Crime
When Powerful People Are Angry, Scores Change
09/11/11 20:48 Filed in: College Football
17 to 14. NO! 23 to 14. Huh? Really? But......
Yea, just like me, I turned off the brain surgeons yesterday, thinking they squeaked by on a field goal. But today, well, just how does a score change hours after the game ends? It's a cinch if you're the university of spoiled children and you have rich and powerful supporters like Laker honcho Jerry Buss, who has been known to bet a bundle, a REAL bundle, on the occasional trojan football game. Six figures, easy; rumors say seven figures.
Lets start at the game, and work from there. In the waining seconds, usc had a three point lead, as the Utes lined up for a game tying 41-yard field goal attempt. The kick was blocked by brain surgeon Matt Kalil, and the ball caromed into the paws of CB Torin Harris. Harris took off due east for the end zone, but while he ran towards the parasol, uh, peristyle, mad-cap brain surgeons, showing their usual decorum and law-abiding morality, raced onto the field, resulting in the throwing of a flag, apparently before Harris reached the promised land.
Here's where things get tricky. The flag could have been for unsportsmanlike conduct, or for improper celebration under a brand-spanking new rule where a player who taunts or overly celebrates on his way into the end zone is denied the TD. The unsportsmanlike conduct penalty is, however, a dead ball penalty, and as the game ended on the play, in theory it could not be enforced. See the video below and see the improper celebrating before the play ended, as virtually every "student" athlete in usc football attire ran onto the field. But, you can also hear the referee say the penalty was for unsportsmanlike conduct:
So, the fans went home thinking the final score was 17 to 14. But hold on, folks. As ESPN deemed it, there was, hours after the game ended, a "collaborative effort between the PAC-12 and USC", " resulting in a score change. But who from usc was involved, and really, why? Well, informed sources tell theHoundDawg that the instigator was none other than Laker bossman Buss, who was among the throngs of bettors who wagered on their beloved brain surgeons, giving eight or eight-and-one-half points. Thus, a three point win and they lose, but add a touchdown and they beat the spread. Well it just so happened that PAC-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was in attendance, and lo-and-behold, Buss managed to get his ear, and after this "collaborative effort", the score was revised to 23 to 14, and Buss was a winner! Yea!
The result has been havoc on betting parlors across the US. Those offshore outfits deal in credits rather than cash, so they could revise their payouts after the fact. But Vegas books and others paid out millions to people betting the brain surgeons would not cover, and then had to pay out millions more to the trojan faithful who put their bucks where their mouths are, such as the head Laker guy.
But this is the thing: How many times have we seen absolutely horrendous calls by officials, including refs failing to call touchdowns that happened, and calling touchdowns that never happened? Often on review, the conference will sanction the refs, taking them off games, fining them, even firing some. But they NEVER, EVER go back and change the ruling causing a different outcome or different score in the game. NEVER, even if justice demanded that it be done.
We will just have to see if this is a one-time-only move, or a landmark decision by the new PAC-12 to be followed in the future, where players and fans alike may not know who won for days or weeks after the final buzzer.
Yea, just like me, I turned off the brain surgeons yesterday, thinking they squeaked by on a field goal. But today, well, just how does a score change hours after the game ends? It's a cinch if you're the university of spoiled children and you have rich and powerful supporters like Laker honcho Jerry Buss, who has been known to bet a bundle, a REAL bundle, on the occasional trojan football game. Six figures, easy; rumors say seven figures.
Lets start at the game, and work from there. In the waining seconds, usc had a three point lead, as the Utes lined up for a game tying 41-yard field goal attempt. The kick was blocked by brain surgeon Matt Kalil, and the ball caromed into the paws of CB Torin Harris. Harris took off due east for the end zone, but while he ran towards the parasol, uh, peristyle, mad-cap brain surgeons, showing their usual decorum and law-abiding morality, raced onto the field, resulting in the throwing of a flag, apparently before Harris reached the promised land.
