After taking a week off for, among other things, a lack of events/people to make fun of, I’m back with my fifth note in this series.
This weekend I made my way to Blacksburg to watch the VT-Miami game. Most of you reading know that VT won, 31-7. But what made that win even more fulfilling was that no one at ESPN gave VT a chance of winning. Miami was “back” baby! They got their swagger back and they were gonna roll through Blacksburg easily (something they have only done once since the 90’s). But the Miami Tropical Depressions aren’t back, and their swagger looked more like a stagger on Saturday.
With the win, Virginia Tech moved up to the #6 spot in the rankings. This is something that is very exciting for Hokie fans everywhere, because we are now in position to play for the National Championship. BUT, if you’re a Hokie fan at all you’ll readily admit that VT has shown a tendency to choke worse than the Chicago Cubs late in the season, so I’ll put my hopes and dreams on the backburner. So I’m very excited that VT is ranked so high, but really scared that the offensive kryptonite, Bryan Stinespring, will find some way to make sure we’re not playing in Pasadena.
VT’s move from #11 to #6 was helped by the fact that 4 teams ahead of VT lost. And it’s very easy to kick someone when they’re down so I’ll start there…
#4 Ole Miss lost on Thursday night to South Carolina. Who didn’t expect that?!? Who (besides EsecPN) actually thought Mississippi was the fourth best team in the nation???
Quick, name 3 players on Mississippi’s roster…don’t worry, I’ll wait…
If you named someone other than quarterback Jevan Snead, you might want to take up writing an article of your own…I’d read it.
#5 Penn State lost to Iowa…adding insult to injury, Joe Paterno, long-time Penn State coach, died earlier this week, he was 97, my condolences…
Switching gears for a bit from college football to baseball, the Anaheim Angels clinched a berth in the playoffs this week. Now admittedly, I know/care as much about baseball as I do feminine hygiene products. But, the fact that they won isn’t what made their mention in this article warranted, but rather their celebration.
At the beginning of the season, rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in an automobile accident after pitching a game for the Angels (ironic nickname anyone?). The man driving the car that killed Adenhart blew over the legal limit of alcohol in California. So keep in mind that Nick Adenhart was killed by a drunk driver.
Now flash forward to this week, and the Angels have kept Adenhart’s jersey all year for inspiration (which is cool) and when they won this week they decided the most appropriate celebration would be…I kid you not…to pour beer all over his jersey
Stay classy Anaheim…
I reported in my last article that NCAA President, Myles Brand had died…this week the NCAA and Indiana University (the school where worked prior to the NCAA) have planned a tribute and celebration of his life. If baseball shows us anything about the human cognition, the NCAA will pour cancer cells all over President Brand’s suit and tie at the service. (too soon?)
Turning back to football, Florida’s second-coming found out just how worldly he is this weekend. Tim Tebow suffered a concussion late in the Gator’s game with Kentucky. There’s no need to make fun of a concussion, so I’ll stick to the most damning fact about Tim Tebow…he came out of the closet this week.
Don’t believe me?? Well, let’s start with this…it’s a picture of Tebow’s girlfriend. That wouldn’t be evidence enough to convict, but couple that with his press conference stating that he is a virgin, and there ya go!
There’s not a single straight man in the entire world who wouldn’t try to take a run at her, and if Tim Tebow is saying he’s a virgin, he is either lying about how much of a good guy he is or he’s gay…take your pick ladies…
I know of at least one person who is devastated about Tebow’s injury…
This Guy
Enough of Tebow, you can watch it all on the Tebow network (same station as ESPN)…check your local listings
Apparently the Kansas Jayhawks have their own little civil war going on…
http://sports.espn.go.com/
There is a battle between the football and basketball teams that has apparently been going on for years. It has been reported that they are fighting over many things, but one of them is which program is more dominant. I don’t know about you guys, but there’s one team that comes to mind when I think of dominance over the last decade and that’s Kansas Jayhawk football…
It seems like that portion of the argument would be settled pretty quickly.
I wondered just how far back this argument went, so I did some excellent digging and came up with VIDEO of the original fight that set everything off!
WARNING: the video is a little graphic, as punches are thrown…so watch at your own risk
http://www.youtube.com/wat
After the fight, they settled their differences over a shake at the Max with school President Belding, but it doesn’t seem as though the fight has ever truly ended.
They better get their act together, they travel to Valley this weekend…
In the college basketball world, Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl looked like an idiot this week when giving a talk to boosters. Pearl, in his failed attempt at humor, talked about the diversity of his team saying that he recruits guys who are from “the hood” as well as guys who come from areas where people wear “the hood.” If you’re having trouble following the terrible joke, “wearing the hood” is referring to the KKK.
I don’t know what’s more disturbing, a white guy talking about “the hood” or a Jewish guy talking about the KKK…
It is Yom Kippur, maybe he just wanted something to atone for…
Also in college basketball, Grambling Head Coach, Rick Duckett, was fired this week. He was fired by a letter (that’s cold) from school officials. Add that to the fact that one of his players died after a workout with the team, and he gets the Worst Week Award. However, he speculated that the reason he was fired was because of the player’s death.
You know, if a school fires a coach because of the death of a player at a workout that the coach did not even attend, then that’s insanely unprofessional.
Oh wait, he was 6-24 last year in the nation’s worst conference??
Yeah…ummmm… Rick? Maybe you should try a new profession…
New Mexico St. football coach, Mike Locksley, punched one of his assistants in the mouth (he is the second football coach to do so this month)…but those close to the situation are sticking up for Locksley saying he is a “stand-up guy”…which must be true because his only other infraction in his first year as a head coach is that he sexually harassed his secretary…sounds like a winner
What’s with all the fighting this week? Even the fans are getting into it…with the COPS!! (thanks to Sean Ryan for the heads up on that video)
That’s all for this week!
Thanks to those who saw me in Blacksburg this weekend and commented about my previous articles, I like to hear that people are actually reading them. Also thanks for the comments on the articles themselves, and don’t be afraid to disagree with me on something I write about. If you're not being tagged in the note and would like to, just comment or leave me a message.
I’ll leave you with one last video…the fail of the week
http://www.youtube.com/wat
Sincerely,
Donzel
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