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Love that she's actually singing live in this tour, still not impressed by her dancing though.
Love that she's actually singing live in this tour, still not impressed by her dancing though.
I like the video for "I Wanna Go," very tongue-n-cheek and she looks great. Adrien Galo is all kinds of hot.
I love this fan-made ballad verision of the song.
Yessss ^^^^
vote for me to win an all expense paid trip to see Britney in concert. yes...I am wearing a bikini top to see Britney. Vote for me to win a round trip to see Britney in Florida. Blue is more my usual color. Just press the "1" and send the vote in. You know I love her, right?????? If you voted today, vote again tomorrow Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu
Fans voted Britney in the top spots for First Half MVP, Best Album, Best Song, Best Music Video, and Best Tour at Billboard's Mid-Year Music Awards.
Though, I'm not sure why she was even included in the "Best Comeback" category..
I want to see her so badly! Ugh.
Im seeing her a week from this Tuesday! Can't wait!!!
An alternate version of the "Gimme More" video leaked today on film editor Michael Cromey's website. It features scenes that weren't released in the original, such as Britney walking down the street and laying in bed with a cat.
Ugh she looked so bad back then. Thank God we got her back.
I'm not sure how I feel about the original video. It's slightly, just slightly edgier than the the first version that was released because of the semi-softcore porn aspect of her almost revealing her breasts. However, the scene with the cat was just random. I also did not understand what her walking down the street was supposed to signify, if anything.
This isn't the full unreleased version. These are random clips from it. The full unreleased version was black haired Britney killing blonde Britney. Then the black outfit that she was walking down the street in is her going to the blonde britney's funeral.
I think this new version is about the life of a stripper. When it starts, she's in her bedroom wearing regular clothes. Then, she gets dressed and walks down the street to her job (the club). And towards the end, she goes home, sits down, and watches TV. The last shot we see is her leaving the club and walking home.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's what I see. It's sort of saying that strippers are people just like everybody else, so we shouldn't judge them or objectify them.
More leaked footage leaked yesterday!! This time from Britney's appearance on Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour video screen during the "Human Nature" performance:
I can't understand why they didn't use the shot of her pulling her hood off and singing into the camera! That was the best part!!
Supposedly this week is the week fans are pushing to get Blackout to platinum. I hear it may have just crossed the line yesterday, which rocks!
I just wrote a big old piece on it for my friend's website, which is exciting too, for me at least...in case anyone wants to read.
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Omg.... I love that website ^^
Totally read your review a few hours ago, loved it.
Blackout is my favorite Britney album. Although Fatale is creeping up.
I LOVE Britney!!!
My top 5 singles:
1. Gimme More
2. Toxic
3. (You Drive Me) Crazy
4. Sometimes
5. Hold It Against Me
My top 5 album tracks:
1. Breathe On Me
2. Unusual You
3. Kill The Lights
4. Lonely
5. What It's Like To Be Me
Here's the review from the Miami Herald:
Review: Britney Spears
Concert more like a set of live music videos
By Jordan Levin | [email protected] 7/23/2011
Ah, the mystery of Britney Spears' stardom. She can't sing. Can't dance. Has nothing to say. As the center of the massive, elaborate spectacle of her Femme Fatale tour, which thrashed through the AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday, she was a weirdly unengaged, charisma-challenged figure.
And yet she sent the worshipful, sold out crowd into squealing hysteria. There were women in platinum wigs and bleached Britney hair, in bustiers and mild suburban bondage, even a woman with a fuzzy yellow toy snake and a guy in Britney drag. Maybe after all those years of music videos, all her audience needs is the sight of their goddess, still shiny and strutting (sort of - Spears' hips don't really roll anymore) despite all the wear and tear on her gleamy teen, then sex queen image, the tabloid-powered meltdowns and mechanical music.
The Femme Fatale tour surrounds Spears with a massive spectacle, a lurching series of elaborate set pieces vaguely (and sometimes not even that much) organized around the notion (concept is too grand a word), shown on video, of Spears as a fleeing femme fatale spy/criminal pursued by sexy dancer cops (how they work those thrusting clubs) with an obsessed, handsomely unshaven guy masterminding the chase. Piled on top of that are numbers with cages (Up N' Down), a silver contraption that carries Spears high into the air (Piece of Me), a car which she and her dancers mount for a brief lap dance on a lucky audience volunteer (Lace and Leather), Egyptian barges (Gimme More), roaring motorcycles (Baby One More Time), flipping ninja-costumed dancers (Toxic), sparkling bustiers, bikinis, etc., etc. There's no band, just a nearly invisible guy on an elaborate synthesizer set-up. This is not a music concert, it's a series of live music videos.
But the steamy intensity Spears can generate on video is absent onstage. She seemed disengaged for much of the show, as if she was just going through the motions - no energy, no dynamism. She's become a startlingly stiff and awkward dancer for a purveyor of sexy dance music, her torso barely moves, there's no sensuality, no energy. Most of the women from the audience that she brought onstage to dance for I Wanna Go were more animated than the star.
Her vocal style is either Betty Boop breathless or nasal baby chipmunk (and on the ballad He's About to Lose Me, terribly off-key); either way, her voice is overwhelmed by the thundering wall of sound. Part of the controversy over whether or not Spears actually sings in concert could be because she can seem so unengaged that she could be singing off a teleprompter, while her voice - even if it is live - is so technologically processed that it doesn't seem to come from her. She had nothing to say to the audience but an occasional "Miami, how you doing? Miami, do you want some more?" Incredibly, they did.
Opener Nicki Minaj, pop hiphop's current It girl, had ten times Spears' energy and drive, and held the stage with a cadre of spunky dancers and almost no production value. Wearing flat boots and a black jumpsuit overlaid by a glittery sort of corset construction that emphasized her astonishingly hourglass shaped figure, Minaj skipped and stalked through booming, bad girl attitude songs like Did It On Em and Where Dem Girls At. Minaj has a rare sense of (sometimes obscene) humor, assurance, and gift for wordplay (she works Sri Lanka and Willy Wonka into a rhyme), and a girl-power attitude that's very welcome in hip-hop. "Where my GIRLS at?!" she called out, to thunderous response. She was briefly joined by Miami homegirl Trina, and by Miami rapper Sean Kingston, who was badly injured in a boating accident this spring, and joined Minaj in a powerhouse duet to roars from the audience.
Minaj could have done without the demi-ironic sci-fi fantasy storyline, which included some silly musical and theatrical passages more worthy of middle school than an arena pop show. And the sound also often overwhelmed her voice; she sometimes seemed to be lip-syncing, spent as much time dancing as rapping or singing, and the show never focused enough on just Minaj on the mic to reveal whether she could hold an entire concert on her own. Minaj' talent deserves that chance.
Haven't been here in a while...just wanted to say I'm so fucking excited Britney is coming to Bogota on november!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See? The fact that I criticize the shit out of her doesn't mean I can't like her or her music.
Damn I want those tickets to be on sale NOW.
Her tour has been getting really mixed reviews from critics. For example her tour stop of the same show in New York: NY Daily News tore her apart while the NY Post gave her a positive review. Ultimately fans that have attended the shows have been loving them.
