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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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2001. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy posted on December 13, 2012 at 04:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Agree that comparing Texas A&M as a #2 to GW and UMass is misleading. Texas A&M is probably the most valuable #2 in the country. Someone like UCLA may be their only competition. Texas A&M by itself is way more valuable than Georgetown.

Notre Dame and Louisville to the ACC next year?
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21390901/could-notre-dame-and-louisville-be-in-the-acc-by-next-season

Dominos are starting for a huge 2013 realignment.

2002. Rennie's Tenet posted on December 13, 2012 at 09:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

With the Big East reverting in the direction of its original configuration, I think they played a losing hand really well for about 30 years here. Their real nemesis, the Eastern all sports conference, is scattered all over the place, and they can take another crack at basketball now.

2003. Tripon posted on December 13, 2012 at 11:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Boom.

The seven non-Football Bowl Subdivision schools in the Big East have agreed to leave the conference and are debating the process of departing it, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Details are still to be determined for how the seven Catholic schools -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova -- will leave the conference.

Big East commissioner Mike Aresco told the athletic directors of the remaining and incoming schools Thursday evening that he expects the seven schools will leave the Big East, a source told ESPN. On the call, Aresco told the ADs that he had not officially heard from the seven schools that they were leaving.

According to the source, there is a lot of interpretation regarding exit fees, the waiting period, and on who gets the "Big East" name and Madison Square Garden for a conference basketball tournament.

2004. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 13, 2012 at 11:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And in the worst position of all, UConn and Memphis, the basketball-only schools that are being led by their pathetic vestigial football teams.

2005. you got a STEAGLES? you're gonna need a STEAGLES. posted on December 14, 2012 at 01:16 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And in the worst position of all, UConn and Memphis, the basketball-only schools that are being led by their pathetic vestigial football teams.

i don't think uconn is in that bad of a position. if they're smart, they'll latch on to the jesuit basketball conference for a few years and just play as an independent in football until they get sucked up by someone in the next round of realignment.

temple is really in a #### position, though. they left the A-10 for the big east right as it crumbled into bolivia, so now what do they do? i guess they could crawl back on their hands and knees to the MAC and to the A-10 and hope to get their spot back, but that's not exactly an ideal scenario.

2006. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 14, 2012 at 01:42 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Just think about Temple's last decade or so....In the Big East, booted from the Big East....off to the MAC...back into the Big East and now left holding a bag of ####.

2007. smileyy posted on December 14, 2012 at 02:03 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Just think about Temple's last decade or so....In the Big East, booted from the Big East....off to the MAC...back into the Big East and now left holding a bag of ####.

Well, just from a football point of view.

But hey, they'll always have the Eagle Bank Bowl and New Mexico Bowl to remember.

2008. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 14, 2012 at 02:20 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Temple should just join the CAA for football and be done with it, like Villanova. And join the Big East basketball schools, like Villanova. They probably would have dropped down to I-AA upon their ouster from the Big East, except for the inspiring counterexample of UConn going the opposite direction, which made Temple leadership feel like big wusses for even considering the idea.

2009. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 14, 2012 at 02:27 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

not that they should build a football stadium, but playing at Lincoln Financial is about as silly as anything associated w Temple athletics.

2010. Meatwad denied pope, reveals he faked it at mass posted on December 17, 2012 at 02:32 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

papa johns to help louisville sell sugar bowl tickets

sadly that .13 cents per pizza is still too much for him to eat...

2011. hokieneer posted on December 17, 2012 at 03:58 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Stedman Bailey leaving WVU for the NFL.

2012. Cowboy Popup posted on December 17, 2012 at 04:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Stedman Bailey leaving WVU for the NFL.

Can't blame him. We're going to find out just how much of an offensive genius Holgorsen is and just how well all these JuCo's he is recruiting can play next year. I'm choosing to be optimistic, because why the hell not but with two FCS squads on the schedule for some reason, there's a decent chance they don't go bowling next year.

2013. Every Inge Counts posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:11 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Gary Andersen to Wisconsin...I kind of like the move.

2014. Cowboy Popup posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Gary Andersen to Wisconsin...I kind of like the move.

