Hamsterdam Is Hungry
by RossWB on Aug 16, 2011 7:00 PM CDT
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Probably, but it will also send Hamsterdam to the bathroom for the rest of the night. As always, your debrief on Hamsterdam is here.
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If I wasn't working
I’d be pouring out a 151 for the University of Miami football program.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 7:06 PM CDT reply actions
fuck it
everyone should be doing lines of cocaine right now.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
I would hoover the stuff that killed Belushi off Shalala's ass
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
And that would be a lot b/c I think she has a big ass.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
But I'd share, cause this is a party!
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey Kanye
Do you like fish sticks?
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 7:07 PM CDT reply actions
Rambler and I made a Hamsterdam out of Twitter for the last hour and a half.
I’m not proud of it but I couldn’t stop myself. I have no self control, I’m so ashamed.
Now that fucking Fish Stick Sandwich Burrito song is on my head. Thanks, Rosswell.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
You're welcome.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Blantantly stolen from an EDSBS comment
but too good to pass up:
Burt Reynolds is my spirit guide.
by Ill Jukes on Aug 16, 2011 7:24 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
That is all sorts of awesome
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions
did everyone see the individual player reports are up?
All kinds of awesome.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
by throwing terrible interceptions?
i think jacory’s already there, lawya
Burt Reynolds is my spirit guide.
With photos
First time I’ve ever wanted to look at someone else’s photo album.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I love seeing all the pictures of 5'5" Shapiro with gargantuan football players.
Burt Reynolds is my spirit guide.
http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/8/16/2367192/miami-hurricanes-football-scandal-summary
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
welcome
Like I said on Twitter, all should read. It’s remarkable.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Abbreviating his name like that made be realize I've been reading his name as
Je Bush Christ or Jebush Christ
The correct way makes a lot more sense.
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
Je Bush Christ
Didn’t he roll with the Wu Tang?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought he was the former president's younger brother.
Not political, president is used as a descriptor.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Goodness.
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 16, 2011 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think Iowa City would lend itself well to that kind of extravegance
so I’m grateful for that.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
Rambler, saw your tweets.
That 10-6-6 is a lot more impressive for Iowa when you realize that Pennsylvania has like 5x’s the number of people in it vs. Iowa.
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
HO! LEE! SHIT.
I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.
Honestly, that shit it crazy, but I’m starting to wonder if there was a recent leadership change at NCAA headquarters or what? This is a rather sudden flexing of muscles, is it not? I’m slightly impressed, but that’s only two out of how many schools that most would agree are cheating. I’ll sit up and take note when they put some of the others on notice. Until then I’ll be kicked back and munching some popped corn while we watch Da U implode (again?). They really aren’t good at this cheating stuff.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
The NCAA didn't do shit.
This was all Yahoo! Sports.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I hate the exclamation point after Yahoo
every time I think a sentence is ending…it isn’t
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
I agree.
But when they do reporting this good, I’ll respect their stupid punctuation.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
and of course
it’s just a small little blip on the ESPN homepage.
U MAD?
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
They're busy
making new predictions for who will go to bowl games
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions
PROTIP: Not Miami.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I just assumed with the Ponzi scheme came the giftwrapped admissions/disclosures/whatever
sorta similar to the tOSU deal, in a way that the NCAA didn’t have to do too much
I gave the NCAA way too much credit.
/sadface
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Where? Yahoo?
Thanks in advance.
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 16, 2011 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
click on the names of the players on the right of the article
all kinds of goodness!
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
Ah, thank you.
I clipped the article to Evernote since it was published while I was at work so I got only the primary information.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
In related news, I really like the Evernote extension for Chrome.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
my Z key won't work in Chrome all of a sudden
but just on my personal laptop. It is annoying
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
With all this going on how could they not have been better?
I can’t rap my head around that. Shapiro was having recruits over to his house so they had to know they would get paid once they went to school there. Where the coaches just that bad?
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
/Randy Shannon stares blankly into the distance.
/Larry Coker wonders if it’s too late to get the Early Bird Special.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Touche.