I just wish she would give some attitude
Dance like that? Fine
Sing like that? Fine
But just let us know you are the Queen Bitch so we know we are not just out here talking to ourselves.
I want her to strut on that stage take a microphone and say "I'm not singing shit, and I'm not dancing one step. I am Britney Fucking Spears and you worship me bitches"
I will forever be hers.
There will be a Femme Fatale DVD, recorded in Canada! And a VMA Britney tribute coming soon.
ummm bitch is FIERCE AS FUCK!
Tonight Britney will appear on VMA! She probably won't perform but she will be! Can't wait!
I'm so excited to see what kind of tribute they have planned for her tonight. She won't be performing but I'm so happy she's getting the Video Vanguard award and will be looking amazing. So well deserved!
Also, I saw her in Cleveland and Columbus and the show was absolutely amazing. We were front row, center stage in Columbus and she was so into it. Amazing show! Oh and she brought her little boy out and the very end. The crowd melted.
You're lucky! I want see her too, she is fabulous!
Britney won the VMA for best Pop Video !!!!!
She looked so amazing!
Single #4 is "Criminal." Nice change of pace from all the up-tempos.
Britney sort of got the shaft with her tribute, but the dance montage was cute. Her interaction with Gaga was nice to see. I liked her acceptance speech when she won Best Pop Video. It was short and very sweet.
I just found this and thought it was cool. The video screens for the "Slave" performance at the "Femme Fatale Tour" are playing gay BDSM...
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Neon hues and print pants are huge workout-wear trends: Athleta wicking Prasada tank (with built-in bra), and wicking Rubik capris, $79, both at Athleta stores (Manhasset, Manhattan); and Gaiam Shakti yoga mat, $59.95; at Whole Foods Market stores.
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A match made in Canada! Eight songs inspired by the Terminal City Ricochet sessions, including an alternate version of "Falling Space Junk." Also features "Bad," "Sharks in the Gene Pool" and "Chew."
The LP comes with a free digital download of this classic Jello Biafra collaboration!
"Ex-Dead Kennedy joins the Canadian power trio for some stirring machine gun rock and Biafra's usual treaties on the state of the world, including an attack on TV preachers."- Vital Vinyl
"If the American Underground is recent history, Jello Biafra is '60s activist Abbie Hoffman - a troublemaker, busy with the media, a supporter of anti-war and censorship campaigns, the AT label and various post-Dead Kennedys projects. And still his mind is racing.
Nomeansno leap and thrash just to keep up. The title-track channels their thrash-funk into the cultural terrorism, with Biafra's sights set on the US multi-national hierarchy.
In contrast, "Ride the Flume" documents the riding of logs down narrow water channels; and musical variety emerges on the steel-strung swing of "Bruce's Diary."
With the Dead Kennedys, Biafra exposed the lie of the American Dream from inside. His acknowledgement now, that after fighting the power all your dreams become nightmares, is an equally potent expression. To recall Hoffman: if you don't have money or resources, steal this record."- Vox
"Those who cheered the arrest of Biafra and the subsequent split of Dead Kennedys a few years ago are now getting what they deserve. Biafra is everywhere - not Elvis. Spoken word LPs, singles and tours, TV appearances and debates nationwide, and records with D.O.A., ,b>Lard, Tumor Circus and now this. Like the D.O.A. EP this was recorded in Vancouver as part of the Terminal City Ricochet project. It covers DKs-like hardcore ("Jesus Was a Terrorist"), "79-"81 D.O.A.-like rockin' punk ("Bad" & "Ride The Flume," which contains a funny reference to the old "George of the Jungle" '60s TV cartoon) to the much more interesting off-the-wall sound. These stranger numbers like "Bruce's Diary," where the atonal hurns grate and "Chew" with its terrorizing dark aroma are where Jello really shines, stabbing his dagger home, into the reality most people try to ignore in an effort to stay sane. "Chew" will really seize us New Yawkahs with its scenes of urban human decay as brought to you by the NY Post (the paper I read every day). Just as Morrissey is the best current lyricist about relationships, no one can touch Biafra in his scathing social parody and insight. And when Nomeansno get really unleashed on "The Myth is Real - Let's Eat" (with the most pulverizing three chord Ramones riff heard since "Bad Brain" or "I've Gone Mental") the music takes on the glorious stomp of greatness. An inspired collaboration, and another amazing, mind-boggling Biafra experience."- The Big Takeover
"When a set of people this witty, intelligent, and sarcastic get together the end result could only be explosive. Everyone who wants to be, should by now be familiar with Jello Biafra, either through his work with the Dead Kennedys or from some of his various projects since then. Nomeansno are for some criminal reason slightly more obscure than our cult hero Jello, but hopefully that is something that will become rectified upon the release of this LP. It's warped anger mixed with dry humor all the way, set up against a background of highly atmospheric, powerful rhythms and effects. The familiar Nomeansno pounding up-front bass sound is in full use here, dragging each song along the by the scruff of its neck, creating some of Nomeansno's most deranged tracks yet. An essential purchase for all and a definite soundtrack for the nineties. Twisted music for a twisted society."- Metal Hammer
"Geez, Biafra's surpassing Rollins for sheer prolificness, lately. On The Sky is Falling, he teams up with the best power-trio in existence and the sparks do indeed fly. Razor sharp instrumentation, overpowering in its pure aggression, as weal as technical finesse. 'Ride The Flume,' with its nod to 'Too Drunk To Fuck''s guitar line, is a decent DKs knockoff, 'Jesus Was A Terrorist' is a refreshingly frenetic thrash blast and 'Bruce?s Diary' shows off some impressive jazzy chops. Biafra, despite occasional lapses into melodrama, turns in a decent vocal performance, as well - he sounds genuinely pissed on the riveting title track. A match made in heaven - or is it Hell?"- Publication Unknown


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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
And Michigan's next coach will be...
But that's not the point of this post. Ignoring Les Miles for a minute (which is almost impossible - or against the law - to do with regards to Michigan's coaching vacancy), who else do you think Michigan should consider and why?
Leave us your thoughts in the comments section.
41 comments:
- Dezzi said...
I'd like to see Pat Hill at least get an interview... He's done some good things at Fresno State. The "play anybody, anytime, anywhere" attitude would be nice to have.
With the resources that the University of Michigan has... I'm sure he could do quite a good job.
- November 20, 2007 5:21 AM
- Misha said...
I would love to give Greg Schiano an interview. He is a star in the making. Anyone who can have success at Rutgers is solid.
Brian Kelly is also a pretty decent, though unproven, choice.
There's a lot of talk about Jon Gruden, but I don't get the vibe of a top-notch recruiter from him.
My top 5:
1) Schiano
2) Miles
3) Kelly
4) Chris Peterson, Boise State
5) Jeff Tedford, Cal
- November 20, 2007 5:27 AM
- Ron said...
Schiano is high on my wish list as well. I like the way he seems to connect with his players and get the best out of them. And anyone who can draw recruits to Rutgers would be a fantastic recruiter at Michigan.
