Who else didn’t watch the Marshall/Houston college football game that was on last night? I’m going to assume one team won, but I could care less which that team was as I’m sure you don’t care either. What I am interested in is WR Patrick Edwards going after an overthrown ball out of the end zone and breaking his leg in a nasty manner. I guess I’m a morbid kinda guy…oh well, it’s almost Halloween.
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29
Oct
08
Yeowch
28
Oct
08
The Tight Pants Are Form Fitting
Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel watches a lot of other college football to stay abreast of the competition–or maybe he’s staying a-assed of the competition–because it seems when those games are on he may not be solely focused on the action on the field. Here’s a clip of him talking to Kirk Herbstreit about Texas QB Colt McCoy. One word to the wise, football players are generally NOT the most open group of people and telling another player that you think he’s got a great ass may not go over great. That could be just me though…Sure you could say it was an accidental slip, but Freud would disagree, and he did a lot of cocaine so you really want to mess with him?
27
Oct
08
A Slow Moving Golf Cart Disaster
In a hilarious bit of odd news, comes this video of a kid accidentally driving a golf cart across a football field before a game and hitting the ref. It seems that no one knows how the kid got into the golf cart but once he started getting going he was unable to stop it and, despite being chased across the field he hits the ref with the cart before his joyride of terror can be stopped. It all occurred prior to a high school football game in Springfield, Oregon on October 17. It looks like the golf cart chase was the most exciting part of the night as the game ended in a 68-14 lopsided victory. The ref toughed it out and stayed and called the entire game without incident. However, it doesn’t say much for the moves of the ref that he’s unable to avoid a slow moving golf cart driven by a child…Anyhoo, check out the video after the jump. Continue reading ‘A Slow Moving Golf Cart Disaster’
24
Oct
08
2 Tacklers, One Block
Here’s what appears to be a high school football game which, unless it was from Friday Night Lights I normally wouldn’t care about. However, this hit is ridiculous, no matter what quality of competition it be at. Check out this leveling block by a downfield player to help spring this touchdown. Wow. Awesome.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
23
Oct
08
Tampa Fans 100% Not Classy
After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers “honored” Mike Alstott by retiring his jersey and reminding him that he has been a part of a dysfunctional, idiotic franchise because they weren’t able to figure out how to put a properly spelled uniform on him, you’d think that would be the end of the story. But, it turns out that Tampa fans are just as douchey as the organization. For attending the game, fans were given a special Mike Alstott bobblehead. Fans were so touched and impacted by this that DURING THE GAME they were putting the bobbleheads up for sale on eBay. Now that’s celebrating a true Tampa “legend.”
22
Oct
08
Cheerleaders? OK!
MSNBC presents a giant slideshow of NFL cheerleaders. That’s MSNBC, hard-hitting news since 1996.
21
Oct
08
Strange Partnerships These Days
FINALLY! The sports partnership we’ve all been waiting on finally has happened. The New York Giants have joined forces with Tiffany’s to offer a range of items as the “New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Collection.” The collection includes:
- Pendant with blue accent on an 18-inch chain: plated $75, sterling silver $225 or 14k white gold $1,350.
- Round tag bracelet in sterling silver, $225.
- Round cuff links in sterling silver, $200.
- Helmet paperweight in crystal, $175.
- Football paperweight in crystal, $100.
- Beer mugs in crystal, set of two, $100.
- Sterling silver “Return to Tiffany™” round tag pendant on an 18-inch chain, $110.
- I.D. tag pendant in sterling silver with a coin edge on a 20-inch beaded chain, $275.
- Set of two crystal tumblers, $60.
Sounds like a MUST-OWN for all true Giants fans. What big blue fan wouldn’t be desperate for a crystal Giants helmet paperweight right?
(Not pictured, the Angel of Death waiting just off frame)
Of course, this isn’t the only strange sports partnership announced in the last few days. The New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys, with a side order of Goldman Sachs have announced a partnership to create a new stadium concessions company, Legends Hospitality Management.
The company’s focus will “be on operating catering, concessions, retail merchandising and other facility management enterprises for major sports and entertainment facilities. Legends has been granted the exclusive right to operate concessions, catering and merchandising services at the new, state-of-the-art Yankees and Cowboys stadiums on a multi-year basis. Legends intends to expand beyond these anchor teams to provide its services to professional and college sports teams and other event facilities worldwide.”
This picture below of Jerry Jones and George Steinbrenner shaking hands might be the most disturbing photo in the last decade. I’m almost positive this is a sign of impending apocalypse.
I’d have watched the LSU/South Carolina game this weekend, but college sports are fucking stupid, so, you know, I didn’t. However, by missing the game I missed this tackle of SC QB Stephen Garcia by one of the game’s refs. It’s about time the zebras started fighting back.
