stolen bike dynasty

gypsies and mormons

2006-12-14T23:13:00.000-08:00

this will be my last post on blogger............

the new url is http://stolenbikedynasty.wordpress.com/

just like pretty young blondes who convert disillusioned kids to the Church of Latter Day Saints, CL from Riverdale Palm Trees has converted me to wordpress. The new beta blogger layout (yuk!) combined with the cool google search stats feature (a person typed in "Dating White Girls" to get to Riverdale Palm Trees and we also found out how many of our friends google themselves) prompted the move

the online gypsy caravan has been in effect before, mostly from email urls. ahhh lets see my first email address was phatkan@hungover.com, then there was willieboy84@gocubs.com and the email that I used throughout highschool and college was migrantfarmer@ilovecrayons.com, ha all i can say about the emails i printed up when crayola closed down this url is:

Drama
Drama
Drama
PRACTICE

anyways i'm rushing to play my SEC Championship game against Florida, so here are highlights in point form of my 56-13 blowout against BYU:

p.s. I like mormons, they are my favorite strict religion and ya I like Steve Young and I used to have a semi crush on Julie Stoffer from Real World New Orleans (she had similar features of someone i knew)

- 3rd string Greg Montgomery QB played the first series of the game, he went 0-3, but got to play again in the 4th quater and finished with 116 yards and 1 TD
- Terrence Graves had 5 total TDs; 10-12 for 171 yards and 2 TDs, 39 yards rushing 3 TDs
- rushing against the 3-5-3 is tough
- top rusher was 4th string RB Carlos Roberts (FR from Orange County) he had one rush for a 52 yard TD
- Canadian WR Kenny Thornton had 5 catches for 128 yards and 2 TDs

Aaron Mikulec is in the running for best DEF player and best LB. Behind him are two LBs from Oklahoma. Both Bama and Oklahoma have conference championship games. So these awards will probably be determined by their performances at these games. USC finished undefeated and is probably hoping for a Bama or Oklahoma loss.

And to close out my career here on blogger, I must say that there are many things I hate about Vancouver but their are a couple I'm proud of: new life, i developed a better appreciation of all things toronto and my friends and fam, cheap sushi, main st., commercial drive, work basketball league, cooking with TS, the 84 Bus, half asian chicks who sleep with me, drink specials, 2003-2005 wednesday nights at the main legion, eastvan theatre, a day trip to seattle is better than a day trip to buffalo, and my bike that Joy gave me, but i have never been more proud of my adopted city than when I found out that gypsies have been robbing jewlery stores in the lower mainland. I'm sorry I'm tearing up...

SEE YALL ON WORDPRESS, ROLL TIDE

sanchez dirty in iron bowl win

2006-12-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

Seth Sanchez finally had his breakout game. An 80 yard TD in the 2nd quarter put momentum in Bama's favor. McCullar followed up the freshman's run with an INT TD, paving the way for Alabama's 40-17 victory. Graves played most of the game at QB going 9-13 for 121 yards and 1 TD (to SR Curry) but the focus was on the run which tired out Auburn's D; run stats below:

Ferguson 127 yards
Sanchez 90 yards 1 TD
Coles 51 yards 1 TD

All SRs were immpressive in their tearful last game in Tuscaloosa. Bama will now celebrate by taking a trip to Provo Utah to face 1-9 BYU. Coach Namath promises a mormon girl to each non-married Tide member. Florida in on the horrizon, but for now its party time BYU style. However McCullar is already calling out Oklahoma WR star Jonathan Young: After scoring his TD, McCullar pulled out a sharpie and wrote "Jonathan Young's sister" on the ball and started to dry hump it.

McCullar returning an INT for a TD he later dry humped the ball

notes:
Bama's strength of schedule is looking good as West Virginia and Arkansas still only have one loss. Both loss to the Tide earlier in the year by 3 points.

bama clinches SEC West

2006-12-12T16:32:00.000-08:00

Bama clicnhed the SEC West title with a 16-10 victory over LSU. Do not let the close score fool you, this game was sloppy. It started out well as Terrence Graves rushed for 65 yards and was 3-3 for 23 yards in the 1st quarter, however he sprained his elbow and was out for the game. Spicer came in but played horribly. Starting LT Jordan Johnson was suspeneded for the game for missing a mandatory workout, so in came Peter McCullough, this year's Anthony Muir Scholarship recipient. And in typcial Tony style, he sucked and was pushed around by the LSU RE all game. Seth Sanchez would score the only Tide TD in this fumble fest and for once on NCAA 07 , it was the CPU team that had fumblelitis. It got to the point where LSU fumbled the ball twice in the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter. Out of respect, I punted the ball back to them on 1st down. I could not let the game end with back to back CPU fumbles, even though it has happened to the User team countless times before. This sets up a matchup in Atlanta against SEC East champs Florida. But Auburn and BYU are still left in the regular season.

There could be a possible rematch of the 2011 national title game which saw Oklahoma beat Alabama in OT. Half black half native OU WR Jonathan Young of Pontotoc, Mississippi, (who is well aware that his route from MS to OK is smiliar to that of his ancestor's on the Trail of Tears) is the frontrunner for the Heisman and he is already talking smack about the Alabama secondary. "Those carpetbaggers Mills and McCullar and them scalawag safties ain't got nothin' on this relocated country boy". Young is a 19th century American History major.

Also of note I would like to officially welcome Mike and his UCLA dynasty into the wiki. Hahaha sucker and although not as hardcore as us, Jeff A.K.A. S.O. lost in the national title in his OU dynasty to USC, on a SAFETY.

2006-12-11T09:42:00.000-08:00

With an early commitment from army brat Marcus Minor, the #1 rated QB from Fort Bliss, TX (if you haven't read about Fort Bliss, you should), I am wondering if I should stop recruiting the #2 QB Jeremy Hood of Cinncinati. At 6'2 205 and with 4.52 speed, Hood is a Terrence Graves clone. However our scouts tell us that he has poor discipline and poor potential. He is straight thuggin and is the polar opposite of the military man Minor. Also from the start of the year, he has had Bama #1 on his list. I want to avoid a controversey at QB, but at the same time I am afraid that Minor may go off to fight terror. Boosters, what's your take?

Also I need Grossman, Berian, Chicago D & Thomas Jones not to get 50 pool points in order for me to advance to the semi finals in my work fantasy football pool. Go Rams

cupcake tuneup

2006-12-10T17:11:00.000-08:00

wow, NFL was pretty fun today. Vince and Leinart were sick. The Cards / Seahawks (forever the butt end of jokes) I must say play the most exciting football out there. Anyways back to important news. Hopefully tonight I will play LSU, after then its Auburn. Yup: Tigers squared. End of the year always proves to be tough in my Dynasty, but this year I added BYU for fun, so that I could have a snow game and stick it to Mormons.

Leading up into the game of the week against 8-1 LSU, I had two cupcake games which proved no problem, except for the fact that there appears to be a controversy for the #2 WR spot. FR Anthony Thomas who was #6 on the depth chart, all of sudden progressed 5 points to an 85 rating. With his speed and agility there was no way I could keep him out of the lineup. Canadian Kenny Thornton (pictured right) established himself as the #1 guy, he broke an Alabama single game reception record vs. Miss St. And SR Lawrence Curry who returns punts and kickoffs is fine at #3. However Freshmen Chris Richard and Thomas along with SOs David Wayne and Wes Holey all have about the same ability. And all except Richard (he's a nice guy) are demanding the ball. Anyways their performance in the LSU and Auburn games will most likely determine their futures at Alabama. Key stats below, enjoy:

Alabama 52, Mississippi St 7 Tuscaloosa

Spicer 9-10, 156 yards 2TDs
Graves 14-18, 190 yards 3TDs
Ferguson 100 yards
Thornton 12rec 213 yards 3TDs (school rec for single game rec)

Alabama 38, Vanderbilt 10 Nashville

Spicer 8-12, 118 yards 1TD
Graves 9-12, 95 yards 2TDs; 47 yards rushing
Ferguson 130 yards 2TDs
Anthony Thomas 3rec 63 yards 1TDs (The TD was sick, he juked past everyone)

k I'm going home to watch Saints / Cowboys

MARCUS MINOR, fort bliss, tx,

2006-12-10T14:02:00.001-08:00

Terrence Graves will most likely stay for his 5th year and will be the starter at QB for the 2013 season. However the future signal caller is Marcus Minor of Fort Bliss, Texas, the #1 rated QB. At 6'3 232 and with 4.6 speed, this guy is a machine. No seriously, this guy might be an actual robot or a genetically cloned military experiment. Spanning 1.12 million acres (size of Rhode Island) Fort Bliss is the largest military base on US soil. Not much is known about Minor, except for the fact that his parents are high ranking officers. Minor, who turned down Texas A & M (no female cheerleaders!) also played LB and is the 2nd 915 (not to be confused with ginofied 905) superstar to sign with the Tide, Socorro's Seth Sanchez was the first. Marcus is also a weapons specialist and he enjoys watching missle tests at the White Sands Missle Range, which is located by Fort Bliss. Now I have motivation to play this game for at least 3 more Dynasty years.

defensive disharmony

2006-12-10T11:51:00.000-08:00

bama is 7-0, Spicer and Graves have no problem with the 2 QB system. Not since the Choctow indians provided $710 worth of relief to Ireland during the potato famine, has racial harmony been so high. Unfortunately the same harmony can not be said of the Alabama defense. The picture to the right taken at the Tennessee game says it all: CB David McCullar clearly has the INT, but LB Aaron Mikulec (who is in the heisman race) and FS Alphonso Cole, are trying to jack him of his glory.While the D is on the verge of becoming the greatest ever, the clashing of egos and personalities are becoming a problem in the locker room. The safties, Stephen Schilcher and Cole are straight country hicks who like fishing; they hate the NYC suburban / wannabe Queens attitude by CBs McCullar and Mills. Meanwhile LBs Mikulec and Gavin Lee are pure blue collar and they too hate M & Ms swagger and have even threatened them at various off campus parties. Of course all this info and more on each player's individual profiles on the wiki

Prior to matchup with Tennessee, thrash talking McCullar was charged with plagiarism. The University wanted him out for 2 games, but Namath only suspeneded him for the first half. "The Vols WRs are tough" was Coach Namath's response. The score was tied 14-14 at the end of the second quarter, but once McCullar stepped in, and Tennessee's passing game was shut down. McCullar played the game of his life and he reminded everyone about it, including his own teammates.

"You hicks ain't nothing without me"

"East coast, what!"

"The southern man, does need me around, anyhow"

"Jersey all up in this Jefferson Davis shit"

Aaron Mikulec (a proud southerner) almost lost it and called him a "carpetbagger", but Coach Namath took him to the side and forced him to listen to Joanna Newsom to calm down. "Bridges and Ballons" is a personal favorite of his. He loves harps. But still Bama won 28-14, OLB Darrell "crowbar" Johnson had 10 tackles and 2 sacks and was all over the field, he has stayed out of jail all year. However with LSU and Auburn coming up, Namath better purchase a couple more copies of "Ys" to calm everyone down.

ebony and ivory

2006-12-06T16:01:00.000-08:00

play this in another window while reading this post

Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we ?

If Governor George C. Wallace had a crystal ball and could look into the future to see the two QB system work effectively in my Dynasty, he might not have been standing in the doorways at the University of Alabama. Instead he might have been holding a rainbow colored "Welcome" sign. When African American Terrence Graves beat out our forefather's ideal American Travis Spicer for the starting spot, the more conservative members of Alabama's fanbase were outraged. The emotionally unstable Spicer did not care as over the years he has developed a love of academics, but pressure from his parents to make the NFL has forced him to stay on the football team.

Regardless coach Namath vowed to use a two QB system and thus far it has led Alabama to a 7-0 record and a #1 ranking. Avoiding the Wright / Zelmon conflict over at Riverdale Palm Trees, Spicer and Graves have developed a mutual respect for each other. Namath usually starts Graves, while Spicer spends the 1st quarter working on his paper "The Banana Effect: Why the Asian Girl wants to be white." Spicer comes in when the opposing team's SPY is working effectively and when a long bomb is needed. They don't even go after the same women anymore: Graves likes hispanic girls, while Spicer likes Asians, both rare commodities at the University of Alabama. Before they always competed for the affection of the white sorority girls who were turned down by then starting QB Chad Arnold. However they both had WS 205 Women's Autobiographies on their class schedule and they were forced to read Smashed by Koren Zailckas which made them feel bad about taking advantage of girls who funneled beer on a daily basis. Woooooooooooooo, SPRING BREAK 2000!

Here are the top offensive stats from the last two games (the defensive story to come later, hint: not as much harmony):

Alabama 35, Ole Miss 14 - Tuscaloosa
Graves 9-13 98 yards, 60 yards rushing 1 TD
Spicer 6-9 61 yards, 1 TD
Ferguson 123 yards 1 TD
Sanchez 53 yards 2 TDs

Alabama 28, Tennessee 14 - Knoxville
Graves 4-9 70 yards, 29 yards rusing
Spicer 7-12 95 yards 1 TD, 1 RUSHING TD!
Ferguson 84 yards
FB Coles 2 TDs

Spicer taking advice from Graves to rush the ball if no one is open, Racial Harmony at its finest! Ebony and Ivory!

korean kids love uga

2006-12-03T14:34:00.000-08:00

the match against youtube message board fascist Oregon St will have to wait one year, i totally forgot that i had taken them out of the schedule and put in an end of the year week 14 match at BYU so I could play in the snow and stick it to mormons. i love their women though.

it was a rematch from the 2011 SEC title game which was an epic battle with Alabama winning 24-21. UGA pretty much returned the same cast led by QB Ed Durfee (the highest rated QB in 2012).He gave the Tide's stellar D(yes I know such an Eastvan word) trouble going 20-31 for 302 yards and 2 TDs, while rushing for 1 TD as well. But thats all UGA was, a one man show. Just look below at the QB and RB stats to see how spread out the Bama offense was

QBs
Spicer 6-8-116
Graves 6-11-109-1; 37 yards rush

RBs
Ferguson 64 yards 1 TD
FB Coles 64 yards 1 TD

WR Kenny Thronton (from the K-dub) was 4-79-1 in a tough 30-21 Bama victory. A possible national title rematch good be in the works as OU won the Red Rivershootout over Texas 56-17. Now enjoy these young Korean UGA fans singing dixie:

fast

2006-12-03T12:34:00.000-08:00

okay we all know that "Kiss Me" by sixpence non the richer is my favorite song of all time, so here is that very song really fast:

also you know what else is fast.... The 2012 Crimson Tide Defence. I had to replace a lot of players from last year, but I am loving this squad because it features a bunch of 1st time starters who are 5th year SRs (DT Crewes, DT Christian, MLB Lee, CB Mills) giving them only one chance to shine. I also have a sweet secondary even though they don't get along off the field. Thrash talking CBs Eddie Mills and David McCullar are NY/NJ kids who love Jay Z, while Safeties Schilcher (who is white) and Alphonso Cole are southern country kids with heavy drawls who enjoy fishing. There is also my nutcase, alcoholic OLB Aaron Mikulec ,who is your stereotypical long haired white Linebacker. He is also my first player ever to be put on the Heisman list. And he's on Defense too!

So far I am 6-0 and holding onto my #2 ranking thanks to my D(individual game updates to come). OLB Darrell Johnson (who is on parole for a crowbar incident back in h.s. involving super FR Alex Branch) achieved the Defensive Hatrick (FF / INT/ SACK) last game against Ole Miss.

another typical friday night: Bama wins

2006-12-01T23:18:00.000-08:00

alright, once again spent a friday night working late, and another bus ride on the way back home ease dropping to various kids's cellphone conversations about "how much they're going drink" or "who they want to sleep with". And I don't know if its just that I'm getting older but these kids seem like the loudest ones on the bus. But hey, no hate, just jealousy, I miss those times when I was the drunk kid on the bus going to some random house party. Regardless I've grown up and now spend my off time playing NCAA Football and blogging about it, and man this Friday night did not disappoint.

As usual Arkansas was my 1st SEC opponent and they are always ranked and always undefeated. With SVSW out of the way, it was now time to focus on the SEC West title. And my Defense was sloppy as was my running game. I was down 21-10 at the end of the first half, but the 3rd quarter started with a 105 yard kickoff return for a TD by SR WR Lawrence Curry. Curry (pictured right) was just a two star athlete out of h.s. but he has worked his way to the #3 WR. Definitely a personal favorite of mine. From this point on Terrence Graves took over, throwing for 125 yards and 1 TD, while rushing for 100 and 1 TD against a very tough Arkansas D. K Justin Brooks hit the 2nd game winner of his career for a 31-28 Bama victory. FR Chris Richard was not having the same success as Jason Weaver; he dropped a lot of catches in his 1st SEC game, and a road game too. SR Lawrence Curry, identical SO's Wes Holley and David Wayne all stepped up in the clutch, making Richard's spot as the #2 WR not so certain. But he's okay with that because he's a good guy.

Hopefully Richard will get his confidence back up in a non-conference matchup in Corvallis against Oregon St. Their fans have been giving CL a hardtime on youtube message boards. (Wow 445 views and 12 comments as of post time, people are watching) They are jerks, but in a good way. Nice soundtrack.

Working all weekend but will hopefully get a break to catch the SEC Championship and USC vs UCLA. Oh and the cory infatuation is put on hold as I have a new pseudo celeb crush, just look at my myspace top 5 and for once she's over 18 and not so well known (more on her later)

SVSW 2012: who told them about the spread?

2006-11-29T22:31:00.000-08:00

The festivities at South vs. Southwest started well for the Tide. Emanuel Henry won a contest, a shooting range was set up in which both bama and zona fans got to take shots at their favorite Democratic Senator or House Rep and the Nerds won the drinking contest over the soccer team. But after losing the charity ball hockey tournament to Arizona (my wht C Casey Maynard graduated) and being put in a 37.5 point hole, thanks to Lander's impressive victory over the Tide in his Dynasty, things looked tough in my quest to capture the fabled egg.

However with a 45-7 lead going into the 4th quarter, Bama looked well on their way to cover the 37.5 spread on aggregate. The egg was ready to be shipped to Tuscaloosa. The two QB system was put in place and Travis Spicer had thrown 4 TDs to 4 different receivers (FB Dominic Coles, HB Steve Ferguson, HB Seth Sanchez, WR Chris Richard) and Terrence Graves, went 7-8 for 119 yards and even rushed for 31 yards and 1 TD. And the Defense was even more impressive as Zona's pass and run game were dead flast. Justin Abdullah would not be pleased.

But with a 45-7 lead SR John Jones of Tuba City, AZ, who did nothing the whole game, ran a 95 yard kick return for a TD. WTF???????? Someone must have told them about the spread because after that Arizona was a different team. Defamer reported that a plane filled with several Zona grads from 2011 arrived on the sidelines in the 4th quarter, informing the players of the importance of the egg. DT Jamaal Collins gave a speech about his parents that inspired the troops, while Darryl Steltz brought along music legend Kevin Federline with him and the crew did not want to let him down. For the first time in the game, the Cats stopped Bama's offense, then WR Steve Mack, a SO from West Hollywood, made an insane one handed catch on 4th down, to set up a TD. Bama stayed undefeated but once again losses the egg, The spread was not covered.

Alabama 45, Arizona 21
aggregate: Arizona 55. Alabama 52

travis spicer throwing one of his 4 tds, to a wide open seth sanchez

john jones breaking through bama's special teams (understood the importance of the egg)

will hear from this guy in future SVSW games: WR steve mack of west hollywood

eat it wvu & F U pigeons

2006-11-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

a snow storm hit vancouver and we survived water-gate 2006 (hahahaha I thought of that one on my own) and for the first time I think I felt at home out here on the west coast. Surviving pseudo disasters (SARS, Eastern Shore blackout, etc.) and 1st snowfalls are Toronto staples. So when I woke up to Ontario-esque snow on sunday morning me and a couple of friends went to the beach and pretty much had a sweet snow day. Very much reminded me of being a kid in toronto, making crappy snowmen and chucking snowballs at birds. Particularly pigeons, I hate those a$$holes. F U Pigeons

So with work hours and fun in the snow I've been distracted from the Dynasty for a bit, but I managed to finally play my game against #7 WVU. And after trying a couple games out on the 360, I realized that Current Gen NCAA is where its at and my WVU game did not disappoint. Holy smokes was I wrong in thinking that QBs would make the difference in this game. This game was all kicking. First off, QB Terrence Graves knocked out any thoughts of a 2 QB system, his stats weren't impressive going 11-16 and 165 yards and 31 yards rushing, but he didn't screw up. There was no need to put in SR Travis Spicer, but he did throw a sweet 30 yard bomb at the end of the 1st half to set up an important FG. Anyways long story, short, my Defense was sick (though it still feels awkward with all the new starters) and my converted Punter Justin Brooks hit two 50 yard FGs, one of which was the Game Winner in a 23-20 Bama victory. Humble FR WR Chris Richard had the first big game of his career with 6 receptions for 123 yards. Richard is featured in this interview,, with his direct opposite, Tampa Thug Jason Weaver.