My list:
1a) Schiano
1b) Tedford
3) Norm Chow
4) Miles
5) Harbaugh (don't kill me)
My wet dream is Bill Cowher...that would be awesome! Too bad it will never happen; I might as well wish for Vince Lombardi (which would be sweet)
- November 20, 2007 8:05 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Chuck Martin!
He's the current coach at Grand Valley St, having taken over for Brian Kelly. He is currently riding a 38-game winning streak.
Brian Kelly
Jim Grobe
Jim Leavitt
Dan Hawkins
Jeff Tedford
Bill Cowher (I wish)
- November 20, 2007 8:43 AM
- Mikoyan said...
As I said, I would like to see someone a little closer to home. I think one of the coaches at either EMU, CMU or WMU would be good. They've used some pretty creative playcalling when necessary and I can only imagine what they'd do with a full toolchesst.
Another one I'd like to see is the coach from Navy. He's taken a perennial loser into a team that can play above .500 and be in bowl contention. This is impressive when you consider what he has to work with.
and for the realm of silly...How about the "Big Buck", Wayne Fontes? I'm sure he'd like a crack at the limelight again.
- November 20, 2007 9:10 AM
- Mike said...
Brian Kelly. He has taken each program he has been at to another level of success in short order.
His wide-open style of offense would be a change for Michigan, but if it works... who cares.
He has been in the midwest, specifically Michigan, for most of his head coaching career and almost certainly has fine recruiting ties in the area.
If Michigan does not take Kelly, he will surface leading another top notch program somewhere else within a year or two. I hope we don't miss our chance.
- November 20, 2007 9:12 AM
- Vulpestia said...
What's John Cooper up to these days? He's pretty good at beating tOSU.
- November 20, 2007 9:17 AM
- Pyle said...
Honestly, the #1 coach I, as a Buckeye, would be afraid of is Urban Meyer... not sure how you guys feel about him. I strongly doubt he'd leave Florida, even for UM, especially with Superman as his QB
- November 20, 2007 9:25 AM
- Out of Conference said...
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- November 20, 2007 9:56 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Slightly off topic, but could help contribute to the topic down the line, what's everyone's mpression of what the cupboard at Michigan looks like for next year in terms of returning talent and how might that impact whether a coach with a specific offense mindset might consider Michigan.
- November 20, 2007 9:57 AM
- Mathew said...
1) Frank Beamer - Virginia Tech
2) Jeff Tedford - Cal
3) Chris Peterson - Boise State
4) Mike Leach - Texas Tech
- November 20, 2007 10:06 AM
- goat7ed said...
1. Jeff Bowden...only Bowden that has not held a head coaching job, and every head coach Bowden has gone undefeated.
2. Lou Holthza...not so much for Michigan's sake, but to get him off the airwaves. (c'mon guys, take one for the rest of us)
3. The Mark Mangino retrograde...should he ever get lipo.
4. Charlie Wies (and his retrograde whether he ever gets lipo or not). He SHOULD be available.
5. Lloyd Carr. Send him flowers, tell him "sorry" about all the "fire Carr" stuff after the Appy State game and that you want him back.
6. Steven Hayes...that way he can sack more than just Clarett.
- November 20, 2007 10:53 AM
- Mikoyan said...
Hmmmm....what about Terry Bowden? Although he's no longer doing the ABC halftime show, I think he's still lurking about. could do America a favor in the process.
- November 20, 2007 11:23 AM
- El Pendejo Grande said...
Gary Barnett
Gary Moeller
Rick Neuheisel
Seriously? Kelly or Martin - somebody from a little brother conference who has some play calling cojones and a decent idea of what a strength program should be.
People like Meyer are carpetbaggers - we need somebody who thinks Michigan is a destination, not a stepping stone or a lateral move.
We should also not be a haven for an NFL downsizer. Yes, it will help recruiting, for the mercenaries who only look for a path to the NFL. But look what happens though - Callahan, Weis, Wannstadt. Pete Carroll is the exception, not the rule
- November 20, 2007 11:38 AM
- Lysa said...
My Dream is to have Ubran Meyer as Head Coach. He can recruit, and coach. He can out coach Tressel (yeah) This is his dream job (Urban's words not mine) and hes my dream coach.
Other than that I would like to see
Smith ( Yes, the Head Coach of The Bears)
Schiano ( Rutgers)
- November 20, 2007 12:28 PM
- The King said...
- November 20, 2007 12:37 PM
- CrimeNotes said...
John L. Smith
Bobby Williams
Earle Bruce
Charlie Weis Jr.
George Perles
Ralph Williams
Mark May
Goldie Hawn
Brian Ellerbe
- November 20, 2007 1:01 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
LOL Crimenotes! Throw in Kate Hudson and you've got a deal.
- November 20, 2007 2:12 PM
- hitlerwasabuckeye said...
Brian Kelly strikes interest in me. Although I do like Les Miles with his Michigan connections and SEC experience, I think BK bringing the spread offense to Michigan along with his skill of making a team better and having more youth than Miles could prove itself as a benefactor to us fans. I would love to see a more exciting offense take the field next year. GO BLUE!
- November 20, 2007 2:17 PM
- Notbump said...
The list begins and ends with Les Miles. He has actually put on the gear for the Big Blue and let it all out on the field. He has family and friends in Ann Arbor and can achieve greatness.
Great coach, great pedigree. And Yost says that he is four plays away from being a four loss team. Well I got news for you Michigan is about 4 plays away from being a one lose team.
Do the names Wannstadt, Weiss, Callaham mean anything to anybody thinking Gruden would be a good fit. I could ad to the list ad infinitum. Carrol is the exception not the rule.
You could make the argument that Bo wasn't a Michigan man when he came. But the program isn't in the dumps like it was then either.
- November 20, 2007 2:41 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
I hate Urban Meyer. He's an asshole and he has no place at Michigan. I don't want the spread at Michigan. I like the pro-style offense; it just needs to be unpredictable.
Milkoyan, you're right on about Paul Johnson. He is an excellent coach and he has beaten Jim Tressel before when he was the coach at Georgia Southern, whom he lead to a NC. Remember, Navy and other service academies have limited recruiting options because they only get servicemen. Paul Johnson has done an amazing job with what he has.
The only caveat is that he runs a triple option. I'm ok with that: it's unique and it isn't the spread offense. Other than that I don't really understand how it works. He is an excellent coach though and I have a feeling that he might be contacted.
pendejo grande, do you agree with me on Chuck Martin? What do you people know about him? What kind of offense does he run? What are his major strengths? X's & O's? Defense?
Also Tom O'Brien at NC State is a great coach, but he just got there.
- November 20, 2007 3:48 PM
- Mikoyan said...
It's not that the academies only get servicemen, it's that they only get people that want to be officers when they graduate. They have to serve out a 5 year term after they graduate (plus another 3 years as reservists). This precludes many people that think the NFL might be calling them after graduation. That precludes them getting top shelf football talent (although they are talented in other ways).