I agree, I think that's a smart move. He did wonders at Utah St., including building as nasty a defense as you can get in the WAC. IMO, Utah St. was the best non-bcs team in the country this season and I'm surprised it took this long for their coach to get snatched up. Nice pickup for Wisconsin.

2015. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:34 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

nothing wrong about that move at all. He wanted his staff to join him too, I suspect that was the lone hang up in this move, as it was a bit of a local media gaffe fest in reporting all of this. BA might not 'win the press conference' Thursday but the guy made USU quite competitive in about 2.7 years. Curious to see how the offensive set is impacted. USU and UW aren't exactly matches in offensive style. USU by all accounts outplayed UW at Madison this season, and was a missed FGA from winning, following a mystery Off PI call at the end of the drive.

2016. Every Inge Counts posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:45 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Utah State and Florida International are now the only two teams with head coaching vacancies. Three teams went the NFL assistant route to get new head coaches (Temple, Western Michigan, and UTEP). Only San Jose State and Georgia State dipped into the FCS divisions for a new head coach.

2017. McCoy Wilfong for Money posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:50 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Northern Illinois has only had about a third of their ticket allotment snapped up and they have done that in part by giving tickets away to students. Meanwhile Florida State has sold less than a quarter of their allotment.

2018. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 19, 2012 at 02:31 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

bowl tickets are just not moving at all in many places. tell me again how multiple weeks of neutral site football games is a good thing.

2019. Meatwad denied pope, reveals he faked it at mass posted on December 19, 2012 at 02:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

well having 35 bowls kind of dilutes the whole end of season rewards since, well 70 teams get to play in them, and well most of the teams dont really deserve it

2020. Cowboy Popup posted on December 19, 2012 at 11:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

tell me again how multiple weeks of neutral site football games is a good thing.

Because it's more football. TV drives these games anyway.

The only issue I have with the bowls themselves (IOW, not the selection process) is that they force the school to eat the overpriced ticket packages they can't sell. That's grotesque. Everything else about playing the bowls is glorious. After watching the first two, I will probably squeeze in another 15 or so, and I would watch more if I could make my schedule work.

2021. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Because it's more football. TV drives these games anyway.

The only issue I have with the bowls themselves (IOW, not the selection process) is that they force the school to eat the overpriced ticket packages they can't sell. That's grotesque

I know and agree with these things. I've been to 7 bowl games, as a fan it is fun stuff, but the idea of dragging out multi week playoffs (all at neutral sites) is crappy from the fan perspective, and that's what I care about. I get it, TV rules football, that's why the BIG has turned into a TV Network posing as a 'conference'. The BIG having a bigger 'footprint' does nothing for me, I don't particularly care if they become 'more wealthy' and the network becomes a wild success.

2022. Every Inge Counts posted on December 19, 2012 at 01:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I will probably go to the Music City Bowl this year. Going to be in Nashville for New Year's Eve and have a couple of friends who are Vandy fans/alum.

2nd time I would have been to the Music City Bowl, last time was the Alabama-Minnesota game in which Alabama had a high school offense and a college defense...unfortunately that was not enough to win the game.

2023. Meatwad denied pope, reveals he faked it at mass posted on December 20, 2012 at 01:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I love it, the general sentiment among sconny fans is they are happy with the new coach and that the old was a big fan of the co-eds...

2024. Tripon posted on December 20, 2012 at 01:49 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Who is not fans of co-eds?

2025. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 20, 2012 at 03:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I forget who told me this, one of my UW friends, or maybe Harveys, but basically Alvarez told Bielema a couple years ago 'Look, either you get married by next year or you're going to be back on a farm with the pigs.' I guess he got both ends of that deal, married and the pigs. Bielema grew up on a farm in Illinois, and definitely chased some tail, and liked to tie one on.

Bielema with a pink drink.

2026. Cowboy Popup posted on December 20, 2012 at 05:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

but the idea of dragging out multi week playoffs (all at neutral sites) is crappy from the fan perspective, and that's what I care about.

Ah, I totally misunderstood your post then. I agree, multi-week playoffs, especially if they take place at neutral sites, are going to be horrible.

