Dolphins win?

Holy Hell!?!

This blows... I wanted 0-16

Psycho Fan Expectations

I'm sick of it.

I read a LOT about sports. I read many articles discussing everything from Tennis to College Football to Track and Field. Most of what I read is college football, and I get dissappointed from time to time when I read an article and Arkansas (MY TEAM) doesn't get any attention alongside the competition.

We recently lost Houston Nutt. All signs point to him being fired and allowed to go out looking good and with his pockets lined by the stupidest University Official, Chancellor John White, who is a good Chancellor, but he needs to stay out of the athletic program. Members of the national media are saying that the reason he is gone, and the reason why a coach wouldn't want to come to Arkansas is because our fan base has ridiculous expectations.

I wish they would label it properly as SOME of our fan base has ridiculous expectations. A call went up throughout the Razorback nation before the North Texas game that if you thought Nutt should be gone, you should wear black to the game... It looked pretty Cardinal to me. Out of 70,000 fans, maybe 2,000 were wearing black. There were banners flying at some games, but it's not like the members of the Razorback Foundation planned that. It was just some assholes on a message board.

So before people go around saying we have a psycho fan base without realistic expectations, look at it really. We do have some psycho fans, who have been given too much power in this day and age of the internet and FOIA requests to make their feelings known. But don't let anyone feed you this shit about our fans. Our fans have class and love for the team. Our fans have a respect for the past, and Houston will not be the one getting booed when Ole Miss comes to town next year. It will be the rebels who get booed.

Our fans did not cheer for the Mizzou Tigers last night, and they gave their all to help the razorbacks take a win over the tigers, but when Mike Anderson was introduced last night he got a 30 second standing ovation.

The Razorback Nation takes pride in their hogs, and we are all well aware of the massive improvement Houston was on the previous administration. If anyone can say that Houston was fired due to psycho fans with unrealistic expectation after the team just went 10-4 and 8-4 following two seasons of 5-6 and 4-7 they are blowing smoke right up your ass. If people want to say it was due to his off the field problems caused by himself, the coach he hired, and the players he recruited dealing with a small portion of the fan base that just wants to see passing, then you might have something. But otherwise, stay away from my team and my fellow fans.

WOO Pig Sooie!

Hello Dallas, Bye Bye Houston.

The Hogs are Cotton Bowl bound after crushing LSU's National Championship hopes in a 50-48 triple-overtime win in Baton Rouge.

Against pretty much the best defense team in the nation, the Razorbacks put up 513 yards total, with 388 of those on the ground in the "Battle for the Boot."

The LSU Tigers have not allowed a 100 yard rusher all season.
Darren McFadden had 206. And 3 touchdowns. And one TD throw.

What's a guy got to do to win a Heisman around here?
As amazing as he was, it was a team effort. LSU had no answer to the triumvirate of McFadden-Jones-Hillis. Along with D-Mac's 3 touchdowns, Hillis had 3, and Jones was crucial in OT, running in the final 2-point conversion.

Poor wikkle tigers.
Lose their title hopes, and most likely their coach to the Wolverines.

Speaking of...Sorry Houston. You've pulled out the biggest win of your Arkansas career, but you're still out. All that this proves is your inconsistency. I wish you well, but (as a UA student and Razorback fan) I'm not sorry to see you go. Well done, but...holla' atcha boy.

But that's for later. Until then, I'll see you guys at the Cotton Bowl.

Stop Teasing Us

Hog fans all across Arkansas were belabored by news outlets and more informing us that Houston Nutt was out at the end of the year. Fired. Gone. Ended. No longer in Fayetteville, but it was all lies... apparently.

I still love the e-mail I got from the school news paper with breaking news, that the sports editor had confirmed it.

The school released information later saying that it was all rumors and blah blah blah.

Who cares. I'd be interesed in how many phone calls and e-mails the athletic department and Chancellor White recieved and which way they went. At this point, it's basically stuff like this that could distract our team and make us lose lose lose. Or could enspire them, but sometimes even inspired teams can lose with bad coaching.

Whatda F--k's up?

Tennis doesn't really make sense to me. I mean I love the sport, and I love watching the games and the matches, but the tournaments usually don't make a lot of sense to me. Same thing with Soccer, but I only have to talk about that once every four years, so I'll hold off until USA's next World Cup Flop.



This is the standings prior to day 6 at the Tennis Master's Cup in Shanghai. Federer was ranked number one to start the tournament and he starts off his round robin with the 4, 5, and 7 seeds. Meanwhile over in the Gold group, they have 2, 3, 6, and 8. I guess that's a fair balance, and I'm not exactly sure how I would choose to break up the round robin. I think the traditional style would be randomly assign first round matches, winners play each other and losers play each other, Go for three rounds until you have a 3-0 and 3 2-1 that way it's clear cut.

So anyway the way it looks right now... The gold group is decided, from there you have David Ferrer at 3-0 and Rafeal Nadal at 2-1. The red group, Andy Roddick (the other ARod) is through to the semifinals, but it's between Roger Federer and Fernando Gonzalez who gets the top spot. Gonzo already beat the swiss man, but unless Fed loses to Arod, Ferndando is going home, even if he beats the cheater Nikolay Davydenko.

Whatda F--k's up wit dat? If they are both 2-1, or 1-2, which should you look at first, head-to-head or Sets won and lost? I say head-to-head, but the Tennis master's cup round robin looks at sets won and lost... so when Fed was able to take 1 set from the Chilean, it was better than the win for Gonzo.

It looks like it will probably be a non-issue, as Fed hasn't lost to Roddick since August of '03 and Nikolay Daveydenko owns Gonzalez with a 3-0 record. It looks like it's gonna be 2-1 Fed and Roddick in the semis.

My other issue with tennis seeding is in all of the major tournaments. It's like you have 32 seeds right and 1 plays 17 and then 9 and then 5 and then 3. How can that sit right in any sports aficianado's mind? 1 plays 32 then 16, then 8, then 4. Sure they Number one seed still has the easiest road, but it just doesn't sit right with me.

This is a notice to Tennis. Cooperate! Do as you're told. Get your weirdo system in line with the sports in this nation, or I'll have to bust your balls internationally in all the countries that you are played in. I mean seriously... Whatda F--k's up?

Charles Thomas Loves Fried Chicken

When Charles Thomas came to Arkansas as a freshman he weighed 245 lbs.

Coach John Pelphrey and Conditioning coach Kelly Lambart have been working with Charles to get down to 225 which means one thing for the Senior Forward from Jackson, MS.

He can no longer eat his favorite food... Fried Chicken.

"After our last game, I'm probably going straight to Popeye's, but not during the season." With the hogs picked to win the SEC west and finish 2nd overall in the SEC, it may be a long time before the Manimal gets his Fried Chicken as they are hoping to make a deep run into the NCAA tournament.

Word on the Street

The word on the street is that Tennessee quieted McFadden. Everyone is saying that, but Darren went out and got 117 yards on a day when the offense wasn't doing much. While 117 yards is 42 yards below Dmac's avg yards/game, it is still higher than what any other running back averages on a game day with another SEC team.

Knowshon Moreno - 106.29
Felix Jones - 90.17
Terry Grant - 87.57
Arian Foster - 85.33
Ben-Jarvus Green-Ellis - 81.33
Anthony Dixon - 80.33
Tim Tebow - 73.38 (though he does lead all other backs in TDs with 16)

Arkansas Sorority Girls

Grizzlie's get first win

After losing to the Spurs and the Pacers at home, the grizzlies took 0-2 on the road to Seattle where they came away with a win from the 0-5 Supersonics and Kevin Durant.

Kevin Durant and Rudy Gay are friends and Durant often calls and talks to the Memphis forward, but the calls may not come for awhile after Gay laid 25 points and 10 rebounds to help push the Griz over the Supersonics.

The Lesbian Gym Teacher Mike Miller also added 20 points and the grizzlies are 1/22 on their way to equaling their win total from last year.