I mention him because like I said, he took Navy from being a sub 0.500 program to a bowl contention program. He's beat Army 4 years in a and I think he's now beat Air Force 3 years in a row. So he understands the nature of rivalries. (Admirals don't care about the rest of the record as long as Army is defeated) He also beat ND for the first time in 4 decades which is no small feat (even though it's an off year for ND). Plus, I think he got Navy into the top 25 a couple years ago. Again, no small feat for a program like Navy's.
I remember an article in the US Naval Institute's proceedings a few years ago bringing up the possibility of moving the Academies into IAA. I think his success and the success of Air Force has nixed that talk for a while.
I think he runs the triple option because that suits the players he has. Given that he makes it work says volumes.
He seems to be a classy guy and might make a good fit at Michigan (the color scheme is almost the same).
I think the timing is right for Michigan to roll the dice and go outside the box for a new coach.
- November 20, 2007 4:15 PM
- Jessica said...
The day Urban Meyer becomes head coach at Michigan will be the day the Apocalypse finally descends upon us. Meyer is perhaps the scummiest coach in the country. He's absolutely classless and of questionable integrity. NOT the successor we want to see to a coach like Lloyd. Sure, I want Michigan to win just as much as the next fan, but I don't want it at the expense of the program's reputation. That's not what Bo would have wanted, and I'm sure that's not what Lloyd wants.
- November 20, 2007 4:35 PM
- TitleIX said...
Michigan's program?
NOT in the dumps
that is all.
- November 20, 2007 6:51 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Urban Meyer is staying at Florida. He's buddies with the president there, and he seems to be comfortable and like were he is. And it seems like he doesn't like Michigan, and vice versa. I just think that he's an asshole.
"I think the timing is right for Michigan to roll the dice and go outside the box for a new coach."
I agree, mikoyan. I was thinking: it's Michigan! It's an elite program, or at least once was. Michigan needs a coach who will turn it into an unbeatable powerhouse that will dominate the conference for years. We can't get someone who is just another guy. And Les Miles seems like just another guy.
That's why I like Paul Johnson or Brian Kelly. These are coaches who know how to get a team to win, even when they don't have as great talent. Same with Greg Schiano and Jim Grobe.
- November 20, 2007 6:56 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
An actual funny moment on local talk radio the other day...
A caller suggested that Michigan just save time and request the annual list that the Birmingham News prints for Alabama coaching searches...Frank Beamer, Steve Spurrier, Rich Rodriquez, etc. You could even leave Saban's name on there now!
- November 20, 2007 7:24 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Hell, you could even add Mangino to the list of people who can win with the tools he's given. You consider that the last time Kansas was competitive in Football was when there was still a Czar.
- November 20, 2007 7:32 PM
- Kurren said...
oo Tuberville would be good too... Chris Peterson is good as well, love what he has done with Boise State. But my #1 is obviously Les Miles...
- November 20, 2007 7:53 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I'd rather the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator be awesome X and Os guys before the head coach.
The head coach is the executive of the team. Overall coordinators do more than for which they get credit. I hope the new coach brings in a heckuva offensive staff because Michigan needs hasn't had that in a long time...
...yes, even going back to the '97 Rose Bowl where Michigan won despite run into the line on first down, run into the line on second down, and tight-end screen on third.
Go Blue!
- November 20, 2007 8:31 PM
- IamCris said...
Fred Jackson because he's a Michigan man and LONG time assistant head coach and if you pay attention the only guy on the sidelines who can calm Lloyd Carr down when he's pissed.
Or Ron English, you have no idea what he's done with how little he's had. He's young, brilliant and would be innovative, aside from that he's also a Michigan Man.
Finally Sylvester Croom at MSU (Miss.St.) the Bulldogs bowling this year and have beaten, Auburn (Tubberville), Alabama (Saban) and Kentucky (Brooks). This guy would be a steal. Each year he's lost at least two qb's (both starter and backup) to injuries. He's going bowling with a 3rd string QB. Let that sink in. Oh yeah, Michigan has capable o-lineman.
Aside from that the NAACP would be pleased with our interview process and Michigan could set a standard for giving minorities an opportunity. Each of these coaches has class and character and would be phenominal embassadors to the University of Michigan.
My .02
- November 20, 2007 9:37 PM
- blue.victors said...
I know he's been retired and doing color commentary for the NFL, but what about Bill Cowher? He said when he retired he wouldn't rule out a return to coaching at some point. What better time and place than right now at Michigan? He has a run first and strong defensive mentality that goes back to the days of Bo raoming the sideline. Plus, isn't it fun to watch him when he gets pissed at a ref or a player?
- November 20, 2007 10:10 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
can we get a clone of miles and peterson mix? a statue of liberty and hook and ladder alternating on every down? i would shit bricks
- November 20, 2007 10:15 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I would love to see Cowher at Michigan!
The NY Times blogged John Gruden as a potential candidate... holy shit... Chucky roaming the big house sidelines? That would be something!
- November 20, 2007 11:13 PM
- trikman said...
I see many of you are proponents of bringing in the spread offense.
Whos gonna run it- Mallet? please!
How about bringing in someone who can figure out how to STOP a spread offense.
As far as tOSU, the only significance to beating them should be as a stepping stone to the big ten/national championship. Yes I understand about rivalries. But its time to have loftier goals than just beating OSU. I say this in response to those who say we need a "Michigan man" who understands the OSU rivalry. Let them worry about US! I feel proud whenever I see a muck fichigan shirt. Shows their inferiority complex!
I agree with el pendejo who says no carpetbaggers. This is a destination position that should be
the epitomy job for any coach.
I like the Kelly and Schiano suggestions. I dont like the idea of an ex-pro coach.
- November 20, 2007 11:30 PM
- maize3561 said...
My vote is for Larry Kehres from Mt Union if you dont know him check his bio.... Can you say BO. I mean here is a guy who is more proven than anyone else mentioned. Please if anyone not Kirk ferentz. Kehres stands for team team team more than anyone mentioned and I am sorry Les is less....Second lets bring MOE back.
- November 21, 2007 12:36 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
From EDSBS:
"The Michigan head coaching search will begin with interviews with Carr assistants Mike Debord and Ron English. This is all a matter of due diligence and courtesy. Repeat that phrase eight to ten times in a row to yourselves, Michigan fans. Repeat, and rock back and forth hugging your knees in the basement like you just saw the crimson face of Lucifer himself."
Insanely funny.
- November 21, 2007 10:30 AM
- Mikoyan said...
I heard the Vest was in M-Den at Briarwood trying on Maize and Blue Sweatervests.
- November 21, 2007 2:45 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"I heard the Vest was in M-Den at Briarwood trying on Maize and Blue Sweatervests."
Why not? He owns it.
(You had to see that one coming)
- November 22, 2007 9:34 AM
- Hal said...
Bill Martin will find some way to blow this I know it. Martin has made it clear that he will not hire anyone who does not respond well in the media spot light when pressured. That leaves Les Miles out. They also won't consider anyone who is a pro coach because Martin is concerned about the transition to the college game and needing time to work with local connections so that leaves out Jon Gruden, Bill Cower, etc.; They wouldn't even consider Urban Meyer because of their last years lobbying the BCS voters.
