Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Vick Suit Alleges Al Queda Ties

So now Michael Vick is being linked to Al Queda (allegedly) by a South Carolina inmate in his $63 billion dollar lawsuit against the Hampton Roads, Virginia product. Jonathan Lee Riches seems pretty adamant that Vick stole his pit bulls, sold them on Ebay and then sent the proceeds to Iran after he became a member of Al Queda in February. The crazy thing about this is if it is true, animal rights activists would still claim that killing dogs is worse than supporting a country that is now helping to fund the insurgency in Iraq.

It does beg the question - if one member of the Virginia Tech football team is a member of Al Queda, could there be others? I'm not suggesting anything, but Al Queda is known to work hard on special teams....

Monday, August 13, 2007

Wrong Hander Day '07 is a Poor One for Vick

Assuming you are a normal person you would think today is just another hot muggy dog day at the end of summer in August. If your hand of choice is not the right hand though, today just might be your day, a 'special' day. August 13 is International Lefthander Day and that is just not right. As it has been proven in Lithuania, all wrong handers are of inferior skills both mentally and physically. An indisputable fact. Still wrong handed birds are celebrating in different ways across our nation.

Wrong hander Rick Ankiel celebrated today on his first off day since hitting three bombs in his first four games after getting back to the majors. He probably got a porterhouse steak at Ruth's Chris steakhouse tonight. Bill Clinton was happy to take a day off after his wife won the Iowa Straw Poll. Bill probably is kicking it with some girls from the Clinton School of Public Service at the pool as I type. Michael Vick, well, he didn't have the best Wrong Handed Day. He found out all three of the people that he was charged with in his dog fighting debacle are going to cooperate with federal authorities and will testify against him. Worst Wrong Hander Day EVER!

Vick was a horrible wrong hander long before he started electrocuting dogs, throwing dogs, strangling dogs or even shooting dogs. It looks as though karma is finally catching up to him. Right now Ron Mexico is talking to his lawyer saying, 'Man I can go to jail, I just can't end up like Andy Dufresne in that one scene in the laundry room. That ain't Hokie man. Negotiate that shit.' I'm sure you will have good luck with negotiations now that you got at least seven people ready to testify against you Mr. Vick. Good luck you frappin' wrong hander.



ESPN won't even show the dreaded 'Quarterback Challenge' due to that dang wrong hander now either. Leave it to the network to pile on.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

A Victory For The Rebels!

The Ole Miss practice had two new additions Thursday as Rivals five star recruit Jerrell Powe and four star recruit Chris Strong joined the team after being admitted to the university. There is a fourteen day window where they can practice while the NCAA Clearinghouse reviews each recruit's status where after they must declare them eligible or ineligible. Both recruits happen to be famous in their own right before they have even stepped onto the field in Oxford.

A defensive tackle, Powe orginally committed to Ole Miss in 2005 but was unable to qualify academically. The next year he went to a BYU correspondence school and Hargrave Military academy which was enough education to try to get into Ole Miss again and he recommitted. Powe, who has been called a 'ready for the NFL caliber player,' did not become notorious until newspapers got a hold of court documents in a suit that was being filed on his behalf to attain NCAA eligibility. In the documents Powe's mother described her son saying, "Jerrell is a good child, he just can't read." Since this isn't Auburn where reading is not a necessity this raised some eyebrows amongst the Ole Miss administration and the NCAA. That being said it is horrible that Jerrell has been pushed along and used for his talent without people taking the time to lookout for his best interests educationally. If he had more help in his past he would not be in this current situation.

Chris Strong's story is not nearly as dramatic as Powe's but it's been a roller coaster ride in it's own right. He committed to the Rebels in January but needed to raise his test scores up to qualify. It appears now that he has done that. Strong is from Mississippi powerhouse South Panola High School and is projected to play at defensive end or linebacker for the Rebels. Chris has strong family ties to the Grove will be crossing his fingers that he makes it through the Clearinghouse in the next two weeks.

This brings up an interesting situation for the Rebels. Given Coach O's propensity for moving top flight players around it seems doubtful that these two will finish their careers at the position they begin at. Robert Lane came to Ole Miss as a Rivals four star recruit but after ineffective play the Rebels have moved him to tight end. Brent Schaeffer transfered in as a Rivals five star recruit and was anointed as Moses ready to lead the Rebels to the promised land. It hasn't quite worked out for for the quarterback though and he now finds himself at wide receiver. A walk-on is currently starting behind center for the Rebs.

Given past history we are going to project that Powe will end up as the first 350 pound safety in the SEC while Strong will be the highest drafted kicker since Sebastian Janikowski. Take it to the bank!

On another note Tyrone Prothro had better be happy that Powe wasn't the defensive back coming down on his leg.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Bear Gets Tough With The Sideline Reporter

Erin Andrews would not have bothered the Bear with this moronic line of questions....

Coker Suspended From Team

Vols' running back LaMarcus Coker has been suspended indefinitely by the University of Tennessee due to substance abuse issues. Thankfully that substance according to sources has nothing to do with his last name. Coker will have to meet a number of conditions to be reinstated to the football team.

