George Will weighs in on the business of the college game. Go here for the story.
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Since all we do is link to other stories on this blog without publishing original content, why don't you just go here, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/, or here, http://espn.go.com/. It's more efficient.
Anon 11:03 - you must have just started reading this blog this week. There's been plenty of original stuff here. It's not going to be much fun the next few months as MG crows about 'Bama's "13th national championship," but there will be plenty of original stuff to read. As an Auburn guy, I promise to fill the comments section with as much new material talking trash about 'Bama as I can. :-))
It is very hard for an Auburn guy to give any 'Bama guy any credit, but that Bear Bryant line is funny. Probably because it's true.
And on the broader subject of sports in general and money, I have always wondered why athletes are trashed more than anyone else for big salaries (with the exception of the 2009 outrage over banking executives' pay). People go ape crap when a baseball player signs for $20 mill a year, or when Julius Peppers gets $1 mill a game. But nobody is complaining about Adam Sandler, who gets $25 mill a movie - and he hasn't made a decent movie since The Waterboy. No one complains about the massive amounts of money the top musical acts get, except to complain when they show up to an awards show in a car with $20k rims.
And back to college sports... Everyone complains about the head coaches' salaries and the size of the athletic department budget. But no one really complains about the 1,000-year-old tenured professors who don't really teach anything and never make themselves available to the students (everyone had one of those cats during their college careers).
It just seems to me that athletes are singled out for something they're not along in being involved with.
Favorite player: Johnny Musso . . . The Italian Stallion -- Sylvester Stallone is a plagiarist -- played more often in torn garb than the Incredible Hulk. (Musso was also a better blocker.)
Possibly disturbing fact: Trash-talked the infant son of Auburn friends after the kid projectile vomited in my living room the instant after an Alabama touchdown.
R. Trentham Roberts
Allegiance: The Magnolia State, from Iuka to Picayune. (MSU grad, technically.)
Favorite player: Sweetness.
Possibly disturbing fact: Have an original 45 of “The Ballad of Archie Who” on the wall at home, right by the “Drink Barq’s – It’s Good” sign.
Courtney St. Onge
Allegiance: Auburn
Favorite player: Bo
Possibly disturbing fact: Had picture taken with Terry Bowden at a meet-and-greet following his undefeated season. Just for fun, I mailed it to him later, autographed by my uncle and me. Who knew he would actually need the "Good luck in your endeavors!"?
Other fact: It was my infant son that Michael Gordon trash-talked. Just so you know.
Peter St. Onge
Allegiance: Auburn
Favorite player: Destiny Stahl. (What? On the field? Cadillac Williams.)
Possibly disturbing fact: Once thought it would be funny to teach my toddler to say "Roll Tide!" We practiced covertly. Then, one day, my wife the Auburn grad walked in. "Roll Tide!" my son said, perfectly. Turned out to be more funny in the conceptual stage.
Tommy Tomlinson
Allegiance: Georgia
Favorite player: The immortal Herschel Walker, who, by the way, is immortal
Possibly disturbing fact: Slept in car one Georgia-Florida weekend after last-minute decision to go to game. Sneaked into Jacksonville University dorms for showers. Thanks for lax security, Jax!
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Since all we do is link to other stories on this blog without publishing original content, why don't you just go here, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/, or here, http://espn.go.com/. It's more efficient.
Anon 11:03 - you must have just started reading this blog this week. There's been plenty of original stuff here. It's not going to be much fun the next few months as MG crows about 'Bama's "13th national championship," but there will be plenty of original stuff to read. As an Auburn guy, I promise to fill the comments section with as much new material talking trash about 'Bama as I can. :-))
It is very hard for an Auburn guy to give any 'Bama guy any credit, but that Bear Bryant line is funny. Probably because it's true.
And on the broader subject of sports in general and money, I have always wondered why athletes are trashed more than anyone else for big salaries (with the exception of the 2009 outrage over banking executives' pay). People go ape crap when a baseball player signs for $20 mill a year, or when Julius Peppers gets $1 mill a game. But nobody is complaining about Adam Sandler, who gets $25 mill a movie - and he hasn't made a decent movie since The Waterboy. No one complains about the massive amounts of money the top musical acts get, except to complain when they show up to an awards show in a car with $20k rims.
And back to college sports... Everyone complains about the head coaches' salaries and the size of the athletic department budget. But no one really complains about the 1,000-year-old tenured professors who don't really teach anything and never make themselves available to the students (everyone had one of those cats during their college careers).
It just seems to me that athletes are singled out for something they're not along in being involved with.
Hey J:
I could tell a few jokes, do my Elvis impersonation, a couple of magic tricks . . . Hell, even Tomlinson and St. Onge may agree to write something.
Long time before signing day. We'll think of something.
Oh yeah, I forgot. Can anyone tell me the score of Thursday night's game?
mg
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