Archive for November 2007
November 29th, 2007
Through a combination of my unwillingness to get a satellite dish and the combined greed of the NFL and Comcast cable, I am unable to watch tonight’s matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys.
Fix my internet, jerks.
(How I loathe thee, Comcast cable. The NFL might be denying me the professional football, […]
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November 29th, 2007
Tom Osborne has named himself interim head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Fantastic news. It just leaves me with one question. When does the 1997 Sears National Championship Trophy get shipped to Ann Arbor?
Nothing says excellence like Sears.
As you may or may not remember, in 1997, undefeated Michigan was ahead of undefeated Nebraska in […]
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November 28th, 2007
Every day I like to check the “most popular” section of the Yahoo! Sports’ photo section. It’s a quick way to check to see if there’s any particularly funny photos. And I’m nothing if not a populist. So there I was, checking out some photos of Drew Gooden driving past a hapless Kevin Garnett and […]
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November 27th, 2007
They booed Selita Ebanks. Who, you may ask, is Selita Ebanks? Why, she’s a Victoria’s Secret model. Why, then, would they boo her? Who knows. It’s irrelevant. They booed an attractive woman who’s job is to where less clothes than people usually do.
Bonus: She was once engaged to Nick Cannon, who is huh-larious.
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November 27th, 2007
I really didn’t think the Monday Night Water Clog game was all that boring. It was like one of those overtime hockey games where you’re on the edge of your seat. Except it was football, so people were watching. Ricky’s return was ultimately disappointing, but on the plus side, we all got to hear Tony […]
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November 27th, 2007
Sean Taylor was a great player. He was an entertaining player. He was a hard-hitting player. He played safety with a reckless abandon. He remained one of my favorite players despite playing for one of my least favorite teams. But most importantly, he was a young man, and his life was too short. He will […]
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November 26th, 2007
Dear NFL Teams that Aren’t the Chicago Bears,
Kick the ball out of bounds, do not kick to this man:
It doesn’t matter how close to the endzone the Bears get the ball, the offense is in the hands of this man:
It is not a sign of confidence in your special teams to kick the ball to […]
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November 26th, 2007
More leftover pigskinnery: The Lloyd Carr retirement.
Lloyd Carr retired a week ago, and the search for his replacement goes on. (More on that later.) But until then, it’s time for reflection. And so, the Llegacy. Coach Carr will be remembered — by me at least — for these three things.
1. The 1997 National Championship season. […]
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November 26th, 2007
Because of technical difficulties and federal holidays of giving thanks, I’ve been absent from blog county for a week. Thusly, today I’ll be forcing all of Thanksgiving week into a single day’s worth of posts. It will be just like the sandwich I made out of all the leftovers. (Note: Pumpkin pie’s taste is surprisingly […]
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November 16th, 2007
If this episode were on ESPN, it would feature a guest appearance by Mark May. On to the quotes.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Mrs. Coach’s sister, Aunt Shelley, showed up to mess with Mrs. Coach’s head help take care of the baby. The quote is their requisite screaming-girl-greeting. It got more and more depressive
You’re so incredibly talented. There’s a […]
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November 15th, 2007
Yeah, well screw you.
Sincerely,
The Federal Government
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November 15th, 2007
A couple days ago, Phil Jackson apparently offended gays and definitely offended humorists when he made a patently unfunny and stale joke about Brokeback Mountain and the Lakers’ penetrating style of play. (Although, this does remind me of the greatest sign in sporting events history. It may have never actually existed, but “Kobe Forces Penetration […]
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November 14th, 2007
Ricky Williams is back, my friends! And after Mike Vick’s kennel, Chris Henry’s various misadventures, Tank Johnson’s stash of guns, Pacman Jones’ making it rain, and all the various other NFL misdeeds since your departure, you really are like a breath of fresh air. Well, maybe not fresh air.
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November 14th, 2007
I’ve been down this road before. Arrested Development had all sorts of rumors surrounding it. Showtime was going to pick it up to go with Weeds. HBO would have picked it up if HBO weren’t such uppity jerks about not having other networks “leftovers.” It was even rumored that NBC was going to grab it […]
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November 13th, 2007
I thought these were different Yankees. The Yankees who weren’t willing to overpay for Alex Rodriguez. The Yankees who wouldn’t trade Ian Kennedy, Phillip Hughes or Joba Chamberlain for aging vets, not even for Miguel Cabrera. I thought these were going to be the Yankees with foresight beyond the next year. And then this: […]
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November 12th, 2007
- Fresh off of last week’s Adrian Peterson love-fest, comes this week’s Juice Williams love-fest. Fawn away my friends, he earned your accolades. He was a man on Saturday, especially in that final drive. Scheduled for next week, the inevitable depressing Juice Williams knee injury.
- The Saints apparently suck again. They are in […]
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November 9th, 2007
Well, I’ve been thinking. I’m pretty sure that an extended writer’s strike would be a death knell for Friday Night Lights. But who knows, the first season’s ratings should have been a death knell as well.
Like your hat. Jason Street’s hat is pretty awesome. I think we’ve seen the last of it, sadly.
Let’s go have […]
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