Outside of that, I personally like:
1) Brian Kelly - He's a winner with experience and connections.
2)Paul Johnson - same reason.
3)Jeff Tedford - same reason (but only west coast)
However, No Ferentz (Iowa) under any circumstances.
- November 26, 2007 12:13 AM
- BajanBlu said...
To add to Mikoyan's comments about Paul Johnson (Navy), consider also that since he began at Navy, we've been at War. Don't think that hurts your recruiting ability! The guy has been absolutely phenomenal with a severely limited talent pool, restricted by both an admissions process that is more selective than ours, and having to reassure the parents of candidates he does have, that their kid isn't gonna get blown up after the fact.
Even when his team was 2 and 12 in his first year, he STILL beat Army, arguably the only rivalry game with more historical significance than ours.
Integrity -- check
Coaching skills -- check
National championships -- check x2
Beaten Tressel -- check
Wears blue and (yellow) -- check
Pay the Man.
PS. For the record, Les Miles would be a huge mistake, that would set us back for another five years.
- November 26, 2007 3:01 PM
- hitlerwasabuckeye said...
Chuck Martin is actually riding a 50-3 record and plays tomorrow on ESPN. If he doesn't get a look, Bill Martin should be fired. He is the obvious hire. He has class, he wins, he is the coach of the year, he is the man for us. Check his info online, it is incredible.
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Lalibela is a city in Ethiopia that is a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country. It has a population of 15,000.
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By plane
Ethiopian Airlines has scheduled flights at least once a day to Lalibela Airport (ICAO code HALL, IATA: LLI). Flights are often overbooked: make sure you reconfirm your seat at least 1 day in advance and show up at the airport on time! Flights can also be rescheduled or cancelled at short notice because of weather or for operational reasons. The airport is mid-sized. For a tiny town like Lalibela, the airport seems over-sized. It is at least 30 minutes by shared taxi (40 birrs per person as of 2008) away from the town.
By bus
There is a daily bus from Addis Ababa. It is a two-day journey with an overnight stop at Dessie. The bus passes through Woldia mid-morning and will pick up passengers from the bus station if it has room. Another bus runs daily from Woldia, leaving at dawn. Both the Woldia and Addis Ababa buses depart Lalibela at 6am.
It is usually possible to get to/from Bahir Dar by bus in one day by changing buses at the village of Gashena, approximately 1-2 hours from Lalibela depending on traffic and weather. If you are travelling to or from Gondar by bus, you will usually have to spend the night somewhere.
Coming from Aksum the most possible way would take about two nights with stopovers in Mekele and Woldia. However, if you are lucky you might be able to catch a shared taxi in Mekele which brings you along highway 1 to Woldia where you the next day can catch a bus heading towards Bahir Dar with a stop at the Gashena junction to Lalibela where you have to wait for another bus/car bringing you to Lalibela. This might take a few hours.
By car
The road to Lalibela is fine until you get to the village of Gashena, the last 1-2 hours consists of a small and unreliable road which is partly made of tarmac and partly sand. From Bahir Dar the drive takes about 7-8 hours and from Gondar about 10-11 hours. It is possible to get private drivers in both Bahir Dar and Gondar, would cost about 100-200 $ depending on negotiations, location and driver.
Get around
You can rent minibuses to drive you around the city. They usually are found outside the airport. Unlike other bigger towns and cities in Ethiopia, there are NO blue and white minibuses that regularly run through the this small town. There are a few horses pulling carts.
You can walk safely around town (although people may look at you strangely or with amusement). School children may try to befriend you, and follow you around, perhaps beg. As of 2010 and onwards the government has tried to forbid begging, the situation is at this point much better than before but some people can still beg or invite you to their homes where a more strategical begging can be done.
now there IS a ATM, at dashen bank, giving out birr.
(Notice that the value of the Birr has been dropping fast, so prices on Wikitravel should be taken with a grain of salt unless they are in USD)
Children in Lalibela will ask you to buy schoolbooks. It is unclear whether this is a scam.
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The additional $13 million will extend the demonstration phase of the Callide Oxyfuel project in Biloela, central Queensland, by 15 months to November 2014, the government said in a statement.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
First Onepeat, Now FiascoBowl: Dumb & Dumber
First there were the Onepeat idiots raising over $10,000 to put a billboard up near the USC campus in an attempt to "prove" the Trojans didn't win half of the 2003 National Title. Now some Miami morons, "inspired" by the Onepeat crew, are raising money for their own billboard claiming Ohio State wasn't really the 2002 National Champion. Instead, at their FiascoBowl.org site, they insist the Miami Hurricanes - the team Ohio State beat in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl in the BCS Championship game - are the true National Champions that year.
Yep, these "fans" claim that, if not for the questionable pass interference call against Miami on 4th down during the first overtime, the game would have been over and Miami would have - and should have - won. Thus, to "right this wrong," they intend to erect a billboard in Columbus to coincide with Buckeye spring practice.
Folks, I know we take a humorous bent to college football on this site but we wish we were kidding here. Because this new "trend" of college football fans trying to rewrite history by pissing away thousands of dollars on billboards when they don't like the outcome on the field is asinine.
And where does it all end?
Obviously, Colorado's 1990 title, with its 5th down and all, is billboard-worthy. Georgia Tech fans should already be renting space in Boulder. Florida State should claim a couple titles from the '90s. Their teams were always the best, only their kickers were second rate so get a billboard, baby! Or perhaps, Nebraska fans should use the same twisted, revisionist logic like these fans of historical fiction in order to reclaim the 1983 National Title back from Miami when #1 ranked Nebraska only had to kick an extra point to tie the game up with :48 seconds left in order to win the title. Most folks agree the Huskers were the better team. So why not put up a billboard in south Florida to "prove" it?
Hell, why even play the games? Instead, let's just crown the national champion based on the school and its fans that can put up the most billboards.
Enough already.
Look, if you're a regular reader of the M Zone, you know we're not the biggest supporters of Tosu. If you doubt it, check the "Tosu Favorites" column along the left side of this site. Need more proof? Ok. "Hey, Bucks, nice basketball game Sunday."
But the fact is, as much as it pains me to say it, we support the Bucks 100% on this one. Ohio State is the undisputed 2002 National Champion. Period. End of discussion. And all the billboards in the world won't change that.
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To top it off, the pictures on the fiascobowl web site seem to do more to "prove" interference than they do to "prove" the wrong call was made! (Tell the Miami DB to turn his head and play the ball, then you can cry - not that it'll do any good). As I remember, it was a very close call on film. The stills do more to vindicate the ref than the film ever did.
- March 20, 2006 8:58 AM
my god, you guys have some time on your hands.
- March 20, 2006 9:31 AM
There is little similarity in the arguments, even if both have the same ends.
LSU has a legitimate gripe.
Miami are just crying like children.
- March 20, 2006 10:28 AM
LSU won the championship that all major schools agreed would decide the champion.
Don't sign the BCS contract if you're not going to abide by its stipulations, even when the outcomes aren't what you want.