But really, I can’t think anyone is amazed that this was going on. I know I’m sure not and I’m just a simple girl with simple tastes from Iowa.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Sharpiro's luxury suite (in which he tried to have a stripper pole installed) was right down the hall from Shalala's
Shalala
Shalala
Man, that’s fun to type.
Shalala
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
It really is.
Shalala
Shalala
Shalala
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I say it aloud whilst typing too. Sometimes I sing it like the Counting Crows. Shalalalala la
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I sing it like Shambala
oooooohhhhh hey ya shambala
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
I prefer The Knack.
“M M M M My Shalala…”
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
hope she wasn't hoping to go on the pole
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
How you think bitch got a cabinet spot with Clinton?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
this is all making me very uncomfortable
some ladies should never go on the pole
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
Oh, there were services
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
They were not healthy
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
She rubbed that pole so hard the brass wore off
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wasn't Shannon a cash middleman back in the day?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
word
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions
again apologies to Frank
Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam—that toddlin’ town.
Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam—I will show you around. I love it.
Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam.
The town that Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down.
On State Street, that great street, I’d just want to say -
They do things they don’t do on Broadway.
They have the time, the time of their life.
I saw a man, he danced with his wife.
In Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam, my home town.
Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam—that toddlin’ town.
Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam—I’ll show you around. I love it.
Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in Hamsterdam, Hamsterdam.
The town that Billy Sunday could not shut down.
On State Street that great street, I’d just like to say -
They do things that they never do on Broadway.
They have the time, the time of their life.
I saw a man, he danced with his wife.
In Hamsterdam… Hamsterdam… Hamsterdam.
That’s my hometown!
Long Live the Pellican Whore - like FOREVER
I don't think Shapiro knows what "inevitable" means.
• "Cash, bounties, family events – Cornelius was there for everything. I inevitably gave him a Mercedes S500 around the second week of November his senior year to drive out a lease. My friend’s father gave it to me and inevitably died a few weeks later, but I took over the car [payments]."
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Sure doesn't seem like it
There’s a Princess Bride joke in here but I don’t want to make the obvious one and my brain is apparently to fried to figure out a good one
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Hello,
my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
?
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
Sure, why not
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Want a peanut?
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
+1
That substitution makes that quote so much better
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I am almost, alllllmost getting the hang of playing NCAA12 RTG as a defensive player.
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
Holy shit
From the yahoo article
some of it with the knowledge or direct participation of at least seven coaches from the Miami football and basketball programs.
In an effort to substantiate the booster’s claims, Yahoo! Sports audited approximately 20,000 pages of financial and business records from his bankruptcy case, more than 5,000 pages of cell phone records, multiple interview summaries tied to his federal Ponzi case, and more than 1,000 photos. Nearly 100 interviews were also conducted with individuals living in six different states. In the process, documents, photos and 21 human sources – including nine former Miami players or recruits, and one former coach – corroborated multiple parts of Shapiro’s rule-breaking
They just handed the NCAA Miami’s head.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
If this is not worthy of the death penalty, then nothing is
I think this is all fantastic, but heads have to roll.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Well,
my thought is that this gets the ACC freaking out about only having 11 teams for x amount of years. And that would be what starts it.
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
Can the SEC really take every school though?
It’s going to have 30 schools in it soon enough
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
haha
I’m just speculating, as much as anything. GD, the college football landscape is messed up, right now.
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
I like that actually
Maybe do 24 active teams and then 6… we’ll call them relegated teams. The relegated teams are the ones currently on probation. It’d be perfect.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
this won't work
soon every school in the SEC is going to be on probation and it’s just going to be Vanderbilt playing everyone.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
Everything's comin' up Vanderbilt!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
IT'S ALL PART OF THEIR MASTER PLAN
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
MWAHAHAHAHA
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Are you sure he didn't go to Northwestern?
Or Nerdwestern as you said earlier. I loved it and shall now steal it.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I fear they're also planning to turn everyone into cats.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Only 1 problem with the plan
They may be the only non-relegated team, but they’d still lose to everyone
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
No death penalty
that is only for schools already on probation who repeat violate.
