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Fig Jam

As a University of Washington graduate, I am part of one of the PAC 10 fanbases who have an emotional tie or opinion on UCLA’s new coach, Rick Neuheisel.  While I do not like Neuheisel very much, I find myself conflicted in certain respects and do not share the outright hatred for the coach that many Husky fans do.  On the other side of the coin, the UCLA fanbase has been rejuvenated after years of emotion-less football at the hands of Karl Dorrell. Now, Neuheisel has returned to his alma mater and is intent on reeking havoc on USC and the Trojans stranglehold on the city of LA, and the Pac-10 conference.   Whether you praise him or curse him, Neuheisel is a coaching enigma at this stage in his career and spurs optimism, criticism, and pessimism with his presence.

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What could have been…

The Mariners are unwatchable.  I don’t even go when I have free tickets, nor do I turn on FSN. With the exception of Felix, who can we watch and get excited about?

All of these Mariners have been let go over the past few years. In return, we got poop. Don’t you wish we still had some of these guys, instead of, I dunno, Jose Vidro?

Starting Pitchers: Jorge Campillo, Jamie Moyer

Comments: If there’s one glaring flaw the front office of the Mariners has, it’s a total inability to evaluate pitching talent.

Released by the Mariners after the 2006 season, Campillo (5-4, 2.78 ERA) has earned a regular spot in Atlanta’s rotation after starting out in the bullpen.

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Sager Bombs

Yup.  Waived by the Knicks today.  That makes 6 teams in 2008.  Better to be off that disaster of a team, but I guess he’s officially going to be one of those Guys Who’ll Never Get A Chance in the league.  It’s certainly happened to more talented players than him, but I think everyone at HD&F agrees if he had the chance he could contribute a few minutes a night for a team at an extremely low cost.  Oh well… I guess it’s time for him to decide if he wants to go to Europe, or see how many more 10-day contracts he can rack up this season.

Constable Echelon

I had an idea this past spring while listening to The Basketball Jones that we ought to do a Pac-10 football podcast for the site. Then the craziest thing happened: I followed through with it. Fig Jam and I got together and did the first show. The goal is to have one of these up per week (every Tuesday) through the college football season. 13 more minutes of media for you to consume during the interminable wait between weekends.

Without further ado, please behold in all its homemade glory the Pac-10 Football Podcast from Hotdog & Friends.

07.29.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast

Despair, Bobby Jones fans across the world. It appears the 2008-09 season will be another nomadic journey for the Odyssean small forward.

Jones was traded today to the black hole of basketball talent that is the New York Knicks.

Knicks get: Taurean Green, Bobby Jones, 2nd-round draft pick in 2010

Nuggets get: Renaldo Balkman, cash, eternal damnation

News of the Bobby Jones trade reaches Iraq

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Constable Echelon

Nice find from Every Day Should Be Saturday: Charlie Weis singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Wrigley.

They’re saying “boobs”?

Notre Dame visits Washington on October 25th.

At Least He Didn’t (EDSBS)

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Fig Jam

Tired of losing baseball games to teams whose systems and schemes are superior, the Chicago Cubs called up pitcher Jeff Samardzija from AAA. Samardzija has decent numbers in the minor leagues this year, but let’s be honest, this is the Cubs attempting to take advantage of Samardzija’s time at Notre Dame under the direction of Supercoach/nacho aficionado Charlie Weis.

The Cubs believe, as well they should, that anyone who was privileged enough to spend time with Weis will automatically make the entire organization smarter. The ‘decided schematic advantage’ that Samardzija enjoyed while playing football with the Irish will only continue to manifest itself in his pro baseball career. Look for the Cubs to start mentally dominating on the Diamond, with a little wink to their buddy a couple of hours away in South Bend.

This one is to commemorate Hotdog’s recent near-mauling when he encountered one of these magnificent beasts.

Watching this also reminds me of the recent WNBA brawl, especially at the 1:11 mark.

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Constable Echelon

Pac-10 Media Poll

1, USC (38 first-place votes), 389 total points
2, Arizona State, 330
3, Oregon, 295
4, Cal (1), 274
5, UCLA, 204
6, Oregon State, 192
7, Arizona, 185
8, Washintgton, 139
9, Stanford, 76
10, Washington State, 61

Beloved H&F commenters,
Please post your polls below and I’ll combine them with those of our crack staff to see how we feel.

Sager Bombs

I swear… anything we can do, these Oklahomans can do better. Taking our basketball team was terrible, but I always thought our state would be the kings of beastiality, thanks to the infamous Mr. Hands horse fucking death of a few years ago. By the way, that’s a link to a description of the crime, and it at the bottom it links to a video if you nasty. The video is not safe for work, life, belief in god, or wanting to stay sober.

Well, I guess Oklahomans do animal banging better than us too. Word out of Tulsa tells the tale of a boy who, while hanging out at home with his girlfriend, discovered over 250 videotapes and computer pictures of his mom boning three different dogs. Sweet fucking christ. I remember finding a box of condoms in my parents’ bedroom and that was traumatic enough… this guy found 193 CD-ROMs and DVDs, 67 VHS tapes, 12 cassette tapes, two floppy discs, two computer flash drives and one photo album showing the sex acts. So I guess he probably won’t be a contestant on “Yo Momma” anytime soon. Oh, and I suppose that might be a dealbreaker when it comes to the kid’s girlfriend, eh? Sorry, it’s not you… it’s your dogfucking family. Also, mom was in the hospital being treated for appendicitis. I wonder how her internals got messed up?

So, well played, Oklahoma. And remember, Seattleites, if any Okies want to remind you how superior they are in grabbing our hoops team, don’t forget to remind them that they are the kings of beasiality as well.

I wonder if it’s too late to change the team name from Thunder?