Patphish is feeling a little down in the dumps today. For the 2nd pick’em challenge this year, he fell short of a title. Unfortunately, it was not me as the victor, so I cannot rub it in his face like I did following the College Pick’em.
That is why we are drinking Beer. That is American for Foster’s. I never found it to be a great tasting beer, like some do, but we all love the can.
I am starting to realize that Wednesday is a pretty boring night of the week, and rarely is there anything of interest going on. Well, nothing wHets* my appetite. Before we check out tonight’s schedule, lets take a look at what went on today at the ole ranch.
Miz got us going with a ton of links and a whole lot of him talking.
A great first caption post of 2009.
Miz broke the news that Trey broke to him weeks ago.
GITC learned that everyone thinks that the Juan Dixon led Maryland championship squad is the worst ever.
What we are watching tonight:
GITC already covered the NBA and College basketball game of “interest.”
9pm on ESPN2: Gonzaga at Tennessee, a rematch from the Old Spice Classic.
Yep, that is about it.
If you need to catch up on how much the Eagles suck, click here and here.
*Sparty Note: I’m an ass.
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Damages at 10. Great show.
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I actually kind of like how Happy Hour now coincides with my lunch hour. Makes for in interesting afternoon.
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did anyone watch Nip/Tuck last night?
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me! me! me!
The chick Christian banged had the best tits.
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for real…then he had to start checking her for lumps…
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100 hours (and 20 minutes) until Jack Bauer.
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2 weeks until Lost returns…
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Reading Schilling rip Shaughnessy a new one probably only interests the Boston fans here, but here it is anyways…
CHB plays the fool, again
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cookie for the first person to find the “/stigs’d.”
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wets
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thx john
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The Wire > 24 > Lost
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good work, knightro.
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Yummy! Chocolate chip > all other cookies
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No no… The Wire > Everything else on television
Much better. Though I am a huge LOST fan.
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Damn..I was too late to edit that one.
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wets isn’t a /stigs.
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Yep. “Whets”
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Yes it is
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speaking of 24….in a little more than 24 hours the Gators will be BCS champs
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well, fuck me.
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that’s SAT-level “/stigs’d.”
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Take it from the guy with a perfect English SAT… and about a 220 on the math side.
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You flip-flop more than an epileptic toad.
-Curt Schilling to Shanknessy, 1-7-09
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Also, another major sector of American industry in trouble…
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Back to whet/wet your appetite/whistle. The spelling as ‘wet your appetite’ is quite understandable. Whet is no longer a common word, whereas its homonym ‘wet’ obviously is. Also, when tools are ground on whetstones they need to be lubricated with water or oil to prevent overheating. Whetstones were normally constructed with a water bath or some form of drip on to the stone. The assumption that ‘whet’ and ‘wet’ are the same word is thus encouraged. Added to that is the 18th century habit of serving liqueurs as hors d’oeuvre – in that case literally wetting the appetite (they also served turnips as appetizers – thankfully we have moved on).
wet works.
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Wow. Behold the power of copy/paste.
And here I thought this was an entertainment website only, not necessarily educational.
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yeah, so suck it.
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@ sparty – that’s what you get for incorrectly stig’s-ing me a while back
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you “/stigs’d” it. it’s ok; happens to the best of us.
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So I guess “whet your whistle” is acceptable. Or “Oh my God Miz…you are sooooooo whet!!!”
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BC fires coach
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BC Fires coach link
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I QUIT!
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BC
firesfyres coach/sparty’d
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@ sparty – if you used a treo it would have been overlooked
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Unless there was a clause in his contract, I wonder if BC is in breach of the contract. If there is a buy out clause, then BC will probably have to pay it. As a free US citizen, I am free to talk to whom I want unless I have a specific agreement that I can’t. You obviously can’t divulge proprietary information even without a contract but just interviewing is not illegal.
Seems like the BC AD is a real manipulative asshole. Of course if he promotes the D coordinator, then he will kiss the ground the AD walks on for the chance. However, I think BC is screwing themselves in recruiting and in the ability to hire another big name coach.
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i blame 5 years of living in Florida.
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You’re all a bunch of epileptic toads.
/schilling’d
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It is and always was “whet” your appetite but I really don’t give a shit. This is not English class.
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fucking drugs
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does english class exist anymore? I thought they just make everyone take spanish
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que?
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No, they just make toddlers watch Dora and Diego until their eyes bleed.
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Regardless….2002 Maryland still sucks.
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In the Schilling blog, who is CHB?
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okay, so my ignorance was great today, but how about this one:
http://thebiglead.com/?p=10519#comment-326412
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CHB = Dan Shaugnessey, A.K.A. “The Curly Haired Boyfriend”
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anyone find it odd that our resident gambler had a great score on his verbal, but a shitty math score on his SAT?
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I thought we agreed 2000 Michigan State sucks.
