to get in.
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
And the games for the rest of the 120 teams
meaningless, because it’s all about the playoffs, so the networks probably won’t even cover them anymore unless it affects playoff standing.
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 21, 2011 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
They're already meaningless.
Doesn’t stop the networks from covering them now; why would it then?
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
The fallacies in the anti-playoff crowd
are so obvious, yet they keep making the same flawed points.
Extended season, OH NO! Um, 12 games isn’t a problem apparently, or an added conference championship for everyone.
Missed class time? Compare football to baseball, tennis, basketball, and every other college sport in that regard, and you’ll see them at the bottom of the missed class time list.
Regular season is a playoff? 2000 FSU, 2001 Nebraska, 2007 LSU, 2004 Auburn, undefeated Utahs and Boises and TCUs disagree.
The only valid reason is money on the table, which no one has ever matched/exceeded for a playoff.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
To the best of my knowledge what is now the FCS playoff
Has 16 teams and has done so for at least the last 25 years. They manage to make it interesting.
They upped it to 22 or 24 this year, I believe
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Went to 20 last year
with plans to increase to 24 as two more conferences become “eligible” for autobids.
Those plans are loose, although it may be 22 this year.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I stand corrected on the numbers
but it is still not bad football. FBS has the potential from here on out of having sub .500 teams in bowls.
This, a thousand times this.
A playoff would utterly suck the life out of the regular season. My customized leagues will all require round robins. 10 teams/conference max.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
We talking currently?
Let’s not open that can of worms. I’m saying if I can retool my own conferences, I’m settling in on nothing but the big boys in power conferences, round robin style, and let the best make it into a playoff. Gotta keep out the riff raff.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Here's the problem with a D1 playoff
By NCAA rules, you have to have an at least an equal number of At Large bids as you do autobids, which is why the 1-AA playoffs were expanded, another autobid was added.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
And the NCAA has no authority to amend those rules.
Nope, none whatsoever, nothing to see here folks.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Why would they
The point of a playoff is more games with which to earn more money. Why would they change the rule in place so they can restrict the number of games. You want 8 auto bids, then you get 8 at large bids and everybody gets a chance, and the NCAA gets 15 games to sell to a TV Network and advertisers.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
If they wanted the money
and saw 11+5 as better than 8+8 and leaving out 3 conferences then the NCAA would change the rules.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
That situation would never present itself
The “money” teams are all in the same 6 conferences. The more at large bids available, the more teams with drawing power find their way into the playoff.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Top 8 is all that really matters for draw
as they will be hosting.
If you are referring to TV, then I think the top conferences will be happy with virtual byes in the first round for top 3-4 teams. With 8 games in one day, TV will be fine with the middle 4 games and the 2nd weekend of top 8 would be roughly the same.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I'm not really sure to whom I should respond
But y’all making me think too much. I will have to come back an read this sub-thread to figure out who I disagree with the most.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I will have to come back and ignore this subthread multiple times
To demonstrate how tired this subject is.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
by allicolls on May 20, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I have missed you this week.
Where have you been? Lawyerin?
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I have a client who needs me to become a real estate lawyer. I have much to learn.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
I clerked for a real estate firm after 1L year.
Pre-closing: “[Paralegal screams long string of colorful expletives directed at mortgage company employee over the phone]”
Closing: “Sign here, here and here. Oh, we’ll take that check, too.”
Schmooze with local Realtors and bankers/mortgage brokers as appropriate.
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on May 20, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
NO NO BUT I HAVE TO ARGUE WITH PEOPLE TO LIIIIIIIVE
NO NO DON’T DRAG ME INTO THE SPIDER/MAYO CLOSET EVEN THOUGH I MAY HAVE EARNED IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YOU ARE WROOOOOOOOOOONG
AND I AM THE RIGHT ONE. I MUST PROVE THIS TO YOU. BECAUSE….I AM THE RIGHT ONE, SEEE
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
At least we're talking about football, right?
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Sigh.
Yeah. But I’m still tired of going in circles on this subject.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
We gotta get warmed up
Arguing about a playoff is like the Spring game around here. Ultimately, it’s really just a practice, no more significant than any other practice, yet everyone treats it as something of grave importance
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You ask as if you're surprised
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
??
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
WE'RE NOT GOING IN CIRCLES. THEY'RE SLIGHTLY ELLIPTICAL OVALS.
/Big Endian
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I for one favor a tontine
NOT DYIN’ NATIONAL CHAMPIONS PAWWWWWWL
by Mango Stasi on May 20, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
How many of you hare familiar with the concept of a tontine?
All right, Ox, why don’t you take us through it.
/raises hand
/won’t be joining, though
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
/also raises hand
And they do smell worse on the outside!
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Those circles aren't just rich and weird, they're
/shades
eccentric.
YEEEEAAAAHHHHH
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Arguments about a playoff
. . . always remind me of an old Texas client I used to work for. Whenever the conference calls got sidetracked on legal issues that had a lot of technicalities but not much value at stake, he’d tell us all to “stop jackin’ off dead squirrels.”
Until I see what’s in a playoff for the Jim Delaneys and Mike Slives of the world, this will always be a dead squirrel argument to me. The BCS beneficiaries aren’t going to go for a playoff (and share the money) unless they are iron-clad convinced that their take would actually rise because the pot would expand so much, and the NCAA is too spineless to force big football programs to do one gotdamn thing that they don’t want to do.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Even your finally sentence doesnt matter
I have no doubt that the SEC/B1G piece of the pie would be bigger in dollars. But, it would be smaller in terms of power (the dollar ratio between SEC/WAC would be decreased, even though both go up in actual dollars) so they will fight it to the death.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
"finally sentence"?
wtf?
Me fail English? Thats unpossible.