And the NCAA is currently balling their eyes out that they have been confronted with a case of malfeasance so big even they can’t ignore it. I mean they just got done rapping fOSU’s knuckles, it was time to go on vacation but NOOOOO.
“Fuckin’ Yahoo!”
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I don't know this has been going on for a long time and the tOSU decision was so unpopular
They might have to drop the hammer. The NCAA’s their limp dick reputation lately has hurt them.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you think they really care?
Seriously. Do you think the NCAA gives a flying rat’s ass about what the “fans” think. We are merely wallets to them and as long as we keep paying, they will keep pretending they are an organization for amateur athletics.
They’ll do an investigation and they’ll give Miami some punishment. Maybe a couple years post season ban, a few scholarships but IT DOESN’T MATTER. The people who committed the violations are long gone for the most part. You want the schools to take this shit seriously? Fine them. Big. Millions of dollars, Many millions. And they don’t play until they pay up.
But it’ll never happen. And we’ll keep watching and acting all outraged the next time something like this happens.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I don't think they care about the fans at all, no.
I can see pressure from other large schools, though. There is already talk and plans of schools/conferences leaving the NCAA. It is a PR nightmare for the NCAA if they continue to do nothing and I’m not just talking about in the eyes of fans.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
2 issues.
1) The list of coaches and University employees who knew about what was going on and didn’t do anything is pretty galling..
2) This occurred while Miami was on probation for a major violation for impermissible recruiting.
The NCAA doesn’t want to swing the dethhammer, but they may have to think about it here.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Aug 16, 2011 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Did not know they were on probation
that could certainly change things.
I still don’t know that they pack the gear to do it though. They think it ruined SMU football for 20 years. It didn’t. SMU made some of their own choices that made it last 20 years.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
That's the key
if there is any chance of the NCAA swinging the hammer at them, it’s because they were on probation already.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions
i think the baylor basketball disaster was worse than this
you had one player murdering another player, you had the coach handing out cash to the players, and then to cover his ass, the coach told the cops the murdered player was a drug dealer to explain the large amounts of cash found at his apartment.
poor, poor, poor Al Golden
Come home Al, come home
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
That's where my thoughts went.
Penn State may not have any trouble poaching Golden from Miami next year.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Al Golden is already cold-calling Temple to see if he can have his old job back.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
in other news
Adrian Clayborn is about to eat 4 pounds of crab legs.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
tO$U y'all
Apparently they are all innocent and stuff now. Miami cheated harder than they did, do it’s all OK. Tools.
Seriously, my hate is unhealthy and I need a way to direct it in a positive direction.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
Fuck it, let's party
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Aug 16, 2011 8:15 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
That's not a nice thing to say about Donna Shalala.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Can't you ladies get along?
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Aug 16, 2011 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions
$ebastian shoulda had a clothes hangar in his hand...
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
You, sir, are a magnificent sumbitch
I tip my cap to thee
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't wait to talk to the lady at work who always brags about how her daughters went to Miami
“you know, it;s a PRIVATE school so it;s much small than PSU”
She always slams PSU. This is gonna be awesome.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
make sure you bring some of the pics of the players
…just in case.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
"Yep. Saw her picture online."
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Please show her this and say "Is this your daughter?"
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks!
That should make her go postal.
“Football games are free for students at Miami! You just walk in!”
She thought that being able to walk in and have you pick of seats was a good thing.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
or
Devin Hester, you are indeed ridiculous.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
what is great about this one
is that her daughter does live in NYC
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
"Does she know the 7th Floor Crew?"
“Well, if she knows one, she knows them all.”
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Goodness.
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 16, 2011 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
What is she doing with that hand
Well, she isn’t signaling “fair catch.”
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Thats a badass scene for Clooney
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - Albert Einstein
"Consider them rolled." - Jim Delany
by 6 seconds of hell on Aug 16, 2011 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions
18 days until kickoff, number 18 according to IMDB users: City of God
Never seen it.