Here's where things get tricky. The flag could have been for unsportsmanlike conduct, or for improper celebration under a brand-spanking new rule where a player who taunts or overly celebrates on his way into the end zone is denied the TD. The unsportsmanlike conduct penalty is, however, a dead ball penalty, and as the game ended on the play, in theory it could not be enforced. See the video below and see the improper celebrating before the play ended, as virtually every "student" athlete in usc football attire ran onto the field. But, you can also hear the referee say the penalty was for unsportsmanlike conduct:
So, the fans went home thinking the final score was 17 to 14. But hold on, folks. As ESPN deemed it, there was, hours after the game ended, a "collaborative effort between the PAC-12 and USC", " resulting in a score change. But who from usc was involved, and really, why? Well, informed sources tell theHoundDawg that the instigator was none other than Laker bossman Buss, who was among the throngs of bettors who wagered on their beloved brain surgeons, giving eight or eight-and-one-half points. Thus, a three point win and they lose, but add a touchdown and they beat the spread. Well it just so happened that PAC-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was in attendance, and lo-and-behold, Buss managed to get his ear, and after this "collaborative effort", the score was revised to 23 to 14, and Buss was a winner! Yea!
The result has been havoc on betting parlors across the US. Those offshore outfits deal in credits rather than cash, so they could revise their payouts after the fact. But Vegas books and others paid out millions to people betting the brain surgeons would not cover, and then had to pay out millions more to the trojan faithful who put their bucks where their mouths are, such as the head Laker guy.
But this is the thing: How many times have we seen absolutely horrendous calls by officials, including refs failing to call touchdowns that happened, and calling touchdowns that never happened? Often on review, the conference will sanction the refs, taking them off games, fining them, even firing some. But they NEVER, EVER go back and change the ruling causing a different outcome or different score in the game. NEVER, even if justice demanded that it be done.
We will just have to see if this is a one-time-only move, or a landmark decision by the new PAC-12 to be followed in the future, where players and fans alike may not know who won for days or weeks after the final buzzer.
theHoundDawg |
|
|
AEG Lobbyists Begging for Special Treatment
09/02/11 14:25 Filed in: NFL
As AEG has passed the local hurdles, local politicians in their over-stuffed pockets, it is on to Sacramento, to cajole, pander and extort state legislators to provide special treatment in easing vital environmental protection laws and in exempting them from litigation designed to offer a dose of reality.
As described in my Aug 10, 2011 post, "Football in LA, the CONS", billionaire Philip Anshultz and his AEG thugs can buy what they want, and put up a pretty good smokescreen, so that voters, especially football fans among them, don't see, and in reality, don't care.
Funny, the LA haters are now the allies of those of us who think that AEG should at the very least, follow the rules designed to protect the future of California, and to some extent, insure future generations of breathable air and majestic lands.
A pending bill by LA's own Sen. Alex Padilla would make a mockery of the judicial process in an effort to steamroll the AEG stadium, totally removing the TRIAL COURT from the litigation process, and handing all such matters regarding the stadium over to an appellate court with unrealistic expedited procedures, apparently eliminating such useless elements of litigation as FACT FINDING.
Just like the teabaggers at the Federal level, the special interests begging for freedom from the laws of the state of California so they can pocket more and more billions, couch their begging in terms of jobs: "Let us break the law when ever and where ever we want, and we will create jobs; don't let us break the law, or delay our breaking the law, and those jobs will be lost."
Screw them. They need us, not the other way around.
As described in my Aug 10, 2011 post, "Football in LA, the CONS", billionaire Philip Anshultz and his AEG thugs can buy what they want, and put up a pretty good smokescreen, so that voters, especially football fans among them, don't see, and in reality, don't care.
Funny, the LA haters are now the allies of those of us who think that AEG should at the very least, follow the rules designed to protect the future of California, and to some extent, insure future generations of breathable air and majestic lands.
A pending bill by LA's own Sen. Alex Padilla would make a mockery of the judicial process in an effort to steamroll the AEG stadium, totally removing the TRIAL COURT from the litigation process, and handing all such matters regarding the stadium over to an appellate court with unrealistic expedited procedures, apparently eliminating such useless elements of litigation as FACT FINDING.
Just like the teabaggers at the Federal level, the special interests begging for freedom from the laws of the state of California so they can pocket more and more billions, couch their begging in terms of jobs: "Let us break the law when ever and where ever we want, and we will create jobs; don't let us break the law, or delay our breaking the law, and those jobs will be lost."
Screw them. They need us, not the other way around.
| theHoundDawg |
No Metta World Peace for Ron Artest, Yet
08/26/11 11:33 Filed in: NBA
At a time when sports officials at all levels are rightly concerned with criminal behavior on the part of fans, still little concern is evident for the illegal and oft-times dangerous conduct of athletes.