At least I can still do math.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I'm with you
I choose to enjoy what we currently have and not worry about the playoff issue until it becomes a real possibility. Without knowing what format it would take and what the deals would be, it’s impossible to know, really, how the generic concept of a “playoff” would effect college football.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
Worry?
Im not wasting any worry time over it.
I like playing with systems. Different playoff ideas, different conference affiliations, blowing up the system and reorganizing 20 different ways to see what works best under a billion different assumptions.
Its fun!!!
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
by gtne91 on May 20, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not just college football either
I can tell you what baseball would look like after Im named supreme overlord commissioner for life. Minors freed, relegation/promotion, no DH.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Relegation absolutely needs to happen in baseball.
Hell, maybe the Cubs could win it all in AA.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Have to free the minors first
Cant have R/P with farm teams.
I would free half the minors if it was up to me (some teams in “league” some are farm teams)
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I have always thought that baseball was the American sport
that needed to adopt relegation-promotion, not soccer. The sport is already imbalanced towards a half dozen teams, the passionate support is far from evenly distributed around the nation, and it is facing a longterm and likely irreversible decline in overall popularity. Might as well try something radical.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on May 20, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree accept...
“it is facing a longterm and likely irreversible decline in overall popularity”
Que?
Baseball numbers continue to grow and grow.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Baseball's attendance and finances have grown pretty much every year for at least a decade...
More people may like football more than baseball now, but being overtaken for the top spot doesn’t necessarily mean that they are losing, rather just that football is has gained so much
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?" -Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling." -Londonjoe
"Some mathematician has said that pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it." -Tolstoy
spoken like a true techie
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not quite there on enjoying the current system
As a small-ball enthusiast (MACtion forever!), I’ve heard the playoff argument about eleventy-threeve times. But I suspect that even if/when we get one, once the money boys get done with it, it won’t be something that makes my fan-dom materially better.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Just great, now Im hungry.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Call up the LSU/WfnVU folks
Roadkill cuisine National Champions wooooo!
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
My dad had a roommate in college (early 70's) who would shoot squirrels for food.
Of course, he usually slept outside in a sleeping bag…
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on May 20, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
??
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Mike Huckabee cooked squirrels in a popcorn popper
That was the only appliance allowed at his college, apparently.
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on May 20, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I shot squirrels, rabbits, birds and deer for food.....
Nothing wrong with eatin’ fresh meat.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
amazing
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Me gusta!
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on May 20, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Brav-fuckin-vo, dude!
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
not gonna try and claim it
buddy of mine had it as his profile picture a while back. don’t know where he got it from, either. but i do like it.
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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<img src="[IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/o6f9ub.jpg[/IMG]"/>
by PW and EDSBSMD on May 20, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
LEAVE NO SQUIRREL BEHIND!
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck.
I should’ve figured the LSU guys would be firing up the grill for that.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Mmmmm, Fox squirrel is good eatin', yessiree.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Good Lord, I would pay so much money to be in Morgantown for the WVU-LSU game this year...
Just for the food and booze.
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
-Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling."
-Londonjoe
Baton Rouge last year
for WfnVU/LSU was less than impressive. Apparently a large number of them took travel packages that had them staying in NOLA, and then took buses to BR that afternoon. I was on campus at sunup. Didn’t see my first ’Eer until 3pm.
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
And I haz a sad about that....
Two actually. One was I didn’t get to go because SC budget cuts ended up costing us around $1500 out of pocket to pay for summer care for our special needs son.
Two was that so many WVU fans who did get to go stayed in NOLA nad didn’t get up to BR to hobnob with the locals.
I am going to be in Morgantown for this year’s match. Hope to see you there!
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
My football spouse
- as opposed to the one I married – is not up for travel this year on account of knocking up his wife. Again. My actual spouse and I are definitely going to Knoxville for the LSU/UT game, and we may actually bring the man cub to his first road game. Not sure if there’s enough in the travel budget for a trip east, but if I can, I will. If I do, it will probably be by myself.
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
I had heard that.
I do not think that will be an issue this year- Morgantown is not really near any places like that.
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
-Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling."
-Londonjoe
I don't really care which way it goes truth be told.
I get my football and no matter what there’s going to be something I know I don’t like. Here’s my take:
Playoffs determine one “true” champion (fans won’t have anything to argue about if this happens, ie true winnar, so fans will be happy and yet find something else to argue about, ie venue, travel, etc).
Bowl games (and lots of them) give away money-type items to schools. Schools like money. Schools don’t care who wins the world domination. Fans do.
The thing no one actually agrees on: how to rank schools. People write programs to do computer rankings. People are asked opinions and personal ranks (coaches, writers). People are always wrong.
So regardless of how to get to a championship game, it’s really still about who is playing.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Fans will question the legitimacy of a playoff champion too
It will just be a different group of fans.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on May 20, 2011 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Real possibility just means...
Fox, NBC, or CBS (since ABC/ESPN has their stake in the current system) want in, and will pony up the money. Or Jerry Jones goes crazy and ponies up the dough.
Or the ever intrusive government and that communist Obama stick their noses in this thing and force it to happen.
/shows self into spider closet for sarcastic, but potentially inflammatory political, comment
//really hates spiders and breaks down the locked door screaming like a 4 yr old girl
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I can give a hearthy THIS to this
and agree indubitubly.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
The "Independents"
even if I have to make them a “conference” to do it, the old Independents will all be stripped of their conference affiliations.
ND
Penn State
FSU
Miami
West Virginia
Navy
Army
who am I missing?
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
The rest of the Big East?
Virginia Tech?
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Was VT an independent?
I don’t remember anything about them pre-Vick.
