GARDNER-WEBB MORE INTERESTING THAN NOTRE DAME

ESPN’s ACC blogger Heather Dinich knows her stuff, but die-hard North Carolina fans claim she doesn’t like the Heels. Most of this is simply exaggerated homerism which causes a loyalty driven overreaction to every written word not dripping in sky blue. As it should be, right?

Well, this weekend, Heather added a little fuel to the Tobacco Road fire by choosing to attend the Georgia Tech v. Gardner-Webb game in Atlanta and entertain us with live blog updates on the thrilling Jackets/Runnin’ Bulldogs snoozefest instead of #22 UNC vs. The University of Football at Notre Dame in Chapel Hill.

Now we don’t know what Ms. Dinich’s travel restrictions might be or if her Grandma lives in Atlant, but we do know you can get from Peach Tree St. to Franklin Street by car in a little less than seven hours – not pleasant, but not impossible.

Her review (three posts below) of the Heels victory over the Golden Domers won’t win her any new friends either.

(Photo: Georgia Tech quarterback Calvin Booker, left, is sacked by Gardner Webb linebacker Jeffrey Williams (9) and Quinnon Isom during the first half of a, NCAA college football game on Saturday Oct. 11, 2008, in Atlanta. AP Photo.)

LUCKY 17

Carolina had lost 16 straight over the years to Notre Dame. As predicted the game rested on UNC’s ability to stop ND’s QB Jimmy Clausen as the Fighting Irish have all but abandoned the run. When Clausen has time, he can pick you apart.

The Heels generated just enough pressure to force some critical turnovers that turned the game in the Heels favor. Star receiver and kick returner Brandon Tate hurt his knee early and didn’t return. The UNC defense continues to lead the nation in interceptions, but the string of consecutive blocked punts ended at four.

The luck of the Irish almost came into play when two late critical plays were review by the officials. We aren’t sure about the first one – a called incomplete pass that would have given UNC a game icing first down with 1:30 to play – but, we are pretty confident that the final ND play was a fumble. In fact, if you watch closely, it looks like Golden Tate fumbled on purpose to keep the ball in play perhaps thinking that the clock had run out.

After a nerve wracking review for Heels’ fans, all was right in the world and the Tar Heels had a another important win on the trip down Resurrection Boulevard.

(Photos: Quinton Coples #90 of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates after sacking Jimmy Clauson #7 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Kenan Stadium October 11, 2008 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images. North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Butch Davis chats with referee Randy Smith late in the second half during their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Kenan Stadium October 11, 2008 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Raleigh News & Observers’ Caulton Tudor: "Granted, this Notre Dame team is not remotely close to those that made the program a national fixture. But Carolina wasn't looking to rewrite college football history.

In their 18th game since the arrival of Davis as head coach, the Heels simply wanted to take another step in the direction of recovering national respectability."

(Notre Dame's quarterback Jimmy Clausen (7) is surround by North Carolina defenders Aleric Mullins (97), Bruce Carter (54), E.J. Wilson (92) before being sacked in the first half of an NCAA college football game Oct. 11, 2008, in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina won 29-24 over Notre Dame. )

ACC ROUND UP

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich

Here's a quick look at what happened throughout the ACC today:

NORTH CAROLINA 29, NOTRE DAME 24:This was by far the best game in the ACC this weekend, and it went down to the wire. UNC deserves credit for finding a way to win each week, and this time they did it without their top playmaker, Brandon Tate. The Tar Heels definitely got some help from Notre Dame's turnovers, but deserve credit for forcing some of them. North Carolina proved itself worth of a spot in the top 25. This is one team you don't want to make mistakes against.

GEORGIA TECH 10, GARDNER-WEBB 7: Brutal. The Yellow Jackets took a step back and played terribly against an FCS opponent. It should have been a win they got with their eyes closed -- even with their third-string quarterback -- and it came down to the wire. They had to wait to exhale until three seconds left in the game, when Derrick Morgan tipped a 43-yard field goal attempt. They won, but didn't entirely avoid embarrassment.

MIAMI 20, UCF 14: The young Hurricanes got what they needed, but didn't look too impressive in the process. Miami can use inexperience and injuries as an excuse, but should still be further ahead in the development process midway through the season. Is offensive coordinator Patrick Nix limited by what the young players can't do? If so, how much of a grace period does the staff get to prepare them?

