Jimmy Clausen Get’s His Own ESPN Site

As if things for Jim Clausen weren’t bad enough already.

  

This, ladies and gentleman, is what we in the south call a real peach.

God bless whoever came up with this website.

I smell a Ron Powlus sitution coming………..where is Beano Cook when you need him?

Boomtown Madman

Don’t Run with Scissor’s

or listen to Ghosts’ week two observations.

 What was wrong? Let me count the ways…………

2. Knowshon Moreno will be the SEC’s newcomer of the year if Richt will give him the ball.

 The SEC newcomer of the year is already wrapped up for Terry Grant barring some sort of horrific injury. The kid leads the conference in rushing and touchdowns. He was just named SEC freshman of the week for the second time in a row.

3. I’ve said it for two years: I’m not sold on Matthew Stafford.

Ok……..I can sort of see what you are saying here, but the kid is freakin’ John Elway from a talent perspective. He is SCARY.

He is UGA’s best chance at a MNC for the rest of our lives.

7. South Carolina could win the league, but it won’t be because of pitchin’ and catchin’. It’ll be because of hittin’ and hurtin’.

 USC could win the league.

 That’s if we start a league where UF and LSU aren’t allowed to compete.

 Those teams are loaded.

Ghost’s Week Two Observations

1. Georgia isn’t as good as I thought, but the Dawgs aren’t as bad as their fans are making them out to be, either.

2. Knowshon Moreno will be the SEC’s newcomer of the year if Richt will give him the ball.

3. I’ve said it for two years: I’m not sold on Matthew Stafford.

4. Georgia’s defense is refreshing, but South Carolina is not THAT good on offense.

5. Blake Mitchell is a terrible quarterback.

6. Brandon Cox is much worse.

7. South Carolina could win the league, but it won’t be because of pitchin’ and catchin’. It’ll be because of hittin’ and hurtin’.

8. Mario Fannin needs to learn to wrap up.

9. Delbert Alvarado needs to learn to kick straight.

10. Auburn is really, really not good. But South Florida may have just enough defense to win the Big East.

11. Don’t count on it.

12. Brad Lester is really hurting his teammates by being an idiot. Tommy Tuberville is really hurting his players by being an idiot.

13. Alabama may be the most disciplined team in the Southeastern Conference.

14. LSU is by far the best.

Auburn is in Big Trouble

Welcome to the new world, Auburn. It looks a whole lot like the one you have inhabited for the better part (i.e. essentially ALL) of your entire existence as a football program.

The standard line of thinking from Tiger fans has been something like this…….”Even though Alabama is getting some good instate talent this year, we are years from them being in a position to overtake us. Nick Saban may not even be around that long.”

Does anyone really believe in AU’s talent after Saturday night’s loss to the upstart USF Bull’s?

Auburn has a nothing to offer, athletically, at WR, QB, DB, or on the offensive line.  They took absolutely no advantage of the gift that was the 2004 season. Having talent like Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, and Jason Campbell should have put the Tigers in a position to recruit more players resembling those superstars.

 Where are they?

 Tommy Trott…………………..bust.

Leon Hart…………………………bust.

Andrew McCain (ok this guy wasn’t hightly touted, but this picture is just to rich)

