LOU HOLTZ BENDS TIME, RIPS NEWSPAPER
0:12-MEN! He always starts by addressing the team as men. Sexist pig, that Lou.
0:29-Refers to Baton Rouge as “The toughest environment in the world.” We call bullshit, Lou. Have you ever played football in the caldera of Kilauea? Or at Fashion Week in Paris? Because those bitches can be savage without ever making a tackle and have you crying into a candy dish full of blow before you know what happened.
Or that hell-stadium from the old Eric Cantona Nike commercial, Lou-ever think about that? They tried to kill Patrick Kluivert, Lou! Satan wouldn’t do that. (Actually, that’s exactly what we imagine Death Valley to be like down to the flames, blind refs, and dogs on the sidelines.)
0:44-Lou says “happiness is having a short memory.” There’s a joke here, but we can’t remember what Lou just said, and therefore will got to the fridge for some Craisins. YAY CRAISINS!
0:52-We’re so happy.
1:02-Lou’s got a newspaper out. Says the editorial page is for “people who can’t think.” Considering that Lou’s ripping up a USA Today, we’ll give him that one uncontested.
1:10-Oh shit. He’s not…
1:15-He is.
1:32-Lou Holtz just stole my reality and drove it into a retaining wall at 90 miles an hour. Instead of exploding, though, it turned to butterflies and dollar bills. It’s pennies from heaven, Lou!

1:44-”I wake up screaming in the middle of the night because I can’t figure it out myself.” It’s like you can see into our soul, Lou. We take back everything bad we’ve ever said about Lou Holtz, since the rest of his life has simply been a warmup for this role as the man who takes a pastry gun of madness, plants it firmly in your ear, and injects your skull full of pure creamy madness through the magic of television. We’re smoking LSU on their homefield now-he ripped up a newspaper and put it back together with his mind, man! If a 68 pound man can do that on national television, imagine what we’re capable of…men.
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because illusion is magic and magic is everything!!!!
Comment by kleph — October 5, 2025 @ 5:44 am
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I wonder if Lou Holtz graduated from the South Harmon Institute of Technology?
Comment by Michael — October 5, 2025 @ 6:46 am
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This will all end badly when Mark May gets stuck in the Aztec Tomb.
Comment by Flop — October 5, 2025 @ 7:08 am
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Can Lou stop analyzing games and just give pep talks and do magic tricks from now on?
That was AWETHOME!
Comment by TIGERinATL — October 5, 2025 @ 7:17 am
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I would have loved to have been at the ESPN pitch meeting where someone suggests that Lou Holtz do a 90 second Situationist performance every week. Seriously, I’m expecting a PowerPoint featuring stills from Un Chien Andalou by the end of the season.
Comment by Fesser — October 5, 2025 @ 7:35 am
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I love how happy GOB is that the trick actually worked. And can we get that pep talk/magic show set to a little Europe? Editing people, make this happen.
Comment by Biggus Rickus — October 5, 2025 @ 7:36 am
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Lou Holtz made Mark May’s Goatee dissappear.
Comment by NewAZTiger — October 5, 2025 @ 7:37 am
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Lou would help you build the most realistic tiny town, ever.
One so mighty and strong that even an analrapist could not destroy it.
Comment by Coop — October 5, 2025 @ 7:42 am
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I watched it last night with my girlfriend who’s never seen The Amazing Lounak before. She thought maybe we’d entered a time warp and it was April Fool’s Day.
Can a van by the river and a steady diet of government cheese be far behind? I’m thinking Lou goes meta in an attempt to stay/become hip after one of his predictions goes wildly wrong.
Comment by OhioDawg — October 5, 2025 @ 7:50 am
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Is Lou predicting that Florida will win? Remember the last time he did that?
Good times, good times…
At any rate, I’m sure we can expect the ventriloquist routine before the end of the season.
“Men, the two of us would like to sing you a special song, about togetherness, about unity, about coming together to accomplish a common goal.
“It ain’t easy being white, it ain’t easy being brown…”
Comment by Dr. O. Goldsmith — October 5, 2025 @ 7:53 am
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“we’re gonna play the #1 team in the country in maybe the most difficult environment in the world”…
…but don’t be nervous.
Comment by Troy in Columbus — October 5, 2025 @ 8:03 am
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Help me out here: what’s the record of teams Lou’s given “pep talks” to? Am I still hungover or have they all lost? I can only remember Notre Dame and Michigan (Michigan going into the game vs. Oregon) getting them prior to now.
And think of the bad mojo if on top of Holth pep talk, Corso puts on a gator head?