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Wait a tick… you’re telling me I should have been using things like statistics, odds, probabilities & percentages while gambling?
Damn. All this time I’ve just been throwing darts against a printout of the weekly lines.
(For fun, next NFL season, I’ll do exactly that and see if it’s better than my picks…)
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I have to say that 2000 Michigan St. was awesome. The Big Ten had 3 final four teams that year and Purdue lost to Wisconsin in the Elite 8.
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gitc is in big denial. go through the comments again. no one had nice things to say about 2002 maryland, except you.
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big d, forget statistics. You should make fun of the other gamblers’ grammar and get them on tilt.
/surefire way to make money
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just busting balls, big d
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Actually, my favorite way to get people on tilt is to act like their best friend while I take their money.
Usually works. And I even get a handshake afterwards. Once had a guy tell me “I’ve never had so much fun losing my money”. Think I busted him for about 2k.
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for big d…
http://deadspin.com/5125449/this-womans-baseball-card-collection-is-better-than-yours
lazy’d
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i am beginning to believe that gitc can’t link….
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At least GITC will always have his 2008 Sparty and Friends Bowl Pick em Championship to fall back on.
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Look, it’s more news about someone turning pro. This time though, the guy is a possible #1 pick.
See, I can link.
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If the Lions draft Bradford #1 they’re really just giving the entire state of Michigan the finger.
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They have to trade their #1 pick for about 3 other picks.
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Of course they do, but it’s the Lions so anything is possible.
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Bradford will suck as a pro.
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Ed Werder’s mustache is reporting Pacman released by the Cowbitches.
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BREAKING NEWS:
The reason that Pacman Jones has been released is that he shot someone in a nightclub while on suspension by the NFL in June 2007. Apparently there is also evidence that he tried to hire either a previously or since convicted murderer to do the shooting for him. This news was gathered by ESPN. When they contacted the Cowboys to ask about it earlier in the week, the Cowboys did not comment. The Cowboys are now telling ESPN that they released Pacman Jones because Jerry Jones has come across new information that progressed his decision. This was reported on the 6pm Sportscenter and all the evidence is set to air on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Sunday.
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My question is this:
How is it possible that this is just coming to light now? He’s Pacman Jones? He carries out a premeditated shooting in a nightclub and we don’t even know about it? All this comes after he was already involved in another nightclub shooting and he is suspended and being constantly monitored and followed by NFL Security and we knew nothing about it for 6 months? Really?
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that would be 18 months.
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Isn’t that the same incident just more new info made it worse?
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thats strange…the s&f banner seems to have changed
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dookies handing it to the curry’s.
do you enjoy the nba trio on the ncaa?
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21 pts by curry.
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Mikey
+infinity
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Harvard Mens’ Basketball > UNC Men’s basketball by way of defeating BC by 12.
Or, maybe BC is just a complete fraud. Either way, I’m happy.
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Good form, Mickey. Made me smile.
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Hey, they just had the Simpson episode where Homer is Elway, scores his Supebowl 30 magic, makes it SF 55, Denver 7. Woo Hoo!
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dookies rule, but the curry’s scared them.
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Elway still has zero super bowls because the broncos cheated their way to those 2.
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Aww come on knight, that was the feel good story of the 90s.
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that is one hell of a banner, mikey.
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Elway was a douchebag. He can eat a dick. He didn’t want to play for the Colts and forced a trade to Denver. Just like Eli would later do. Only worse because it was the Colts. John Elway can go fuck himself and then fuck himself some more.
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but if elway went to the colts, there never would have been a peyton in indy.
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how long will that banner stick sparty?
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not too long. but i like it for the rest of this week.
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I never liked Denver because they are in the same div as the Raiders. But I was pullin’ for Elway in 98 after what, 3 or 4 failures.
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don’t understand why people get mad at guys who don’t want to play with certain organizations.
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If you’re a free agent fine, no problem. But when you just got drafted and haven’t proven anything yet and act like a prima donna, you’re just a total douche.
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That’s where I draw the line.
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what success have the chargers ever had? look, a lot of that was coming from his dad, he didn’t want to see Eli get stuck with a franchise that was known for failure like he was.
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Not cool.
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very cool.
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don’t worry, gitc. every author will have one of their teams get the same treatment at some point.
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the worst national champion is still a better result than the best runner up.
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holy crap, the Celtics lost again?
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KG-less ‘Wolves > KG-ful Celtics
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kwsn-exactly. The top 7 are way ahead of the other 13 from the last 20 years. then you are splitting hairs. who are the top 7 you ask? you will have to wait on that post in March.
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see yas tomorrow. i am going to go “cuddle” with the wife.
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Well we know why Sparty will have a kick in his step in the AM.
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Red Sox are getting Smoltz. Not bad.
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Harvard won, Browns hire Mangini, Maryland beat by Morgan State, my head is spinning. At least my Syracuse Orange won tonight.
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