So in honor of the 34th anniversary of Elvis’ death here is Ken O’Keefe and the Iowa offense with their cover smash “Jailhouse (Screen) Rock!”
by hawk6894 on Aug 16, 2011 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
You should see City of God as soon as you can.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
What's it about?
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 16, 2011 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
The story centers around a kid in Brazil that lives in a dangerous Rio slum called the "City of God"
The kid wants out and ultimately finds that photography may be his escape, but has to deal with drugs and gangs and other general slum-type stuff.
The back cover says it’s based on a true story. It’s a tremendous movie, but is subtitled, so some effort is required. Definitely a must-see, though.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Not enough Walker, Texas Ranger for Rambler, I'm guessing.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You are from Mexico
You don’t need the subtitles. You speak Brazil already.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
Yeah, but they use weird words like "vosotros"
Who does one justify replacing a perfectly good “n” with a stupid “v”?
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
that movie scared the living crap out of me
we are so blind and spoiled
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
I'm not an economist, in fact I barely passed Econ for Business Decision Making,
but I could have told everyone that these business practices were not sustainable.
Man, I loved sleeping in W10 during that class during EfBDM.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Jimmy Buffett is so good in this movie.
My actual, accidental thought. I felt safe enough to share here.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
My favorite Shapiro line...
I decided to get away from the regular Mercury Hotel situations. I was getting too old for that kind of thing, and I had the boat for prostitution situations. I still set up guys at hotels with individual-type things, but I never really used the Mercury after getting the boat.
In Miami, throwing prostitution parties on yachts is a sign of maturity.
If I ever win the Powerball, I'm buying a yacht
All will be invited. Pray for Orange Bowl invites.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to run a jetski into it
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
by dmbmeg on Aug 16, 2011 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then the rolled up $100 I'm using will get stuck in Shalala's ass
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Parasailing
Blow, Third Coast Old Ale on tap, enough rum to swim in, a Birdcage-style lounge act, illegal fireworks and a symposium on the pre-Columbian ecology of the Everglades.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I will eat your tacos but I will not parasail.
I did not like it and my dad said I don’t ever have to do it again.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I loved it
I have also sky-dived. Scary but fun!
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
I cried the entire time.
From the time my feet left the boat to the time I touched down.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I love a good adrenaline rush
I thought I was going to pass out from fear when I was skydiving. But the scariest thing I have done is scuba dive a night. It is dark down there at night. But the rush is incredible and not illegal like drugs.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
Skydiving was one of the best things I've ever done
the 2nd time was even better because I wasn’t terrified and could actually focus on watching the clouds and landscape.
Twice was enough though
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
You are just mad b/c they aren't your tacos.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
You buy a yacht
and invite me to Miami for a party, it ain’t gonna take no Orange Bowl invite.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
What was poor Ken Dorsey doing during this whole thing?
Actually going to class?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Right now this yutz wishes he hadn't spent so much time in the library
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm watching poker because I'm too lazy to find the remote.
Someone should just put me out of my misery.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Best I can do on short notice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ2TIul8pI
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
by Flakbait on Aug 16, 2011 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Another great line!
“We rocked Mansion so many times, I couldn’t even count them," Shapiro said. "And I never went in there once without players, because it’s just not the kind of place that you’d go to without them."
There are places in this world you just don’t go to without a University of Miami football player.
This offseason is so scandalous
That it makes the whole rash of drinking related incidents by other programs (ahem) seem minuscule. Gene Chizik is still very happy no one is paying attention to him.
For now.
I salute you with a shot of mango rum
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
don;t you know the mango rum story?
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
I don't know the story
In general, I am not sure. I find your lack understanding about Gable’s greatness disturbing.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
Penn State kicker Anthony Fera was arrested for DUI or something like that.
He was drinking Cruzan’s Mango Rum. Our program was shamed.
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 16, 2011 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
As it should have been
Although it was a kicker.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
He was arrested sitting on a wall on campus or something
at least he was not driving.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
I was born to a father who worshiped Joe Paterno
It is all I have ever known. I honor the memory of my Dad when I honor Joe as the greatest coach of anything ever.