Granted, though his public conduct over his two seasons with the Lakers has been benign, Ron Artest is still the epitome of the athlete whose on-court actions should have led to a lifetime ban from the NBA, as well as criminal prosecution. In the spirit of other such criminals as Juan Marichal (who "only" attacked another player with a deadly weapon) and Frank Francisco (who committed the ultimate assault against unsuspecting fans), Artest should never had been let back in after his part in the infamous player-fan brawl in Detroit one fall eve in 2004. For his part in assaulting fans and players alike, Artest was suspended the laughable count of 86 games. He served several suspensions afterwards for various additional assaults against coaches, teammates, and cameramen, and also served jail time for a conviction for domestic assault.
But he is a changed man, so they say.
Making headlines this offseason, Artest has announced to the world his desire to effect a legal name change to Metta World Peace. With a court hearing set for today on his application, it seemed strange that he would not himself appear in court, as the publicity-seeking Artest is not one to miss any photo-op.
Well, low and behold, the reason for his non-appearance became clear as his application was delayed, and he avoided arrest (Artest Arrest, how apropos) by not showing up, as the Court announced he could not proceed until several outstanding warrants were resolved. Awaiting details, my guess is there is more involved there that a speeding ticket or two.
Granted, though his public conduct over his two seasons with the Lakers has been benign, Ron Artest is still the epitome of the athlete whose on-court actions should have led to a lifetime ban from the NBA, as well as criminal prosecution. In the spirit of other such criminals as Juan Marichal (who "only" attacked another player with a deadly weapon) and Frank Francisco (who committed the ultimate assault against unsuspecting fans), Artest should never had been let back in after his part in the infamous player-fan brawl in Detroit one fall eve in 2004. For his part in assaulting fans and players alike, Artest was suspended the laughable count of 86 games. He served several suspensions afterwards for various additional assaults against coaches, teammates, and cameramen, and also served jail time for a conviction for domestic assault.
But he is a changed man, so they say.
Making headlines this offseason, Artest has announced to the world his desire to effect a legal name change to Metta World Peace. With a court hearing set for today on his application, it seemed strange that he would not himself appear in court, as the publicity-seeking Artest is not one to miss any photo-op.
Well, low and behold, the reason for his non-appearance became clear as his application was delayed, and he avoided arrest (Artest Arrest, how apropos) by not showing up, as the Court announced he could not proceed until several outstanding warrants were resolved. Awaiting details, my guess is there is more involved there that a speeding ticket or two.
| theHoundDawg |  adidas Los Angeles Lakers #15 Ron Artest Purple Net Player T-shirt - $24.95 Retail Price: $34.95 |
Least We Forget, Michael Vick is SCUM!
08/13/11 12:51 Filed in: NFL
= 
All the current adulation over michael vick is disgusting.
He did not just raise dogs for fighting and promote dog fighting, as so many people seem to say. He TORTURED AND KILLED dozens of dogs, in painful and brutal fashion, over a period of years. Until he was caught. Were it not for a series of events that led police to his home on a totally unrelated matter, and not involving him, vick would still be doing this TODAY.
Also keep in mind the fact that his was not a hobby to vick, but rather a money-making criminal enterprise that helped further line his pockets for years.
Players, reporters, and fans heaping praise on this piece of scum, and hoping for his continued success, are soul-less, compassion-less, heart-less, thought-less lumps of organic matter.
Sic the NFL dogs on him: 
| theHoundDawg |  |
Football in LA, the Cons
As the LA City Council climbs on board with the AEG/Philip Anshutz give away in order to build a football stadium in downtown LA, two things seem clear: 1) The reality of a Los Angels NFL team is now more likely than it has been since the 1994 exodus of the Rams and Raiders, and 2) The powers that be in LA are uncaring, black-hearted, opportunists, who would steal from their grandmothers and crawl under the covers with the devil to curry favor with their most vocal constituents.
I wrote a more politically-themed post concerning Anshultz on theHoundDawg blog back in April ("Where Politics and Sports Meet: A Tale of the Two SoCal Hockey Team Owners, How They Use Their Billions, and What it Gets Them"), but suffice it to say here that Anshultz, while partially motivated by the bottom line, is now and forever dedicated to advancing his ultra-right wing Christian conservative agenda, and in controlling so much of the Los Angeles entertainment scene, with his Kings, his Staples Center, his LA Live, his hotels, and now his football stadium and likely (at least in some part) his football team, he will be exerting his political and economic influence as he has around the US for two decades now, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fight against gay rights, to remove the study of evolution from schools, to require the teaching of creationism, and to elect his pet politicians, such as george w bush, to office.
