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Friday, January 18, 2013

FICTITIOUS FRIDAY IS COMING TO MCU PARK

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posted on January 18, 2013 at 04:45 PM by The District Attorney to brooklyn cyclones, college football, football, mets, minor leagues | 23 comment(s)

In light of recent events involving All-American linebacker Manti Te’o, the Brooklyn Cyclones have announced that June 21st will be Fictitious Friday at MCU Park…

Anyone who purchases one ticket at regular price will be allowed to bring their make believe significant-other to the ballpark free of charge. Fans will also have the chance to draw a picture of their girlfriend, because obviously something came up and she couldn’t make it, so that their friends can finally see what she looks ...

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1901. Rickey Fredonia Fudge Duckery Precious Twiddle posted on December 05, 2012 at 12:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Aside from the brutal, life-destroying violence rendered on young men for our shared societal bloodlust, there is nothing that I hate more about college football than "coaching season."

1902. Der_K posted on December 05, 2012 at 12:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I regard NC State as a pretty solid gig, actually - seems like their resources/fanbase would support more success than they have. Think I've seen them ranked highly on desirable job lists, too.
Having said that, their fans are ridiculous, in terms of expectations. Among other things.

1903. Cowboy Popup posted on December 05, 2012 at 12:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

1904. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on December 05, 2012 at 12:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Tennessee job rumors are ever changing. Gundy apparently said no and Yahoo is reporting the Strong is likely to stay put. So Larry Fedora? Someone else?

If Tennessee has to settle again, the program is likely to continue on it's downward spiral.

I'm a little surprised Gundy is staying. There were rumors that he did not get along with his AD.

Fedora is the last of the three rumored names so I guess he gets it now.

1905. Every Inge Counts posted on December 05, 2012 at 01:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I remember the dark days of the Alabama coaching search in 2006.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/16057228/ns/sports-college_football//

1906. hokieneer posted on December 05, 2012 at 02:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

From the article:

Rodriguez had such credentials, leading the Mountaineers to a Sugar Bowl victory two seasons ago and going 10-2 this season.

But he also had lifelong ties to West Virginia, growing up about 30 minutes from campus. Rodriguez said he plans “on being here a long time.”

“There weren’t many reasons not to go. It’s all about the reasons for staying,” Rodriguez said. “I’m biased, this is my school. I think it’s a great place to raise a family. We’ve always had a great athletic tradition.”

1907. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 05, 2012 at 02:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The coaching fraternity is littered with guys who didn't take an opportunity when it was there, and never got another chance.

And with guys who took shots that weren't great fits at the programs they went to and ended up getting fired three years later.

Are you doubting the wisdom of Ty Willingham?

1908. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 05, 2012 at 02:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Ty got fired because ND thought they could get Urban Meyer, but he decided on florida, leaving ND to end up with chuckie and now brian kelly

1909. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 05, 2012 at 03:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And with guys who took shots that weren't great fits at the programs they went to and ended up getting fired three years later.

Billy Callahan agrees. Though that was a moronic AD wanting to put his fingerprint on the program and have his guy. People forget, Billy C was like option #6 for Stevie Peedy and Nebraska. Even Houston Nutt, Mr. SEC Coach for Hire, turned down the job.

1910. Every Inge Counts posted on December 05, 2012 at 06:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Louisville beat writer on twitter:
Mike Hughes ?@ITVHughes
Not getting good vibe from complex. Players don’t appear excited. Strong snuck out. No news.

1911. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on December 05, 2012 at 06:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Arkansas State is crossing their fingers...

1912. Cowboy Popup posted on December 05, 2012 at 08:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

CNNSI is reporting Strong will stay at Louisville. That's just huge for Louisville's program and their future.

1913. Harveys Wallbangers

posted on December 05, 2012 at 09:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

barry coaching wisky in the rose bowl

1914. Spivey posted on December 05, 2012 at 09:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I love that Barry Alvarez is coaching. He needs to Bill Snyder this #### up.

1915. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 05, 2012 at 11:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Sonny Dykes to Cal. Interesting move. He had a decent run while OC at Arizona if I recall. His Dad was great for quotes.

1916. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 06, 2012 at 12:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Stiff Arm Trophy has 140 ballots counted (700ish if I recall exist) and they have Johnny Manziel projected to win by a decent margin over Te'o.

1917. Forsch 10 From Navarone (Dayn)

posted on December 06, 2012 at 01:54 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

barry coaching wisky in the rose bowl

That's awesome.

1918. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on December 06, 2012 at 10:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

EDIT: nevermind

1919. McCoy posted on December 06, 2012 at 11:11 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Ty got fired because ND thought they could get Urban Meyer, but he decided on florida, leaving ND to end up with chuckie and now brian kelly

Yes and the reason they fired Ty to try and get Urban was because Ty wasn't that good for the program.

1920. gef the talking mongoose posted on December 06, 2012 at 11:57 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Racist!

1921. Fernigal McGunnigle has become a merry hat posted on December 06, 2012 at 12:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Tennessee job rumors are ever changing. Gundy apparently said no and Yahoo is reporting the Strong is likely to stay put. So Larry Fedora? Someone else?

Fedora supposedly told a recruit that he's staying at UNC. Yesterday the News and Observer speculated that Fedora might use the Tennessee job as a chance to improve his current contract, but neither he nor the AD has said anything publicly so who knows what's actually going on.

1922. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 06, 2012 at 01:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

McCoy I cant disagree with that.

