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Knowshown Moreno Gets His McGuffie On

Most of the nation missed Georgia's blowout of Central Michigan, as per usual when the nation's #1(-ish) team is throttling a MAC foe. But if you're like me you've seen the remarkable picture of Knowshown Moreno auditioning for the 110 meter hurdles at the London Olympics and thought "how did I not see a replay of that?"

Replay of that:



You may now resume normal activities.

ECU Police Were in No Mood to Celebrate West Virginia Win


No, the picture above is not the way officers dressed at the ECU game, but judging by the reaction of some, you can bet they wish they were.

Well, maybe the officers assigned to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium were celebrating. It's just that they have a different way of expressing the joy of East Carolina's big 24-3 win over West Virginia. The fans wanted to, and did, rush the field and the police dealt with people (watch the lower right corner).



There were plenty of reports from fans, witnesses and those pesky ESPN cameras to suggest this was not isolated.
ECU Police Chief Scott Shelton said university officers are interviewing witnesses and analyzing photos and videotapes. The complaints are varied and include assertions that officers punched a fan and threw another to the ground. Shelton said, "Preliminary investigation indicates excessive force was used in an incident of most concern by complainants."
The police chief also says that the officers were supposed to only be visible and try to deter fans and students from running out on the field. If that didn't work, they were supposed to fall back and just try to keep it from getting out of hand. Officers from the State Highway Patrol, City of Greenville, Pitt County Sheriff's Department, the City of Kinston, and Lenoir County were also helping with security.

As for the officers that were shown beating a person on the ground. It's denials all around.
Pitt County Sheriff Mac Manning said that though his deputies were staffing the game in brown uniforms, it was not one of his men caught on tape.

"As far as what happened, or if there was excessive force used, I have no idea," Manning said. "My supervisor at the game saw the video, and what he had seen did not involve a Pitt County deputy."
Of course not. It was a different shade of brown. Or perhaps it was someone dressed as a Pitt County officer trying to make them look bad.

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College Football Songbook: You Ruined Our Dreams, Bill

The College Football Songbook is a weekly feature in which we'll be making as much fun as humanly possible of the most embarrassing moments in college football. Through words, music, and related video we'll leave a lasting memory implanted on the brains of the vanquished that they are not soon to forget.

Ugh! I couldn't side step this one again. The show goes on, even when it's your team.



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Big Ten Market Letter #2

Since the Feds have taken over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, you can expect sheer unmitigated chaos in the markets Monday morning. I can't help you with real investment advice, but I can help you find some of the buys, sells, and holds in Big Ten football after two weeks.

Right now I'm making Penn State's Spread HD offense a strong buy. Last season PSU fans would've traded Jay Paterno for some pocket lint and half a Twix bar, but the early returns on his new boy-wonder offense are quite promising indeed. Sure, it helps that the defense is playing out of its heads and didn't miss two suspended starters on the defensive line one bit against Oregon State (yes, yes, I know, I was wrong; it's not like it's the first time), but the offense has been nothing short of brilliant so far. With their next two games against Syracuse and Temple, look for big gaudy offensive numbers and lots of hype heading into the September 27 game with Illinois. And, the way the Illini defense has played so far, they might well have gaudy numbers after that game, too. It might take until October 11th's Wisconsin game to know if the Spread HD is just a dog-and-pony show, but for now, it looks like the real deal. You want in on the ground floor of this one.

At Least One UTEP Fan Had Fun Last Night

Texas fell behind to UTEP 6-0, momentarily... uh... exciting the home crowd before Texas ran off 28 straight points and didn't look back en route to a 42-13 win. The... uh... excitement... uh... dissipated, obviously, unless you're... uh... well...

Let's just roll the film? This isn't explicit, but it is obvious. Keep small children and the Parents' Television Council away from the highly toxic material about to follow:



Hello! I should have thought of that before the Michigan-Utah game. Except not really because ew.

(Via EDSBS.)

Sunday Hangover: Purple, Not Just for Barney and Steve Smith Inflicted Bruises Anymore

Miss any of Saturday's action? Get the storylines and implications every Sunday morning with a shot of humor, two of vermouth and a pot full of the finest coff-o-sludge in the free world.

This party just got more crowded than a Travis Henry family photo. Think splitting the backseat of a Volkswagen with Charlie Weis and Charlie Weis' ego.

After an afternoon in which East Carolina had Heisman Trophy candidate Pat White scrambling like an NBA star avoiding a paternity test, the Pirates are here to crash the ever-expanding BCS crashing party.

Let the accolades fly faster and farther than Lou Holtz's spittle.

With three straight wins over ranked teams dating back to last year's win in the Hawaii Bowl, the Pirates are the worst thing to happen to top 25 football teams since standardized testing.