Marc Iavaroni got his first win as a head coach.

You know there really isn't a whole lot of interesting about this game except for the fact that natoriously bad for rebounding, Memphis grabbed 25 O. Rebounds against the Sonics. PJ Carlesimo (owner of the gayest name in proffesional sports except that forward for Memphis) was furious with his team for allowing that. In the closing seconds, Kyle Lowery grabbed his own offensive rebound and then drained a 3 pointer to seal the game up.

The key to slowing down a 6-9 Rookie scoring machine that averages 24 points per game like Durant? "Getting into his body and try to alter his shot," Gay said.

Durant ended with 17 points on 3-17 shooting.

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Ramel Bradley

Ramel Bradley questions a call against Mississippit St. in last years SEC tournament where the bulldogs sent the blue clad fans home from Atlanta early.

Name: Ramel Bradley
Position: Guard
Class: Senior
Height: 6' 2"
Nickname: Ball Hog

Ramel Bradley likes it when the ball is in his hands. He is pretty much a ballhog and the Kentucky fans have been known to call him on his selfishness. In his junior season his assist numbers went way up under the final year being coached by Tubbie Smith.

In Wednesday Night's Coaches vs. Cancer game in Rupp Arena, Ramel led all scorers with 24 points on 4-11 shooting. The key is he got to the line. 14 times. That's a lot of free throws and he made every last one of them. And for being a ball hog he led his team in assists also with 3 of them. Ramel might be blossoming under Billy Gillespie, but 24 points in a losing effort is still a losing effort. Ramel's 4-11 from the field is a little better than the overall 22-62 for the whole wildcat team which only went 9 deep and had Ramel Bradley playing a full 40 minutes.

Once again, a team that you wouldn't think could beat Kentucky beats them, and the Wildcat faithful are left with tickets they can't use. Madison Square Garden looked to have been full of Blue with Memphis already punching their ticket and UConn a likely favorite to be there in the semifinals, but Kentucky couldn't cut it and now their fans will be sitting at home.

Ramel is a good player and looks to be one of the prominent scorers on this very talented Kentucky team. He should have a good season, but he doesn't seem like a good pro prospect with his limited shooting ability and only being 6'-2".

As for everyone not associated with the Kentucky basketball program? Everyone is excited, and a little afraid. We all know Kentucky has good talent and a talented coach, but we were all kinda hoping that they would think they could just coast on that for the season. Losing this game early will mean 1 of 2 things.

1. Kentucky is really bad. Gillespie doesn't know how to coach and his players were way overhyped. They will plummet to the bottom of the SEC and make a run in the NIT.

2. Kentucky is going to play the rest of the season all crazy-like. They are going to become aware that talent and reputation will get you 0 wins and they will be out to prove they are the best.

I think it's the latter and other teams that have Kentucky on the schedule might be saying "aww s--t" right now.

Ramel Bradley hopes so. He can score and can play ball, but he and his team will have to get better on defense and execute on the offensive side of the ball, or the Kentucky faithful will be saying "aww s--t" a lot this season.

Todd Boeckman for Heisman

If you ever watch SportsCenter, then you might have run into Skip Bayless claiming that Todd Boeckman should be the Heisman favorite because he is the best offensive player on the number one ranked team in the nation.

A few reasons why this is the dumbest thing ever stated

Skip Bayless is an idiot
Todd Boeckman blows
Ohio St. may have the number one ranking, but they suck.
If OSU gets in the national title they will get blown out again.
Skip Bayless is really stupid
Darren McFadden is amazing
Timmy Tebow has ridiculous numbers
Skip Bayless eats babies

Advice to Current and Future ADs

Ok, so Jeff, Frank, I've brought you guys to my BigFooted and Foolish part of the world to implore you to do something. While asking for this makes me feel dirty and disgusting, I just have to do it.

As you know, in the past I have called for Houston Nutt's Firing. Or at least agreed with those that have. At this point, I don't think he should be coaching the Razorbacks, but you probably can't fire him. Judging by the turmoil surrounding college football, you may have trouble luring another coach out of a good job to come to Arkansas. I'm sure you've got some coaches on the radar, and I'm sure they might be telling you they are interested or at least will be after the season is over, but even if Houston tanks, loses three games, and goes 6-6 your best bet is probably keeping him longer.

Of the schools that will have vacant coaching positions next year, these are the ones I would rank above the Arkansas job.

UCLA
Notre Dame
Texas A&M
Nebraska
Michigan

The word on the street is Tubberville is going to A&M and if that happens then Auburn is up for grabs and that job is at least on Par with the Arkansas job and it will just make it that much harder to suceed.

So go ahead and talk to some guys. Make sure you are in case Houston decides to jump ship to another school, but be prepared for the fact that firing Houston could be a bad idea. I'm not saying he's a good coach, but he's better than no coach. You don't have anyone on your staff that would make a good head coach at this point in their career, but maybe you could start grooming someone.

Be prepared, because the head coaching market is gonna be flooded soon. If you do start talking to people, I would get these guys in this order.

Mark Mangino - Kansas
Chris Peterson - Boise St.
Rich Rodriguez - West Virginia
Jerry Moore - Appalachian State - If you feel like gambling

SEC Basketball Top to Bottom

1. Tennessee
2. Arkansas
3. Mississippi St.
4. Florida
5. Vanderbilt
6. Kentucky
7. Ole Miss
8. Auburn
9. South Carolina
10. Alabama
11. LSU
12. Georgia
    
    Tennessee is the clear favorite to start the season.
    Arkansas easily returns the most non-Chris Lofton Talent with tons of good big men and Patrick Beverley
    Mississippi St. has an excellent back court with Jamont Gordon and Ben Hansbrough.
    Florida has had some of the best recruiting classes it's not a question of 'if' they'll be good, it's just when.
    Vanderbilt - two words - Shan Foster - My pick for SEC player of the year
    Kentucky has some good talent and a coach that has been able to do wonders turning teams around, imagine what he can do with 2-Pat and Ramel Bradley
    Ole Miss - Williams and Curtis are probably the 2nd best front-court in the SEC. Andy Kennedy will do good things.
    Auburn had some solid wins last season and are very experienced. Their lack of big men keeps them from the top.
    South Carolina lacks scorers. Dave Odom has been able to work magic in the past, but he can't get good players in Columbia.
    Alabama would be so much higher if Ronald Steele was playing, but he's not. It's all up to Gee and Hendrix, I just don't see good things for this team.
    LSU has slipped mightily since their Elite Eight run 2 years ago. Tasmin Mitchell is their only good player.
    Georgia only has Sundiata Gaines. It could be a long season for the bull dogs
    
    The west is pretty weak and the top 6 are really the only teams that will make any noise this year. All of the top 6 should get in the NCAA Tourney this year and Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi St. should be dancing for more than one weekend. Kentucky is WAY overrated this season.

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Korvotney Barber

Name: Korvotney Barber

Position: Forward

Class: Junior

Height: 6' 7"

Nickname: Doesn't need one... No one else has that name

Korvotney is one of five double digit scorers for an Auburn team that will return a lot of experience, but not a lot of sucess. At 6-7 Korvotney and Josh Dollard had trouble getting points in the paint and this Auburn team relied a lot on outside scoring. That looks like it could be the case again this year with most of the height being on the 7 foot 1 inch shoulders of freshman Boubacar Sylla.

With 6 Double-Doubles from last year Korvotney looks to be a force in the paint rebounding and scoring. The Tigers are severely overmatched by most of the SEC's big men.

In Jeff Lebo's 4th year the Tigers hope to improve on a 17-15 season in which they swept in state rival Alabama and beat Vandy, the Vols, the Hogs, and LSU at home.

Korvotney Barber wants ta cut yo hair!

Barkley vs. Bavetta Heisman Watch

Right now you really are down to 5 Heisman Candidates: Tim Tebow, Darren McFadden, Dennis Dixon, Matt Ryan, and Mike Hart. Possible Darkhorse, Pat White.