(sorry for the short update, I really want to finish Season 1 of Veronica Mars 2nite and play my portion of South vs. Southwest, which Landers smoked Bama 34-7, meaning I have to win by 38 points, I want that egg, but I will play the game, as if I didn't know the results of the other game)

reese / arnold, go 1-2 in NFL Draft

2006-11-26T22:49:00.000-08:00

This is like seeing your kids go off to college. Very touching day. Josh Reese returns to his home state of Ohio. 6 members of the Crimson Tide were drafted in the 1st round, 12 in total. Most 1st rounders are expected to start. With the 1st overall pick in the Draft, the Cleveland Browns took Reese and signed him to a symbolic 4 year 44.4 million dollar contract with a 10 million dollar bonus. Reese wore #44 at Alabama. The next pick went to San Francisco and they must be pissed with Alex Smith, because they took QB Chad Arnold and signed him to a 7 year 71.8 million dollar contract. Reese came in with an 86 rating, while Arnold had 90!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "CHAD IS FAB" tshirts are already top sellers in San Fran. However I'm most proud of Bernard Quinn who grew up as a poor country boy in Mississippi and now he can buy his family a nice house after signing a 5 year 44.6 million dollar contract. Draft details below:

1-1 Josh Reese HB, Cleveland Browns
1-2 Chad Arnold QB, San Francisco 49ers
1-14 Brandon Luke WR, Carolina Panthers
1-24 Bernard Quinn DT, Cincinnati Bengels
1-25 Jason Parker DE, Chicago Bears
1- 31 Marvin Harrison MLB, Indianapolis Colts
2-44 Joel Thompson WR - Washington Redskins
2-58 Jason Miles CB - Kansas City Chiefs
3-73 Lance Scott FB - Minnesota Vikings
4-97 Seth Bailey DE - Cleveland Browns
6-161 Casey Maynard C - Cleveland Browns
6-171 Bryan Mitchell TE - Jacksonville Jags

LSU QB and NCAA PASS TD record holder, Michael Snyder wasn't picked until the 2nd round where he went to the Vikings (very happy that I will no longer have to play him in college). Bama DT Zach Saint Preux went undrafted but signed a 1 year deal with the Browns, while K Jason Hall who was projected as a 3rd round pick, also went undrafted. His missed FG has blacklisted him amongst NFL GMs. Have fun with the Blue Bombers jerk.

a tale of three QBs

2006-11-25T22:04:00.000-08:00

Making this quick because this UF / Kansas college ball game is pretty sweet and Veronica Mars disc 5 season is calling. Anyways I had a rare day off today and I must say that was worth it to see Dwayne Jarrett perform the way he did with a seperated shoulder. So Dynasty report, I play #7 West Virginia (I'm #2) and they have a sweet QB in JR Mike Forte from Fullerton, PA. Check out his stats

FR 2208 yards 30 TDs; 661 yards rushing, 5 TDs; Freshman All American
SO 2077 yards 32 TDs ; 1115 yards rushin, 8 TDs; 1st Team All American

In those two years of starting, WVU has only one lost. They were undefeated last year but screwed out of the title. As for Bama's situation I am going to have to use speedy Terrence Graves along with pocket QB Travis Spicer (pictured right). Everyone knows I've been a flip flopper when it comes to playbooks but all of last year, West Virginia's playbook was perfect for my team. In my season opener, it did not work so good against Northwestern. So I've been trying out the playbooks of UND, USC and Ohio St. in practice, and UND has the slight edge as I will be able to use my two QB system, while still focusing the offense around Steve Ferguson. But I think the game will come down to the three QBs Forte, Spicer & Graves

I doubt I'll play my south vs. southwest game, but if I do, I am giving myself a 10 point spread and here are the slider codes on heisman

off: aBWqHse1
def: VSGMEYq1

use hand cuff pennant

cory's profile and web cred

2006-11-23T17:44:00.000-08:00

okay so I've spent a good portion of november trying to figure out Cory's Blogger profile. Is it some alternate reality game like CAthy's Book? (which by the way is very cool)Anyways I finally figured it out

You have to dig a hole to China. Where do you start?

Where do ants go when it rains??

hmmmm part one of the question, I dunno Mongolia? Richmond B.C.? Spadina and Dundas? Why does some L.A. chick want to go to China anyway? I heard its communist. And where in China does she want to go. Hong Kong? Xinjiang Province???? You perplex me Cory!

Part Two: they die, in an ant hill, in the grass. blaaaaaaaahhhh driving me crazy, what are you trying to say Cory, what?

It took me awhile but I finally realized that these aren't questions or some game, but rather some clever way of saying that she's.......

are you ready?.............

are you sure???????

it will blow your mind!!!!!

UNDERGROUND

hahhahahha you rule Cory. I finally get it. By the way she's much taller than I thought. Also her web cred got bigger when she was denied entry into elitist website Wikipedia. Here was the response from wikipedia's factonistas:

There is no evidence that The Cobra Snake is itself a notable website, or that the parties she attends are notable, so all the more there cannot be evidence that she is notable for being on The Cobra Snake or for attending parties.

If she's an internet phenomenon, the internet doesn't really seem to be aware of that.

If the girl actually sticks around, there'll be media, and you can rewrite the article about her then. Does it really hurt that much if the interweb's flavor of the month doesn't automatically get a Wikipedia article? There's something to be said for standards.

anyways wikipedia bites, our wiki (which has hardcore info on me and Lander's dynasties, is so much better)

slow start to season & guns for seniors

2006-11-23T15:13:00.000-08:00

okay so we've all seen the UCLA kid get tasered and have heard about 92 year old Kathryn Johnston getting gunned down after shooting three cops. You have some people pointing to these two incidents as prime examples in abusing authority, while others question why campus police and a 92 year old felt the need to have weapons in the first place. Booooorrrrriinnng, if anything these unfortunate events illustrate:

1. how much UCLA sucks: and yes I did make my opinion heard on our generations most important stage, yup a youtube message board

2. the need to better train senior citizens in the use of fire arms. clearly the individual who sold or gave Ms. Johnston (RIP I give kudos for taking out three cops) did not teach her the importance of avoiding retaliation shots after you fire your gatt. We need more gun training for seniors. Bulletproof wheelchairs need to be mass produced. And yes if anything we need to do what C.T. Dirt says on his blog:

"guns deter criminals...seniors are easy prey...seniors with guns are not easy prey...seniors with guns deter criminals! Okay, that riddle is solved!
"

yeessss, oh by the way TCU Sucks, Roll Tide

So back to more important things.In both our dynasties, me and Landers are having to deal with losing some of our favorite players, not only in NCAA history, but in video game history as a whole. In pro-sports games like Madden or NBA 2k, rarely does one have to rebuild or deal with player loses, where one would be able to just sign a guy to a Rick Dipietro-esque contract (for those who don't follow hockey: he signed with Isles for 15 years). Thats the beauty of college sports games and part of the reason why we are going strong in the 6th years of our dynasties.

But Landers seems to be dealing with his Post-Abdullah days much better than I am with my post Bama 2011 grad class. Game wise that is, not emotional, no one could ever replace Abdullah. But in his cupcake game, Landers blew out Utah state 69-3. Bama on the other hand, had a tough time in a road game against midwest nerds Northwestern. First the excuses, I only returned 3 players on offense (all on the OL) and 5 on defense. So while these guys have all the talent in the world to generate a #2 pre-season ranking, they lack game experience. And it showed as I was only able to beat the midwest nerds 24-14. In his first start at QB Graves rushed for 96 yards, but he only threw for 74 and he had 3 INTs. Spicer was decent going 4 for 9 for 60 yards, so I will probably use a two QB system. SR HB Steve Ferguson bailed the team out with a 105 yard 2 TD performance. All the Freshman that saw the field, played well but they are not ready for #7 West Virginia who is up next in Bama's home opener. Credit to Northwestern, but my team just could not execute. Will be making the switch to Ohio St. playbook as it looks I'll focus my offense around Ferguson.

Reese, Arnold, Thompson, Luke, Quinn, Harrison, Parker, we miss you

K Jason Hall, we don't miss you, screw yourself.

graves named starter; sanchez excels in practice

2006-11-21T00:35:00.000-08:00

I am working on a detailed recruiting report on my #1 rated class on the wiki, but anyways in the Spring game the Crimson Squad (starters) won 30-20. JR Terrence Graves was named starter after the game an outstanding performance going 6-7 for 80 yards and 1 TD. He was put in, after SR Travis Spicer went 3-13 for 26 yards. Spicer has the tools to be a great NFL QB, but the Linemen weren't blocking for him and the Receivers were dropping his passes. The team clicked with Graves. But Namath to still give Spicer PT if Graves struggles. This situation is unlike the famous Dane Wright / Zelmon deal, as Graves has already proved that he can play well in the clutch

In Septermber we got our first look at all the incoming Freshman and Texas H.S. player of the year, Seth Sanchez (seen above avoiding a tackle by doing a matrix-esque leap) looked sweet. He will play the 3rd down back roll in the offense this year, even though rsFR William Fuller is a higher rated back. Sanchez was recruited as an Athlete and at 6'2 can act as decent WR. He will probably return kickoffs and punts too

Other off-season notes

- converted HB Dominic Coles to FB and he improved by 11 to a 99 overall
- Bama has six new starters on D, including the entire DL
- team will stay with West Virginia's playbook but will also try out Ohio St's
- converted Punter Justin Brooks to K, as no new kicking recruits came in (probably scared because of treatement of Kicker Jason Hall after he missed the FG in the championship game last year)
- top WR is Canadian Kenny Thornton

OU / BAMA recap & racist kramer

2006-11-20T21:07:00.000-08:00

okay it was tough, but I've moved on. I recruited the #1 class and all my key seniors will have decent NFL careers. I'm pretty excited about several players, including the state MVPs from Alabama, Texas & Cali. Detailed report to come. But one must learn from his past mistakes, Like Michael Richards (Kramer) should learn from this outburst. Apparently he'll be on Letterman tonight apologizing. Anyways here is a recap of that terrible night in New Orleans

DT Bernard Quinn and QB Chad Arnold at the coin toss for their last ever game in the Crimson and White. Yall both be missed, sho nuff.

TE Eric Goolsby (who seems to be in an unknown booster's pocket) with a key catch here in traffic that set up a FG. Scoring was low in the 1st Half, OU had the only TD (a 91 yard bomb) and they were up 10-6.

If there were a 6th man award in football, it would go to QB Terrence Graves. Several times this year, Graves has come in off the bench to spark the offense with his Vince Young talent. Here Graves is running in for an important 2 point conversion that tied the game at 20. It looked as if K Jason Hall would be the only scorer as Bama found themselves down 20-12. But a pass TD to SR Joel Thompson set up this 2 point conversion

In the dying seconds of the 4th quarter Joel Thompson caugh a pass on a 3rd down to set up a 30 yard GW FG..........

...............Jason Hall who was 4 for 4, kicked wide right sending the game into overtime

OU won the coin toss and Bama was first on offense. Pass play in the spread formation was the 1st playcall and I misjudged dime CB Clifford Cleveland who ran for the national championship winning TD. Above picture is posted in Coach Namath's office as a reminder and for motivation.

Key Stats
Chad Arnold 15-24-219-1-2
Joss Reese 120 yards
Joel Thompson 4-66-1
Brandon Luke 5-82
Harrison "Vegas Sunshine" 7 t, 1 s
OU QB Brandon Davis 119 yards 1 TD, 111 rush yards

WVU ended winning the orange bowl, giving the College Football world two undefeated teams, while Bama finished #3. With Coach Namath's blessing Brandon Luke declared early for the NFL Draft. Despite the loss, the 2011 Bama perhaps jumps ahead of my Leafs in NHL 94 or my Gonzaga Bulldogs in March Madness 2005 as my favorite all time video game team. The Leafs and Bulldogs both won championships, proving that winning ain't everything. Yes that was a chessy line to end this post, but I really loved this team.

MV

p.s. thanks Ohio St for giving me Josh Reese :)

nola heartbreak

2006-11-19T22:49:00.000-08:00

this is my 100th post on blogger and this is how the 2011 national title ended in New Orleans. In overtime with a 26-20 Oklahoma victory over Alabama

yes that is SR Josh Reese trying to catch up with dime DB Clifford Cleveland as he returned a Chad Arnold INT for a National Title winning TD. I am not angry but sad. I wanted to do this for the SRs. But K Jason Hall missed an easy 30 yard FG which would've won the game for the Tide. He is no longer allowed in the state of Alabama. More details to come later, I am heartbroken, but proud.

Roll Tide

2011 SEC title game update

2006-11-19T17:05:00.000-08:00

Out of respect to the Alabama Football program who for the 5th straight year lost the Iron Bowl to Auburn, I could not talk of my 2011 SEC title game. But i think 24 hours has passed and I'm sure Big Al won't mind

Okay first let me state that in my Dynasty the SEC Championships is more important than the National Title, for two main reason

1. I hate the BCS (in real life and in video game life). I was screwed out of the National Title in 2009 and in 2011 it is unfortunate that I won't get to put my team up against undefeated West Virginia or Virginia Tech. As for real life, well either go back to the old system with set Bowl games or go to a playoff. All this talk about who is #2 is silly. Yesterday's Michigan / Ohio St. game lived up to the hype and frankly so would a playoff. And Ohio St. has about a month and half until their next game, hahahahha you are telling me that you can't fit a couple games in between that time.

2. I only really follow the SEC.I am a video game nerd but and I keep track of all the incoming recruits, but only in the SEC. As for looking at scores during the season and comparing stats, I only look at SEC teams. So by the time I faced UGA in the title game I was alreadyt familiar with half their squad and knew how their season went. Adds more drama.

Anyways time for game details in point form

- First off TS watched the entire game, so there was a lot of heckling and a lot pressure
- 1st half was UGA domination. My WRs were dropping passes and my OL stunk. I could not stop their dual threat QB JR Edwin Durfee (I tried to recruit him) UGA was up 14-3 at the half
- I took out LT Paul McCullough and put in New Mexico native Jordan Johnson
- In the 2nd half I needed to do something different so I put in SO QB and scrambling specialist Terrence Graves. And I did noting but run QB draws and spread option runs. I only threw the ball once with him. But he had put momentum in Bama's favor. Back-up HB Steve Ferguson ran in for a TD. UGA's D finally decided to double spy him so I went back to Chad Arnold in the 4th with Bama down 14-10
- On a 3rd and long, JR Brandon Luke caught a TD pass running through 3 defenders, Bama 17, UGA 14
- With 3 minutes to go and on a 4th and long, I played a deep zone, but didn't spy Durfee. He ran in to the 5 yard line. He threw and easy pass to his TE on the next play. UGA 21, Bama 17
- Momentum was in UGA's favor but coach Namath used a short pass game combined with runs up the middle by Reese. After 14 play I found myself at a long 3rd and goal with a minute left
- Pass game was crappy all game put I used a strong formation and called the slants middle play, Joel Thompson blew by his 90+ defender and Arnold hit him for the GWTD
- Durfee began a decent drive, but with only 1 sack the entire season, SR Bernard Quinn had back to back sacks, ending the game and sending BAMA to New Orleans for the national title game against Oklahoma

Notable Stats
MVP Bernard Quinn - 2 sacks and pressured Durfee all day
UGA QB Durfee 238 yards 2TDs, 88 rush yards
Chad Arnold 11-23-147-2-2
Graves 67 yards rushing, 1 pass for 13 yards, changed momentum in Bama's favor
Reese 132 yars
Luke 6-96-1
Joel Thompson 4-50-1

- So that is the highlight of my year regardless of the results in New Orleans, although Oklahoma will be tough as their strength lies in their OL (all are 95+) Otherwise this is a team filled with many underclassmen. WVU playes Virginia Tech, they are both undefeated and it is unfortunate that they will not play the winner of Bama/OU, regardless 2011 SEC champs sounds nice

MV

only time not to talk about the dynasty

2006-11-18T17:06:00.000-08:00

Dynasty update later. i am seriously upset about the iron bowl. I tried watching the Michigan Ohio St game, but I had family on one side and friends and in-laws on the other. Anyways USC / CAL is up. But even if SC wins I think UND will be a tough matchup for the Trojans.
Anyways congrats Buckeyes, but F U Auburn
and as for CAL NERDS NERDS NERDS and ASians

michigan football

2006-11-17T10:35:00.000-08:00

so there's a big game this weekend, but on a related sad note, Legendary Michigan coach Bo Schembechler has passed away today. Spending most of my childhood summers in Michigan with my cousins, I learned first hand the importance of Bo in the state of Michigan. The black lab that I loved a lot, was named BO, in honor of the coach. The state of Michigan has its cars, Red Wings, and even an entire Sufjan Stevens album, but its the football program in Ann Arbor that defines it. My cousin now lives in Ohio and is married to an Ohio St fan, but he'll still stay loyal to Michigan. My other cousin in Idaho also sports her michigan gear and forces it on her kids. SO RIP BO. Don't get mad at me Chris and Jess, but I'll be rooting for Michigan tomorrow. Well you can get mad at me, but I have to side with family on this one. Although honestly I'll be watching the Iron Bowl and prepping for USC / Cal. So I'm praying for a draw. Anyways here are pics of my niece and my other nephew in Idaho. Yes they both have Michigan parents. Go Blue, Go Buckeyes, Go Trojans, Roll Tide.

2011 Iron Bowl, Bama 9, Auburn 6... seriously!

2006-11-17T10:11:00.000-08:00

Bottled water is in short supply in Vancouver and so were touchdowns in the 2011 Iron Bowl. no jokes! I play 6 minute quarters to, my offense is sick, and I played a 9-6 game, perhaps the most intense game ever. Factor this in with the fact that my drinking water is contaminated. Both defenses were on point. Their CBs were all over my star WR like Van city people on bottled water. Chad Arnold was 6-18 for 48 yards. Reese was impressive with 174 yards of rusing as he broke the Bama single season rush yard record, but he could not get into the endzone. Thankfully K Jason Hall hit all his FGs

Things got better as UCLA beat Arizona St, bumping Bama up to #1 in the BCS, even though I'm ranked #2 in both polls. This all thanks the UCLA QB and Midland, Texas native Frank Parker, who actually signed with ASU, but transferred. Oklahoma is #2 in the BCS and we both have to play in our conference title game. Georgia going down, but I hope this doesn't upse t my nephew who seems to be a Bulldogs fan.He probably likes their mascot UGA, he's cool

cory hates L.A.

2006-11-16T20:04:00.000-08:00

So not only am I hoping that in real life USC beats CAL and UND , I am also praying that one of the L.A. teams in my Dynasty will beat STD infested Arizona St., so that Bama can play for the national title. Being on the West Coast I've grown to somewhat like L.A. I've become a USC fan (I'll go into this later) and have followed the Kings and Clippers and have read on ton of books on LA culture. But the one thing that will always get to me about L.A. are the cars. Anyways as most of you knonw Christian Lander (I think I'm allowed to use his real name) is a happyWORKING, MARRIED, PROFESSIONAL who rides the buses and bikes all over L.A. Here's a decent rant onBike Riding . Anyways looks like Cory feels the same way about Los Angeles. Anyone who has partied in L.A. or has watched Swingers knows that half the night is spent riding in a car. So boring so lame. At the end of this clip Cory talks of why New York is better in L.A. I want to hate Cory, mostly because she doesn't use face wash, but she makes a valid point. Man her and Chris have so much in common.

bama seniors step up against LSU

2006-11-16T19:49:00.000-08:00

First before discussing this match, take note of the fact that Alabama was going up against QB Michael Snyder of San Angelo, TX who in his career had passed over 10,000 yards and with 129 TDs, was 1 short of breaking the NCAA record (set by Colt McCoy in my Dynasty). Also take note of the classic matcups that LSU / Bama has produced

2006 LSU 24, BAMA 21
2007 LSU 24, BAMA 10
2008 BAMA 27, LSU 21
2009 BAMA 38, LSU 36
2010 LSU 28, BAMA 18

So on Senior day in Tuscaloosa, Michael Snyder did indeed achieve his record for career TDS, however no one in their right mind would have predicted the 42-10 onslaught. Sitting 3rd in the BCS Alabama had to make a statement against a decent #17 LSU squad. Even though Josh Reese finished with 110 yards and 2 TDs LSU did a great job against the run, he ran close to 40 times. But in his last game in Tuscaloosa, Coach Joe Namath instructed SR QB Chad Arnold to air it out.Demands from an unknown booster to give the ball more to SO TE Eric Goolsby, saw Bama's first points come in the form of TD pass to the Texas prep star, the first in his career. From then on Chad Arnold took over in a near perfect performance going 14-17 with 209 yards and 3 TDs. SR Joel Thompson caught 7 passes for 143 yards and 2 TDs, while the Bible /Choir singing DL combo of Parker, Saint Preux, Quinn and Bailey (all SRs, all groovin' baptists) stopped LSU's stud HB SO C.J. Oglethorpe and contained Snyder. Bama has now clinched the SEC West and will play Georgia for the SEC Championship. But first they will have to play in the Iron Bowl against Auburn (8-2), whose only losses are to Georgia and Florida.

Joel Thompson on the cover of ESPN

Oklahoma is still at the top of the BCS with only Texas Tech and the BIG 12 title game, but Arizona St at #2 looks the most vulnerable with a match against #11 UCLA (who is undefeated), then USC, then rival Arizona. Hopefully the PAC 10 will help out Bama in their bid for the national title. Its hard to overlook the Iron Bowl, but bigger things look to be on the horizon.

