Friday, December 7, 2007
Lute out for year
It has been reported by “sources” that Lute will be out for the remainder for the season. This is the part where I link you to the article but StarNet decided that everyone has to register in order to view articles on their website. I think it’s a ploy for more people to be registered on their site to engage in the constant flame wars in the news articles comment sections. It’s the dumbest thing since… blogs! Tangent aside, this effectively eliminates concern number 5 so I find myself needing to come up with something else.
New number 5: The real reason Lute is out is that he violated an “unspecified” team policy. As this is a team issue, there will be no disclosure as to what the violation was but he will not suit up nor travel with the team.
Now it’s official: Take that, StarNet.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Bo Knows Popped Collars
Check it - Titan's tight end Bo Scaife's myspace page (text borderline NSFW). I don't know if this has made the rounds already, but I just recently saw this and boy is it a doozy. (We'll call this UA related because Chris Henry
In my senior year, i was a team All Big-12 selection. It was no coincidence that i played for the Texas "Longhorns". Get it? It's a joke that suggests I have a huge dong.
When I arrived in Tennessee that year for training camp I immediately kicked coach Jeff Fisher in the throat. While bleeding from his mouth, he told me it wasn't his decision to draft me so late.
Oh and did I mention that I'm the only tight end in NFL history to rush for a touchdown, catch a touchdown, return a kickoff, and record a tackle in the same season? my collar must have un-popped for a second. pardon me.
i mean, have YOU ever played in Denver? it's my home town and all but the elevation still makes my nose bleed and my banana bread rise improperly.
In Defense of the BCS (A Crap School Perspective)
OSU-LSU. I don't know if they are the two best teams. You don't. Your Powerbook doesn't know either. Chris Fowler doesn't know. But, you can bet your A I'll be watching. And so will you. What the hell else do you have to do on January 7? That's what I thought.
Would it have been more fun/intriguing/noteworthy if somebody had grown a pair and picked Hawaii for the title game? Yes. Do KU, Georgia, and Oklahoma have legitimate gripes? Yes. Am I tired of hearing people complain about the BCS. Y.E.S. Do I have a borderline inappropriate man crush on Chase Budinger? You betcha.
But if there was a playoff Stoops would need to pack up (maybe he should anyway) and Livengood would shut down the program. UA would very, very rarely, if ever, sniff an 8 team playoff. The BCS and the Bowl System is the only way UA can ever be/feel successful, let alone try to make some of their own money and stop suckling from bball's teat.
It's that simple, no BCS, no bowls ever for UA and similar, once in a decade football success schools. And I don't want to hear that even if we have a playoff the lower tier bowls will survive. They won't. Micron, Chik-Fil-A, and Bob's Shop 'o' Porn are not gonna pony up to sponsor a bowl in Idaho featuring Florida Atlantic and Tulsa when a 3 weekend playoff is eating up the ratings and revenue.
Mediocre schools need the bowl system. If Stoops could have finally put a capper on his annual "do-just-enough-late-in-the-season-to-save-my-job" upset tour I would be booking my ticket to Bob's Shop 'o' Porn Bowl in Des Moines right now. Though that was clearly a pipe dream, it would not even be possible if there was a playoff system.
UPDATE: TMQ has a pretty similar take on the BCS, only worded much better. I swear I posted before he did though! (ESPN Page 2 Easterbrook)
Why Lute is really out
What, you want another theory?
Ok here's 5:
1) Why else would Kevin O'Neill have come to Tucson? You didn't really believe he was going be content as an assistant, did you? The good news is they can start calling O'Neill the familiar "Coach O."
2) Because he was scared of Kansas. Would you want to coach a team that hasn't figured out who is running point and how to keep the big men on the floor?
3) He was helping Mike Stoops. After a dodging a bullet in Seattle and dropping one vs Stanford, Stoops needed a diversion.
4) Because he gets paid still.
5) Who cares, let's concern ourselves with what happens when he returns to the sidelines for games.
Ok here's 5:
1) Why else would Kevin O'Neill have come to Tucson? You didn't really believe he was going be content as an assistant, did you? The good news is they can start calling O'Neill the familiar "Coach O."
2) Because he was scared of Kansas. Would you want to coach a team that hasn't figured out who is running point and how to keep the big men on the floor?
3) He was helping Mike Stoops. After a dodging a bullet in Seattle and dropping one vs Stanford, Stoops needed a diversion.
4) Because he gets paid still.
5) Who cares, let's concern ourselves with what happens when he returns to the sidelines for games.
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