Oh yeah, I did forget Syracuse. Was Pitt independent too? UCONN didn’t exist, but I can count them as an Indy. Don’t care about Rutgers. TCU doesn’t belong. South Florida, I suppose, but see UCONN.
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I recall them being in the Metro conference
/checks the wikis
Southern, then Independent, then Metro, then Big East.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
That actually skips a few steps.
Remember that the Metro didn’t sponsor football. We were independent in football until joining the Big East in ‘91, but remained in the Metro for bouncyball until they kicked us out in ’96 because we wouldn’t leave the BEFC as they added football and became C-USA. Bouncyball etc. wound up in the Atlantic 10 halfway house until the first ACC scare in 1999 forced the BE to admit us for all sports in 2000 (albeit under onerous financial terms; the first full share of Big East revenue for VT would have been this past school year).
That 17-year-old Hokie sitting in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters in 1997 didn't see any of this coming.
BREAKING: Joe Schad reports that a week from next Monday is Joemorial Day.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 9:43 AM EDT reply actions
We comment today with heavy hearts
RIP Li’l Sebastian
by deuce5000 on May 20, 2011 9:46 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
I've only cried twice in my life.
First, when I was six, and I was hit by the school bus. The second was when I learned that Li’l Sebastian had died.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
We can take comfort
in knowing that he’s in heaven, doing his two favorite things: Eating carrots, and urinating freely
I have only cried two times in my life....
Goodbye Li’l Sebastian
"My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk, and the only thing he’s allowed to decide is who to nuke. The man is chosen based on some kind of IQ test, and maybe also a physical tournament, like a decathlon. And women are brought to him, maybe ... when he desires them."
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on May 20, 2011 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
That was fantastic.
"My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk, and the only thing he’s allowed to decide is who to nuke. The man is chosen based on some kind of IQ test, and maybe also a physical tournament, like a decathlon. And women are brought to him, maybe ... when he desires them."
by the beefy ghost of prop joe on May 20, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Parks and Rec
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
excellent
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
too lazy to bookmark...
wishes that awesomeness was easily findable in a google search for future use.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Today's conundrums:
1) my boss’s boss and HIS boss aren’t here
2) half my coworkers are in a meeting until about lunch time
3) I have two tasks which might need completing today
4) The weather is useful for sleeping
5) I don’t know how I’m going to look busy without y’all to entertain me
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
this to you, to get you through your day
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
Those were gone by halftime.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
appropriate headgear
is appropriate.
"i play real sports. not trying to be the best at exercising."
by whiskey_soup on May 20, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
YES
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Please tell me that tattoo is a badly mistranslated inspirational* quote
*Inspirational in this case means anything from the Barney Stinson Bro Code
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
I'm ok with this.
Boss, intern, and me are having a conversation about the beginning of the intertubes. Intern is a senior in college, boss is 38-ish. It’s a funny convo. Also helping to not do work.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Go Green!
That's Dr. SpartanGator to you Wolverines.
Also on twitters
by SpartanGator on May 20, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Got your nose!
Like SBMWV? Try PegPelvisPete! The same great taste of SBMWV w/50% more snark & just 140 characters per serving!
by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
The every other year scheduling arrangement ND has with USC and Stanford has been that way for years
It is also the last game on the season, so some of the coaches can stay behind after the game and begin recruiting recruiting right away.
Brian Kelly should get credit for a lot of things, but this one was in place long before he arrived.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Would still like to see SC at our place in November, but it does work out okay.
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
New album dropped today
"Put a smile on your face, murder in your heart, and lets go kick these fuckers in the mouth" - Dick Bumpas
by Truffle Shuffle on May 20, 2011 9:52 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs
GAH
He looks like the other other guy from The Black Eyed Peas.
by Torgo's Executive Powder on May 20, 2011 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
The Plastic Surgeon really botched up
Al Harris’ nose job
If we dont get the 3 and out, well, when is the turnover coming?
Would look better with Chewbacca
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
This seems appropriate here
by Ron Zook Owes Me a Liver on May 20, 2011 10:08 AM EDT reply actions 16 recs
Green'd
"Fandom is irrational and emotional and therefore should be fun." - Wolverine Liberation Army
by SPORTSGEEK42 on May 20, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
i want that girl from 'my drunk kitchen' to be my drunk wife.
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on May 20, 2011 10:15 AM EDT reply actions
I think you missed the part where someone said he was sure.....
She plays for the other team.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
So, she'd bring home girls then?
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm prepared to change teams.
Wait, what?
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
/greenshirted
"When a woman says "nothing's wrong," that means everything is wrong. And when a woman says "everything's wrong" that means EVERYthing is wrong. And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off." H. Simpson
by Sasquatch Love on May 20, 2011 10:22 AM EDT reply actions
Hotty?
or Toddy?
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
my custom conferences
four super conferences
Big Something
Michigan, OSU, Penn State, Michigan State, Nebraska, Wiscy, the school which does not exist, Northwestern, Minny, Indy, Iowa, Illinois, Pitt, Missurah, Kansas, ND,
SEC
LSU, GA, FU, FSU, BAMA, AUBURN, ARK, KENTUCKY, TENN, MISS ST, OLE MISS, Vandy, TAMU, OU, GA Tech, UNC
ACC
Vir, VaTech, Mia, NCSt, BC, Clemson, Rutgers, Maryland, UConn, Temple, USCar, Lou, Cincy, Wf’nV, SYR, WAKE,
PAC
USC, Stan, OreSt, Ore, UCLA, Boise St, WAsh, WSU, AZ, AZ St, CAL, Utah, BYU, Tex, TCU, Colorado,
everyone else can either band together for another superconference or two or GTFO. also: Disrupting some natural rivalries (hopefully) creates OOC schedules worth watching b/c you’re now scheduling rivals OOC.
by LUNCHBOXTHEGOAT on May 20, 2011 10:28 AM EDT reply actions
16 teams isn't a conference.