Orange County HB signs with Bama

2006-11-15T21:55:00.000-08:00

I'll make this quick because I want to watch a couple episodes of Veronica Mars and play #17 LSU. So Bama managed to sign Hemet California's Carlos Roberts, the #1 HB. Last year's signing of TE Trevor Young of Los Angeles opened up southern california to the Crimson Tide. Hemet is a decent sized desert town of about 60,000 that sits just east of Orange County. Roberts played his FR and SO years for his hometown where he tore it up, but then to get more exposure he transferred to Mission Viejo, the high school of USC QB Mark "Dirty" Sanchez. He led them to the CIF Division II Title, but then decided to transfer for his SR year. He did not like the preppy atmosphere at Mission V as it reminded him too much of the fictional Neptune High in Veronica Mars. Roberts wanted to go to a more hipster school, because his girlfriend from Hemet was really into Latin Alternative Rock. So he enrolled at San Clemente who plays in the same division as Mission V and is also where they filmed Brick and is the high school of the chick below, who was Robert's tour guide on his first day of school. This guy is going to be sick, assuming his girlfriend doesn't dump him

anon

MV

abdullah heisman, cory at ps3 party & more!

2006-11-14T10:10:00.000-08:00

first and foremost Justin Abdullah, a native of my favorite suburb Shaker Heights has just won the Hesiman over at Riverdale Palmtrees. Congrats and I'm pretty sure all my Ohio players on my Bama team are blasting out gunshots in the air for this Ohio native.

Also we haven't talked about Cory in awhile and it looks like she had an exciting week. Everything from the BPM Magazine shoot to a PS3 party in Beverly Hills,

after that was the play station 3 party in beverly hills at the old robinsons may....everyone under the hot sun was there.

p diddy performed. her had some major blingage.
the idea of the party was really awesome... they had it layed out like a department store with different departments and everything and they actually had full stocked shevles that everyone was free to have. i got a babydoll and some rubber frogs and duckies.... but the people who came earlier got like shoes and clothes and doll houses. i wanted a doll house. chris weeks was there!!

Hmmm blingage, Dollhouse and Chris Weeks, wow! If you read more, apparently she attended Lindsay Lohans's bday on Saturday, to which Champaign Bubble Girl responded in the comments at 5:46:

Um Lindsay Lohan's birthday is in july...

and then Cory fires back 10 minutes later at 5:56:

oh excuse es moi, then some stupid party of hers....

Notice how Cory uses 4 dots at the end of her statement, while CBG only used 3. Cory wins, Bubble girl sucks!

photo stolen from Cory's site

Anyways between a $5 movie and the return of TS to Van, I was able to sneak in a game (inside info: apparently more people read this than I thought, jerks! Post Comments. I'm a comment whore). So I pounded the shit out of Miss St 41-0. Reese ran for 209 yards and 2 TDs. Bama is now 10-0 and is 3rd in the BCS, with only Oklahoma and Arizona St ahead of them. Thanks in part to a 1 loss Ohio St team who beat an undefeated Penn St.

Very nervous about my next match with #17 LSU. Even though they are coming off a loss to Tennessee. They are 7-2 and I will be very happy that this will be the last time I face their QB Mike Snyder of San Angelo, TX. As FR and SO he gave me problems but Bama still won, however last year he tore through my veteran secondary. Anyways I regret not trying to recruit him but I already had Chad Arnold.

In other news I had a great sleep on the 84 bus on the way to work this morning and was woken up by a smokin blonde in Yoga pants and a Scuba Lulu hoodie when I reached the station. Van people are so nice, this is going to be a good week.

p.s. if you haven't filled out your Texas H.S. Football 5A bracket yet, do it now. Use new link, old one doesn't work anymore.

cheers

MV

true bracket madness

2006-11-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

screw the final four , this is the real bracket. Print out, do some studying and get these filled out ASAP

Texas 5A Div 1 Playoffs Bracket

schedule for this weeks games

you stink Southlake Carroll

bama tide rollin' high since ohio st victory

2006-11-12T14:45:00.000-08:00

I've played three games since my upset of #7 Ohio St and all of them have been total Tide Domination.Here are some quick recaps:

Oxford - Bama 40, Ole Miss 14
It was a return back to my favorite politically correct academic institution, and this was a snooze-fest as my entire starting lineup was pulled out by halftime. In 2 quarters Chad Arnold threw for 204 yards and 2 TDs, which allowed the entire bench to get PT in the 2nd half. Even 4th string QB Greg Montogmery of Tuscaloosa, threw a TD, the first TD for Los Angeles TE Trevor Young. Reese had 99 yards and 1 TD

Tuscaloosa - Bama 38, Tennessee 15
The last three years this rivalry was determined by 6 points or less, this year would be different. Going into this game Bama used the same gameplan that they used for Ohio St, which was to run the ball 70% of the time. Reese finished with 221 yards and 3 TDs as the Tide played the possession game. The only bright spot for the Vols on this night was the 5 reception 140 yard 2 TD performance by SO WR Theo Connor, who will surely give Bama headaches in years to come.

Tuscaloosa - Bama 48, Vanderbilt 0
It was homecoming and the Ohio kids put on a show for their fans as Josh Reese rushed for 138 yards and 2 TDs, while Brandon Luke caught 8 passes for 148 yards and 2 TDs. Tears of joy were seen on Coach Namath's face as the crowd chanted "Nerds, Nerds, Nerds!"in the 4th quarter. The heckling of Vandy impressed five star RB Carlos Roberts of Hemet, CA, so much that he signed a letter of intent to play
for Bama in the 2012 season. That fact that Josh Reese along several bitter homecoming queen runner ups were seen at Robert's hotel room, had nothing to do with the signing. Liberal Media are LSU and Auburn fans, jerks!

Speaking of nerds, Stanford spanked UW 20-3 in real life. Anyways, Bama now sits at 8-0 with a cupcake game against Mississippi St up next, but then its LSU and Auburn to close out the regular season. The Tide is #5 in the BCS but who cares, all that matters is the SEC West title as even if Bama goes undefeated they will probably get screwed again. You suck BCS, Atlanta's all that mattters. Oh by the way for more hardcore info, check out the wiki on regular basis. Nuts

ohio homecoming

2006-11-08T10:00:00.000-08:00

i apologize for not having the ability to make video recordings of my games. I studied Ohio St like crazy and decided that all game I would attack their DEs, the only weak links in their D. My D of course has no weak links, check out this rad defensive depth chart. Anyways i'll just let the pictures do the talking

this would be a common site all game, yes that is an Impact LB that Reese is throwing down. Reese would run the ball 32 times for 174 yards and 1 TD

yes i did run the ball 44 times and only threw 11 times, their secondary was sweet, but i had a gameplan and stuck to it. Even QB Chad Arnold ran for 34 yards in a 17-14 Bama victory.

victory

defeat

Many expected negative reaction from the Ohio crowd, however Reese's performance left the crowd in awe. There are now high demands for the Cleveland Browns to throw the season so that they may get a high draft pick and bring Reese back to Ohio. The Tide is now 6-0 with a number 6 ranking, they travel to Oxford against a 4-2 Ole Miss team

sad day across the nation, but Bama stayed Crimson. Roll Tide

congrats CR, don't 4get to keep reading this blog jerkstore

SEC invades ohio

2006-11-07T10:41:00.000-08:00

I don't know too much about this guy in the picture, but for some odd reason this individual, who was born in Ohio, is wearing a Georgia Bulldogs t-shirt. Has the South taken over the great state of Ohio? Who knows! One thing is certain however, is that this guy probably has a really cool uncle.

Anyways later tonight a critical senate battle will take place in the state of Ohio between republcian Mike DeWitt and Democrat Sherrod Brown. But of greater importance and of higher national concern will be a matchup taking place in the bedroom of a 2nd floor apartment in Kitsilano, BC. Yes my friends 4-0 #10 ranked Alabama takes their show on the road in Columbus against 4-0 Ohio St, who is ranked #7. This also marks the return of former Buckeye Josh Reese to the state of Ohio. Reese won a national title with Ohio St in his SO year, however he was kicked out and has since transferred to Alabama. In his first four games, Reese rushed for 532 yards and 8 TDs. He has not lost a game in his college career. He'll have to put his show against a tough Buckeye team which features its own star RB in Heisman favorite Tony McCauley who has 678 yards for 8 TDs in four games. However the Buckeye's strength lies within the Defense where a majority of the starters have ratings over 90.

The game also marks the return of several Ohio high school standouts who have since not set foot in their homestate because they did not sign with OSU. WR Brandon Luke who was the 2008 high school player of the year won a 1A state title with Ravenna as a FR and then transferred to St. Mary/St Vincent H.S. in Akron to play both basketball and football. He led the basketball and football teams to three straight state titles and was deemed an Ohio legend, until for some odd reason he turned down Ohio St and signed with Alabama. Luke who played AAU basketball with Josh Reese was going through the recruiting process around the same time that Josh Reese got into his highly publicized fight with Greg Oden. But the truth is that since a kid Luke has been a big fan of elephants and he was sold on Bama because of their Mascot. Also returning to Ohio will be MLB Gavin Lee of Bowling Green and LT Keith Davis of Cuyahoga Falls. All of Bama's Ohio players are dedicating their game to University of Arizona legend Justin Abdullah of Shaker Heights, who was also exiled from his homestate for not signing with Ohio St

For more on Bama's team take a gander at this sweet depth chart that Riverdale Palmtrees made for me, cheers!

victory in the swamp and defensive depth chart

2006-11-06T23:21:00.000-08:00

A reader of mine was right, in stating that defense does win championships. And despite my talented skill position guys, its been my D that has put through tough games. I haven't had time to play because I spent the last couple days in a million dollar lodge in Whistler with some cool peeps and had a friend from PITT in for a visit. I got in a quick game before we left for Whistler against a 4-0 #24 Florida team in the swamp and Bama came out with a 25-17 victory. Josh Reese ran for 92 yards and 2 TDs, while SO QB Terrance Graves is playing the video game Bama version of Tim Tebow as he was only in for about 7 snaps but ran 3 times for 44 yards and the game winning TD. But what was key in this game was the defensive depth. The Gators had long drives which meant that many of my subs got P/T (my sub out is set at 79 while sub in is at 72). True FR Chris Battle had a critical sack in the early 4th quarter which killed all momentum for the Gators. Big matchup next at the Horseshoe as #10 Bama faces #7 Ohio St, in Josh Reese's homecoming to his old school. I'm hooked on Veronica Mars right now, so I'll probably play this game tomorrow night

Here is the Defensive Depth Chart

LE
Seth Bailey SR 93 - Piedmont, AL (Backed up Rawls for 4 years, 1 year to shine)
Chris Battle FR 85 - Weatherford, TX (2010 #1 H.S. player, sick!!!)
Jayson Williams rFR 80 - Savannah, GA (John Berendt fan)

DT
Bernard Quinn SR 98 - Hazlehurst, MS (3 star ATH from same town as music legend Robert Johnson)
Zach Saint Preux SR 95 - Gulfport, MS (Hurricane refugee, 1 of my dynasty's 1st recruits)
Brandon Crewes JR 90 - Laguna Hills, CA (only black guy from Laguna, was not allowed on MTV show)
Jamie Hughes FR 80 - Eufaula, AL (#3 DT, 2010 AL MVP, 4.88 speed)
* Marvin Christian SR 84 - Lebanon, IN (JC, left IU for JC when fav T.A. dropped out)

RE
Jason Parker SR 96 - Alvin, TX (#2DE, 3rd year as starter)
Dion Banks SO 85 - Mission, TX (another lonestar DE, #2DE, 4.60 40)

LOLB
Darrell Johnson so 89 - Florance, AL (5 star, #2OLB, 4.43 40)
Daniel Johnson FR 78 - Fort Payne, AL (#4 OLB)

MLB
Maurice Harrison SR 98 - Las Vegas, Nevada (#12MLB 4.48, parents shot from gambling debts)
Gavin Lee JR 94 - Bowling Green, OH (MLB#11, from same recruit class as Harrison)
Eric Thompson SR 89 - Dade City, FL (has corn rows)
Bryan Jenkins rFR 82 - Clover Leaf, TX (#6MLB, but only 218 lbs)
Cody Wilson SO 78 - Rainesville, AL (2 star recruit)
Adrian Vincent FR 74 - Tuscaloosa, AL (homer, only 5'10, #20MLB)

ROLB
Aaron Mikulec JR 92 - Gardendale, AL (#3 OLB, WHT, Urlacher fan)
Nathan Willis SO 86 - Saraland, AL (decent 3 star + we know a lot of ppl named sara)
Jacob Pears FR 76 - Saks, AL (#6OLB)

CB
Jason Miles SR 94 - Fairhope, AL (from same town as 4 year SS starter Roberson)
David McCullar SO 88 - Dumont, NJ (#2CB, played nickle as TR-FR, this guy is sick)
Eddie Mills JR 87 - Hauppauge, NY (partied a lot w/rich girls from Long Island)
Brain Heath FR 78 - Hattiesburg, MS (True FR, 3 Star, #36 CB, came in at 78!)
Andrew Mack SO 72 - Seven Hills, OH (i have a soft spot for JUCOs)
* Matt Lee JR 84 - Albertville, AL (injured early in season, out 6 games)

FS
Alphonso Cole JR 97 - Nashville, AR (yep Arkansas, 1st year as starter and look at rating)
Graham Robinson FR 76 Guntersville, AL (#10FS)

SS
Stephen Schilcher JR 84 - Reserve, LA (JC, #1 overall ATH, wht)
Chris Christian FR 84 -Belvedere, SC (Silly name, but 5 star #1SS)
Wesley Moss SO 78 - Forrestdale, AL (6'6 201, at Bama for bball)

all below are wht, big suprise

K
Jason Hall SR 91 - Washington, DC (4 year starter)
Eric Davis JR 72 - Fort McClellan, AL (JC signee)

P
Justin Brooks SO 89 -Machesney Park, IL (#1P)

annotated offensive depth chart

2006-11-02T16:52:00.000-08:00

ya here it is, feel free to ask any questions, oh ya starting next post i will begin to over analyze every single blog entry from corey kennedy.

QB
Chad Arnold SR, 99 - Sheffield, AL (Team Captain)
Terrence Graves SO, 85 - San Antonio, TX (#2QB)
Travis Spicer JR, 94 - Troy, NJ (#1 JC as FR, only wht QB)
Greg Montgomery SO, 78 - Tuscaloosa, AL (wanted to be close to grandma)
Dwight Simpson FR, 72 - Vestavia Hills, AL (Hoover 'two a days' rival)

HB
Josh Reese SR, 99 - Reading, OH (NC with Ohio State as SO)
Steve Ferguson JR, 95 - Suncook, NH (Democrat, but fan fav)
Chase Hill SO, 82 - Scottsboro, AL (6'1 224)
William Fuller FR. 80 - Valley, AL (#12HB)
* special RS - Dominic Coles JR, 90 - Meraux, LA (Katrina Refugee, #1HB)

FB
Lance Scott SR 95 - Atlantic City, NJ (runs dorm bookmaking service, wht)
Donald Castorani SR 70 - Irmo, SC (JC QB, happy to get degree, wht)

WR
Brandon Luke JR, 95 - Ravenna, OH (2008 HS MVP, also SF on Bball team 6'7 202)
Joel Thompson SR, 94 - Altamonte Springs, FL (has almost every Bama recieving record)
Kenny Thornton JR, 90 - Kitcherner, ON (friends w/Bevin & Jeff)
Lawrence Curry JR, 80 - Jackson, AL (2 Star ATH!!!!)
David Wayne FR, 78 - Greenville, AL (#5WR)
Wes Holey FR, 78 - Fort Payne, AL (#4WR)

TE
Bryan Mitchell SR, 93 - Hamilton, AL (wht)
Eric Goolsby SO, 84 - Richland Hills, TX (Hs is in same DIV as Southlake Carroll)
Trevor Young FR, 80 - Los Angeles, CA (parents wanted him to get away from LA Scenesters, wht)

LT (This is an ongoing 3 way battle, meaning: they all suck)
Peter McCullough rFR, 82 - Sapulpa, OK (#1ATH, wht/half native)
Jordan Johnson SO, 86 - Lovington, NM (#6T, likes tacos)
Keith Davis SO, 84 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - (#5T, Cuyahoga!!!)

LG
Aaron Beck JR, 86 - Enterprise, AL (3 star; #64G!, wht)
Kurt Jones rFR, 82 - Edmond, OK (#3G)
Corey Kennedy hsJR. 16 - Santa Monica, CA ('it')
Nick Buckles rFR, 78 - Hoover, AL (GF is a dimepiece)

C
Casey Maynard SR, 93 - Tuscaloosa, AL (fan fav, duh, wht)
John Ross SO, 87 - Pinson Clay, AL (#2C, wht)
Brendan Cochran rFR, 80 - Kitcherner, ON (friend of Jeff, not Bevin, wht, loves Rangers)

RG
Emanuel Henry JR, 90 - Glencoe, AL (3 star recruit, 3 year starter)
Riley Bain JR, 80 - Montevallo, AL (2 star; #117G, wht)
DeMario Hickman FR, 78 Tarrant, AL (#6G)

RT
Wayne Hunter SR, 88 (3 star, T#67!!!!)
Wallace Holmes rFR, 76 - Leeds, AL (#11T)

i love vpd

2006-11-01T00:54:00.000-08:00

here i posted on a myspace bulletin but still good times

me: walking home LATE from work after being dropped off at Arbutus and Broadway

VPD: along with three other crusiers stop me within two mintues, saying i didn't listen to them (i was listening to my ipod, i did not hear police call at first) and saying i fit profile of someone breaking into cars. haha I even got to put my hands on the hood of the car just like on TV

after confusion is settled they leave me alone and do not apologize

two blocks later I get stopped again (more fun), different cops hahahaha good times. I explain what happend two seconds earlier and they think I'm being smart. Cop pulls out handcuffs, I am very nervous, but tired. Then they make a call and leave me alone

I finally get to walk home and thinking about long loss twin brother who my paretns never told me about who is apparently on the loose in kits

I love working overtime :)

happy halloween

Anyways no games tonight as i am tired, but last night I beat Utah 31-28 and Arkansas 27-20 putting me at 4-0 in the season with a tough game at Florida coming up

cheers

p.s Friday Night Lights the TV show is sweet and t he cheerleader chick is pretty money (hahaha thats so 90s swingers of me to say)

bama avoids upset, but loses egg

2006-10-30T10:42:00.000-08:00

Sorry my photo is no where near the quality of coverage being proudced over at Riverdale Palmtrees, where CL's ENTIRE South vs. Southwest matchup is posted, but as Winston Churchill or Jesus once said, "A picture tells 93 words". In this year's version of NCAA Football on PS2, controlling the momentum meter is perhaps the most important thing on Heisman. Late in the 3rd quarter with Bama was up 17-14, but momentum clearly in favor of the home Arizona squad, SO CB David McCullar (New Jersey native) prevented a Wildcats TD with a key tackle at the 1 yard line. After being nearly unstoppable the entire game, Arizona was forced to kick a field goal, but more important was that this tackle put momentum in favor of the Tide.

With the spread on aggregate for the 1st annual South vs. Southwest challenge set at 16.5 in favor of Alabama, the Crimson Tide underestimated the Stolenbike version of the Wildcat squad as Arizona led 14-9 at the half. Things were not helped when 3rd string QB SO Terrence Graves of San Antonio, was put into the game after Travis Spicer was injured. Graves was nervous as his first two series's (i don't know how to pluralize 'series') ended in interceptions. However Namath must've slapped him in the head at halftime, as he not only rushed for an important TD, but ran in for the 2 point conversion as well to put the Tide ahead 17-14. Then the aforementioned tackle occured and the Tide was unstoppable from there. Along with his 130 yards of rushing, Josh Reese ran in for what would be the game winning TD in a 31-17 victory. The Riverdale Palm Trees match went 30-27 in favor of the Wildcats making Arizona win on aggregate after factoring in the 16.5 point spread. Congrats this year, but the egg will be mine next.

amy goodman pleased with 2011 Bama debut

2006-10-29T15:28:00.000-08:00

The 2011 season got off to a good start as #12 Alabama easily beat a decent UAB squad(who was predicted to win CUSA) by a score of 45-13. However the year did not begin without its fair share of controversies. Despite two oustanding seasons as the starter at RB, New Hampshire native Steve Ferguson lost his job to ex-buckeye Josh Reese. The troubled transfer was kicked out of Ohio St after he allegedly got into an argument with Greg Oden over who their favorite Bluejackets were. Another high profile issue was the decision to start JUCO athlete Stephen Schilcher over 5 star SS FR Chris Christian, who was the #1 SS out of high school. Not only is Schilcher the first Saxon in the Namath era to start in the Tide secondary, he also has ties with the Schilcher wine Dynasty (family, not football) in Austria. Amy Goodman (pictured above leaving a lecture to catch the UAB / Bama game) recently spoke out against the decisions on her radio showDemocracy Now, but later changed her mind. Stolenbike Dynasty caught up with her after the UAB game, over sunday brunch to find out why.

Stolenbikedynasty: Morning Amy, you look good today

Amy Goodman: Stop it! I've been reading your blog for years and frankly, I find it quite misogynistic.

SBD: Misogyny? Who me? So I taped a Bush Cheney sticker over my friend's mouth one time. I mean she kept on going on and on about suffrage. And after only one game of drinking Jenga too!

AG: Especially in times like these where we have a female president (SB note: interview takes place in 2011) I can't believe people like you are still given a voice. Its no where near as good as Riverdale Palm Trees

SBD: I'm hurt

AG: Good

SBD: So what you doing tonight, hahaha just kidding. So Ms. Goodman how long have you been a Crimson Tide fan?

AG: I found sport and the nation's obsession with it, to be one of the main things wrong with America today, but I have a story of when.........

SBD: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh sorry. Did you say something? Dozed off there. Its just that there's this radio show I listen to where this lady always starts off her tirades with "I have a story" and then she goes on and on, until....