I figure at that point Mike the Tiger would go Sigfreid & Roy Tebow. …not that that’s something I would secretly cheer for…like someone stabbing Fulmer with a fork and watching him scream “my goo…my goo” a la Rob Reiner.
Comment by Will — October 5, 2025 @ 8:06 am
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Dr. O,
Maybe that’s what happened to Lou, cracking under all that pressure to be bright. Meanwhile, May’s got kids all over down. It ain’t easy.
Comment by Biggus Rickus — October 5, 2025 @ 8:09 am
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@Will, I’m pretty sure last week his pep talk was for South Florida. So maybe the curse is broken…
Comment by Troy — October 5, 2025 @ 8:14 am
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Stupefying.
Magnificent.
Elderly Advanced.
Comment by impirius — October 5, 2025 @ 8:23 am
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Lou is the reason there are clear, protective panels over salad bars.
Lou once gave a pep talk to Marshall and that didn’t turn out so pretty.
Comment by SunDawg — October 5, 2025 @ 8:24 am
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Best pep talk yet.
Comment by Rob — October 5, 2025 @ 8:26 am
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I think he gave a pep talk to Michigan before the Penn State game.
Comment by MiseanAuFan — October 5, 2025 @ 8:28 am
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I woke up in the middle of the night screaming when Holtz and the Cocks beat the Buckeyes two years in a row - and I thought it was because we were just a piss poor team in transition between coaches - at least now I know - Magic, bitches, f’king Magic.
Comment by The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes — October 5, 2025 @ 8:30 am
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How the hell DID he do that?
Comment by DuNing — October 5, 2025 @ 8:31 am
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That was actually a copy of USA Tomorrow.
Think. About. That.
Comment by Allahver Fist — October 5, 2025 @ 8:33 am
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The best new feature of USA Tomorrow: its comics section.
Comment by Fightin' Englishman — October 5, 2025 @ 8:39 am
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Lou’s 1-4 this year, by the way. South Florida got him in the win column last week.
Comment by Run Up The Score — October 5, 2025 @ 8:44 am
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Still, where’d the newspaper come from?
I can’t tell which makes me cringe more: the fact that Lou clearly broke three fingers tearing that paper or his rapidly-deteriorating AIDS face.
Comment by Laugh — October 5, 2025 @ 8:49 am
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I can imagine Tebow screaming “it’s in his pocket” or “he’s palming it”……
Comment by The Last Dragon — October 5, 2025 @ 8:50 am
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Well you had to figure he’d do floriduh this week. He’s the new state senator!
Comment by James — October 5, 2025 @ 8:56 am
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Sometimes the replies are funnier than the post. That’s where Swindle gets all his hits….
Comment by Burt77 — October 5, 2025 @ 8:56 am
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Glenn Dorsey just wrote on his Husqvarna - This is for Tim Tebow.
Comment by Southern Papa — October 5, 2025 @ 8:59 am
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I watched this last night and it reminded me why I still love Lou Holtz. He’s like your funny grandpa that pulls quarters out of your ears and tells stories of the war.
I wonder what the man is like after a couple of fingers of scotch? Something tells me is is between frightening and magical.
God bless you and your generation Lou.
Comment by Odell 51 — October 5, 2025 @ 9:01 am
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Au revoir, newspaper.
I’d like to know how he did that, too. Maybe it’s how he was able to hide his connection to Luther Darville and Kim Dunbar.
Comment by Brewster Crew — October 5, 2025 @ 9:08 am
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It’s MAGIC!
Comment by Levi — October 5, 2025 @ 9:08 am
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It’s a version of the “torn napkin trick”, if you really want to google it to figure out how it’s done :). I’m pretty impressed that he pulled it off… too bad it pretty much dooms the gators.
Actually, if you look for “Lou Holtz Newspaper Trick” he’s actually in a book about how to pull off this particular trick:
http://tinyurl.com/3ah4he
That crafty Lou.
Comment by matt — October 5, 2025 @ 9:21 am
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It’s an “illusion.” A trick is something whores do for money.
Comment by D'Jango — October 5, 2025 @ 9:22 am
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We were watching the game last night….
Wife: Who is that guy?
Me: That is Lou Holtz. He used to coach Notre Dame and South Carolina.
Wife: Is he retarded?
Comment by misterjingo — October 5, 2025 @ 9:23 am
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this is a much better peptalk for the LSU game…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LoUtrfjOtR4
Comment by panhandler — October 5, 2025 @ 9:25 am
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You are too much for me Holtz, you sonofawhoreson bitch! I wish I knew how to quit you.
Comment by blazin — October 5, 2025 @ 9:28 am
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Is there an Emmy category for insanomercials? I’d like to nominate grandpa.