Not when you play half of them every year.
Split D-1A into 1A and 1B, six conferences of ten in each. Full round robin in each conference, with promotion and relegation – last place in the Big Ten gets sent down to the MAC. Conference champions and two at-large play a three-round playoff. (If the 1B champion is one of the at-large teams, they move up instead of their conference champion.)
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
OK, roll call campers
Who else immediately thought the drunj cooking lady person was one of the EDSBS lady people?
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
I just immediately thought
That I would like to marry her.
by commodore_dude on May 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Is she on that
website about lesbians who look like Justin Bieber?
The USC Cocks pay my bills but the LSU Tigers have my heart.
by Anthropologal on May 20, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
No, really;
If you look on her twitter account, she did a Q&A yesterday. One of the questions was “when did you come out?”.
I was woken from my slumber last night by my garage door opening at 2am. Wondering who the fuck was breaking in, I grabbed my bedside baseball bat and trudged downstairs to be greeted by 2 of my buddies, drunk as shit, with a 12 pack of Bud Light tallboys.
Apparently, they had been at a bar near my house, and didn’t want to risk driving home. So, they walked to my place, and stopped off at the gas station to pick up some beer.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED – 2am to 4am power drunj
Lesson Learned – never give your garage door code to friends.
Kill, Bubba, Kill!
Its how they retrieve the leftovers
from the party the night before. Or just leave it there. We’ll drink it in less than a week.
...and the drunks all think I made it, and the girls all twist and shake it like they do; all my playground fears have faded, replaced with grown up nightmares that have come true...
by Boozy McHound on May 22, 2011 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
youre doing it right
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I would have used the bat on them
for going cheap on the beer.
You want to sleep off your drunj in my house? Fine, but I expect Fantome or something for it.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I have my own homebrew.
I would expect my friends to bring me something better than that as the offering.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I don't care what YOU had in your fridge
if someone wakes me up at 2am and shows up with only Bud Light, they’re getting the burglar treatment.
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
this. period.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't be so hasty there
Chances are if I’m drankin between 2 and 4 am, it’s pointless to waste anything good on me, as I won’t be in much of a position to appreciate it.
by Peter Gray on May 20, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What gas station sells "good" beer anyways? Especially one open at 2am ish?
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Much like women, I think at 2 am you take what's available and make the best of it.
by ElRocco337 on May 20, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
Ashamed to Rec
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire" - W. Churchill
"Stay out the way of the southern thing" - P. Hood
by TheDutchWonder on May 20, 2011 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Sometimes the truth isn't the only thing that's ugly
by Peter Gray on May 20, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
and that's a troothy-ness rec
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Lots of the gas stations here have the mix and match sixers
Sure, it’s warm, but warm good beer >>>> cold bud light.
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I was shocked when I got to Indiana and found out you couldn't buy cold beer in a gas station
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DRINK IT ON THE WAY HOME??
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
In KY
gas stations that sell beer must also stock at least $5000 in groceries.
Seriously.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
It is at cost, not retail price
so you cant have a single $5000 apple, unless you wholesale a $5000 apple.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
So they're buying fruit in Japan or Hawaii, then?
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that why they sell them fish eggs in that gas station in Lexington?
by vineyarddawg on May 20, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I refuse to attempt to explain anything in Lexington
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I think that's actually fish bait....
but I could be wrong.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
PA does not allow alcohol sales in gas stations or grocery stores
Didn’t notice this until someone pointed it out, now I notice it every time.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on May 20, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Gas stations in states where the liquor stores sell no beer/mixers
ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!
by MightyMightyMitzu on May 20, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
You can generally get sixers of decent beer at gas stations here in NY
Not a huge selection, but I mean, it’s a gas station, yanno?
Every single gas station in Wisconsin
Seriously, you only need to go to a liquor store for obscure things round these parts
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Milk, obscure, in Wisconsin???
/notsureifserious.jpg
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
BTW, if you're ever in Wisconsin, pick up some Point beer.
You’ll contribute to my local economy, and have a tasty beverage to boot. Kind of like an upmarket Miller High Life, only without the upmarket pricing.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Point is Wisconsin's answer to Grain Belt
Is it great? No. Is it leagues better than the typical “American Pilser?” Yes
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Exactly this.
Although, unlike Grain Belt, Point does try and screw around a little bit with specialty beers like IPAs. And they mostly succeed in putting out a decent low-cost product.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
And usually, the grocery store has 'em, too.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Was pleasantly surprised to discover that the gas stations 'round these parts do sell decent burr
Which I attribute to the crapload of local breweries.
I love green because money be green.
_____________________
Twittin
by that point, it is generally
‘woooooooo, time to drank the rubbin alcohol’
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"Thank you, I was didnt away until yesterday " -jc001
by CoastalCowbell on May 20, 2011 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
You missed my point entirely.
Drinking Bud Light at 2am when you’ve been up is one matter. If you wake my ass out of bed, however, I’m looking to hurt someone. Wake me up to “share” Bud Light, and it’s more like “I’m sorry, officer. I thought he was a burglar.”.
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
In their defense...
….there isn’t a proper liquor store within walking distance (and it was so late the liquor stores would’ve been closed), so they had to choose from the scant selection at the gas station (3.2 beer only here in KS).
But, in general I agree with you.
Kill, Bubba, Kill!
3.2 beer?
That’s justifiable homicide if I’ve ever seen it.
by Mango Stasi on May 20, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
That better translate as "horse piss"
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
WTF?
It translates to after-shave lotion? It must be an expression.
Exactly
That’s the only thing a German would use 3.2 — as a touch of cologne before heading out to drink some real damn beer.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
"thing" = way
The Chronicle regrets the error. I blame ADHD, Friday, and Clemson.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
If you consider the number of shit piles I leave behind in a given week . . .
