Countdown: Tressel’s fans, Tebow’s eyes, Frenchy’s shorts
Look ma: No car deal.
It never ceases to amaze The Count how some people will defend their morally bankrupt heroes to the end, even when it’s clear their morally bankrupt heroes are dirty, rotten cheaters. This happens all the time. Ohio State fans ignore evidence that Jim Tressel is a dirty, rotten cheater by saying he did wonderful charity work. I’m not sure, but didn’t Al Capone also do wonderful charity work? And to the first person who screams, “He compared Jim Tressel to Al Capone!” — you have no friends, and there’s a cleanup on aisle six. But about this Tressel thing: When are people going to let go? We count down . . .
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10. Since when do fired coaches guarantee victories?
It's nice to know some folks are keeping things in perspective. (AP photo)
It just keeps getting worse. Ohio State released phone records that show, among other things, Tressel exchanged 77 phone calls and text messages with Terrelle Pryor’s hometown mentor, Ted Sarniak, on April 10 after a former player tipped him off to possible NCAA violations. Kinda paints a picture of a coach scrambling in the shadows. Since his “resignation,” Tressel has lost his naming rights of a steak special at a Columbus restaurant; and a minor league baseball team, the Fort Myers Miracle, held a “Rest the Vest” night (fans could were asked to donate old sweater vests and, if possible, show off their tattoos). But Tressel loyalists are sticking to their guy, like fungus. Some made a pilgrimage to his house and sang, “We Don’t Give a Damn About the Whole State of Michigan.” Tressel, just happy it wasn’t “60 Minutes” knocking on the door, came out to join them. And then he promised, “On Nov. 26, we’re gonna kick their [butt].” (He was talking about the Michigan game, not a meeting with the NCAA enforcement committee.)
Playing to the crowd
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9. And the next school to go on probation will be . . .
Hey Lane, odds on the Trojans are 8-1.
While we’re on the subject of college sports meltdowns, the boys at BetUS.com have done it again. They’re listing odds on what school gets in trouble with the NCAA next. Good news, Georgia and Georgia Tech fans: You’re down the list. The low odds to commit an NCAA violation (not specifying sport) are USC (8-1); Ohio State (9-1); and Florida , Ole Miss and Memphis (10-1 each). Georgia is listed at 14-1 to commit a violation. UGA and Tech each are 14-1 to get investigated in football. By the way, the over-under on arrests at Florida has been set at 2. Seems like an easy cover.
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8. Tim Tebow! Tim Tebow! Tim Tebow!
The decline of American journalism continues. The Denver Post opened a Facebook thread asking readers: “We’re working on a story about the appeal that Tim Tebow has with teenage and younger women. Our question is: Why? What’s so fascinating about him? If you’re in this demographic, contact reporter Weston Phippen.” I think there’s a good chance this story eventually will be turned into a screen play. Then a movie. Maybe a Pulitzer? No idea what kind of responses the Post is getting but there are a string of humorous comments on Facebook, including this one from a woman: “As a Gator who attended Florida, and does respect Tim Tebow as an athlete and a positive influence… I STILL think this is a dumb-as-rocks idea for a ‘news’ story.”
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7. Checking in on the remaining Atlanta Spirit property: oops
The Count has received several emails from Hawks/Thrashers fans who claim they will not attend Hawks games next season out of protest because of the way the Atlanta Spirit ran down and then drop-kicked the hockey team into oblivion (or Winnipeg). It follows that some in the Hawks’ offices are bracing for yet another Atlanta Spirit backlash. Now it gets even better: a botched peace offering. The Hawks have invited season-ticket holders to a “Hawks Appreciation Night” at the Buckhead Bottle Bar (which is owned by Zaza Pachulia) for cocktails and a viewing of Game 5 of the NBA finals. One season ticket holder forwarded me their invitation. The second time this person received it, the invitation included this addendum:
Damien Wilkins as well as George Teague will be in Attendance
I’m going to assume the employee meant Jeff Teague and not George Teague. Then again, until the playoffs, we all kind of forgot his name, too. It’s also possible the Spirit is reaching out to Alabama fans, given the owners have alienated so many inside of state boundaries. The same employee also typed “your invited” instead of “you’re invited” in the subject line, a common mistake, although probably not one that an ownership group fighting credibility problems should be making. On a related note, I’m still waiting for my invitation.
