Stuff. From other places. With facts 'n numbers and stuff. Sometimes.
--Church of Albert enters the "Parallel Piece" sweepstakes with a College Teams/Superhero bit. Virginia Tech as Dr. Doom works for us, mostly because Dr. Doom rules.
--Peter finds his own case of geniune "Oklahoma Suks" beer. His description: "dark, rich, very malty." Does that mean it tastes better than Miller High Life? Because that stuff is very tasty, indeed.
--In the stands in G-ville last weekend, a hubbub ensued in the rows above us. We weren't sure what it was, but the only clue came when we overheard people saying "Yeah, the bitch is up there." Mystery solved: Jenn Sterger, she of the fine Corinthian leather, was in the stands "covering" the game for CNNSI.
We have to wonder what's going on at the Photoshop department at SI OnCampus, though. Pic one of Borat's sister posing with a Gator fan:
Now check out the pic on page two, taken with some enthused Alabama fans who may or may not have actually been in the picture.
Suspiciously Photoshoppy, as pointed out to us by several readers. That isn't the only manipulation going on with the piece: she uses the word "projectile" to describe the objects Alabama and Florida fans were throwing at each other (something we nor anyone else we talked to actually saw at the game.) We bet the original read: "And they were totally throwing shit at each other!", a phrase hastily corrected by an SI editor wondering out loud if she went to Brown for four years just to correct the slackjawed prose of a silicone-poisoned Florida State grad. (Answer: um, yes.)
--Navy fullback Adam Ballard wants to be a country singer.
To be a good country music singer, you don't have to have a real good voice," the texas native told the Sun last week.
--Auburn's starting center, Joe Cope, will be out for at least four weeks for a knee injury. He'll be replaced by someone else who can't stop a 130-lb drifter from stealing a laptop.
--We heard cheers for both quarterbacks at the Florida game, including a concerted effort in the student section to make louder cheers for Chris Leak when he re-entered the game.
But that wouldn't make for specious "instant controversy" pieces! Click on it for the tastiest in soy-filled, hormone laced manufactured stories.
--How Bob Stoops lost his groove. (HT: The Wiz.)
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