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  2. 2.

    JPL

    The US Open men’s semifinal between Berdych/Murray starts in a few minutes. It rained earlier so they are drying off the courts.

  3. 3.

    r€nato

    At most three of y’all will care about this… but Az State’s new coach, Todd Graham, gets his first real test tonight vs. Illinois. The Sun Devils made a great debut against Northern Arizona U., crushing them 63-3 (as they should have).

    Those of us over 40 grew up spoiled on Frank Kush’s desert dynasty. Ever since his reign was prematurely ended a third of a century ago (gasp) by a cowardly athletic director whose name shall not be said, we’ve been waiting for the 2nd coming of Kush.

    Hoping Graham proves he’s the real deal and not another in a long string of disappointing mediocrities. Fear The Fork!

  4. 4.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    OK, Florida-Texas A&M and Georgia-Missou. Will the newcomers join the SEC with 1-0 starts? I’d hate to see that – especially on the UGA/MO front – but it’s looking likely.

  5. 5.

    Punchy

    Hawkeyes to crizz’ush those damn fools from Ames. Moo U about to get slaughtered, and I have no beef with that….

  8. 8.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    The sports team from my area is superior to the sports team from your area.

  9. 9.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    ABC/ESPN’s obsession with Penn State continues, now they are showing the Nittany Lions playing Virginia.

  14. 14.

    Haydnseek

    While perusing the “Thoughtful Conservative” post by Anne Laurie several posts earlier, I encountered the name Ramesh Ponnuru. Perfect name for a defensive end or linebacker, probably at USC. Oh, and Renato? (Sorry about misspelling your name, I can’t make that symbol) I remember Kush very well. A lot of people thought he was a thug, and maybe he was, but he was a helluva coach. The fact that he was so colorful and entertaining was icing on the cake. Pac12, baby!

  15. 15.

    marcopolo

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: Since from all the press I’ve read the SEC folks don’t seem to be taking either of these two teams seriously, I hope they both win. I don’t dispute deserved dominance of SEC teams in the national spotlight the past few years but it wouldn’t hurt to shake things up a little bit, maybe bring a little more diversity to offensive schemes and suchlike–and no, I am not saying that a team like Missouri currently competes with an Alabama or LSU (but then how many other teams in the nation do atm).

  18. 18.

    r€nato

    @Haydnseek: He was definitely from the old school Woody Hayes era. Yeah he was tough. Football is a tough sport, it’s not for those weak of body nor mind.

    But what he got fired for, was a load of bollocks. I’m sure he’d been tougher than that with players other than Rutledge (the punter who alleged Kush had slapped him around).

  19. 19.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @gene108: They’re gonna have to do better than they did in Atlanta last week. If they lose to UConn – or even if it’s close – it’s gonna be a long, long season.

  20. 20.

    r€nato

    @Haydnseek: Sun Devil Stadium was a place where visiting teams – ranked or not – entered with apprehension and often left on the losing end. Hasn’t been that way since Kush left. John Cooper is the only coach who even began to redeem ASU’s reputation as a top football school.

    Perhaps ASU would have one day graduated from the WAC to the PAC-10, but it would not have happened when it did if it weren’t for Kush.

  21. 21.

    SteveinSC

    Well, this is a football thread, just not the same football but the US really showed its ass last night against Jamaica. A more sluggish performance would be hard to find. It looks like Klinsmann will have to go back to California retirement before he does any more damage to the MNT and our hopes for a decent showing in World Cup competition.

  22. 22.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @marcopolo: I’m a second-generation UGA grad and a big fan, but I’m not a homer. We looked flat as hell in the home opener, which you might write off to the coaches keeping it plain-vanilla in the home opener against a cupcake. But it’s hard to write off the fact that several of the key players on our mega-hyped defense are suspended and didn’t even make the trip to Columbia. We’ll see what we’ll see, but I’m pessimistic.

  23. 23.

    Don

    @marcopolo: I am reminded of Nebraska’s first game in the Big 10, against the Wisconsin Badgers. The Cornhusker fans in WI were talking a lot of smack about the superiority of Cornhusker football cf. all other kinds for days in advance of the game. Badgers showed them how Big 10 football is played, and it took UN awhile to recover, which they did, nicely, upholding the Big 10 reputation in the post season. I hope the opposite is true with the new SEC teams. The SEC needs some slapping around, and I hope it starts today.

  24. 24.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @marcopolo:

    maybe bring a little more diversity to offensive schemes and suchlike

    I’ve heard the “old-man football” talk along these lines, but I wouldn’t expect to see the old-school schemes change until the SEC teams using them start losing.

  27. 27.