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6. A new look for Francoeur: Pink spikes and underwear
Jeff Francoeur is keeping things loose in Kansas City. Also, he looks great in pink. (AP photo)
In the midst of the Braves having a miserable time with their offense, it won’t make you feel any better to learn that Jeff Francoeur is having a solid season with Kansas City (.276, nine homers, 35 RBI) after hitting .340 in the final 15 games last season with Texas. Also, he recently took batting practice wearing only underwear and pink cleats. And yes, I know: His nickname is Frenchy. Via the Royals blog in the Kansas City Star, Francoeur cracked up his teammates when he wore only skivvies and pink spikes (which the Royals wore to raise breast cancer awareness). Then again, Francoeur also used to wear his “lucky turkey” underwear when he was with the Braves to help break losing streaks. Francoeur says when he played for a National League team (the Braves or the Mets), he told teammates he would try to help break a losing streak by taking batting practice in the nude — presumably in the indoor cage — wearing only shoes and batting gloves. His team scored 11 runs that night so it wasn’t necessary. Did a little research. For what it’s worth: The Braves had a five-game losing streak in August of 2008 when Francoeur went 4-for-5 against San Francisco in an 11-5 win. So I’m thinking: Dan Uggla has tried everything else. It might be time to break out the Victoria’s/Frenchy’s Secret collection.
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5. FIFA: Look out! They’re wearing head scarves!
Here are Iranian women soccer players wearing their dangerous, man-eating head scarves. (AP photo)
It’s one thing to be corrupt. But stupid too? FIFA, which governs soccer when it’s not involved with bribery or rigging elections — or maybe that should read: governs while involved with bribery and rigging elections — forced the Iran women’s soccer team to forfeit an Olympic qualifying match because players showed up wearing head scarves (hajibs). FIFA believes the scarves can cause choking injuries. Of course they can. For similar reasons, a soccer team of Hasidic rabbis never would be allowed to compete. You just never know when a yarmulke might come flying off a scalp and behead somebody. (Sudden thought: Awesome James Bond bad guy “Oddjob” at center-forward.) I understand these rules are not new. But it’s not like the Iranian women have an advantage with the head covering. Also, not buying the “safety” issues. No worries. There’s still time before the 2012 Olympics. FIFA is always open to legislative changes and will keep its night drop-box open should Iran decide to spin by with a financial inducement.
Meanwhile, about Oddjob . . .
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4. Atlanta Thrashers: Rest in pieces
The Thrashers are gone but their fans haven’t quite let go. Several congregated the other night at one of The Count’s frequent haunts: T.J.’s Sports Bar in Alpharetta (owned by ex-Atlanta Flame Tim Ecclestone). Had the chance to meet a few.
Also discovered this week that several folks have adjusted their avatars on Facebook and Twitter, many using the tombstone pictured on the left (The Count has a soft spot for tombstones and graveyards). Credit goes to Bill Sengstacken, who wrote in an email: “I really didn’t expect it to go viral. It was kind of weird to see that being used by all of my Thrashers pals on their Facebook profiles at the same time. Feel free to use it as you see 
fit, as long as it is to crap on the Atlanta Spirit Group, that is!”
Jeff Eaton has adjusted his Twitter avatar now include the crying bird. He wrote: “The reason I created and used the crying Thrasher avatar is for all the good people getting swept under by the wake. … I guess over the years this has taught me to become more a fan of the game itself and great hockey rather than getting too emotionally tied to one specific team.”
To you, my friends, I send out this appropriate tune (if you’ve got about 10 minutes).
Funeral for a friend/Love Lies Bleeding
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3. LSU: It’s not our fault that our recruits are dumb
Meet Joe Alleva, "Exhibit A" of the oversigning problem.
The Count acknowledges the SEC is the greatest college football conference in the world, even if the occasionally incredibly stupid comment from the occasionally incredibly stupid coach or administrator makes us go, “He didn’t really say that, did he?” Like LSU athletic director Joe Alleva. This is how a major college administrator justifies the pathetic practice of oversigning: “You’ve got to understand, the elementary education and secondary education in the state of Louisiana is not the best in the world. So we have kids coming out, and we don’t know if they are going to qualify or not. We don’t know if they’re going to get through the NCAA clearinghouse and be eligible. Same for the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. So a lot of times, you may need to sign 28 to get to 25.” So basically, Alleva prefers to blame the educational systems of the states LSU recruits from rather than admit it probably would be better to not recruit academic borderline kids who probably are going to flunk out or not qualify. Yeah, that makes sense. It’s a great way for an athletic program to absolve itself of any responsibility. How do these people get jobs?
