Pete Carroll is a prankosaurus rex

April 8th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

Yeah, it was April Fool’s Day last week so this is sort of old, but I bring it to your attention for one reason: by and large, April Fool’s jokes are lame. Hey look at this link! Bob Knight just threw a chair at an elephant down in Texas! Wait for it … APRIL FOOLS! I mean think about it: this is the one day of the year were pranks are supposed to happen. You should be expecting dumb crap like this; it’s basically like expecting gifts on Christmas (or Hanukkah). (Disclaimer: Anyone privy to me getting fooled on April’s Fools would be a fool to leave comment about it, fool.)

But see, Pete Carroll’s prank here is not lame. Because when you bring cops into the equation — even if they’re just actors dressed up as cops — shit gets real. You may say this was hard to hear and you were sort of confused what was going on; I’d say I agree with you.

{Via FanIQ, Wiz of Odds.}

Case of the Mondays: Action, but at what expense?

March 19th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Those of us clamoring for more upsets, more close games and more overall excitement in our NCAA Tournament were rewarded this weekend, finally, when everyone decided to go all crazy. My title-winner, OSU, nearly lost (I’m naming my first kid RonLewis), Purdue played Florida tightly, Wisconsin was upset and sent home, and Louisville and Texas A&M played a rousing game defined by ballsy guard play from Acie Law IV and Edgar Sosa.

All in all, a good weekend. Well … sort of.

There were at least two serious negatives here, too, and they were both brought on by LA’s two pristine academic institutions.

First, UCLA was complicit in a criminally disappointing end to our Hoosiers’ season, in which IU’s first half field goals (five) were outnumbered by their fouls (six). Terrible, terrible stuff, made all the worse by IU’s insistence on getting everyone’s hopes up and winning that thing down the stretch. Hard to swallow, to say the least. (And it kept me from another week-long vacation in California. Motherfucker.)

But the greatest loss was, by far, the USC-imposed tournament departure of Kevin Durant, who is likely to go pro now that his Longhorns failed to make it even to the Sweet 16 this year. That means no more of Durant’s sublime domination of the college game, no more Texas-Oklahoma State triple-overtime thrillers, no more 37/15 against the nation’s most athletic defense (Kansas). Instead, we have to watch Durant go through the altogether painful process of NBA draftdom. Instead of celebrating his mastery, we’ll be hearing for the next few months about the small flaws in the kid’s game, how he needs to put on weight, hold his follow through longer, and so on, why Chad Ford thinks he’s a mix of Player A and Player B with a mix of Player C thrown in, but with a higher ceiling.

It’s exciting, sure, but it’s also sort of sad. In that way, Kevin Durant, as we now know him, is gone for good.

Case of the Mondays: Grossman is a…dud?

November 27th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

National Football League:

ESPN’s No. 1 dud this week? None other than Rex Grossman. He is beginning to act as if fumbles and interceptions are a GOOD thing for the Bears. Brady wasn’t much better. But it was enough.

Ben Roethlisberger got sacked nine times yesterday. What has become of the Steelers?

Michael Vick flicked off some fans after the Falcons loss to the Saints. Peep some discussion about that here.

Collegiate Football and the Bowl Championship Series:

It appears as if the University of Southern California will combat against THE Ohio State University for BCS and college football supremacy. I still would rather see OSU-Michigan one more time, because I’m not wholly convinced USC is better than Michigan.

HOWEVA, I would almost enjoy seeing USC beat Ohio State and thus further confounding the masses!

Oh, and Notre Dame is overrated.

The Assoication:

This LeBron video matriculated all over the Web yesterday. So, we won’t reproduce it here. Instead, watch a sweet mix video of his highlights set to Busta Ryhmes! (Watch for the NSFW lyrics. Although, if you are listening to rap music loud in your office - unless you work at The Source - you deserve to be fired.)

Weekend Fun: Short, sweet, photo-less

November 24th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

Florida 22 - Florida State 14

South Carolina 17 - Clemson 7

Georgia Tech 35 - Georgia 31

A few quick notes: Florida’s self-explanatory; South Carolina might just out-wile (new word!) Clemson right before the brawl to end all brawls breaks out at midfield; Reggie Ball and Co. will be too much for UGA. Welp, that looks like all the big games this week. Talk to you guys later.

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Oh. You’re still here. Right. USC - Notre Dame. A nice little fake omission, used as a not-too-clever suspense device. Silly, postmodern PostmanE.

Anyway, this Notre Dame team, like last year’s, is overrated, but they usually bring the heat to USC. So that’s tempting. But I have a friend broadcasting this game for the Notre Dame collegiate radio station, and I’m extremely jealous of his Pasadena (CORRECTION - See, comments; Wherever that lucky bastard is.) trip right about now. For that reason, the Irish come back hurtin’. Sorry, John. Sorry, Jason.

USC 34, Notre Dame 24

And that’s your incomplete look at the weekend! Happy Holidays, people. See you Monday.