VIRGINIA 35, ECU 20: Kudos to the Cavaliers. They've proven to be a legitimate contender in the Coastal Division, and made the statement that their win over Maryland was a foreshadowing of their potential, not a fluke. The entire team has done exactly what coach Al Groh asked, and that's to rally around the heart of this team -- Cedric Peerman.

(Editor’s Note: The Wahoos also ran a very successful trick play – a fake field goal that iced the game. We will get you a video ASAP. Heather went easy on the Jackets. Prior to yesterday Gardner-Webb had lost to Tennessee Tech, Sam Houston State and Charleston Southern. As we say around here: YIKE!)

(Photos Georgia Tech's Jonathan Dwyer runs for a touchdown, photo by Johnny Crawford/ajc.com. Al Groh by Andrew Shurtleff/UVa Media Relations. Miami Hurricanes Lee Chambers runs for the first down. AP Photo.)

DUKES RACE PAST SPIDERS

It’s taken a while, but we’ve finally gotten over the simple fact that our JUM Dukes lost a football game to that other Duke. Since then, the now #1 Dukes have done little wrong.

Saturday, Scotty McGee scored on a 69-yard punt return with 1 second remaining to lift top-ranked JMU to a heart-stopping 38-31 win over No. 5 Richmond.

J. Mad U. (6-1, 4-0 Colonial Athletic Association) narrowly escaped becoming the third Football Championship Series No. 1 team to lose this season.

The Dukes tied the game at 31 with 59 seconds remaining on an 8-yard run by Eugene Holloman and Rodney Landers' conversion pass to Griff Yancey. That’s 14 pionts in 58 seconds. Yike.

There were five lead changes in the game.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

RED RIVER UPSET...Texas coach Mack Brown, center under trophy, and the Texas Longhorns celebrate their 45-35 win over Oklahoma win with the "Golden Hat Trophy" after an NCAA college football game in Dallas, Saturday, Oct 11, 2008.

(AP Photo/ University of Texas, Jim Sigmon, Pool)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 2

GATORS ROLL TIGERS...Quarterback Tim Tebow #15 of the University of Florida Gators looks upfield against the LSU Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on October 11, 2008 in Gainesville, Florida.

(Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 3

ANOTHER UPSET...Patrick Lavine #4 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys is greeted by teammates after making an interception in the closing seconds against the Missouri Tigers on October 11, 2008 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

Oklahoma State won 28-23.

(Photo by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 4

DOG DAY...UGA VII, mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs, walks on the field before the Bulldogs face the Tennessee Volunteers at Sanford Stadium on October 11, 2008 in Athens, Georgia.

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 5

WHITE OUT...Penn State clobbered Wisconsin leading some pundits to suggest they should vault over idle Alabama into the #1 spot ahead of #5 Texas which beat #1 Oklahoma.
Some folks in T-town won’t think that’s funny.

Here Derrick Williams #2 fights for a pass.

(Photo by Steve Manuel/GoPSUSports,com)

IS CLEMSON IMPLODING?

...benching their star senior Quarterback, or is coach Tommy Bowden taking a page from the Beamer Book and going with the mobile QB to offset offensive line issues?

So far, it’s worked for the Hokies who inserted fleet footed Tyrod Taylor in place of the older, more experienced and better passer Sean Glennon…Maybe it will help the struggling Tigers?

Late Friday, Bowden named redshirt freshman quarterback Willy Korn the starter for next Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech. He will replace the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, Cullen Harper, who has thrown 4 TDs and 6 picks all the while scrambling for his life behind an injured and inexperienced O-line while starting in the last 19 games.

Harper (seen above running for his life – a fairly common sight this season) guided the Tigers to a 9-4 record last season, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in passing efficiency and setting 22 school records.

But Clemson’s offense has sputtered this season, managing just seven points over the last six quarters en route to back-to-back losses.

“We need to find a spark offensively,” Bowden said. “With the injuries we have on that side of the ball, we need to re-evaluate our plan. A more mobile quarterback gives us more options.”
In limited action in his collegiate career, Korn has completed 22-of-29 passes for 257 yards and two touchdowns. He also has 15 rushes for 46 yards and two scores.

Korn played in two games early in the 2007 season, but suffered a shoulder injury and received a medical redshirt.