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2. Gay softball league: Don’t even think of pretending you’re gay
The Count isn’t sure that this belongs on the same level of issues as, say, women’s rights activists fighting for membership at Augusta National. But if you’re going to play in their softball league, the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance apparently demands some kind of proof that you’re not just pretending to be gay. A federal judge in Seattle has ruled that the NAGAAA (I’m not making that up) can temporarily keep its rules that limit the number of heterosexual players who are on each team in the Gay Softball World Series. Three men, who claimed they were bisexual, apparently brought the suit because the league said they were not gay enough. You know: They didn’t look gay. They didn’t sound gay. They didn’t act gay. (I really wish I was making this up.) By the way, just wondering: Is it the suggestion by the “Alliance” that too many semi-straight males represents an unfair advantage? The judge said he will allow the case to go forward. Quoting from a Seattle Times article: “During the game, the manager of another team filed a protest under the rule that limits the number of non-gay players. The men contend they were brought, one at a time, into a room containing as many as 25 people and questioned about their sexual preferences. The panel members then voted on whether they men were gay or non-gay.” (Did I mention that I’m not making this up?) Here’s what I would like to know: How would the NAGAAA feel if somebody started a Heterosexuals Only Softball League? Or what if any of the pro sports leagues — all of whom have preached tolerance and have issued fines and suspensions for anti-gay slurs — suddenly said: “Sorry. Straights only.” The Count says: It works both ways.
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1. And finally . . .
Attention, rookies: This is how you eventually get a baseball thrown at your cranium. Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper, who plays for Single-A Hagerstown (Md.), crushed a home run off Greensboro pitcher Zachary Neal. Then he blew him a kiss after he rounded third base. So it appears Harper’s head has not quite caught up with his physical maturity. Don’t expect to see him in the majors right away. Take a look.
By Jeff Schultz
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107 comments Add your comment
Buckeye
June 7th, 2011
9:55 am
Schutz,
Will you join me is support for the Anthony Weiner for President fund?
MatthewH
June 7th, 2011
9:58 am
Good stuff as always
Buckeye
June 7th, 2011
10:00 am
Oh ya,
First
MatthewH
June 7th, 2011
10:00 am
I’m not advocating violence, but someone needs to go high and tight next time Bryce Harper comes up to bat. Is there a back story there? Does he have a history with that pitcher?
PMC
June 7th, 2011
10:02 am
On Joe Alleva, Count, you’ve just got to understand, the secondary education system in Louisiana just isn’t that good, we don’t know whether an AD would qualify to speak publically or not.
Buckeye
June 7th, 2011
10:05 am
Fungus, Jeff? Really?
Matt from MN
June 7th, 2011
10:12 am
Harper is going to be (or perhaps already is) a world-class “A-hole”.
shankit
June 7th, 2011
10:19 am
November 26, 2011. a new college football tradition begins
Who will dot the “I” at midfield in Ann Arbor?
Ryan
June 7th, 2011
10:20 am
As a straight man in American let me say I am tired of being discriminated against. No more! I want to let all the gays out there know I am a man and I like women!! Deal with it!
Chi Town
June 7th, 2011
10:20 am
Respect Saban.
Al Capone
June 7th, 2011
10:22 am
If you had any guts, you would have compared him to Hitler, not me
Bobby Bobby
June 7th, 2011
10:23 am
Atlanta readers could care less about “Frenchy”. Time to find someone new to write about on slow days. Just sayin!
PTC DAWG
June 7th, 2011
10:26 am
An earhole shot for sure.
Frank Lane
June 7th, 2011
10:34 am
ON the gay issue, the same logic applies to many minorities. What would the NAACP say about a National Association of White People?
I am not bigoted against any group based on color, sexual practices or anything but political correctness and worn me down and dulled my enthusiasm for America.
Buckeye
June 7th, 2011
10:35 am
Al Capone,
Do you think Robert Dinero will play Tressel in the movie?
P-Man
June 7th, 2011
10:36 am
LOVE the Count!!!!
shankit
June 7th, 2011
10:38 am
Buckeye, you’re a nut.
Slow summer, huh Jeff?
June 7th, 2011
10:39 am
2 mentions of a now defunct hockey team’s former owners, womens soccer (and, potentially, Al Quieda soccer at that), plus mentions of teeny bopper girls and Tim Tebow, gay softball (now there’s an oxynmoron for ya), and Francouer in pink undies…this may qualify as the worst “Top 10″ of all time…
PTC DAWG
June 7th, 2011
10:40 am
Someone needs to check around for a lost sense of humor……
Buckeye
June 7th, 2011
10:40 am
shankit (aka Anthony Weiner),
A senior susiphone player will dot the “i” in Ann Arbor this November.
marseilles mutt
June 7th, 2011
10:40 am
I ain’t touchin’ that “It works both ways.” line!
Is The Count ‘coming out’?
