Black Friday Evening Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 3:57 PM PST
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4 PM PST/7 PM EST: Pitt at West Virginia, ESPN2--Can the Wannstache and Cignetti keep the Panthers chugging to a BCS berth?
7:15 PM PST/10:15 PM EST: Nevada at Boise St, ESPN2--The WAC championship, pretty much.
8:30 PM PST/11:30 PM EST: UCLA at Butler, 76 Classic Consolation, ESPNU--Smells like classic Bruin bounce back game, right?
All day long: Band of Brothers marathon, Spike TV--I've got Easy Company winning this one.
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Evening Games Predictions
I’ll take Pittsburgh over West Virginia, Boise State over Nevada and Butler over UCLA.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 3:58 PM PST reply actions
you mean
Bruins are lulwtfbbq :) :) :)
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
"Mass Appeal" by Gang Starr
Money’s flowin’ like grass with the mass appeal!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 4:01 PM PST reply actions
I don’t think grass flows.
Guru is the most unspeakably boring rapper on the face of the Earth. He’s a coma over a tite Primo beat. (The beat is def. tite though.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Grass
Oh, it flows all right.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Scheyer from Duke is on my hate list
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 4:05 PM PST reply actions
That dude has a BIG mouth.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Have you ever seen this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCglZ4KFPWg
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
I just got booed by Cal fans and my wife found out I had an affair. I ran into a fire hydrant.
/tiger
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
Did you see turkey walking down the street and then cross over to the other side, acting as if you never saw him??
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West Virginia
using the Cal “blue-out” tonight.
Vereening off into the future....
Blue-outs are a waste of time. Just the pasty whiteness of the WVU faces is enough to overpower the blue.
and the blazing reds of the various couches and other flammable furniture burning on the horizon
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
I just realized that Pittsburg is about an hour away from Morgantown. Didnt realize they were even close.
Man do I suck at geography.
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…that’s why it’s called the ‘Backyard Brawl’
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Isn't Pittsburg about an hour away from Berkeley also?
Vereening off into the future....
You can totes take BART there.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
It's actually only half an hour or so. I used to commute there every day.
by dingosean on Nov 27, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
It’s where Bruce Gradkowski is from.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
Kurt Angle
Does that work better?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
No way.
Jeff Goldblum is the Pittsburghese person I was looking for.
by dingosean on Nov 27, 2009 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
Ah
I don’t know that guy.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Rated-R is in HS…
Jurassic Park, Independence Day… new Law&Order:CI
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, damn I’m old. I saw The Fly in the theater.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
every time i think of west virginia (which is not much), “dueling banjos” plays in my head.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Tiger's car crash came after domestic dispute
Multiple law enforcement sources tell TMZ Tiger Woods’ early morning accident came right after an argument with his wife, Elin Nordegren.
We’re told Elin told cops about the argument at the scene of the accident and Tiger gave the same story to authorities at the hospital where he was treated.
One Florida law enforcement official called it “a domestic issue.”
Elin apparently was able to forgive and forget — according to Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor, Nordegren smashed out the back window of Tiger’s car to help get him out.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 4:14 PM PST reply actions
Wow, we finally found the Stanford fan who cares I guess.
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 27, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Elin apparently was able to forgive and forget
There’s a woman I’ve never met.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, there you go. He’ll be sorry she helped rescue him one day.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Bill hasn’t hit that in years.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Never met her.
I’m sure Bill’s miserable tho. Why else do you think he does all that charity work around the world? To get out of the house.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Gotta love those offensive drives that just go in reverse for three plays and then punt.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Burning ISO files to DVD
So I was able to download torrents for the last couple games. I am able to view them on my laptop by mounting them to virtual drive and watching through Windows Media Player.
Sadly, Windows DVD Maker does not allow you to burn ISO files to DVD. Can anyone provide a link or the names of DVD burning software you have used in burning the the torrents? Thanks.
Vereening off into the future....
Danzig
I’ll page him.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Image Burn. Seriously. That’s the one that Danzig suggests. It’s free and light. It will burn the images to DVDs within minutes without slowing down your computer.