(Photos by Gerry Broome/AP Photos and TommyBowdenIsGod.Blogspot)

HE’S BACK…

Cycling's governing body is relaxing its own rules to allow Lance Armstrong to make his road race comeback in Australia in January because “he’s Lance Armstrong.”

The International Cycling Union said the seven-time Tour des Tricheurs champion can compete even though a strict application of dope testing rules would not have kept him on the sidelines until Feb. 1, 2009, six months after he filed paperwork with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

But the UCI said on Wednesday that Armstrong could return early because its drug-testing standards have improved since the rule was drawn up four years ago, and because “he’s Lance Armstrong.”

(Former U.S. President Bill Clinton laughs as cyclist Lance Armstrong speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2008. Established by Clinton in 2005, the event is designed to bring donors together with people in need to try to solve global problems like doping in the Tour des Tricheurs. Photo from Reuters Photos)

ANOTHER ROGUE PEP BAND?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, trouble is a brewin’ over the UC Davis band. The Aggies have one of those student-run pep bands like we wrote about recently when the Princeton kids ran afoul of decorum down at The Citadel.

When he was hired as director of the loud, rowdy Cal Aggie Marching Band, nobody told Tom Slabaugh about the tradition of "naked van” among other things. So now, Slabaugh is on “stress leave” after filing a sexual harassment suit against the band members calling them in a legal document: “a hostile work environment.”

Really, we aren’t kidding. Here at TAH, we take our pep bands quite seriously.

Slabaugh claims to have witnessed "ridiculous, disturbing and offensive" behavior…Did anybody tell him they were college students?

From the start, Slabaugh found rehearsals disrupted by "impolite talking, inappropriate and obscene gestures, dropping of pants and women removing their shirts," he wrote. He said he couldn't get the band to shape up because students ignored his admonitions.

Here’s a partial list of the shenanigans:

Naked Van: On last year's road trip to the football game with Portland State, a trumpet player yelled "naked van!" and everybody in the vehicle - men and women alike - stripped to their underwear.

Window Dressing: A sousaphone player and a clarinetist wrote "I (heart) BOOBS" in masking tape on the van's window, causing a motorist who saw the van on I-5 in Oregon to complain to the university.

Going Up?: Four drunken band members were caught urinating in a dormitory elevator, and at band picnic day, four others took their uniform pants down and simulated the incident for a photographer.

Drumming Up Support: Slabaugh said he found a bass drummer drinking beer in the drum room and urged the band council to punish her. After she was suspended for two weeks, her friends blamed Slabaugh.

Bad Santa: At Christmas, he received a card signed by trombone players with a picture of Santa Claus. "I saw you _________ (rhymes with “fingerpainting)," the message read.

(Hey, it’s a family publication…sort of…)

All of that is good, but don’t forget the ACC has the chops to hang in there with the best of pep band bad behavior. In 2002, the University of Virginia’s pep band disbanded temporarily after a halftime skit mocking the University of West Virginia as hillbillies.

Hmmm…

PICTURE OF THE DAY

ENOUGH SAID...Ouch.

(Photo courtesy of CollegeGameDay.com)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 2

NICE MEDAL...Chris Paul (Wake Forest) of the New Orleans Hornets shows his Gold Medal from the USA Olympic Basketball Team before the start of the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings on October 6, 2008 at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

(Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 3

ON A ROLL...Since getting down to the Indians in last year's ALCS, the Red Sox have won 11 of 12 playoff games.

Here, relief pitcher Hideki Okajima #37 delivers a pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays in game one of the ALCS at Tropicana Field on October 10, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Red Sox defeated the Devil Rays 2-0 to take a 1-0 series lead.

(Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)

WAKE FOREST 12, CLEMSON 7

From ACC Now:

It wasn't pretty but Wake Forest will take it. And with their 12-7 win over Clemson on Thursday night, the Demon Deacons take control of the Atlantic Division race.

D.J. Boldin's 7-yard touchdown catch capped Wake's winning drive, which Boldin sustained with a 28-yard play on third-and-24.

Wake dominated the first three quarters but found itself trailing 7-3 at the start of the fourth quarter.