Tide Rising
June 7th, 2011
10:44 am
Enter your comments here
shankit
June 7th, 2011
10:45 am
Does the Wolverine band have two susophone players in the band?
Michigan does have two “I’s”. Heard they are going to dot both of them on November 26th.
Dr. Phil
June 7th, 2011
10:45 am
I’m just sayin’, besides Francoeur’s stats cited above, Melky Cabrera is batting .275 with 6 homeruns and Escobar is hitting .280 with 8 homers.
Buckeye
June 7th, 2011
10:45 am
shankit ( aka Anthony Weiner),
You’re a di……………………………oops. Can’t say it.
William Satterwhite
June 7th, 2011
10:48 am
The Hawks Appreciation Night invitation thing really takes the cake, after the gaffe on the official statement originally uploaded on the Thrashers (”We express my gratification”), it’s clear ASG is the epitome of a Mickey Mouse organization and can’t do anything right.
woman in the throes
June 7th, 2011
10:49 am
Good stuff, Count.
So if a team can have 3 non-gay players, shouldn’t they be allowed to have 6 half gay (bisexual) players instead?
Tide Rising
June 7th, 2011
10:50 am
So we have kids coming out, and we don’t know if they are going to qualify or not. We don’t know if they’re going to get through the NCAA clearinghouse and be eligible. Same for the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. So a lot of times, you may need to sign 28 to get to 25.”- Jeff
Jeff,
Sorry Jeff but he’s got a point. The education systems in the deep south simply aren’t up to par with the rest of the country and we’re going to have substantially more borderline students. How it is that you can’t understand such a simple concept is nothing short of amazing. Poorer education systems means more borderline student athletes.
BTW, given the issues of the Clayton County School system last year and the Atlanta Public school system with the accrediting board you should be throwing the state of Georgia in that mix with AL, MS, AR, and LA, I believe GA usually ranks mid 40s in education so being 45th compared to 47th doesn’t mean this state is full of Einsteins.
nobody
June 7th, 2011
10:51 am
Harper looks like a dbag. Especially with that mustache and mullet look thing.
Daniel
June 7th, 2011
10:51 am
How do you justify slamming Bryce Harper for blowing a kiss at the pitcher and not mention his tragic 70’s porn star mustache? There is clearly a joke involving the blown kiss, the mustache and the need to prove his sexual preferences (ala NAGAAA) in there. Come on count you just can’t let that slide by.
Mark (another one)
June 7th, 2011
10:56 am
When will these schools like The Ohio State defend themselves against people like Tressell by suing them for breach of contract? NCAA rules are between the Association and the schools. The schools have the contracts with the coaches and players. The NCAA can’t sue but the schools can. Tressell needs to be run out on a rail.
Objective observer
June 7th, 2011
10:56 am
Count always good for laughs.
Too bad those nailed have no sense of humor.
Abbey Normal
June 7th, 2011
10:59 am
I tried to join a women’s softball league, but they turned me down when they found out I had a N.Y. congressman.
Mike
June 7th, 2011
11:00 am
Jeff,
I don’t know if you ever read but Bryce Harper did an interview last fall where he admitted to being a Duke Basketball, Dallas Cowboy NFL, UT football, Laker NBA and Yankee MLB fan.
I think that’s enough of a reason to throw at him every time.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/09/bryce_harpers_favorite_sports.html
Joey
June 7th, 2011
11:01 am
That kiss-blowing stuff is kinda creepy. But, so is the porno mustache Harper is sporting.
Maybe if his baseball career doesn’t pan out, he may qualify for the NGAAA?
Delbert D.
June 7th, 2011
11:13 am
Tide – I agree with you on all counts about the education system. A couple of months ago, the State of Georgia reduced their estimate of the percentage of kids graduating from high school downward to 64%, a drop of some 14 points from previous estimates. The Clayton County situation is well known, of course. They did get the school system re-certified recently, I believe.
Vain Jangling
June 7th, 2011
11:17 am
I’ve thought of too many common baseball cliches that could go hand-in-hand with the gay softball story. However, I know that this is a family column, so I’ll resist the urge. I will conclude, however, by noting that Bryce Harper should be expecting a high hard one the next time he’s at the plate, because competitive juices will be flowing.
Yeah, you’re right. . . I’ll get back to work now.
Tell the truth
June 7th, 2011
11:23 am
There is an easy fix to the heart breaking SEC dilemma- set a minimum standard for SEC schools to use in choosing potential hs recruits- either that or raise the number for annual recruits to say 35 – just to make sure that they both get who they want and ensure that no one else gets the extra ten kids. Would the SEC coaches be happy with that rule? Hmmmmm?
