Was I the only one unable to watch the Canes game?

When I turned it on, it was the old school test pattern, and the Tivo said it was blacked out.
Anyone else???

"x-compensatory selection"

so what is a compensatory selection? I've never followed drafts intently but I saw this on the later rounds in the paper this morning. . . I would like to point out that Al Davis rocks to the beat of his own drummer, possibly ignoring everyone, including his own staff during draft weekend. The drafting of really fast guys has paid off so many times before. . .

Really Trent? Really?

Trent Dilfer said that if Mark Sanchez, Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, and Matthew Stafford went to go get a burger that Mark Sanchez would be driving, because he's the best leader that everyone gravitates to.

I know I'm a homer, but if Mark Sanchez was such a great leader why couldn't he beat out John David Booty his Freshman and Sophmore years. If all his teammates loved him why was he riding the pine.

Tebow has played since he was a true freshman and that was with a National Championship Sr. QB playing. Now Sanchez may drive, but only because Tebow wants him to feel good about himself.

Gonzalez Trade!!!!

The only thing I ever liked about the Chiefs was Tony G. (that I can think of). With Matt Ryan's rookie season . . . .

What a game!

Canes score the winning goal with 0.1 seconds left! Series Tied 2-2

Nice...

New ECU Logo

Big Rob headin' to Raleigh

Recruiting for the Pack info!

this kid has been known as Big Rob since 2nd grade?

Not sure about the Singer kid, but Rob is unmistakeable in the hallways. . .

Very exciting.

I am officially addicted to the MLB Network

even though Billy Ripken is one weird, creepy looking dude. And Joe Magrane looks like some kind of cut rate Bruce Campbell.

Holy Shit!

What a catch in the Cubs game!

So, ummm...

this final round of The Masters is pretty f-ing incredible.

Also

Tom kicked all of our asses in the bracket challenge this year.

Are there only 12 decent female

hoops players in college? What is it about women's collegiate sports that lends itself to all these dynasties (UT basketball, UNC soccer, UConn hoops, UCLA softball(?))?

Is it just a lack of overall talent in these sports, so if one team can grab up all of the solid players, BAM, they're a dynasty?

Or is this a situation where skill actually matters more? That is, in men's sports, skill can often be neutralized by pure athleticism; whereas the ladies don't normally have that luxury. Thus, the more skilled teams in women's hoops tend to win out and their tournament is relatively sucky (that, and the fact that a 1 seed may have to play on a 9 seeds home floor in the second round).

Addendum: apparently, UCONN is the first hoops program (men or women) to beat every team ON ITS ENTIRE SCHEDULE by 10 or more points!

Hudson, this is your reminder...

The Red-White spring game is April 18th at 1pm. Anyone?

OBVIOUSLY photoshopped.

Ironic Title Standings and next year?

If UNC wins to go to Detroit, and Louisville Doesn't win out. We're all going to be pretty close. . .

So does the Big East graduate a lot of talent or is the ACC going to have to get used to playing 2nd or 4th fiddle???

Pitt Nova

this game may be the best of the whole tourney. . .

Go Pack!

Wow. Bracketology is NOT my strong suit

Couple of shitty picks later (FSU in the Final Four ????) and I'm completely done after the first weekend.

points in pool vs points per round

SO here's where the points per pool system rocks. Who didn't pick wake to win. I'm going to get hosed if they can't come up with 15+ points in 4:30. However in TrayDee's points per players pooling system. we'd all come out even on it. . .

I just bought a James Hardy jersey!

I never tire of these:

I'm sure it seemed like a funny idea at the time, but...

Wow. Kind of glad that he was the 1st player I dropped

Donte Stallworth -- not looking so good as a keeper.
More to follow, but it appears he killed someone.

Is this even legal ???

No shoes ???
I thought there were minimum rules to what you had to wear when you play.

Scary!

Ann Wolfe and James Kirkland are two of the scariest people that you could ever come across. It's hard to explain but when you see them on TV its scary.

The trainer that trained Ann Wolfe and James when he was a kid, says they have demons in them.