1923. Every Inge Counts posted on December 06, 2012 at 01:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Butch Jones was mentioned as a possibility earlier in the process for Tennessee...wonder if his name floats back into the conversation

1924. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 06, 2012 at 01:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I feel like he is a candidate for every coaching job this year

1925. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 06, 2012 at 02:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

CP @ Boise State and Gruden are the world leaders in being rumored candidates for jobs.

1926. I am going to be Frank posted on December 06, 2012 at 02:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Would Tennessee take someone like cristobal? It's getting to the point where they need to get someone because everyone is rejecting them.

1927. hokieneer posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I feel like he is a candidate for every coaching job this year

He was on my personal short list of preferred WVU replacements when RR left. At the time he was at directional Michigan, only had 1 year of HC experience in him, and was not a "homerun" type of name; so a lot of people disagreed with me. Of course the school decided to go with a guy who was 8-25 as a HC at a 1-AA school.

1928. Forsch 10 From Navarone (Dayn)

posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:17 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tennessee will hire John L. Smith.

1929. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tennessee fans are so low right now they would take Petrino. That's not a joke.

1930. hokieneer posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

You'd get 2-4 years of having a decent shot at "success". Followed by a nasty divorce.

Yeah I say a LOT of programs would take that right now.

1931. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Then again Jones has been riding Brian Kelly's coat tails for his career and managed to make a good go of it (not saying he isnt a bad coach)

1932. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tennessee should hire Petrino. He'll do well on the field and in a few years either leave or cause himself to get fired, so they aren't stuck with him long term.

EDIT: hokie just said the same thing. coke to hoke.

1933. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on December 06, 2012 at 03:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

On the field Petrino would be a really good hire. I'm just not sure that Tennessee would take it at the price of teh the off the field stuff. Although at this point, I would't be surprised. Two weeks ago though UT fans would have been in uproar over him. How quickly things change.

1934. zenbitz posted on December 06, 2012 at 05:39 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tennessee fans are so low right now they would take Petrino. That's not a joke.

What about Paterno's sullied corpse?

1935. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 07, 2012 at 12:38 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Congratulations to Manti Teo for all the awards he has received, he is a great player and an outstanding person, I hope he finds success in the NFL.

(all I spelled congratulations right with out spell check, I feel way more proud then I should)

1936. Every Inge Counts posted on December 07, 2012 at 11:07 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Butch Jones to Tennessee.

1937. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on December 07, 2012 at 11:25 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The reaction by UT fans is one of panic.

Cool story on the Groza Award winner.

1938. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 07, 2012 at 11:32 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

(all I spelled congratulations right with out spell check, I feel way more proud then I should)

Yeah, but you misspelled Te'o. And "without". And "than".

1939. AndrewJ posted on December 07, 2012 at 11:38 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Ordered my Pinstripe Bowl tix the other day. Let's go Orange!

1940. Cowboy Popup posted on December 07, 2012 at 11:39 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Butch Jones to Tennessee.

I think Jones is a good coach, better than Dooley, but I doubt he's the guy to get Tennessee to the level they want to be at. But I'm pretty sure he will improve the program and get them closer to that level. Decent hire considering everything that happened.

1941. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama

posted on December 07, 2012 at 12:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yeah, but you misspelled Te'o. And "without". And "than".

I'm as anti-violent as they come, but if Meatwad wants to b****-slap Crispix, I will not interfere. :)

1942. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on December 07, 2012 at 12:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think Jones is a good coach, better than Dooley, but I doubt he's the guy to get Tennessee to the level they want to be at.

Agreed, but was anyone who can do that a realistic candidate? They got turned down by multiple coaches, this was not, strangely, an attractive place to go.

1943. Cowboy Popup posted on December 07, 2012 at 01:04 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

They got turned down by multiple coaches, this was not, strangely, an attractive place to go.

Yeah, it's weird that Tennessee is having such a hard time considering frickin' Arkansas got Wisconsin's coach. I think Jones will, at the very least, make this a more attractive job in the future. He beat Vandy at Cincy, so he should be fine doing it at Tennessee. He'll bring in better recruits, especially on D, make the program more competitive, and regularly go bowling and if they fire him, the job will look a lot better.

1944. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 07, 2012 at 02:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It was intentional, part of the joke.

1945. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 07, 2012 at 03:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Im assuming that cincy goes after Diaco

1946. smileyy posted on December 07, 2012 at 04:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think Jones is a good coach, better than Dooley, but I doubt he's the guy to get Tennessee to the level they want to be at. But I'm pretty sure he will improve the program and get them closer to that level. Decent hire considering everything that happened.

Yeah, I don't think there's any shame in being either a stepping stone school (Cincinnati) or a stepping stone coach.

1947. Cowboy Popup posted on December 08, 2012 at 02:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So apparently Tuberville is leaving Texas Tech to be the HC at Cincinnati. That is a big surprise, he must have hated Lubbock.

Great news for fans of Big 12 also rans! It's going to be hard to find a coach who wants to go there and can win (not that Tuberville won a ton, but he did well for himself there).

Pretty big move for Cincy too. Totally changes the perception of the school IMO.

1948. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on December 08, 2012 at 02:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

this seems like more coaching changes then I can recall in a single year

1949. Spivey posted on December 08, 2012 at 02:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm not sure that TT is going to be such a hard place to get another coach. If you're a spread coach, that's gotta be an attractive job. I could also see them hiring within - they had a good defense this year and their offense keeps doing what they're doing. They seem to have found success because of their system, and if I were a TT fan I wouldn't want them drastically changing their approach.

1950. Spivey posted on December 08, 2012 at 02:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

this seems like more coaching changes then I can recall in a single year

More money in the sport ever year. A lot of conference instability.

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