Two missed field goals by Wake's backup kicker gave Clemson life. The Tigers even took the lead, 7-3, on Jacoby Ford's 10-yard touchdown catch. But Shane Popham's second field goal, a 32-yarder cut the lead to 7-6. Then Boldin saved the day.

Wake's 2-0 in the ACC with wins over Clemson and Florida State despite only scoring one touchdown.

Wake Forest's Josh Adams, center, finds some running room as Clemson's DeAndre McDaniel (2) and Brandon Maye (20) look for the tackle.

(AP Photo by Gerry Broome)

THE SINGLE WING IS BACK?

by Luke Decock, Raleigh News & Observer (Yes, that is his real name, so don't even start...)

While Wake Forest was turning back the clock on its offense by 60 years; Clemson was going all the way back to the Stone Age.

Wake dug the old single wing out of a playbook somewhere in the back of Jim Grobe's closet. Clemson was reduced to banging two rocks together and hoping for sparks, to no avail.

By going backward, the Deacons took a big step toward the ACC's Atlantic Division title with a 12-7 win Thursday night. Clemson just went backward, period. The preseason favorite in the ACC is going to be lucky to reach the blue turf of Boise, let alone Tampa Bay for the ACC Championship Game.

Wake, meanwhile, has beaten both Clemson and Florida State, which should give the Deacons the early edge in the Atlantic. They had the early edge Thursday when they came out in a modern variation of a formation usually seen in black-and-white films.

After Riley Skinner threw four interceptions in a loss to Navy last time out, the Deacons took him out of the equation entirely, snapping the ball directly to Josh Adams and Bra

ndon Pendergrass on most plays -- and lining Skinner up at wide receiver.

Clemson figured out the scheme soon enough, but it worked long enough to shake loose Wake's stalled running game…

Read the rest: http://www.newsobserver.com/734/story/1249580.html

Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner (11) finds some running room and Wake Forest's D.J. Boldin runs for a touchdown as Clemson's Chris Clemons (22) and DeAndre McDaniel, right, try to defend.

(AP Photos by Gerry Broome)

WHAT’S UP WITH KLIMPSON?

Let the Friday morning quarterbacking begin. We're going with offensive line woes…sounds good, and may have the extra added attraction of also being the truth.

According to Coach Tommy Bowden as he was checking into the Presidential Suite of the Clemson Football Dog House, "We tried everything.”

And none of it worked.

"I didn't think we'd be 3-3," Bowden added, "I thought we'd be better than that."

Well…duh.

No doubt, the Tiger's No. 9 preseason ranking was too high. But it is a veteran team long on talent which makes the 3-3 overall record and 1-2 ACC record simply inexplicable for a team heavily favored to win its first ACC title since 1991. This was a must-win game for the Tigers for reasons that don’t require an explanation here.

Now everybody is in an uproar over play calling and coaching. Keep in mind the simple fact that Cullen Harper and James Davis just don’t look as good as they used to look. That has to be related to a very young and now oft injured offensive line.

Offensive coordinator Rob Spence is in the hot seat now that Clemson has scored just seven points in its past six quarters. Yike.

"I don't understand right now, OK?" Spence said.

That’s not gonna play well down at the Esso.

(Bowden - AP Photo by Gerry Broome. Esso - Lynnie's Field Trips)

FOOTBALL SATURDAY

Saturday, October 11th

East Carolina (Pirates, 25,990 students, Greenville, NC) (-5.5) @ VIRGINIA, 12:00 PM, Charlottesville, Va., TV: RAYCOM (XM 190). All of sudden this looks like an interesting game.

Notre Dame (Fighting Irish, 11,603 students, South Bend, IN) @ #22 NORTH CAROLINA (-7.5), 3:30 PM, Chapel Hill, N.C., TV: ABC/ESPN (XM 192). If UNC can slow down the Irish passing attack, they will win. Maybe they can block three more punts too? At the moment, the Golden Domers lead the series 16-1, and have won the last SIXTEEN straight. Yike.

Gardner-Webb (Runnin’ Bulldogs, 4,000 students, Boiling Springs, NC) @ GEORGIA TECH (-50 – not kidding, we saw this at pointspread.com), 3:30 PM, Atlanta, Ga., TV: (XM 191). Shame on GT for playing this game in October. Gardner-Webb is a bona fide Sisters of the Poor basketball school – UNC plays them in an exhibition game…What are they doing playing football against the Jackets six weeks into the season?