Any Dad who gives his 10 year old daughter small shots of brandy at football games to keep her warm deserves this.
My Dad was awesome.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
Allegiance to your father, while admirable,
makes me question your loyalty
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
Don't you know
that drinking by University of Iowa athletes is a heinous crime against humanity. I know because I read it on CycloneFanatic.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
The assumption
is that this is the big one Yahoo was working on, right? Because if not, DAAAAAAMMMMNNN
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
This is it.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Aw c'mon
let me hope that they caught Auburn paying off nuns or something.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
There is still some report about an Auburn bagman.
No word yet on that one. I’m not even sure if that’s Yahoo.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
The Auburn report is coming tomorrow on the Finebaum show, apparently.
If it’s true, that would be pretty good, but there’s no way that can match the depth of the scandal at Miami. But we might be able to add yet another disgraced Heisman winner and national champion to our tallies.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, there's no topping this story.
But if I were a Miami fan I’d be praying that the bagman is legit so that the media will go away for a little while. Newton’s public presence is likely to take a bit of sting off of Shapiro’s story.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey rain, you need to stop so I can have my satellite signal back.
Stupid rain.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
So you can keep watching poker?
Are you now just sitting there watching static? That’s some master level lazy there.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
GET ON MY LEVEL, D00D
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
i cant watch poker on tv these days
it just depresses me that i cant play online anymore and that those assholes from full tilt still have my money
Phil Ivey's on your side.
He boycotted the WSOP (and probably hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of dollars) so you could get your money back.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions
sadly
even ivey’s lawsuit cant get them to pay me money that they dont actually have.
the morons were basically running a ponzi scheme, and they dont have the money. theyve been shut down worldwide now. its a total fucking disaster.
I don't think I ever got on Full Tilt.
I had some money in Poker Stars and JetSet years ago. I got out of the online poker game around my final year at school.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
pokerstars handled the whole thing so well
got everyone their money in a few weeks, let US players redeem tournament tickets for their full cash value, even let people turn their frequent player points into cash.
fortunately i had most of my online money on stars, but still could really use the full tilt money. more importantly i could use the ability to play poker online, was quite the profitable hobby.
Yeah. My dad had his money in Absolute.
I think he’s still waiting. However, that’s his fault for not listening to me and taking it out when he still could. Silly naîve parents.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah if you had money on there
after the superuser scandal, i have a hard time feeling sympathy for you.
the thing about it though, when news of that went down, most of the people who took their money off were the pros who knew all about it, so the games got a lot softer, and then the pros came back to a certain degree. its the paradox of game conditions, a crappy game attracts fish and becomes less crappy.
I was actually really surprised to see any of the WSOP on ESPN this year after the sites went down.
The 30-minute delayed main event was fantastic, though. Much better than edited horseshit coverage after the fact.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
If you continue to ridicule West Texas
we will send our smartest cow to Minnesota to defend our honor
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
"Defend our honor" is a euphemism for "provide my dinner," correct?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
So help me Ross
if we lose another bovine envoy, there will be hell to down here and you will live to regret it.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
But I will be fat, happy, and full of roast cow.
It will be worth it. Plus, I have it on good authority that Texans HATE leaving the state, especially to go to a filthy northern icebox like Minnesota.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Hey!
It’s not filthy here in our icebox.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Aug 16, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
That's true.
Brett Favre is gone.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
maybe in Edina it isn't
flips hair
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
The truth of your words cannot be denied
Damn, defeated by our own fear of the outside yet again.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
True love! You heard him! You could not ask for a more noble cause than that.
Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world. Except for a nice MLT: a mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They’re so perky, I love that.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
"Yeah. I did that shit, and then some."
// Flashes “U” hand signal.
Was that his response?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought everyone should know that Penn State's fullbacks are the best in the history of college football:
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
what year'd they play there?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm guessing this year and that they're the greatest because of their finely sculpted facial hair.
