The Weakest Link
I'm calling for Bo Pelini's job. I'm not asking him to resign; I'm demanding that he be fired. I hate our secondary. Actually, strike that - I'm not sure we have a secondary, but if we did, I'm sure I would hate it.
I haven’t been this embarrassed since, well, never. The game didn’t even happen, okay. I’m serious. I don’t want anyone to mention it to me. Think of me as a German right after dubba-ya dubba-ya two. Don’t mention the war. Look, if the Buckeye’s AD can insist that the allegations against his university are entirely false and then resign abruptly, citing burnout; I can deny that this game was ever played. That reminds me, Mom, Dad, I’m transferring to USC. I feel like I belong in south-central… Word.
Actually, since I'm still bitter/pissed/depressed and grieving about the "game", let's talk about Ohio State for a minute. That should cheer me right up. This program... my god. Where do I even begin? This is more funny than it is tragic. I don't like to see Daryl Strawberry go back to rehab 20 times, or Robert Downy Jr. passed out on someone's lawn, but it's still funny. It's a terrible waste and, some might say, tragic, but its pure comedy. I'll assume everyone has some knowledge of what's going on there. Hell, I can see the fire blazing all the way from Oklahoma City.
Basically, some whistle blowers tipped the NCAA off to shady business going on up in Ohio. However, this can usually be covered up and life goes on. That may have been the case here. But instead of dismantling the device immediately, the genius Athletic Director begs the NCAA to come light the fuse and let the country witness all the nuclear fallout. What a great idea. The AD actually asked the NCAA to come to Ohio and engage in the "most rigorous investigation in history". Read that sentence again... He asked the NCAA to come to Ohio and uncover everything. He welcomed them. How did this seem like a good idea? He just went all in with 2-7 unwired, before the flop. Well, they called his bluff.
Let's talk about the principles at work in a "bluff". You have to assume that's what he was doing. That seems logical. But this guy obviously isn't a card player. When you're trying to bluff someone, you don't show your cards before they fold. You put a man to a decision for all his chips, and then you let it marinate. You make sure they fold. What the AD did was ridiculous. Asking someone to come look at your hand before they make their decision is completely insane. This isnt a psychological mind game, this is suicide. Aside from that, you can engage in whatever antics you like. Ask if they really want to go up against your pocket Aces. Just sit and smile. Look hard. Play games. Argue semantics. Dodge the press. Use them to your advantage. Whatever. Just practice general misinformation and the like. But why would you ever invite the NCAA into your home? You wouldn't. You shouldn't. But he did. Let's Fast Forward...
Ohio State's QB didn't play in their bowl game because he was serving a suspension for taking money from a booster. The AD is resigning. The Buckeyes were just on "Outside the Lines". Vegas is starting a line for the over-under on how long Tressel is going to have a head coaching job in Ohio. Yep, it looks like things worked out well. Way to go. You just got taken to the cleaners, son. But, of course they're still saying the program is clean and they don't believe the allegations are credible. Let's re-hash.
The AD went all in before the flop (with rags), got called, and then folded without actually seeing the hand through, but maintained that he still would have won the hand, if he really wanted to see it through. Exactly--- that dog won't hunt. Ever. However, in their defense, considering the source, I might have agreed that the allegations were shaky at best... a few weeks ago. But, look what's happened. The QB gets suspended, more ex-players are pointing fingers and tattling, and the AD is resigning!! So, I'm supposed to believe that he's getting the hell out of town, but it's got nothing to do with the program being dirty and the NCAA about to blow the roof off Colombus. Riiiiight. They're clean. I can just see Clinton sitting there on national television repeating, "I did not have sexual relations..."
I haven’t been this embarrassed since, well, never. The game didn’t even happen, okay. I’m serious. I don’t want anyone to mention it to me. Think of me as a German right after dubba-ya dubba-ya two. Don’t mention the war. Look, if the Buckeye’s AD can insist that the allegations against his university are entirely false and then resign abruptly, citing burnout; I can deny that this game was ever played. That reminds me, Mom, Dad, I’m transferring to USC. I feel like I belong in south-central… Word.
Actually, since I'm still bitter/pissed/depressed and grieving about the "game", let's talk about Ohio State for a minute. That should cheer me right up. This program... my god. Where do I even begin? This is more funny than it is tragic. I don't like to see Daryl Strawberry go back to rehab 20 times, or Robert Downy Jr. passed out on someone's lawn, but it's still funny. It's a terrible waste and, some might say, tragic, but its pure comedy. I'll assume everyone has some knowledge of what's going on there. Hell, I can see the fire blazing all the way from Oklahoma City.
Basically, some whistle blowers tipped the NCAA off to shady business going on up in Ohio. However, this can usually be covered up and life goes on. That may have been the case here. But instead of dismantling the device immediately, the genius Athletic Director begs the NCAA to come light the fuse and let the country witness all the nuclear fallout. What a great idea. The AD actually asked the NCAA to come to Ohio and engage in the "most rigorous investigation in history". Read that sentence again... He asked the NCAA to come to Ohio and uncover everything. He welcomed them. How did this seem like a good idea? He just went all in with 2-7 unwired, before the flop. Well, they called his bluff.
Let's talk about the principles at work in a "bluff". You have to assume that's what he was doing. That seems logical. But this guy obviously isn't a card player. When you're trying to bluff someone, you don't show your cards before they fold. You put a man to a decision for all his chips, and then you let it marinate. You make sure they fold. What the AD did was ridiculous. Asking someone to come look at your hand before they make their decision is completely insane. This isnt a psychological mind game, this is suicide. Aside from that, you can engage in whatever antics you like. Ask if they really want to go up against your pocket Aces. Just sit and smile. Look hard. Play games. Argue semantics. Dodge the press. Use them to your advantage. Whatever. Just practice general misinformation and the like. But why would you ever invite the NCAA into your home? You wouldn't. You shouldn't. But he did. Let's Fast Forward...
Ohio State's QB didn't play in their bowl game because he was serving a suspension for taking money from a booster. The AD is resigning. The Buckeyes were just on "Outside the Lines". Vegas is starting a line for the over-under on how long Tressel is going to have a head coaching job in Ohio. Yep, it looks like things worked out well. Way to go. You just got taken to the cleaners, son. But, of course they're still saying the program is clean and they don't believe the allegations are credible. Let's re-hash.
The AD went all in before the flop (with rags), got called, and then folded without actually seeing the hand through, but maintained that he still would have won the hand, if he really wanted to see it through. Exactly--- that dog won't hunt. Ever. However, in their defense, considering the source, I might have agreed that the allegations were shaky at best... a few weeks ago. But, look what's happened. The QB gets suspended, more ex-players are pointing fingers and tattling, and the AD is resigning!! So, I'm supposed to believe that he's getting the hell out of town, but it's got nothing to do with the program being dirty and the NCAA about to blow the roof off Colombus. Riiiiight. They're clean. I can just see Clinton sitting there on national television repeating, "I did not have sexual relations..."
posted by Big Shifta at 1/05/2005 09:28:00 PM
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