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Pittsburgh
Their defensive line is really good and they have stopped West Virginia twice on fourth down.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
Field Goal
Pittsburgh has taken a 3-0 lead over West Virginia with 3:24 remaining in the first half.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:11 PM PST reply actions
Saturday Night Games
I’m glad that they’re both being televised tomorrow.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:12 PM PST reply actions
There’s “Win One for the Gipper”
There’s “Win One for the Zipper”
What will it be for Notre Dame tomorrow?
Physical.
“Win One for the Double-Dipper” ?
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Dion Lewis
He’s quite good.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Baby
It looks quite perplexed.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently
A quote from Saban:
“Only the strong survive. But the strong do get their ass whipped. That was my message to the team.”
Physical.
Backyard Brawl is DEFENSIVE.
3-3 and 2nd half about to start.
by dingosean on Nov 27, 2009 5:26 PM PST reply actions
Halftime
We have to wait for that to start and finish.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
Will somebody score a TD?
This is almost as boring as last year’s Sun Bowl.
by dingosean on Nov 27, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
THAT AS THE BEST BOWL EVER.
I took a shot of vodka every sack! DEATH.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Cereal
ESPN needs to get rid of Lou Holtz. I’m disgusted listening to him. I feel like I’m covered in old man spit.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:40 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Lou Holtz
I totally get what you’re saying about him.
I like Mark May, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t watching so I was prolly concentrating more on his voice and couldn’t get past all that slobbering.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
You like Mark May? The guy hates on Cal year in and year out and is perhaps the biggest USC apologist on ESPN, and that’s saying something.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Mark May
I don’t have a problem with him. I don’t think he hates on Cal.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
Mark May is no lamer than everybody else on ESPN halftimes. I’ll take him over Craig James (like I’ll take diabetes over cancer)
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Acceptable ABC/ESPN college football personalities: Herbstreit, Fowler, Musberger, and Erin Andrews (for obvious reasons).
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Erin Andrews
Oh, she’s more than just acceptable.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
Rece Davis. He loves Cal and always mentions Tedford and company when given the opportunity.
He also hides his southern drawl very well except when he says ‘why’
“hhhhhWhiiiiiiii”
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Dude anybody else seeing that Tiger Woods wife smashed the back window of his car “to help him get out of the car”?? That makes no sense. ANd he was “found lying in the street” Dude, if she genuinely was tryign to help him wouldnt she take him into the house or to the emergency room? She prolly wass mashing the window as he was driving away trying to escape.
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Sounds to me like he needs a lawyer to get his “old lady” evicted from his house.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
Tiger Woods nailed some chick, wife found out, MULTI-RACIAL FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, media coverup.
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If you represent the tree, you’ll have to renounce your Cal-ness.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
But the fire hydrants prolly red, too. Tough call.
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They could be yellow gold, too. They’re yellow gold here in Ohio land.(At least in my neighborhood they are).
Praise be to Tedford!
Hydrant I saw when in Knoxville for the Cal-TN game...
Not quite the right shade of blue, but a good effort nonetheless:
No shit. The glass shattering probably caused him to swerve into the hydrant and tree
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
You were right???
Tiger Woods did not suffer facial lacerations from a car accident. They were inflicted by his wife, Elin Nordegren — according to a conversation Woods had Friday after the accident. Tiger has yet to be formally interviewed by the Florida Highway Patrol — that should happen this afternoon. But we’re told Tiger had a conversation Friday — with a non-law enforcement type — detailing what went down before his Escalade hit a fire hydrant. We’re told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We’re told it was then Woods beat a hasty retreat for his SUV — but according to our source, Woods says his wife followed behind with a golf club. As Tiger drove away, she struck the vehicle several times with the club. We’re told Woods became “distracted,” thought the vehicle was stopped, and looked to see what had happened. At that point the SUV hit the fire hydrant and then hit a tree. We’re also told Woods had said during the conversation Friday he had been taking prescription pain medication for an injury, which could explain why he seemed somewhat out of it at the scene.
Somehow I think this all comes back to being booed by Cal fans
Read it on a forum, turns out it traces back to TMZ. So probably not too reliable.