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
I have issued a challenge to the fine gentlemen at BSD
http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2011/8/16/2365959/men-of-bsd-time-to-stache-up
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
I am so crushing on Zordich
He even has a great linebacker name.
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
fail, he is a RB
"Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees."
Mike Leach - Arrrrrrrrrr
"Tonight! On TCAP! We set up a sting operation in State College, PA..."
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That guy looks really famil... waaaaaaait
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
If Marve left the prostitutes, yachts, night clubs, and jet skis of Miami...
jesus… what the hell is going on in West Lafayette that we don’t know about?
Ive been reading the Yahoo article
And this may be the best job as a journalist i have ever seen from anyone about any topic. the detail is just incredible. not only do they have a summery of dozens of players and coaches and what they did, they have the guys own words on the subject and even EVIDENCE backing it up such as photos and phone number and call information.
its amazing, the amount of work that went into this is just stunning. By far the best sports article ever written in my opinion
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 16, 2011 9:29 PM CDT reply actions
Further
Shapiro was originally wanting to write a tell-all book on his own. So after a little work he realized he couldn’t handle it. He calls Yahoo and they’re all over it. This Shapiro guy kept incredible records. Without his meticulous record keeping this story is your typical accusations and innuendo. His bitterness and their hard work equaled magic.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
shapiro really is a pathetic human being
dude is ratting everyone out because they wouldn’t bail him out, he “thought it was a family?” he expects NFL players to bail out a billion dollar ponzi schemer?
I'd probably be a bitter prick, too.
Sure I’d do my time for the shit I got caught for, but if the players turned their backs on me I’m not above being vengeful.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree
I’d like to find someone who truthfully wouldn’t be bitter. He did give money to player’s to feed their kids.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
oh id be extremely bitter
but i dont think id rat out every single person involved
Once you start, why bother sparing anyone?
Again, if I’m in the situation, it takes just one player’s support to keep me quiet. No help? Fuck ’em all.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck them all, hell yes.
They would be dead to me.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions
What a stupid move
How could not one of them be bothered to check in on him? I dont feel bad for anyone involved in this except their new head coach. Dream job my ass
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 16, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh I would
If I gave thousands of dollars to someone and they turned their back on me when I asked for help? Fuck them.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
the thing is though
its kinda hard for nfl players to get involved with felons without getting a ton of bad publicity. and the guys bail figure was probably massive. we’re not talking about a DUI here.
i guess the bigger issue is i wouldnt be throwing money around to college kids as a 40 year old, i find that aspect of it very creepy.
An anonymous call once in a while wouldnt kill them
talking to ex billionare criminals is Like calling your grandmother. you dont have to visit, but just let them know your thinking of them once in a while.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 16, 2011 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, but he was good enough to give them cash and hookers before they were in the league.
That street runs both ways.
He paid for an abortion for a player that knocked up a stripper. I wonder how that guy can justify not throwing some bail Shapiro’s way.
I’m not saying I agree on principle with any of this, but if you’re gonna play the game…
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
It might raise some red flags if they were giving this guy money after he was arrested.
That could have been what they were worried about.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
So give it to a guy who can give it to Shaprio's guy.
Most of these guys are probably rolling in deep crews anyway. I’m sure there are plenty of people that could make the transaction easy and save face.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
listen to the mexican guy about money laundering
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
by Lycurgus on Aug 16, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree but I don't think these are the smartest players on the team that we are dealing with.
Besides, they are all dead to me and I have ratted them out so I don’t really care at this point.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
On the other hand
so he ratted them out? They don’t care. They NCAA really can’t do anything to them.
Now if any of the allegations about the coaches are true, those are the guys who should have ponied up some cash
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I know, but I'm saying
maybe they should have thought of that when they were fucking hookers and getting paid cash while playing college ball.
I’m sorry, I get that people want to protect their reputations, but in the case of any of the fools who partied on his yacht (or especially, got a stripper pregnant) etc., any “reputation” is a façade, and fuck them for thinking that they are now somehow above it all.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
and we all know NFL players are guided by a strong ethical compass ;)
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby
twitter.com/dmbmeg
Note to self:
If any of my friends run a multi-million dollar ponzi scam, I will either attempt to get bail money or, at the least, call him in prison. Guys that run ponzi schemes are way too meticulous and document everything. Sleletons are bad.