[Fan IQ]
While smart people were paying attention to the Red Sox/Rays battle, Tampa fans were split, with the Buccaneers playing on SNF last evening. During halftime, the Buccos retired former fullback Mike Alstott’s jersey, a truly classy gesture to a gentleman who, by all accounts is a very classy man. To show their love and appreciation for all of Alstott’s years in service to the Bucs, to show their respect for all the times he played hurt, to honor his many rumbling touchdowns the Bucs presented him with two of his uniforms framed. Maybe someone should have spell-checked them before they went under the glass though…
Very classy Tampa.
UPDATE:
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the Buccaneers PURPOSELY misspelled Alstott’s name because
In Alstott’s first season, 1996, his jersey had his name misspelled for each of his first two games before the error was finally corrected. So, in commemorating the past, the Bucs decided to dot all the “i’s” but leave off one “t.”
Ok, so it’s not a COMPLETE screwup, instead, the Bucs are honoring how their team has HISTORICALLY screwed things up and want to commemorate THAT. It’s amusing but doesn’t inspire much past or future confidence in the team.
I can’t believe that the Buffalo Bills have been having a hard time financially, with high budget sponsors like this, there is no reason why they should even need to consider games in Toronto. Here is Bills cornerback Leodis McKelvin doing a local ad for a sports memorabilia store and the production values alone should be marveled at. I’m fairly certain McKelvin received in the high 7 figures for this ad.
I really REALLY appreciate the t-shirts with each man’s name on it, otherwise I’d be totally bewildered as to which one was Dave and which Adam. Thanks guys!
15
Oct
08
You Lost… I SAID, YOU LOST
Smooke goes for it!
As long-time readers know, I hate college sports, I do however make an exception for the SUNY Maritime Privateers out of Throgs Neck, NY. I EAT, DRINK, LIVE Privateers. But even me, the most rabid SUNY Martitime fan EVER thinks that their last game wasn’t quite fair.
Playing Gallaudet University, SUNY barely eked out a 27-0 victory over the weekend, holding the Gallaudet “offense” to under 200 yards, the first time the Privateers have done so since 2006. QB Michael Smooke smoked the defense throwing for a career high 191 yards with a touchdown adding in another three rushing TDs, while James Spanopolous led the team in rushing with 119 yards in 29 carries.
The key to this game was time of possession, with the Privateers eating up nearly the entire second quarter with only one drive. Gallaudet really only had one drive, in the 4th, where they threatened until the ferocious SUNY D stood up and stripped the QB of the ball. In Gallaudet’s final possession they also tossed up an interception, allowing SUNY the chance to run out the clock en route to SUNY’s first EVER three win season. WE DID IT! HOORAY!
Sure, it was accomplished against a team of players who are deaf, but hey, it still counts. Personally I’m really interested in how Gallaudet runs their team. How does the QB hike the ball? What about defensive adjustments on audibles. I mean, wouldn’t it just make sense to audible constantly at the line if you were the opposing team?
Eh, who cares, MARITIME WON! Who wants to go take out the goalposts with me?!
Sometimes after a hard-fought football game tensions are still high. How can they not be, as men vie against one another in the trenches in hand-to-hand combat, putting their bodies on the line in order to try and contain that little pigskin. So it is no wonder that even after the final whistle blows sometimes these warriors continue their battles.
Or sometimes, a grown man will push a child in the post-game handshake line.
Vodpod videos no longer available.Initially the father of Wesley Deveanport, the kid pushed, had little issue with the opposing coach’s actions, until that is he learned that there was video of it. Then he miraculously got VERY interested and upset, even to the point of talking to the police about pressing charges for assault against a minor and the outrage flowed:
This grown man approaches him and physically and forcefully pushes him, hits him in the head and my son had no idea why that was happening, how that could be happening, and here he is in a safe zone, a fun sport, and this guy really affected him, emotionally.
It sounds as though his hand hit right at the point of the face mask and the top of the helmet. And it was enough force to make him almost fall down, backwards. If you see him, he’s grasping as he’s falling backwards, trying to hold himself up, and regain balance.
The coach in question, who hasn’t been identified reportedly said that Deveanport had been playing dirty during the game, a point disputed by commenters in the original story saying that Deveanport did nothing of the kind. Regardless, it was a kid’s football game and an adult coach showed him who was boss and I think we can all get behind that.
[KSDK via Sports by Brooks]
UPDATED
The coach in question has been revealed and he comes out and defends himself, although he also resigned his position as coach. “One of the kids coming at me was saying ‘you suck’ and coming at our players,” Tony Warneke told KDSK. “When he got close, he said, ‘You blanking suck.’ And I reached out and shoved him and said, ‘Knock it off now.’ ”
How DARE that little kid use such language! “Blanking” is a TERRIBLE curse word. Next time kid try “motherfucker,” it’s much more potent.
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