Also, why the fuck did WVU keep going ofr it on 4th down? Twice. One one Pitts like 4 yard line. WTF!
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I have no idea what you’re trying to say here.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
Look at how this drive ends:
West Virginia – 5:25
1st-10, WVU40 5:25 J. Brown rushed up the middle for 3 yard loss
2nd-13, WVU37 5:00 J. Brown rushed up the middle for 6 yard gain
3rd-7, WVU43 4:25 J. Brown passed to J. Sanders down the middle for 8 yard gain
1st-10, Pitt49 4:10 B. Starks rushed to the left for 13 yard gain
1st-10, Pitt36 3:40 J. Brown rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
2nd-8, Pitt34 3:10 N. Devine rushed up the middle for 3 yard gain
3rd-4, Pitt30 2:00 J. Brown rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
1st-10, Pitt24 1:35 J. Brown passed to T. Austin to the right for 9 yard gain
2nd-1, Pitt15 1:10 R. Clarke rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain
1st-10, Pitt10 0:45 R. Clarke rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss
2nd-11, Pitt11 0:45 J. Sanders rushed to the right for 8 yard gain
2nd Quarter
West Virginia continued
3rd-3, Pitt3 15:00 J. Brown rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
4th-2, Pitt2 14:45 J. Brown sacked by G. Mustakas
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I musta missed that. I’ve been busy doing things and stuff while kinda watching the game. I’m barely interested. Plus, I’m only rooting for WVU because they kinda look like Cal.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Im rooting against WVU BECAUSE they kinda look like Cal. I mean they cant be the best blue and gold team, they just cant. We got Michigan down, we got WVu down. I thinkw ere good.
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Pittsburgh
I’m rooting for them so they’re undefeated within the Big East just like Cincinnati when they play each other next Saturday.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t want there to be any chance two Big East teams make the BCS
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, here's a crazy idea
Anyone want to go down to the farm and root for Notre Dame tomorrow? Or, screw it, we can just root for Cal again.
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Smart
Or, screw it, we can just root for Cal again.
Now, you’re thinking.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Bye weeks suck
I need something to fill the void.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
If I had either I wouldn’t be on here all the time now would I?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Basketball
The Warriors are on tomorrow night. We’re playing the Lakers in Los Angeles.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
Connecticut-Duke
It’s hard for me to believe that Connecticut was dominated by Duke since Duke shot only 29.6 percent from the floor and Kyle Singler made two shots all night.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:51 PM PST reply actions
How the hell did Bob Davie ever become a HC? If you were a recruit, could you ever take that drawl seriously???
Physical.
We almost hired him . . . twice I believe.
He was one of the finalists when Maruicci got the job and I think he entered the conversation during the Holmoe search phase too. I remember seeing him at the Cal/Alabama basketball game at the Coliseum (where Tony Gonzalez missed a free throw with no time left and Alabama with Antonio McDyess went on to beat us in overtime. Also, I got interviewed by Barry Tompkins at halftime during that game – and completely froze)
Antonio McDyess
I remember when he was good with the Denver Nuggets when they were a bad team.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
I feel Barry Tompkins sounds more like a HC than Davie does
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
ESPN
Who would have thought that they’d be airing a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Oklahoma City Thunder?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:54 PM PST reply actions
I'm watching Rockets/Spurs
Chuck Hayes is putting on a post defense clinic against the best power forward of all time. If he doesn’t get All Defensive Team, no one in the league understands defense.
(And he won’t.)
Chuck Hayes
I have him in one of my fantasy basketball leagues.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
I love love love Chuck Hayes. But really?
He’s giving you like 8 points and 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Your league must be deep. He’s also a Bay Area guy! (San Leandro)
Fantasy Basketball
Yes, my league is deep. We start two players at every position with one extra guard and forward.
I like Hayes because he gives me more rebounds, steals, blocks and shoots a higher percentage than Thaddeus Young and that’s the guy I dropped.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
Are other people not excited for Bucks-Thunder?
This is one of the only times this season you can see Durant or Jennings.
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 27, 2009 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
Brandon Jennings
Man, don’t remind me. I wanted the Warriors to draft him seventh overall and he was fourth on my big board.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
I would be excited, but my Rockets are on TV.
