THE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/5/2013
YOU ARE SO LUCKY AND DON'T EVEN KNOW THE HALF OF IT. Behold: the ultimate NFL pregame show. Just a thousand director's chairs and the same number of bellowing former players, all crammed onto the same...
View ArticleGus Johnson is doing the 2018 World Cup. It's gonna get loud.
You probably know Gus Johnson, but if you don't, let me familiarise you with the essential features of this broadcasting unit. Gus is loud. He is loud, and then gets louder, and then when he has...
View ArticleALABAMA HAS OVERSIGNED THEIR WEIGHT ROOM
BEHOLD THE SQUATITUDEThis may be the point where Alabama really and truly crosses some line from "football program" into "island fortress ruled by a shadowy man with an iron hand and squinty glare."...
View ArticleSIGNING DAY: THERE IS A TIGER BEHIND YOU
If you don't think Signing Day has its own kind of magic, then you've clearly not seen the effect it has on Dabo Swinney, who at 8:30 a.m. was already looking back at stuffed tigers and imagining them...
View ArticleSIGNING DAY: NEVER TOO EARLY TO START
"@edsbs: The baby: 10 pounds, 4 ounces. I am taking scholarship offers starting now" Fax us a letter next week w/ the lad's footprint on it— Herb Hand (@CoachHand) January 30, 2013You ask for it. You...
View ArticleSomeone at Clemson really likes Twilight
What we do know: per Clemson assistant Jeff Scott, that is assistant coach Tony Elliott holding up the National Letter of Intent for recruit Mackensie Alexander. What we don't know: who all the...
View ArticleMACK BROWN WAKES UP LATE FROM HIS NAP
Dammit.DAMMIT.Gimme my phone. Gimme that Parade from 2009. Oh golly bull's balls this is terrible. Trent Richardson? You got a number for this kid Trent Richardson? I DON'T WANNA HEAR YOUR...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/7/2013
YOU SCARY, ALABAMA. A'Shawn Robinson, please be aware that this may be the most normal Alabama fan you ever meet. (Via) You may gawk at Ole Miss' curvebreaking recruiting effort yesterday, but do...
View ArticleOKLAHOMA STATE'S NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS HANDS-ON
Mike Gundy has a phenomenal knack for hiring offensive coordinators, so even if you haven't heard of Mike Yurcich, former offensive coordinator at D-2 Shippensburg, you can trust the hire simply based...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/8/2013
DON'T BLOW MY HIGH. Oh, man, this means nothing but good things for Florida. First, Florida football players being arrested for minor marijuana possession typically corresponds to periods of success in...
View ArticlePython hunt going as well as expected
The real-life version of Whacking Day, the Great Florida Python Hunt, is going as well as could be expected. No one has died, but two hunters from Tennessee were pulled from the Swamp after becoming...
View ArticleTHE MYSTERY OF RANDY EDSALL'S CHASE STORY EXPLAINED
Randy Edsall this week told the tale of him being chased through Belle Glade during recruiting season, a first for him, but probably not for many who have had the privilege of traveling through...
View ArticleFULMER CUPDATE: FLORIDA OFF TO A SMOKING START
The Cupdate is brought to you by Reggie Nelson's brother from another mother, the astonishingly well-hung Brian the Boardmaster. Points awards and clarifications follow. USC. We didn't know Alabama...
View ArticleALBERT'S JABBERING JAW IS MAGICAL
Fanshots are new and fixed, so why not break it in with Albert and company doing the Harlem Shake?
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/12/2013
ROLLLLLLLLLLLL NOT PICKIN' UP THE CHECK WITH OUR OWN MONEY TIDE. After seeing Auburn pull off the legendary Switzer Slam--a national title, Heisman, and Fulmer Cup all in the same year--Alabama...
View ArticleHOW PLAUSIBLE IS THIS: TURTLE BITES OHIO MAN
If Urban Meyer is telling the same story year in and year out about a turtle biting Woody Hayes in the dick as a sign of toughness, then one has to ask the hard questions, like, "Why did he tell the...
View ArticleThe Westminster Dog Show Power Rankings: Sporting, Working, and Terriers
The Westminster Dog Show finishes up tonight with the Sporting, Working, and Terrier groups. We rank the participants in each group by personal bias. Sorry, Cocker Spaniels and Rottweilers; you bite...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 2/13/13
YOU CAN HIT ME BUT I'LL STILL LOVE YOU, ALABAMA FOOTBALL. The Alabama student paper has the full details of Tyler Hayes and Eddie Williams' robbery of an Alabama student, and it sounds nasty as hell....
View ArticleOHIO STATE CLARIFIES AND THE INTERNET WINS
The greatest part of the Urban Meyer Turtle Woody Hayes Penis brouhaha is that someone at Ohio State had to send this letter. That someone is OSU athletic communications person Jerry Emig, and he...
View ArticleThe ultimate dinosaur football league roster
Because it is the football offseason, we should really all talk about other things. Let's all agree not to do that though, and instead continue to talk about football, most importantly about a question...
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