Comment by maze — October 5, 2025 @ 9:34 am
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I stand in awe of Lou Holtz. His peptalks are the greatest thing in the world. I enjoy how Rece Davis is unable to control himself afterwards because he’s laughing, stunned and wants to break down a brick wall for Coach Lou.
My favorite part is his intro. “This week Florida is playing LSU and this is what I would say to them (pause) Now men…”
Comment by Edsall is God — October 5, 2025 @ 9:39 am
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why do you keep your craisins in the refrigerator?
Comment by chairLegInEyeSocket — October 5, 2025 @ 9:42 am
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He’s sort of a cross between Ross Perot and Barney Frank……he may be the new “Great Communicator”….I’d pull a lever for the ole’ bastard….
Comment by Judge — October 5, 2025 @ 9:43 am
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A pep talk for a team that’s about to face LSU and not one warning about chainsaw dicks? Papa Lou gon’ get those boys keelt.
Comment by Doug — October 5, 2025 @ 9:45 am
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Im with Fesser #5.
What in the hell is going on in the board room at ESPN/Disney? Reminds me of the comercial with a conference room full of chimps partying because they misread a graph. Who decided Holts giving pep talks was a good idea? The most reasonable explenation is some high powered exec hates Holts and actually ordered him to do it.
Or maybe I’m just WAY behind the curve and some genius Karl Rove desciple is pushing buttens at the world wide leader after calculating america loves disaster…..could be.
Comment by tzubear — October 5, 2025 @ 9:52 am
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It’s amazing what they can teach the inmates at the local nursing home. Lou is plainly a star pupil - I wonder if he’s made a paper mache voodoo doll of Mark May yet?
Comment by DC Trojan — October 5, 2025 @ 9:59 am
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As a South Carolina fan, these speeches have been the best insight as to why Lou’s last few years went the way they did.
It’s just nice to know the reasons, is all.
Comment by anon — October 5, 2025 @ 9:59 am
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If Lou Holtz were to give a pep talk to Al-Qaeda, the War on Terror would be over within weeks.
Comment by Digital Headbutt — October 5, 2025 @ 10:05 am
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#25
only a gambini would do that.
the gators will win…b/c lou actually IS a football god!!!
Comment by gerry dorsey — October 5, 2025 @ 10:05 am
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#40:
Maybe this is a demonstration of what happens to a person if they’re not careful when they play around with a werewolf with a chainsaw dick. So, the message is twofold: Fuck around like me on Saturday night and you’ll end up like me and mmmmmmm tapioca pudding night at the Senior center.
Comment by dogtown gator — October 5, 2025 @ 10:05 am
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“It’sh an Illuuuuuschion!”
Comment by Chris — October 5, 2025 @ 10:11 am
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When i first watched that clip I was really worried about that torn USA Tomorrow.
Because that paper is the property of Tony Joiner’s girlfriend. And we know Tony is very protective of his property.
Luckily, Tim Tebow healed the paper with his mind.
Comment by dogtown gator — October 5, 2025 @ 10:11 am
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As much as I hate that former ND Coach for many, many reasons….
he may be the most brilliant comic mind this world has.
Comment by xhack — October 5, 2025 @ 10:11 am
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If you think this is entertaining, just wait until the WWL hires Ed Orgeron to give the pep talks in 2030.
Comment by Digital Headbutt — October 5, 2025 @ 10:13 am
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#34 - with all due respect and I mean no offense, but you should have stood up, smacked your wife with the back of your hand, then sat down again with a quiet, solemnm reply, “Yes.”
Comment by Out of Conference — October 5, 2025 @ 10:13 am
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And for fucks sake, the USATomorrow.com domain is already under construction.
Damn you, Kucinich, either get your vision of a better tomorrow campaign out there and shit, or get off the fucking pot. We got satire to do.
Comment by dogtown gator — October 5, 2025 @ 10:17 am
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Wow. I’m stunned. This is sublime. SUBLIME!!!!
Go Gamecocks.
Comment by robert — October 5, 2025 @ 10:21 am
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LOU HOLT(z)!!!!!
Comment by Captain Awesome — October 5, 2025 @ 10:26 am
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#39 -
I’m totally down to work on the Holtz ‘08 campaign.
“Like Reagan, only older.”
Comment by Slims — October 5, 2025 @ 10:27 am
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btw… snowballs in purgatory - they just melted - KY is back to playing KY football…. now let’s get back to monitoring FL, GA and maybe SC to see who come out on top of this scrum
Comment by Futbawl Fan — October 5, 2025 @ 10:29 am
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Lou Holtz ain’t got nuttin on this guy. Go Gators!!! Into my Vagina of Love and Coupons!!!