DeJaun Blair has a gigantic ass. How did he slip to the 2nd round?
Knees
Those were a huge concern.
I watched Blair against the Warriors and while he was good at rebounding, he couldn’t score a lick. He even missed a dunk.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
LeonPowe wishes he had knees.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
I was unaware that he could even jump.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Blair literally doesn’t have ACLs. No one has any idea how long he will be able to stay in the league.
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 27, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
Field Goal
Wow, he barely made that.
West Virginia has taken a 6-3 lead over Pittsburgh with 9:18 to go in the third quarter.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:00 PM PST reply actions
Dion Lewis
Coming into tonight’s game as the fourth-leading rusher in the FBS and having 13 touchdowns, Lewis is averaging just 3.6 yards per carry.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:05 PM PST reply actions
Yes
He’s a freshman.
They also have a talented receiver that’s a sophomore.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Why is a church bell supposed to be intimidating?
I wondered that all through Big Game.
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Yeah, but out of context w/o AC/DC or Metalica it just sounds like the church from down the street. And that never scares me or makes me think I can go another yard or three.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
But if you did that while the bell was tolling, that would be prior to the snap!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 27, 2009 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
Field Goal
Pittsburgh ties the game, 6-6, with just under five minutes to go in the third quarter.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:11 PM PST reply actions
Noel Devine
Oh, he took it all the way for a touchdown!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:15 PM PST reply actions
Looks like I woke up just in time!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
you have odd sleeping patterns
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ate a pound of turkey for lunch. Knocked me out.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Devine
He had just 33 yards on 10 carries up to that point.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
West Virginia
An 88-yard touchdown run by Noel Devine has given them a 13-6 lead over Pittsburgh with 4:34 to go in the third quarter.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:17 PM PST reply actions
You have a great owner T-Bred
“Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lives by his own rules. And the only one that matters, apparently, is this: all bad deeds go unpunished. Over the last six years, nearly two dozen L.A. residents have sued Sterling for engaging in racist housing practices and Jim Crow-style bigotry. In a 2003 deposition, the 76-year-old real estate mogul admitted to paying a former employee to have sex with him in an elevator. Three years ago, the U.S. government charged him with “willful” mistreatment of African-American and Latino tenants, and earlier this month, he agreed to pay the Dept. of Justice nearly $3 million to settle a federal racial-discrimination housing lawsuit, the largest award ever for a case of its kind."
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:20 PM PST reply actions
He just wants you fucking kids to get off his lawn
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Chris Cohan
Man, I thought he was bad. Oh, yeah, he still is.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
Chris Cohan is a saint compared to Donald Sterling
You Warriors and your silly ‘gripes’
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
Playoffs
We’ve been there once in 16 years.
That’s all.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
What about the Clippers? Theyre just pathetic..
by dingosean on Nov 27, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
Dave Wannstedt
Man, he was pissed there.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:23 PM PST reply actions
What’s up with him today.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
got his beard tugged too hard last night.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Field Goal
Your kicker’s career long field goal is a 45-yard field goal and he has already missed a 46-yard field goal. Why are you taking a 53-yard field goal?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:27 PM PST reply actions
Interception
Wow, that was a sick grab.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:39 PM PST reply actions
They struggle with kickoff coverage too!
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 27, 2009 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
So this is what it sounds like when doves cry.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like the Pitt is putting up a Wannstashtic performance against WV
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:42 PM PST reply actions
Damn, Russell Westbrook never played like this in college
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:49 PM PST reply actions
UCLA
He was only there for two years, though, I think.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Oregon
How were they winning that game?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
Perhaps
I guess we’ll never know.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno. Cal had big weaknesses at the start of the season. Let me look…
We probably are dead even with Notre Dame. We struggle with Rutgers. We probably win one of two with Cincy and West Virginia.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
South Florida
What do you think about our chances with them?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
At home? We crush them.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
Lawyers, is this the best time for Michigan to fire Rich Rod?
Please help sort out this legalese.