We do not need him in LA, and we certainly we do not need our over-powering lust for a football team to obliterate all rationale thought and give him the keys to the candy store.
And just how ridiculous is it to approve a plan to tear down the Convention Center and rebuild it a block away, so he can build his stadium a block closer to his Staples Center and LA Live?
And what of that football team? How did Ram and Raider fans feel in 1994? For that, matter, how did Charger fans feel in 1960? I was a trermendous Charger fan in 1960, and was devastated when they moved two hours to the south. Well, what about the dedicated fans in Minnesota? Or the Jaguar fans in northern Florida? Or the St. Louis fans who saw a former owner, Bill Bidwell, rip the Cardinals from their guts and move them to Arizona; the same Cardinals that had earlier said adios to their legion of fans in Chicago? And yes, what of the loyal Charger fans in San Diego? Does anyone in Los Angels give a fuck about any of these other fans? Hell NO! Give us a TEAM! Who cares about anyone else!
Bull. We've waited since 1994. We can wait until the next expansion.
One more important point we need to keep in mind. In 1996, Peter O'Malley was ready, willing and able to build his own privately funded football stadium next to Dodger stadium, where an EXPANSION team would make its home. At that time, the LA City power structure, led in this effort by Mayor Dick Riordan and Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, had declared that no NFL team would EVER play ANYWHERE else but in the moribund 70-year-old LA Memorial Coliseum. They told O'Malley where he could stick his millions of available non-taxpayer dollars.
The effects of this have had a disastrous effect on the Los Angeles sports scene ever since. First, and least important, LA was never on an NFL expansion list because the NFL knew no professional team would ever consider playing in the Coliseum. So, while teams were awarded to the likes of Jacksonville, Carolina, and Houston, LA stood cut off and out in the cold. Second, was the effect this had on LA baseball.
O'Malley was so disgusted with LA politicians, that he decided to get out of LA sports, and made the decision to sell the Dodgers. The ultimate outcome was the McCourt ownership, but just remember how horrendous the six years of Fox ownership were. The Dodger never made the playoffs during the Fox years, but did so in four of McCourts' first six years.
Had the Mayor and LA city council embraced O'Malley's plan, today LA would be in its second decade of having its own football team, not one stolen from another city, and we would have never know the vile Fox ownership nor the corrupt McCourt years.
And Peter O'Malley would be the owner and would be running the show, for both teams.
And we wouldn't be handing the keys to the city to Anshultz.
I wrote a more politically-themed post concerning Anshultz on theHoundDawg blog back in April ("Where Politics and Sports Meet: A Tale of the Two SoCal Hockey Team Owners, How They Use Their Billions, and What it Gets Them"), but suffice it to say here that Anshultz, while partially motivated by the bottom line, is now and forever dedicated to advancing his ultra-right wing Christian conservative agenda, and in controlling so much of the Los Angeles entertainment scene, with his Kings, his Staples Center, his LA Live, his hotels, and now his football stadium and likely (at least in some part) his football team, he will be exerting his political and economic influence as he has around the US for two decades now, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fight against gay rights, to remove the study of evolution from schools, to require the teaching of creationism, and to elect his pet politicians, such as george w bush, to office.
We do not need him in LA, and we certainly we do not need our over-powering lust for a football team to obliterate all rationale thought and give him the keys to the candy store.
And just how ridiculous is it to approve a plan to tear down the Convention Center and rebuild it a block away, so he can build his stadium a block closer to his Staples Center and LA Live?
And what of that football team? How did Ram and Raider fans feel in 1994? For that, matter, how did Charger fans feel in 1960? I was a trermendous Charger fan in 1960, and was devastated when they moved two hours to the south. Well, what about the dedicated fans in Minnesota? Or the Jaguar fans in northern Florida? Or the St. Louis fans who saw a former owner, Bill Bidwell, rip the Cardinals from their guts and move them to Arizona; the same Cardinals that had earlier said adios to their legion of fans in Chicago? And yes, what of the loyal Charger fans in San Diego? Does anyone in Los Angels give a fuck about any of these other fans? Hell NO! Give us a TEAM! Who cares about anyone else!