I get it, TV rules football, that's why the BIG has turned into a TV Network posing as a 'conference'. The BIG having a bigger 'footprint' does nothing for me, I don't particularly care if they become 'more wealthy' and the network becomes a wild success.

I agree with this sentiment too. TV has done quite a bit lately to ruin the set up of the sport. I'll miss the Big East (which is dead as far as I am concerned) and a lot of the rivalry games that have gone by the way side.

2027. Weekly Journalist_ posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The bowl ticket thing is really a complete absurdity, but the good news is that will soon come to an end. When even the Floridas of the world can't sell out their allotments, but are still bringing 30k+ to games, you know that the system is broken.

Schools have wised up. On the Rutgers board I was reading stories about fans who are boosters, with major priority points and all that jazz, buying Russell Athletic Bowl tix through the school and getting end zone seats for $72. Meanwhile, you can get between the 40s for 20 bucks or less on Stubhub. It's totally nuts...these bowl committees are borderline criminal cartels.

2028. Weekly Journalist_ posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:09 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And in the worst position of all, UConn and Memphis, the basketball-only schools that are being led by their pathetic vestigial football teams.

I get what you're saying, but I wouldn't lump the UConn football program in with Memphis. I mean, Memphis really is a bag of crap in football, but UConn is a few years removed from a Fiesta Bowl apperance and has big wins over Notre Dame and South Carolina in the recent past.

2029. Weekly Journalist_ posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

but playing at Lincoln Financial is about as silly as anything associated w Temple athletics.

It was pretty awesome for this year's Temple/Rutgers game with 20k Rutgers fans in the building.

Temple tries hard but it just doesn't seem to be working. They have certainly not bee that bad of a team since Addazio took over, but they just can't generate much interest.

2030. Weekly Journalist_ posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:13 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Also, I'm not 100 percent convinced the Big East football conference will be all that bad. As a best of the rest conference, if they add Fresno and BYU, it's pretty cromulent.

2031. Weekly Journalist_ posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:57 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Brett McMuprhy coins new basketball conference the "Big Priest." That's really fantastic.

2032. Meatwad denied pope, reveals he faked it at mass posted on December 20, 2012 at 04:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So it wasnt just athletes getting good grades for pretty much nothing courses at UNC it was the entire student body getting them from that department, meaning it is an academic issue and a major one at that.

2033. Meatwad denied pope, reveals he faked it at mass posted on December 20, 2012 at 06:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

heres the link

2034. you got a STEAGLES? you're gonna need a STEAGLES. posted on December 20, 2012 at 08:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Temple tries hard but it just doesn't seem to be working. They have certainly not bee that bad of a team since Addazio took over, but they just can't generate much interest.

addazio was just about the worst guy they could have hired. he was an underqualified mercenary who had no ties to the program and who only got the job because he worked for someone who had a lot of success before he got there, and a lot of success after he left.

and incidentally, that was also the reason i didn't like penn state hiring bill o'brien last year. so, i guess i'm batting .500 on that.

i think the new guy temple hired is a good choice. he was the offensive coordinator/recruiting coordinator at temple under al golden, and then when golden left, he went to coach in the NFL for a year. to me, that reads like an ideal resume for anyone who would consider working at temple. with the big east blowing up, he's walking into a really tough situation, but he's a good guy to have.

2035. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on December 20, 2012 at 08:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

and incidentally, that was also the reason i didn't like penn state hiring bill o'brien last year. so, i guess i'm batting .500 on that.

The jury is still out on O'Brien. Nice first year but plenty of coaches have had a nice first year with their predecessor's team and done nothing after that. Ditto Jim Mora.

2036. Cowboy Popup posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Kyle Van Noy is having an absurd game. A blocked punt, a forced fumble, a pick, 2 TDs and 8 tackles. Holy smokes.

2037. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 21, 2012 at 01:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

He even fell down before making that pick six. You neglected the 1.5 sacks.

side note: I'm pretty sure BYU/SDSU played the highest scoring tie in I-A history at 52-52 in the Marshall Faulk era, '91 I think. But for the rash of turnovers tonight, I'm not so sure they wouldn't still be lining up for field goals.