(AG gives a dirty unimpressed look)

SBD: Oh I'm sorry. Hahahaha. That was joke. Its me being funny

AG: Okay I get the point. Just post this video of when USC played Alabama, which essentially led to the desegregation of the Crimson Tide program.

(after watching the video, AG and SBD both in tears and giving each other warm embraces)

SBD: Ya what's Brown vs. Board got on Cunningham running all over the Tide. (wipes away the tears) Anyways I understand that you had a problem over Coach Namath's recent decisions to start Josh Reese and Stephen Schilcher.

AG: Well with the Reese situation I was only concerned with his social well being. Its like he left Iraq only to be put in North Korea.

SBD: Whoa thats a harsh analogy. So youre saying the Big 10 is Iraq and the SEC is North Korea?

AG: You're twisting my words

SBD: Kim does have cool shades though

(AG rolls her eyes)

SBD: But youre fine with Reese now.

AG: He did run for 3 touchdowns in his Crimson Tide debut. I'm pretty sure his stay in Los Angeles helped him a lot. See we should look at Josh's case and apply that to the American penal system. Rehabilitation, not punishment, should be the main focus.

SBD: Exactly. And your problem with Schilcher?

AG: For the last five years Coach Namath has placed an emphasis on speed, and here we have a white wealthy individual with a 4.46 40 time with ties to an Austrian wine aristocracy, starting over an African American kid...

SBD: African? I thought he was from South Carolina, not Senegal.

(AG gives dirty look again)

AG: Let me finish, here we have a South Carolina kid descended from slaves.....

SBD: Pyramids or Cotton

(AG is about to leave)

SBD: Okay I'm kidding, don't go

(AG decides to stay)

AG: Okay Chris Christian has a 4.31 40, why isn't he starting?

SBD: That's what you were upset about? But Schilcher sure can hit. His bench numbers are higher and he has two years experience at the JUCO level.

AG: Yes I know.

SBD: So what are you really mad about?

AG: I'm just not a fan of Austrian wine. I'm more of a Napa valley girl.

SBD: Ahh we should do a road trip some time.

AG: Not a chance.

SBD: Fine, last question, last night you were spotted at a Tuscaloosa hotel with Joe Namath and...

(AG cuts off my sentence)

AG: No comment, Democracy Now!

Anyways Josh Reese had one heck of debut rushing for 131 yard and 3 TDs. He also had 3 catches for 55 yards. Bad news as QB Chad Arnold sprained his elbow in an impressive 8-10 day with 219 yards and 2 TDs. He will be out for the 1st annual South vs. Southwest matchup in Tucson. JR Travis Spicer (saxon) will get his first start at QB. Amy Goodman's new book "Static" is in stores right now and she is currently doing a North American tour in support of several independent radio stations.

corygate: part 1 & 2011 schedule

2006-10-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

I'm still trying to act pseudo detective here and figure out why Cory Kennedy is getting all this attention. With all the random media attention she's been getting like Gawker's column Blue States Lose, where they talk about Cory on a regular basis, it seems as if she was planted into the world much like lonelygirl15. Also at the Lily Allen concert in L.A. early this month, with an audience that featured the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and that girl who was once with No Doubt (WARNING: Link has hipster content overload) why was New York Magazine more concerned as to whether or not the "underage 'It' girl sidekick" was in the crowd. But the most compelling evidence in the case against Cory Kennedy is the photo, above right. Look closely at what her friend is wearing. Yes my friends that is a Boston Celtics jersey. We all know that the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are fierce rivals popularized by legends such as:

Bill Walton

Kurt Rambis

Los Angeles people are some of the most loyal sports fans in the universe. So why would this Santa Monica native be hanging out with a Celtics fan. I'm guessing that Cory is from a suburb in Boston. You're not fooling anyone with that last name honey.

Anyways, I played my spring game yesterday with the White squad beating the Crimson squad (mostly starters) 35-21. Steve Ferguson was outstanding running for 138 yards and 1 TD, Josh Reese only ran the ball 6 times, but they were for 30 yards and 1 TD. Reese will be named opening day starter though as his rating went all the way to 97. Ferguson is at 95, giving Alabama the two best running backs in the nation. Meanwhile the LT and OLB spots are still close battles and won't be determined until after the season opener against UAB. JUCO Stephen Schilcher beat out Chris Christian for the SS spot, but they too will split duties. Below is the schedule for the 2011 season with interesting visits to Tucson and C-Bus

UAB
at Arizona
#16 Utah
#20 Arkansas
at # 25 Florida
at #7 Ohio St.
at Ole Miss
#24 Tennessee
Vanderbilt (HC)
at Mississippi St.
#13 LSU
#22 Auburn

Bama travels to Tucson for the 1st annual South by Southwest challenge. While the Ohio St match up was forced upon by network executives from ABC who have several TV specials of the week surrounding the life of former Buckeye Josh Reese. There are also cameos on Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy in the works. As anyone can see the SEC is tough with several teams in the pre-season Top 25, however Bama is predicted to take the Conference

cheers

In Rambis We Trust

p.s. yes i know that the Hiro Ballroom is in New York and that the Lohan Bloom spottings were in L.A,, its called a media bias, jerks!

cory kennedy: hipster paris or the fashion world's lonelygirl15

2006-10-26T19:37:00.000-07:00

And the new Stolenbike internet obsession is..............................

Santa Monica's Cory Kennedy!

Now I live in Pacific Northwest, so yes if you are from New York or L.A. and you stumbled upon here, I realize that I'm a couple months behind. But this girl has been seen with everyone from Mischa Barton to Mike Tyson. So who is Corey Kennedy you ask? Well as of post time, she has yet to have an entry in wikipedia but she's slowly becoming one of the most talked about teens on the internet, generating both positive and negative buzz. (This Live Journal entry is really funny) Regardless people are talking about Cory. Her look and style is the stuff that East Van women dream of, and she even has one individual creating her on the Sims. More importantly though she has over 1000 friends on her myspace and is already on my Top 8. And what has she done? Absolutely nothing, except show up in several party photos on her boyfriend's website. Who by the way is well over the age of 16. Sober, drunk, or drugged you be the judge. But basically the music video that she stars in, pretty much sums up all that she does, eat and do nothing. Hey does that remind yall of someone?

Being lazy myself, I appreciate those who succeed in life by doing nothing. Why else haven't I left my current job yet. That's why I admire people like Paris Hilton, Luc Longley, Glenn Healy and Kevin Federline. But is she the next Paris or the next lonelygirl15. Paris had the sex tape . Cory has that Lolita mystique where rumors even aroused of a relationship with 45 year old Vincent Gallo. But there are just as many plotholes in her story as there were in the lonelygirl15 saga, which makes me wonder if she's just some party girl with famous friends or if she is the creation of someone at some big time fashion company's marketing department. First of all this girl is all over the internet and even absentee parents google their kids. Basically every picture of Cory has her hammered or coked out of her mind. So why haven't these people who post these photos or who let her into their clubs been arrested yet. Another weird thing was that out of nowhere she got a fashion spread on Nylon magazine and stars in a music video. Love her or hate her I'm pretty sure this won't be the last you'll hear of Cory Kennedy.

So while I debate whether or not Cory is real or not, I have a much tougher decision with the various position battles for 2011 in my Dynasty. Here's quick recaps of the battles to come:

HB
JR Steve Ferguson has established himself as a star with back to back 1000 yard rushing years, however high profile Ohio St transfer SR Josh Reese is what many say Clarett could have been.

LT
Last year 3 star JUCO Keith Williams occupied this position and did a terrible job. This year the job is up for grabs with 5 underclassman fighting it out for the starting spot.

LOLB
No one will ever replace Michael Poppinga, but SOs Nathan Willis & Darrell Johnson will have to fend off incoming Freshman Jacob Pears and Daniel Johnson (no relation to Darrell)

SS
This will be the biggest battle. Greg Robertson graduated with no decent backup so recruiting brought in FR Chris Christian of South Carolina and JUCO Stephen Schilcher , both rated 82.

cheers

p.s. I found out from my roomate that "arised" is not a word, man you learn a new thing everday

Josh Reese: The Life & Alabama Cotton Picking.........

2006-10-25T22:55:00.000-07:00

c'mon get your head out of the gutter, I wasn't talking about you know what but rather how two key PICK OFFs by SRs Derek Green and Greg Robertson led to a 41-21 Cotton Bowl victory over the #11 Nebraska Cornhuskers. QB Chad Arnold was near perfect going 14-16 for 192 yards and 2 TDs, but the MVP went to SO HB Steve Ferguson who ran for 139 yards and 2 TDs. Ferguson had to impress with Josh Reese coming into the mix next season. All Seniors on Defence basically shut down Nebraska's pass game. Very sad to see FS Green, SS Robertson, CB Jimmy Fernandez and LOLB Michael Poppinga leave, however they've set the standard at Bama and a Madden Franchise is in the works so we'll see how they do in the NFL. Rawls ended his up and down Bama career with 2 tackles and 1 sack, but his pass rush frustrated Nebraska's QB

So it was a bit of a disappointing season finishing 9-4 and a #15 ranking, however it was my first year on Heisman and LSU and Auburn were sick. Here are some quick end of season notes:

- Penn State wins their 2nd National Title in my Dynasty. With the help of Heisman winner HB Fred Lewis, PSU beat ASU 38-17.
- Auburn HB Ben Tate ends career with 5441 yards and 62 TDs
- Two QBs in 100 TD club: PSU's Pat Devlin (real life player) - 108 and ASU's Joey McIntyre (#2 QB out of H.S. and Kansas City native) -104
- Alabama had no All Americans, but JR Joel Thompson who missed 4 games, finished with 51-887-7 and basically all of Bama's receiving records.
- Bama signed 8 four star recruits. 7 of them are from Alabama while the lone out of stater was TE Trevor Young of Los Angeles, California. Young has been seen throughout his high school career with the girl pictured to the right of Paris (more on the Hipster Hilton: Cory Kennedy later) He was recruited by USC but his parents wanting him to get away from the Echo Park & Silverlake scene, forced him to go to Alabama for some discipline.

Other than the NFL Draft, the biggest news is the arrival of Josh Reese. Here is a look of his statistics at Ohio St

2007 - N/A
2008 - N/A
2009 - 930 yards 7 TDs 7.8 YRDS/CAR & 1 National Title (he split duties with real life Buckeye Chris Wells)
2010 - transfers to Alabama.

He was academically ineligible his first two years but he tore it up in 2009 helping the Bucs win a National Title. However one night while playing drinking Jenga he hit Alum Greg Oden in the knee with a hockey stick signed by Jody Shelley. Apparently Oden said that Rick Nash was a better Blue Jacket. He was immediately kicked out of school and things got worse when he tried to get several members of the Ohio State women's volleyball team to point shave and the less attractive members to simply just "shave". (Meghan Simons plays volleyball there)

As a result he was forced to attend a Detention Center in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights where he befriended an ex-security guard who happened to be an ex-football player for John Carroll University. All Reese talked about was how much he hated football and that all he wanted to do was train dogs for fighting, gamble and have sex with freshman. Upset with this wasted talent, the security guard sent him to live with one of his cousin's friends in LA. Through the friend and his Buckeye Alum wife, Reese learned to appreciate football once again as he was forced to stay out of troubleand play 60 years in a NCAA Dynasty and blog about it on a daily basis. The only incident in LA was when he punched this L.A. photographer in the face for taking photos of him and his new friends at the Griddle Cafe. The friend and wife gave Bama a call and Namath decided to give him a chance despite the depth a RB. Namath himself orginally signed with Maryland but failed to qualify academically, Bear Bryant gave him a chance and the rest is history. Oh ya G Tommy Jones awaits graduation as his final project on troubled players Rawls and Rees is currently being graded. His NFL Draft evaluation is dependent on a passing grade from this project. For more on Alabama Psychology visit here.

Arizona St. Girls and STDs

2006-10-24T22:59:00.000-07:00

Watch this video first and listen to the comments about ASU girls from the four blonde U of A girls.

Yes Arizona State and STDs. Stolenbike Total Domination! Thats what they were talking about, right?

Much to the chagrin of CL, TM, and a bunch of other stragglers, Arizona St is a powerhouse in my Dynasty. They will play another powerhouse in Penn St. for the 2010 Stolenbike Dynasty National title. This is the 3rd time in three years in which the Sun Devils will play for the National Title. They won the National title in 2006 and oddly enough played Penn St, but loss the Title game in 2007.

In other news LSU missed out on their shot to be in the big game with an upset loss to Arkansas. However they still made the trip to Atlanta and won the SEC Championship with a 55-24 victory over Tennessee. West Virginia and Houston were the only other undefeated teams. And earlier in the season, 4 year starter, G Tommy Jones, saw a dip in his grades and it was recommended that he sit out 2 games. But putting football ahead of academics, Coach Namath instead forced him to major in psychology and he is now assigned to do reports on two of Bama's most troubled players: DE Quentin Rawls and incoming HB Josh Reese, for his final project. Reese, the troubled transfer from Ohio St. was the #1 HB out of High School. The Ohio native sat out the 2010 season and will only have one year of eligibility, however he will challenge for the starting HB position. Reese was seen laughing during the LSU and Auburn losses. Jones's reports on Reese and Rawls coming soon!. By the way RAPTORS undefeated in PRESEASON!!!!!

5th year seniors lead Auburn to 1st Iron Bowl win (in my Dynasty that is)

2006-10-24T16:06:00.000-07:00

It was bad enough that Bama would not repeat as SEC champs, but Joe Namath's undefeated streak of 4-0 in the Iron Bowl came to an end Led by a trio of (real life) 5th year seniors in QB Neil Caudle, HB Ben Tate (pictured left) & WR Tim Hawthorne Auburn marched on to a 34-24 victory. Though throughout the game, there was a three/four point differential that saw several lead changes. New unexpected stars emerged for Bama as Auburn shut down all of my star players. Top rated WR SO Brandon Luke and his 93 Overall rating was no match for Auburn CB SR Joel Robertson (A guy i tried to recruit). Robertson was on him like glue,as Luke had ZERO receptions. However the #4 WR, SO Kenny Thornton of Kitchener, ON had a key 55 yard TD REC that put momentum in Bama's favour. Also dime DB SO Ernie Mills made up for a muffed punt (he wasn't even the Punt Returner) by Intercepting a pass for a TD. However there was one big problem and his name was Ben Tate. Tate (who will be sick in real life once Irons graduates) capped his College career by running for 156 yards and 3 TDs. The victory earned Auburn a Fiesta Bowl bid, while 8-4 Bama faces a tough 11-2 Nebraska team in the Cotton Bowl.

In tribute to Auburn's exceptional performance I present to you (bad vid quality sorry) an Auburn belle beer bonging it at Washington State

major disappointments

2006-10-23T21:58:00.000-07:00

Life brings you ups and downs, but disappointment hit hard this past Sunday. Not only did I partake in a viewing of Sofia Copolla's Marie Antoinette, but an important game was lost in my Dynasty against LSU, which knocked me out of the SEC West title and a chance to repeat as SEC champs.

I hate to admit it but I really like Sofia Copolla. Yes I know nepotism plays a big part in her so called "indie career" but Lick the Star (part 1 & part 2) was decent for a student flick, Virgin Suicides was alright and I wasn't one of the people who gave Sofia a hard time during the Q & A at TIFF for her negative portrayal of Japanese citizens in Lost in Translation (those may or may not have been my friends and family). So I ignored the negative reviews and I figured that anything that was booed by the French had to be good. And $40 million dollars later, we're provided with a two hour photography exhibit with recycled shots from VS and LIT (Sofia loves the "moving vehicle shots" and the Kirsten lying in the grass sideways" shots) and with only about 10 pages worth of dialogue ( I stole that). - Yes thats Kirsten at a USC game, with a USC scarf! - And let's not forget her big narrative cop out. (I don't understand why "richard-877" called me an idiot. Please help explain to me.) Anyways I had high expectations for this and wow was I disappointed.

Things turned worse with my loss to LSU. There was nothing I could do. The Tigers were just the better team and I hope they win the National Title. Things got bad in the second quarter, as QB Chad Arnold sprained his ankle and would be out for the game. But his backup SO Travis Spicer, a Jersey kid, was no slouch. He threw a 56 yard bomb early to Brandon Luke for his first career passing TD. Luke finished with 6-137-1, while Joel Thompson was 8-136-1. Spicer was 17-28 for 252 yards and 2 TDs. But LSU's star WR JR Issac Doty was unstoppable. He caught 6 passes for 103 yards and 3 TDs, two of which came early in the 3rd quarter, making it tough for Bama to come back. LSU is now the only team I have a losing record against in my Dynasty at 3-2. The Iron Bowl is next against a decent Auburn#17 (8-2) team, with real life players QB Neil Caudle, RB Ben Tate and WR Tim Hawthorne all being 5th year Seniors (rated 95+) in my Dynasty and all dominating the SEC in most stat categories.

Another major disappointment this in year in my Dynasty has been the lack in production from superstar DE SR Quentin Rawls. The London, Ontario native started as a FR and had a breakthrough SO year with 6 sacks and ALL SEC honors. But it was his JR year where he became a 1st Team All American with 10 sacks and 16 TLs. Even though he is rated 99 overall, Rawls has been in a slump all year with OTs having their way with him. Going into the Iron Bowl he sits at 9 Tackles and 3 sacks. JR Jason Parker of TX, has become the key player on the Tide's DL. Rumour has it that it is not jealousy of Parker but rather the BCS screwjob from last year, that has him in his funk. He has lost all faith in College Football as the blocking all of sudden seems much better and it seems like he's just waiting to get drafted in Madden 07 on an NFL Team. He's only still at Bama to get his degree for his Aunt.Meanwhile his DL mates JRs Brandon Quinn and Zach Saint Preux, both black Mississippi country boys, said in unison "It gots more to do with us not letting him play Soca music and dance hall reggae" Stolenbikedynasty is working on an interview with Rawls, but he threatened to shoot us.

Monday Tailgate Video

2006-10-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

I'll be tailgating in Seattle this Saturday, so I figure I'd show a video a day this week about tailgating. This Penn State clip I stole, sorry I meant cut and pasted, from my 2nd favorite college football blog, everday should be saturday. Much better than the dance 360, RIP.

btw, I loss to LSU 18-28, it was a crazy game, but lots to tell later, Iron Bowl Preview, Quentin Rawls feature and more youtube fun. Later tonight!

mylosh needs a memory enhancer

2006-10-21T21:59:00.000-07:00

Holy smokes, I can't believe I forgot to mention in my Notre Dame game that the most insane thing happened in the last minute. How the heck did I forget to mention this while writing this blog? In the final minute Notre Dame actually scored a TD to take a 16-15 lead, however the play went up to the booth and it turns out that the UND WR stepped out of bounds and the play was reversed. With my recent lapses in short term memory I think its about time I get me hands on some Ginkgo Biloba.And the weird thing is, what triggered this memory was that I was in a local bookstore reading the back cover of Collapse from overrated author Jared Diamond (of Guns Germs and Steel fame) and I was like "Holy Shit, I forgot that UND had a TD overturned." Man my thearpist has a lot to work with here. Another thing I realized too was that my only loses this year were to teams from the state of South Carolina, home state of Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal and CL's political hero Strom Thurmond.

Anyways I watched the real Bama team play today and it was not the most entertaining game but it was close with The Vols winning by 3. I must admit now though (to the chagrin of one of my loyal fans) that something was missing this week in college ball for me, and a lot of it had to do with USC having a bye week. This year I found myself going out of my way to watch all their games and I'm actually liking this years team much better than Team Hollywood from last year.

In my Dynasty Mississippi St proved no problem as Bama won 31-0. However in the 1st quarter starting MLB and Las Vegas native JR Maurice Harrison tore his shoulder after intercepting a pass. He is out for the season putting R-SO Gavin Lee of Bowling Green, OH under a lot of pressure as his first two starts of his career will be against undefeated LSU and rival Auburn. In recruiting news Bama got commitments from 4 instate players and a soft verbal from a white TE from Los Angeles. But the loss of Harrison is certainly tough news on the road to Atlanta, here is how the top of the SEC West currently looks.

LSU 5-0
Bama 5-1
Auburn 5-1
Arkansas 4-2

Lastly Joe Namath's career record sits at 49-15, he has a chance to hit the magical half century mark with an upset over LSU

Bama back in Top 10 with a 15-10 upset over the Irish

2006-10-21T12:59:00.000-07:00

For the first time in my life I was wishing I had not converted a 4th & inches down in the dying seconds of the 2nd quarter, for a TD. Only because it would have created an 11-10 final, the most awkward score in video game histroy.

Alabama travelled to South Bend against #5 Notre Dame (5-1) and at half time the score was 9-0. 7 points coming in the form of the aforementioned TD to super SO WR Brandon Luke and the other coming by means of a safety from SR OLB Brady Poppinga. From this point on the Notre Dame defense would control the game, I could not get into the end zone. Notre Dame soon found themselves up 10-9. My end zone problems continued, but thank good I had a stud kicker in Jason Hall of Washington, D.C. After missing 2 FGs in the 1st half, he hit two clutch FGs from beyond the 40 yard mark to give Alabama the 15-10 upset over Notre Dame. Bama now sits at 7-2 with a #9 ranking.

