Urban Meyer's father might have told him that it's easier to win at Florida than at Notre Dame, but it's also easier and cheaper to get drugs in Florida too. Hey, speaking of drugs, Florida's best pash rusher was suspended indefinetly (read: Until Florida Really Needs Him), for failing a drug test. (EDSBS has it here.) Again. Coincidence? Probably, but we here at HLS will never fail to confuse coincidence with correlation. Or was it correlation with causation? Or coincidence with causation? ...
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College Football Falling Victim to Pansification of America
This past weekend I saw a very intimidating guy with huge "canons" for arms, more tatoos than I'd ever seen, food from last week falling from his beard, and a leather jacket that said "Hell's Angels" walk into a Starbucks. Figuring he was about to hold up the joint, smash a few things, take a young, nubile barista as his wench, and generally live up to his stereotype, I followed him right in. Well, that and I really, really needed a nice hot chocolate because scotch and driving rarely mix. ...
18,000 Dead Birds Later, Boise State’s Blue Turf Turns 20.
The Blue, Artificial Turf of Boise State's Football Stadium turns 20 years old this week. Yahoo News/AP has the story. To quote Gene Bleymaier, Boise State AD, Blue Turf Innovator, and a man with unhappy neighbors and poor property resale value: "I guess that I'm the type of person that when I paint my house I paint it a different color so the neighbors notice you did something," Bird's Eye View of Boise State's Blue Turf. ...
Reggie Bush Accepted A Lot Of Gifts While At USC. HLS is Shocked. SHOCKED!
The Light Over USC's Campus Could Be Seen From Maui Reggie Bush and his family made a lot of money, and not just in the last few months. Somehow I don't think this will stick to Petey and his merry men. Don't ask me why. I just have a feeling that USC will manage some level of deniability. Until actual sanctions come up against USC as a result, I'm gonna have an impossible time believing that the dynasty might actually get bruised, let alone topple. Looks like our friends at Irish ...
Raiders Leave NFL, Join WAC
After a humiliating loss to the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football, the Oakland Raiders have made an unprecedented move, demoting themselves from the ranks of the NFL and into the Western Athletic Conference. "I'm really excited about this move," Al Davis, ownner of the former NFL franchise said Tuesday, "We looked for an opportunity to join one of the larger BCS conferences, but the only taker we had was the Big Ten, so we latched onto the WAC instead." The Oakland Raiders ...
A Heart Warming Story Surfaces from Clemson. domer.mq Feels Need to Smash Things.
Sometimes the universe does funny things that confuse and scare me. Today the universe has decided to produce a great story about Freshman Ray Ray McElrathbey out of Clemson University's Football Program, who is caring for his 11 year old brother all by himself. That's hard enough to get my head around. What's really got me freaked out is that the NCAA went and did the right thing by Ray Ray. So, let me get this straight. Not all Clemson Football players are thugs and not all NCAA ...
Boo-Yah Go Bye Bye?
The Big Lead is reporting that ESPN's "boo yah" era is either dead or dying. The "talent", and John Saunders, are being reshuffled, effectively giving some of their "talent" (and, again, John Saunders) a lower profile on the network. Will this mean that someday soon we will never again see John "The Ty Willingham of Broadcasting" Saunders, Bob "The Red Sox Won It All And I'm Still Bitter" Ryan, Jason "Oooh! Twinkies!" Whitlock, and Mitch "I'll Just Write Another Cheezy Ass Book" Albom (a.k.a. ...
Sunday Morning QB Has Moved
The Sunday Morning QB has moved to a new address: http://sundaymorningqb.com/ He's also got a new look which I think is much more successful than this "new look": ...
Irish Football Podcast Aggregation…
Do you like college football blogs (of course)...do you like sports talk radio (check)...do you like Fighting Irish Football (hell yeah)??? Well my friend then your going to love this...the HLS team has created an aggregated feed for the top college football podcast (heavy on Irish Football of course). Here's the deal, there are quite a few don't miss CFB podcasts out there but you need to go around and subscribe individually to each one. Harnessing the power of Odeo the HLS team has created ...
We Hate The New Clock Rules!
And so, apparently, do a lot of people. If you're like us, and also hate the new clock rules, then after you contact the NCAA personally (see post from yesterday), then go here and sign the petition. A sampling of other people who hate the new clock rules... Santa Claus: "This new clock rule? What a bitch." Paris Hilton: "The new clock rule? So not hot." Andre The Giant: "Were I alive now, I'd sign the petition. And then I'd crack some NCAA skulls." ...