Bethany: Were they sent to Hell?
Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.
by kurthy on Aug 16, 2011 11:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
It is awesome seeing some actual investigative journalism.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 16, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Love it
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Who's up for a good ol' fashioned hanging?!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
but they are all armed with shotguns loaded with opossum teeth
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
You have never seen the chompers on an Oklahoman Ridgeback Opossum
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
I don't think they exist.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions
How CAN'T they be dead meat?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Random Pirate
Just knocked one into the Allegheny to beat the Cards in extra innings. Not good.
by GaryDolphinSafeTuna on Aug 16, 2011 9:33 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
The only thing I've eaten all day was a Starbucks cinnamon roll.
This was probably not a good idea.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Is standing in the student section a good experience for watching a game?
What if you are in your mid 30’s?
Do you look like you are in your mid-30s?
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know if I would do it.
Students can sometimes smell old people.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
if you wear a velour track suit
then everyone will think you are Russian mob and they won’t say anything
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
Is there really Russian mob in Iowa City?
by HawkeyeRecon on Aug 16, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
No.
It’s mostly a pain in the ass. Even as a student it was kind of a pain in the ass. Sure it’s fun to know that someone will slap hands with you after a big play, but there’s bound to be at least 4 drunken assholes in your immediate vicinity.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I'll have a free pass or something to get in for standing room only.
by HawkeyeRecon on Aug 16, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
If it's free, then sure.
Tough to pass up a free ticket to a game at Kinnick.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Depends on where you stand
You can’t go too low, because then you can’t see for shit. But the intoxication levels get higher with altitude, and unless you’re rolling with a big crew it’s more than I like to deal with if you get too high.
Anymore I definitely try to get lower than the tunnel, and shoot for something in the 20s (Row 20-29)
Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa
by Not Marv Cook on Aug 16, 2011 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Let me get this straight...
You’ve got 3 Fulham players, 3 Manchester Arabia whores, and 3 Liverpool goons, and you’re 11 points ahead of me?
Well crap, congratulations.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Aug 16, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
We're all picking from the same pool of players.
It’s not my fault I stuck to the known commodities.
Riise was huge for me last week. Had he made that goal, I’d be have been ecstatic.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
All I wanted was Tottenham-Everton.
And Camo-Timmay.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Aug 16, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Cahill is huge too.
Although, there was some rumor that Liverpool wanted him and that could have completely fucked me.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
He was, but you can't really bank on defenders scoring goals.
Cahill would put you over the three-player limit but they wouldn’t force you to change anything you went to make a transfer.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
So I'd basically just have to pick one to unload and they'd bench one immediately?
That would’ve been a bummer.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Sort of.
The next time you went to make a transfer they’d force you to drop a Liverpool player because it’s not legal to have four players from the same team.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Anyone else noticed that Chazz says he doesn't know anything about soccer
And then he’s in fourth?
There is no way that Paki rushes for nine yards. -KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou.
He's hustlin' us.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I was going to make a remark about the sketchiness of his team.
But then I realized that we share 6 players.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd totally be better
if I hadn’t picked Slappy McSlappy hands..and a defender from QPR.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
woof woof
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
On Sunday I watched a game from the Mexican Primera
Gervinho would last 15 minutes, tops.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"If I had been born ugly you would never have heard of Pele." ~ George Best
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 16, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Captain selection is much more important than I'd expected.
Keeper seems like the best option most of the time, unless there’s a surefire goal scorer on the squad.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I've tended to favor consistent point-scorers from midfield or forward.
Goalies are typically hugely dependent on keeping a clean sheet, which can be tough to guarantee.
The upside is also greater with attacking players. With keepers, your points are probably topping out at 12-14 after the captain’s bonus is factored in. Attacking players can get 10-12 (or more) before the captain’s bonus is factored in. That game last year where Berbatov scored four goals? He got a staggering amount of points.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That would be nice.