DawginLex
June 7th, 2011
11:26 am
With that ’stache, Harper looks like he will be working for Vivid Entertainment once his baseball career flames out……………….
Edna Walker
June 7th, 2011
11:34 am
The story on the LSU Athletic Director was absolutely hilarious. Did he really say that? He obviously was caught off guard or was he? Why didn’t he stop after the first sentence and start backtracking?
NCBravesFan
June 7th, 2011
11:35 am
Maybe Bryce Harper thought he was playing in the gay softball league – ?
Jeff: I’d like to draft the Count as a candidate for President in 2012. I think having the undead run things for a while could be kind of cool – and the Count seems reasonable enough.
Ted M
June 7th, 2011
11:42 am
When did that Bryce Harper thing happen? What happened in his next AB? What did the pitcher do right then? Or did he not see it?
I still want to see the kid play.
Ted M
June 7th, 2011
11:44 am
Maybe the pitcher gave Harper some chin music just prior to that homer.
Ricky Booby
June 7th, 2011
11:44 am
Another brilliant article Jeff! We’ve missed the count!
AZTEC
June 7th, 2011
11:46 am
why arent you bashing BYU for actually blatantly cheating on the field of play at end of the game which clearly would have lost the game for BYU? im still scatching my head on why the NCAA is more worried about players selling their own personal items instead of investigating BYU.
lefty fielder
June 7th, 2011
11:49 am
I think the Bryce Harper gesture would be okay . . . even encouraged in an NAGAAA game.
AZTEC
June 7th, 2011
11:53 am
BYU should have been given the death penalty for that incident but clearly the rich MORMONS paid them off before the NCAA could get a full investigation going.
Larry
June 7th, 2011
11:57 am
Looks to me like the pitcher was very close to him and doing a stare down as he rounded third and he just kissed at him during the stare down. I thought he handled this in a quick, simple and funny way versus saying anything or charging the pitcher.
Some of you guys are a bunch of sensitive sissy’s!
Ted M
June 7th, 2011
11:59 am
Sounds like a reasonable explaination Larry. Harper could have smiled after tho.
I still want to see the kid play.
Napoleon
June 7th, 2011
12:03 pm
Something to keep in mind about Harper, he’s really just a SR. in high school, and for what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in the distance his ball travels with each swing.
Terry
June 7th, 2011
12:21 pm
Sounds like the LSU AD has no idea about his own football program.
He should have more confidence in his own coach’s evaluations of which players they have signed and which they have stayed away from because of grades, whether they are from La. or not.
Sure, you lose out on some good players but you don’t have to worry as much about whether the kids will make the grade once they are in school.
Unless there is a surprise over the summer this will be the 2nd straight year that all of their signees qualified.
It might be why LSU has so much depth. They have had very few “risky” players over the years in regards to grades & off-field problems.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
June 7th, 2011
12:32 pm
So who will play the part of tressell, clarette and pryor in the upcoming movie?
We still think it would be a great half-time show if the goofy Stanford band or Wisconsin band would dot the i..talk about a riot from ohio state fans……
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 7th, 2011
12:38 pm
First it was Spurrier saying the kids in S.C. are the brightest bulbs on the tree and then you have the LSU AD chiming in on Louisiana’s kids. I have a suggestion for them. Why not donate some of the pay, you two get paid, to a program to help these kids increase their intelligence level a little bit and then you might have some positive input into these kids lives. Right now, what these clowns are basically saying, is you do not have to be intelligent to play ball for me.
Makes you proud that the SEC has such high ethical standards. If I were a kid and heard that type of insult, I would tell them both to go to you know where, and do my darn level best to prove them wrong in the classroom. This is something we need not be proud of. No wonder folks in different regions of the country, put down the south so much.
juvenal
June 7th, 2011
12:43 pm
Tech baseball doesn’t need hajibs to choke……….
BobDawg
June 7th, 2011
12:51 pm
For those of you who think B. Harper is a “tool”… Our own Jordan Schaefer is right in that category…. Right out of H.S. and gets caught doing Roids while in the minors…. Geez…..
love me some harper
June 7th, 2011
12:56 pm
he should wear #18 in honor of kyle busch
GT Anchoragage
June 7th, 2011
12:56 pm
Bryce Harper looks like such a DB…
Bob Gibson
June 7th, 2011
12:57 pm
All I got to say to you Bryce is nobody never blew me no kisses.