After two low scoring games on the road in Knoxville and South Bend, I'm relieved to play 0-8 Mississippi St. in Tuscaloosa. But there are about 7 recruits visiting, then afterwards its an away game against undefeated LSU #3 and then the Iron Bowl against #19 Auburn (6-2). In other Dynasty news SO WR Chris Carrie (87 OVR as a true SO!) of San Diego CA, who had Alabama as his number one choice until he signed with the University of Arizona, currently has 46 rec for 489 yards and 2 TDs. His FR year was impressive with 59 rec for 771 yards and 2 TDs. Beginning in 2011 on both my Dynasty and Riverdalepalmtree's Dynasty an annual U of A vs. U of A matchup will be held, the winner on aggregate will be awarded this trophy.

rejection fridays from wikiality

2006-10-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

Spending another Friday night at work, so instead of finding rejection from drunk 18 years old girls at bars, I was finding it in the form of wikiality entries. I can't believe Colbert's crew rejected my entries for mylosh and laguna beach I will soon have my own wiki in hopes of taking over the world.

Oh ya I haven't had a Dynasty update in awhile, well because of work, but mostly because of TS playing Tiger Woods, ha! I want to get work done and go home, so this will be quick, I came in 5-2 ranked #14 against bitter rival Tennessee (who Bama is actually playing tomorrow!!!!!) who was also 5-2 but ranked #23. After using the Texas Tech playbook the last couple of games, I found that I was really missing my running game so I switched back to Pitt's playbook. And the running game was sweet, SO Star Steve Ferguson ran for 100 yards and 1 TD but what was more impressive was that his backup, Dominic Coles, also a SO, ran for 101 yards and the game winning TD! Chad Arnold controlled the pace of the game going 15-20 and 158 yards as Bama won this tight battle 17-16. So far all my Bama/Tenn games have been tight. Good thing I have a blog to remind me of things, because it looks like the last time I played Tennessee the score was 36-33 and I played it on a Saturday night alone, bitching about the new BC Liquor store bags and drinking by myself. Aren't you jealous of my life? Ahhh the memories!

No time to sleep however as Bama travels to South Bend to face #5 Notre Dame (5-1), their only loss being to undefeated LSU (6-0), whom the Tide play in 3 weeks

what i'm going as for halloween: go asia!

2006-10-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

Rather than going to my usual UBC grad party (very fun the last time i went) i will be spending my Halloween saturday tailgating, playing drinking jenga at the UW - Arizona St game and this is what I want to go as for Halloween and I am by no means making a statement, ironic or political, on the asian population in the pacific northwest,

okay maybe I am

hump day: story of the morning: puffy parking problems

2006-10-18T10:07:00.000-07:00

hahahaha I don't know what I like better, the actual story, or the New York Post Headline. Here's more from the Gothamist, Holler back.

he ain't gonna tell cops, he gonna find it himself

the value of education in miami

2006-10-17T10:50:00.000-07:00

We've all seen the brew ha ha countless times but thanks to googletube, we are able to see the ligther side of things from the Miami Brawl with a school that hasn't updated its football website since August:

- Here's Miami Alum Lamar Thomas, showing the value of an education at "The U" (audio required)
- This guy is a political science prof
- miami film school (just watch 2 seconds and see the vid quality)
- FIU undergard Kelly is really drunk before the game (warning: no tripod was used)
- the actions on the field somehow goes into the stands, i still don't know whats going on here, but the narrator is "gonna puke, that was exciting"
- the guy featured in this clip, I believe is a media arts major, or perhaps landscape architecture, because yes it is his house
- hahahaha and this clip proves that even when searching for FIU Miami brawl clips you still end up with leafs highlights (read comment from "weirdguywithmoney")
- oh and of course bring on the googletube music vids:
music vid 1
music vid 2

- and lastly let's not forget that "The U" is environmentally friendly

how could you not love marketing

2006-10-16T17:20:00.000-07:00

courtesy of Scott Carefoot who covers the Raptors (who by the way are on a roll in preseason) on raptorblog.com. Anyways the Sixers have a mascot named Hip Hop. Hahahaha, he's a bunny. Ya earn that Penn BComm!

cripple fight

2006-10-16T13:28:00.000-07:00

oh dear, that miami derby over the weekend was crazy. Florida International is now one of my favorite schools.

Anyways TS has been hooked on Tiger Woods and I spent my weekend finishing season 1 of Prison Break, so I only had time to watch one full football game this weekend, but it was a good one with USC waking up in the 4th quarter against ASU. Kudos to the cameraman for the numerous cutaways on ASU and USC coeds. Man I love PAC 10 girls! I also could only work in one game in my Dynasty and it was a 34-20 victory over Ole Miss. RB Stever Ferugson woke out of his SO slump with 70 yards and 2 TDs, while Joel Thompson had 6 catches for 79 yards and 2 TDs, as the Tide sit at #18 in the nation with a 5-2 record.

tiger invades home, utep recap, and upset in tucson

2006-10-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

Wow that Bama game was nuts! The real one I mean. And Vandy beating Georgia. So I got about 30 minutes until the SC game against Arizona St. so instead of taking a break and walking on the beach I've decided to provide recaps from my Dynasty which I haven't played in awhile. Last night I purchased Tiger Woods 07 and my semi-pro golfer roomate has been hooked on it (notice the Jenga in the photo). He created himself, while I created a teenage girl named Surrey. I still don't know too much about golf, which is why I stink in the game, but the create a player option is pretty sweet.

Anyways as most of you know I've made the move to Heisman, this is the first time I have ever played Heisman in my 8 years of playing the NCAA Football series. I lost my first game to South Carolina 14-34, Spurrier's playbook was tricky. They have this one weird formation with their tackles pulled apart from the rest of the lineman and it tricked me into going for the kill. I got burned on it everytime. Very similar to this old Roy Jones Jr knockout. However after that South Carolina loss I won two games against quality opponents, with a 28-14 win over Arkansas and beating Florida 43-23. In Heisman I learned that you have to concentrate on every play in order to do well. In 07 momentum is huge and whether you like it or not it is a huge factor, thus you have to pay attention to the meter at all times

So off to the UTEP game which was one of the most exciting games I ever played. UTEP came into Tuscaloosa with a 4-1 record and in the words of that retartd Isiah Thomas, "They brought their "A" game". But it was the first game back from injury of my star WR Joel Thompson. And all he did was break the Bama record for REC yards in a game with 237 and 3 TDs. QB Chad Arnold went 18-28 and 343 yards and of course the 3 TDs to JT. Bama pulled off a narrow 23-20 victory. Also in other Dynasty news, OU beat Texas 53 to 7 in the Red River shootout and Arizona pulled off a huge upset against USC. The game was in Tucson and I wish I had more game shots from the USC/Zona game that I went to earlier this year, but I was very drunk so below is a pic from a typical Tucson post party, cheers.

favorite "kiss me lyrics"

2006-10-13T15:56:00.000-07:00

okay because my time has lately been consumed by Drinking Jenga, Raptors pre-season hype, and debates as to whether Robin Tunney ( pictured left) is pretty or not (i like the big overbite), I haven't been able to play my Dynasty, which obviously got me thinking, which lyric in the song "Kiss Me" by Nashville's Sixpence None The Richer is my favorite. Popularized by the cinematic masterpiece "She's All That" starring Rachael Leigh Cook as Laney Boggs, Kiss Me remains one of the greatest songs of our time. Clearly the strength of this ballad lies within its lyrics, which are as follows:

Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.

[Chorus:]
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me

Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map

[Chorus (repeat)]

Most would argue that the first line "Kiss me out of the bearded barley" is the best line, while great in its own right, I am going to have to go with "Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat" because thats were the happiness lies within these magical words of wisdom

Roll Tide
Go PAC 10
GO Michigan and OSU staying undefeated
Leafs #1
Kings #2
Raptors = 2007 NBA Champs

Happy Friday the 13th & congrats DM

yay I love work

2006-10-12T23:23:00.000-07:00

who doesn't love 16 hour work days! do these people exists

I bookmarking these sites for my own purposes, bite me

84 bus = greatest bus in the world

2006-10-12T17:47:00.000-07:00

So as most of you know I've made the move to Kitsilano over the last week. Yes I've heard the catcalls of selling out, and jokes about yoga, yuppies, and walks on the beach with my dog ( FYI I don't have a dog). While I do miss all that eastvan had to offer, cheap food, hipster hotties on one gear bikes, thrift store look overload, etc., I find myself coming to work every morning with a little less stress and a bigger smile. As much as I would like to say its because I'm getting laid on a regular basis or getting paid more (hahahaha), its not. In fact I owe my behavior change to the 84 bus.

Anyone who uses the bus system in Vancouver knows that it is a disaster, they come once every 30 minutes, they're packed during rush hour, it smells, the drivers are always angry, and it is honestly slower to get from point A to point B than riding a bicycle. None of these characteristics exists with the 84 bus. The bus is always empty during rush hour, the drivers are friendly, all the riders are aesthetically pleasing, no one begging for change, its clean, it doesn't smell, everyone smiles at you and for some reason it takes me the same amount of time to get from the heart of Kits to Broadway and commercial, as it did to get there from Main and Broadway. For comparison purposes, it takes about 30 minutes to bike from Kits to Commercial, while going there from Main to Commercial takes about 5. In fact its so good that I often turn down rides in favor of riding the 84 bus.

Anyways the #84 has always had somewhat of significant impact on my life. Randy Moss in his Viking days wore 84, Lebron James was born in 84, there was a funny book called 1984 and 84 is also the number of my superstar sophomore WR Brandon Luke of Ravenna, Ohio. He was the #1 overall player coming out of high school in my Dynasty and he has lived up to the hype. Luke already has a 92 overall rating (he did not red-shirt) and he has filled in nicely while #1 WR JR Joel Thompson, has been injured. Below are all his stats since I've made the move to Heisman:

*was 1-1 prior to SCAR game

at South Carolina L 14-34, 7 REC 113 YARDS
at Arkansas #12 W 28-14, 4 REC 51 YARDS (two were key 4th down conversions)
Florida W 43-23, 4 REC 77 YARDS

thankfully Joel Thompson did come back for the non-conference game against 4-1 UTEP, where coming back from an injury he caught 11 receptions for a Bama record of 237 yards with 3TDs in a close 23-20 victory.

GO KINGS
&
Team Euro, errrr I mean the Raptors are sweet.

why i don't mind the confederate flag

2006-10-11T10:38:00.000-07:00

First off I am neither white, black, asian, jewish (contrary to popular belief), hindu, muslim or latino (well uhh maybe there's a little bit in me, but not by choice), therefore I am the utmost authority in all things regarding racial sensitivity. With that being said, one can not play a Dynasty in the SEC and not be aware of the controversy surrounding the confederate flag. Using Bama and playing in the SEC West I play politically correct Ole Miss once a year and that always brings fond memories of their now banned mascot Colonel Reb (my take on the Ole Miss Mascot). However the issue of the confederate flag is an entirely different entity from our ole pal the Colonel. Over the weekend the UAW-Ford 500 took place at the Talladega Speedway in Alabama and though officially condemned by NASCAR, the confederate flag was flying in full effect. While I'm no advocate (c'mon naw, college football best illustrates southern pride with Bama people hating Tennessee people and Oxford people hating Starkville people) of the Stars and Bars I see nothing wrong with this display of so called Southern pride. First off, it allows me to easily identify the people I won't be hanging out with during an SEC tailgate. I admire the honesty, the anti-abolitionist are hard to spot out during a U-dub tailgate. Second public displays of racism at sporting events can be very comical, just look at this effort on behalf of Croatian fans at a soccer match against Italy.

Lastly, until the nation's capital (Washington, not Ottawa) decides to change the nickname of its football team then let dem NASCAR fans wave dem Stars and Bars. American freedom babe (one thing though, wave those flags at football games too, be consistent people). As for my Dynasty, I got Ole Miss on the schedule. I've made the move to Heisman and currently sit at 4-2, I can only play Heisman with a shotgun offence (using Texas TEch or Utah playbook) the CPU D is very fast. I love Bama, but I really wanna start a Dynasty with Texas as Colt McCoy for some reason is becoming one of my favorite real life players.

OUT

kings #2

2006-10-06T12:14:00.000-07:00

With yesterday's 6-0 thrashing of the Ottawa Sens, it looks like I'm on pace to hit my 81-1-0 prediction for the Leafs. Also Kyle Wellwood is on track to have well over 200 assists. While the Leafs will always be #1 in my heart, tonight I will be cheering for the L.A. Kings in their season opener against Anaheim. Now wait a second, before you start questioning my loyalty and cursing me like the way these guys flipped out on Matthew McConaughey when he was rooting for Marshall (I'm guessing these are the same type of people who wanted Vince Young to play WR), remember I am, and always will be a Toronto homer. Go Jays, Go Raptors, Go Leafs! As far as the Kings go for this season, they serve as my adoptive 2nd team. Me and a bunch of fellow Leafs fans had a blast at Ducks / Kings preseason match earlier this year and we met some cool people. Plus what better way would there be to stick it to Vancouver Radio Show callers, if Cloutier and Crawford were to have stellar years(damn it, I used a Vancouver word there: 'STELLAR'). Also the Anaheim Ducks are their rivals and they have Chris Pronger and he is a Jerkstore times ten!

In regards to my Dynasty, I've been trying out CL's Heisman sliders with a couple of tweaks. He's been having a blast since he moved up to Heisman, despite a heartbreaking loss to the University of Washington. I only played 2 quarters, but I must say that I love the gameplay. However it will take me awhile to get used to the speed at Heisman level and I don't want to have my Bama team that I built up go 2-10, so I vision a start to a new Dynasty with a Top 25 team by weekend's end. So cheers, the Kings just like my new Dynasty team will serve as my bread to my steak, my Qualye to Bush, my Wennington to Longley, my Scarlett Johansson to my Natalie Portman(yes I was looking for an excuse to insert that pic, yes I did spend 2 hours staring at the photo at work thinking that some cosmic force would make them kiss), basically a great second option.

Go Kings, Kings #2

happy thanksgiving canada

pac man's birthday and more toronto hate

2006-10-04T22:21:00.000-07:00

Ya ya, I know the leafs lost 4-1. So I'd like to change my prediction to 81-1-0. but thats not what I'm upset about, apparently i missed out on Tennessee Titans DB, Adam "Pac Man" Jones's Birthday Ballout. What the heck was I doing sunday night! Now I have no use for my new collared shirt from American Apparel. Oh wait a second, booooo!, It says "Ladies 21 & up" booooooo! Okay back to the Leafs. So I was on the bus and I overheard some kid on his cellphone making plans to catch the Sens / Leafs game and then he goes and says "yo we gotta hook up and watch, because the Leafs suck" (DS can verify this story) . Hahahahaha, I couldn't help but laugh. Wow Canuck fans go out of their way to watch the Leafs lose! ! WOW! I wish I could say the same for my fellow Torontonians, but frankly we don't really care. Actually I take that back, we do care. In fact most of us (those who haven't lived in Van) wish good will upon all Canadian teams. (except Ottawa) Anyways I'll let Riverdale Palm Trees discuss further on this Van city attitude. If you don't feel like reading the whole article, I think this sums up most people's general distaste towards Vancouver,

unlike Vancouver, Toronto does not fancy it to be the greatest city on earth. Far from it, most Torontonians consider it to be light years behind LA, London, and New York, whereas many people in Vancouver consider it to be the one true paradise on earth, or at least in Canada. But there’s a problem with that attitude. Toronto’s inferiority complex causes it to work harder to try to become a world class city, it constantly recognizes its flaws and tries its hardest to make the world notice all the wonderful things the city is doing. But Vancouver sits back, and lets the beautiful mountains, and vast ocean take all the credit for it being such a wonderful city. Oh, yes, there are some lax drug laws, congratulations on that. By not recognizing that there are bigger, better, and more progessive cities in the world, you never move forward, you never spread out.

This point is best illustrated in a little chit chat I had with a good Van city friend of mine, in which she said "if Toronto is so great, how come all of your friends live in different cities around the world, all my friend still live in Van" HA, EXACTLY! All of us who grew up in downtown T.O. have at one point or another lived in another place. Since high school the majority of people I knew always had a desire to explore the world. Just like its a prerequisite to go on the half pipe at Mt Baker, it was pretty much a prerequisite to go backpacking round the world and to live in another Canadian city. Its cool to love your hometown, but not realizing that there is a much bigger world out there, you tend to develop an attitude that youre the greatest shit in the world.

Anyways I still like this city, I mean I love eastvan and the cheap sushi, and most of you van city natives whom I befriended are exempt from this attitude (well most of the time) but going back to that kid on the bus. Watch the Leafs game because you like hockey or because you have Wellwood in your fantasy pool, but don't just simply watch it because "the Leafs suck"

leafs 06/07 & bama 2010 depth charts

2006-10-04T14:48:00.000-07:00

maple leafs depth chart

some thoughts

Wellwood and Tucker will be playing with Sundin. Look for Wellwood to have a big year. Kaberle and McCabe will both win a rare split Norris Trophy. Also of note is Alexander Steen playing with Michael Peca on the second line. I predict that Steen will have a 100 point season. The Leafs will also join the 72 Dolphins and the 2003 uconn women's basketball team going undefeated with an 82-0-0 record. I made the same prediciton for the Toronto Blue Jays saying that they would go 162-0, I was only off by 80 or so games.

My Bama team on the other hand, will not go undefeated in the 2010 season They sit at 1-1 having already lost a 16-14 heartbreaker to Clemson. Screw you C.J. Spiller. Anyways here's a preview of my offence, whether you like it or not

Quarteback
No questions here, JR Chad Arnold (part of my first recruiting class)came into the 2010 season with a 95 overall rating and 14-0 record as a starter. Coming from the same town as Helen Keller, Arnold spends his spare time teaching blind kids braille and deaf kids the art of sign language. Great leader indeed. 5 star JUCO stud Travis Spicer a rs-SO, serves as Arnold's prime backup.

Running Backs
The 1-2 punch of Steve Ferguson (87 OVR) and Dominic Coles (85 OVR) return for their sophmore campaign after rusing for over a combined 2,200 yards and 30TDs as true Freshman. JR Transfer Josh Reese (93 OVR) got kicked out of Ohio St and must sit out of year. He'll suit up in 2011

Receivers
In 2008 and 2009, I, errr I mean Joe Namath convinced the #1 WRs in the nation to sign with the tide. Joel Thompson in 2008 and Brandon Luke in 2009. JR Thompson (90 OVR) already had a bad start getting injured in the Clemson game, while SO Brandon Kuke (91 OVR) will serve as the star wideout. At 6'7 200 lbs, I will probably create him and put him on Bama, when I buy March Madness 07. SR Ben Arnold (86 OVR) and K-dub native SO Kenny Thornton 82 OVR, provide decent support. TE's Bryan Mitchell JR (OVR 85) and redshirt FR and Texas native Eric Goolsby (80 OVR) soldify the receiving core.

O-Line
This may be the weak point with only one returning starter, but there is some pride here as all 5 starters are in-state and there are two players from Tuscaloosa.

RT Wayne Hunter, rsSO (82 OVR) Tarrant
- was a 3 star recruit

RG Emanuel Henry, SO (84 OVR) Gelncoe
- also a 3 star recruit but was impressive as a True Freshman

C Casey Maynard, rsJR (86 OVR) Tuscaloosa
- fan favorite and part of 1st recruiting class

LG Tommy Jones SR (90 OVR) Prichard
- 1st 5 star recruit in my Dynasty, was the #2 G out of high school, 4th year as starter

LT Keith Williams rsSR (78 OVR) Tuscaloosa
- a personal favorite because he is a 3 star JUCO, however there are two true FR who have the same rating that will keep him on his toes

D- Preview to come later

go leafs, roll tide

stabby, stabby, & raycroft era begins at 4:30

2006-10-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

okay since me and my good friend over at Riverdale Palm Trees have started blogging our NCAA Dynasties we have been deemed by our friends, family, coworkers, and ladies of the nights as lunatics in need of therapy. While their claims are entirely justified, there are people out there who are worse than us. John Rodney Wilson of Athens, GA (hometown of REM) went and stabbed his friend after a fierce battle of NCAA Football on PS2 between Auburn and Tennessee. I mean we've had times in our video game playing history where we've chucked controllers, punched walls and even heckled real life players (haha I'll get into this later) for their performance in video games, but a stabbing was nowhere in our books. Article courtesy of our good friend Warren St. John

In the meantime not much time has been devoted to the bama dynasty because I've been settling into my new place in kits (yes I'm better than all of you) and enjoying some rather interesting flicks at VIFF. Though it makes me sad that for the 2nd year in a row I was not in Toronto for TIFF. Had my mother email me everyday about sipping wine with big time celebs, trying to make me jealous. And it also brought fond memories of when a friend and I went to a big wig party and pretended that Alliance bought our script, man very easy to pick up film chicks. While VIFF lacks the party atmosphere and general city wide buzz that takes over the TDOT during the month of September, its nice to see off beat films and have pretentious people asking stupid questions during the Q & A. Makes me feel at home.

anyways position previews for my 2010 season to come

happy hump day
Raycroft for Vezina!!!!!!!!

Add C.J. Spiller to the list

2006-10-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

Last week, CL over at Riverdale Palm Trees posted an article about players he hated because of video games. Well I would like to add Clemson's C.J, Sipiller to the list. I'm in the year 2010 in my dynasty and it is the last year which will feature real life players (5th year SRs who are True FR in 2006). Coming off an undefeated season, I decided to play teams that featured real life players, so I scheduled Colorado St and Clemson. Colorado St featured real life Texas QB Jevan Snead, who transferred to CSU in my Dynasty. Bama travelled to Fort Collins, CO to face the 99 ovr rated QB and surprise, surprise, Snead was injured in the 1st quarter. Bama cruised to a 44-7 victory.