Finding a goal scoring fullback is tremendously difficult. Midfielders are probably a solid option, which is why I went with Toure. Kuyt would work, as well, but he’s got to get into the starting eleven again.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah.
The last few years, forwards have been pretty reliable — Drogba, Tevez, Rooney, etc. There are going to be a few games where they score 2-3 points (pre-bonus), but they manage to score (or assist) pretty frequently.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Damn you.
You are fucking loaded with Liverpool, Man City, and Fulham players.
Also: I didn’t realize Everton’s keeper kit was FUCKING CAMO. Got-damn.
BTW, the game is giving everyone a free transfer wildcard (i.e., you can make unlimited transfers) this week because the site was all fucked up at the end of last week. Hopefully they also have live scoring actually working.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I had to make two transfers, but I did it yesterday and it cost me 4 points.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure they're going to refund you.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Fred Hoiberg just offered Da U a scholarship.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
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by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
I'm ashamed of everyone here.
How is this not one of the first ten posts?
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Mostly I'm ashamed of myself and want to point fingers.
Share the blame
Misery loves company
Blahblahblahblah blah
(Hey DRUGS, where you been man? I’ve been looking for you all over. You should stop by. Whenever. I even got a box of shoes for you, just like you like em. Two lefts.)
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 16, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Two lefts?
So DRUGS is this guy?
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Aug 17, 2011 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
He's walking the dog, and his eyebrows are steering him. But who is in charge of the eyebrows?
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 17, 2011 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Do the Yankees have a lot of players that are old?
Or does it just seem that way because the Royals players are always so young?
I believe they prefer the term "seasoned veteran," rather than "old."
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I think you just insulted me.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The average age for baseball players in the majors is 27, for the Yankees it is almost 30.6.
They are old, but not as old as me. Bastards.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
YOU'RE OLDER THAN 30?
You’re old as shit. What was the world like before the wheel was invented?
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I have repeatedly admitted I'm over 30.
I don’t look like it so I don’t see it as a problem. I easily pass for mid-20s.
It was a lot harder to get around before the wheel but we were more fit. It took longer to get places but there was less sitting on our asses.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 16, 2011 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't pay enough attention.
I just wanted to remind you that you’re old.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
This is why she doesn't like tacos
too difficult to gum
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
UFC on FOX?
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2011/08/16/Media/UFC.aspx
Hmmm.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Hmmm indeed.
Should be a huge show to kick it off then a show every 3 or 4 months about the level of UFC 132 or Sunday’s Fight Night on VS. Not sure how it will change anything, other than aligning with networks (Fox and FX) significantly larger than Spike and VS.
Let’s just hope we don’t have to see Cleatus the robot kickboxing across the screen during fights.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't Versus owned by NBC, though?
So that’s still a pretty solid network tie-in.
by The Mexican't on Aug 16, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
The Versus deal (and the Spike deal) are both up at the end of 2011.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, if they put 3-4 shows a year on FOX proper, those should be pretty big shows, which would be fun.
The FX shows will probably be identical to the stuff on Spike or Versus Fight Nights now.
I just hope they don’t try to inflict their own announcers on UFC.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'd be surprised if Dana gave up any control over production or matchmaking
It’s why he turned down deals with HBO and CBS in the past. They wanted to control production and matchmaking (which worked out so well for Strikeforce and EliteXC).
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
by jebushchrist on Aug 16, 2011 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I agree that Dana must have gotten a pretty favorable deal or he wouldn't have made the jump.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Speaking of FX
I saw they’re showing some football this fall. I’m sure they will be some real high profile matchups. Regardless, I’ll watch it because I LOVE FOOTBALL.
They've got Big 12 and Pac 12 match-ups. (And, um, some C-USA, I think.)
They’ll be the second-tier games after the ones ABC/ESPN grabs.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Ah, so it won't be bottom of the barrel
Well that’s good to know. But as I said i’d even watch it if it was bottom of the barrel.
Well, there will be a few ISU games...
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
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