I'm gonna break down what has to happen for each of these candidates to win the coveted BvB Heisman which has way more value and homerism than the real award delivered in New York every December.

The current BvB standings are:

1. Dennis Dixon
2. Tim Tebow
3. Darren McFadden
4. Matt Ryan
5. Mike Hart

Dennis Dixon needs to keep winning. With games left at Arizona and UCLA with a home game against Oregon St. It seems very possible for the Ducks to make it to 11-1 with a berth to the title game or the Rose Bowl. Of the 5 candidates, His team is the best team and highest ranked in the country. If all 5 candidates stay undefeated and Dixon's injury doesn't affect him, then he will be the winner.

Tim Tebow needs to keep scoring and winning. If the gators drop any of their remaining three games, Tebow is out. If the Florida Defense can't keep the Gamecock offense off the field next week, Tebow will have to take the game over and keep scoring. If that happens, it will be a huge bonus to his chances, but Tebow may be out of luck if no one knocks off the ducks. If Oregon loses or if Dixon doesn't perform then Tebow will be able to beat out the rest of the candidates.

Darren McFadden knows what it is like to get close to that trophy. He has had a tough time getting healthy this season, and a tougher time being able to help his team win. The strange thing is Spurrier is right, if McFadden doesn't get his bell rung in that Alabama game, and if his ribs stayed healthy the hogs could be undefeated and sitting atop the BCS right now. Darren needs close games to help his Heisman hopes. The razorbacks can't jump out to 3 score leads that they hold the whole game or Nutt is going to bench his bread and butter and save him for the rest of the season. Tennessee is a team he can perform well against statistically and pulling a win out of knoxville will help him. He needs a monster game against LSU and somehow pulling out a victory to put himself ahead of the other candidates. A 5-3 conference record could be just the thing to put him on top, but once again Dixon winning will be insurmountable.

Matt Ryan really hurt himself this weekend. After a bad statistical performance against Virginia Tech and the 3 interceptions and loss to FSU, he might be done for. Clemson and Miami might be tough games, too. Boston College has slipped to 8 in the BCS, but Matt Ryan won't get the Heisman unless he has some more Boston Magic like the magic that gave Flutie the award in 1984. It will take a lot of faltering by the other candidates before Ryan comes up with it.

Mike Hart has been quietly working against the 0-2 start the Wolverines experienced. His yardage has been better than McFadden's, but his competition inferior. With only one 200 yard outing, he has been consistent and has had 100 yard games in all 8 games he's played in. With only 2 more games to perform in he is going to need a huge performance to get into Heisman contention. Not to mention the fact that he has so many players ahead of him that might fail. Without a huge performance against Wisconsin or Ohio St. he won't even get invited.

BigFootFool's prediction for the Heisman winner: Darren McFadden

Here's the scoop, Dennis Dixon's knee will hamper him more than he thinks, and while the Ducks will win out limited playing time and poor performances against Arizona and UCLA will leave him behind. Tim Tebow has monster stats, but a loss to South Carolina will put the gators off any chance at an SEC championship game and will derail his heisman hopes. Darren McFadden will put up 200 yard games against Tennessee and Mississippi St. At LSU, whether the hogs will win or not won't matter as Darren will have a stiff arm against Glen Dorsey that gets played so often on Sportscenter the voters won't be able to get McFadden out of their head. Darren wins by the narrowest margin in voting history.

Interview with Frank Broyles

BFF: I'm sitting here in my office where Frank Broyles has been kind enough to come meet with me and give me a rare interview. He should be joining me shortly.



(Door Flies Open)



Frank Broyles: Get up!


BFF: What?


FB: I said Get up! When I enter an office it becomes mine, it started that way when I was coaching up in Missourri and it's been that way ever since. I sit behind the desk. I'm in Houston Nutt's office so often he works from the visitors side of the desk.


BFF: Umm ok, let me get my stuff together.


(We switch places)



BFF: So Coach, thanks for meeting with me, I know you are a very busy man, and it's great of you to take time out of your busy schedule to meet with me.


FB: Well, son, my schedule isn't that busy it pretty much consists of me hounding Houston Nutt all day and making sure he doesn' F--k up MY Football program.


BFF: Oh, of course. So Saturday night must have been a very special night for you. Having all of those former players honoring you at halftime and having the field named after you. Even Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones came....


(Door Flies Open)



JJ: YEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAWWWW Mutha Fuc...


FB: Leave me alone Jerry!


JJ: But someone said my name


FB: I don't care if offered to give you a $10 handjob you're in my office now and you're gonna get the hell out of it right now! Go back to Dallas you crazy Bastard!


JJ: Yes sir


(Jerry Jones leaps out of the window and opens a parachute)


FB: Sorry about that, now where were we?


BFF: Oh, well I was asking you how it was to have such a special experience on Saturday with your last home game as Athletic Director.


FB: It sucked. They name the Field after me? I want the whole damn school named after me. It should be University of Frank Broyles with the team being called the Razorbroyles! People will call the Franks and the team will never throw another forward pass.


BFF: Oh well I'm sure you were honored by all the former players there though right?


FB: Oh sure, like I need more kissasses like Jerry Jones up my butt for a weekend. At least I got some Catfish out of it. We love catfish. You ever go Noodling?


BFF: Um no, what's noodling?


FB: Well basically, you stick your hand in a hole, and a catfish grabs it, and then you yank him out by the gills and you tell him to F--K OFF before you skin him and eat him. Best thing in the world.


BFF: That's very interesting, Coach can you tell me a little bit about the Athletic program at Arkansas? How have you been dealing with everything with the offseason scandals involing your head coach, recruits, and former Offensive Coordinator Gus Malzahn?


FB: Houston handled the whole thing terribly. First off, if it were me Gus wouldn't gotten a ticket on a Bus halfway through last season when his little supposed wunderkind threw his first interception. In my day we didn't pass that much. In my day you ran the ball and then ran the ball some more. You recruited wide recievers and told them you would pass to them, but then told them that you would only pass to them if they did a good job blocking. It was a brilliant system. With running the ball you control the clock and you put the fans in the stands into a stupor. Sure you may not win more than one disputed national championship, but you know what f--k them. Running the ball is the only way you can play football in Arkansas. As for Mitch Mustain, he and his mom can suck my big FAT--


BFF: Alright thanks for the interview coach any last words as we bring this interview to a close?


FB: Yes, I'd like to say something about the basketball team's 117-43 victory in exhibition Friday night.


BFF: Oh yeah, I saw that game it was really great.


FB: Are you blind son? That was terrible. I'm announcing Pelphrey's Firing immediately. I'm not gonna have any of that high flying, high scoring stuff. That's just why I fired Nolan Richardson. I want us to play slow methodical basketball that will put the fans into a stupor... Makes Concession sales go higher!

Darren McFadden is Arkansas

The Razorbacks were able to win their 2nd conference game against their every year opponent South Carolina on Saturday night with help from Darren McFadden and his 321 rushing yards. What a beast!

He is pictured here (courtesy of ESPN.com) with head coach Houston Nutt celebrating the 48-36 win.

Darren McFadden can credit a lot of this great day on the ground for him to the offensive line, but I think having Felix Jones being a credible threat running on the outside during 16 plays where McFadden took the snap and handed off or faked to jones who amassed over 160 yards and 3 touchdowns himself.

The hogs gained bowl eligibility with this win and while they are not mathematically eliminated from a share of the SEC west game, they are playing for respectability, for their Seniors, and for Heisman chances of Darren McFadden. Some people might say they are playing for their coach, and that is completely respectable. They are closer to their coach and they may see the things in a different light than the fans.

This is a great day to celebrate and later this week I will be posting a Barkleyvs.bavetta exclusive interview with outgoing Athletic Director, Frank Broyles.

Now I'll post my favorite Steve Spurrier post game quotes.