Now as Michigan enters the long, difficult winter of Wolverine discontent, there’s a real issue that has to be decided. If you don’t think Rich Rod is going to get it done at the school, you need to fire him now, before the next season commences.
Why?
Because you have a legal hook that can significantly lessen the blow of the firing — you can argue that Rich Rodriguez breached the terms of his contract by violating NCAA rules. Bang. Meet Michigan’s own stimulus plan for the athletic department, firing Rich Rod for cause.
A bit of a legal primer: All NCAA contracts contain a contractual provision allowing a school to end their relationship with a coach “for cause.” Think of it is as the school’s parachute in the event the plane is going down. Unlike a golden parachute where a coach is fired but receives millions to end the contract, firing someone “for cause” effectively wipes away the buyout provisions in a contract.
Rather than face a multi-million dollar obligation for a buyout, something Michigan fans are all too familiar with after the negotiations between Rich Rod and West Virginia, the school can allege a major violation of NCAA rules or intentional misconduct and show him to the door. Given that the NCAA and Michigan are already investigating Rodriguez and the football program over the amount of hours that players have spent playing or practicing football each week, the door would appear to be open to push Rich Rod out.
Some Michigan fans might be thinking, why can’t we give Rich Rod one more season to see if he can win and then fire him for cause if he fails again? Here’s the reason: If you uncover a breach of your contract and don’t act upon it within a reasonable time, then you can’t later scream breach at your convenience in order to invalidate a contract. According to the law you have to act within a reasonable time upon learning of the breach.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 6:55 PM PST reply actions
This is correct if they can prove “for cause”.
I still don’t think they would or should fire him. If they were dissatisfied with the results the last couple years, see what happens when they bring in a Les Miles that doesn’t run a pure spread system that Rich Rod has recruited for the past two years.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Not necessarily correct
In many contracts, there is a standard “non-waiver” clause stating, basically, that a failure to invoke the protections of a given section of the contract does not bar a party from later invoking the protection. So in other words, if there is such a clause here, Michigan’s failure to pull the trigger on Rich Rod “for cause” now wouldn’t necessarily foreclose them from doing it later.
I haven’t read Rich Rod’s contract, but the wording of the “for cause” provision is important. Several years ago, Ohio State acted swiftly to fire basketball coach Jim O’Brien “for cause” after Coach O’Brien’s admission that he give money to a former recruit. (To be fair, O’Brien’s story was tha the gave the money out of generosity to help the recruit’s family in Serbia, and only after the recruitment had stopped due to the discovery that the recruit was not eligible to play college basketball because he’s played semi pro ball in Europe.) The “for cause” provision in O’Brien’s contract, however, required a formal finding by either the Big1T1en or the NCAA that there had been a violation of NCAA rules. Essentially, because there was not a formal finding by the conference or the NCAA at the time Ohio State fired O’Brien, Ohio State could not establish that the firing was “for cause.” It was a big deal because O’Brien forfeited his buyout clause of his firing was deemed “for cause.” O’Brien later won his lawsuit against the university and won his buyout.
Praise be to Tedford!
The standard of proof to show “for cause” is key without nothing proven yet.
As for whether it is more advantageous now, I suppose that depends upon the burden. If they don’t need an NCAA finding, they might want to try now before the NCAA rules there was no impropriety. That said, by the time the case would get litigated the NCAA would rule one way or another.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Programming Alert
The Nevada-Boise State game is starting on ESPN Classic and will air on ESPN2 after the conclusion of the Pittsburgh-West Virginia game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:04 PM PST reply actions
You've gotta be shitting me
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:04 PM PST reply actions
Touchdown
A big play by Pittsburgh has tied the game, 16-16, with just under three minutes to go in regulation.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:04 PM PST reply actions
Touchdown
It only took Boise State 15 seconds to take a 7-0 lead over Nevada.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:12 PM PST reply actions
Rated-R man, we're all watching the game here
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry
I didn’t know.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not.
No cable and don’t want to goto channelsurfing.net.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
Please continue to provide any information you so desire about the games be it your personal opinion about a play or the specific information of the play.