Ann Wolfe was in the emergency room in her early twenties after her father was murdered and mother died of cancer, and saw women's boxing on TV and Said to her self "Shit. I'll fight if they pay me! Oh I get to fight women too?!? Fuck I kill a bitch"

Now she trains James Kirkland. She trains him unbelievably harshly. Makes him shovel tires across a field! Puts a heavy bag on the front of a truck and he needs to hit it as she drives at him! This of course will help him fight effectively when stepping back! Let not practice this with human beings lets back him up with a car because he won't back up for people.

Very scary!

Addendum: So I'm sorry to boxing poop it, but if you want to see one man beat on another man for 18 minutes, you should have watched this fight. Meanwhile the guy taking the beating (Joel Julio) probably has the most power in the 154 pound weight class, caught Kirkland flush a bunch of times, and Kirkland just walked right through them like it was nothing.

The dude is like the Terminator, but has bad defense so he gets hit a lot but it doesn't faze him. His hardcore training and preparation makes him tough to knockout. He could be beat, but it will be him getting caught by the perfect shot. The problem is do you want to take a beating the likes of which you have never taken to luck out and land that punch???

I love the fights that have your heart pumping because guys are trading bombs, laying it all out there, in a totally chaotic fashion.

I don't ask for much

but SI.com says that Torry Holt and the Panthers are a fit and that he once expressed an interest.

I Try Not to Post Random Linked Things

but I find KSK funny, and they seem to have captured what I would imagine a conversation between these two would be like.

Car boats!

This May Sound Silly

since I only ever knew him as an announcer for the Bulls, but I had no idea that Johnny 'Red' Kerr (who died this week) was 6'10''. I also didn't know that he was the Phoenix Suns first coach.

Did you guys see...

some dude is claiming to be "outing" Troy Aikman?

I'm not saying I'm gay or anything, but with those gigantic hands, imagine what kind of back rubs he could give.


***SAN***
I can't find a video of the Tick rubbing Omnipotus' feet, but I think it would be like that.

Free Agency starts...

and the Grossman era ends!

Oh yeah, this...

Re-goddamn-diculous.

11 Points in 46 Seconds!

What could possibly top this?

Tiger Woods Return

The worst thing to happen in sports in the last 30 years would be if Tiger Woods was on steroids, right? Why doesn't anyone make mention of this? There are way too many people now who don't look like they are on roids who are, so who the hell knows.

Sidekick note: Stupid long comment after the jump, probably should have just made a separate post

Go Sparky!!!

Washington vs. ASU for #1 in the PAC 10 !

Looks as if the Panthers franchised J.Peppers.

I can't imagine he's too happy -- I saw he wanted to go to Dallas.
Anyway, if they bring in a coach to do the 3-4, maybe he'll wash the sand out of his vahinta.

Go Sparky!

ASU upsets UCLA!

Wake Dropped Again!

This time, to us! Even after we blew a 20 point lead!

Duke and Wake dropped

It's like Christmas, except we didn't win. Too bad we don't get Duke at RBC. Do we have a trip to Miami or was that a single game this year?

Looks like we're getting at least 2 O Linemen

and 2 GIGANTIC tight ends.

Morgan Alexander ATH 5-10 180 4.5 5.6 Cartersville, GA
Jarvis Byrd DB 5-10 173 4.5 5.8 Pahokee, FL
Tyson Chandler DT 6-6 344 5.4 5.7 North Plainfield, NJ
Ryan Cheek LB 6-0 232 4.51 5.5 Lancaster, OH
Duran Christophe OL 6-6 275 - 5.5 Woodstock, GA
Donald Coleman LB 6-0 210 4.5 5.4 Princeton, NJ
Sylvester Crawford DE 6-5 230 4.62 5.5 Charlotte, NC
A.J. Ferguson DE 6-2 250 4.8 5.1 Southport, NC
Nathan Mageo DT 6-4 280 5.1 5.5 Roswell, NM
Quintin Payton WR 6-3 190 4.49 5.5 Anderson, SC
Deion Roberson DT 6-4 258 4.9 5.6 Tucker, GA
Brian Slay DT 6-2 276 4.9 5.6 Ashburn, VA
Rashard Smith ATH 5-10 180 4.5 5.4 Dublin, GA
Anthony Talbert TE 6-4 230 4.75 5.2 Cincinnati, OH
Chris Ward K 6-1 170 - 5.3 Fayetteville, GA
James Washington RB 5-10 170 4.43 5.6 Orlando, FL
Asa Watson TE 6-4 210 4.69 5.5 Rock Hil, SC
Camden Wentz OL 6-2 276 - 5.6 Marietta, GA


