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I think it's only possible on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field or in Buffalo... all the ice would make it possible to spin on the ground.

Admittedly, I'm a bit biased because I'm a Saints fan, but I think that the league should go light on some of the celebrations if everyone could agree it's original enough not to be covered by any current rule, such as Terrell's autograph incident. The cell phone incident was certainly novel enough that they should have said "OK, that was pretty funny, but don't fucking do it again" instead of hitting him up for $30,000, although that isn't too much money for him. Hell, he's also paying Michael Lewis's $5000 fine for digging the cell phone out of the goalpost padding for him.

One degree with honors in Management Information Systems and a minor in History here. If I thought I could actually do something with a History degree, I'd have considered it (and some days, I wish I had). My job isn't exactly what I thought I'd be doing with an MIS degree, as I'm currently writing code for a software package to customize it for the agency I work for. I create queries and reports to be used by the average user and I also have to fix broken reports/queries/letters/whatever as they're reported by the users. It's interesting some of the time, but the data tech stuff is more up my alley because of my background in assembling and maintaining computers instead of programming them. (I've had programming off and on for about 6 years now, but certain languages were more useful and/or intuitive than others. Visual Basic, which I'm currently using, kicks ass.)

Crash didn't "pass out", he committed suicide. He took a whole bottle of Somas and washed them down with a bunch of Southern Comfort.

It's like the Prisoner's Dilemma... most of these countries don't really want to join the EU but, if they don't and everyone else does, they're fucked. The problem rests with the fact that France and Germany don't want to allow a bunch of smaller countries (ESPECIALLY the former Eastern Bloc nations IMHO) tell them how to run their countries. I don't have nearly as many objections to Germany as France, as Germany is the #2 or #3 economic power in the world and generally keeps things going fine in their neck of the woods. France, however, tends to be a country of Napoleonic little bastards who go against many international laws because they're just big enough to get away with it yet piss and moan when anyone ELSE tries to do the same thing. (I've been to France and believe that most of the French, such as the ones in northern regions like Normandy, are great. Parisians are fucking ASSHOLES though and they tend to control the country.)

Bold prediction- Anyone who pays for this will end up disappointed.

"Step back, that man's going to explode!" I'd feel sorry for that cameraman... he's about to get covered in JR's special Hoss Sauce.

Update on this week's shoot- It'll be a repost of my choosing because of a family Christmas party tomorrow in the Big Sleazy. On the plus side, I got a new DVD player which will FINALLY allow me to watch the goddamn Crash Holly, Ole Anderson, and Taylor from Tough Enough shoot videos. (I bought them from Highspots on DVD-R but none of my players would play them, even the Apex I have which will play ANYTHING or the DVD-Rom in my dad's laptop) That is a big plus because Ole's will certainly be interesting and it will make ALL of these go faster, because it will make it easier to search when I'm trying to get exact quotes or understand something that's slightly garbled due to shitty mic work (that's mainly on old RF shoots, but it still happens).

I thought Florida was full of old people, not hosses. Florida's got some good football teams, which means hosses are attracted to Gainsville, Miami, and Tallahassee at the least. Probably Orlando too if Central Florida can pull their heads out of their asses.

Dean was in trouble before... With Nader in the race, Dean will not only lose but possibly get cause Nader to get the 20% of the vote the Green party needs to get matching funds in future elections. I don't agree with all of Nader's views but I at least believe that he's less hypocritical on his positions than most Dems such as Lieberman, who totally crawfished on all his views when he became Gore's running mate and did it again after the election.

Perhaps after he actually commits some? I fucking hate these little EU teenage protesters who think that anything Bush does is a war crime. You'd think that a continent who's had some VERY notorious war criminals in its past would recognize the difference between someone like a Joseph Mengele and George W Bush.