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I find it kinda endearing when he starts providing descriptions of every play
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 27, 2009 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
I would recommend that Rated-R Superstar continue to comment however he wants regarding the games, even if it may or may not be the very thing that some people may be able to watch.
I know that I was not paying attentiont ot he tv and have it on mute and was thankful for his update.
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I will now provide constant updates merely to spite Avi.
Pitts is trying to ice WVU’s kicker by taking a time out.
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That was reallly conservative. Tedford’s decisions weren’t even close to being as cautious as Stewart’s.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
You mean the continual running? The going for it on 4th down on the opponent’s 2 yard line was UNIMAGINABLY not conservative and could have cost WVu this game.
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I meant running the clock out and attempting a long field goal instead of getting it closer in.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
You’re icing the kicker!
Doesn’t quite have the same zing.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
Damn you!
That’s way better.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Damn, conservatism for the win!
HIRE BILL BENNETT!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:17 PM PST reply actions
Pittsburgh
They can still win the Big East next week with a win over Cincinnati.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:18 PM PST reply actions
Snow
Is that what I’m seeing on the blue field?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:20 PM PST reply actions
Nah, rain
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Live Stream
I have poor quality, then.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
Wrong
You posted a comment.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Damn. I sure do suck tonight.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
CalBandGreat, still enjoying unemployment?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
I am
Why do you ask?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
No reason. Just inquiring.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
Beetdub, I’m totes working on a screenplay or great business idea or thing I forgot when I got stoned the other night.
It’s gonna be awesome! Alls I need is to borrow $50,000. I’ll totes pay you back for cereal.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Chris Ault's been there for 25 years?
Damn, wonder who’s been had their school the longest. JoePa?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:24 PM PST reply actions
He has been there for 60 years, so I am guessing no one beats that (60 includes his asst. coaching days)
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 27, 2009 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a Division 1AA coach who has more wins than either JoePa or Bowen IIRC, but I don’t remember his name.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Point Spread
Isn’t it 14 points?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:25 PM PST reply actions
It was a little bit lower I think.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
Bucks-Thunder update
Jennings hasn’t done much, but the game is 48-46 Bucks due to some good outside shooting.
The Thunder really do have a great young supporting cast for Durant with Westbrook, Green and Harden. Terrible pick taking B.J. Mullens this year though.
Hopefully they can get to the playoffs. This team would be fun giving Denver and LA a charge before the other side started playing defense.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, my hope is that Young Durant has a chance to get playoff experience. Eventually, I think he will be good enough to lead a team deep in the playoffs, but I get the feeling that is 2 or 3 years away because not only does he have to mature, but everyone else on the team has to also.
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 27, 2009 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
GW Field Goal
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
West Virginia
They won it, 19-16, as time expired.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Go Bears East!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 27, 2009 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
GO MOUNTAINEERS! BEAT THE HELL OUT OF PITT! WEST, BY GOD, VIRGINIA!
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Boise State
Man, they’re rolling.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 7:36 PM PST reply actions
This game looks like it could be over in a few minutes
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Yawn
Game looking like it could be over. But you never know, these are two offensive teams.
"It's going to be a long season" - Old Blues from 1868-present
That University of Nevada commercial is lacking midnight casino runs
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 27, 2009 7:48 PM PST reply actions
the freedom tray is the best thing since the snuggie.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Is it so wrong that I want to buy like 8 of those? They are just a tray slathered in the American flag.
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Order now and you get 2 Freedom Huggers, FREE*
*100% Serious, they call those Freedom Huggers.
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Wow
I thought you were joking, despite the disclaimer. Wow.
This Is Our House. 63000±9000 Strong.
by minesweeper on Nov 27, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Soulja Boy
They’re playing one of his songs in the Portland-Minnesota college basketball game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 8:08 PM PST reply actions
Nevada
They’ve finally found the end zone; however, they trail by 17 points.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 8:18 PM PST reply actions
Danzig
Paging danzig.
Technical assistance needed please.
Vereening off into the future....
Competitive
I like it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Nov 27, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Boise St players
are disappearing against the blue turf more than usual tonight.
This Is Our House. 63000±9000 Strong.
by minesweeper on Nov 27, 2009 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
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| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
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Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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