Archive for September, 2006
From Yahoo! Answers, the most mind-numbing, entertaining, depressing site ever conceived by by man.
“One Man Army”: Yes. So please, do not reproduce. Ever.
“Christy”: Sorry honey, but if you have to ask…
“Esther”: Nine months should do the trick.
“secure white american”: You are my new hero.
I don’t have anything witty to respond to “Scumlander”. Just… wow.
Co-Number Two:
Auburn
Ohio State
- 3. USC
- 4. Louisville
- 5. West Virginia
- 6. Florida
- 7. Texas
- 8. Michigan
- 9. LSU
- 10. Iowa
- 11. Notre Dame
- 12. Georgia
- 13. Oregon
- 14. Virginia Tech
- 15. Clemson
Observations:
- I had to drop UGA at least a spot, as much as I hated moving them below Notre Dame. The Irish are hard to figure out; will they be a first-three-quarters-of-the-Michigan-State-game team or a fourth-quarter-of-the-Michigan-State-game team the rest of the season?
- The Sun Devils drop after getting pasted by Cal. The Bears are right around 16 or 17 now.
- You could put my 4-9’s in a hat and randomly draw ‘em out and most people wouldn’t argue too much.
- Clemson hops back in thanks to a convincing victory over UNC. A bigger test than most people realize comes in two weeks when the Tigers travel to Winston-Salem to take on the 4-0 Demon Deacons. Nutty.
- Speaking of the Deacs, they manhandled UGA’s next opponent, Ole Miss, last week. Normally I’d say that bodes well for the Dawgs, but after last Saturday I’m just gonna shut up.
Finally…
Co-Number Two:
Auburn
Ohio State
- 3. USC
- 4. Louisville
- 5. West Virginia
- 6. Florida
- 7. Texas
- 8. Michigan
- 9. LSU
- 10. Iowa
- 11. Georgia
- 12. Notre Dame
- 13. Oregon
- 14. Virginia Tech
- 15. Arizona State
Observations:
- Auburn and Ohio State might as well be co-Number-Ones, but any way I can stick it to that pathetic cheating-laden shithole I’m gonna take it. I’ll leave it to you to decide which school I’m talking about.
- I hate to say it, but I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing USC in the national title game again. The thought of which undoubtedly gives Mark May an erection.
- I really, really wanted to put LSU ahead of Michigan, but I’m gonna let the Wolverines enjoy their stay at #8 before their inevitable collapse and another 4-loss season.
- Unlike Doug, I put Georgia ahead of Notre Dame. While UGA hasn’t been spectacular offensively and hasn’t played the same caliber of teams as the Irish, Georgia gets the nod because Stafford’s INT’s haven’t killed his team’s chances the way Brady Quinn’s did.
- Florida and West Virginia are both undefeated, but in my opinion LSU and Texas have looked better. Everywhere except their records, anyway.
Get well soon, David.
I found a bunch of examples and a great tutorial for this cool creative technique called “OOB” (Out Of Bounds) and thought I’d play around with it.
Four Seasons OOB
Originally uploaded by DAveA.
(Get ‘em here)
Today is a date that will forever be remembered in history. A date that inspires overcoming disaster and rising above adversity.
Never forget, my friends. Never forget the day when the news came through and America changed forever.
God bless America.
There ain’t nothin’ like being a Bulldog on a Saturday night - after winning a football game! I mean like whipping Tennessee’s ass to start with, then ten more and then another one. That is the plan. There is no alternate plan.” -Coach Erk Russell
- Auburn
- Ohio State
- Texas
- USC
- West Virginia
- LSU
- Notre Dame
- Louisville
- Iowa
- Florida
- Clemson
- Tennessee
- Florida State
- Georgia
- Montana State
Observations:
- After losing Michael Bush for the season, Louisville’s current spot is best described as “very very very tenuous”. West Virginia and Miami loom.
- Cal is not good. Tennessee is.
- Notre Dame drops despite their win over Tech - I said last time they were “Texas Tech with a national television contract”. I was wrong. They can’t put up points like Texas Tech. A convincing win over Penn State will help.
- I can’t help it if the Top 15 is Deep-South-heavy. I can’t justify having other teams here yet.
- Michigan drops out because of their lackluster performance against Vandy in the “Big House”. I’m sure they’re better than that, but until they show it, they won’t be back on this list.
- This may come across as a little too Mark Mayish, but Montana State may be the greatest team of all time. I smell a dynasty.
Some tidbits from today’s press conference…
- Richt said the team will need to work hard on communication at the line this week to prepare for such a loud environment.
- He mentioned that Carolina has 4 OLs returning this season, a situation he wishes we were in.
- He expects their D to have a lot of confidence following their shutout of MS State.
- It will be hard to expect the same success on punt returns from our guys because of Carolina’s “sprint-out” punting style.
- Citing the 2004 game, he stressed we will have to be very patient and not panic if the ‘Cocks get ahead early.
- Matt Stafford is now competing for the #2 spot on the depth chart.
- Coach said Stafford looked like he was having fun when he got on the field and gained confidence after his first completion.
- He doesn’t expect to name a #2 QB and has no set plan for rotating QB’s.
- He would have liked to seen the offense get some more plays under its belt but that didn’t happen due to the punt returns by Henderson, the INT by Cox (on the first play of that drive), the safety (on the first play of Stafford’s 2nd drive), and the rules changes.
- He also mentioned that the rules changes have dictated a change in timeout strategy.
- The DL played “pretty well” but will need to get much more physical before Saturday.
- He believes Coach Spurrier surely has something “up his sleeve” and credited him with always having an answer for whatever defense his offense is looking at.
- In response to a question regarding the hype around Stafford, Richt said that the hype only becomes a problem if the coaches buy into it and throw someone out there before he’s ready.
- Mario Raley has earned more playing time because of his practice ethic. Coach Richt said he used to be more concerned with with telling everyone how good he was, but now he’s actually showing it.
- He expects Coach Martinez to mix up coverages to minimize WR Sidney Rice’s impact. At least early on, Paul Oliver will be the guy on Rice in man-to-man situations.
- Coach credited USC’s fan base, saying they were “passionate”, very loud, and never seem to care about their team’s record in relation to their enthusiasm.
- After reviewing the tape of the WKU game, Richt praised Kelin Johnson, saying he played better than he originally thought.
- He said all the young DB’s (Allen, Miller, Evans, etc.) played “pretty well”.
- Richt mentioned that they don’t discuss what to do and what not to do right before scoring, and since Mikey Henderson never celebrated in practice, it was a little surprising. That said, he has since pointed to Henderson’s fumble as a teaching tool.
- Prince Miller broke a small bone in his wrist, but will play with a cast Saturday. A decision on whether or not Henderson (hamstring) will play will come no sooner than Wednesday night.
