Earlier today, the Oregonian’s John Canzano and Ducks’ Coach Chip Kelly engaged in some witty, uncomfortable and entertaining verbal sparring. The full segment is a little over 20 minutes long. It’s a 5/10 on the CGB offseason fodder list, so I’ll talk about it.

All along Canzano asserts that Kelly is showing favoritism when doling out discipline to his players. He cites how Kelly handled the similar situations of Kiko Alonso and LaMichael James. Both were charged with serious crimes and are exercising their right of due process. Kelly suspended reserve linebacker Alonso for the 2010 season two days after being charged with a DUII. However, Third Team All-American tailback James who was charged with assault in a domestic dispute is awaiting the Court of Kelley to return from deliberation. Continue Reading “John Canzano Grills Chip Kelly Over a Discipline Double Standard” »

Furrer4Heisman asked me to answer five questions and one bonus question (that is actually a statement) about the Hokies. I like the cut of his jib, so I obliged.

1. Do you think the 2009 season was a successful one for Virginia Tech?

If I define success as meeting or exceeding my preseason expectations, then no 2009 wasn’t successful. However, it wasn’t a failure either. Based on our talent and experience we should have won the ACC. OK, so Georgia Tech was pretty good too. But losing a Thursday nighter in the Thunderdome to 4-3 North Carolina was inexcusable. In my eyes, what redeemed the season was the fact that we bounced back and didn’t go into the tank like 2003 quitters. Continue Reading “Hokie Postseason Roundtable” »

Marcell Dareus’ interception for touchdown return was a thing of beauty. Oh and he injured Colt McCoy. MVP, MVP, MVP. (edit: 100% sarcasm, which when you are writing a post [as meager as this one] at 2:30am it’s hard to convey. My bad. I was simply trying to point out that Dareus made arguably the two most influential plays of the game.)

Congratulations to both Alabama and Texas. They kept us entertained at the end, and for the indifferent fan, that’s all you can ask for.

If you have thoughts on the game, leave them below.

Etching Super Mario Brothers power ups into your head is the new hotness. I’m jealous.

But, not even a Power Star/Starman could help Jacory and Miami against Whiskey in the Champs Sports Bowl. However, it’s a bitching fade and shave so perfectly executed that it at least deserves the reverse angle look.

Now go find that lost swagger Jacory.

And the moral of the story: never lose your inner pirate or coach will help you find it.

Mike Leach Suspended. The Pirate Captain allegedly confined Adam James (son of Pony Craig James) in a dark electrical closet because he wouldn’t practice with a concussion. And BONUS Craig won’t be working the Alamo Bowl. When you’re on the ship and you disobey the captain you get tossed in the brig, obviously Leach improvised.

The Wesley College Amphetamines versus The Naropa University Tailors in the Wizards of the Coast Gooseberry Bowl. Can you say Magic The Gathering Cards for the bowl swag? Yes we had some fun playing around with a bowl game generator that hit our inbox this evening. And for the record we’re taking the Amphetamines, they’ve had their eyes on the prize and haven’t blinked since their last fix. We encourage you to leave your zaniest creation in the comments.

Peach Bowl. Stay tuned, as the closer we approach kickoff the more our levels of Vol hate and coverage will increase. For now Gobbler Country has a Q&A with Rocky Top Talk and Vols in the Fall makes a good argument that the Hokies are ultimately playing to beat the SEC patch.

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Frank Costanza: “And at the Festivus dinner, you gather your family around, and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year!”

If you reading this consider yourself family and your dinner is served. The very large list is after the jump. And a huge thank you to everyone who contributed on such short notice! And don’t feel like you missed out. I’ll keep updating the post as I receive new ones, or just leave them in the comments. Continue Reading “2009 Festivus Airing of Grievances” »

Because a Snuggie won’t do when the weather outside is frightful during the Joelidays.

H/T Luke

Delany’s Dozen. Big Ten Expansion has been the hot topic during this brief college football sabbatical. We tossed out our (reasonable) suggestions awhile ago. But we hope the Big Ten goes hard at Texas and Nebraska; let chaos reign. Dan Shanoff has an interesting take and thinks Navy as a football only member makes perfect sense. His thesis is built upon the idea that a championship game isn’t a factor for Big Ten expansion. Whether it is or isn’t, we think it is, there will be a Big Ten Championship Game if the conference expands. No money will be left on the table.

U Inspired Dynasties. Conquest Chronicles serves up some spicy food for thought. Was the Trojan’s “modern-day” dynasty on par with Miami’s? If everything else is a push we’ll take Miami solely for the Vice City nightlife. Although, one thing we’ll point out is Miami had 3 consensus and 1 split Media National Championships, while USC had only 1 and 1. Continue Reading “Around the Interwebs” »

Sometime in the not so distant past…

Continue Reading “Foster, Georgia and The New Deal” »

A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress had more pressing matters on its plate.

The bill, which faces long odds of becoming law, would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I football game as a national championship unless that title contest is the result of a playoff

from With Leather via FOXSports.com

Because the longest of odds can always hit, let’s think of some alternative names for the BCS to use instead of National Championship. For starters:

• Medellín Presents: The Cartel Championship
• Commercials Promising to Make Your Dick Hard Sprinkled Throughout 4½ Hours of Football
• No Seriously, We Can Call it the National Championship because the Entire Season is a Playoff
  
• American Idol on FOX, the Preview Show
• The BCS Bowl Presented by Bob’s Big Boy
• The If-You-Want-a-Playoff-then-Fuck Off-and-Watch-I-AA Game
• That Game at the End of the Year that Matters More than the Rest

Leave some more in the comments.