"[Arkansas] guys can block,” he said. “They know how to block, which is what linemen are supposed to do. Someday we’re going to have some blockers around here.”

“They didn’t need to throw [11 passes]. … To sum up the game, they pitch the ball to [McFadden ]. He drops it, hits the ground, rolls around a little bit, he picks it up, lobs it in the end zone and we can’t knock it down. And their guy outfights us for the ball. When those kind of things happen, shoot, I don’t know what you can do as a coach except just say, ‘Hey, those other guys just want it more or are better than you or superior up front. ’”

" It looked like a Division III team playing a SEC team, " Spurrier said. " I think the Division III team could have made more plays [on defense] than we did. "

“Arkansas should be a three-touchdown favorite over Tennessee next week.” “ Now I’m just going on two games [against Tennessee last week and Arkansas on Saturday ], but it probably won’t be [a 21-point spread ], ” Spurrier said. “Arkansas is a dang good team, but obviously a lot more physical and stronger than we are.”

This last quote is from Alabama Safety Rashad Johnson when asked if the LSU game was the most physical game he'd been in this season. “I don’t think it was the most physical,” he said. “I think the most physical game I’ve played in since I’ve been here was the Arkansas game. Those guys are really physical.” Rashad Johnson is a Junior for the Tide.

Basketball Season is nigh!

The Razorbacks take on West Florida tonight at Bud Walton Arena for an exhibition game. Here are some images to get you amped for the Razorback Basketball season.

The Manimal, Charles Thomas, shoots against South Carolina Forward Bryce Sheldon during the 2007 SEC tournament

Patrick Beverly lays it in against USC during the 2007 NCAA 1st round in Spokane, WA

Darian Townes boxes out for a rebound during the SEC tournament

Arkansas Center Steven Hill hangs on the rim after a dunk in Bud Walton Arena

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Kenny Williams

Kenny Williams goes up against some girl playing in the WNBA now.... Look how beautiful that beard is!

Name: Kenny Williams
Position: Forward

Height: 6'8"

Class: Senior

Nickname: Kenny "The BEARD" Williams

Kenny Williams has a beard. It is beautiful. While Dwayne Curtis is the high scorer and marquee player for Andy Kennedy's team, Kenny Williams' Beard will sell the tickets in Oxford. Kenny Williams Beard and 240 lbs on a 6'-8" frame will intimidate opposition. His 7.1 pts per game won't get him any double teams, but he'll be right there for Dwayne Curtis to up his assist totals.

The Ole Miss rebels won't be making too much noise around the conference due to their lack of good guard play, but the big men inside will be making plenty of noises and continue being a powerful force inside the paint. The team must be a little flustered at being picked so low after standing atop the SEC West with Miss. St. last season.

Kenny Williams beard won't be flustered though. His Beard is gonna stand in the paint and block the best of them. The odd thing is with so much leaving from the SEC this past season Arkansas, Mississippi, and Mississippi St. will be the teams with the best inside games in the SEC. Kenny Williams' beard is excited about those games. He wakes up every morning and trims his beard, combs it out, and then heads to basketall practice. Ole Miss Coeds have been known to remove their panties and throw them to the beard unsolicited.

Kenny Williams has a beard on par with the beard of Chuck Norris, and this season he intends to use it.

Defending the Court, and Shanghai

I think they should make Roger Federer's 30 feet tall with 8 arms and 8 tennis Raquets.

Grizzlie's don't win...

but they showed up.

“They gave us all we could handle. They looked like a playoff team. They figured out Coach Iavaroni’s system pretty darn well on both ends of the court,” Popovich said. “I thought they were very, very good. I was a little bit surprised that a team could figure things out that quickly in the season. They’re going to have one hell of a year, and I’m not trying to blow smoke at them or anything. I really believe that. I thought they executed offensively better than we did. Defensively they did a good job, stopped us in a lot of ways.”

3 foreigners, the face of pro basketball has changed

Mr. Longoria had a good game though

Rudy Gay with a great lay in on the fast break.
I think the hand their is to protect him from all the Gay

Mike Millers Hair?
Yep... Still terrible. 11 pts 10 boards isn't a bad night though.

Yabba Dabba Doooo!

"You'll have a gay old time"

Hogs Running Backs Darren and McFadden showed off their halloween costumes in the student union yesterday and plan to seel the uniforms for charity. The two razorbacks were greeted by media and student and a surprisingly large number of Betty and Wilma costumes were then sold at every costume store in fayetteville by eager young girls hoping to make millions off the future pro stars in child support.

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Shan Foster

Shan Foster celebrates a victory in the NCAA Tournament last year.

Name: Shan Foster
Position: Guard - Forward
Height: 6'6"

Class: Senior

Nickname: N/A you can't give a nickname to a Vandy guy

Of all 12 players I am featuring, Shan Foster can execute a backdoor cut better than any of them. The Vanderbilt players are like Ninjas, one second they have the ball at the top of the key and then they throw the ball to the wing and the smoke bomb and the next second they are recieving the ball under the basket for an easy lay up. It's that crazy Princeton offense that regular basketball players can't understand. You have to be smart, you have to be Vandy smart.

The Commodores have lost 2 starters from last years sweet 16 team, but are looking at preseason All-SEC First Teamer Shan Foster to lead them into a tough SEC east. Last years team started and ended the season with games against Georgetown, but coach Kevin Stallings has selected a more conservative approach with in state Austin Peay coming to town for a matchup in the Stage that is Memorial Colliseum, where the teams and coaches sit under the basket.

Shan Foster may not be everything this team needs as they expect to rely on Freshman Andrew Ogilvy from Australia in the center, or is it Austria?

Choose your own adventure!

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/10/31/choose-your-own-rodventure-the-saga-of-alex-rodriguez/

AOL Fanhouse has posted one of the funniest sports related things on the internet, and it is proof that A-Rod will probably never be happy. Almost every alternative seems pretty realistic,

but we don't talk about baseball.

SEC Arkansas vs. South Carolina preview

Casey Dick always will hold the South Carolina game dear to his heart. Maybe it's not as gay as that, but his freshman year, Houston Nutt opened the floodgates by removing the redshirt as everywhere someone was trying to come up with the raunchiest way of saying "Dick to replace Johnson for Nutt against Cocks!" While he was mediocre in that first game, Razorback fans were more excited to see someone more like a gunslinger out there. His replacement of Mitch Mustain in 2006 to the tune of 11/19 for 228 yards(which is still his career high) wasn't bad, but it was Darren McFadden's career high 219 yards and 2 touchdowns that gave the hogs the lead that they wouldn't lose.

The Gamecock Defense is improved over last year going from 9th in the conference to 5th in the conference, but the rush defense has gotten a little worse. Darren McFadden and Felix Jones look to run hogwild over the Cocks, but with Darren McFadden injured and Wide Reciever Marcus Monk below full strength it looks like this game could be decided by the running games. though Blake Mitchell has never had spectacular games against the hogs, his 2nd half comeback nearly broke the hogs until Darius Vinnet picked him off to seal the game for the razorbacks.

The keys to the game will be defense. How well South Carolina can stack the line to stop the run and how well Arkansas secondary can cover the pass. Arkansas started off the season ranked 10th in total defense, but in the month of October the hogs were 1st in defense as they fed on a steady diet of cupcakes, a low scoring game with Auburn, and the most pathetic team in the SEC, Ole Piss.

The other question will be if Casey Dick can throw it well enough. The hogs might be in trouble if they have to see this too much.

Bigfootfool Game Prediction

South Carolina 31
Arkansas 17

Arkansas may have been able to move the ball against Ole Miss, but that doesn't mean squat. The razorbacks passing defense was lucky enough to scare Auburn from attacking the secondary and forced them to use the ground game. With a wily coach on the other sideline like Nick Saban expect the Gamecocks to be able to score against this defense. All of the defensive momentum the razorbacks have is false belief and this game will expose them. South Carolina's defense is one of the best in the league and with Darren McFadden's sore ribs, expect them to beat him around the corner and drop him for loss.