Can I get a whoop-whoop? *raises roof* Thanks, guys... I'm not sure if this week's will be a new one or a repost, but there will be at least one more original one before the new year. Ones I'm considering at the moment are Sandman's second shoot done just after the announcement of the WCW sale, Jim Cornette's Q+A session from Smokey Mountain Wrestling in 1993 including many WCW stories, Bob Orton Jr., Dustin Rhodes, Vince Russo (if it gets here tomorrow), and a few others.

The WWF was on USA VERY early in Vince Jr's national run. I actually started re-reading Sex Lies and Headlocks the other day and it mentioned that McMahon had gotten on USA a short time before he bought Georgia and its TBS timeslot from Jim Barnett and the Brisco brothers. That was, IIRC, early 1984 because the money Vince got from selling Georgia to Jim Crockett was used to fund the first Wrestlemania in 1985. In short, Vince was on USA before early 1984, probably getting the spot sometime in 1982 or (more likely) 1983.

I think Cocks Penetrate Beavers (South Carolina Gamecocks, Oregon Beavers) would be worse...

I've ordered it but the damn thing still hasn't come in. I'm sure there will be SOMETHING of interest hidden in there, just not anything earth-shattering.

For counter-argument sake, I'll post LSU's schedule and note who replaced who when applicable. Louisiana-Monroe (1-11, replacement for Troy State (6-6), who pulled out) Arizona (2-10) Western Illinois (9-4 and a I-AA quarterfinalist, replacement for Marshall (8-4), who pulled out at the last minute) Georgia (10-3) Mississippi State (2-10) Florida (8-4) South Carolina (5-7) Auburn (7-5) Louisiana Tech (5-7) Alabama (4-9) Ole Miss (9-3) Arkansas (8-4) Georgia (10-3) If Troy State and Marshall hadn't pulled out, LSU's strength of schedule component would have improved DRASTICALLY, partially because Western Illinois' wins only count if they're over I-A teams but ALL their losses count equally. Unfortunately, some teams are afraid to play us coughVirginiaTechcough, so AD Skip Bertman is scrambling to fill the holes in the schedule as they arise.

I've asked about 100 times the last week and never got a straight answer, but... Besides Texas, WHO DID OKLAHOMA PLAY THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH A DAMN? Sorry, but all this "Their schedule was tougher" bullshit has been going on without anybody actually defending that argument (and this includes the media, not just us BSing here). With the possible exception of USC, OU played fewer ranked teams than anybody in the top 5. But by God, those 6-5 records sure add up with strength of schedule, don't they? Oklahoma's schedule: North Texas (9-3) Alabama (4-9) Fresno State (8-5) UCLA (6-6) Iowa State (2-10) Texas (10-2) Missouri (8-4) Colorado (5-7) Oklahoma State (9-3) Texas A&M (4-8) Baylor (3-9) Texas Tech (7-5) Kansas State (10-3) North Texas, Fresno, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and K-State are all going to bowls. Of those, I say that the records of North Texas and Fresno State are bullshit to say the least, as they're upper-tier teams in HORRIBLE conferences containing crap teams like SMU, UTEP, San Jose State, New Mexico State, Idaho, etc. Jesus, North Texas is the only team in the Sun Belt with at least six wins, with the vast majority of the teams endind the season at 4-8 or 3-9. Vanderbilt could play in these leagues and be competitive. As for the Big 12 teams that Oklahoma played, the only quality wins picked up from outside the conference were Nebraska over Southern Miss (regarded as one of the top non-BCS programs annually), Texas Tech over Ole Miss and New Mexico, and K-State over the Cal team that beat USC. The quality teams that the Big 12 teams played tended to beat them (Pittsburg, Arkansas, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Northwestern) as well as some mid-major teams as well (Marshall over K-State, Northern Illinois over Iowa State, UAB over Baylor, etc.) In short, the Big 12 is as guilty of schedule-padding as any other conference, except it had the good luck this year for Oklahoma to schedule two mid-majors that were having a good year against bad conference opponents. That doesn't take anything away from Oklahoma's playing ability... just their mythical strength of schedule.

