Nostradumbis.

I fully deny, defer, and distract from anything in my previous post*. Notably the predictions.

Opposite day!!! Ha Ha!




This would be why I don't get paid for this crap.

The Sickness... The Sickness

After staying up till one in the morning for three nights coughing, royally screw it, I'm staying home today.

Congrats to the OSU Buckeyes on their NIT Championship last night. Very respectable finish.

For this weekend:

UNC over Kansas
UCLA over Memphis

UNC over UCLA


Enjoy the weekend!

RichRod Comes to Sweet Justice

It's the beginning of the end for Richard Rodriguez.

Well at least his excess money he took from WVU.

RichRod is finally headed to court today. (Thanks Wizard of odds)

Rodriguez is hoping that the broken oral promises made to him by WVU will hold up enough in the court of law to have justified his departure. Since there's no written evidence... and RichRod pretty much violated his contract to a "T," we're not feeling too good for that four mil.

Personally if I'm a coach, that baby being edited out of there is a non-negotiable fact. I'll scratch it out and initial it right before I sign on the dotted line. There's no humanly possible way I sign a document that says I pay you money for me quitting. A university probably wouldn't allow that.

Probably why I'm not a coach though.

Big East Schedule Sexiness

The picks for top games each week in the Big East:

Thanks CFN

Week 1

Kentucky at Louisville - Instate rivalry to start off the season. Kentucky pulled off the upset last year

Fresno State at Rutgers - A last minute add for Rutgers a la KState. Fresno is a tough team. Just ask USC, A&M, Kansas State, or Georgia Tech. None of them want anything to do with Pat Hill again for a long time.

Week 2

South Florida at UCF - UCF was good, and got better as the season went on. USF took care of business last year but expect the Knights to put up a fight

Cincinnati at Oklahoma - Good for the Bearcats taking on a strong OOC game. Let's hope it doesn't turn out as bad as most times that teams take on OU

West Virginia at East Carolina - East Carolina showed to have some life last year. Expect lots of offensive fireworks.

Week 3

North Carolina at Rutgers - Covered in the ACC one, but should be a good match up. UNC has to improve.

Virginia at Connecticut - This was a good game last year from teams that had better seasons than expected. Both should still be competitive.

Kansas at USF - Kansas stops the cupcakes and takes on some serious competition. Both teams had breakout years last year and this will be a good indicator of whether or not it was a fluke.

Penn State at Syracuse - Syracuse needs to get decent and get decent now. They probably won't beat JoePa, but a competitive game here can do wonders for the year.

Week 4

Kansas State at Louisville - Kansas State can be a fluky team. If Louisville's defense is still fluky here, we'll know it.

West Virginia at Colorado - Could b very telling game for both teams. Colorado has had some trouble in Dan Hawkins first two years, but success as well.

Iowa at Pitt - These are two teams that should be better than they are year in and year out. Each have coaches that have underachieved greatly

Baylor at Connecticut - UConn has lifted themselves out of the cellar. Can Baylor?

Week 5

UConn at Louisville - Good game last year, should be better teams this year.

Marshall at West Virginia - Marshall hasn't been relevant in this game in a while. Would be nice for a real rivalry to form here

Rutgers vs. TBA - Should be epic.

Week 6

Rutgers at West Virginia - Rutgers will have to start making a name for themselves without Rice. Here's the game to do it.

Week 7

Syracuse at West Virginia - Only because I think it will be a beating of magnitudenal proportions. Maybe not. Maybe I'm full of it and Syracuse decides to be good. I hope so.

Rutgers at Cincinnati- Good game last year that Cinci won. 2 TD's in 19 seconds as well.

Week 8

Middle Tennessee at Louisville - This is the game last year where we figured out that Louisville had problems

Week 9

Auburn at West Virginia - Nice Thursday night game. Probably the best one ESPN is offering this year. Can be a very uplifting or damaging game to the winner or loser in the rankings, while not affecting conference standing.

South Florida at Louisville - If we assume that Louisville is back we should expect a heck of a game here

Week 10

USF at Cinci - Both teams have improved dramatically the last few years and become real contenders.

Louisville at Syracuse - For some strange and ungodly reason I picked this upset last year. Don't know why.

Pitt at Notre Dame - Just here to tell ND to suck it. The game could be good. Both teams have to be better than the last year versions of themselves.

Week 11

Cinci at WVU - Here is a big game for Cinci. They've been teetering with being above average for some time now. Knocking out powerhouse WVU would be a big step into the big time.

Louisville at Pitt - Both Wannstedt and Kragthorpe can't afford mediocre seasons again.

Syracuse at Rutgers - Always funny that NYers claim Rutgers as their own over Syracuse. Winning will do that.

Week 12

Cincinnati at Louisville - The old C-USA teams meet with Cini probably being the favored team this year after the Ville's collapse last season

Rutgers at USF - Both teams bring good some defenses with a little bit of offensive firepower to the match. Should be good.