Matt Leinert on the BCS:
2003: Wears T-shirt on TV throughout bowl and offseason that says, "F*CK the BCS."
2004: On interview says, "Yeah, I feel a little bad for Auburn, but you know we agreed to the system. Sometimes you just don't win in the system."
2005: "We're still the better team."
- March 20, 2006 10:32 AM
tOSU isn't the national champion according to your logic. Dunkell, Matthews, and Sagarin gave their paper titles, like the AP title now, to USC.
Notice that on the page the BCS is in bold and distinguished from the Coaches Title.
- March 20, 2006 10:38 AM
If anything, you should compare the Miami fans to USC fans who claim a championship in 2003 since their team didn't even play in the championship game.
- March 20, 2006 10:48 AM
- Benny Friedman said...
Even though this is a ridiculous idea, I hope they get the money and go through with it. Could you imagine the violence this would wreak in Columbus? I doubt the Miami guys would even be able to find billboard workers to put up the thing. And I'm sure the police in Columbus would look the other way as the board was defamed, defiled, and ultimately brought down.
- March 20, 2006 10:56 AM
- Yost said...
LOL, Look how upset the LSU fans who support Onepeat are here? Ha! Doesn't putting up a billboard make Miami right, too?
- March 20, 2006 11:07 AM
LSU fans don't think they're "right" because of the billboard.
They think they're right because they were the best team from 2003 that proved it on the field and won the national championship game under the rules that all the major schools, including USC, agreed to.
- March 20, 2006 11:12 AM
- Yost said...
Correction, Anon. They won exactly HALF of a national championship that year. Next.
- March 20, 2006 11:14 AM
1998 Tennessee
2000 Oklahoma
2001 Miami
2002 Ohio State
2005 Texas
Saying that LSU only won half of the national championship is like saying Al Gore won the 2000 Presidential election because he won the popular vote.
We have a system in place. You don't want to abide by its rules, don't sign the contract.
- March 20, 2006 11:18 AM
- Yost said...
Just b/c you're posting as "Anon" and not putting up the link we delete each time you leave it doesn't mean we don't know you're the same LSUoverUSC idiot.
- March 20, 2006 11:27 AM
wow, yost, being a little harsh huh? Coming from a guy still living in his parents basement, considering all the time you have on this blog.
- March 20, 2006 11:35 AM
- Benny Friedman said...
THE, Yost moved out of his parents basement years ago. He's now living in their garage. So I think you owe him an apology.
- March 20, 2006 11:38 AM
- Yost said...
Doh! Boy, you got me. Burned.
"Just a minute, mom. Be right up."
Gotta go.
- March 20, 2006 11:39 AM
The system people talk about only produces a BCS champion, not a consenssus or one and only NCAA champion. Until there is a playoff, there will be two champs from time to time. USC does abide by the BCS agreement. They recognize LSU as the 2003 BCS champ. Shoot, the BCS even calls 03 a "split decision". Check it out for yourself. Don't you think they would have liked to claim success?
- March 20, 2006 11:44 AM
Great, they both split it. New Poll: Which you you rather have, AP or BCS championship?
- March 20, 2006 11:57 AM
the AP championship of course.
- March 20, 2006 12:19 PM
Speaking for all of ESPN, I'd have to agree. The AP championship is the only relevant one. Furthermore, USC is the best college football team......hell, they are the best team in the history of sports. Pro, College, high school......Men's, Women's.....even internationally, they are the best team that has ever been assembled. Matt Leinhart was right. They are clearly the better team than Texas even though they lost in the Rose Bowl. We should just induct them all into the hall of fame now. Yes, even the towel boys.
Herbstreit out.
- March 20, 2006 12:24 PM
Hmmm. Maybe my comments on the March 15 "Onepete Mountain" story were right after all. I just can't believe the ignorance and the wretchedly dishonest attempts to re-write history. I guess if they just close their eyes it'll all end up the way they wish it to be, the facts be damned.....
- March 20, 2006 1:06 PM
- Casey S said...
I have to admit that not all LSU fans are idiots. I was just at a wing restarant here in so. cal, sitting at a bar watching LSU play in the tourney and an LSU fan came and sat right next to me (accent and all)...
We had a good talk, and obviously I was wearing my USC hat. I didn't want to bring up the idiotic billboard, so he did. He apologized for you Onepeat morons and we went on to congragulate eachother on 2003.
then we kicked back, watched LSU win the bball game and drank a few brews together.
Maybe moving out of the bog and into Southern California cleared this guys cloudy head or something, but he was actually a great guy.
Onepeat, fiascobowl, I fart in your general direction.
- March 20, 2006 1:24 PM
LSU fans are so embarrassing.
- March 20, 2006 1:34 PM
- Dezzi13 said...
"The NCAA does not conduct a national championship in Division I-A football and is not involved in the selection process."
From www.ncaa.org .... In my eyes, no one wins a NC in football!
- March 20, 2006 1:42 PM
Isn't that fool at "lsuoverusc" just the most pleasant guy you'd ever meet? You should see the lies, distortions and half truths polluting that site. It's not really worth it except for the humor (and pathos) of it all! When someone on there questions whether or not the PRESIDENT of the Coaches' Association (who admits to the split title) is really a "valid" spokesperson for that group you know you're in a realm of abject denial.
- March 20, 2006 1:53 PM
WHich would I want, AP or BCS? You seemed to have conveniently left out "Both the AP and BCS (in the same year)" In order I would choose 1- AP and BCS (same year), 2- BCS only, and then 3- AP only.. Seems LSU was unable to secure both in the same year. Don't let your purpple and gold glases fool you--you would wish the same.
- March 20, 2006 2:19 PM
EXACTLY, Dezzi13. That's why all the talking heads call it the "mythical National Championship".
- March 20, 2006 2:30 PM
Haha. I love getting all these USC fans in an uproar. Unfortunately for the dumb southerners, I don't pull for the SEC. I've never had a problem with LSU, but they are in the SEC so.........I can't root for them. Nice to see you bandwagon SoCal fans getting in an uproar though thinking I'm an LSU fan. HA! Not WDS4usc though. I know he isn't bandwagon. All the rest though, go join SnoopDog and cheer on the 2nd most bandwagon fan laden school. (2nd behind Notre Dame.) Pathetic.
- March 20, 2006 2:33 PM
I really wasn't going to respond because all this is nonsense but to Anonymous 11:19, the person who asked if you would rather have the(AP or BSC championship) wasn't an LSU fan like you suggested ("Don't let your purple and gold glasses fool you.") We don't call ourselves "the" anything. It's nice to know that whenever any other fanbase critiques USC, you automatically think of us. I'm touched. I'll just kill ya with kindness then. Good luck next year pal.
- March 20, 2006 2:43 PM
And wds4usc, I'm expecting you to keep me posted on how our boy Booty is doing.
- March 20, 2006 2:45 PM
Please MikeTheTiger--wrong again. Your post proved yourself wrong. Next you will say you are not an LSU fan. Check any LSU message board and then an SC board. See how many threads on LSU boards are SC related, then check see how many on SC boards are LSU related. You will see that it is the LSU fans who cannot seem to get USC out of their heads. They even realize that it was becoming obsessional. Until LSU BB started winning, there were at least 5 threads per day about USC on tigerdroppings.com--even regular posters there made note of it.