What I Can Remember from Saturday

• I know it’s WAY early, but I’d love to see LSU play Oklahoma for the title. It’d be the proverbial Immovable Object vs. the Irresistible Force. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant. Me vs. Another pretty decent NCAA ‘08 gamer.
• Chris Fowler sweats more than Bruce Pearl. Which is not humanly possible. No, Chris Fowler is not human. I’m pretty sure he was getting IV’s during commercial breaks. And quit whining about it you pansy. Yeah, we get it. It’s hot.
• Did anyone else hear Fowler on Gameday mention that the Velcro Pygmies were playing in Auburn? I knew the Pygmies had quite the following around the South 10 or so years ago, but didn’t know they were still going strong. Isn’t that pretty long just to be a cover band? They did good jobs on all the 80’s metal covers, but if you heard any of their original stuff….. Yikes! Not. Good.
• While the new Dave on the LF broadcast isn’t quite as bad as the old Dave, he’s still a Dave, and he’s still bad.
• I tried to do a non-live live blog for the BAMA-Vandy tussle, but I couldn’t get into the game like I wanted. I found myself being more objective than I care to be during a game. It took the fan out of me, and I didn’t like that one bit. Maybe later down the road.
• I felt so sorry for South Florida’s kicker Saturday night. I just knew if they lost we’d hear of his suicide on the national news Sunday morning. But man, that one kick was the worst I’d ever seen. It was like he was trying for a coffin corner kick. That game should’ve never even made it to OT.
• And what the heck is Dan Fouts doing play-by-play for? That was horrible. It’s like the WWL said “let’s take one of our worst color guys and let him describe the action for every single play”. Brilliant! If I could come up with an analogy to describe just how horrendous it was, I would. Someone at EspN has a sadistic sense of humor.
• Is ABC really going to air the Michigan-Notre Dame game this weekend? Ugh. It’s the proverbial Moveable Object vs. the Resistible Force.
• So, is Oklahoma State a lot worse than everyone expected, or is South Carolina much better than they showed in week one sans Mitchell? Double Dogs?

Crimson Daddy

A Chuckle-Worthy UT/UA Joke

One foggy night a UT fan was heading south and
a Bama fan was driving north.
While crossing a narrow bridge they hit each
other head-on, mangling both cars.
The Vols fan manages to climb out of his car
and survey the damage.
He looks at his twisted car and says, “Man, I’m
lucky to be alive”.
Likewise, the Tide fan gets out of his car
uninjured, he too, feeling fortunate to have survived.
The Tide fan walks over to the Vols fan and
says, “Hey, man, I think this is a sign that we should put away
our petty differences and live as friends instead of
being rivals.”
The Vols fan thinks for a moment and says, “You
know, you’re absolutely right! We should be friends.
In fact, I’m going to see if something else survived
the wreck.” The Vols fan then pops open the trunk of
his car and removes a full undamaged bottle of Jack
Daniels. He says to the Bama fan, “I think this is
another sign that we should toast to our newfound
friendship.”
The Bama fan agrees and grabs the bottle. After
sucking down half of the bottle, the Bama fan hands
the bottle back to the Vols fan and says, “Your turn”.
The Vols fan calmly twists the cap back on the
bottle, throws the rest of the bottle over the bridge
into the river and says,
“Nah, I think I’ll just wait for the cops to
show up.”

Ghost of Neyland 

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Vandy style

The Good

• Terry Grant, Terry Grant, Terry Grant. He is now the official Crimson Daddy man crush 0′ the year. 24 carries for 173 yards and 2 TD’s. If he stays healthy…..the skies the limit for this kid.
• Glen Coffee. I really likes the way he runs. Hits the hole hard and then he looks for the cutback or a DB to run over.
• The offensive line. Took total control of the game in the second half and opened up huge holes all day long for the Tide’s RB’s. Plus, the majority of the negative plays or where the Vandy defense got a good push up front were either missed assignments (things that can be fixed) or Vandy just had the right defensive play call with a stunt or a run blitz.
• Gilbert Arenas. Second week in a row that he sparked the team with the initial return of the game. This time he almost scored.
• The defense overall played well, and very physical. Players were swarming to the ball. Gilberry and Greenwood both did good jobs getting pressure on the QB.
• Kareem Jackson. I am really impressed with this freshman. Vandy knew they weren’t going to make a lot of headway throwing Castille’s way, so they made sure they had Bennett matched up with Jackson on multiple occasions. He helped hold the best wide receiver in the league to 4 catches for 52 yards. And he made a good play by stripping Bennett once after making a catch.
• Rolando McClain. Made plays all day long. It feels good to know that the Tide has a player of his ability that’s gonna be manning the middle for the next few years.

(Pics courtesy if TideSports)