Coker the leading rusher last season for Tennessee was expected to vie for a majority of the carries this season. He was described often as 'the big play back' in the offense who had broken multiple long runs in the 2006 season. Instead it looks as though those carries will now be split between 2005 leading rusher bruiser Arian Foster and Montario Hardesty who is fully recovered from knee surgery after struggling through his last season.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Racist? No, Just Stupid

J Dredd is back, and he's pissed. After scanning espn.com an article caught my eye, "Mistrust." and it said Mike Vick so I checked it out. Never have I been so angry at an inanimate object since I lost in NCAA 08 and threw my Xbox. A wrinkly old hag dares to say that Vick is being treated unequally in Atlanta because he is black. She completely ignores the fact that he is being tried in Virginia, not Georgia, but for the sake of argument I'll humor her.


Apparently after the situation broke on the news, the NAACP was called in to make an ordinary situation one about race. The chairman is quoted "The one thing that I say is everyone is welcome to their opinion," he says. "But my opinion is this: Unless a person has a trial, he is not guilty of anything. That is the fabric of our country."

Wow Detective Dipsh*t. Thanks for telling me that this is your opinion because I am too stupid to figure it out. Also nice intro to the quote. Thanks for embracing the fact I can state opinions. I needed you to welcome me to them, ass. And when was he proved guilty? I'm pretty sure I would have thrown a party if they made that announcement. Glad to see that the NAACP has hired the best man for the job.

Also in the article "African-Americans in Atlanta, according to prominent black leaders, think it's about Vick not getting due process because of the color of his skin.". What due process is not being done? He was accused, they gathered evidence, he is in court. Sounds like due process to me. Also whats up with the fact they say "African American" and then the leaders are just "black". What happened to PC? I guess that was racist of the writer.

Hey NAACP, choose battles better. Bitch about something that is really racist and stop trying to piss and moan about everything. Vick's skin color is not the problem. It's the fact he lets sleeping dogs lie, and by lie I mean kill them with electricity.

Oh and about the picture, it's the protest rally in Atlanta that is in favor of keeping Vick as Falcons quarterback. Nice turn out, almost as nice as the 9,957,531 people that were with PETA against Vick across the country. Keep up the good work NAACP.

Monday, August 6, 2007

Top Duke Football Player Suspended

If there was ever an oxymoron to come across this blog that title sure is one. The so called top player referred to is Dukie Michael Tauiliili who was suspended 'indefinitely' by the athletic department Sunday. In the case of an LSU player this only means he would be out until Fall practice starts but with the Dukies it will probably be a little different. The suspension was for a violation of team rules and at this point we can only speculate on those reasons so we'll go ahead and do that below.

- Perhaps Tauiliili took money from Mike Nifong, only the Rainbow Push Coalition would take his money these days.
- He might have been asking Ian Johnson why he would ever want to marry a cheerleader

- Punishment after the administration found out he had realized he was on the football team at DUKE and tried to transfer to Rowan where he'd actually be playing after Thanksgiving. Hell even New Jersey is better than Duke athletics and a campus that looks eerily like the one Ron Mexico's.
- Could discrimination against alleged mungions be occurring in front of our eyes?

Who knows the real story but its likely that Duke will be finding a way to lose 13 this year without Tauiliili. That's even impressive for the Dukies seeing that they are only playing 12 games.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Al Gore Does Not Approve This Message

Ole Miss head coach Ed Orgeron is legendary, at least he's legendary in Layfayette County Mississippi. At the first team meeting he ad as a coach at Ole Miss, Coach O challenged everyone in the locker room to fight while ripping off his shirt. He followed that up my laying out the former starting quarterback in a full sprint during practice in his first summer in Oxford. Since then he has managed to keep his job despite his poor record in which he has never beaten an SEC team with a winning record. Yet somehow manages to be the coach that saved the Rebels from Cutcliffe's poor recruiting in the minds of the Oxford faithful. (Rebel fans conveniently forget Cut brought in Eli Manning) This commercial is a solid reminder of why Coach Orgeron will not have a job at Christmas this year. A 2-10 record won't cut it, even at Ole Miss. The students have never lost a party but Coach O is about to lose his job.



I'm just not sure about the "Big, tough, aggressive and it represents everything we want at Ole Miss," line. When I think of Ole Miss football I think more of a present day Kia or an old Yugo, not a Hummer. That might just be me though...

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Segal the .400 Hitter

So back in his freshman year of college at St. Mary's College of Maryland Chris Segal was hitting .400 but still only starting about every third game on the baseball team. After the first two weeks of the season Segal went into Manager Lew Jenkins' office to find out why he was not receiving anymore playing time.




"Coach I just don't understand why I'm not playing; I'm hitting .400," Segal explained.
"Hell you might be a .400 hitter, but you're a .399 fielder," Jenkins countered.

Powerful Arrest

Indiana University's Blake Powers was arrested after throwing a water balloon into the car of an off duty university cop. Powers is a back up tight end for the HOOSIERS but his name is recognizable as he used to play some quarterback for the Big Eleven team.

Its a good thing for that cop that he was up in Big Eleven country because if he was in the SEC and attempted to arrest a football player for throwing a water balloon he would not have a job for long. I can't see Urban Meyer punishing a player for chucking a water balloon, in fact if he had the same situation where a former quarterback nailed a cop from car to car he would see it as a sign and move the player back to quarterback. This would not be before he made sure the cop was blacklisted in Northern Florida.

On another note you do not want to throw water balloons at Mormon football players' wives or girlfriends.