JTExperience Game Prediction:

I think you give these defenses too little credit. I see this a slugfest, much like the Auburn game. S.C. is coming off a tough loss to the Vols, and the Razorbacks have turned the corner. D-Mac might not be at full strength, but Felix is teabagging dudes all over the place. The way I see it:

Arkansas 20
S.C. 16

Go Hogs. Beat Cocks.

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Walter Hodge

Name: Walter Hodge
Height: 6' 0"

Position: Guard
Class: Junior
Nickname: El Walter from Puerto Rico

El Walter is the oldest player on a very young team. Very few teams will get picked to even come close to 3rd in the SEC east with No seniors and only one junior. This team will be light on experience. They are already giving Billy Donovan back spasms, but you can't really count out a Billy Donovan team because they are all young.

El Hodge has played from the bench and started about 11 games in his two years at Florida. It should be expected to see him playing the shooting to Freshman Jai Lucas's point. With 50% shooting from beyond the arc his play will be key for this team. His Three point shooting actually has a higher percentage than Lee Humphrey, but with Humphrey taking about 200 more 3's than Hodge last year, don't expect him to be the same deadly threat, especially as offenses will be able to key in on Hodge with the rest of the lineup not being nearly as formidable.

Hodge needs to step up and become a leader for this team. He and sophomore Marreese Spights are the only players with solid playing time returning to this team. The biggest worry for Donovan will be if Hodge starts getting into Foul trouble. Even in sparing minutes last year Fouls became an issue for Hodge.

It Has Begun.

The thing that keeps us going through the dark times.


The only respite from The Worldwide Leader fellating the Pats and Colts every Sportscenter Reset.

"Where amazing happens."


29 of last 30. By one guy.

5o+ points...four times in a row.

The piercingly beautiful synergy of a MV3-STAT oop.

The quietly nasty consistency of WALK-TGP.

11 of 11 for buzzer-beaters over 25 feet, while cheating at halo and stealing the rookie's car. He's crazy.

The (still?) birth of a Supersonic Hero.

It's impossible to resist the Pau-er of the Darko Side.

The Three Big Shamrocks with their Likkle Rajon and Big Baby, The Original Big Three, the Fattest Frontcourters and Paycheckers, The Bosh-Bargs, and the New AI...all in the same division. Was the worst, now the best?

Will the man with sad eyes win a playoff series?

Will Boom Dizzle, Captain Jackson, Bellinelli, and NellieBelly topple kings? (again?)



That's why we watch the NBA.

Coach Brings the Crowd to Their Feet

John Pelphrey electrified Kentucky crowds for 4 years on his way to being an All-American for Sutton and Pitino's teams in the early '90s. Friday night, he donned a white jersey and showed off some of his skills ending the night 1/3 from the field and the arc with 2 rebounds a steal and an assist in just a few minutes of playing time.

John Pelphrey is hoping to bring even more winning ways to the favorites to win the SEC west Arkansas Razorbacks, but if he really has that killer winning edge, he needs to show more of it. The white team lost the game. All kidding aside the 5,842 on hand for the red-white scrimmage will almost immediately approve of Pelphrey over former coach Stan Heath for his antics on the court that night. The coach playing against his players and getting into the game is marked departure from the quiet calm of former coach Stan Heath aka Montel Williams.

"I miss playing. If I could play today, I would still be playing. The only reason I'm in coaching is because it's the closest thing to playing"

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Chris Lofton

That's right! Carry Me. For the rest of the season we're gonna do this all the time, no matter how good my ankle might heal. You guys need to carry me over to my apartment, we about to have a party. If you do, I guess you can stay. I mean, -- Hey! Bitch Hands off that ass!

Name: Chris Lofton
Height: 6' 2"
Position: Guard
Class: Senior
Nickname: Christ Loftong Bomb

Christ Lofton is the most dynamic player in the SEC. He returns to a stacked team that includes the two nuckleheads Ryan Childress and Jordan Howell. Each of those players averaged more than 15 minutes per game, and had a combined 9.5 pts on average per game. I think they are better out there to carry Lofton around than anything, but at least Childress can rebound.

When Chris Lofton showed up in 2004 you knew he was going to be a special player. He played on the 04-05 team that put up a 14-17 (6-10) record and was basically the laughingstock of the SEC east. Only Georgia was worse, but then Bruce Pearl showed up and the team that wasn't a factor suddenly became one. Tennessee fans became to fill up Thompson-Boling Arena for their men's team not just the women.

Chris Lofton has been a huge part of that turn around and his 20 and 30 point games should be more of a factor for his team picked to win the SEC overall. Like all basketball players, Chris Lofton doesn't care what the preseason says. He's ready. "It matters at the end of the season how you do."

The real stuff you can say about Chris Lofton? Dude is crazy. He likes to just walk a few feet past half court and launch it. You're gonna stick a hand in his face and contest his shot? Dude, Chris Lofton says forget that shit, I'm gonna make it. Billy Donovan called Chris Lofton the "Best Bad-shot-shooter." Meaning he can make something from nothing.

Chris Lofton had this to say about that, "Sometimes I realize, but sometimes I don't, I think I take contested shots a lot but sometimes the shot clock is running down and I have to. I do take bad shots every now and then, but who doesn't?"

Players who pass the ball don't Chris. My biggest knock on Chris Lofton is his 1.7 assists per game last season. When you are getting double teamed and covered and having to take contested shots there is always someone open. Pass the Ball baby.

You can't even fake this stuff

Who cares if they ran up the score, it's still an anal raping either way.

Weekly "F--k You"s.

We're starting a weekly (and maybe more often) "Fuck You" section. Each week, we'll choose a person, team, city, state, country, entity, establishment, object, or combination of the aforementioned to give a hearty "Fuck you." Enjoy.

This week's "Fuck You": The City of Boston.

City of Boston, and sports fans of teams from that shithole,

Fuck you.

I mean, seriously. You can help yourselves to a shovelfull of cock.

You raucously lament the state of Boston sports and how you're the most tortured fanbase of them all, balancing that delicately with an outcry of "Why can't everyone else be happy with our success? Well, let me tell you: Hardly anyone likes it when teams win that are not your own. As KSK so eloquently put it,

Any team that wins a title that is not your team is fucking annoying.

So get over it if we don't orgasm every time you guys win a title and start exuding strong odors of douche all over the place.

As for these teams torture you as a fanbase...shit, which team is that?

Certainly not your baseball team, who won the World Series a mere 3 years ago after having unprecedentedly come back from a 3-0 deficit in the ALCS. Oh yeah, and you've just come back from a 3-1 deficit AGAIN to enter the World Series, where you now stand with a 2-0 lead over America's streaking darlings, the Rockies. Those guys had a great story...why are you ruining it? Anyways, the source of your discontent and tortured souls couldn't possibly be from baseball.

What about basketball? Oh, yes, the Celtics have been rather poor lately...I almost feel bad for them. Almost. The 16 championship banners lofted above their hallowed court dry my sympathetic tears. For God's sake, it's about damned time other teams were winning them! But this doesn't stop you tea-drinkin' muthafuckas from bitching about your Celties, with their disgruntled demi-star, karmic-killing tanking, and not even getting Kevin Durant for their troubles. But, oh wait, this is Boston. You guys just buy a new team when you get bad, like your buddies (hah) the Yankees. Hey Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen: You guys want to play over here with Paul Pierce in a weak Eastern conference?
KG and Ray Allen: "Yes, please."
Fuck building a team, you'll just buy one to get an almost assured Finals appearance. No, I'm sure it's not basketball that causes such anguish.

It must be football then!

Right. With your Patriots that are pretty much becoming the best team of all time. Those Patriots that not only kick the shit out of every team they play, rape their mothers, and sodomize their pets, but are led by Tom Brady, of whom every normal other man alive is (justifiably) supremely jealous. Yeah, those Patriots.

