Good morning Friends. Hopefully you’re all having a great week. Isn’t it crazy how many of us anticipated the college football season so much and, don’t look now, but we’re 1/4 of the way through the regular season. Ugh. Oh well, I don’t care since I’m so freaking wrapped up college football and the NFL that I basically forgot about the fact that college basketball and the NBA are about to be gearing up soon. College team previews are scattered about(I’m already planning on attending some First Round games here in Jacksonville come March), and resident Sparty & Friends NBA-guy (GITC) has begun his NBA team previews as well.
Ah well, I’m not about to start lamenting the end of the cfb season yet! We’ve got Ole Miss at South Cackalacky tonight. Onto the links…
Quite a scare for the Washington State running back.
The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party will remain exactly where it should be…until 2016.
The MacArthur Foundation handed out its 24 genius grants recently. I will be on this list one day. One. Day.
Wanna learn something about the PGA’s upcoming Tour Championship? Yeah, me neither.
Wanna learn something about the ACC’s upcoming weekend? Yeah, me neither.
$100,000 for MJ to unretire for a day.
The GDP of babies is getting hit hard by the recession.
The dating profile of the Russian dude trying to buy the Nets.
Jimmy should break some of his spiky hair off and use it as a splint for his hurt toe.
Man with penis pump terrorizes Ohio State.
No word from Bob in Norman about Sam.
Mikey Vick speaks to some kids at a school.
Get the Jets fined? Check. Get the Packers fined? In progress. Is Southern Miss next on Favre’s hit list? If I were the Vikings, I would go ahead and start putting away a few Benjamins a month just in case.
Something something about Kevin Durant (some good tidbits in there).
Listen up Michigan guys, no purses in the stands this weekend.
Do players sue former teams very often?
This kid gets blown the eff up:
Mizerle06 is a senior writer and editor here at Sparty and Friends and is shocked (SHOCKED!!) that more wasn’t made of his sessy legs on Tuesday.
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Agreed! These games are always my favorite because you have nearly 150,000 or more fans from both teams making their way to Jacksonville. As one Texas fan told me one yer, the Red River Rivalry is great, but it’s got nothing on this. GatorTrey(Quote)
has anyone seen spencer? sparty(Quote)
I have to disagree. This needs to alternate between Jacksonville and Atlanta. Both the University and the state lose a lot by not hosting this game every other year. The Beard(Quote)
The Beard = HuskerDawg + dwalthi
/math’d mizerle06(Quote)
i think the game should be played in jersey. sparty(Quote)
Ha ha, I’m just a bama business school grad that lives in Atlanta and knows the city/state could use the revenue. The Beard(Quote)
UGA makes more money off the game being in JAX than they do at home. Nownlocal businesses. That’s different GatorTrey(Quote)
Bangkok. argument over. mizerle06(Quote)
I have no doubt that the city/state could use the revenue, but I think the argument is less about economics of the venues and more about tradition the traditional location. mizerle06(Quote)
I’m a fan of the cocktail party in Jacksonville, but taking a two year break for a home and home would be fine with me.
Sparty, what are your thoughts on the New Jersey Bowl this weekend? cgb(Quote)
I should have worded my points better: The city/state need the revenue. The University (more appropriately, the people that make up the university, students, alumni, fans) need to host it for the experience. Too few UGA students have experienced a game in the swamp or with an outright home advantage. I’m guessing not too many gators have been able catch a game in Athens either. The Beard(Quote)
Miz – I’m a bama grad and fan. I get tradition and holding onto the past when it should be let go. The Beard(Quote)
I don’t know if you were intentionally trying to be funny here, but I laughed out loud. you’re an alright dude, beard! mizerle06(Quote)
It would certainly be interesting and different the game is just so much fun to begin with. I do want to see a game in Athens, doesn’t have to be Florida/UGA though, there are 7 games a year or so at home.
As for Atlanta, I dunno. I went to the SEC CHampionship last December and had a blast. But I don’t think you could replicate the Outdoor cocktail party there. not much parking, indoor stadium…defeats the idea of the game. Little. GatorTrey(Quote)
beard – you need to comment around here more. we need some Bammer flavor in our college football banter. mizerle06(Quote)
Quote of the year. GatorTrey(Quote)
Beard – you also need a houndstooth gravatar. I thought it was Bammer alumni rules that you had to always identify yourself in a public setting with houndstooth…kinda like Jawjuh alums having to use rainbows as identifiers on everything. mizerle06(Quote)
/cause they’re ghey mizerle06(Quote)
And Tennessee fans with overalls GatorTrey(Quote)
Be careful what you wish for Miz. I try to be level headed and improve bama fans’ reputation, but in the end, I’m still a bammer.
