CURIOUS INDEX, 9/26/2008
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Innuendo Overdrive Continues. Metaphors. They’re everywhere, really.
From Doc Saturday’s flash-entry on the game: But if Ohio State deserves to be ridiculed and scorned and run out the mythical championship picture on a rail for its primetime, big game failures, when are we going to hold USC accountable for repeatedly losing the little one? Not until they lose a bowl game in humiliating fashion, of course, though this second loss to Oregon State in three years coupled with the Stanford upset now has three consistent events concatenated into a trend which even, oh we don’t know…yes, even AOL commenters, for example, can appreciate the significance of with some proper repetition and patience in a room free of shiny distractions and candy. Ted Miller of ESPN’s superb Pac-10 blog adds: It means the Pac-10’s shocking spiral into the muck of irrelevancy is complete. This would be so much less sticky of a statement to toss around had Tennessee not lost to UCLA, thus allowing for the “but but but BUT! What does it say about the SEC blah blah UCLA loss blah blah.” What is says is that Tennessee shitting the bed against the Bruins was a royal pain in the ass in the blanket statement department, and that the Vols deserve whatever Guantanamo sojourn they seem doomed to endure this year for undermining the ease of the WOOO SEC! argument. To repeat: THANKS, ASSHOLES, FOR MAKIN’ THE THANKIN’ BONE SORE. Love, the rest of the SEC Urban Meyer does like application of batter and heat to Urban’s tail. Urban is concerned. Urban is specifically concerned about Mike Wallace, the Ole Miss speedster who scorched Florida’s secondary for a 77 yard go route TD. They’re a more dangerous team than the team we played last week,” Meyer said. “(They are) faster. (Wallace), the guy kind of fried our tail last year, ran a (98)-yard kick return against Vanderbilt. I worry about their speed. Urban should remember that last year’s secondary made Brandon Cox look like Dan Marino Thundercock Voltron. Urban needs a Diet Coke and a protein bar, and will be be right back. You can’t call them Pravda. Army’s Rivals site is brimming with optimism about the Texas A&M game this weekend! Now that Coach Brock has added a “Keystone Kops” dimension to this offense, shuffling his ineffective QB’s at random and illogical moments, you can count on all kinds of slapstick comedy any time the QB’s fake the fullback handoff and try doing anything else against the athletes on the A&M defense…Look for calls for Brock’s job to begin on Saturday afternoon… Good morning, starshine….the earth says, heeeLOOOOOOO… Shockingly, no qbs were maimed. Oregon players get in street racing accident, lose confidence in tight-ass street racing abilities, wonder if this whole crazy cash-for-dash scene is really worth it, find solace in the love a good woman who can’t say no to fast cars and faster men, and then rebuild their ride with extra nitrous, spearmint headlights, and defeat the pretty boy rich kid who spun them out in the first place, regaining their schwerve and reclaiming their crown as King of the Streets. |
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Carroll=Zooker
Comment by willet — September 26, 2025 @ 9:55 am
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Make no mistake about last night. It wasn’t just the usual USC egg-laying against inferior opposition.
No…in the first half, the salient fact was that Oregon State was damn good. Which makes it worse for the Trojans.
There’s some comfort in being able to say “yeah, we didn’t show up to play, it was an ugly and weird contest, we’re clearly the better team but we gave the game away”. It leaves open the possibility that, on most Saturdays, you really are the #1 team in the land. You just couldn’t be bothered to act like it this time; but that shouldn’t happen again, and if it doesn’t, you’re still in the BCS hunt.
It’s a different story when you face an opponent who plays far enough out of their minds that they successfully impersonate a top-10 team for the first 30 minutes-and you’re just plain not up to the challenge that represents. It’s not that you get lazy and stupid and make mistakes and let an incompetent team stay in the game…no, you simply get dominated, on both sides of the ball.
Maybe you’re not as good as you, and everybody else, thought. Even on a good day.
Maybe that titanic Clash in the Coliseum wasn’t what we thought it was at the time-on either side of the ball.
Before that game: It’s #1 versus #5 baby! Early contender for game of the year!
After that game: The #1 team truly is awesome! In retrospect, though, it was more like #1 versus #22 out there, wasn’t it?
After last night: No, what that game in L.A. really was, was #14 blowing out an unranked opponent from a mediocre conference. Retrospective yawn.
Comment by Blog Goliard — September 26, 2025 @ 9:49 am
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Urban has to play a team with speed? No wonder He is worried, that doesn’t happen every week in the SEC. Hey Urb, UGA-Bama has the spotlight this week, even piling 60 on Ole Miss won’t get You much love. The only Mike Wallace Urb would be worried about is retired, from Sixty Minutes! If He shows up in Urb’s office Monday THEN Urb should worry.
Comment by shanensga — September 26, 2025 @ 9:47 am
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It is a very sad day for your program when your own Rivals site uses the words “Keystone Kops” in reference to your offense. Life just doesn’t get much worse than that…
Comment by blon — September 26, 2025 @ 9:47 am
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In all honesty, though, does anyone have any idea why Pete Carroll is dropping the little games? I mean, it’s a really bizarre thing that’s been happening for some time. Is he just too busy saving the world to give a shit about the little guys or do USC players buy into their own hype? I think there’s a grant and a research project here.
Comment by That 5.0 Guy — September 26, 2025 @ 9:46 am
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OS, Florida would need to worry if the game were being played in Mississippi. Historically, their football ability decreases with proximity to cowbells & Webble flags. Only the genius of The Orgeron saved the Gators last year.
Comment by yoyofutbawl — September 26, 2025 @ 9:43 am
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“Urban should remember that last year’s secondary made Brandon Cox look like Dan Marino Thundercock Voltron.”
I like how you managed to get “Thundercock” in today’s CI, and Holly worked in “Ejaculate Football Sodomy Metaphor Cockslap Lagos Hookerface” last night.
I’m now thinking of abandoning RCR and changing my name to Thundercock Hookerface. It’s gold, and it can’t be wrong.
Comment by RaginCajunRebel — September 26, 2025 @ 9:42 am
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the Trojan ads are just coincidence, right?
right?
Comment by hareball — September 26, 2025 @ 9:42 am
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RE: Street Racing
But what about the annoying white friend teaches them an important life lesson as he lays dying from an improbable accident, trying to earn your love and admiration while taking a shockingly bad risk with his life and car?
Comment by That 5.0 Guy — September 26, 2025 @ 9:42 am
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Or how about the parity in this conference is relative of the strength from top-to-lower half (excluding UW, WSU)??
Comment by David — September 26, 2025 @ 9:37 am