2012 FEAR THE END
June 7th, 2011
12:57 pm
I saw Harper play opening night against the Rome Braves, dude really likes himself, not a team player, reminds me of J. Hamilton, i do hope he gets it together, hes fun to watch
califalcon
June 7th, 2011
12:58 pm
Regarding the comment by LSU, the SEC does not accept online math classes for qualification. I have not done a lot of research but know the Big 12 and the PAC 12 accept the online courses. They are also accepted by the NCAA. If education is so poor in the SE, why is the SEC making it harder to qualify? Due to “No Child Left Behind” alot of these kids are not ready for college math. I have a college degree and the importance of calculas in my life has been very subliminal. I cannot solve a calculas problem today. This could be viewed to target a certain demographic but that is the same demographic that provides most of the talent. ??
Brendan
June 7th, 2011
1:03 pm
Greetings Count, from a displaced Thrasher fan, now solidly in the camp of the Gwinnett Gladiators. Well, you’re right. People will never stop defending their heroes, no matter how much of a scumbag they might be. In Colombia, drug lords are praised for their concerns to protect the rain forest. Nevermind that the rain forest provides cover for the meth labs and other clandestine operations.
Thrashers fans unite! Create Yahoo groups, MSN groups, Facebook groups. Let’s let Phoenix and the NYI know … that their hockey teams are welcome here, provided that the AS,LLC sells off the Hawks and operating rights to Philips Arena. A new owner of the NBA franchise might also appreciate an NHL franchise, if they’re willing to run it competently. If they not interested in running it competently, Don Waddell and Dan Marr have volunteered to be involved in its utter destruction.
joe in tucker
June 7th, 2011
1:20 pm
I think his blowing a kiss is pretty funny! I used to do that kind of stuff back in my soccer days just to piss off the opponents and throw them off their game!!
Being the athletic director of LSU means he has plenty of experience at uneducated kids…
…hockey suxs – see ya’! who cares?!?!?
…and i’m waiting on the all heterosexual leagues to fire up!!!
iTiSi
June 7th, 2011
1:30 pm
This would have been a good column to include what was in the Macon Telegraph yesterday, but for some unknown reason failed to appear in the AJC sports(if it did I missed it). The article was from the AP and was about the police releasing the video on Derek Lowe’s escapade. It stated there were several policemen involved and one even said he had captured it on his camera. They didn’t know who he was until the end when he told them he played for the Braves. How could so many cops be wrong, and why was the video not widely shown. Maybe it will be now. One cop said he smelled alcohol on his breath, and DLo said it must be his chewing tobacco. Yeh, right!! By the way, still waiting for one of these AJC sportswriters to do a little “investigative reporting” to reveal this was a cover-up and whitewashing. The average Joe would not have gotten off so easily.
wxwax
June 7th, 2011
1:35 pm
Favorite headline of the week:
Weiner’s Pickle.
A story the Count could sink his fangs into?
Paul in RDU
June 7th, 2011
1:36 pm
If Joe Alleva wanted to only have educated student-athletes from well-to-do families he should have stayed at Duke. Then again, he did such a stellar job as AD during the lacrosse team scandal that he couldn’t wait to move on.
AZTEC
June 7th, 2011
1:44 pm
i love jim tressell but hate BYU and jeff schultz
Dawgdad (The Original)
June 7th, 2011
1:54 pm
Jim Tressel = Anthony Weiner
Weiner should don the vest and Twitter a photo to the producer of the “Tressel Story”.
I have always wondered why the Alumni of Ohio State refer to it as “The Ohio State”. Does it mean that OSU is THE one that cheats the best.
word on the street has it that
June 7th, 2011
2:07 pm
mark richt and jeff schultz have been exchanging photos in the same ‘vein’ as those wiener photos. andrew brietbart has added them to his collection of wiener photos. he is a collector of wiener photos is the explanation given by his wife.
so what is the excuse that mark an jeff give for their exchanges? could it be that they have a mutual admiration for each other’s head of hair? they sure look like they share the same barber as well as other ahem things.
this has to be the reason why jeff would call a coach who got fired for tats all the names in the article above while he never mentions a coach that maintains a program that has had well over 40 arrests over the last 5 years.
shows you were schultz’s head is er ahh at…… free tats trump prison garb all day long.
way to go schultz. way to go.
Beast from the East
June 7th, 2011
2:16 pm
“Tweet of the Week comes from my friend Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution — “Drew Rosenhaus says Plaxico Burress is open to signing with any team. I guess he’s kind of shooting from the hip.” So which aging diva with baggage would you take if you needed a receiver — Terrell Owens, Randy Moss or Burress?”
Shout-out to Schultz from Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun. Two of the best in the southeast!