- March 20, 2006 2:52 PM
Actually it's the USC fans who are obsessed with this issue. I visit WeAreSC.com and almost everyday there is a new thread that is anti-LSU and there are many anti-LSU posters there that speak negatively of LSU several times a day. I also found it mildly amusing when the most popular thread on that board in the past six months was a thread about suing LSU fans for putting up that dumb billboard.
LSU won the BCS, Coaches Poll, and most of the other championships in 2003. USC won the AP. It's a split, but more like a 10 to 1 split. LSU's also right about the contract stuff.
- March 20, 2006 3:03 PM
Mike, I'll watch Booty closely. I really think he's gonna be a star, especially with his band of receivers. With Sanchez really giving him a battle I think he'll be ready and battle-tested out of spring practice. I also agree that there are a lot of bandwagoners when a program wins: you always want fans but I admit I have a problem with "subway" alums who come and go for the wrong reasons or who support only part of the athletic program ("love the football team but I like another school's basketball team"). I appreciate your comments. And for the last anonymous, the contract issue has been covered as nauseum--the contract NEVER excluded any other selector; it only authorized the Coaches' poll to act and vote as they did but placed no restrictions on the AP or recognition of it.
- March 20, 2006 3:31 PM
For Yost and all of the Michigan guys (and gals) I agree with your take on tOSU. What's fair is fair and they beat Miami. But on the subject of NC's I do have an historical question: I've done some research on past champs and I know USC and Michigan proudly (and properly) count the Dickenson champions. I thusly note that Notre Dame is the only school to NOT count one--1938. Is this out of humility or a disagreement with the selection (they were fifth in the AP). Also, I have spoken with some ND fans and they question not winning in 1919 and 1953. I understand 1953 might have been due to some type of ND backlash. It is interesting in that they did not win UPI or AP but won everything else and in a sense was a true consensus champ but thay don't recognize that year either. While they are our rivals, I believe in honoring the athletes for their efforts and I just wanted another take on this so what better place than the M Zone?! Thanks!!!
- March 20, 2006 3:49 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
as much as i enjoyed laughing at the fiascobowl.com post, can i suggest you not bring the onepeat thing again? i know it's your site, but the lsu/usc lunatic fringe must just cruise the net looking for any place to argue this nonsense and always seem to end up here. i think it's beginning to hurt property values.
maybe we could come up w/ a code word for "onepeat"?? maybe "taepeno" instead? from the level of the conversation, i'm guessing most of these idiots struggle to spell forward- backwards would tire out there lips.
as for the original post, the really ironic thing is that had the shoes been on the other foot- miami had won because of a questionable call- tosu fans would have invented the "onepeat" concept and had a website up before dawn the next day.
btw- they ever pull it off- i'll drive by campus and get a pic for you.
- March 20, 2006 4:14 PM
I have more posts on onepeat.com then anybody else, until I was recently banned - my user name is "M Go Blow" - I have already let you guys know I am an Ohio St fan - new around here. I was banned because I kept bringing up the people on tigerdroppings.net who were embarassed about the billboard and weren't happy that the rest of the country refers to LSU fans as morons.
Regarding the controversy, onepeat.bog has the perfect discription of this - the BCS is perscriptive, not descriptive.
Regarding the 2002 game, obviouslly I am biased, but here is my take. First of all, that was a very controversial call - I can understand why Miami fans were upset. But, there are a lot of controversial calls and no calls in games. For instance, in that very same game, before Miami kicked the field goal to send it to overtime, Ohio State had a third down. The Ohio State reciver not only caught the ball for a first down, but was interfered with too. The call was not made, and they called the reciver out. If Ohio State had gotten a first down there, the game would of been over.
As someone new to the college football internet blogesphere, I am beginning to learn that most hard core college fans are idiots.
- March 20, 2006 6:28 PM
- Yost said...
Some people do get so passionate, reason goes right out the window...along with wallet contents to pay for useless billboards.
- March 20, 2006 11:50 PM
Yost, your sense of humor sucks. These boards are nothing more than hilarious college rivalry. Get off your momma's teat and get yourself a beer.
- March 21, 2006 11:15 AM
- Yost said...
Yeah, spending $12K on a billboard that is already down that nobody even cared about when it was up is just really clever college hijinks. Ba-hardy-har-har-har.
And then doing it again for another, even older, game is even funnier. Ouch. Hold on, my side hurts from laughing.
Hey, dipshit, read the Onepeat page sometime. Those morons are serious as heart attacks about this crap. THAT is why it's so not funny.
- March 21, 2006 2:39 PM
Yost, this is Steve. I'm here to tell you we're definitely NOT "serious as heart attacks". We were very serious in reaching our goal and erecting the board...but the entire thing was done in good fun. We obviously believe that LSU was the only champion in 2003; however, we clearly had no chance of changing the "record books" with our campaign. We just presented some simple facts about who won the last 3 National Championship games.
The rest of your site is friggin great...but your shots at onepeat (while very funny) are misguided. That being said, you're entitled to your opinion...and we appreciate the traffic you direct our way.
- March 21, 2006 4:38 PM
Real slowly...the reason sites like this have such great material in regards to the onepeat issue is that you might believe that LSU won the only national championship in 2003, you might believe John Kerry is the POTUS & you might believe that your 450 supporters mean the whole nation is behind you, but those of us in the real world like to deal with things like facts n stuff. So congratulations on letting the rest of the world that LSU fans are a bunch of morons - even though the majority of LSU fans don't think like you. And enjoy your association with Miami trying to claim the 2002 national championship and Brokeback Mountain tying to claim the Oscar!
- March 21, 2006 10:17 PM
Clarification to Anonymous (1:38 PM). LSU won the "BCS" championship game. Clearly the record books show there are two champions that year. Again, don't you think the BCS would have liked to claim success? If they could have, the BCS would not have called 03 a "split decision". Also, being "split" has nothing to do with the AP being part of the BCS (as it was in 03). It has to do with the AP being recognized a a major org that awards a title.
Actually, the BCS does not award a title. As I am sure most of you know, the coaches/USA Today does that (see the "crystal" trophy). That is exactly why the BCS had an agreement for the coaches to vote for the winner of the "BCS championship" game as the (coaches) national champ".
- March 22, 2006 12:01 PM
The point is Steve, you are sounding like a neo-con propagandist attempting to re-write history. If you believe LSU DESERVED the entire title, that's a nice argument for a barroom but that's different than denying the facts of the situation at hand. I believe that Georgia Tech should have been awarded both halves of the title instead of sharing with Colorado in 1990 and I'm sure that some Washington fans are upset with BYU for 1984. However, that is an argument of relative merit and not of the final tally. So argue all you want as to who is deverving but you are right--the record (and reality) stands.
- March 22, 2006 3:32 PM
The fact is, wds, each of your examples occurred pre-BCS. Since 1998 there has been one championship game per year. In 2003 LSU played in - and won - said championship game. It's as simple as that.