Surprisingly, Horshu is supposed to be showing a lot of potential on the mic in OVW as Inspector Impact. His ringwork is still supposed to be the shits, though.

500,000 would be a good buyrate if it was an In Your House show with either the RAW or SD crew, but it's below par for a co-promoted show. Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series would all be considered disappointments with buyrates below 600,000, although WM will have a bunch of trouble reaching that this year now that it's up to $50. That's fucking highway robbery considering that the five hour show will contain relatively little wrestling compared to all the backstage shit and musical performances no one really wants to se.

Hall was bombed many a night while he was employed by the company, despite claims that he was on Anabuse and would get sick if he was even around alcohol. I think the stuff with Austin pouring alcohol on him was part of the company's inside jokes about how he'd not only fallen off the wagon, he'd stolen a beer truck and drained it by himself too.

And if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass a hoppin. If OU had won, they'd be a heavy favorite. However, K-State proved that they can not only be beaten but completely SCHOOLED. If LSU's excellent defensive minds can break down enough game tape on OU as well as coming up with their own original defenses to throw off White at the line, it'll come down to whether the OU offense can limit their turnovers and if Matt Mauck can get things going with the Oklahoma defense chasing after him. What was the point in being a jerk there? I was merely making a comment that it'd be a much easier game for LSU had OU won b/c they'd go in thinking they were invincible. But they aren't...they're coming to play....which is very dangerous when looking at the rest of the season. You've been pissing and moaning about how OU didn't play like OU last night, blahblahblah, so I figured you were doing an encore of it. If LSU shows up to the Sugar Bowl and doesn't play the game of their lives, they won't DESERVE to win because this IS the game of their lives as of now. However, after the Florida game, I don't think anyone on the team is stupid enough to think that OU will just roll over for LSU.

And if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass a hoppin. If OU had won, they'd be a heavy favorite. However, K-State proved that they can not only be beaten but completely SCHOOLED. If LSU's excellent defensive minds can break down enough game tape on OU as well as coming up with their own original defenses to throw off White at the line, it'll come down to whether the OU offense can limit their turnovers and if Matt Mauck can get things going with the Oklahoma defense chasing after him.

December 16 New Orleans: North Texas 6 pts. December 18 GMAC: Miami (OH) 18 pts. December 22 Tangerine: N.C. State 4 pts. December 23 Fort Worth: Boise State 21 pts. December 24 Las Vegas: Oregon State 8 pts. December 25 Hawaii: Hawaii 1 pts. December 26 Motor City: Bowling Green 11 pts. Insight: Virginia Tech 10 pts. December 27 Continental Tire: Pittsburgh 12 pts. December 29 Alamo: Nebraska 15 pts. December 30 Houston: Texas Tech 5 pts. Holiday: Texas 24 pts. Silicon Valley: UCLA 3 pts. December 31 Music City: Auburn 9 pts. Independence: Arkansas 13 pts. Liberty: Southern Miss 16 pts. Sun: Oregon 14 pts. San Francisco: Colorado State 7 pts. January 1 Outback: Florida 22 pts. Gator: Maryland 17 pts. Capital One: Georgia 23 pts. Rose: Michigan 27 pts. Orange: Miami 25 pts. January 2 Cotton: Mississippi 19 pts. Peach: Tennessee 20 pts. Fiesta: Kansas State 26 pts. January 3 Humanitarian: Tulsa 2 pts. January 4 Sugar: LSU 28 pts.

Wow... I guess NOBODY wanted Florida State because the Orange really wanted Ohio State vs. Miami instead.

Take a look at Nash's interview, which is posted at the Wrestling Observer site. He pretty much says that he has been paid well throughout his career and won't sign for less than he feels he's worth and will go to Japan if necessary. Translation- His ass is GONE. http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com/wo/news/...lt.asp?aID=9135