But they're not alone. Undefeated Utah, who dropped Michigan's round-peg into a brick-wall offense in Week 1 is having a drink at the bar as well. And, thanks to an unsportsmanlike penalty on Washington quarterback Jake Locker, BYU is there too.

(How bad was that call? The button fly thinks they went in the wrong direction. Cuba Gooding Jr.'s career laughs at that decision while rolling in an Edsel with Michael Brown. The McCain vetting committee thinks that decision was ill thought out.


UF Beats Miami for the First Time in 23 Years (I Know, It Doesn't Even Sound Possible)


I kept hearing "23 years" this, "23 years" that, based on the length of time that it has been since the University of Florida Gators, keepers of The Tebow, formerly of the Old Ball Coach and recently of a National Championship, beat the University of Miami.

It's fairly shocking to believe that it's even humanly -- or Tebowly -- possible for two powerhouse teams located so close hadn't played each other since the 2004 post season, although that does mean that very few people involved in the action tonight actually had anything to do with either team the last time they played.

And it also gives a semi-logical explanation for why that streak has stayed intact as Miami has fallen from grace and Urban Meyer -- who wasn't around either -- has pushed Florida back into the upper echelon of college teams.

Not helping matters is the fact that Florida was a 21 point favorite (and with good reason, seemingly) but the halftime score -- nine to three (again, coaches, typing the score out = poor offensive performance) -- kind of held out a little hope for a close game.

Don't blame Tebow though; as Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews and anyone else with a microphone or a camera in their face pointed out, it was just the rest of the Gators looking slovenly in the first half and failing to meet the WonderKid's expectations.

Coach Mark Richt Uses Brand New Blog to Inspire Bulldogs' Throttling of Central Michigan


Matthew Stafford was decently efficient (18 of 28 for 213 and two touches) and Knowshon Moreno was an absolute monster (18 carries for 168 yards and three trips to the end zone) but I think we all know that it was Mark Richt's message on his brand spankin' new blog (MarkRicht.com) that inspired Georgia to a 56-17 slaughterhouse of Central Michigan on Saturday.
I want to see if our atmosphere can exceed anything Central Michigan has ever experienced. I am challenging the fans to get as loud as they can when Central Michigan is on offense and they're trying to communicate signals, plays and audible. You can make a difference! I want Central Michigan to see what SEC Football is all about.

Coach Mark Richt
Truly inspiring. And kind of impressive that Richt has a blog. Too bad he doesn't even know what one is.
Georgia coach Mark Richt plans to blog Sunday. Sometime between now and then he'll have to figure out exactly what that is.

"I don't even know what a blog is, to be honest with you," Richt said with a laugh Thursday afternoon.
Yet ... he ... somehow ... already ..... blogged? Is it meta? Or does Richt just not care? I'm guessing the latter. Also, it would be nice to hear him blog about red-shirting Moreno, an act he admitted was a pretty big mistake after tonight's game. I'm not guessing he mentions that though.

(Double fist head pound to Game On for finding said site.)

NFL Draft Notes: Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech Shows His Stuff vs. BC

After today's loss to Georgia Tech, Boston College quarterback Chris Crane was asked what happened on his first interception. And in his explanation, he also explained why Georgia Tech defensive end Michael Johnson is going to be a high first-round NFL draft pick in April.

"They started bringing pressure from the field," Crane said. "I tried to throw over a 6-foot-7-guy and I didn't realize it."

NFL scouts absolutely love Johnson's 6-foot-7, 260-pound frame and the long wingspan that Crane wasn't able to avoid when Johnson tipped a pass that was intercepted. He's a great athlete and showed today against Boston College -- when he also had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage -- that he's a very good player.

The reason I question whether he's one of the truly elite players in the 2009 draft class, though, is that he came off the bench as a situational pass rusher in his sophomore and junior years and didn't become a starter until this season. That tells me that Georgia Tech's coaches don't see Johnson as a complete player, even though NFL scouts seem to think he'll become one.

Lou Holtz Has Final Word on BYU-Washington Fiasco

Okay, Lou Holth is kind of awesome sometimes. The ESPN studio crew is justly ripping the morons who wrecked the BYU-Washington game, and Holtz is teetering on the edge of madness:
"I am very much against showboating, but that was a shavesty [sic] of justice."
...and the edge of pure unadulterated awesome:
"The thing that scares you is these people can vote."
Amen. They're probably deciding between Bob Barr and Millard Fillmore. This "point of emphasis" we can do without.

Meanwhile in officiating fiascos: Jim Tressel called out the refs in the Ohio-Ohio State game for a missed block in the back call... on Ohio State. Not a good weekend for the men in stripes.
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