2038. Every Inge Counts posted on December 24, 2012 at 04:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Butch Davis is back in college...new head coach at Florida International...

2039. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:45 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

CMU wants to take their time outs back to Mt. Pleasant with them.

2040. Every Inge Counts posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Duke has fumbled twice inside of the ten...poor Duke.

And then allowed a deep pass and run for the TD.

2041. Every Inge Counts posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

and Duke completes the meltdown.

2042. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:45 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So you're sitting there watching, and you've got Duke +9 with just over 1 minute to go in a tie game, and they are inside the Cincy 10 looking to take the lead, and then, whooooooshhhhhhh.

2043. Every Inge Counts posted on December 28, 2012 at 12:25 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Baylor is just curb-stomping UCLA.

2044. Cowboy Popup posted on December 28, 2012 at 12:33 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The real bowl season began today! pretty awesome Belk Bowl. That punt was amazing. Duke really Duked that up though. Cincy has had 10 wins or more in 5 of the last 6 years. Pretty remarkable for that program, no matter the competition.

Gotta love the UCLA fake punt. I mean, they needed something to get started. But they should be careful, Baylor might break the bowl scoring record if UCLA starts putting up points.

2045. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 28, 2012 at 01:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Baylor did break the old bowl game scoring record last year, but that held for less than a week until WVA hung thousands on Clemson.

I definitely supported that fake punt.

Pretty cool that Baylor has RBs with names of Lache (Lake) and Glasgow.

2046. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 28, 2012 at 01:49 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I won't go so far as to call Baylor a sleeping giant, but it wasn't that long ago, where their own coach (Dave Roberts mid late 90s) called his team the worst in America. You may also recall another coach during their malaise period (Kevin Steele) in one of the biggest clock management debacles in history in 1999. They were seconds from victory against UNLV, and instead of taking a knee near the UNLV goal line, Steele wanted to make a statement and punch it in, his RB fumbled and UNLV ran it back 99 yards to win the game with no time. That was Steele's first game at Baylor. I think he won 1 conference game in four years.

Briles is a smart dude, and recruiting looks good, and they are actually building a new stadium (Floyd Casey is amongst the worst I've ever been to). Good for them.

2047. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 28, 2012 at 01:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

So USC apparently showed up 90 minutes late to a big 'Sherrif's Dinner' at the Sun Bowl which is a big team get together. GT ended up leaving the event. USC blamed it on a late arrival setting back their practice schedule. Then a USC DL tweeted that El Paso was a sh**ty city.

2048. Cowboy Popup posted on December 28, 2012 at 02:17 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Briles is a smart dude, and recruiting looks good, and they are actually building a new stadium (Floyd Casey is amongst the worst I've ever been to). Good for them.

Yeah, Baylor football is definitely looking up. The Big 12 has a few programs on the upswing and Baylor might be at the most dangerous of them right now.

Their defense looks fantastic tonight. I'm hoping that doesn't carry over to next season. And fortunately, they are rebuilding much of their offense too next year. Baylor is a perennial bowl program these days.

So USC apparently showed up 90 minutes late to a big 'Sherrif's Dinner' at the Sun Bowl which is a big team get together. GT ended up leaving the event. USC blamed it on a late arrival setting back their practice schedule. Then a USC DL tweeted that El Paso was a sh**ty city.

Lane Kiffin is just the worst ####### coach in the nation, when you factor in his influence and behavior off the field. USC is insane for keeping him after what he's done this year.

2049. Meatwad denied pope, reveals he faked it at mass posted on December 28, 2012 at 02:31 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And what an ####### move to try to call a time out so that play can be reviewed, the game is over you won by 23 even with that td, just let it end and go home

2050. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on December 28, 2012 at 02:32 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

WTF just happened? Baylor was up 49-19. UCLA runs a final play a pass and catch by UCLA, the WR is clearly down before reaching the goaline, the Ref signals TD. They don't review, Briles calls TO, in an apparent effort to challenge the play. They don't review the score, and then ignore the replay and kick the PAT. Didn't impact the O/U or ATS so I guess it was totally meaningless.

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