Maybe it's your #2 BCS-ranked Boston College Eagles, whose Heisman Contender (HA!) Matt Ryan just pulled off a dramatic last-second comeback last night. No...saddened though you may be that the ranking system is so fucked up to have your overrated asses at #2, this can't possibly cause the kind of agony and distress that you so bewail.

I'm not even going to talk about Bill Simmons. Fuck him.

Bostonians are so annoying with their messed-up accents and using that damned Good Will Hunting line over and over again.

So to use the vernacular: Fack you, Bwaustin. You and your douchebag fans can go facking fellate yourselves. How do you like them apples?

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Alonzo Gee

Name: Alonzo Gee
Height: 6'6"
Position: Forward
Class: Junior
Nickname: The Inconsistency

At times, Ronald Steele has been the best player on this Alabama Basketball team. He has averaged over 10 points per game over his career and in his Sophomore season put up 14 pts on average and dished 4 assists to his teammates.

Oh wait, I started on a Ronald Steele Profile, but then found out he's redshirting. Oh well here is the profile on the Alabama player who will be the other player that Bama fans know about when they aren't talking about Richard Hendrix...except for when they are talking about whatever Nick Saban is doing that day.

Alonzo Gee averaged 16 pts and 6 rebounds per game last season. He had three double-doubles last season including a 10 rebound effort against the impressively bearded Dwayne Curtis. Rebounding will be huge for this Alabama team that ranked 2nd in the SEC in rebounds last season. Last Season Alonzo had a 33.7% mark from beyond the arc as he sunk in 28 3 pointers. With Ronald Steele's 46 riding the bench all season.

Alonzo should be out at small forward for most of the season hoping to improve his outside shooting. Provided he and Richard Hendrix stay out of foul trouble, this Alabama team will be dominant on the boards and impressive in the Front court.

The worst thing you could say about Alonzo gee is the same thing you can say about any small forward, they are inconsistent statistically. It is hard for the Small Forward to get the ball, and it is spotty depending on the other team, how much they rebound and how much they score. If Alonzo wants to play Pro-ball, he'll need to become a shooting guard.

Mitch Mustain is a Whiny Little Bitch

Yeah! I can say that. I hope the coaching staff doesn't find out.
I hope his mom doesn't find out! I wonder if Mitch's Lawyer can submit an FOIA request and find out who I am and get me kicked out of school.


Mitch Mustain has supposedly Moved on, but the young Quarterback has submitted an FOIA request regarding when the coaches learned of the Teresa Prewitt E-mail that contributed to his leaving the school.

I hate the fact that we are still talking about Mitch Mustain. In the wake of Houston Nutt's actions and the leaving of some of all of those Springdale kids, the razorback football program has dropped considerably. Ranked at Number 12 in the nation when Mitch Mustain was pulled after his interception in the South Carolina Game, the Razorbacks have since gone 4-5 in the SEC including the win over South Carolina. The Razorbacks are 5-0 in the SEC when Mitch Mustain started.

Now Mitch has moved on to Southern California where he gets no media attention. Except any time Southern Cal or Arkansas plays a game the name is brought up. It's an interesting story only in the fact that Mitch is one of those highly touted recruits that cares about his own hype. Mitch is the kind of player, in my opinion, that if he were in the running for the Heisman, would want to be in the game in the 4th quarter to pad his stats.

There are two kinds of players in this world, those that get by on talent and those that get by on heart. Mitch is a good quarterback, and he has a lot of talent, but when he got benched, he got mad. He was never even supposed to be the starter. It was Casey Dick, so it shouldn't've been a surprise when Nutt took the opportunity to put the original starter in. If Robert Johnson had kept his job after the Southern Cal game would Mitch have transferred?

It's not the coaching decisions that got Mitch all riled up, it was the e-mail from a stupid old lady that lives in Little Rock. Oh No! Someone doesn't like me? I better leave. When Joakim Noah played basketball in unfriendly environments, he got made fun of for jokes like "WNBA" and "You look like a girl", and "You're really ugly". He kept playing, and he got his team two NCAA championships and himself into the pro draft. Granted he wasn't being made fun of by his own fans, but if you want to take another Florida player, Chris Leak. The gator nation was screaming for his benching in favor of highly touted recruit Tim Tebow. But he went on to play his team to the national title.

Adversity makes us stronger, now maybe all of my calling Mitch Mustain names is just me being angry that he's not at Arkansas anymore. I remember how excited I was when I picked up the newspaper in my dorm and read about Mitch committing to Arkansas. I can remember the excitement when I read that Mitch was on campus taking summer classes and working out with the team. I can remember the Southern Cal game when it had gotten boring and I was standing in the stands and feeling the tingling in the stadium when we saw that the Mitch Mustain was in the huddle. Then that Magical touchdown drive against the USC second team defense. I loved watching Mitch fight through the adversity of three interceptions to tie the game with a brilliant throw to Ben Cleveland. I was there in Auburn when Mitch threw the TD to Marcus Monk that put the hogs ahead for good in that historic game. It was a magical season we had Mitch. Your time at Arkansas and your 7 games as a starter playing the whole game were awesome. But now! You're a Whiny Little Bitch, because you gave up on us. And obviously you can't let it go.

I hope you never get to start at USC, don't get drafted into the NFL, decide you want to be an actor, and live the rest of your life serving coffee in LA. I'm even thinking about going KSK's Big Daddy Drew on you and putting a bounty on your knees, but your knees aren't even worth $30 like Tom Brady's are.

SEC Basketball Player Profile - Charles Thomas

Name: Charles Thomas

Height: 6'-8"

Position: Forward

Class: Senior

Nickname: Manimal

The man is a beast. At 6' 8" he is constantly against bigger guards in this league, but he doesn't rely on his spotty outside shooting, instead he takes it right at them in the paint. Charles Thomas is just a basketball player. He regularly lights up student section at Arkansas with his sacrificing his body. He regularly ends up standing on media tables and in the crowd after plays out of bounds, to the chagrin of a coach that doesn't want to see him injured and to the delight of the resident crazys in Bud Walton Arena.

At SEC media days Charles had this to say about new coach John Pelphrey.

" He's after us to give all-out effort, " said senior Charles Thomas, who has never had a problem surrendering his body for the team. " Everybody is on the floor after the basketball. It's intense. I've had my mouth bloodied, we all have strawberries on our legs and knees and one of our freshmen, Nate Rakestraw, broke his pinky. It was all twisted. "

Last Season Charles Thomas turned in over 10 points a game and 5.7 rpg. Thomas is the offensive center piece of one of the most experienced frontcourts in America and the SEC. He has Seniors Steven Hill, Darian Townes, and Vincent Hunter playing with him down on the block. Sophomore Micheal Washington will also be there after some impressive play during last year's SEC tournament.

The Manimal and the Razorbacks have been picked to win the weak SEC west and have been picked as a top 25 team in a few preseason polls. When it's all said and done Charles Thomas would love to be out in the crowd at Bud Walton Arena singing "Hard to be Humble" with the razorbacks and standing a little higher than 6'8" on a ladder cutting down nets in Atlanta

What We Know About the SEC: Week 9

Nothing... Absoloutley nothing.

Rather we don't know anything about any specific teams.

Wait a minute. We do know that Mississippi State Sucks, but not as much as 0-5 Ole Miss does.

This is a tumultuous time for the SEC, the biggest worries of the past were that our top teams would get worse and we'd fall behind the other BCS schools. That the BCS would leave our one loss teams out of the national title hunt. We now know our biggest fears should've been the middle getting to good. Before coaches would have their press conferences to begin the week and you'd always here the same thing. "From top to bottom the SEC is the best conference in the nation and any team can beat you. It's always gonna be a war."

Now it's TRUE! Kentucky beats LSU, Auburn beats Florida, AGAIN!, Florida beats Kentucky, Tennessee beats Georgia, then Bama beats Tennessee! What does it all mean!?!?