UCF (Knights, 41,320 students, Orlando, FL) @ MIAMI (-17), 3:45 PM, Miami, Fla., TV: ESPNU (XM 190). Unlike Gardner-Webb with only 4,000 students, Central Florida has over 41,000. You’d think 22 of them could play some decent football. Well….noooo.

ANGRY ANONYMOUS CANADIANS

Recently, somebody with the clearly identifiable moniker of “Anonymous” left us a message. In a comment to our story titled "SHOCKING NEWS FLASH!,” regarding the age of China’s female gymnasts, the annoyed reader said:

“I wonder why you neglected to mention the fact He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan has again been found innocent of the underage allegation?

Hey Jim Shurr, sure feels good to pick on 16 year old girls, eh?”

So here’s what we know, the writer is from Canada (eh?), he doesn’t like to use dashes to-separate-ages and some guy we’ve never heard of (Jim Shurr) is picking on sixteen-year-old girls.

Hey, Anonymous, we didn’t comment on He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan’s status because we don’t know one under/over age Chinese gymnast from the other. Our news source failed to mention whether or not they were innocent, because nobody other than Mr. and Mrs. Kexin and Grandma and Grandpa Kexin really care how old He Kexin (do we need a gender test here, too?) actually is or isn’t. That’s not the point.

It’s not about the girls, it’s about a totalitarian government that is exploiting these kids for political purposes.

We doubt rather seriously that any of these girls understand the age requirements or if they would have a choice if they did. The Chinese government was determined to put its best size 2 on the balance beam as part of its quest for home court gold. Any female gymnast good enough to be among the world’s elite was on the team, and the government would resolve all issues of “compliance.”

BTW – Former Chinese gymnast Li Ning, pictured here during the opening ceremony in Beijing, is, according the the Chinese Olympic Committee, “really able to fly.”

MORE SHOCKING NEWS

Adam Pacman Jones is in trouble (allegedly) again.

Hey look, we warned you it was shocking.

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones (allegedly) was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. No one was arrested and no one will be charged in connection with the (alleged) fight late Tuesday night, Oct. 7, 2008, at The Joule, an upscale downtown hotel.

Rumor has it that Jones, who (allegedly) attended West “By God” University” was at the hotel securing used couches for the post-game couch burning traditional ceremony after the Mountaineers run roughshod over the ultra-crappy Syracuse Orangemen this Saturday.

Burn baby, burn. Pacman inferno.

(AP Photo/Tony Gutie)

THE RIDDLE WATCH

RIDDLE PASSES ELON PAST FURMAN 31-10

AP - Scott Riddle threw three touchdown passes and Brandon Newsome scored twice to spark Elon to a 31-10 victory over Furman on Saturday.

Riddle was 21 of 30 for 160 yards and Newsome rushed for 161 yards on 25 carries for the Phoenix (5-1, 3-0 Southern Conference), who never trailed.

Jordan Sorrells was 26-of-43 for 248 yards and one touchdown for Furman (4-2, 1-1).

Riddle threw second-quarter touchdown passes of 12 yards to A.J. Harris and 28 yards to Terrell Hudgins to give Elon a 17-3 halftime lead.

Riddle hit Newsome on a 1-yard score and a 24-3 lead with 2:19 left in the third quarter.
Sorrells threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Chris Truss to cut the lead to 24-10 with 8:16 left in the game before Newsome scored on a 9-yard run to cap the scoring with 2:17 remaining in the game.

Newsome also caught six passes for 29 yards.

(Photo by Bart Boatwright/Greenville News Staff)

KUDOS TO THE ROANOKE TIMES

If you’re a Hokie fan, you probably already know this, but the some of the best VT coverage in the Commonwealth comes out of Roanoke. Plenty of stories, opinions and great photos. Here’s the latest from the M.A.S.H. tent…

LEWIS’ INJURY OPENS DOOR FOR OGLESBY
By Randy King – Roanoke Times

BLACKSBURG -- Just turn it loose, kid.

Virginia Tech tailback Josh Oglesby has been hearing that line for weeks now from his coaches and teammates. The redshirt freshman says he's ready to unleash and let it fly.

In the wake of last Saturday's season-ending injury to starter Kenny Lewis Jr., Oglesby knows it's his time now that he's No. 2 behind Darren Evans in the Tech tailback line.