    Haydnseek

    @r€nato: I remember those ASU teams very well. As a USC/UCLA fan, I always looked forward to those games on TV. That’s when the Rose Bowl was the by God ROSE BOWL!!! (Puts on geezer hat.) The Frank Kush-Woody Hayes style faded away as the parents of pampered high school players decided that they didn’t want their kids in that style of program. Hell, son, go to Tucson and play for Arizona. It’s just as hot, but at least the coach isn’t gonna smack you around. I could be wrong, but that’s my take.

  28. 28.

    geg6

    @r€nato:

    HAHAHAHAHA! Good luck with that!

    Graham is a talentless grifter. Tell them to hold onto their wallets out there in AZ. He’ll suck and then run away, blaming everyone but himself as he goes.

  31. 31.

    Villago Delenda Est

    All I have to say is “Go Ducks” against Fresno State.

    Fresno State. Traditional “let’s puff up the poll voters” early season fodder.

    Who sometimes bite back.

  32. 32.

    ? Martin

    While y’all are buried in your football for the day, Gallup has Obama at a net +10 favorably (unfavorable dropped by a point over yesterday) and +4 over Romney (up a point over yesterday).

    The former is a 3 day rolling average and is likely to improve slightly more, the latter is a 7 day rolling average is should pick up a few more points.

    Looking like a real bounce for Obama, none for Romney. First debate is in 4 weeks.

  33. 33.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @? Martin:

    Well, there’s panic in the Village. The horse race narrative is in danger of irrelevancy, and this is serious, as those cocktail weenies might have to eat themselves if the preordained narrative isn’t credible at all when compared to reality.

  34. 34.

    Haydnseek

    @SteveinSC: I hear you. That was ridiculous. I don’t want to hear any shit about injuries, either. The players that get a chance to play have to step up. They didn’t. They’re playing Jamaica, fer cryin’ out loud. Klinsmann makes all the right noises, looks the part, has a fabulous track record, but it doesn’t mean a damn thing if you don’t get the result. Hell, he couldn’t qualify for the Olympics. Maybe he’s going for the double, by failing to qualify for the world cup.

  35. 35.

    some guy

    UCF and Ohio State tied at 10. hee.

    Gators are gonna easily handle the Aggies in their own special welcome to the SEC.

  36. 36.

    Jerzy Russian

    Not quite college football, but check out the google home page. Apparently it is the 46th anniversary of Star Trek.

  37. 37.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Gator90: Yeah, but a lot of talent we really need for that game is back in Athens, sitting on their asses and (hopefully) not getting high. And on the UF/TAMU front, Mrs. EDS is a UF grad and rabid fan, so I hope you’re right, but y’all got some big issues on offense.

  38. 38.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    And good GOD, the Auburn/MSU game … want to talk about a game that’s much closer in terms of score than it is on the field. Auburn almost looks like it’s TRYING to turn the ball over as much as it possibly can. I predict AU is rapidly reverting to the Gene Chizik mean. He had a horse shoe up his ass with Cam Newton, but he’s shat that baby now. Without Newton, we’ll see what kind of coach he is. And I strongly suspect there’s no “there” there.

  39. 39.

    raven

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: This is the most suck ass schedule in the 27 years I’ve lived here. I didn’t go last week and I’m not going next week. They keep this shit up and they can forget the sellouts. I get season tix because I’m grandfathered in for faculty staff and they are fairly cheap but Buffalo, FAU and Georgia Southern flat suck.

  40. 40.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @raven:

    I get season tix because I’m grandfathered in for faculty staff

    And there’s your operative phrase right there. They’ve priced working people out of attending games.

    But I think I’ve told you before, I might not ever attend an in-person game again. And that’s not even specific to ball games. The older I get, the more crowd-averse I’ve become. Thank God for HDTV and surround-sound.

  41. 41.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    And watching the AU/MSU game right now prompts this thought: Unless you’ve got an absolute surgeon as a kicker, in light of the new kicking rules, why in the holy FUCK would a team not kick it for the touchback every single time?

  42. 42.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @raven:

    This is the most suck ass schedule in the 27 years I’ve lived here.

    Damn, you sound like Steve Spurrier. :)

  43. 43.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @raven: Also, if you’re looking for a damn good UGA football blog – one that’s so bereft of blind homerism that it’s, at times, positively cynical – Senator Blutarsky’s place is the best I’ve found out there. It’s like the Balloon Juice of Dawg blogs.

  44. 44.

    raven

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: Yep, read it daily. As far as cost, I pay about $20 a game and I just cannot turn down the opportunity to be able to walk to big time games. They have been few and far between but there still are some that I’m glad to see. I usually sell my Fla and bowl tickets and come near breaking even.

  45. 45.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @raven: I’m sure you know this, but “the other Bulldogs” are dismantling Auburn. And it appears USC-E, even without their starting quarterback, is dismantling EC. Weak schedule or not, South Carolina scares the hell out of me if Lattimore remains healthy. Doesn’t look like that injury has slowed him up much.