. . . blaming them is fucking them.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
this goes here.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wow
I went to highschool in Cartersville and have never seen this.
AB cans this
and sends to sites of natural or man made disasters as part of relief efforts. It’s not available for sale anywhere.
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
Are you sure? How are you sure it's not for sale?
Do you have some kind of insider information or something?
.
.
oh.
True story from St. Louis:
Used to go there on business back in the day, and one time I decided to bash the A-B label a bit to one of my buds who lived there. “No wonder Anheuser-Busch beers are so bad,” I told him. “They use Mississippi River water to make it.”
“No way!” he retorted. “They use Missouri River water, not the Mississippi!”
Oh so much better…
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd gladly drink beer made from minimally-treated Mississippi water
But my Mississippi is a little bit different from their Mississippi.
A couple of thousand miles of silt and ag runoff make a big difference.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
That's OK, I brought my own.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, 3.2 beer ONLY?
Not like 3.2 is legal for 18-year-olds or something?
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
There's a reason us 'Sconnies call Minnesota the "nanny state"
Minnesota is always an early adopter on whatever new “think of the children” rule that gets cooked up.
Fire safe cigarettes that actually force you to smoke more is a perfect example
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Shrug. I accept my state for all her faults.
The good-to-bad ratio remains excellent. And we don’t have fucking Illinoisans treating us like their backyard.
by Erik T on May 20, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
/looks at flood of Chicagoans taking over Lake Geneva
Not for long
/pets cat
//evil laugh
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Border fence? No
I’m buring Chicago to the ground. No reason we have to waste all that waterfront
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
/pays 45% burning tax
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
by emc503 on May 20, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nah, just punitive law enforcement
“Sir, your speeding ticket for going 67 in a 65 zone has nothing to do with your Illinois plates whatsoever.”
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
True story, some counties in Wisconsin require out of staters to pay the fine on the spot
The cops have a credit card swiper in the car. You can then contest the fine later and be reimbursed, but you ain’t leaving without paying.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Its already been tried.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Yeah, it's called the Dan Ryan Expressway
/racist city planning is racist
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
I was refering to burning down Chicago
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Who told you about the attempt to keep the Canadians in their place?
/obscure bit of racism is obscure.
I am in favor of no sport which puts a stick in the hands of an Irishman - K.K.R.
Yeah, by Chicagoans, but when have they ever done anything right
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
I figured the cow was a Wisconsin spy
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
by gtne91 on May 20, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I don't know what your talking about
/shiftyeyes.gif
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"I've been turned into a cow. Can I go home?"
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
That reference is a little too obscure for me....
Where’s it from?
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
DOOR COUNTY IS WONDERFUL
Seriously, went up there this summer. I see why everyone and their mother from the North Shore rolls up that way
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
Having a friend with a summer house is nice?
Having a friend with a summer house is nice.
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
Best is having a friend who grew up in the resort town
Because then you go to the bar he worked at during the summer in high school and college and get free-to-cheap drinks, and then his mom makes breakfast for the hungover crew the next morning.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
/RAEG level increasing
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
They’re cloggin’ up our highways, invadin’ our lake spots, and eatin’ our cheese curds!
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Wanna know the best part
Since all of them love Lake Geneva so much, the property values are way higher there than they are in the rest of the state. Thank for your tax monies stupid Illini
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
I went to Lake Geneva once with cousins who live in Woodstock.
I didn’t get why they were all like HOLY SHIT LAKE GENEVA. I mean it’s nice and all, but still.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
It's probably like the 50th best lake in the state
Which is impressive when you realize we have like 12,000 lakes, but it’s still only 50th. (MN, which calls itself the land of 10,000 lakes, would have like 20,000 if they counted lakes like Wisconsin does)
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
I went there with my ex-gf's family
and enjoyed myself. Of course, fishing with her dad was the reason why. It was good to leave the rest of the fam in Chicago while we fished. He was both the most and least intimidating Marine I have ever known.
Too much head, too little heart.
I has a twitter.
If you have ever tried to drive the toll road out to Rockford in the summer . . .
. . . you’d place a premium property value on relative proximity to Chicagoland, too.
I’m lucky to have access to a much more remote place (in MN), but it is damned hard to get to (three + hours of driving from MSP).
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
North Shore for the win.
Our usual haunt is about four hours from MSP, 90 min from Duluth. Highly, highly recommended in the fall (if you manage to hit it during peak colors, it is absolutely freaking awesome).
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
"Also, dude, FIB is not the preferred nomenclature."
“Illinoisan, please.”
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, I misunderstood
I thought we were saying only 3.2 beer period, not just only 3.2 in grocery stores.
Also, did you know that it’s legal to drink 3.2 beer openly in Minneapolis city parks?
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, it's not like Bud Light / Coors Light / Miller Lite are much more than 3.2 anyways.
Kill, Bubba, Kill!
3.2 laws are abw
Which is about 4.0% abv.
Bud Light is 4.2% abv (assume others are similar) so really darn close. Its actually surprising they didnt design them to be 4.0% and not require separate formulations.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Obvious engineering solution is obvious to engineer.
Get a six pack of 3.2 beer, dump it down the drain, cut the cans apart and use the outer shell as a sleeve for good canned beer.
speaking of
Magic Hat cans are now available. Not sure if it’s just #9.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, well I want Kraken handles
/rages at the $26 receipt he saw for a handle
/pays $20 for a replacement fifth
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Hudson is 30 minutes away.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel ya, bro.
OK in the house. So I was trying to help ya out with the gas stations don’t actually sell worthy beer, what choice did you have.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
FALLS CITY FTW!
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't knock it....