- March 22, 2006 6:41 PM
Here we go again. LSU won the BCS game. The AP awarded their title AFTER all the bowl games. It's as simple as that!!! The AP still counts and there is absolutely NOTHING showing otherwise including any complaints from the
BCS or coaches. LSU won the BCS game and USC won the AP. Period. End of story. Please don't re-write history or distort the facts.
- March 22, 2006 7:53 PM
Yost, anyone....PLEASE!!! I'm getting exhausted! They can't/won't let it go. If the gods of the BCA and Coaches' Association and every D-1 AD all spoke out they STILL wouldn't accept it!!! Maybe we'll just agree that LSU won every AP, UPI, Dickenson, and BCS title from the beginning of time. OK? How's that?
- March 22, 2006 7:58 PM
- Yost said...
- March 22, 2006 8:03 PM
wds, please enlighten us as to how Steve's statement is in any way "distorted":
Since 1998 there has been one championship game per year. In 2003 LSU played in - and won - said championship game.
- March 22, 2006 8:11 PM
There is NO NCAA championship game. There is a BCS championship game which LSU won. The AP then voted and selected their champion AFTER the bowls. Thus TWO champions-Coaches (BCS) and Writers (AP). The AP was never de-certified and has its own rules for selection of a champion REGARDLESS of any bowl game or result. It is a separate entity and is recognized by the universities and coaches and anyone else involved with college football. It is NOT bound by the BCS championship game winner as are the coaches. It was never excluded as a championship selector nor was there any movement to do so at ANY time. Simple, eh???
- March 22, 2006 8:25 PM
You know I promised to be nice to the majority of LSU fans but they need to police their own a bit and stop this nonsense. Like I said, I'll even buy the beer....
- March 22, 2006 8:34 PM
Every Tiger fan I know is 100% behind the onepeat campaign. Hell, every person I know is 100% behind the campaign.
Nonsense is the University of Spoiled Children trying to claim the AP is equal to the BCS title after their team didn't earn a spot in the NC game. Nonsense is USC's official sports website stating that the Trojans were hoping to make it to the Sugar Bowl game to "play for the national championship"... and then a week later spinning the story because things didn't work out for them.
- March 22, 2006 8:55 PM
- Yost said...
You must not know a lot of people, Anon.
- March 22, 2006 8:56 PM
This thread needs to be ended. Yes, I'm a tiger fan and I know many Tiger fans. Out of all those, I know 2 who agree with the campaign although neither gave money and the rest of us are apathetic to it or embarrassed by it. Nuff said. Thanks MZone.
Seacrest out.
- March 23, 2006 9:32 AM
anon 6:32, not a Tiger fan though I think the onepeat idea was brilliant...
I've got to call you out re your post. You clearly are not a Tiger fan. A Tiger fan would not use the word "apathetic". LOL
- March 23, 2006 10:41 AM
You see how when the LSU "fans" get flustered they resort to attacking everything in sight? By the way, "Steve" has been called out on numerous occasions to contact the BCS, NCAA and the various athletic directors for their take. He's never responded. Gee, I wonder why...???If he wants to prove his case, he should go to the source but I think he knows better.
- March 23, 2006 12:44 PM
- nico said...
Shouldn't Miami fans be chasing around (literally) have naked Cuban chicas on South Beach rather than drumming up some garbage from several years ago?
They just can't handle losing very well. I was at the Alabama-Florida basketball in Gainesville last year (where Alabama got crushed) and was sitting next to some Miami fan who informed me Alabama got "lucky" in '92! Get over it already.
- March 23, 2006 12:58 PM
If LSU played Miami(Fla) would each deny the other's existence after the game?
- March 23, 2006 3:56 PM
wds, will USC make a January bowl game this year? LOL. You are a tool.
- March 23, 2006 4:38 PM
A tool? How original. Whether USC makes a Jan. bowl or not is not how we measure ourselves as humans. It's a great thing to support your school but when you become a jerk about it you've lost all perspective. Get a life.
- March 23, 2006 5:08 PM
Anon 7:41, I am indeed a Tiger Fan. My father played his freshman year at LSU in the late 60's before tearing his ACL, ending his career. I'm originally from Shreveport and most recently moved to Monroe for job purposes. Believe it or not, we inbred redneck uneducated folk can use "big" words like apathetic. We really don't understand what it means though. I hope you noted my heavy sarcasm here.
- March 23, 2006 6:07 PM
To my LSU friends: An update on John David Booty--It has been reported that he has been suffering from back spasms. It is unknown how long he'll be out but apparently he had an epidural. They will re-evaluate but, gulp, surgery has been mentioned. Obviously, this is a big setback for John David and we are hoping for the best.
- March 24, 2006 5:57 PM
Just makes the true fans of these schools look ridiculous. The creepy guy that started the onepeat billboard thing is clearly an obsessed rube with little to do in life but whine about something he'll never change. And while LSU has a legitimate claim to the BCS title that year, without an NCAA sanction on college football, USC has just as much a claim to their share of the split. tOSU on the other hand? NC without an argument.
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"We're extremely thankful that everyone who was in the home at the time of the fire escaped unharmed," Saunders said.
"And especially grateful to the LBK fire department for their very rapid and effective response. Thanks to their professionalism, other nearby dwellings were prevented from being damaged or becoming similarly engulfed."
EARLIER: Just as family members gathered in Sarasota for the wedding of real estate maven Michael Saunders' son, Drayton, one of several homes within the family compound at the north end of Longboat Key caught fire Thursday morning and was destroyed.
Called Lands End, the compound was originally a marina where Michael Saunders' mother ran a small business. The home that burned belonged to Saunders' sister Joan Bergstrom.
Bergstrom, who spends part of each year in Panama, was in Sarasota for the March 15 wedding.
"It happened at 10 this morning," said Saunders spokesman Tom Heatherman. "Michael's sister was in the house that burned. She got out. A fire broke out in a middle bedroom, where she had stored some paintings."
Firefighters responded from both Manatee and Sarasota counties. Once firefighters arrived, Heatherman said, the home was already engulfed in flames.
So their main job was to contain the blaze and prevent it from burning adjacent properties, including the original family home with dock, which the family operated as a small marina when Saunders, nee Michael Mayer, was growing up.
Ironically, Saunders lived in another house within the same compound that burned down a decade ago.
"Michael was in it. It burned down late at night. She had a koi pond and the pump caught fire. The whole house was engulfed," Heatherman said.
After that, the founder of Michael Saunders & Co. moved closer to downtown Sarasota on Bird key.
The home destroyed Thursday was built in the 1950s. It was in the 700 block of Lands End Drive on Longboat Key.
EARLIER: A home at the north end of Longboat Key was destroyed in a fire Thursday morning.
SNN Local News is reporting that three people were inside the home when it caught on fire, but all escaped safely. Firefighters from Manatee and Sarasota counties responded to the blazes at the home, which was built in the 1930s.
The waterfront home was in the 700 block of Lands End Drive at Longboat Court.
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