10.08.2009
The Jonathan Crompton Er(ror)a
It's summed up in these pictures. I was watching a replay of the AU-UT game last night while getting my birthday foot massage from Mrs. Flanagan when I saw this. It was right after Crompton brained that WR in the helmet with one of his few on-target passes (if Crompton was trying to make the guy go deaf). The kid in the UT t-shirt was yelling all kinds of eff bombs and orange hat was waving his middle finger for a solid 5 seconds before the cameraman finally cut away.UT Wild Boyz?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/10/05/vols.practice.ap/Let me get this straight. UT openly calls themselves Wild Boyz and rips their shirt off and generally acts a fool. Then, when a player keeps it real on the sideline, they get rid of him? Seems to me that the players are being sent mixed messages. Rip parts of your uniform off when we think it's best for you to do so! Yah yah yah yah.
10.07.2009
Bammer of the Week
Got his Quintorris Lopez jersey on. The anticipation was killing me when I first saw this video. When the Bammer jumps the fence, I could just feel that something great was going to happen. And when he starts running towards, I could barely contain my excitement. And I don't know what Brodie Croyle was doing trying to get in that scrum because you just know he got hurt.
10.06.2009
10.05.2009
This Stuff Can Only Happen In Fayetteville, Right?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/ReproductiveHealth/twins-conceived-weeks/story?id=8656369Are you serious?!?! God help us this weekend as I can't take another inbred college football road trip (see WFVU).
10.04.2009
10.02.2009
WRAS Picks the SEC - Week 5
Walt Flanagan: I do not care that neither of these teams are ranked, this has the feel of as big a game as Auburn has played since 2006. Why? The national media hasn't ranked AU yet even though their margins of victory are 24, 25, 11 and 24. Has there ever been an Auburn team that's 4-0 with wins like that? I doubt it but I also can't blame the media. Auburn was so bad last year it has taken them a while to come around. I'm starting to see it with several articles written about Gustav and his offense but it takes wins more than anything else. Auburn needs this game, Tennessee wants it. That's the difference (not to mention at least 3 Crompton turnovers). Wrong team favored! Auburn 30 - Tennessee 17
Morris Fenderbaum: Auburn 34 - Tennessee 23
Mickey Goldmill: Can Auburn keep its momentum going as it takes to the road for the first time in ’09? Can the Volunteers avoid the mistakes that have plagued their offense? This game is “strong on strong”. Auburn’s 3rd ranked offensive attack against UT’s 8th ranked defense. Yeah, I’m biased but I can’t help but believe if Auburn is able to execute its offense at least to 85% of the productivity we have seen so far this year, UT will not be able to keep up. On Auburn's last trip to Knoxville in ’04, Junior Rosegreen picked off four passes. The way Jonathan Crompton has been floating the pigskin up Darren Bates may have the opportunity to match Rosegreen’s feat. Auburn must shore up its special teams play which could be the difference maker. Get off the tracks, the trains a coming! AU 36 – UT 24
SPUAT (-17) @ Kentucky
Walt Flanagan: Beat up team with a coach who tweets stuff like this, "Had a skin cancer cut out of my lower leg. Old age is not much fun. Planed tomorrow's practice and we will have most of our guys back" http://twitter.com/UKcoachbrooks/status/4505692964 versus the most physical team in the SEC? That does not sound like a recipe for UK success...SPUAT 38 - UK 13
Morris Fenderbaum: SPUAT 38 - Kentucky 17
Mickey Goldmill: Kentucky makes great Bourbon Whiskey and sometimes basketball and horse racing. Not Football. That is all...Turds 38 – UK 14
Ole Miss (-9.5) @ Vanderbilt
Walt Flanagan: It happend sooner than I thought but you can't stop the inevitable. Ole Miss is overrated. I thought they'd beat USC but I forgot what a trap the Thursday night game is when you are on the road versus an unranked team. The Rebels didn't sound like they were ready for prime time and they sure looked it. Will they get back to playing Ole Miss Football? Yes, if you mean mediocre...Ole Miss 21 - Vandy 14
Morris Fenderbaum: Ole Miss 20 - Vandy 10
Mickey Goldmill: So how fortunate is Ole Miss to have Vandy as their permanent foe from the SEC East? Should be an automatic W, right? In the words of that idiot on College Gameday, not so fast my friend! UM’s record versus the Commodores since the divisional split in ’92 is 12-5 and they are 46-35-2 all time against Vandy. The Rebels are a much more talented club and should win this one, but Mickey has a feeling Vandy will keep it close...Old South 28 – New South 21
LSU (+2.5) @ Georgia
Walt Flanagan: There are only 2 teams in Les Miles' career that he has played and never beaten. One is Texas. The other? UGay 31 - LSU 30
Morris Fenderbaum: UGay 34 - LSU 31
Mickey Goldmill: Can you imagine the disgustingness that will be the landfill that was once North Campus as the carnies come to town?