I drank many a Falls City growing up in WF’nV. When that’s all you can get, it tastes pretty damn good.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
i used to buy a case for 11 bucks.
when your a college kid and you can get that much for that little and its not actually terrible, whats done is done.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Good man, you understand the value of cheap beers.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
i understand the whole spectrum.
but yes. falls city, steel reserve(vomit), and southpaw helped get me through college.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
absolutely not.
i may be an advocate of cheap beer, but i have standards. milwaukees best if i must, natty never.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm just saying
it got me almost all the way through college.
I even have the remnants of a 30 in my fridge from this weekend, none of which I actually consumed.
Too much head, too little heart.
I has a twitter.
Falls City is no longer a cheap beer.
The reincarnated version freed from Pittsburgh, that is.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Falls City is back!
Being contract brewed, its a 1950s era EPA recipe.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Might have to give that a try when I go back up to WF'nV next month....
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
It was pretty meh
Cheaper than Bass though, so if you like that, FC is a better and cheaper version.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I'm not waiting
for July 12 to get my realignments on! Fire up the time machine!
by TiderinMS on May 20, 2011 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
OK, so I just lost like an hour watching My Drunk Kitchens
Her mimosa recipe is pretty much dead on.
"When a woman says "nothing's wrong," that means everything is wrong. And when a woman says "everything's wrong" that means EVERYthing is wrong. And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off." H. Simpson
by Sasquatch Love on May 20, 2011 11:12 AM EDT reply actions
I was somewhat disappointed the link provided wasn't Epic Meal Time
And if you haven’t seen Epic Meal Time, well…here’s their take on breakfast.
by MacularDegenerate on May 20, 2011 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Digital Viking March 4th
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I am ashamed.
Bows head and retires to the spider closet.
by MacularDegenerate on May 20, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I went to brunch at a dive bar in downtown LA once that had "bottomless mimosas"
The bartender put a splash of orange juice and a lot of champagne in a rocks glass, then just kept refilling it with champagne. Good times.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Similar recipe for the $5 bottomless mimosas at my favorite local brunch spot.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
I had the bottomless mimosas on Solomon's Island, MD
They brought our table of six a carafe of OJ and two bottles of champagne at a time until we told them to quit.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
which dive bar?
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
The Down and Out.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I managed to defy all odds and not purchase NCAA 11 last year
So I’m not really sure how much longer my willpower is going to hold out concerning NCAA 12.
by MacularDegenerate on May 20, 2011 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
May have to play NCAA 11 some more
/Tries to throw to wide open receiver over middle
//Watches 65-rated linebacker jump 20 feet in air to knock it down
///Throws controller across apartment
by ElRocco337 on May 20, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
meanwhile on your defense
/sends 8 man blitz at Alabama on 1st and 10
//hits and surrounds mark ingram in the backfield
///breaks 8 tackles and outruns your entire secondary
IF I HADN’T SPENT $1200 ON THIS TV I’D SMASH MY FIST INTO IT.
by LUNCHBOXTHEGOAT on May 20, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Today, you shall lose to SJSU!
THE XBOX HATH SPOKEN!
by purwho on May 20, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
/fetal position
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on May 20, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
/quits and restarts
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
by emc503 on May 20, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I had a "no fucking way" game hit me in a title game
Somehow won it anyway, despite 4 turnovers (including one fumble where the guy was out of bounds when he recovered it), 2 missed field goals, 2 drops on 4th, and Wisconsin’s backup QB torching me for 400 yards passing after I knocked the starter out when he’d thrown 2 TDs. Winning that sucker was right up there with passing the bar in terms of lifetime achievements.
EA’s pretty much acknowledged that they program the game to make it ridiculous if you win too many in a row.
see: 7 ints 4 fumbles against Oregon after winning 4 straight BCS titles.
/RAGE QUIT WAS IN FULL EFFECT THAT DAY.
by LUNCHBOXTHEGOAT on May 20, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
"This is what happens when find a stranger in the Alps!"
/censored Waltered
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I just restarted the USC game something like 15 times one time. Every time, I built a huge half time lead, and then the box basically said FU SILLY BOY
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
/pushes up on right stick to lurch for more yards
//fumble
///every time
////why even have the cotdamn option?
I love green because money be green.
_____________________
Twittin
Back on offense, you say?
/Computer sends 8 man blitz
//Throw to wide open All-American TE
///Drops it
I, for one, am an ardent supporter of the 17-step drop.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean, I still throw the ball the right direction.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
No, that's Dan Orlovsky.
/12-step-drop-right-out-the-back-of-the-endzone
/loses by 2
I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left-hand side.
Bradley-Terry rankings for college football and basketball: because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
I've been trying to use realistic 3 and 5 step drops
It leads to a lot of sacks when I can’t throw the slant immediately, which leads me to using the 25 yard drop.
haha inside coverage
I play with some guys who play with the DB’s, and no one throws slants anymore
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Don't tell the computer that
That’s my “I absolutely need to convert this 3rd and 5” play. Anyone have the “behold the slant” GIF handy?
It turns into an arms race- he who picked off the first slant route had an unassailable advantage
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
God created the slant and go and smash routes for a reason
by Albino Tornado on May 20, 2011 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
HOT ROUTE STREAK
I KNOW YOU’LL PULL THE SAFTEY, BUT WHICH RECEIVER WILL IT BE? WHICH ONE?
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
/spread set all go
/rolls out to right sideline with devin gardner
//sprints up through vacated position
///LOL COMPUTER U NO TACKLE ME.
by LUNCHBOXTHEGOAT on May 20, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
HEY GUYZ I'MMA CALL PLAY ACTION 'CAUSE THE CPU IS TOTALLY GONNA RESPECT LATTIMORE
/Andiambro sacked before he can turn to face the line of scrimmage.
