Why is there a bowl game on tonight featuring Ball State and Tulsa? Seriously….couldn’t we get a marquee match-up here? If we couldn’t get a marquee match up…why are we watching any bowl game at all? Not only does this piss me off, but we as taxpayers are footing the bill for this shitty game because GMAC is sponsoring it and we are bailing their asses out. So we get fucked with a bad bowl game that shouldn’t be on – sponsored by a company that shouldn’t be sponsoring anything…and we get absolutely no say in any of it.
Well…at least Mark Cuban hasnt been nixed from buying the Cubs yet…so I have that going for me.
So now that Pool Challenge is over, Tuesday Happy Hour is now the home of the Gridiron Challenge update. JP Manahan is the “man-a-han” (yeah that was pretty bad) who rode Kurt Warner to Larry Fitzgerald as well as the Baltimore Ravens D to the top of the leader board after Wild Card Weekend…CMFost, CycleDan and Jen round out the top spots. Here are the current standings:
| Ateneo LA Clippers, |
128 | 97.1 | |
| 2 | CM Foster | 119 | 91.8 |
| 3 | CycleDan | 117 | 90 |
| - | Jen, J. |
117 | 90 |
| 5 | Phat Williams Buffet, |
112 | 83.9 |
| 6 | Bate, bate, chocolate!, |
110 | 80.8 |
| 7 | Tiff, |
109 | 79 |
| 8 | mikeychx, | 107 | 75.4 |
| 9 | B2BWCNYFG, |
103 | 67.8 |
| 10 | JB, |
99 | 59.9 |
| - | patphish, |
99 | 59.9 |
| - | No Mannings Allowed | 99 | 59.9 |
| 13 | knightwhosaysni | 98 | 57.8 |
| 14 | Spicy Clown Salsa | 94 | 49.7 |
| 15 | guyinthecorner | 93 | 47.7 |
| 16 | Chicago Bear-ly |
92 | 45.7 |
| 17 | rekcalsa, |
89 | 40 |
| 18 | John, |
87 | 36.5 |
| 19 | marco, |
83 | 30.4 |
| - | HawkEye19 |
83 | 30.4 |
| 21 | sae | 79 | 25.5 |
| 22 | Swamp Donkey | 0 | 11.2 |
| - | GoGiants | 0 | 0 |
It will get more interesting as the next two weeks unfold. I will give you a better idea of the rules upcoming on Friday at the Two Minute Warning that will help you make sense of the rules.
So what happened at Sparty and Friends stays at Sparty and Friends? Not so much. Sparty hosted The Morning After today and started the buildup to what is sure to be an epic Sunday for various reasons.
Andy Pettitte looked at the 40 something pitchers around the league who made more coin than he would be making with the Yankees and decided to hold out for some sucker team to come calling.
Miz reminded us that it is Januray…which means March is only two months away…
Big D gave us his baseball card betting picks for the weekend a nice piece about baseball cards…I remember having that Oscar Gamble card as a kid…i also remember selling about 3000 cards for $500 when I was a teenager….I am an idiot
Bossman Sparty snuck in a last minute uppercut to Oriole fans GITC when he updated the site with the officially- official announcement of Mark Teixeiera as the NYY new first baseman.
TEE-VEE – TOO – NITE:
Ball State and Tulsa…but I already covered that
NBA: WAS @ ORL, HOU @ PHI, BOS @ CHA, NYK @ OKC (i shoulda left this one out), MIN @ MEM, SAC @ CHI, LAC @ DAL…and the feature NO @ LAL…that is only the feature because Detroit isnt playing
CBB: No games of interestexcept for one….here’s the link to prove it….the game of interest? Ohio State @ Michigan State
LAST MINUTE HEADLINES:
- Marvin Harrison gets away with it…
- Trevor Hoffman to Brewers?
- Drew Brees OPY
- Russ Grimm to interview w/ Jets
Popularity: 2% [?]
Ohio State at Michigan State is not a game of interest? In my office, NOW!
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I had Warner and Fitzgerald and look where I am.
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well, if this were the popular michiagn state blog sparty and friends that would be one thing…but since this is simply your destination for all sports banter….osu and msu is just a game between a ranked team and an unranked team
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you didnt have baltimores D?
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http://spartyandfriends.com/2008/10/23/2009-ncaa-basketball-national-champion-michigan-state/
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Yay, I suck!