"Turn myself loose," a laughing Oglesby said following Tech's practice Tuesday. "Just go 100 percent every time I get the ball, run it hard, no thinking, just doing what you know you can do. I think that's what turning myself loose means."

While Evans, a fellow redshirt freshman who has run for a club-high 415 yards and eight touchdowns this season will remain the main man, Oglesby said he's excited to finally get an opportunity to show everyone what he can do.

Read the rest of the story: http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtfootball/wb/179635

(Photos by Justin Cook/Roanoke Times and HokieSports.com – the latter used without permission, we’re sorry. We’ve asked for permission and are awaiting an answer. Who likes our chances?)

MIAMI LINEBACKER (AMONG OTHERS) OUT

So the headline says “Colin McCarthy Out For Season.” Hmm…looks to us like Colin and McCarthy were out for a party, not the whole season.

Wait a minute, there’s update coming in on the ticker…Oops. Wrong Colin. Wrong McCarthy.

This just in: Miami linebacker Colin McCarthy will miss the remainder of the season because of a shoulder injury.

Miami coach Randy Shannon said Sunday that McCarthy, who has had ongoing shoulder problems since high school, suffered his latest injury in practice last week.

McCarthy did not play in Miami's 41-39 loss to Florida State on Saturday. Before getting injured, McCarthy was the Hurricanes' third leading tackler this season.

Also Sunday, Shannon said defensive end Eric Moncur may miss the rest of the season because of a leg injury. Moncur underwent sports hernia surgery just before the Hurricanes opened training camp, plus has been dealing with the death of his 42-year-old mother last month.

(Photo by Phil Coale/AP Photo and Reuters Photos)

OH MY GINYARD!

By Robbi Pickeral, Staff Writer Raleigh News & Observer

North Carolina forward Marcus Ginyard spent several weeks last winter hobbling around between games in a protective walking boot.

He'll spend the next two months doing the same thing, but this time he'll miss some basketball games.

Ginyard, UNC's starting small forward last season, will be sidelined for the next eight weeks after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair a stress fracture in his left foot.

He started wearing the boot in February because of a sprained left big toe and other soreness. He sprained his left ankle in August, a team spokesman said, and officials think the sprain aggravated the stress fracture.

Doctors on Wednesday inserted a screw into his fifth metatarsal, which is the long bone that connects to the "pinkie" toe.

He is expected back before the ACC schedule begins.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

According to Washington Redskin Kedric Golston (University of Georgia): "I ain't never been thrown eggs at…”

“…I mean, at Philly, they throw everything."

(Editor’s Note: Did he really say that? According to D.C. Sports blog, which is a damn reliable source, that is exactly what he said.)

Recently the Skins’ Chris Cooley (Utah State) discussed Sunday's egging of his team bus by Eagles fans in admiring tones:

"You know what, though, they're good shots," he said of the Philly fans. "They've been practicing. You could see them coming in; they were leading the bus. It was good egging." The Redskins Blog told a similar tale. Herewith, the Redskins discuss yesterday's performance from the Eagles fans and their love of eggs.

"Oh yeah, they just come raining down when you pull in there," said center Casey Rabach (Wisconsin – can’t you just hear Sarah Palin saying “Wisconsin, you betcha!”). "You know, I don't know how many we got hit with, but it looked like a hailstorm."

"They were lighting it up," WR Devin Thomas (Michigan State) said.

"I'm talking about whoop," WR Malcolm Kelly (Oklahoma) said.

"My bus only got hit with one egg, but I had my headphones on listening to music, and it was like two windows back, and all you hear was thump," Mike Sellers (Walla Walla Community College – not kidding) said. "Everybody starts cracking up, it was like, 'Oh we got here, here it comes.'

"It must have been one of those big ones too, an ostrich egg," Golston said.
"It was crazy, though, because the egg was actually thrown in front of the bus," Kelly said. "It was like a quarterback almost; you throw it to where the receiver's gonna be at. I was very impressed."

(Photos by By Chris Gardner – Getty Images and John Mcdonnell/The Washington Post)

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO…

HMMM…

Those of us that live in fairly close proximity of the Capital of the Free World often wonder what folks are thinking “outside the beltway.” Not thirty miles outside the beltway where we hang our hats, but way the hell outside the beltway…like the Midwest for example.