  46. 46.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @raven: Meanwhile, even though I can’t get the damn game here in Raleigh, I’m watching N.C. State and UConn on the “gamecast” feature at ESPN’s site. Talk about two mules fighting over a turnip. I’m still getting my mind around working at a basketball school.

  47. 47.

    jrosen

    It’s not football (entirely) but: If you want to laugh and cry at the same time, check out how George Will (WaPo) blames the state of college football on….progressivism! Is this the “intellectual” equivalent of birtherism?

    Also: TPM is saying that the R&R’s have pulled their ads from Michigan and Pennsylvania, which looks like they are conceding two very crucial states.

  49. 49.

    bk

    Tulane at Tulsa. With two seconds left in the first half, and Tulsa (with the ball) ahead 35-3, they run a play instead of taking a knee. Two Tulane defenders collide helmet-to-helmet; one of them was carted off in an ambulance (he had stopped breathing).

  50. 50.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Gator90: The Cocktail Party makes for a weird-ass weekend around here, no matter how it goes. My sympathies to the Mrs.

  51. 51.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @bk: Good vibes going out to Walker. How awful. Makes everything else seem so small and insignificant.

  53. 53.

    SteveinSC

    @Haydnseek: It’s really embarrassing, irritating, and depressing to see the talent US MNT have fucking around with Jamaica. I had to hunt down a bar (Ruby Tuesday’s that has DirecTV to find “beinSport,” Al Jazeera’s sports TV entry) to watch the game. Jesus, it just gets worse. Yesterday I was lit up by Chris Kluwe, but after that Jamaica game, I was, and am still, in a grim mood.

    N.B. USC is beating the “do-Jesus” out of ECU so that is something.

  58. 58.

    Steeplejack

    The big dogs of the Southeastern Conference underrate the newcomers at their peril. It’s not like either Texas A&M or Missouri is being promoted from some minor league. A&M seems to be handling Florida right now (17-10 just before the half), and I think there is a very good chance that Missouri will beat Georgia tonight.

  60. 60.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Gator90: Man, even apart from injuries, that arm-tackling … looks like UGA when Willie Martinez was our defensive coordinator.

  62. 62.

    befuggled

    @Evolving Deep Southerner: I cannot stand Holtz. He’s clearly a smart guy and he can be very funny, but he’s physically incapable of being objective about either Notre Dame or South Florida (where his son is head coach).

  63. 63.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Gator90: Good on y’all, brother. Mrs. EDS is happy. So I am happy. I know it’s not over, but by God, whatever happens, great game.

  65. 65.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Gator90: I hope it’s at least as “interesting” as what the Gators did. I have a deep sense of foreboding about it myself, but I feel that way about most games. We’ll see what we’ll see. Win or lose, I’m just ready to get the damn thing played and over with. If we win, by God, I will feel real good going into the meat of the season with our ne’er-do-wells on defense back. If we don’t, well, it just shows we need those ne’er-do-wells too much for our own good.

  67. 67.

    Steeplejack

    I guess this is still the football thread.

    Georgia-Missouri just kicked off. Mizzou wearing some weird retro-looking uniforms, possibly from a Steelers yard sale.

  74. 74.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Steeplejack: It took me awhile to figure out WTF was on Mizzou’s helmets. Post-modern look of a tiger. Anyway, I like to see another champion from another conference, but to tell the truth, I do not like USC because of that weasel Lane Kifflin.

  75. 75.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @raven: I’m not truly worried. Yet. Give Murray a Valium and ring Franklin’s bell, and this game’s over.

  78. 78.

    Steeplejack

    Just got home from getting takeout. I thought Georgia was supposed to be up 20 by now.

    Oops, and Mizzou scores!

  81. 81.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Steeplejack: Grantham and Bobo better be making some hellacious second-half adjustments right now. I don’t know whether the answer is to run, pass, shit or go blind. I hope they know better than me. That’s why they make the big bucks.

    All I know is that Elvis has left the building now. If we can’t blow through that hole and fuck Franklin’s shit up, we deserve to lose.

  83. 83.

    Steeplejack

    @Evolving Deep Southerner:

    Have to admit I’m pulling for Mizzou. Georgia is probably the better team, but I just don’t buy all the “SEC is God” hype. Florida barely beat Texas A&M today, and the Dawgs look like they’ve got their hands full tonight.

  88. 88.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Can’t watch anymore LSU-Washington, Nebraska-UCLA much better. Hats off to Sacramento State! And Wisconsin’s loss to Oregon State is FSM’s judgement for the failure to recall Scott Walker,may FSM’s judgement be harsh on the Packers!

  94. 94.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    Go HOGS. You sorry motherfuckers. Glad Georgia won. EXTREMELY glad those toplofty motherfuckers lost to a nobody.

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