The corndogs have yet to impress and the UGay defense has been exposed repeatedly. Look for LSU to win a physical game in the trenches...35 – 31
Georgia Tech (-4.5) @ Mississippi State
Walt Flanagan: I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer,A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer, Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear, I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer. Oh, if I had a daughter, sir, I'd dress her in White and Gold, And put her on the campus, to cheer the brave and bold. But if I had a son, sir, I'll tell you what he'd do. He would yell, "To Hell with Georgia," like his daddy used to do. Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds, A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around. I'd drink to all good fellows who come from far and near. I'm a ramblin', gamblin', hell of an engineer.
I look for GT's engineers to take MSU engineers' cowbells, stir around a little rum and sugar with a clapper (whatever the hell that is) and bring MSU back down to earth...GT 31 - MSU 20
Morris Fenderbaum: MSU 24 - GT 23
Mickey Goldmill: Ah, The Perfect Option plays three out of conference games against their former foes of the SEC during their ’09 campaign beginning with MSU, followed by Vandy and in-state rival UGay. Has the perfect option been figured out? Tech looked disappointing against Miami, but still sit at 3-1 on the season. Something tells Mickey that Miss State will give Tech all they want.
Arkansas (-1.5) @ Texas A&M (at Jerry Jones HDTV Stadium)
Walt Flanagan: So, Bobby Petrino, you don't think your team believed it could beat Alabama? Who's fault is that? It's yours you slimy sack and you're not going to enjoy watching your face squirm on 26,000 square feet of high definition...TAMU 35 - Arkansas 31
Morris Fenderbaum: TAMU 38 - Arkansas 33
Mickey Goldmill: How big of a let down is it when you have an intersectional game, a border war of sorts between former members of the now defunct Southwest Conference in the newest and most grandioso stadium on the planet when the two teams playing each other are average at best? Arkansas looked bad against SPUAT last week and to be honest I haven’t seen aTm play yet. They are 3-0 and have beaten New Mexico, Utah State, and UAB. Nothing to write home about. Mickey’s going with the SEC in this one...Arkansas 35 – aTm 30
South Carolina State @ South Carolina (no line)
Walt Flanagan: What a disgrace. How in the world can South Carolina be playing a directional school on the first weekend of October? If Spurrier was alive, he never would have allowed this.
Morris Fenderbaum: South Carolina 38 - SC State 3
Mickey Goldmill: Snot Bubbles...Cocks 38 – SC St 7
Last Week:
Walt (7-1 straight up, 2-6 versus the spread)
Morris (8-0, 4-4)
Mickey (8-0, 4-4)
Total:
Walt (29-6, 17-13)
Morris (34-1, 18-12)
Mickey (32-3, 14-16)
Bammers, Read This!
You need to cheer for the school you attended. But in most of your cases, the highest level you've achieved is high school so you should be B.B. Comer or Hokes Bluff or Opp fans, not fans of a university whose shadow has never darkened your pathway.