Alabama
What we know: John Parker wilson will throw the ball, and DJ Hall will catch the ball.
What we don't know: The result of the Iron Bowl. It has seemed like the Tide were gonna take it after Auburn's rough start, but the War Eagles and the Elephants are playing well enough to make this an interesting game.
What we don't want to know: A 2nd loss for LSU provided by the Tide this week.

Arkansas
What we know: The hogs can win one SEC game.... one. Darren McFadden has lost his heisman candidacy.
What we don't know: If Houston will be fired immediately after the 2nd game or if they will wait until the bowls are over.
What we don't want to know: The bankrupt talent pool that will be left in the wake of McFadden, Jones, Monk, and Hillis.

Auburn
What we know: They're the best 5-3 team in the nation and the only top 25 team with 3 losses.
What we don't know: What Auburn team will show up on a given Saturday. Will they run with the best or lose to the rest?
What we don't want to know: If the Auburn Mascot is an Eagle or a Tiger.

Florida
What we know: TIMMY
What we don't know: What the Jorts wearing Gator Nation is gonna do without a national title. The fans in the Swamp probably won't understand how they don't win the title after the great ride they've been on.
What we don't want to know: More Arrests for this program.

Georgia
What we know: Georgia is actually a SEC East Title contender.
What we don't know: The names of any other bulldogs besides Matt Stafford.
What we don't want to know: Anything about the artist formerly known as the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail party.

Kentucky
What we know: This team can win. They can beat good teams and bad teams. But they will never draw as much hype as their 12 friends in Rupp Arena do.
What we don't know: What will happen next year when Andre Woodson is gone.
What we don't want to know: Letdowns against Miss. St. or the Communists in the next three weeks.

LSU
What we know: It is very difficult to get through the SEC unscathed.
What we don't know: If Matt Flynn can get them out of another pickle like his clutch TD did this past weekend against Auburn.
What we don't want to know: Another loss leaving the SEC out of the national title hunt (unless it's to Arkansas, but I'm not even gonna try to hope that)

Ole Miss
What we know: They can't hang with anyone.
What we don't know: Who Ole Miss hopes to beat with Mississippi St. playing it's best football under Croom and the Rebels playing their worst football in 24 years.
What we don't want to know: Nov. 17th LSU crushing Ole Piss to the tune of 80 points or so.

Mississippi St.
What we know: Mississippi spelled backwards is ippississim. The Bulldogs want to throw the ball, but they can't. They want to run the ball, but they can't. The Bulldogs have fallen apart since their win over the Tigers.
What we don't know: Who they will play at Quarterback. Croom has taken the reins from Micheal Henig, and shoved them into Wesley Carrol's hands. Will Wesley Carrol crack the top 11 QBs in the SEC?
What we don't want to know: The Egg Bowl....

South Carolina
What we know: South Carolina doesn't want to win the East.
What we don't know: How Spurrier let the Dores beat him in a defensive struggle? Ugh, there is something VERY wrong about all that.
What we don't want to know: Spurrier going off and telling his players that they simply can't play. That dude's an asshole.

Tennessee
What we know: Tennessee can't win on the road unless they are playing someone completely terrible (read Mississippi schools). 1-3 on the road is no way to go through life,
What we don't know: If Tennessee fans and administration will allow Fulmer to make it through another non-10-win-season.
What we don't want to know: Fat Phil fired. He is SO easy to make fun of.

Vanderbilt
What we know: They have a football team?
What we don't know: Why they kept playing after Jay Cutler got drafted
What we don't want to know: Nashville headline "Cock Arrested in suspected Slaying of Communists"

It's the End of the World as We Know It

And "... if we don't do it, we'll come back next year and try again."

Hokay, so here's the Red Sox, daayum... That's some pretty sweet Red Sox, you might say, in the ALCS. Ruling out, Manny Ramirez getting injured or Manny Ramirez not hitting homeruns, the Red Sox season doesn't matter. "If it doesn't happen, who cares? There's always next year. It's not the end of the world." says the Manny.

REM, being from Athens, GA probably doesn't care if the Red Sox lose. When it became evident that the Braves were done I'm sure Micheal Stipe hummed a few bars somewhere near the All Star break if he is a Braves fan. The song might be overplayed if the Indians or the Rockies go on to win the World Series as the Indians haven't won one since 1948 and the Rockies have never won. Granted the BoSox just returned to the scene with a win in 2004 in which Manny Ramirez was named MVP, but it's not really a big deal to him either way.

But we don't talk about Baseball,

So what would you do if your favorite NFL, NBA, or Non-Senior College athlete said "hey no big deal, we'll get 'em next year"?

The BCS is Dead? It's not even December

Bloggers across the landscape of the internet are all declaring the BCS to be a bunk system that sucks and it's gonna die this year etc. Okay, Everyone already knew that. All the presidents, coaches, athletic directors, players, fans, bloggers, and BCS conference commissioners are all very aware of that fact, but you can't say it's dead when the season is just barely halfway through.

Everyone claims that Ohio St. is gonna run the table with their ridiculously easy schedule... Is Ohio St. better than USC? No! USC lost to Stanford... Ohio St. can lose to anyone... We are well aware that this season is the season of upsets. This is the season where we realized that great teams won't lose to other teams that aren't quite as great, they will lose to the crap teams.

So before you claim the BCS is dead, just wait until the end of the season and see if you agree with who is in the national championship game... if you do, then be happy. Oh, and the NCAA champion is pretty much decided every year in Atlanta. The SEC champion is the National Champion just like the state champion in high school football in Texas is the National Champion.

SEC Officiating

I was only able to watch 2 SEC games (Ark/Aub & Bama/Ole Miss), but I was appalled by the officiating in both. Bama was handed the game against Ole Miss. While the Rebels were pathetic for having to come back and try to win, they were right there at the end.

"After a 5-minute review clearly showed Hodge stepped out of bounds and returned
to the field to make the catch, the play was ruled illegal and Alabama (5-2, 3-1
Southeastern Conference) took over on downs for a final snap to seal the
victory."

I'm glad this article leaves out the fact that it also clearly shows he was forced out, and that he clearly was not the first player to catch the ball.

At the razorback game, I had the sad misfortune of watching the officials call an extremely poor game in my homering opinion. Time after time, the Auburn players were on the backs and legs of Razorback defensive players. I can give them the helmet to helmet on the fragile Cox of the Auburn Tigers, but then you have the awful hit out of bounds call when the arkansas player already had his arms around the player. While the officiating may not have cost the hogs the game completely, the fact that the hogs had 100 penalty yards probably showed up somewhere in the field position battle.

Rogers Redding is the SEC coordinator of officiating and even now he is probably preparing a statement of apology to Ole Miss Fans for the blown call. Nothing can really be done about the Arkansas game, but as he sits drinking his Diet Dr. Pepper (which doesn't taste like regular Dr. Pepper... it tastes like shit!), I hope he feels bad for what his men allowed in the ugliest game of this whole season.

Another 4th Quarter Let Down

Actually the whole game was kind of a let down, but for the first time this season the razorback defense looked good. Thanks to some dropped passes in the 1st quarter, Tuberville was glad to let his tailbacks work the ground game with his 3-0 lead. While on the other side of the ball the name of the game was 3 and out. The razorback offensive line could not move the Tigers away from the line of scrimmage and let 2 sometimes 3 defenders into the back field to wrap up McFadden for loss or no gain. The play calling seems somewhat at fault as the razorbacks continuously went for the same zone pulls and rarely varied the running game.

It was good solid defensive football for 3 quarters, but when push came to shove, Casey Dick put together a scoring drive with Lucas Miller falling into the endzone to put the hogs up 7-6 on an Alex Tejada Field Goal. Then special teams came back to bite the hogs in the ass when Brian Vavra gave the Tigers excellent field position to start their drive down to the 3 yard line and a Field Goal.

The hogs are lacking in identity and need to post a win this week over Ole Miss to hope for a bowl game and Houston Nutt better hope for the same or all of those job leads he's been searching out might come in handy when Jeff Long shows him the door.

