Joel over at Rocky Top’s following the temporary demise of Erick Ainge’s knee. He’s going to have to have surgery on the meniscus in his knee, the cartilage pads that act as shock absorbers for the joint, and could (in theory) miss part of the season if the cartilage needs to be prepared. For all things meniscus-ish, click here for a tutorial.

The injury puts Jonathan Crompton, former Parade All-American, in a very good position to go from “next” to starter. He’ll lose the privilege of being “next,” which means he’ll no longer be the ideal alternative to the actual starter, something both he and Tim Tebow evidently might get to discover in the same year.

At least the Cromptonites are happy, we suppose.

Erik Ainge is out for spring, and possibly beyond.

Given ample time, we think the laws of physics and parallel universes imply that you could find a video of yourself being concussed by a bloodthirsty safety.

In fact, according to a Scientific American article we skimmed on the toilet one day, there has to be a parallel universe where you’re being killed on a Youtube clip. In fact, there’s one where you’re this Texas Tech wide receiver getting his sternum shattered by a TCU d-back. And that parallel universe utterly sucks for you.

We’d like to send our condolences out to Rodney, proprietor of Alabama’s venerable Tider Insider message board. Rodney lost his son-in-law to a motorcycle accident on the 8th; his wife, after being notified of the accident, was then killed in an accident returning to Tuscaloosa on the same day.

The ongoing condolences thread is here.

We’re tearing up at the thought of something half this bad happening in our world. Words can’t cover something this bad, but condolences from us to you anyway. We wish you peace.

Please leave your sympathies below, and we’ll make sure they get to the right place.

Scott Adamson has a capital idea: a spring college football jamboree, or whatever the hell you want to call it. We hear jamboree, and we think Boy Scouts, or hillbilly hoedown, or a hillbilly hoedown meeting Boy Scouts in a horrific conflagration of rednecks assaulting 34 year old men in scout uniforms in a movie called Jamboree: The Deheading. So take a different name if you like, but Adamson’s idea sounds like printing money for ESPN or whomever cares to make it happen:

ESPN’s College Football Spring Fling (presented by a corporate sponsor to be named later) could feature a full day and night of offseason football action.

Seriously, how could one spring football game _ or one spring jamboree _ be a bad thing for college football?

A fair question. We’re in favor of it, but then again, Pete Doherty’s in favor of beer. Someone not as depraved as we are should discuss this responsibly because WE WANT GIMME GIMME NOWWWWWW.

Pete Doherty: also an addict in need…of sunlight, among other things.

Play to put yourself in the RAH RAH RAH frame of mind, please:

MP3 File

School: University of Minnesota

Ad title: “Hats off to Thee.”

EDSBS title: “Minnesota and Gospel Music: going together like thumbtacks and chewing gum since 1851.”

Setup: The University of Minnesota needs money, so they send you a link to this Flash Presentation. The Flash presentation reminds you that though “you’ve moved on” (and what a titanic loser you are if you’re still in the neighborhood,) the University of Minnesota is still your home away from home. Then they flash this on the screen:

What part still lives there? Pardon us for being literal minded, but we have to know. NOW. A rank pair of boxers we never retrieved from behind the study cube? (more…)