Meet friends on Twitter, SEC edition
Twitter is a fascinating internet medium where anyone can communicate with anyone! In this case: Vanderbilt's offensive line coach and a Tennessee fan who said nasty things about that coach's...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/21/2013
THE MEANEST OF THE MEAN. We were talking about this field goal yesterday, so now we're going to talk about it to remind you that Paul Johnson is a mean sonofabitch. Please remember that this field goal...
View ArticleTHE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IS STILL USELESS
Derrick Thomas is not in the college football Hall of Fame. He's the single season record holder for sacks with 27 in a season, a legend at the University of Alabama, and as an NFL all-timer cannot...
View ArticlePaul Finebaum to join ESPN and SEC Network, but who is Paul Finebaum?
The great radio silence has ended: Paul Finebaum, the troll-god of SEC sports radio, will begin a new "multi-tiered" media deal with ESPN starting August 1st. Finebaum, a longtime stalwart of the...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/22/2013
THE LATEST IN A LINE OF FINE FLORIDA THESPIANS. It's a horrendous line reading, but on the curve of Florida football coaches and ad appearances, Will Muschamp is clearly miles ahead of Urban Meyer...
View ArticleDEAR JOHN: HEISMAN ADVICE FOR RELATIONSHIPS
John Heisman knows a thing or two about relationships, having endured a divorce so nasty he had to leave the city of Atlanta and his job at Georgia Tech in 1919. He's here to answer your questions...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/23/2013
ROLL MUGSHOT TIDE. When you get arrested for faking an abduction, the proper choice is the pink national championship shirt. It signals femininity AND strength. That may seem like a hard charge to...
View ArticleThe Grizzlies: Our finest humans, and also one bear
The 2012-2013 Memphis Grizzlies are down two games to none to the San Antonio Spurs, and in danger of receding into the annals of the NBA's long history of fascinating, but not quite great basketball...
View ArticleWHAT'S INDIANA HIDING?
What secrets are you hiding, Indiana? What could you be holding back that would get Indiana football insiders so very excited?A potatoA potato that plays basketballA cyborg made of solid mayonnaise A...
View ArticleElvis, a mayor, and a large plush Grizzly bear on a boat
Just the mayor of Memphis, the Grizzlies' mascot, and an Elvis impersonator on a boat because...well, because Memphis. (via My Fox Memphis) Tipoff with the Spurs is 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday,...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/24/2013
SURE THAT'S ONE REASON. AA's summary of things to be excited about is beyond inclusive, but leaves out this delight: the Miami game will kick at noon-thirty in Miami on September 7th in shade-free Sun...
View ArticleNICK SABAN'S PROCESS OF RECRUITING INTEREST
Y'all gotta get all on Nick Saban and what he does with recruitin'. Why? The man's got enough goin' on without you getting all up his butt about who's got a scholarship offer, and when they have it,...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/29/2013
ALABAMA'S AT 85, Y'ALL!Alabama's officially at 85 with the departure of QB Phillip Ely, who will be headed to Toledo to find both playing time and that horcrux Nick Saban left there as a young head...
View ArticleMIKE VRABEL ENJOYS TINGLY FEELINGS
"@jenvrabel1: @coachvrabel50 The amount of Gold Bond you are using is seriously getting out of hand!" Luv the tingly sensation!!— Mike Vrabel (@CoachVrabel50) May 29, 2013Mike Vrabel entering coaching...
View ArticleTHE BIG TEN IS HAVING A GREAT YEAR
The Gazette (a fine Iowa news institution) got a hold of emails circulating around the Big Ten in advance of the proposed rule changes to recruiting practices earlier this year. The email chain...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/30/2013
LESLIE EDWIN MILES. At 1 pm today @lsucoachmiles will rappel down 24-story One American Place in Baton Rouge to support "Over the Edge for Adoption" campaign— LSU Football (@LSUfball) May 30, 2013He...
View ArticleTHE LONG DESCENT OF LES MILES
1. Les Miles begins to rappel from the roof of the 24 story One American Plaza in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is set to begin rappelling at 2:04 p.m. to coincide with the safety plans of the Baton Rouge...
View ArticleTHE CURIOUS INDEX, 5/31/2012
LES MILES, DANGER SEEKER Les Miles survived his charity rappel, but when an SEC coach dies basejumping to keep up with the ever-evolving recruiting demands of the college athlete, we'll say the tragedy...
View ArticleEnhance: the 1994 Arkansas Razorbacks football recruiting video
1994 Recruiting Video from Hog Database on Vimeo.Today, we use the powers of Enhance! to look at the 1994 Arkansas football team's recruiting video, a slice of time from a moment in American history...
View ArticleSHAWTY WANNA RIDE WITH BERT
"Someone was saying to me, well, you know, Bret Bielema leaving … that was a blessing for Wisconsin and they knew it. Because he was under tremendous pressure. They didn’t like him. Barry Alvarez...
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