Hillbilly D
June 7th, 2011
2:43 pm
You can’t see Zachary Neal in the clip but my guess is that he took exception to Bryce Harper admiring his home run for a good 5 seconds before he started his hot dog trot. It’s a good thing for Mr Harper that Nolan Ryan won’t be pitching when he gets to the Big Leagues. Nolan would put the next one in his ear hole. I shudder to think what Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale would have done.
5150 UOAD
June 7th, 2011
2:47 pm
Why didn’t the LSU AD say Georgia? We rank at the bottom of education rung in the USofA too.
octo
June 7th, 2011
2:50 pm
Schultz – you really hate tressel and OSU huh? Kinda shows. Did his players steal anything? Did they commit a violent crime? So the coach lied about knowing the kids sold stuff the school and others gave him? I think you could fry some local boys for much worse,,,,,,
5150 UOAD
June 7th, 2011
2:52 pm
I would like the softball league to have a division of JUST LIPSTICK LESBIANS. The Chaz Bono/ Rosie O’Donnell looking chicks just are not fun to watch.
5150 UOAD
June 7th, 2011
2:54 pm
juvenal
June 7th, 2011
12:43 pm
Tech baseball doesn’t need hajibs to choke……….
And an Uga doesn’t have to DIE for the Mutts to Lose either…….
Sonny Clusters
June 7th, 2011
2:54 pm
That whole, sordid, underpants story resurfaces again. We was hoping it was dead. Somebody might read that story and think that others who played ball with Jeff believed in lucky underpants. Let us go on record to say that only Jeff was weird like that and only Jeff would wear underpants day after day after day and still expect somebody to want to sit by him in the dugout. When we was playing ball we changed our underpants every day. Still do. Clusters have very good hygiene and can hit .300 even in a slump.
Mr. Holmes
June 7th, 2011
2:55 pm
Do you think Robert Dinero will play Tressel in the movie?
Man, he would be so money in that role. I’d pay top dollar to see it.
Concerned
June 7th, 2011
2:57 pm
For whatever it is worth, the LSU AD used to be Athletic Director at Duke.
5150 UOAD
June 7th, 2011
3:31 pm
concerned
Are you saying that the LSU AD knows the difference between a Real Student Athlete and what the SEC recruits to play football because of his time at DUKE?
He's a what?
June 7th, 2011
3:47 pm
The sleaziness at Ohio State and Jim Tressel pales in comparison to UGA and Sleazemaster Richt.
NY Man
June 7th, 2011
3:49 pm
Anthony really got his Weiner roasted, huh?
Jersey Shore
June 7th, 2011
3:49 pm
A lady called the UGA police to report a carjacking. They said they were too busy right then and for her to just get the jersey number and call back later.
Muck Racht
June 7th, 2011
3:55 pm
How is Tressel any worse than Mark Richt? Richt is just the latest in a line of morally corrupt UGA coaches who coddle athletes and discard them after four years of football. He recruits illiterate morons he knows aren’t smart enough for college, but he doesn’t care, as long as they help him line his pockets with millions of dollars each year.
OctoMom
June 7th, 2011
3:55 pm
CMR is my babie’s daddy.
Najeh Davenpoop
June 7th, 2011
3:59 pm
Unbelievable how the DASG finds new ways to embarrass themselves. I guess Larry Drew wasn’t the only person on the Hawks who doesn’t know about Jeff Teague’s existence.
DHD
June 7th, 2011
4:00 pm
More former player obsession by the AJC.
iTiSi
June 7th, 2011
4:09 pm
For the record, my earlier post about the AJC not running the latest Derek Lowe story was at 1:30PM. They finally inserted it at 1:59PM. Coincidence? Probably not ! However, it was in the Macon Telegraph YESTERDAY!
Hmmmmm makes one wonder if the coverup is just continuing on in its merry way, with some media help. It’s a shame Bisher and Outlar are not still around to get to the bottom of this.
Delbert D.
June 7th, 2011
4:20 pm
“So it appears Harper’s head has not quite caught up with his physical maturity.” The part of the brain that is responsible for judgement isn’t mature until age 28 to 29.
Falcons players have organized workouts during NFL lockout | Jeff Schultz
June 7th, 2011
4:20 pm
[...] Earlier: Countdown: Tressel’s fans, Tebow’s cuteness, Frenchy’s shorts [...]
CMR
June 7th, 2011
4:38 pm
Wanna buy a used Ford pickup? Low mileage, only used to haul football players to and from jail.
the THE in tosu
June 7th, 2011
4:50 pm
for you ignorant dawg sluts (and their are many) the THE in osu football had nothing at all to do with either osu OR osu football.
when the state of ohio charter was drawn up back in the 1800’s the THE was added then. nothing was so ever to do with tosu football.
