Victory Is Mine

30-7

Good to know we still suck!

posted by Publius @ 10:11 PM 0 comments

JC, for your cat

posted by Publius @ 5:55 PM 0 comments

Nick Mangold's sister suiting up at OL/DL for her high school

I would not wish to mess with her.

Incidentally, we Saints fans were dying for Mangold to fall to us in the 2nd round so that our hearts could be ripped out when Mickey Loomis took, I dunno, another running back or something. Clearly, this is a family that loves football. We Saints types have a good history with Ohio State centers. Well, one actually, Le Charles Bentley, who was the best player on our team the last few years. Definitely was a bummer seeing the news that the Browns lost him for the year.

posted by Publius @ 9:21 PM 0 comments

Heisman Pundit at Pac-10 Media Day

HT CFR for the link.

Hopefully I'm not the only one confused as to why he was able to get a Pac-10 coach (hint: rhymes with Mike Belotti) whose team plays at least 7 games a year in the Pacific Northwest to utter the following:

"Back East you have regions with wind and rain, so offenses played things a little closer to the vest. Out here, the weather is not an issue, so the offenses can be more open. There are some leagues where you can just play defense and special teams and win, but the Pac-10 isn't one of them. It's not that there is a lack of defense, it's just that the quality of the offenses is just so good." (Emphasis mine.)

Having lived in Seattle (a city but a few hours' drive north of U of O) for four years, having owned Washington Huskies football season tickets for two of them, and thus by extension having gotten a decent idea of the general weather patterns of the Pacific Northwest, I hereby take the opportunity to declare that I CALL BULLSHIT ON MIKE BELOTTI.

/end of rant

posted by Publius @ 10:25 PM 0 comments

Learn your O-Line

The good folks over at EDSBS did Amurrika the fine favor of getting some actual former lineman dude to explain blocking.

Part One
Part Two

Read it, and revel in the glory that you will be able to design plays on Madden while actually knowing what the hell you're doing.

posted by Publius @ 10:15 PM 0 comments

SJSU takes Fulmer Cup lead at EDSBS

The exploits (and if you don't know what the Fulmer Cup is, it's your own damn fault for not reading EDSBS often):

Enter aspiring Craigslist seller/alleged armed robber and San Jose State WR Ellis T. Jones III, who may have pulled off the single biggest free-standing Fulmer Cup score in the brief history of competition by luring potential internet shoppers off Craigslist with promises of deals and into an apartment complex where Jones allegedly robbed them, tasered them, and in one instance even “trunked” a victim. The robberies, which took place between June 27th and June 30th, involve such a flurry of activity as to suggest not only a rapacious criminal instinct, but an outstanding work ethic, as well:

Jones was charged Thursday with 13 felony counts including five counts of robbery, four counts of assault for using a Taser gun on some of his victims and one count of kidnapping to commit robbery for allegedly locking one victim in the trunk of a car. He faces up life in prison with the possibility of parole, according to Leonard James, a deputy district attorney with Santa Clara County.

posted by Publius @ 9:41 PM 0 comments

Holy hell, SI.com is employing Jenn Sterger

Somehow, I've been in general hibernation for the past 3 months and completely missed the fact that SI on campus has hired Jenn Sterger, of FSU Cowgirl fame, to do an occasional mailbag. Among her other missives, get swept up in her analysis of Kyle Wright vs Drew Weatherford, relationship advice, and if she's attracted to dudes who dip.

posted by Publius @ 9:36 PM 0 comments

What you get for spending $900 grand on some freakin teddy bears

Good job, dog.

posted by Publius @ 9:31 PM 0 comments