Next game was the home opener in Tuscaloosa against the Clemson Tigers. Bama came into the game cocky with a 15 game winning streak. However as the end results would prove, this meant nothing to Clemson SR RB C.J. Spiller(99 OVR). Though his final stats weren't overly impressive (91 yards 0 TDs) Clemson effectively controlled ball throughout the game and Spiller made several key 3rd down conversions. To make matters worse JR WR Joel Thompson dislocated his elbow in the 2nd quarter which will put him out for 4 weeks. Clemson would end Bama's 15 game winning streak with a 16-14 upset. Bama dropped from #3 to #15 in the polls. However Coach Namath and the boys refuse to let this ruin their season. Main goal for now SEC West Title.

In real life, Bama produced a valliant effort but lost to Florida. Those throwback Florida uniforms were pretty sweet. Also I've made the move from Eastvan to Kits and I'd like to apologize for missing the hockey pool draft, but hey I got Raycroft and Sundin, nice!

bite me C.J. Spiller

i'm back & batman jumps from roof

2006-09-28T12:20:00.000-07:00

Yes, yes, I know your lives have been somewhat empty the last couple of days, with no entries, sorry articles, from this blog. I’ve been away from my Bama dynasty (ya 14-0 last season, but no national title) for more than a week and Yes I am having withdrawal symptoms. However I did have a great time in Tucson and L.A. So much to tell: the candle light vigil held in protest for Tonypollloza 3, pac tilt withUSC at Arizona, more importantly U of A and USC freshman, The Griddle Café with hipster hotties who are struggling actresses, heckling Chris Pronger'sloyalty to his wife and chanting "Cloutier, Clooouuutier!" at the Staple Center and of course waiting for buses in L.A.. (builds character) Oh and I haven’t forgot the pop culture world, T.O., Screech, etc. But for now enjoy this video of Tucson’s version of Van Wilder impressing U of A (Zona, not Bama) cheerleaders by jumping from a roof into a pool in a batman outfit, as well as clips from his speech at Tonypollloza 3

oh a Lander's zona dynasty has moved here

tuscaloosa sushi

2006-09-19T20:50:00.000-07:00

Crimson Tide SO Amy Pauly was named SEC Defensive player of the week. Despite her small sature, 5'4, the volleyball star was named to a trio of all-area squads in high school including a third-team choice of the Chicago Sun Times. Amy plans to major in marketing. Well I'm off to Americaland tomorrow to not only attend Toonypoloza 3 (POSTER from 1st Toonypoloza) in Tucson on Friday, but also to catch the USC / Arizona game and of course an important preseason tilt between the L.A. Kings and the Anaheim Ducks. So with a weeks worth of scholarly work ahead, it was important for me to finish recruiting as I may not be able to play NCAA 07 for an entire week.

Bama's undefeated season brought in the #1 recruiting class for 2010. Whereas the 2009 class brought in a lot of skill position players, this year's focus was on OLinemen, and in total 8 were signed, two were 5 star recruits and five were 4 stars. The most notable recruit was 4 star C Brandon Cochron, he will join SO WR Kenny Thornton as the second player on the Crimson Tide who calls the one and only Kitchener, Ontario, home. With most of the starters from last year's team returning, the only immediate need was at Punter and that was filled with the #1 overall Punter, Justin Brooks of Machesney Park, Illinois. As a preventive measure to reduce stabbings in Tuscaloosa, no other Punters were recruitied.

Other recruiting and off-season notes

- six 5 star recruits were signed, the most in the nation
- with several players on the roster from Ohio, the Buckeye state was finally established as a recruiting pipeline
- JR Josh Reese a 93 OVR HB has decided to transfer from Ohio St to Bama. He will have to sit out the 2010 season, but will have one year of eligibility in 2011. No reason was mentioned for the transfer, as star RB Steve Ferguson will still be around. There may be a position switch to WR for Reese.
- JR QB Chad Arnold progressed to a 95 OVR rating!!!!!
- Should Arnold leave for the NFL early rs-SO Travis Spicer (JUCO transfer from 2009) will take over. He was impressive in the Spring Game with 3 TDs against Bama's 1st Team Def. Spicer is from Parsippany, NJ which has 18.1% asian population!!!!!!!! Spicer can be spotted at this Tuscaloosa hotspot.
- SO WR Keith Meade (84 OVR) transferred to UAB. The Memphis native and 3 6 Mafia fan was the Tide's #1 Punt and Kick Returner, returning 3 punts for TDs. But with Bama's depth at WR, Meade decided a move to Birmingham was best for his career. (no hate)
- Bama goes into the 2010 season ranked #3, while Notre Dame is favored to repeat as they sit at #1. (match-up may be scheduled)

I have more to rant on including TIFF, the new location of the google tab links, and the Buffalo Predators, errr I meant Sabres, but Rory looks upset. see ya

p.s. USC and Tucson freshman watch out!

sugar bowl sweet, but season ends on SOUR note

2006-09-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

I completed the 4th season of my Alabama Dynasty with my first Bowl victory and a 14-0 record, however there would be no national title. The powers that be put Texas A & M and Notre Dame in the championship game, which saw Notre Dame win 51-10. The Sugar Bowl matcup against # 6 Florida St. was much more exciting. The last 1:44 of the game saw 3 lead changesending with a 60 yard TD pass to SO Joel Thompson in a 41-37 victory. Bama's two stud WRs were the stars of the game as FR Brandon Luke had 8 REC 126 yards and 1 TD, while Thompson finished with 6 REC 154 yards and 1 TD. Bama finished #2 in both the coaches and media polls with 21 first place votes in the media compared to Notre Dame's 40. Next season I'll move up to Heisman for the first time in my video game playing history. Anyways here's a couple season highlights

- In his first season as the starter SO Chad Arnold finished with 2610 yards 23 TDs and only 15 INTs, add in 3 rush TDs
- FR RBs lived up to the hype, Ferguson broke an Alabama season record with 1489 yards and 16 TDs, while Dominic Coles had 875 yards and 14 TDs (can we say Lendale White and Reggie Bush South)
- WR Thompson was 61-979-10, whle FR and Ohio native Luke was 55-892-7
- Quetin Rawls finished with 10 sacks
- CBs Jason Miles and Jimmy Fernandez had 6 INTs each
- FS Derek Green won the Thorpe award

All Americans: Greg Jones G JR, Quentin Rawls DE JR, J.Fernandez CB JR, Derek Green FS JR, John Hall K SO
All Freshman: Steve Ferguson HB, Brandon Luke WR, Alphonso Cole FS (back up and special teams star)

Dynasty Progress so far

2006 8-5
2007 9-4
2008 10-4
2009 14-0

Namath so far is 41-13 with a 1-3 Bowl Record and one conference title, I'll play a couple more years with Bama but I may move on to Hawaii, Kansas St, Pittsburgh, Washington, Western Michigan or Texas. Goal is to get 200 wins for Broadway Joe.

- also the SEC was 5-2 in bowls proving to be the toughest conference, compared to Notre Dame who doesn't play in the confences but had Buffalo and only one 10 win + team on their schedule.

Thanks BCS YOU SUCK, but not had much as Pink and Bob Costas doing the NFL. Lonelygirl15 has a new video but it sucks, word of the day kids "sucks". BRING ON TONYPOLOZA 3

something to cheer mylosh up

2006-09-17T22:40:00.000-07:00

after all the youtube drama with lonelygirl15 (here's her interview on MTV,,, as jessica rose, not as Bree) and my dynasty disappointment with the BCS a friend was nice enough to cheer me up with the video below

yes there is a reason to live (yes I'm happy about Bama's real life win over UL Monroe too!)

now i'm off to play Florida State in a meaningless Sugar Bowl

weekend recap and bcs screw job

2006-09-17T21:22:00.000-07:00

So much to talk about. I only had one day off this weekend, but I picked the right day. Seperation Saturday lived up to the hype. I'm sorry to all the NFL fans, but after Saturday's course of events anything else is a huge letdown. Michigan and Mario Manningham gave it to the most overrated team in the history of sports. Oregon /OU, FSU Clemson, UT / UF, Western Michigan (long time employer of my aunt and alma mater of my cousin) upsetting Virginia, all of these games were nuts. But perhaps the most insane thing that happened in college football over the weekend was Northern Colorado's 14-13 victory over Texas State. In a week which saw a Tonya Harding-esque course of events where the back up punter stabbed the starting punter, Northern Colorado would win their upcoming game with the help of a blocked punt. Irony 1, Punters 0,

Okay Dynasty news, I think the picture says it all. I should be ecstatic. After four years of hard work, top notch recruiting and an adjustment of sliders and strategies I finally go into the Bowl season with an undefeated record. But no, the computer polls decide that Texas A & M and Notre Dame are more deserving of the National Title game. I am fine with the A & M bid as they had 7 ranked teams in their schedule, whereas Bama only had 5, but Notre Dame only played one ranked team. Anyways here's a recap of the last two games I played

Iron Bowl @ Auburn
Alabama 27, Auburn 17
I am now 4-0 in the Iron Bowl. Despite Bama's domination in the series, all of the games are always tough, nothing could top last year's Iron Bowl victory. Hahaha! Yes I did tape the ending in HD quality.
With star RB Ben Tate injured, Auburn had to use true FR Thomas Carroll who had a great Iron Bowl debut with 156 yards and 1 TD. Bama's Freshman sensation, New Hampshire's Steve Ferguson matched that talley with 138 yards and 1 TD. However the MVP had to be FS Derek Green. The Junior (who was Namath's first recruit) had 10 tackles, several on third down attempts.

SEC Chamionship Atlanta
Alabama 54-17
Bama came into the SEC Chamionship against #16 Tennessee (10-2) with a #2 BCS ranking. This was a rematch of an epic battle that occured last saturday night (the night where i got hammered by myself, no I didn't call any exes, though it'd be funny if i did) which saw Bama win 36-33. This time I had an audience however the game would not live up to the hype. Ferguson ran for 175 yards and 2 TDs (can we say Reggie Bush dixie style) while WR Joel Thompson had 7 rec for 102 yards and 2 TDs in a 54-17 blowout.
Undefeated FSU loss the ACC title game to Virgina Tech so it looked like Bama would be headed to the National Title game vs. Notre Dame. However the BCS poll bumped Texas A & M from #4 to #2. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

very pissed, I will play Florida State in the Sugar Bowl, but something will be missing. Maybe a split national title will occur if A & M wins. 2009 Bama = 2004 Auburn and 2003 USC

Anyways for those who read this blog for lonelygirl15 updates, here read this grad school take and we'll discuss at lunch or at break

bye bye lonelygirl15, hello SEC west title

2006-09-14T20:23:00.000-07:00

Once there was a time when it was just me, a purple monkey, a nice girl named bree and her friend dawson, errr I meant daniel, all hanging out on my work desktop computer singing along to Grills. Now its the New York Times and MTV. Even though I suspected the ruse early on and claimed on message boards to not care if lonelygirl15 was real or stage, after watching the most recent "In The Park Video"the interest just wasn't there. I mean c'mon she pops a pill at the end, I should be in ecstacy, but now it just seems lame. Don't worry I'll still ask the lonelygirl15 production team for fantasy football advice. So just like my Trucker Hat (thanks for ruining that for me Pharell and X Games people) and my obsession with hipsters I bid adieu.

And its just in time as the new TV season kicks off (race wars on survivor), an insane Saturday of College Football coming up, and of course my Bama Dynasty. Upset that lonelygirl15 had hit the big time, I played my matcup against LSU. Was this to turnout like the Tide's real life 2005 season, where LSU ruined Bama's undefeated season. Well Bama got off to a 28-7 lead at the half, even though LSU had stopped the run. But the 2nd half proved to be a different story, I could not get my offence going, nor could I stop their running game. Next thing I know the score was 35-28 for LSU. However SO QB Chad Arnold, summoning the powers of Helen Keller, led an 88 yard drive for a TD, with FR Brandon Luke making several key plays including an amazing one handed catch in the end zone. There was still 1 minute left and LSU had the ball, but Canadian Quentin Rawls (rated 94 overall) made two sacks. Memphis native Keith Meade returned the punt to put Bama in FG range. Bama came out on top 38-35.

Arnold finished with 303 yards and 3 TDs while True FR Luke had 8 REC for 133 yards and 1 TD. Bama goes into the Iron Bowl at Auburn with the SEC West Title and an 11-0 record. Auburn at 6-4 will be without star RB Ben Tate, who is injured for the year. Bama sits at #4 in the BCS.

Oh and here mrs.pancake day, you can send this to all your old OSU alum, as this is pre-game footage of Michigan QB's Chad Henne's high school team. The Coach uses his final cut pro skills to motivate his team (courtesy of the lovely folks at everdayshouldbesaturday)

free Lander's Blog!

easy Miss State victory and LG15 swan song

2006-09-13T18:36:00.000-07:00

Okay so I couldn't sim the game like i said I would, I was just having too much fun with my team this year. And as expected, Bama dominated with a 52-14 victory. Here's some quick notes in point form, because paragraphs suck today

- SO WR . Joel Thompson had over 200 total yards and added in 1 rec TD and 1 KR TD.
- DE Jason Parker returned from his 2 game suspension for fighting with a parking cop (the parking cop was probably racist so that's why I didn't suspend him for the recommended 4 games)
- SR backup QB and Team Captain Jimmy Barnes was perfect in relief of starter Chad Arnold going 4-4 with 72 yards and 2 TDs

Bama is now 10-0 and ranked #5 in all polls including the BCS as they go into the game of the week vs. 8-1 and #13 ranked LSU. SEC West title is on the the line, with LSU's only loss being out of conference to #2 ranked and undefeated Notre Dame. Coach Namath does not care about the BCS, his focus is on the SEC West first.

And it looks like the lonelygirl15 saga is coming to an end However I will still keep asking her for fantasy football advice on her message board and myspace and hey her's is now the #1 most subscribed channel on youtube of all time.

cheers for now

whoa creepy song for jessica rose

2006-09-12T19:06:00.000-07:00

okay I just listened to the audio in the link I posted in the previous post, errrrr creepy. but alas the guy who made the video tries to defend himself. for decent coverage on the lonelygirl15 saga go to New York Times's Virginia Heffernan's blog I agree with the Sally post at 9:48 PM EST on Heffernan's blog. I care more about the bandaid on her arm and the meaning of lemonade in the House Arrest video than about her real life persona, but its cool to know that she's over 18, hardy har

also I forgot to mention

Roll Tide

(I haven't forgot the focus of this blog, sorry for all the lg15 attention)

go to Rollbamaroll for news on Alabama Football

she's 19

2006-09-12T15:54:00.000-07:00

yeessssssss

http://freejavachat.com/lonelygirl15

bye bye guilt

a fine saturday night

2006-09-10T00:15:00.000-07:00

click on photo for better view

Here we go, I did it, I posted on a Saturday night (even though blogger.com allows its users to change the date on a post) and I'm not ashamed of it. Being on the internet a lot I noticed that blogger and myspace users won't post on a Saturday or Friday night because doing so would be "social suicide" (yes that was stolen from Mean Girls). But whats not to love about staying in on this particular Saturday Night and in all honesty even if I had plans, I would have still stayed in. Why? Let's see there was Ohio St. / Texas (show me the money, how in the world were the Bucks underdogs, easiest bet of the year), Sharapova wins the US Open, lonelygirl15 reveals that she's sneaking out of the house to go to a party and I found someone streaming Season 3 of Laguna Beach, which for fear of MTV taking it down I won't link the user, just pm or myspace me if you want the link. (CL I love this season, I don't know why you don't like it) But last and most important is the fact that I got to play my game against rival Tennessee.

Bama came into the game ranked #6 at 7-0 while Tennessee was 6-1 and ranked #23. This matchup turned out to be the most exciting one I've had this year. The Vols had a RB from Mississippi named Jamal Bates whom I tried to recruit and he was outstanding, but FR New Hampshire native Steve Ferguson would have the game of a lifetime. Most of the game had Bama up by 3 points until Feguson broke free late in the 4th quarter with several third down conversions (in the air and on the ground) and finally a 21 yard TD for a 36-26 lead. However with only 30 seconds on the clock, Vols QB Crompton threw an 82 yard TD pass to Bates (who finished with 2 rusing TDs as well) to make the score 36-33. Luckily Bama recovered the onside kick attempt. Ferguson was the game MVP with 170 yards and 3 TDs,along with 41 rec yards. The Tide now sit at 8-0 and a #5 BCS ranking. There are two easy games against Army and Miss St. before a matcup with LSU who at 'press' , haha I mean post time, was undefeated in the SEC.

What a great night and I need it because tomorrow morning I'll watch my 3rd favorite college player of all time Reggie Bush, go up against my beloved Browns. Its like picking between LC or Kristen oh wait, that's so last year, I mean Tessa and Lexie, Drama Drama Drama.

p.s. INSIDE JOKE WARNING long distance quote of the night, our favorite PHD student with Harvard Parents (DM) said "I wish Colt McCoy didn't save that boy, only so that Brent Musberger wouldn't yap about it" ---> Musberger Drinking Game

p.p.s. there was one thing that upset me tonight and that was the fact that BC Liquor stores changed the style on their new bags. Booo the new bags suck, what the heck is up with the font and the black outline around it. (yes I did drink by myself tonight)

quick update and a random ashley judd photo

2006-09-09T13:31:00.000-07:00

Okay I'll make this quick because UND / Penn St along with UW / OU is on TV and I gots some drinking to catch up on before the 5:00 Texas / Ohio St. tilt. Out of respect to the author of Pancake Day I have put my lunch money on Teddy Jr. and Troy to cover the spread. So I apologize to all my peeps in Austin for this one day (don't worry I have Chris Simms in all 3 of NFL pools and I love the Don't Mess With Texas MBMA shirt you sent me).

So I had a game in Kentucky against Ashley Judd's Wildcats and this was a walk in the park. FR Brandon Luke had a huge game with 138 yards and 1 Td in a 43-10 blowout. QB Arnold was an amazing 15-16 with 239 yards and 1 TD, his only incompletion was an INT.Then it was off to L.A. (where I'm headed to on the 21st) for a matchup against UCLA and Joe Namath and the boys must've been doing some late night partying because Bama was sluggish from the start. UCLA went into the half with a 28-13 lead and Newport Beach native Trevor Theriot not only ran for 2 TDs but thew a pass TD in a trick play. But Namath and the boys sobered up at the half. FR RBs Ferguson and Coles dominated from here on. Feguson finished with 194 yards and 2 TDs while Coles had 115 and 1 TD. Arnold ended up throwing for 238 yards and 3 TDs, while WR J.T. Thompson had 7 receptions for 134 yards and 1 TD in a 50-35 shootout victory

Up next for #6 Bama, rivaly Tennessee, but for me its a hell a lot of football watching,

Oh and read this lonelygirl15 article

cheers

quarterbacks from kuwait & helen keller

2006-09-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

with last night being opening night for the NFL (I should've started Simms over Culpepper) and with a rare WAC game being televised on canadian TV (thanks to thescore)i did not get a chance to play a game in my dynasty. i know, i know, this is no excuse but Two a Days was on MTV Canada and I also had a visit from the lovely neighbour hood pitbull, Floyd.therefore its time for another installment of "meet the team." the last segment took us to the birthplace of a blues legend and to a fishing town in New Hampshire, this time we visit the hometown of another famous figure.

Chad Arnold, QB Sheffield, AL
having most of the starting skill position players in my 2009 season coming from out of state (Ferguson RB - NH, Coles RB - LA, Thompson WR - FL, Luke WR - OH) it was refreshing to have an instate player at QB. the 3rd year SO hails from Sheffield situated between Muscle Shoals and Tuscumbia in northern Alabama. Muscle Shoals is perhaps best known for being mentioned in the southern rock anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" while Tuscumbia is home to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, but more importantly it is the birthplace of Helen Keller. Sheffield has a low average house hold income of $26,673, however the average house only costs $63,300, so its all relative. it is also fairly diverse (by American standards) with a 26.2% black population. (city data) in the battle to replace John Parker Wilson, Arnold beat out SR Jimmy Barnes and several incoming recruits and has done a good job so far in Alabama's 5-0 season. However with Arnold's speed (77) i throw the ball less than i did with Wilson.

okay back to the WAC game. in the closing the minutes of Boise State's 42-14 blowout or Oregon St. (USC BCS points going down). i noticed that the 3rd string QB for Boise was kind of ethnic looking. so i did a background check on him and i found that he was a native of kuwait. Bush Hamdan is the younger brother Gibran Hamdan an IU grad and nfl europe mvp who recently signed with the 49ers practice squad. Their father Latif, was a nuclear engineer working at the Kuwaiti Institute of Scientific Research and they were vacationing in San Diego when Iraq invaded in the early 90s. Latif soon after landed a job with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and both of the sons became standout athletes at Bishop Denis J. O'Connell high school in Virginia. need i mention that the younger brother's name is "Bush" and in NCAA Football 07 he has Throwing Power rating of 87 and Throw Accuracy rating of 78. other than Lander's muslim connection in his dynasty(big ups Justin Abudullah), i can't think of anything else that would better unite east and west, than a muslim quarterback

to learn more about nuclear energy go here

Causes of the Crash

2006-09-07T10:41:00.000-07:00

The Boom Bust Theory, The German Mark, and having a penalty occur when being up 14-0 towards the end of the 2nd quarter: what do they all have in common: all led to crashes. Of course one led to the great depression, while the other led to me spending the day on the beach. There is still debate as to which is worse, the events in 1929 or not being able to a complete a game on my PS2. I am guessing the latter. Anyways I was playing the #25 ranked South Carolina Gamecocks and I was up 14-0 towards the end of the second half, Bama was dominating. But....... an offside call occured and during the penalty animation sequence (NIS I believe is the industry term) my game crashed. Mmmmmm very similar to the last time I crashed when I was up 14-0 on Tennessee. So the lesson of the day kids, when you're up 14-0 don't get a penalty.

