Wow, Paterno has names a junior as a captain for the first freaking time since 1968. And the honor goes to… Linebacker Paul Posluszny. Maybe this is a good sign for the Nitany Lions as perhaps Joe Pa will forgo his senior loyalty and make a needed change at quarterback which might give them a better chance to compete next year and into the future. Baby Steps into the 21st Century Joe, that’s all we’re asking.
Perhaps a little of Leo Marvin’s Death Therapy can make Paterno adapt his coaching style and bring Penn State back.
It is nice to see that optimism can spring eternal among our nations youth. Let’s see, your coach is ranked as the nations worst, your schedule might be the nations toughest, you’ve lost starters to arrests and injury… what does that mean for the Yellow Jackets…. motivation according to this piece in the Macon Telegraph. Be cautious Tech fans, this reminds us of Zook’s “noise in the system” approach to motivating his players that resulted in a loss to Mississippi State.
Sad news from Clemson Tiger Sporting News: Olu Babalola will not be playing football, robbing us of a guaranteed starter on our “All-Name Team.” He’s no De’Cody Fagg, but he’s close. You’ll be singing his name to the tune of the Kinks’ “Lola” all day now, won’t you? “Lo-la…Olu Baba-lo-la…Olu Baba-LO-LAAH…(dum-de-dum-dum-dah-dum, repeat ad infinitum…)
Lo-la..Olu Ba-ba-lo-LAAHHH…
Imarealist gives a nice rundown of lies, damn lies, and statistics in his ongoing data-donnybrook with Heismanpundit. It’s only a matter of time before spreadsheets start flying.
Solon, HP opponent and superb commenter, is looking to start his own blog. Encourage him and give advice below.
We called them ACRs at the University of Florida: Alachua County Residents. Paul’s put them on the cover of NCAA 2006 for our viewing pleasure. And no, that’s not us in the picture. (No jean shorts? What’s up with that?) We’re much more beautiful than that in person, even though we do own those Gator camo pants. Hey Paul-do a Tennessee fan cover, and we’ll call it even, okay? Hunting camo, chee-tos…you know the drill.
Coaches are often accused of being dictators. We decided that some of them might actually be real-life dictators. For more compelling evidence, please click on the more button to see some of our disturbing picks.
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LSU lineman Chase Pittman breaks even in the great Karma sweepstakes by allegedly pummeling a guy who was groping women in da club and then subsequently kicking him while he was down until the man passed out. The first thing we thought of when we heard this story was the shoes Pittman was wearing: were they in fact “Tims”? And did the groper get “timbaland’d” up, as in Nas’ “Made You Look?”
Don?t start none, won?t be none
No reason for your mans to panic
You don?t wanna see no ambulances
Knock a pimp?s drink down in his pimp cup
That?s the way you get timberland?d up
Anyone here think the Timberland company sometimes feels a little anxious about having their formerly woodsy image now associated with club clusterfuck stompfests? And if Pittman has a big season, do we smell a lucrative corporate sponsorship deal in the works? “I’m Chase Pittman. Tims’ boots and streetwear: straight chump-stompin’ 2.0, homey.”
Straight chump-stompin’ for Chase Pittman means he needs nothing less than the best footwear for the job.
CFR gets in on the booming Heisman market with their own Heisman page, replete with tons of happy linkitude. Though he performs his usual tug job of Heismanpundit’s Heismandments-which we’re on the record as saying will be broken this year-we wonder about the turf issues here. The Heisman block is a small one, and what with HP making the airwaves and getting a bit of national pub, a sissy-boy blogger slapfight may be inevitable.