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No, I made the mistake of picking phucking Phins D.
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NYK @ OKC, that is worth mentioning?
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well i did all of the NBA games….and the knicks are a juggernaut now…they pwned the celtics- remember?
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worst happy hour ever….
/storms off.
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well, at least he didn’t run away crying.
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hurting my feelings…..just edit in whats impoo-tant to you
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Don’t watch the bowl game Scrubs returns!!!!!
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mikey-that is better.
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C’s rebound and win by 20+ tonight.
/Paul Pierce > GMAC
//76-6
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sparty…i fixed the end of the post to your liking….but this will be the worst happy hour ever…thanks to the tv felllas
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NBA updated too sparty
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john, celtics will win 64 games.
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…only if Pierce misses 12 games.
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i say they get complacent at some point again and get to 64 as well….tie the LAL for best record in NBA
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they won’t get complacent. i just think the east is better this year.
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scrubs is going to suck (Courtney Cox?), but i’ve watched it this long so I’ll watch it
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Courtney Cox is only going to be on for a handful of episodes so since she won’t be there long I’m okay with it
I’m just happy to have some new episodes after thinking that it was done. I do hope they bring back Elizabeth Banks though and hopefully Hootch will make an appearance because we all know that Hootch is crazy
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I will watch Scrubs because it is one of the best sitcoms of this decade despite the fact that it isn’t as good as it used to be. Still, two new episodes on a night with no other good TV on? Count me in. Also, new network and first new episode in 243 days.
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Who put bullion cubes in the shower head?!?
/hooth IS crazy
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i am looking forward to rips on NBC, i’m sure they’ll be in there.
hooch is awesome. ‘it just seems to me, you could say beer’
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We get a dose of Sweaty Teddy in both episodes tonight. We also will be getting some Snoop Dogg Attending in the 2nd episode.
/for sheezy
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that is not saying much, since the sitcom died around 1998.
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Seeing the reigning World Champions get knocked out isn’t that epic.
/giants suck
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first 5 seasons were absolute gold, starting declining from there. last season got all f-ed up because of the writers strike and NBC trying to kill the show
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Purdue at Penn St. is a college basketball game of interest…. to me anyway.
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The only recent sitcom better than Scrubs is How I Met Your Mother. The Class had a chance but was not allowed to stay on the air. Sports Night was better but didn’t have enough time on the air.
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And The Big Bang Theory had a chance to be better.
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Listen Up! was a great sitcom.
Texas @ Ark tonight.
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Sports Night was great. I think people felt awkward watching it with a very limited laugh track. it was too smart to be a network sitcom.
Cheers, still the best ever.
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oh, and screw you rek, i hate you (this week).
/Iggles Suck.
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gitc-i think you watch way too much TV.
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Another late ‘headline’
Former Yank-me standout signs with Indians
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LMAO!
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sparty–The hate is mutual (this week)…you’ll hate me for real next week.
/giants suck
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i will feel bad for you next week…
/no i won’t
//Iggles Suck
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Wouldn’t expect you to feel bad for a winner…you’ll be so distraught, you might not make it into work on Monday.
/GIANTS SUCK
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Apple changing iTunes pricing and removing copy protection
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you won’t be able to visit S&Fs or MLJ, rek. You will be in tatters.
/Iggles Suck
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iTunes is still a ripof (says the guy with iTunes and an iPod)
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ipod is sweet….itunes blows…limewire is swell
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iPod is sweet until the battery goes dead and you can’t replace it yourself…I own one anyway…haven’t really used iTunes much.
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CDs rule.
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I may be in tears (of joy), but not tatters…I might get too excited totally forget about S&Fs or MLJ for awhile.
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Eagles < GiantsEagles < GiantsEagles > Giants(Quote)
completely agree with your meme…
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got sick of itunes drm, and have been buying from amazon for quite a while now. especially when they have something good on the daily deals for $2 or $4. no plans on going back to itunes no matter what they change
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Thanks to whoever fixed the meme.
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Did I actually type it in wrong? Or was that some editorial privileges?
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big brother would be my guess
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i have no clue…
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Man…if I would’ve taken a position as a writer, I never would’ve done such a thing…tsk, tsk.
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I thought you were editor, rek…no? no wonder my typo’s keep getting through.