So I simmed the game and Bama ended up winning 27-26 in OT, my QB Chad Arnold threw 3 picks, yikes. That's okay though because the Tide is 5-0 and now I know the causes of the crash. Gee I should get a job finding these things.

That's all for this morning, in the meantime check out these youtube clips

texas tech Bellringer: what a jerk (hahaha I'm so clever)
pop warner coach takes out kid
UAB wideout takes out trainer

oh and of course whats a stolenbikedynasty post without a lonelygirl15 vid. This time she expresses her distress over Pluto (man we have so much in common) then on a more serious note, she talks about how kids at her school started saying very bad things about her and her teacher(man so much in common). Yes kids are horrible, I'm here for you kid

May December Romance

2006-09-05T17:41:00.000-07:00

Ahem, here we go again. Demi and Ashton, Timothy Hutton and a then 15 year old Natalie Portman in Beautiful Girls, 20ish youtube addicts and lonelygirl15,, and my 2009 Bama team: What do they all have in common?

They're all successful May December Romances

Bama came into the 2009 season ranked #15 with a veteran D (only 2 underclassmen in the starting 11) and with an offence of first time starters, all of whom in the skill positions were Freshman's and Sophmores. Much like Demi and Ashton & of course Portman and Hutton, the two have blended togeather in perfect harmony to bring about an amazing 4-0 start with a #8 ranking and #6 media ranking. Quick recaps:

#15 Alabama vs. Colorado St. - Tuscaloosa
I scheduled the Rams, because real life Texas QB Jevan Snead had transferred there in my dynasty. This was to better prepare for my matchup in Austin. Redshirt SO Chad Arnold beat out Cali native, SR Jimmy Barnes for the starting QB spot with an outstanding spring game and an 87 OVR rating, compared to Barnes's 85. Bama would also see three true freshman with significant playing time with New Hampshire product Steve Ferguson (80 ovr) and Dominic Coles (80 over) splitting carries and Brandon Luke (84 ovr) in the #2 WR spot. SO Joel "JT" Thompson was in the #1 slot. Coles played well with 110 yards and 1 TD, while Ferguson added in 78 for 2 TDs. Coles = White; Feguson = Bush; Colorado St = no problem
Bama 37, CSU 7

#15 Alabama vs. Ole Miss - Oxford, MS
Back in the Oxford again, this would prove no problem as Arnold went 12-15 with 139 yards and 2 TDs. Luke got his first TD and sad news as Defensive captain and Hoover High alum Cory Reamer ended his career with a torn MCL.
Bama 35, Ole Miss 7

#15 Alabama vs. #5 Texas - Austin, TX
Wow is all I have to say. DE and London Ontario native Quentin Rawls along with SO 5 star DE Jason Parker (Texas native) took advantage of two FR tackles and Colt McCoy could not get his offence going. CB Jimmy Fernandez played tough on Texas's star WR allowing only 1 TD. The offence was not statistically impressive but they had good field position on ever play scoring an amazing 37 points!!!!!
Bama 37, UTA 7

#9 Alabama vs. # 12 Arkansas - Tuscaloosa
This rainy day game saw several fumbles on both sides of the ball, however FR Ferguson finally had his breakthrough game with 107 yards and 1 TD. And on his first EVER punt return, Ferguson produced a 55 yard TD. Defence played well with Fernandez making several key plays.
Bama 24, ARK 7

Things look good so far. I have switched to Pittsburgh's playbook from Utahs, to make better use of my running game. My secondary is amazing (all from the same recruiting class) with R-SO Miles and JR Fernandez with 3 INTs each. And my FR RBs have lived up to the hype, Ferguson now has an 82 ovr rating with 314 yards and 5 TDs, while Coles has 297 yards and 4 TDs

Veteran D + Youth Movement = Bama's 4-0 start

In other news, Alabama's official site has undergone a makeover, I like the new layout, check it out. That's all for now, I'm off to the beach as I've spent my whole off day playing video games. RIP Crocodile Hunter.

Roll Tide

Recruiting Riches & New Lonelygirl15 Video

2006-09-04T22:17:00.000-07:00

yikes, FSU pulled one off. Poor Paul. Couldn't find a bar along Broadway that had ESPN so I didn't see any of the game, also my bike lock was broken so I just went to a hipster cafe for some cafination (ya I know thats not a word) so I could do some recruiting. And I managed to pull in my best class yet with the ninth best in the nation. Highlights include

- Brandon Luke WR 6'7 202 - probably on basketball scholarship as well, this 5 star WR was the #1 overall player in the nation. He is from Ravenna, OH, which is just outside of Akron, He is good friends with Lebron James. He came into the game with an 84 rating. He will line up along side SO Joel Thompson as the #2 WR

- 4 Quarterbacks!!!. Two JUCOs, (however I converted one of them to a DE) & Two Freshman, although one of the Freshman is only there for his education as he is a Tuscaloosa native and only a 3 star recruit. None will factor in the battle to replace John Parker Wilson, (that battle is between SR Barnes and SO Chad Arnold)

- 3 Top 100 RBs. Could this be similar to USC class of 2003 or 2006. Along with 5 star studs Ferguson and Coles; see previous story. I added in 6'1 224 4 star Alabama native Chase Hill.

- A 3 star athlete by the name of Willie Williams (not to be confused with the real life thug ex-hurricane Willie Williams: good write up on willie here), oh ya did I mention that he was from Chino, CA

- 4 star WR Kenny Thronton 5'11 164, he's from the K Dub (Kitchener Waterloo) nuff said. Forever linked with our favorite CFL loving brothers. Gotta love my Canadians on the team.

Oh and keeping with the pro-hebrew, pro-lonelygirl15 undertones of this blog, lonelygirl15 has a new vid up talking about her religion and how she's going on a diet. Oh and this video pretty much sums up all our feeling towards lonelygirl15. Must say I love the headband

Captial One Heartbreak

2006-09-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

Say it ain't so Joe. Alabama legend Joe Namath is 0-3 in bowl games after a 20-17 defeat to Michigan. In what was rightfully deemed (by dynasty AI) the 2nd greatest game of all time, this defensive battle became a shootout in the last 1:32 of the game. With Michigan up 13-10, J.P. Wislon threw at 4th down TD from Bama's own 13 to superstar freshman Joel Thompson (who was playing in his home town of Orlando) for an 87 yard TD. The pass was only 10 yards but J.T. broke through several defenders and stiff armed the last man down the field. However the lead would not last for long, Michigan QB Jason Forcier was poised and controlled the drive with short passes. Then SR Mario Mannigham shrugged off Bama corner Jimmy Fernandez (who had the game of his life until this point) and was open for a 60 yard TD. Michigan tears turned to cheers (click on photo) For the second year in a row Michigan beat Bama in a New Years Day Bowl.

Despite this defeat, the Administration was so impressed with the team's effort that they awarded Coach Namath a four year contract extension and he vowed to bring home a national title to Tuscaloosa, before he retires to coach Hawaii or USC.

End of Season notes

- 2008 final record 10-4, ranked #23 in Media and in Coaches
- National Title stays in BIG 10 with undefeated Ohio St beating Nebraska 49-21
- J.P. Wilson caps a stellar (such a BC word) record breaking career with 3447 yards and 29 TDs and only 15 INTs (I'm getting better a reading coverages)
- Florida Gators get revenge on the Noles beating them in the Sugar Bowl (Tebow declares for NFL Draft)
- 1st Team All American Honors for T Andre Smith and DC native FR K Jason Hall
- 2nd Team All American Honros for WR Michael McCoy who finished with 72-1510-13
- 1st Team All Freshman for Joel Thompson
- McCoy and Andre Smith leave for early for NFL
- Southlake Carroll (Texas HS powerhouse) star QB Greg McElroy leaves Bama for UCF
- Arizona loses Sun Bowl to #11 Notre Dame

Other notes

- just got a call from Pretty Paul in the Tdot, he will win a crapload of cash and will pay for our drinks in LA if Miami pulls off this victory over FSU
- I have no ESPN, so I'm watching the Laguna Marathon, however I will go downtown to a bar to watch the second half, but this second season of Laguna is keeping me in. (ahh memories). Watch this and this
- oh and I'm still amazed at how well USC played and Bama won their first game, nice.

John David's Booty, American Beer, & Ella Enchanted

2006-09-03T19:15:00.000-07:00

Okay even though I wrote down USC 54, Arkansas 14, in my tiebrake for my pick'em league, I did not expect a 50 point performance. All I can say is wow!

These guys should've trained with Canadian beer

I managed to get a ride to the UW game and it was fun tailgating, but man now I know why everyone at Browns games always told me to bring down a two-four of canadian beer, American beer just gets you bloated. No wonder why it takes everyone 14 beers to get a buzz. People blame obesity on fast food, I would like to blame it on 4% beer. The only thing I didn't really like about the cinematic classic Beerfest, is that they didn't train with Canadian beer! Needless to say the UW game was fun, I was too drunk to take pics. Let's just say that purple shirt and denim skirts was the uniform of choice (gott love them west coast girls). The game was really crappy and ditto for some of the fans. They're just not as friendly as fans in the midwest. There are several incidents, but I'll talk about them in another entry. Let's just say that when you go to a Browns game or an SC game you instantly fall in love with the fans, I've been to a bunch of UW games and the fans just aren't as friendly or charming. However I have met some of the beat writers and older fans and those folks are really nice.

Okay now for some Dynasty updates, despite my Sunday hangover (thanks to some sunday pick up hoops, some tomato juice and a healthy dose of TBS movies on a sunday, yes I sat through Ella Enchanta and My Best Friends Wedding, kill me, kill me now) I was able to muster enough energy to finish my SEC Title game against 11-1 Florida. They blew an undefeated season by losing to Florida St and the eventual 2008 Heisman winner Drew Weatherford. So I was playing in my first conference tilte game, its funny because in NCAA 2001 I remember playing Florida twice in the conference title game, they beat me both times. And looks like I would lose for a third time. J.P. Wilson was strong going 5-6 with 57 yards in the first quarter, however a late hit got him knocked out of the game with a concussion. And backup Barnes who was impressive in the Iron Bowl, was ineffective. I even tried to use 3rd string Qb, redshirt Freshman Chad Arnold, but he was just as bad. The game was close however as I only lost 28-23. Tebow did not put up impressive stats but made several key third down conversions. I lost the SEC title, but hey I won the Iron Bowl and now 10-3 Alabama is headed to the Capital One Bowl against Michigan. Same matchup from my bowl game last year in which Michigan came out on top. Oh and 12-1 Nebraska plays 13-0 Ohio St in the national title. Thats all for now I gots to finish my 2nd nfl fantasy draft and I can't multi-task too well.

2008 Iron Bowl Footage

2006-09-02T03:46:00.000-07:00

Just watch the video

3 hours before i Ieave for Seattle for the UW San Jose State game, Neighbours are still having a crazy party, I best get some sleep. See ya

Finally LSU defeated and Iron Bowl Preview

2006-09-01T20:48:00.000-07:00

Wooohoooooo with no Early Doucet and no JaMarcus Russell (thank you graduation), Bama went into Death Valley as the favorite. LSU was starting a True Freshman QB however he had an 84 rating. LSU played the ball control game the first half and my D could not stop the run tandem of Trindon Holliday and R.J. Jackson and LSU had a 14-6 lead at the half. However coach Joe Namath must've yelled at his D and J.P. Wilson at half time. Bama dominated from then on. Using various zones and blitzes I was able to finally stop the run. Then Bama Played the Ball controll game and after establishing an effective running game J.P. Wilson took over. He finished 20-33 with 338 yards and 2 TDs. McCoy had an incredible 9 receptions for 192 yards and true freshman Joel Thompson was 6-78-1. Bama left Baton Rogue with a 27-21 victory. Louisiana native and 2009 Bama commit Dominic Coles was in the stands with his family and was happy that he made the right decision.

Alabama is now ranked #17 and sits at 9-2. They have a shot to go to the SEC Title game against undefeated Florida who is led by Tim Tebow and his 38 TDs. Auburn is also at 9-2. Here is how the SEC West standings look:

Bama 6-1
Auburn 5-2
Arkansas 5-2

Bama just needs to focus on the win in order to get a trip to Atlanta, however it will be tough. Once again the Iron Bowl will feature two Hoover QBs in J.P. Wilson (pictured above right: yes I know thats the first ever football action shot I've ever had in this blog) and Auburn SO Neil Caudle. Wilson is having a record breaking year with 2926 yards 28 TDs. Caudle has been injured most of the year but has led the Tigers to their current 5 game win streak. Also a force will be Auburn super Sophmores Tate who rushed for 1317 yards and 11 TDs and Tim Hawthorne who has 12 REC TDs. Of course the SEC leader in REC TDs is Bama's McCoy with 13. So it should be a fun game.

Might not do updates for awhile as I'm going to the Washington Huskies opener and also have various Fantasy Football drafts to focus on + real Bama game vs. my island brothers from Hawaii + USC game vs Arkansas. So yall have a good weekend

ROLL TIDE

p.s. lonelygirl15 has a new video up

Hazlehurst, Altamonte Springs, Suncook ,Meraux

2006-09-01T11:18:00.000-07:00

Due to popular demand, its time for "Meet the Team". In this segement I would like to talk about two true Freshmen who have made an impact on my 2008 team and two commits for the 2009 season.

Bernard Quinn DT, Hazlehurst, MS
At 6'6 309 lbs, this monster (who runs a 4.88 40!!!!!!) was recruited as an ATH. Needing depth at DT and on the OL I didn't expect much for the 3 star recruit, however he came into the season with a suprising 78 overall rating. Then in week 4 he bursts to an 82, this without any PT (must've done good in practice) So I had to put him in the starting lineup and he has been a force in the pass rush ever since. Bernard comes from a small town (4,400 pop) that has a 68% black population and only an average household income of $25,000 --> city info. Of course Quinn is not the most famous resident as Hazlehurst is the birthplace of the one and only blues legend Robert Johnson!

Joel Thompson WR Altamonte Springs, FL
This 5 star inseason recruit with 4.16 speed has lived up to expectations as he was rated the #1 WR in the nation. So far he has 525 yards for 6 TDs and he returns punts and kickoffs. He probably had an easier life than Quinn as Altamonte Springs is a nice little upper middle class town just outside of Orlando. His childhood hero was NBA star and ex-Raptor Tracy McGrady. With his star status throughout high school, he probably slept with 80% of the women listed here on this Altamonte Springs area myspace search.

Stever Ferguson Suncook, NH & Dominic Coles Meraux, LA
Grouped these two 5 star early commits for the 2009 season together because I am hoping that they'll be the Bama equivalent to Cadillac/Brown or Bush/White. The two 5 star recruits with sub 4.4 speed were both sold on the Tide's Prestige, but both come from entirely different backgrounds. Ferguson is from the small river town of Suncook in NH. Some may view him as a carpetbagger but that won't bother him. With only a 0.5% black population (city data) Ferguson spent most of his time on golf courses and fishing on his canoe. He learned his football by playing in summer leagues in nearby Quebec.

Coles on the other hand is from football crazy Louisiana. Meraux is in the Saint Bernad Parish area of New Orleans which in real life (sad story alert) was destroyed by Katrina.

Here is a good article from the New York Times about football being used as a refuge from Katrina. And here is a story about how Bastrop high school is losing its state title on claims that it had illegally recruited kids from hurricane shelters. But as Coach Crutchfield, whose kids were the ones that were recruited, states in the Times article

"Even if rules were technically violated, and some penalty was deserved, Crutchfield said, any player who lost everything in a storm would have been tempted by someone who offered a ride, money, a place to live, a chance to keep playing football. “I might have taken it, too,”

Utah's Spread Offence & Miss St. losses Twice

2006-09-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

So much to tell. I'll have to put in several entries today. First off I would like to stand up and clap for Mr. Landerz (also the name of my female jockey in Gallop Racer 2006) for taking his Samoan led Arizona Wildcats to a national title game despite the fact that Bama lost in the SEC title game to the Vols!

College football (real) started yesterday and the feature game on ESPN was a snoozer in which the South Carolina Fighting Gamecocks beat the Miss St. Bulldogs 15-0. Thankfully a Seahawks preseason game was on local TV. However the start of the new season got me pumped to play some video game football and I fought off my biological need for sleep (something I've been lacking this week) to take on 2-7 Mississippi St. I decided to try a new playbook and choose Utah's spread offence. And what a delight it was. J.P. Wilson threw "ZERO" INTs!!!!!!!!!!! He finished with 236 yards and 3 TDs. This was also the first time this year I got to play my second team and Hoover High's (featured in MTV's Two a Days, very good show) Cory Reamer returned an INT for a TD in a 37-10 blowout.

Bama using Utah's spread offence
(photo from University's official site)

Utah Ain't So Bad, Neither is Beating the Vols

2006-08-31T13:59:00.000-07:00

After much distress, I finally completed a game in my Bama Dynasty. I believe last Thursday was the last time I finished a game. The matchup which featured #22 Alabama vs. #24 Tennessee in Knoxville, was very uneventfull despite the fact that it was named the #2 all time game. J.P. Wilson threw 3 INTs in the first half again, however he was superb in the 2nd half finishing the game with 310 yards and 2 TDs. Final score was 30-24 but the game was littered with turnovers galore on both sides. My Bama team is now at 7-2, with Miss St and a bunch of recruits coming for a visit to Tuscaloosa. The real Miss St plays today vs. the bootleg USC as College Football kicks off today.

Anways here's a vid a coworker sent me with some indie rocker getting owned by a water bottle.Oh and if I do a Dynasty with a mid major I may have to pick Utah. I thought everyone in Utah was mormon. This is courtesy of UDubdish, by way of bruinsnation Yes Couger (not the BYU kind) and freshman unite, in Utah of all places.

Game Freeze, Delmon Young & Arnold Recruiting Video

2006-08-30T10:46:00.000-07:00

The game locked up on me last night. I was in Knoxville playing #24 Tennessee (Bama is 6-2 at #22) and was up 14-0. Then in the closing seconds of the half, my SS intercepted a pass, but at the same time there was a pass interference call. This was follwed by that weird bzzzzzzzzzz noise and the game crashed. WTF? With this crash and the Ole Miss fumblitis incident I feel like someone out there does not want me to finish my 3rd season. I was so angry that I decided to go and smash things, too bad someone caught me on tape.

Is it because I neglected you for 3 whole days. Man this is like taking off on your girlfriend to go on a fishing trip with the boys and then your girl gives you no love when you come back. Okay I apologize. Just let me finish my game. I promise to give you more attention tonight.

In other news

- lonelygirl15 has posted on new vid, its weird and creepy, lacks the charm of HBO's, errr I meant "HER" other vids
- Delmon Young, whom yall might remember from this bat throwing incident, hit his first HR last night. All this after he was introduced to majors by getting hit by a pitch in his first AB. This boy is going tear it up.
- true freshman C.J. Gable looks to be the heir to Reggie Bush
- note to self: don't wear mask or cape when robbing bank
- finally baseball in the holy land
- and last but not least, due to popular demand I dug up the Ben Arnold recruiting video from Rivals.com

re: When is it acceptable?

2006-08-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

First read this article.

So after a three day layoff I decided to finally make time for a game, despite coming home late from unforseen circumstances at work. It was #23 5-2 Alabama coming off an upset over #9 Notre Dame vs. a mediocre 3-3 Ole Miss team. Okay so in response to the article above.

1. when your first four passes to open WRs are dropped
2. when two fumbles (not the band) occur at the goaline before the half
3. when a 4th down conversion occurs from Ole Miss twenty in the dying seconds, where the QB got hit, ball was fluttering in the air about 30 yards, then a 78 OVR WR cut through double coverage from my 85+ OVER DBs and runs it in for a TD.
4. when in response to point #3, I throw two passes into to an open "Impact" WR in the end zone and he drops the first one and fumbles the second.

The game was in Tuscaloosa, the momentum meter was in my favor, my sliders for WR catch was set at 75 yet for some reason the A.I. did not want me to win this game. Hence the reset button. Not wanting to replay this game and itching to play rival Tennessee, I simmed the game and would accept the loss if the sim engine determined so. And fair enough Bama won 49-14. The only thing that upsets me about this is the fact that my profile record now no longer matches my dynasty record. Man life can be so hard! J.P. Wilson threw for 3TDs and Ben Arnold got his first TD of the year. Also since its week 8, he now has the same OVR rating as Top H.S. WR Joel Thompson, as Arnold was bumped from 78 to 80. Thompson and Arnold are sick yo!

-in the meantime enjoy this video of my kids.
-here is a funny preseason 25
- oh and lonelygirl15 added me on myspace

Benedict Arnold; Lonelygirl15, & Bama still at 5-2

2006-08-28T10:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'll admitt it. I did not play NCAA Football 07 for my PS2 for three whole days. I know I'm sorry. I apologize. Some Dynasty junkie I am. Apologies to all, but I would like to place blame on four things.