Week 13

Pitt at Cincinnati - We keep expecting bigger things from both of these programs. At this point in the season we'll see if it was merited.

Connecticut at South Florida - Another game against teams that have become conference powers just recently.

WVU at Louisville - This game has been very heated for about three years now. The winner of this game has won the conference in those three years as well.

Week 14

WVU at Pitt - Backyard Brawl that could matter. For some reason WVU couldn't get it going here last year and it cost them their shot at the MNC

Week 15

Cincinnati at Hawaii - Neither team has made a huge name for themselves on defense lately, should be a pretty exciting game if Hawaii rebounds from losing their QB, coach and cajones in the Sugar Bowl.

USF at WVU - This has been a bad deal for WVU the last few years. USF continues to improve and if WVU wants to continue to the be dominant team in the Eig

Conference Champion:

WVU. I don't think the offensive philosophy will change that much with RichRod's departure. Maybe somebody will surprise us and step it up... but who? Rutgers, Louisville, UConn, Pitt, USF, and Cinci all seem like they can. Should be the most interesting conference race this year.

Players We're Friggin' Excited About

It's been a busy day. Sorry.

I hate doing this, but...

Jimmy Clausen*

Jimmy just didn't have a chance this year. Like Troy Aikman's first year with the Cowboys, Jimmy is going to be feeling the 2007 year for a long time. He's too talented to suck for that long. While we don't like promoting Notre Dame, Clausen should have a better season this year.


FYI if you want to find a highlight real of Jimmy Clausen on youtube... it's not there

Matt Leinert = Winner

This morning quite a few sites came up with some resepctable members of Phoenix society living it up with star QB, Matt Leinart (and Nick Lachey*... but we'll leave that to wwtdd.com). By respectable, we mean underage alcohol drinking females that decided it would be a good idea to post pictures of themselves with Matt Leinart after the swell guy invited the girls over to his house. And supplied said alcohol.

We'll let thedirty.com take it from here. A little to stalkerish for us, but hey if it leads to some retards getting what they deserve, kudos from us.


* on a side note... maybe Jessica wasn't that dumb after all.

SEC Schedule Sexiness

Week 1
Alabama vs. Clemson(Atlanta) - Should be very telling for both teams. Both had solid recruiting classes and are looking to start off the season right
Hawaii at Florida - While Colt Brennan isn't slinging the balls any more, the Hawaii offense should still be competitive.
Kentucky at Louisville - Does Kragthorpe have the Cards back on top this year? Brooks has come a long way at Kentucky to make this team competitive. Should be a better game than most years.

Week 2

Miami at Florida - Florida starts off the season with two competitive games that are going to be very telling of the Gator offense and defense. The Canes will see how the spread will fare this year against some deep south speed

UCLA vs Tenn. - Tennessee and Fulmer are looking to go the easier Cali route with UCLA this time around. Slick Rick should still be getting things in place and this would be a great chance for Tenn to grab a big win at the beginning of the year

Southern Miss at Auburn - This will be a good week to see the new fancy, smancy high flying Auburn offense at work. SMU will be without Jeff Bower for the first time in 2 decades.

Week 3

Arkansas at Texas - Renewing the rivalry baby.
Auburn at Mississippi State - Mississippi State won in an upset last year. Look for some vindication from Auburn here.
Georgia at SoCar - Another upset from last year revisited.

Week 4

LSU at Auburn - This game could be for the West.
Alabama at Arkansas - An early conference test for Alabama against what should be a good offense.
Florida at Tennessee - Always a good rivalry game early in the year
Georgia at Arizona State - Georgia's only real OOC test. The Sun Devil's offense should be a good test for the Bulldogs.

Week 5
Tennessee at Auburn - Are both teams middle of the pack or above this year?
Mississippi State at LSU - Mississippi State was embarrassed to the tune of 6 INTs and 45-0 last year. Same results, or has MSU improved as much as they

Week 6
Florida at Arkansas - Curious to see the Petrino led offense against Urban Meyer's defense this year. Rematch of the 2006 SEC championship game

Week 7

LSU at Florida - This game has been pretty competitive over the years. Expect similar results. The Tigers may have some holes to fill but if they plan to stay on top this is a game to do it
Tennessee at Georgia - Another game that can be a deciding factor in the East this season. The obvious picks are Florida and Georgia, but don't count Fulmer out just yet.

Week 8
Mississippi State at Tennessee - Croom has put this team in a place to win some big games. Taking out Tennessee in a big mid-season game here would be crucial.