COMMITTED/UNSIGNED

Brandan Bishop DB 6-1 200 - 5.5 Boca Raton, FL
Darryl Cato-Bishop DE 6-3 238 4.65 5.4 Dorchester, MA
Rickey Dowdy LB 6-1 229 4.6 5.7 High Point, NC
Denzelle Good OL 6-6 325 5.25 5.6 Gaffney, SC
Dean Haynes DB 6-0 180 4.5 5.2 Tunnel Hill, GA
Everett Proctor ATH 6-1 190 4.45 5.5 Fayetteville, NC
Raynard Randolph DT 6-3 300 5.2 5.7 Brandywine, MD
Hans Rice LB 6-3 195 4.5 5.5 Eufaula, AL
Bryan Underwood WR 5-9 162 4.4 5.7 Cleveland Heights, OH

And great googley moogly, look at this kid they're still after!!!
Arthur Lynch TE 6-5 240 4.7

Have Mercy!!!!!

Now let me just say that I'm extremly proud of my school and it's attempt to convert to Division-1 sports. However, it's going to be a long road. Thanks for laying down the hammer Wolfpack.

BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE NIGHT: It was a 10 point game at the half!!!!

Does this mean his pussy is ripped?

Torn labrum?

Well, that sucked.

Left the Sidekick's close to 10, Steelers were up 20-7 I think, maybe 9 minutes left.
BUT... we had been DVR-ing the game, so "reality" was quite different.
How was I to know that Warner led 2 drives down, put the cards up 23-20 with 2 minutes to go.
T Bone calls and is like "MOTHER FUCKER!!! Big Ben pulled another one out"
I of course was like ?????
Text from the Sidekick -- I ASSUME there was another fairly shitty call against the Cards giving the 'Burg 15 yards and a 1st down.

Curses.

Why I Love Boxing: Part 3

When the most unexpected thing happens! The Mosley-Margarito fight was totally unbelievable! Watching in on free HBO made it all that much better. For all of you with HBO, go watch it or DVR it tomorrow morning, go find it On Demand or anyway you can get it, because it was awesome!

Oh yeah and Fedor.......... Only one guy on the planet who can knock out a 240lb man in mid-air throwing a flying knee. Probably need to go to YouTube to catch that.

I'm going to have to say easily in the Top 5 of fight nights we have watched. SK?

SK Update with Pics
Here's what Arlovski was trying to do:



Here's what he did:



Another angle:

Good Woman, Good Memories

Man, this sucks, she was a good woman...Kay Yow Died. And what pisses me off is that she is such a positive influence and if you go to cnn.com the headline story is about a bikini model that died.

Truer words have never been LOL-ed

I assume Jeff Kent is a first ballot HoFer in 2013

solely on being the leader in HR @ 2nd base, top 20 in doubles, couple golden gloves, etc...
Any disagreement?

The Steelers, at least on defense, are pretty good.

Troy Aikman's Hands

I know we discuss this all the time, but its scary everytime I see them. they are the size of baseball mitts. It looks like he could palm two basketballs at once.

Freaky.

I actually liked the girl who did the National Anthem

for the NFC game -- someone find me a link!!!

Go Sparky !!!

Ariz. State gets defensive, pulls off 61-58 upset of No. 7 UCLA

Holy crap!! We were down 8 with 3 minutes left!!!

Georgia Tech 71 vs. N.C. State 76 Final

Finally!!! Somebody calling it like they see it!!!

Fucking gigantic robot!!!

when comments are whack, yo

found this one by accident, I may be miles behind the curve. . .

Yo Comments Are Whack in the spirit of Sir Surfs A Lot?

Indeed.

YIKES!!!

Former N.C. State basketball player faces felony charge

Posted: Today at 3:01 p.m.
Updated: 34 minutes ago

Raleigh, N.C. — A former N.C. State basketball player has been charged with a felony count of obtaining property by false pretenses.

Gavin Grant, 23, surrendered to authorities Tuesday on the charge, which stems from credit card fraud at Saks on Oct. 14, 2008, authorities said.

Another person, Paige Gilliam, 25, has also been charged with three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.

Funniest comment section I've ever read.

