THE TREES: AN AUBURN FABLE
Toomer's Corner. Poisoned, burned, the trees stand in the still cool air of a fall morning.[birds, distant sound of cars][snoring]ehahdreamsdreams of firepoisonmoneyshack--[shudders]shacketswhatShug...
View ArticleBret Bielema leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas: Into the madness
Arkansas has now hired Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema to coach their football team. That is as weird as it sounds in every respect: an SEC school grabbing a Big Ten coach with no experience in the...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 12/5/2012
BERT BURLAMA. The first thing we thought this morning was not "Holy shit, Bret Bielema is the coach at Arkanasas." (That was something like, "Daylight Savings Time is some bulllllllllshit.") But it was...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 12/6/2012
BARRY-APPROVED. First, cheers to Barry Switzer this morning. You can say this any morning, but shit, why not? These quotes are deeply unsourced, but if we're talking about Barry Switzer, it really...
View ArticleE-FRESH SAYS GO CANES
Love in South Florida is a special thing with a thousand different levels of ardor, but at the top of all of them in the pyramid in devotion is "putting something on your car hood. E-Fresh has never...
View ArticleThe List: Perks received upon becoming Tennessee's head coach
1. Residence in Knoxville, the Akron of the Smokies.2. Orange matches traffic cones stuck in your truck grill.3. Jonathan Crompton will make you pancakes. It will be at 3 a.m., and he will not be...
View ArticleEDSBS IS FAIR AND BALANCED: NOTRE DAME VERSUS ALABAMA
1. NOTRE DAME IS GOING TO WATER THE FIELDS WITH YOUR BLOOD, ARROGANT BEAST. (via)2. HOUR-LONG ELEPHANT RAMPAGE KILLS 22 IN MIAMI CHOOSE WISELY, READER.
View ArticleButch Jones to Tennessee: The arguments for and against, but mostly for
Butch Jones was Tennessee's fourth choice--at best, fourth--for its position of head football coach. Jones is a Big East coach with no SEC coaching experience whose most ignominious loss at Cincinnati...
View ArticleHAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRAVE TEST PILOT JACK CRISTIL
It is Jack Cristil's birthday today, and for no other reason you could admire the retired Miss State announcer for this: he has survived watching more bad football than you can possibly imagine. How...
View ArticleJIM CALDWELL IS ANSWERING YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW
With obvious hat tips to great internet concepts of yore.You probably need a coach because per a study from the American Bureau of Laser Statistics, every year 100% of coaches are fired. This includes...
View ArticleBobby Petrino to Western Kentucky: The exciting third act begins
Bobby Petrino is a risk-free investment for Western Kentucky, and that's a great thing for them, since they did hire him as their football coach on Monday and will likely have to deal with him for at...
View ArticleBOBBY PETRINO'S THIRD ACT
The third act of the Petrino saga is really worth waiting for, since the escalation can't bring anything but marvel and wonder when it happens. Consider that which we do not have to make up in the...
View ArticleJohnny Pizza delivers Heisman quality to your door
The Johnny Pizza, available from Hungry Howie's in College Station. Notre Dame fans may order bitterly and flip onto their roof like so many angry Walter Whites. On another note: if there is a Man-Chai...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 12/11/2012
TODD FUCKIN' MONKEN. Southern Miss now has a coach, and that coach is fuck. Or Todd Monken, who may be lost under the pile of filth and expletives he uses to bring excellence to your football program....
View ArticleMASCOT BUFFET: LEAST TO MOST EDIBLE, 124-104
This being the practice offseason, let's go ahead and follow Twitter's lead and begin ranking every single mascot in terms of edibility. This goes all the way down to the least edible, and counts up...
View ArticleI'D LIKE TO THANK ME FOR THAT JOB WELL DONE
Say, Barry. How about you gimme a clue about who can coach the Rose Bowl now that our pig farmer protege has decided to live with the swine? Well, he's gonna have to have experience. Familiarity with...
View Article35 FOR 35: THE 2012 NEW MEXICO BOWL
For one reason or another, we seek to subject both ourselves and you, the listener, to doing 35 podcasts for 35 bowls again. Why? In the words of ultramarathoner Jack Denness, when asked why he once...
View Article35 FOR 35: THE 2012 FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL
Get the hell out of Gary Andersen's way, because he's headed to Boise, the severely underrated town on the high plains of Idaho hosting the second of Saturday's games (4:30 ET on ESPN) to kick off...
View ArticleESPN makes their second best rivalry ad ever
First, you should watch this, and realize how little English you actually know.Second, you should congratulate ESPN on making its second-best rivalry commercial ever, falling just behind the...
View ArticleThe NFL playoffs, if there was a bowl system
In order to protect the shield, we must prevent the horror that has enveloped the NFL's postseason and damaged the brand: mediocre teams getting to the NFL brand's crown jewel, the Super Bowl....
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