1. Work
2. Sazeracs
3. $1.50 pints and dancing the night away with "experienced" women
4. lonelygirl15 (we'll go into this later)

Since I haven't played a game since my last blog update, let's spend some time to get to know some of the players on the team. Now we all know that I love JUCO transfers, cuz they love football but hate high school academics. I went nuts the first year they put them in the game. So this year I've recruited several JUCOs but none rated high enough to crack my starting lineup. However in 2008 I signed Ben Arnold, a JCSOPH WR from a small town outside of Philly called West Norriton, Pennsylvania.

West Norriton's black population is only 6.1%, which is 5% points higher than Vancouver BC's black population. Now the game doesn't give H.S. history, but I am assuming that he dominated there until he transferred to a private school in Philly for his senior year. He had a standout year, but the star WR also learned in history class that he shared a similar name with America's biggest traitor, Hillary Clinton, uhh whoops I meant Benedict Arnold. Distressed by his findings, Ben attempted to stab his American History teacher. He spent time in prison and lost a chance at a scholarship to Penn St. Thus he spent a year in JUCO and dominated.

Namath, being from PA, decided to take a chance on this 4* WR with 4.39 speed, despite his small size 5'11 165 and 'Poor' Discipline rating which EA gave him. In 2008 Ben has overcome fumble problems and is #4 on the WR depth chart and returns Kickoffs. Ben has a 78 OVR rating. He has made key catches so far, as Bama has switched to Spread Offence. So far he has stayed out of trouble, so cheers to a good 3 years in Tuscaloosa.

Once again congrats to Landers for bridging the gap between East and West as he has a star muslim WR in Justin Abdullah and a muslim kicker who look poised to take the Wildcats to a national title.

As for lonelygirl15, who has one of the "most viewed channels" on youtube. Well looks like things with her and Daniel are going to be all right. Below was her peace offering. For more on her saga this is a good article. Go Joey go, uhh I meant lonelygirl!

Al Strachan = Moron; Fridays = Drunk Freshman; Bama = 5-2

2006-08-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

Drink on Freshman girls! Drink on! Tonight marks the first Friday at college for many Americans and we all know that means a lot of trouble. Cheers to your first Friday girls. Okay to business, despite my "busy" schedule, I found time to play two games last night and one this morning. They were all close games, here's quick recaps.

#21 Bama at #17 Arkansas
The Hogs have always been a tough matchup, but I have a sweet DL and they have a QB named Dick. This game was back forth until the 4th Q when my DE Rawls made two key sacks in Arkansas's first loss of the year
Bama 33, Arkansas 24

Bama #17 at Georgia
Matthew Stafford was injured (he destroyed me last year) and I jumped out to a 24-7 lead at the half. Then I got lazy and next thing I realize the game is tied at 24. J.P. Wilson was useless in the 4th quarter, finishing the game with 5 INTs!!!. He did however break Croyle's school record for career TDs this game. Nevertheless UGA stepped it up and handed Namath's boys their second loss of the year.
UGA 31, Bama 27

#9 Notre Dame at Bama (unranked)
After two tough road games, it was nice to be home. It was Catholics vs. Confederates for the second year in a row, but this time the South would prevail. Mooching karma points from Lander's Bowl victory over UND in his Dynasty. J.P. Wilson erased his 5 INTs from the UGA game throwing 301 yards for 3 TDs. All TD passes went to WR McCoy who finished the game with 9 receptions for 186 yards. Take that Pope Benedict and your Da Vizzzyy Code
Bama 41, The Vatican 24 (Bama's back in the TOP 25 at #23)

Now for those of us who watch Hockey Night in Canada, we all know from watching Hotstove that Al Strahan is not really the brightest person in the world. While I find his stupidity amusing at times, one must wonder why he still has a job. Tis a pity that no one has uploaded former Canucks GM Brian Burke's rant on Strahan on youtube yet. In an article this morning in the Toronto Sun Al Strachan now puts his hockey expertise on what Maple Leaf sports should do with the Toronto Raptors. He claims that the Leafs should get rid of the Raptors as it will save money to better the team and lower ticket prices. Uhhhh there's a salary cap in the NHL I believe and yup the Leafs lowering ticket prices, yup that'll happen. C'mon we sold out the house when Alan Bester was net. Thankfully Steve Buffery knocks some sense into Strachan and adds in a rebuttal

Go Leafs, Go Raptors and yes I do hate my favorite LA couple for being able to watch Two a Days before me. Enjoy the weekend folks, I won't, due to company policy I'll be working :)

Overlooking Ok State & The Black Six

2006-08-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

With ranked Arkansas, Georgia and UND coming up on the schedule, I looked at the Oklahoma St game as a tune up before the big prize fight. I guess I forgot that they were undefeated and also had a 99 overall QB in Bobby Reid. My running game was non-existant but I still had a 17-10 lead going into the 4th quarter. Who would have known that Reid would go nuts (I even triple spyed him) Ok St scores 13 points in a 23-17 upset over #12 Alabama. Bama is now 3-1

So I decided to drown out my sorrows by watching the season finale of the Hills. Very unimpressed with LC for choosing Malibu over Paris. Whats up with all the summer movies telling people to choose family and love over careers, Click, The Devil Wears Prada, Clekrs 2. BOOOOOO! Bad message for the kids. So two strikes for Mylosh on the night. To cheer myself up I finally decided to watch The Black Six, which I bought at a discount store for $1.99.Click on image for a better pic. It stars a bunch of football players (Mean Joe Greene, Mercury Morris and Gene Washington!) as ex nam vets who cruise around their bikes. But Bubba (Gene Washington) finds out his brother Eddie was murdered for dating a white girl, played in an oscar worthy performance by the lovely Cindy Daly. Now the ONLY unrealistic thing in the movie was that Eddie had a football scholarship as a Kicker. Let's just say that the Black Six literary take the HOUSE DOWN. There is a rad fight scene at the end with racist bikers and a fabulous ending. Buy this if you see it in stores or just ask me to borrow it.

- keeping with the Jewish love theme of this blog, Jets RB Kevan Barlow apologizes for his Mike Nolan / Hitler comparison
- i've always had dreams of playing for the Blue Jays, since that won't happen I'll have to live vicariously through this fellow
- also ESPN Page 2 has a good write up on the ratings in the Madden. Yes I heard about the fatigue thing. All I can say about the ratings crew for Madden is that I don't know ya, but I'm pretty sure they are the coolest people in the world :)

Freshman

2006-08-23T16:16:00.000-07:00

In Tuscaloosa classes began today, while this past Monday the annual Bama Blast welcoming incoming freshman (non-football players) to what will hopefully be the best four years of their lives. As Taylor Townsend once said "They say there's no one older than a high school senior, but no one younger than a college freshman" Haha, how true this is. Late August (early Sept in Canada) marks a time when thousands of wide eyed freshman embark on journey through the lovely world of post secondary education. For most this will be the first time away from home, as well as the first time introduced to what will be their new best friend for the next four years. For a literary account on freshman corruption I recommend the poorly reviewed "I Am Charlotte Simmons", by Tom Wolfe. Who else but a 74 year old man, could tell the tale of an innocent keener, country girl losing her virginity at a frat party. Anyways this got me thinking of my own freshman from my 1st recruiting class in NCAA 07. Here's the progress of some notables from the 2007 class(year 2)so far.

Derek Green FS#5 Meadowbrook, AL (4*)
Namath's first commit In 1st year, he split time at FS with ATH Maurice Ward. Ward has since transferred to Louisiana Tech and Green remains a starter at FS

Tommy Jones G#2 Prichard, AL (5*)
Only 5 star recruit from class, was a backup Guard as a FR, now in 2008 as a SO starts at LG along side LT star Andre Smith. Prime reason why J.P. Wilson has an easy time throwing TDs this year

Jimmy Fernandez CB#10 Boca Raton, FL (4*)
I love this wealthy Dominican. Made key plays from the nickel in 2007, was the D MVP in the Spring Game and is now the impact player on D and one of the top DBs in the SEC as a sophmore. Viva Dominicana. Fernandez is also the main reason why Tego Calderon is all thats heard from the Tide locker room.

Quentin Rawls DE#5 London, ON CANADA (4*)
Started as a FR, was suspended two games for cheating on an exam, but in 2008 he is top rated player on the DL with a 90 rating. And he's Canadian so he kicks arse! He listens to Soca and Dancehall reggae, big ups.

Michael Poppinga OLB#1 Warner Robbins, GA (4*)
Started as FR, solid, nothing flashy. Yup he's white.

Greg Robertson SS#7 Fairhope, AL (4*)
Back up SS as a FR, but is now a force in the secondary. Made key tackles in the ASU and Kentucky games. Along with Derek Green, Bama looks to have one of the best safety tandems in the SEC

Let's All Hate Toronto; McCoy for Heisman

2006-08-23T10:35:00.000-07:00

Finally the truth comes out. The lead story in Vancouver's 24 Magazine is on how Vancouverites are cold and there is even a lovely poll. Very true. Its not on the website but in the feeback section a reader replied saying that initially they seem friendly but deep down they are cold, whereas the reader experienced the opposite in Toronto and New York, where people seemed snobby at first but deep down they were good hearted. I don't know maybe its the good weather, the drivers, the education system, the infatuation with boarding culture (yes skateboards and snowboards breed arrogance, proven fact), or the fact that there are no black or jewish people in this city to keep locals in check, but I think we can all agree that what makes Vancouver great are the people that aren't from here and there sure are enough of us here. Staying along the same lines I can't believe I missed out on Toronto Appretiation Day at Robson Square. This was all organized by Rob Spence who is doing a documentary entitled "Let's All Hate Toronto"

Dynasty News

- Bama is sitting at 3-0 with victories in two close games beating #12 Arizona St 35-28 and Kentucky 31-23. With already 6 TDs in the season JR WR Mike McCoy is in the running for the Heisman. Tough road ahead with ranked Arkansas, Georgia and Notre Dame. But first a match against Oklahoma St with Texas High school legend Bobby Reid at QB.

Lastly I'd like to apologize to one of my readers (a Vancouver native who is alright) for failing to mention the Barfield incident yesterday. Keeping in with the theme of cool Vancouver people, a bartender at Toby's on Commercial and 12th by the name of Darcy looks like Autumn Reeser from the OC. She asked me for id then rubbed my head and blushed when she realized I was old enough to be her father. Can't wait for the new season. And Hills finale on MTV Canada tonite!!!!!

And here's your hump day video, this always puts me into a good mood (that and John Parker Wilson Touchdowns!!!!!)

Year 3 starts, Nazi Cuisine in India & Thank God she's 18

2006-08-22T10:36:00.000-07:00

After pulling off the #14 recruiting class and returning most of my skill position players, I went into Year 3 of my Dynasty with Bama's highest ever preseason ranking at #15. So in week 2 I scheduled #12 Arizona St., who is 15-1 the last two years, their only loss being to Penn St. in last year's title game. But first an in-state tune up in Birmingham against UAB. The RVers need a short trip before the long journey to Arizona. Using Fresno St's playbook and focusing on the spread, Bama jumped out to a 21-0 lead at the half, but then I got lazy and was talking on the phone to some 17 year old I met at the Ball game and bam UAB tied it up. So I hung up the phone and J.P. Parker took control and threw two key touchdowns. Trying to erase last year's SEC high 19 INTs, Parker was stellar going 16-20 243 yards and 5 TDs. ZERO INTs! JR McCoy was his main target with 6 REC for 151 yards and 4 TDs.
Bama 38, UAB 21

In other news

- Ted Lilly broke Josh Gibbons's nose, Jim Rome's take on this brew hahaha this morning was funny.
- anti-semitism takes a bite in India
- after winning the starting position at ASU, QB Sam Keller left school
- watched Accepted last night and yes I will watch this a million times before I watch Snakes on a Plane. Hello! Irony was sooooooo two years ago. Bite me mass public. Anyways I was infatuated with the character of Monica played by Blake Lively. She looked like the same girl in Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (uhhh i watched this with my little cousin, I swear!) and sure enough, she was. So I immediately IMDB'd her (ha "IMDB'd" I so internet savy) and sure enough it was her but more importantly she was born in 1987, that makes her 1 year older than my eldest niece, so sweet, its alright to be sexually attracted to Ms. Lively

All Grown Up Now!!!

2nd Season Fin: 9-4 #24 Ranking with Outback Loss

2006-08-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

First off before talking about my Outback Bowl matchup vs. Michigan let me first introduce you to some of Outback Steakhouse's finest employees. My favorite is Miguel, but Shelly is cool too, I just don't like hanging out with her when she's drunk. She gets a bit crazy, if you know what I'm saying. Okay back to Outback bowl.

Tampa, FL - Michigan shut down the run, they had a sick SO JUCO from Utah (I tried to recruit him) and he was all over the place holding the Upchurch/ Coffee duo to under 100 yards. So I focused in on the passing game and Keith Brown closed out his career with an impressive 7 receptions for 146 yards. Bama was down 17-12 in the closing seconds and J.P. Wilson threw a long bomb to Brown, but he was stopped at the 5 yards line as time ran out. Very similar to the closing of the Titans /Rams Super Bowl ending. Wilson finished with 288 yards but no TDs. Despite the loss Namath's approval rating went through the roof (job security looks good). And with J.P. at QB, the Upchurch / Coffee rush duo, and promising players on D returning, the future looks bright for the Tide in Year 3
Michigan 17, Bama 12

end of season notes
- Bama finishes at 9-4 ranked #24 in coaches and media
- OU's Adrian Peterson wins the Heisman
- Penn St. wins National Title with a 35-30 victory over Arizona St.
- Arizona QB Tuitama (a pacific islander, ya!) passes for 3562 yards and 37 Tds, leading his team to a 7-6 record and a Car Care Bowl victory
- Bama nabs #1 H.S. WR Joel Thompson and Laguna Hills 4 star DT Brandon Crews (he is black)
- Bama C Caldwell bolts to NFL after back to back years as OLineman of the year
- stats page to come soon
- Roy Halladay wins his 16th game

KFed & Iron Bowl Victory

2006-08-21T10:46:00.000-07:00

#21 Bama vs. Auburn - Auburn
Namath is 2 for 2 in the Iron Bowl. Though Auburn's trio of Freshman played well (QB Caudle, RB Tate, WR Hawthorne) they were no match for the experienced Tide in this defensive battle. J.P. Wilson finally had a game without an INT going 11-19 for 159 yards and 1 TD. MVP Honors go to SR MLB and captain, Matt Collins who had several defensive stops and a key INT.
Bama 22, Auburn 7

LSU went on to win the SEC title by beating Georgia 41 to 20. National title in New Orleans puts undefated Penn St up against undefeated and defending champ Arizona St. Next up for Bama: the Outback Bowl vs. Michigan. Which brings back fond memories post 2000 fungus hangover in a Montreal apartment, taking drinks whenever the Fed Ex ad appeared. (warning inside joke) "This guy is garbage" Yes Tom Brady and Shaun Alexander were all in that game. It was also the same season in which Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer takes place.

In other news

- defamer has posted a youtube video of a Kfed performance, (this one's for you landers, rock on christian soldier)
- just like the video game, it appears Leinart's heirs have no problem with accuracy in USC's Sunday night scrimmage
- this is a good list, on Alabama's top 5 personalities
- Oh and here is Alabama's most important student organization

Year 2 Iron Bowl Preview & Bama Cricket

2006-08-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

Preview of 2007 Iron Bowl

#21 Alabama (8-3) @ Auburn (5-5)

Matchup will feature two Hoover, AL QBs. John Parker Wilson of high school powerhouse Hoover (Who will be featured on the upcoming MTV show Two a Days has had subpar year. He has the Bama season record for TDs however he has failed to produce in big games (UGA & LSU). Parker sits at 1944 yards 17 TDs and 18 INTs. Auburn has had a tough time working in redshirt freshman Neil Caudle who played QB for Spain Park in Hoover, but his sats are decent with 2056 yards and 17 TDs. Auburn SR RB Charles Stewart is injured however R-FR and Maryland H.S. legend Ben Tate is ready for his first big game. He has decent back up stats with 630 yards and 9 TDs. Bama is heavily favored however anyting can happen, last year Auburn went into the Iron Bowl undefeated and look what happened. Oh ya and Alabama has a Cricket club

Heh heh Bowl Tide, ha I'm soo funny

Key loss to LSU & Hipster Sightings

2006-08-20T14:04:00.000-07:00

Sad, sad news. SEC West title is out of reach. Vandy was no problem, however WR Early Doucet (thank god he's graduating) and JaMarcus Russell were too much for me. Here's quick recaps

#19 Bama vs. Vandy - Nashville
This was just a tune up for a key SEC West tilt against LSU. Roy Upchurch ran for 140 yards while Coffee added in 80 and a TD. Not much to say here, except that the boys had a great time watching a Nashville Predators / Carolina Hurricanes tilt after the game.
Bama 32, Vandy 7

#18 Bama vs. #10 LSU - Tuscaloosa (Game of the week)
This was LSU domination from the start. J.P. Wilson did not step up going 8-17 with 129 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs. The run game was useless as well with Upchurch and Coffee held to under 100 yards combined. I, errr I mean Joe Namath (yes I'm not taking responsibility for this loss) doubled Early Doucet the entire game, but he still managed 4 key catches for 84 yards. Russell finished with 240 yards and 2 TDs
LSU 24, Bama 10

Oh and where have all the Van city hipsters gone? Obviously not the Main Legion on a Wednesday .(hey I got nothing personally against 17 year old coked out girls) Sorry I know its not a Legion. Two years ago, that place was the east van scenester hot spot. But now you are more or less likely to find conscious white hip hop fansand frat girls rather than wonkette readers and Sufjan Stevens concert goers. The Pinch can atest to this as he reported that a group outside was "freestyling". Well never fear I have spotted the lot of them, they appear to be attending Vancouver Canadians games. Apparently Low A baseball fullfills their ironic appetities. More likely they're just looking for a good time and also to see Cubs Million dollar man and 2006 1st round draft pick (at bat below, sorry bad pic, I'm no Anne Leibovitz). Tyler Colvin. The Boise Cubs star was the last out as he was caught looking for a strikeout in a Canadians victory over the 1st place Cubs. Great atmosphere and hahaha hipsters I found you. Oh and 17 year old coked out girls were at the game as well. Ha I'll be back for sure.

Kelly Clarkson Rocks, Tide Back in SEC West Race

2006-08-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

Okay I've gotten over the Matthew Stafford assault on Bama and have come back with three straight wins. Sitting at 7-2 (4-1) , Namath's boys are now chasing LSU 8-1 (5-0) for the SEC west title . Their only loss was to The Ohio State University.

Quick recap

#25 Bama vs. #14 Tennessee - Tuscaloosa, AL

After throwing two INT's on my first two drives, I focused on the run and dominated from there (using Arizona's playbook) Coffee finished with 124 yards and 2 TDs, while Upchurch rushed for 109 yards and 1 TD in a 37-14 upset over Tennessee. 5 star WR Joel Thompson from Florida was so impressed that he signed with the Tide

#21 Bama vs. Miss St. - Starkville, MS

Big news starting FR DE Quentin Rawls of London, Ontario was caught cheating on an exam. I only suspended him 2 games rather than the 4 that was recomended because he's Canadian and was probably just bored with American education standards rather than just being plain dumb. Besides he came to the USA to party with chicks and also for a shot at the NFL

Had a hard time covering their WR Burks, who finished with 169 yards and 2 TDs. However my focus on the run, mostly to the left side (star T Andre Smith is on that side) sparked the Tide's offence. Coffee finished with 202 yards and 2 TDs while Upchurch had 94 yards 2 TDs and he added in a REC TD. Bama 48, Miss St. 31

next up: Vandy, then a big game at Tuscaloosa against LSU

Finally despite a key loss to USC, U of A (Zona that is) legend Chrisitian was kind enough to send me this video of Kelly Clarkson rocking out with her buddy JD

So I'm off to do the Grosse Grind and then Boise st. (Cubs farm team) vs. Van Canadians 2 nite !!!!!!

My 15 Minutes of Internet Fame !!!!!!!!!!!

2006-08-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

Man I feel like a little school girl here, who has just met Lance Bass (or school boy). Warren St. John author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer has linked me on his website. Man I don't know how to respond (chris help!), I only thought my friends and coworkers roamed around here. His book rules. Also EDSBS (a college football site that I've been reading for awhile) has linked me too. Nice!!!! This is much better than when I met Nelson Mandela.

Very Nice Friday Gift. Great that's all I need with the weekend coming up, more reason to play my Bama Dynasty

cheers

4 Prime Reasons why Jews are Great

2006-08-18T13:32:00.000-07:00

1. Jason and Randy Sklar.

These brothers (blood, not black) have been hosting The Jim Rome Show (9-11 AM on the Team 1040) the last couple of days; haven't laughed that hard in awhile. I'm hooked. They regularly have a show called ESPN Cheap Seats. Also here's their official site

2. Kevin Youkilis and Gabe Kapler

I hate the Red Sox (Jays rule), but hey I can't argue with Dennis Leary praise of the Jewish Peoples. Take that Mel. (watch the vid quick before its taken off)

3. Brent Schaeffer QB, Ole Miss

Greatest Black Jew since Sammy Davis Jr. (well at least in the Video Gameworld) Yes I've returned to my SEC Bama Dynasty. And once again the key to my 34-24 victory at Ole Miss was to triple spy Schaeffer all game. This guy was sick. Schaeffer had 2 Pass TDs and one rush TD. But once again my WR McCoy had a clutch TD in the 4th quarter. Bama is back in the Top 25 (5-2) in Year 2 and I have rival Tennessee up next at home, who beat me last year.

Last but not least

4. Natalie Portman (more than 10 years of obsession and still going)