Darren McFadden: The Heisman Candidacy might be over. Even the best offensive player in college football couldn't help his team against the stingy Auburn Defense. Breaking to school record in a game where you only have 43 yards is awful. Was that the Elephant in the stadium that kept you so shutdown? Were you afraid of Ben Cowins? Darren. You're gonna get drafted by an NFL team that is going to have an offensive line on par with what the razorbacks did this weekend. If you're going to start veering away from collisions, you might wanna wait until you're in the NFL and you have your money!

Wow, Navy Beat You!

Dave Wanstedt shoulda kicked the field goal... Actually he shoulda run it on 3rd and 4th downs, but how can you go in and tell your players that you're gonna win a game with a non-play action pass from the 2 yard line where you just throw it up for grabs?

In other news form this game, Lou Holtz is really old. "It's like having to choose between Joan Collins and Linda Evans"...

Lee Ziemba, You went to the wrong school!

Auburn Tigers Lee Ziemba and Kodi Burns make their first trip to Fayetteville since they left to attend out of state, SEC rival Auburn. Arkansas fans and players are ready to welcome the two Arkansans back to the state with open arms.

Ernest Mitchell had his arms outstrectched last year for Brandon Cox and if Tuberville pulls the trigger on young Kodi Burns, the Hogs will be looking to sack him, too. Last year the hogs had a coming out party against Auburn celebrating a 27-10 victory on the field of Jordan-Hare stadium. The razorback offense was consistent and able to run right at the tigers, and they just kept getting first downs.

Freshman Mitch Mustain only had to throw 10 passes last year. The telling tale of that game was the defense, and for an Arkansas defense that has yet to show up this year, this will be the game where they want to turn it around. Another 5 sack performance and holding a streaking Auburn team to 10 points will do wonders for a defense that has failed to hold anybody back.

Personally, I'm not upset about Kodi Burns going to another school. He is a Quarterback and having Mitch Mustain here at the time, it would seem like he wouldn't get to play for awhile, and we don't necessarily groom Quarterbacks to play anything but Wide Reciever at the next level, but Lee Ziemba? We churn out some of the best Offensive Linemen in the SEC. The only difference is at Arkansas you wouldn't've started right away like you managed to do at ALL Freshman Linemen Auburn. Oh well, don't be surprised if the hogs treat you with something of a traitor mentality.

NFL has some BullSpit Rules

I've broken down some of the crap in this video from MNF Buffalo vs. Dallas

NFL rules SUCK!

First off it's 20 seconds of game play that takes 15 minutes to transpire due to 2 reviews and a timeout. There isn't even TV involved in this bitch!

Romo has an incomplete pass to TO! The ruling on the field is completion, the 'boys rush up and spike the ball to give themselves a shot at a field goal with 1 second left... Why that bastard of a clock doesn't stop for them to move the chains, I'll never know. They spike it. Then the clock on that video ticks 7 SECONDS! and then they start blowing the PREVIOUS PLAY dead! WTF. If you are gonna call it dead, you have to do it when you should fuckin' DO IT! If you need to take the time for a review call the play dead RIGHT THEN.

So 13 seconds back on the clock, and Romo pushes them down to range for a 53 yarder (a career long for the rookie kicker replacing Canadian Vanderjagt from last year). The Kick is up and... well it looks good, but the refs look kinda lost... Oh his hands just went up and he's waving the play dead? Oh that's right. Milliseconds before the snap coaches are allowed to call timeouts now. Icing the kicker is one thing, but being able to force 22 players to replay an entire play because you wanna be a dip shit of a douche and wait until the last second. That's fuckin' unbelievable. What the hell is he saying to the ref right before that play anyway.

"Hey listen to me you striped fuckhead...I'm Dick Jauron, and I say you and your striped cohorts do what I say... I'm not even gonna be close to before the snap on calling this timeout, but you are going to say I am! You! are going to wave the play dead right after it goes through those uprights, so that rookie Fuck"*His name is Folk sir*"I wasn't even trying to say his Folkin' name! Just make him do it twice or I'll continue to coach the Bills through another non season play off. We're gonna take 4 AFC championships in a row back in the '90s and call it good!"

Joe Torre and the Yankees

Owners are Hilarious (http://kissmesuzy.blogspot.com/2007/10/f-k-it-were-takin-tuesday-off.html)

They spend tons of money and pitch huge fits and just want their teams to win!

Crazy Owners - the three I'm featuring here don't own the team for money, they own the teams because their own athletic ability never gave them the championships they desire.

Today we're gonna talk about the King Asshole. The King Douche. The King of New York and the man who owns baseball and everything in it.

Since January 3rd, 1973 George has basically been in charge of the Yankees. During that time he has won 10 pennants and 6 World Series.... Not the Team, George has won them... With Money! He has never been personal in any relationships. If you don't cut it, you get cut. Billy Martin was fired 5 times by the fickle owner.

Eventually, it seemed that George was going to let the Yankees farm system and the team prosper and through the '90s only made one change in firing Buck Showalter for Joe Torre, a manager no one had faith in, but now after 4 World Series Victories is one of the highest paid and most respected managers in the leauge. George recently stated that Joe Torre is fired if the Yankees don't win the ALDS against the Indians which they didn't.

From 1996-2000 the Yankees won 4 World Series and seemed to be on the edge of starting a dynasty, but the past 7 years have left the Yankees fans and Owner Steinbrenner frustrated. For George it's World Series or nothing despite having 18 years of no championships in his tenure.

For Joe Torre, he should be allowed to stay as long as he wants as Manager. The Yankees had a historic season getting to the playoffs at all. There are no mistakes made in managing this team in the past 3 losses and 1 win. The biggest thing you could say is the Yankees lost to a team with superior pitching and that were swing the bats better.

But we don't talk about Baseball

Hot Seat

The nerves in Houston Nutt's butt must be shot. He has been on and off the hot seat several times over the past 10 years. Started off solid then moved onto the hot seat. With a win over LSU in '02 he moved off and into the SEC Championship game where he lost and a loss in the bowl game put him back on the hot seat.



Rescheduling Texas in '03 and '04 the hogs stormed to a 4-0 record and a #7 ranking with road victories at Texas and Alabama. The season went out quietly from there, with 3 more SEC losses for a 4-4 SEC record and a 9-4 record overall and a victory over Missouri in the Independance Bowl.



Somehow riding the hot seat through a 5-6 and a 4-7 season, Houston rode Darren McFadden, Gus Malzahn, and several defensive players now playing for the NFL to a 10-4 record and bought rings for an SEC West championship. The off season put Houston right near the hot seat with E-mail Gate, Freedom on Information Act Requests, and the leaving of heralded recruit, and we go on and on just like it says in the newspapers every two weeks.



After allowing come from behind wins by Bama and Kentucky, coupled with a poor performance against UT Chatt, Houston finds himself the number 1 coach on the hot seat according to http://www.coacheshotseat.com/ .



While many razorback fans are still gearing up for games against Auburn, South Carolina, Tennessee, and LSU, some have already thrown in the towel and are wondering what coach is gonna pick up the pieces that will be left when Houston is fired at the end of the season and Darren McFadden and Felix Jones go to play for NFL teams.



There are still other razorback fans that are far from wondering, they are doing their best to make their opinion heard and are committing zookification on Houston Nutt.

10 years ago when the coaching position at Arkansas was opened up, Houston Nutt went against Tommy Tuberville for the job at Arkansas. Tuberville had just gone 8-4(4-4) with SEC team Ole Miss playing in the SEC, and Houston had just gone 4-7 with Boise St. Houston won the job due to his personality and peppy attitude.

Following the game on Saturday Houston was asked about the banner and his response was "where was the banner when we were 7-0 in the SEC last year?"

I think that's all I got. How screwed up is this situation anyway? I defy any fan to say that their school has a more fucked up athletic program than the University of Arkansas.