RE: Lebron James' tattoos


carpe diem Says:
June 4th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Horrible tats!!! The only good one is the one of his moms name, it’s also the only tat that doesn’t have something to do with him. Can you say conceeded!!


james Says:
June 15th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Yeah, I can say “conceeded”, but it wouldn’t mean anything…


zak Says:
June 16th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
uhmm…first of all, conceded is spelled with one E you illiterate one

Eddy Curry is like a big, gay Hal

'Come and touch it, Dave'

2 things:

1) Would this classify as one of the scariest things that you could possibly ever hear? Not only would he be oiled and naked, but he'd also be calling you Dave when that's not your name.

2) This makes me sad that we don't have a fantasy basketball league.

Edit to add:

I'm now going to put the image of Mr. Curry doing this into your head forever (some things can't be unimagined):

Life and an ABC fan

Has an occasional reward like Wake pwning them in everything but rebounding and especially a slight edge in scoring!!!!!

So the Panthers are getting their shit kicked right now

We suck.

That is all.

Well, thats the end of college football.

Sweet Dee is working on the ACC pick'em, but its $30 a month, so much like 90% of our other great ideas, I see this one falling by the wayside.

I think a new rule for broadcasting sports...

If you dont show any regular season games, you cannot do playoffs & championships.

This Fox team SUCKS.
The younger guy will say some garbage like "I think Florida is gonna bring the heat this time." Then they rush 3 - back to back plays.

Also -- Fox cant make up their mind about whether they even want to show the play clock, whether its going down, or whether its going up. Grrrr!!!!

So did we all think the same thing at the same time???

WHAT THE FUCK IS RON CHERRY DOING REFFING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ???

Only 5 or 6 short months....

until pre-season polls have OSU ranked in the Top 10... again.

We REALLY suck @ organization

Bowl pick'em ... kind of weak.

ACC Fantasy Bball... ummm... kind of never happened.

Look -- I'm just a social director. You fucktards need to TCB.

Bowl-shit.

I know that the Sidekick & I have both bitched about the number of bowls that got stretched WAYYYYY beyond New Years Day.
The National Championship should be tomorrow night, no if, ands or buts.


But then... football will be over.
Insert sad emoticon.

Whats it gonna cost to get Tony Romo???

Stupid Texas Tech

I THINK they were 6.5 or 7 point favorites.
Fuckers.

I do love the Ole Miss fans yelling "Overrated".

HFS!!! Shanahan fired!!!!

WOOO HOOO!!! GO MISSOU!!!

That was my 34 pointer!!!!

Oh. I should mention that I love the Pack, but anyone that didn't choose Rutgers is a damn fool.

Dolphins!!!

Can't believe they are in the playoffs! Awesome!

Eagles Cowboys?

Stink Stank Stunk. . .

Spoiler Free Review of the UFC

Most of the matches were over more quickly than I would have liked, but overall it was an excellent PPV. The three "main events" met expectations (wicked KO's in all 3), now onto Penn/GSP!

Football almanac questions

Which pre-season #1s finished outside of the Top 25?

Which teams ranked #1 at any point fell out of the Top 25?

Whats the latest into a season where a #1 fell out of Top 25?

All of this was brought on by seeing that UGa was like a 12 or 13.

Enjoy.

Stupid Florida Atlantic.

That was my 26!!!

Congrats to Sweet Dee.

Unless Robbie Gould puts on the greatest kicking performance ever, the Nasheville Toupee has this season's championship wrapped up.
Send your $10 donations to the Sidekick -- Dick's has jerseys on sale, so we might be able to pick his Brandon Jacobs jersey up quite easily.

Only 3 months and a week until the '09 draft !!!

What a great game.

So the Panthers now have to beat the Saints, with Drew Brees needing 401 yards to pass Dan Marino, otherwise the Falcons, who are playing the Rams, win the fucking Division, dropping the Panthers to a 5th seed.

I love Charles Barkley

I wouldnt say Brent is being cocky (since he IS in the finals)

He just wanted to make sure we order the correct jersey.

BTW -- he's a Medium.

I'm surprised the line on UF vs. Oklahoma didnt move

College Pick'em still has it at 3.

Ummm......I guess this is real?

Wow!

La La La La

I just need to make it so the ankle breaking video doesn't come up everytime I load this page. As I've said many atime, I'm not man enough to watch UFC.
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How in the World?