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
/fumble
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
"I've run for 7 yards a pop the last 6 carries, they'll have to sell out for the run"
/QB gets murdered, fumbles
//DE rumbles home for TD
Yeah, play action sucks against the computer
things are ridiculous to the point I’m almost ready to quit playing sports games.
Almost = an empty threat that will never happen no matter how much the wife complains
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on May 20, 2011 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't have a 360, a PS3, or a decent gaming computer
I gave up gaming when I graduated two years ago.
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I did a while back...
then the wife bought me a PS3 against my wishes for my birthday. DVD/Bluray player and the Netflix made her think it was a good idea. Then she saw how quickly I can become obsessed with things like Madden, Fifa, and the Masters version of Tiger Woods. I tried to warn her.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
All of my gaming gear got jacked in November...
haven’t played any of that since then- haven’t been able to afford to replace it. Once I can, we shall see
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
-Pinky
"Cleveland is a giant petri dish of masochistic enabling."
-Londonjoe
jacory harris?
/intercepted.
ok, so now im on defense…
/jacory harris still intercepted.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd just like to say
That I cannot wait for the first howling chorus of all caps “ARMPUNT!!!!!!!!!”. It’s the little things, you know?
my xbox needs a new dvd drive
so as much as i want, i cant haz until fixed.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
XBox 360 failures
Single handedly keeping the HD-DVD business alive.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Did yours get killed by the new update?
Because I thought I saw something about contacting support and getting one of the new hotness 360s as compensation.
by MacularDegenerate on May 20, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
nah.
had it for a while. it broke right before i got engaged, so i havent had the resources to get it fixed. but soon….soon…
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Also
Now that you’re getting married… don’t bother getting it fixed. You won’t have time to be allowed to play
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire" - W. Churchill
"Stay out the way of the southern thing" - P. Hood
by TheDutchWonder on May 20, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
jokes on her.
i know how to annoy her to the point she asks me to go into the other room. usually around the same time the braves come on.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Touche
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire" - W. Churchill
"Stay out the way of the southern thing" - P. Hood
by TheDutchWonder on May 20, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
“John’s wife is mad that he plays so many video games, so she made him sleep in the basement…..which is where the video games are. Well played, John.”
Kill, Bubba, Kill!
by Spartan D on May 20, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
creepy....
/myname’d
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
truth.
but still weird.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Just Z'd through every "gaming" comment above this one.
I know I didn’t miss anything.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
AND SO
THE BOND OF ASPIRATIONAL PEERDOM GROWS EVER STRONGER.
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on May 20, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions
Monk, is that you?
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
by stempke on May 20, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, at least Stanford is good now.
Even when they weren’t, the advantages of ensuring a season-ending game in California every year were worth it.
Key word "now"
Be interested to see how it looks in a couple of years.
In the meantime, why not throw us a bone again? We only led for about 3 minutes that last time and you won’t possibly give up another TD on 3rd and 37…
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
by VandyImport on May 20, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I've never gotten into the EA football series...
…could never get the player controls down. This one, however, I might have to get.
Live to fly!
Go Gators!
HEY, NOTRE DAME FANS, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE PAYING THE CHARLES TO NOT COACH AT YOUR SCHOOL?
$6.6 MILLION PLUS SMALLER ONGOING PAYMENTS UNTIL 2015.
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on May 20, 2011 11:31 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Why? That's a good question
It’s a multi-faceted answer, really…
by Peter Gray on May 20, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because NDNation touches itself at night
That’s why
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
by emc503 on May 20, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
This. Goes. Green.
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire" - W. Churchill
"Stay out the way of the southern thing" - P. Hood
by TheDutchWonder on May 20, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
while thinking of power running games
This is all just babytown frolics.
by Philander Chase's Sweatervest on May 20, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
"You're doin' a heckuva job, Fattie."
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by She Blinded Me With Violence on May 20, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bring in the flaming llamasaurus!
The use of the atomic hellfire FFFUUUUUU face is a dangerous business. It must be deployed rarely, only when appropriate.
ACS, ur doin it rite.
AS YOU REQUEST
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
by Londonjoe on May 20, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
For some reason when I see that gif, Farmer in the Dell plays in my head
/Omar’d
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
I need to get going and combine that one with this one
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
OH I SAY.
Too much head, too little heart.
I has a twitter.
by broski on May 20, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
i wish i knew how to do these things.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Get GIMP with the animation add-on
whose name I can’t remember now. It’s free and very powerful, though its palette indexing leaves something to be desired.
With a few hours of learning curve, you too can make pointless .gifs mocking your enemies!
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
i have GIMP, but i was not aware of the animation add on. ill have to check at home and import it to work
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
NEEDS MOAR AUTHENTIC GUINESS
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
or Guinness even
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Both?
Both
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Guinness is mother's milk
Quite literally. The old wives tale about having a new mother drink a pint to help the milk “come down” is true. Good enough for an infant, good enough for me.
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
WHATISTHISIDONTEVEN
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd say that's a fair price, eh?
"When a woman says "nothing's wrong," that means everything is wrong. And when a woman says "everything's wrong" that means EVERYthing is wrong. And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off." H. Simpson
by Sasquatch Love on May 20, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Approximately $1 million per win in 2008 and 2009.
/loads revolver
Transmogrified up in this piece!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on May 20, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah.. i meant to NOT have him as your coach
$6M seems fair. I know my school would pay that to not have Crxxm.
"When a woman says "nothing's wrong," that means everything is wrong. And when a woman says "everything's wrong" that means EVERYthing is wrong. And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off." H. Simpson
by Sasquatch Love on May 20, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
At least have some human decency...
… and take some of ND Nation with you.
I love green because money be green.