Week 9
Georgia at LSU - Another possible preview to the conference championship
Duke at Vanderbilt - Bayfordukandywestern. The saga continues
Auburn at West Virginia - Great midseason OOC game for both schools. It'll hurt the losers overall national ranking, but the winner will come away with a huge midseason boost

Week 10
Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville) - Will evil Mark Richt come out again and do mean things and get penalties. Several punditlike folks consider this one the early MNC game. Can't say that I disagree too much.
Tulane at LSU - Tulane at one point was the dominant one in this rivalry. It's good to see them keep it going.

Week 11
Alabama at LSU - I like this one for the West Division. I think Alabama improves and LSU doesn't get much worse than last year.
Florida at Vanderbilt - For some reason Vandy tends to give Florida more trouble than they should.
Georgia at Kentucky - If Ke

Week 12
Georgia at Auburn - Late season game for two strong programs. Should be a good matchup
South Carolina at Florida - Always love this game. No matter how long it's been it seems like Spurrier ignites a lot of passion in Gainesville when the Gators play him.

Week 13
Arkansas at Mississippi State - This one intrigues me and I don't know why. For some reason I think that one of these two will have a decent year.
Tennessee at Vanderbilt - Always a good in-state rivalry. Vandy has improved over the course of the last few years. If they want to separate themselves from the Bayfordandydukewestern's of the world, this year is as good as any.

Week 14
LSU at Arkansas (Little Rock) - The situation here reminds me of the Texas A&M/OU game a few years back. OU was #1 and prepared to slide into the MNC Game when a very mediocre Texas A&M knocked them off. Coach left, New stud coach comes in and pissed off former #1 team drums mediocre team into a pulp to the tune of 77-0. Gosh that was an ugly day for Aggieland.
Mississippi State at Ole Miss - Houston Nutt will bring some new blood to the egg bowl and hopefully bring a more competitive Ole Miss with him.
Auburn at Alabama - Probably my favorite rivalry in the SEC. Most in state rivalries are pretty heated but at the end of the day we're all Americans and all love college football. Not this one. These people hate each other with the passion of a thousand yaks.
Florida at Florida State - Another in-state rivalry crossing conference lines*. This really depends on whether FSU is actually any good this year.
Georgia Tech at Georgia - * but substitute FSU for GaTech
Kentucky at Tennessee - Good East division game that went for over a 100 last year.
South Carolina at Clemson * see above. but this time SoCar

Week 15
SEC Championship Game (Atlanta)

LSU vs.Georgia - Boom goodnight everybody.

JoePa* Doesn't Want You. And That Says Something.

JoePa has not only outlasted another leader, but has slapped one upside the face.

That's a lie.

But apparently JoePa's conservativeness stopped him from greeting former President Clinton when he visited PSU.

I personally love the statement, "I didn't want to get into that because of my situation, because I couldn't vote for either one of them because I'm a Republican."

That's JoePaspeak for "Suck it bleeding-heart liberal commie" Maybe not. But we like to assume.



*I just realized how much of my content involves JoePa. It's really not on purpose. They guy just seems to make a lot of news. I'm not complaining because it's OK. I should blog about him. He's one of the greatest, most newsworthy coaches out there. I just feel a little gay about it. But a good gay. JoePa Gay.

NCAA = Teh Wainches

Like clockwork, the *(&^%!@# NCAA steps in to ruin all things normal and fun. The hammer that is Myles Brand has said that the football teams that will be part of the "Gridirion Bash" concert series would violate some sort of NCAA policy.

What policy you ask?

Who the foxtrot knows?

Wait, wait...

Here it is:

“We never expressed any concern with the actual event being conducted as scheduled,” the NCAA said in a written statement, “but only with the participation of student-athletes as part of the for-profit event.”

According to the NCAA, MSL wanted to use the appearance of football players as part of the event, and did not want to require athletes to pay admission. Both would have violated NCAA rules

Holy crap? Y'all have a problem with the schools making money off of students popularity? The same organization that allows for tickets to sell for thousands of dollars and doesn't mind taking a chunk of that every single week of the season has a problem with football players seeing a concert for free? Completely understandable.

Crap, I have a problem with third and fourth string punters getting into the games for free. Most of them will never have to do anything on a gameday and they get a seat 10 times better than the one I paid for.

Texas Might Could Possibly be in Trouble

The Longhorns are looking at a problem they haven't faced in a long while. Finding a decent running back.

Tailback play has been a position that the Horns have had a stranglehold on since the 90's. From a school that's produced Ricky Williams, Cedric Benson, and Preist Holmes... you gotta be curious.

Even in a year where there were no dominant RB's(2005,) the Horns established enough of a run game through Young, Charles, Taylor, and Melton to take pressure off of Vince Young.

Charles has shouldered the load the last two years, making a name for himself in comeback situations, racking up the yards late in the game.

His jump to the NFL leaves Texas without much experience or depth at the position. Ogbonnaya and McGee both had some good moments last year, but neither has separated themselves as the leader from the pair or RS Freshman Foswhitt Whittaker. In unrelated news drug traffic has gone down in Austin by 50%.