Did Jonathan "Coach" Coachman end up on ESPN News? How do you go from announcing WWE to being an Anchor on ESPN News. Very odd.

Hopefully animated gif

Great pickup of Pierre Thomas!!!

Wow. He came through quite nicely.

Wow.

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HFS. So Stephen Curry of Davidson...

is Dell Curry's son!!!
HFS.
Wow. Great Hornet.

Besides Steve Young getting 'cupped' ...

Anyone see the stiff arm from (I believe) J. Stewart on Ronde Barber???
Wow.

Anyone see Steve Young...

get nailed with a cup in the post game???

Too funny.

Playoffs!

Wow, no one likes to start Panthers or Bucs, huh? Because only Jonathon Stewart and Steve Smith are being played tonight, we pretty much know the season's final standings:

1) Minters Hard Hitters 9-5, strong final games gives them the #1 seed
2) Sam Hamwich 9-5, yet another play off appearence
3) Nasheville Toupee 9-5, really!?
4) Mustprotecthishouse 8-6, so many keeper qbs...
5) 80s Babies 7-7
6) The Crows 7-7
7) Truth in Advertising 6-8
8) Spooner Express 6-8
9) Terry Tate All Stars 6-8
10) Hela Monsters 3-11

Can we get a poll on who'll win?

So are we going to Birmingham ????

NC State has accepted an invitation to play in the third annual Papajohns.com Bowl against Big East opponent Rutgers (7-5 overall, 5-2 in Big East). The game will be played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 29 at 2 pm (central) and will be broadcast by ESPN.


Per Google maps:
Driving directions to Birmingham, AL
555 mi – about 8 hours 50 mins

The 'Uar & I both enjoy this mightily.

AU over ASU

just checking ESPN.com and we need Arizona to stay on top of the sundevils to prevent another 6 win competitor. . .

Go Gators!

After watching Tebow shoulder the team and win against the best team in the nation, basically on his own, my vote is for a repeat Heisman.
Let those Big 12-ers try getting those numbers against teams that D up.

Was that the same Louisville team...

that whipped the shit out of us last year???
W
T
F

I think it was 42 - 0 at halftime.

Rickey being Rickey.

Number 5 is probably my favorite

Why doesnt State play in the Jimmy V Classic ???

Anyone?
Anyone?

Interesting little factoid

Tonight is the 15th anniversary of the Jimmy V "Dont ever give up!" speech.
Now, when was the speech against Duke ?
I REALLY thought that would have gotten us up and just gotten us a gutsy win, or maybe Coach K would find a wee bit of sympathy and play the 2nd team.
Nope.

***SAN***

One of Valvano's most memorable motivational speeches was delivered February 21, 1993 at Reynolds Coliseum on NCSU's basketball court during the ten year commemoration of the University's 1983 NCAA championship. It was during this speech that Valvano stressed the importance of hope, love, and persistence and included his famous "Don't give up, don't ever give up" quotation.

Wooo Hoooo !!!! Associated Press poll

Others receiving votes: Marquette 86; Baylor 35; Ohio State 32; Dayton 18; Washington State 14; Brigham Young 13; Illinois 11; Saint Mary's 11; Clemson 8; Butler 5; Western Kentucky 5; Florida State 1; Michigan 1; North Carolina State 1; Texas A&M 1.

I got greedy and I got burned.

If I had just played Flaco & Bernard Berrian, I could have at least finished the season on some kind of high note.
Anyway, since we managed to stink up the end of last season, it appears we are not participants in the ACC / Big Televen Challenge. That apparently leaves me cheering for Purdue and Michigan State. If only Remy Blamy were still in town!!!

I Get to Procrastinate

Or is it prognosticate? I forget but The Sidekick took fantasy football so I'll take College Foosball.

Anyhow, turns out NC State is really on the bowl bubble because of an obscure NCAA rule that says all of the ACC's 7-5/7-4 teams must be placed before NC State, which makes us 10th in the bowl pecking order.

If we want to go bowling, turns out we need to become massive Troy St fans because Troy State beating Arkansas State will likely free up a spot for us in the Motor City Bowl. What is Troy? Go them.

It also helps for Louisville and Arizona State to lose their last games. It looks like it'll be NC State and Norte Dame slumming it for a bowl bid and I hate to say it, but Norte Dame is far superior.