Comment by Brandon Cox's Vagina — October 5, 2025 @ 10:41 am
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SC may have the inside track. If they beat UF they are in. Even if UF beats SC, a loss to LSU would mean UF has to win out to make it to Atlanta.
Comment by TIGERinATL — October 5, 2025 @ 10:45 am
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Brandon Cox’s Vagina is either Orson in disguise or Cuddles. Too witty to not be a pseudo-Swindle.
Comment by TIGERinATL — October 5, 2025 @ 10:47 am
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I’m calling bullshit on Holtz’s “magic”. Lou, you want to do magic? Make that goddam lisp disappear.
Comment by fresh — October 5, 2025 @ 10:48 am
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Lou Holtz tore my hymen, but he put it back together again.
Yay second virginity!!!
Comment by Brandon Cox's Vagina — October 5, 2025 @ 10:59 am
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Brandon Cox’s Vagina, do you bleed burnt orange and navy blue?
Comment by Allahver Fist — October 5, 2025 @ 11:16 am
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Lou Holthhhh is close to beating out Spurrier as “The Man” of the college footbaww worldll!!!
Comment by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — October 5, 2025 @ 11:25 am
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Why is “The Final Countdown” now stuck in my head?
Any post with GOB Bluth is a good post.
Comment by Dave — October 5, 2025 @ 11:32 am
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@ D’Jango
Or coke…
Comment by lance harbor — October 5, 2025 @ 11:35 am
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two newspapers, he throws the one he tore up off the bottom of the screen when he unfolds the second one
Comment by george oscar — October 5, 2025 @ 11:35 am
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The Force is strong with this one…
Comment by Tar Heel Fan — October 5, 2025 @ 11:55 am
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This post is 100% Pure Columbian Awesomeness, to steal a tag from Brian Cook.
+1 billion cocktails to you, sir.
Comment by kingtut — October 5, 2025 @ 12:15 pm
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#63, in fact, I do.
Now, how about a date? We’re made to be together, at least on the Intarweb. We could make a buck or two in the pr0n business.
Comment by NewAZTiger — October 5, 2025 @ 12:41 pm
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Well, there goes that cover…
Comment by Brandon Cox's Vagina — October 5, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
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For what it’s worth, the hell stadium isn’t really in the world. It generally stays on another dimensional plane of existence and comes into being only during eclipses around the time of the world cup of kickball.
Comment by crazy tom — October 5, 2025 @ 1:29 pm
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Lew Holts == Satan’s Bunion
Comment by I R A Darth Aggie — October 5, 2025 @ 1:31 pm
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Seriously, I have Lou on a videotape ripping the newspaper 16 years ago. Complete with the same cornball comments. He’s been doing that one a loooong time.
Comment by Brad — October 5, 2025 @ 1:55 pm
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He didn’t look like he was wearing a FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR SUIT! COME ON!
Comment by El Hombre — October 5, 2025 @ 3:23 pm
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Sweet Lou Holtz,
Now if he could just break into a verse of “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond after his pep talk, my world would be complete…actually reminds me of my uncle who went to Vietnam, got hooked on heroin, became schizophrentic, grew out his beard, doesnt bathe, and lives in a 2 duct-taped- together- refrigerator boxes outside on the 3 car garage of my aunts house, in the dark, all the time. Only comes out to go to the bathroom and grab a bite to eat. Doesnt watch tv because he thinks Lou Holtz is out to get him.
True Story.
Comment by Capt Obvious — October 5, 2025 @ 3:32 pm
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This man was once a football coach in the SEC.
Sorry boys, but this here debate is over.
Comment by Left Coast Football — October 5, 2025 @ 3:45 pm
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So the jock falls on Brandon Cox’s Vagina to reveal…NewAZTiger’s vagina. Sew them lips up and stop yo’ talkin’.
Comment by Allahver Fist — October 5, 2025 @ 4:02 pm
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I should’ve never let that Cable guy install internet in here.
Comment by Brandon Cox's Vagina — October 5, 2025 @ 4:50 pm
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You guys seen this? That Tim Tebow guy is catching on…
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/76481/the-hottest-numbers-top-20-jersey
Comment by Martinis at 8 — October 5, 2025 @ 5:19 pm
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Holy Shit! Lou Holtz is the original Mr. 2 Bits!
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — October 5, 2025 @ 11:11 pm
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If Lou has to do a magic trick for us to get us motivated, you know we’re in deep shit. THAT WATH THE CRAZIETH THING I EVER THAW!!!
Comment by BurritoBrosShits — October 6, 2025 @ 9:53 am
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Gotta steal one from MST3K:
“Hello, Sigfreid!” “Hello Roy!”
Comment by Cookie Monster — October 7, 2025 @ 2:32 pm