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texas getting that ass handed to then by Arkansas tonight is def. a game of interest.
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@ Miz,
He quit because it was becoming a full time job on this blog.
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and no news on JC Romero cheating and the Phillies ring being taken away?
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gatortreo ran him off then, huh?
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i agree, ark. Texas is goin down.
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heads are going to roll here at S&Fs.
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Trey is right…I couldn’t handle the heavy workload…I might be able to pick it back up again at some point…good thing it’s not a loss of income.
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back to itunes for a second…another 30 cents per song (over what you already paid) strips the drm from them
f-you apple
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for what?
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the person knows what they did, mikey.
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sae–That’s only for songs you’ve already downloaded, but it’s still super sucky…soon all the songs will be available DRM-free and whatever price the record label wants them at (0.69, 0.99, or 1.29).
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Way to go back to editing my meme sparty…I never did anything to your memes…what gives?
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i have no idea as to what you are talking about…someone is messing with us both, rek.
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If Tulsa beats Ball State tonight GITC wins the college bowl challenge. If Ball State wins and Florida win they tie. If Ball State and Oklahoma win (ya right) patphish wins.
/gitc’d
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@sae and whoever else is interested…
I have used iTunes exactly twice, and both were free songs.
$0.99 per song is such a ripoff – it’s still $13 per album, which is exactly why people stopped buying albums.
I use Gomusic. It exists in that wonderful grey area where you’re still paying for songs ($0.15 per track with a 10% discount for buying an entire album) but not getting ripped off.
I won’t link it here because of that grey, but I’m sure you can find the site it is on.
//end tech-banter. continue blowing the Giants.
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the giants continue to blow.
/did I do that right big d?
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They just showed some kid with a Michigan shirt on at the MSU/tOSU game…kid should be punched I would think.
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Holy Crap! Nip/Tuck starts tonight!
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The MAC is whack. Tulsa’s going to win.
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oh yeah, there is a football game tonight.
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a good bowl game gets us 400 comments between 3p and midnight….GMAC takes a few billion dollars out of all of our pockets puts out a shitty bowl game and halts traffic on this fine site….only in america
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hey …remember what i said in TMA a few days ago about mid major colleges taking the bcs to court?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3814472
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waste of time, mikey.
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Why are they showing Uconn on 2 channels and Michigan St. on 0 channels? That doesn’t make any sense at all. Are they just trying to say “We hate you Sparty”?
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they are having technical difficulties, fuckers.
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so I guess the answer is yes, they hate you.
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hmmm… should i watch bowl game or sparty’s game or nba? hmmm…
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sparty wins. ho-hum….
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Sparty – I don’t find your Orioles remarks amusing at all. It’s hard enough to be an Orioles fan without having pole-smoking Yankee fans chime in. I played Tex in HS, dude was/is a beast. I hope he’s the only player on the Yankees that doesn’t contract the herp from Jeter this year.
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ill-trust me, if it wasn’t for one of your fellow fans who bitched today, the shot would have been taken at the sox.
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man, i sure hope Man of Steel is tons better than Superman Returns. Bryan Singer really fagged this movie up.
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who is an O’s fan here? gitc? I know cbh is but I don’t seem him here often.
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tulsa is leading the cardinals 24-13….
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you hit it on the head, ill….
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Purdue is the worst rebounding team in the history of ever.
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figures…
I hope Tulsa beats Ball St. – at least by 3…
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thunder might be out of that 9-73 malaise. they are beating the knicks…
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bobs over celts…funny stuff
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Quote of the night
‘why is there only a smiley face button and a revolver in your briefcase?’
‘one is for when I’m sad…and the other is for when I’m really sad’
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J.D.: This patient’s loss of temperature sensation on the contra lateral side is consistent with which syndrome… Rodney?
(J.D.: There was Katie, the self centered climber.)
Katie: (whispering to Rodney) McConaughey’s.
Rodney: McConaughey’s?
J.D.: McConaughey is not a syndrome, he is however one of our finest working actors. I recently learned how I could lose him in ten days. Katie is sabotaging you, I assume, because she knows the answer.
Katie: Brown-Sequard Syndrome.
J.D.: (sarcastic enthusiasm) Yay, Katie got it.
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my clippers are somewhat competing with the mavs….
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best show ever gitc.
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cougar and milf comments between jordan and courtney cox’s character were funny too
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