“That is incorrect: OSU has been The Ohio State University since the 1800s. It is simply part of the university’s official full name, but it has been emphasized as “THE” since players on televised football games started doing so.
“Classes began at the new college on September 17, 1873. Twenty-four students met at the old Neil farm just two miles north of Columbus. In 1878 the college’s name was changed to The Ohio State University. In that same year the first class of six men graduated, and in 1879, the university graduated its first woman.”
http://www.osu.edu/news/history.php
up until around 1980 osu was simply referred to as ohio. ohio university threatened to sue the buckeyes over this infringement of a trademark so osu became Theeeeee OSU to match the original charter. problem solved. nothing to do with football whatsoever!!!!!!1
got it dawg nitwits?
observer
June 7th, 2011
5:35 pm
Let’s see….a “Gay” softball league, but can’t have a “Hetero” league?
Blacks are about 12% of the US population (I know that’s hard to believe being in GA), but what about the NBA? NFL? Oh, and don’t count the white Europeans as “white” since Jesse Jackson says black Hispanics don’t count as Blacks. Aren’t the workforces supposed to be “representative” of the population? It’s not really sports, it’s entertainment!
A female can be on the wrestling team or play baseball or golf with males, but males are not allowed to play volleyball and softball on female teams?
We are in one screwed up society!
Hank Kingsly
June 7th, 2011
5:48 pm
Hey now! Any blog featuring a terrific cut from one of the greatest pop albums of all time, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, is fine by me.
Delbert D.
June 7th, 2011
6:19 pm
What a blog, debating the meaning of “The”.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 7th, 2011
7:38 pm
And the News just keeps getting better for The OSU. Pryor is not coming back now after his 5 game suspension to play for them. I like OSU’s plan. If you get into trouble, quit or resign. That way they can say the problem is gone and it is fixed. Pryor says he wants or hopes to get in the NFL through the supplemental draft this year. Now, if he is lucky, the NFL might have time for one of those. With the NFL commissioner talking about a 8 game season, why bother?
Rockland county guy
June 7th, 2011
8:25 pm
Played against Alleva in HS –stand up guy –telling the truth really hurts sometime—duh yeah the football and basketball players in the major conferences are far from the sharpest sticks in the pile -look at the graduation rates !- all this despite tutors, mandatory study time, inflated grades, and worthless junk courses that a dog could pass!
gcs
June 7th, 2011
10:06 pm
On Nov. 26, the Michigan fan base will quadruple.
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Reid Adair
June 7th, 2011
10:33 pm
Just when you thought you had heard it all … a committee voting whether or not a person is gay.
In the 2 hole tonight is.......
June 7th, 2011
10:56 pm
Bryce Harper
Gordo
June 7th, 2011
11:21 pm
The deal with the Gay Softball league is no different than having a Black Miss Georgia pageant. You ask what would be the deal if you tried to have a Straight Softball World Series? About the same thing that would happen if you tried to hold a White Miss Georgia pageant. All hell would break loose.
Up Yours ASG
June 7th, 2011
11:47 pm
They can’t spell, they blow draft picks, they ruin franchises, they increase unemployment.
Can we send them on a hiking trip to Iran? Then again, Iran may have some standards.
Saywhut
June 8th, 2011
7:21 am
What a shock!!! The NCAA allows Terelle Pryor and his Buckeye Buddies to play in last year’s Sugar Bowl– which without them– Arkansas likely whips Ohio State. And now Pryor quits. Somebody ought to suspend the NCAA!
Bobby
June 8th, 2011
8:56 am
Actually you have plenty of heterosexual only athletic leagues. Let a gay person come out of the closet and they are off the team very quickly. If I’m on a gay athletic team playing in a gay league I would prefer that the majority of the members I’m playing against be gay. I have to deal with heterosexuals all day at work and other events. In my spare time whether playing on a gay football, softball or bowling league I want to play with other gays.
Don
June 8th, 2011
11:04 am
Frenchy needs to get together with Weiner. They would make a class act.
JDawg1785
June 8th, 2011
12:57 pm
Good post, Count! Funny stuff.
aprilglaspie
June 8th, 2011
1:04 pm
I see a striking facial resemblance between Bryce Hunter and Jeff Kent. His slow walk halfway to 1st was obnoxious all by itself. What a jerk.
Eddie
June 8th, 2011
4:14 pm
My Boston friends swear that Lowe was allowed to leave because he was such a lush. But that’s high praise in Boston, is it not?
Eddie
June 8th, 2011
5:21 pm
Joe Alleva’s comments remind me of what former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox opined quite seriously addressing the discipline problems in jails and prisons, “What we need is a better quality criminal”.