You probably have already heard this story, but if you haven’t, fasten your seatbelt…

This from The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch:

BAILOUT IN HAND, AIG GOES OFF TO THE SPA
By Andrew Taylor (AP)

Less than a week after the federal government had to bail out American International Group Inc., the company sent executives on a $440,000 retreat to a posh California resort, lawmakers investigating the company's meltdown said yesterday.

The tab included $23,380 worth of spa treatments for AIG employees at the coastal St. Regis resort south of Los Angeles even as the company tapped into an $85 billion government loan it needed to stave off bankruptcy.

The retreat didn't include anyone from the financial-products division that nearly drove AIG under, but lawmakers were still enraged over thousands of dollars spent on catered banquets, golf outings and visits to the resort's spa and salon for executives of AIG's main U.S. life-insurance subsidiary…

Read the rest of the story (if your stomach can take it): http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2008/10/08/ap_melt_AIG_9_1008.ART_ART_10-08-08_A1_HCBHU5D.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

(Members of Code Pink protest as former AIG CEO Martin Sullivan (R) leaves after he testified at a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill October 7, 2008 in Washington, DC.)

(Photos by Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY

WHO KNEW…?

Ben Franklin was so right. God truly loves us!

Now, if we can keep those damn leprechauns from drinking it all.

(If you’re a Notre Dame fan, you have to be encouraged.)

PICTURE(S) OF THE DAY 2

OUCH…The Wizards are also a M.A.S.H. unit. Cranky sometime all-star player and fulltime all-star blogger Gilbert Arenas isn’t fully recovered from his latest injury. That was quickly followed up with news that center Brendan Haywood (UNC) will miss four to six months with a wrist injury.



On the day they found out about Haywood, Antawn Jamison #4 (UNC) hurt his knee in the Wiz’s opening exhibition game against the Mavericks.

Les Boulles are doomed.

(Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images and Reuters Photo)

PICTURE(S) OF THE DAY 3

OCHO LOCO…How scary was this conversation?

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco (85) and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens (81) meet on the field during warm-ups before their NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Irving, Texas.
Oh no, it gets scarier! Jerry Jones joins the fun…

(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez and Jeremy Lipsey/Dallas Cowboys)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 4

CONGRATULATIONS…David Letterman’s alma mater Ball State is ranked for the first time in the 84-year history of the football program. The Cardinals are off to a 6-0 start for the first time since the 1965 season and is ranked 25th in the nation in the AP Poll released last Sunday.

Here Ball State's Madaris Grant reaches out and misses a long pass during Ball State's Homecoming against Kent State on Saturday afternoon. Ball State beat Kent State 41-20.

(Photo by Melanie Maxwell/the Indianapolis Star Press)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 5

HOW THOSE CRAZY PEOPLE LEARN CRAZY...Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais of France (r) leads Sebastian Vettel of Germany (l) as they attend the Red Bull Kart GP event in Tokyo, on October 8, 2008.

Lord knows how fast these little gadgets go…

(Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images)

A LETTER TO COACH "IT IS WHAT IT IS" FRIDGE FROM AL “MUST GO” GROH

…regarding last weekends 31-0 butt-kicking delivered by the Cavs.

A TAH original short film. Like, really short -- 11 seconds.

Toly Hansbrough ©, Executive Producer

POWER OF FYF COLTS DISCOVERED

The FYF Colts are undefeated.

Evidently, it’s a combination of talent and good coaching. But, today, TAH’s crack research discovered that “super powers” may also be playing a role in the FYF Colts dream season.

(Vegas odds makers have the FYF Colts at 2-5 to finish the season undefeated. The mighty-mighty Colts have but two games remaining, both rematches of earlier blowouts. The Sponge Bob Fruit Loops Hot Wheels Championship Bowl is virtually a lock.)

These photos were uncovered just this week of Toly Hansbrough © and J.T. “I AM THE REAL FOOTBALL” Diehl. It appears that these two young stars have more “talent” than first meets the eye!

Um…Neighborhood Watch guys, you can chill…these two have it covered.

The photo essay of the latest victory -Colts 21, Ravens 14 -can be seen at: http://www.fyfcolts.blogspot.com/


(Photos by Young A.T./TAH Photos)