And yes, I was trying to be funny. The way some people hold onto to the Bear is flat out frightening.
I agree that Atlanta isn’t the best venue for a college game but it would be better for the state. Really, I wish they would go home and home. I think what influences me the most is the mystique of the college town. I don’t like/understand the reasoning behind neutral site games. College campuses are too awesome to pass up. The Beard(Quote)
re: improving bammer fans’ reputations
striving after the wind. mizerle06(Quote)
I just assumed your inbox would flooded with emails from
ghey, pervy old guyswomen going crazy for your “sessy” legs. john(Quote)nothing, man. not a word. mizerle06(Quote)
the what? sparty(Quote)
Rutgers @ Maryland – North Jersey students versus South Jersey students. cgb(Quote)
Speaking of gravatars, why isn’t Trey rocking one? cgb(Quote)
ha! i was wondering if their was some college game being played in the meadowlands that i completely missed. Maryland is friggin horrid this year. give me Rutgers. sparty(Quote)
the video: Miz v Trey? patphish(Quote)
@Sparty – The game could also be referred to as the Hair Gel Bowl. cgb(Quote)
only if I’m the ball carrier…trey would lay my ass out. mizerle06(Quote)
or Original Rays vs Famous Rays sparty(Quote)
I’m a big big fan of snowmen GatorTrey(Quote)
he knows a dominating safety when he sees one. GatorTrey(Quote)
NBA talk in Sept? Let me know when the NBA playoffs begin and I might watch. I am much more of a college hoops fan. cycledan(Quote)
feel the same, for the most part. nba is just way too long. sparty(Quote)
Need to add some baseball talk.
Yanks exorcised some demons and finally won a series on the road against the Angels.
Brad Lidge who was perfect last year is a real weakness for the defending champs this year. 0-2 record and blew 11 saves this year and apparently his replacements aren’t much better. Cards are by far the best in the NL in my opinion but the Dodgers may give them a run for their money. Phillies won’t repeat and don’t see the Rockies doing it either.
Red Sox vs Angels in the first round should be a great competitive series. Really no clue who is favored in that one. Yanks should beat the Tigers but the Tigers have a good 1 & 2 starter which makes it tough in a 5 game series. Fortunately bad pennant races make for really good playoff series in my opinion. cycledan(Quote)
we have a baseball post later. sparty(Quote)
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/????? john(Quote)
you are aware of who authored TMA this morning, right? mizerle06(Quote)
Re: baseball talk
Braves fans lost all hope after getting swept by the Reds a couple of weeks ago and rightfully so, but now that they’ve gone 8-2 over the last ten and have 7 with the Nats coming up there’s a glimmer again.
How ridiculous would the braves getting the Wild card from 4 back with 10 to go be? The Beard(Quote)
I thought you would be hyping this weekend’s series between your two favorite teams. john(Quote)
dammit, I didn’t realize I missed another opportunity for a YANKS VS. SAWKS!!!!! reference. mizerle06(Quote)
they play every weekend, how could you forget? sae(Quote)
you’re absolutely correct…my bad. mizerle06(Quote)
The Durant piece was really good Miz Johnny(Quote)
Don, you and I are probably the only ones who really care about baseball. Of course, we’re also probably the oldest, too, so it’s more ingrained in us than the others. Bruce(Quote)
Not true. I really care it’s just this season beat me up as a Cubs fan more than the others Johnny(Quote)
I thought so too. I like pieces like that. mizerle06(Quote)
on the contrary, Bruce. everyone around here cares about baseball except for me. my hateraid act is just that, an act. I don’t really hate it; it just doesn’t interest me. mizerle06(Quote)
i second this. brewers in the playoffs last season, then the good start this year followed by the collapse just wore me out…even though i knew it was unlikely to repeat last year’s performance sae(Quote)
My mistake, then. And as a gesture of good will, I promise not to taunt Johnny and sae when the Cardinals clinch the division.
Bruce(Quote)