_____________________
Twittin
You got a link?
I was under the impression that the private-ness of our school meant that those figures wouldn’t be released
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
UND is private, but it's presumably a nonprofit
[/particularly now; insert Weis joke here]
Tax-exempt organizations file annual IRS Forms 990, and because of the interest in ensuring that tax exemption serves public policy purposes, the normal rules about tax return confidentiality don’t apply to those forms. The materials Holly quotes said that the info came from “federal tax documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune.” That may overstate the case. Exempt orgs are required to make their Forms 990 available for public inspection, and many now do so by posting them on the internet. There are entire data bases of these filings you can search (and it’s a good idea to do so before you make a gift to an organization you don’t know well).
The only thing that is surprising here is that UND didn’t manage to get the reporting clustered in such a way as to make it difficult to pull out Weis’s payment as a line-item. Maybe it was just too big to bury. ;-)
[ / end full on tax geek mode ]
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
What if they made it text searchable
GAHHHHH
The twitter
Anfield Asylum, sbnation's very own open zoo for the most dangerous game: Liverpool fans
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Addendum
Give the Trib some credit. According to their story, they did have to go ask UND for the filing.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Without having read the story, my initial reaction is that Weis's tax documents are not public record
Because he’s a Public employee. It wouldn’t then take much digging to look at his W2 from Indiana.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
It's not Weis's tax return; it's Notre Dame's
They have to disclose significant payments they’ve made as part of their Form 990 filing. This one was apparently too big to bury as part of “employee severance” or somesuch, so they made a separate line-item disclosure of the amount.
Public disclosure of Weis’s return without his permission would violate federal law, and IRS employees have been fired merely for looking up celebrity returns for cases where they are not assigned to the audit. Y’all may not like the IRS, but they do take that stuff very seriously.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Willingham's must have been small enough to hide then
Because no one actually knew what his buyout was. There were several well informed estimates but no one had the actual figures
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
FORM HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2007
In 2008 the IRS made significant changes to the form, especially in the area of “payments to contractors” which is most likely where this info was reported. Weiss.
THE RAPTOR HAS BEGUN!!!!
OOOOOOOHOHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
may you snap into as many slim jims as you want in heaven
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
i am behind on this. i haz a sorry.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Drunk cooking?
That drunk brunch thing is just a poor ripoff of the drunk history series. Seriously, I didn’t find it that funny.
There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
- Woody Hayes
by Culp's Freaking Hill on May 20, 2011 1:15 PM EDT reply actions
also out july 12
Thank goodness I can take breaks from reading to play NCAA, and vice-versa. Sleep? What is that?
by MrPacTen on May 20, 2011 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I'm more excited about the coaching carousel.
The fake career achievements are starting to lose their value as real-world distractions, so I need them to get a little harder.
by This Original Guy on May 20, 2011 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
You know it's an awesome CI when the commentariat doesn't even mention anything about the wisdom of Raekwon being entered into the public record.
"That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
by Bob Genghiskhan on May 20, 2011 2:11 PM EDT reply actions
We've concurred upthread.
And also revealed that she plays for the other team.
DREAMS ARE CRUSHED
http://twitter.com/#!/emc503
Unfortunately
Sometimes at work, I skim pretty briefly and quickly.
I figured it was a 50/50 on playing for the other team or not. SO ADORABLY CUTE
Do women even really have a "team" any more?
Sometimes I think they can switch-hit at a moment’s notice. Maybe it’s just the perverted ones?
I’ve been confused about this since at least the late ’80s…
Let's goooooooooo, Mountaineeeeeeeeers!
by An 'eer with a beer on May 20, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The stories I should not tell....
Seriously, not in a public forum.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
.
Much Inspirational...No pain, no pain....
The Twitter Haz Me - JdotLeazy
by Lt. Philip Nolan on May 20, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't mind tellin them, but they are private conversations.
Usually made better by mass alcohol consumption.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Carrying on my current tally
Retracting one strike from SA for stories.
...and the drunks all think I made it, and the girls all twist and shake it like they do; all my playground fears have faded, replaced with grown up nightmares that have come true...
by Boozy McHound on May 22, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I think we do it on purpose.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
The confusion, that is.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Makes sense.
Your job is to confuse, annoy, and frustrate. Keep up the good work.
by purwho on May 20, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're doing it right
毎日は土曜日であるべき
Notre Dame Fighting Irish by birth and undergraduate degree
U. Hawaii Warrior because the government pays my grad school tuition
by Kelly's Gyros on May 20, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
All women are 4 drinks away from bein lesbians
and do you blame them, women are so much more fun to look at than dudes
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
One day I shall consult the Archives and count how many times you've made this statement....
But keep right on making it because it does bear repeating.
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell
by MtnEer_in_SC on May 20, 2011 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
THE KIDS NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Never gotten the whole lesbian infatuation
Two or more women = a group of woman = nothing but trouble
Some people like trouble.
I don't know which you're worse at: the guitar or sex.
by Chloe Denmark on May 20, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Says the guy who's hooked up with multiple lesbians
You’re so not infatuated with them that you sleep with them
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
You just don't like lesbians because they think you're one
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
Have you ever had a scoop of ice cream?
You know, your favorite kind, let’s say it’s Cherry Garcia from Ben & Jerry’s. And have you ever looked at that scoop of ice cream in the bowl, and thought to yourself, damn, I wish I had two scoops of ice cream?
Yeah, it’s like that.
"This is a Claymore land mine. Use that to protect your property." -- Ron Swanson
by thechuck_2112 on May 20, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I do agree with your sentiment.
However, in this case, she has admitted having the “I’m gay” talk with her parents to a stranger on the twitters, so chances are she’s a pretty confirmed lesbian. Which is to our detriment because yeah, she’s cute.
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