Bull. We've waited since 1994. We can wait until the next expansion.
One more important point we need to keep in mind. In 1996, Peter O'Malley was ready, willing and able to build his own privately funded football stadium next to Dodger stadium, where an EXPANSION team would make its home. At that time, the LA City power structure, led in this effort by Mayor Dick Riordan and Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, had declared that no NFL team would EVER play ANYWHERE else but in the moribund 70-year-old LA Memorial Coliseum. They told O'Malley where he could stick his millions of available non-taxpayer dollars.
The effects of this have had a disastrous effect on the Los Angeles sports scene ever since. First, and least important, LA was never on an NFL expansion list because the NFL knew no professional team would ever consider playing in the Coliseum. So, while teams were awarded to the likes of Jacksonville, Carolina, and Houston, LA stood cut off and out in the cold. Second, was the effect this had on LA baseball.
O'Malley was so disgusted with LA politicians, that he decided to get out of LA sports, and made the decision to sell the Dodgers. The ultimate outcome was the McCourt ownership, but just remember how horrendous the six years of Fox ownership were. The Dodger never made the playoffs during the Fox years, but did so in four of McCourts' first six years.
Had the Mayor and LA city council embraced O'Malley's plan, today LA would be in its second decade of having its own football team, not one stolen from another city, and we would have never know the vile Fox ownership nor the corrupt McCourt years.
And Peter O'Malley would be the owner and would be running the show, for both teams.
And we wouldn't be handing the keys to the city to Anshultz.
| theHoundDawg |  |
Cam Newton: Roger Staubach or Art Schlichter?
04/28/11 14:02 Filed in: NFL | College Football
On the eve of the NFL draft, fans and GMs alike are still debating the talent and character of Cam Newton. I do not believe there is anything to debate: Only a fool would waste a top draft choice on the guy.
Roger Staubach or Art Schlichter? Easy question to answer - Art Schlichter. Or Ryan Leaf. Or Todd Marinovich.
Yea, he’s got tons of talent, demonstrated through that ONE single great college season. Sound familiar Ryan Leaf? But his young lifetime of lying, cheating and stealing should be more than enough for any sane personnel guy to STAY AWAY. You can forget about the recruiting violation investigation as the criminal there was Newton’s father. Hmm - nature or nurture? But that aside, he was caught three times cheating during his short tenure at the U of Florida, where he left either because he was too chicken to compete against another QB or because he knew the long arm of the law could only be evaded for so long after his first theft arrest and the likelihood that he could not continue to rely on the power of Urban Meyer who saw to it that charges were dropped the first time.
I’m not saying he’ll be another Rae Carruth or Darryl Henley, but easily another Art Schlichter or maybe Lawrence Phillips.
Let him go find a niece prison league.
Roger Staubach or Art Schlichter? Easy question to answer - Art Schlichter. Or Ryan Leaf. Or Todd Marinovich.
Yea, he’s got tons of talent, demonstrated through that ONE single great college season. Sound familiar Ryan Leaf? But his young lifetime of lying, cheating and stealing should be more than enough for any sane personnel guy to STAY AWAY. You can forget about the recruiting violation investigation as the criminal there was Newton’s father. Hmm - nature or nurture? But that aside, he was caught three times cheating during his short tenure at the U of Florida, where he left either because he was too chicken to compete against another QB or because he knew the long arm of the law could only be evaded for so long after his first theft arrest and the likelihood that he could not continue to rely on the power of Urban Meyer who saw to it that charges were dropped the first time.
I’m not saying he’ll be another Rae Carruth or Darryl Henley, but easily another Art Schlichter or maybe Lawrence Phillips.
Let him go find a niece prison league.
| theHoundDawg |
I Hate Barry Bonds - But...
03/24/11 18:40 Filed in: Baseball
I hate Barry Bonds.
I really hated him after he became a Giant, but I hated him a lot from the time he first came up to the majors with the Pirates, because his father was a Giant.
I hated him even more when people were saying he was the best player in baseball, because he was hitting 70 home runs a season, despite the fact that his steriod-riddled body could do nothing on a ball field except hit a baseball a f**king mile.
I did love him, though, in late 2002, because the Angels were World Champs in 2002, not because of Scott Spezio, not because of Francisco Rodriguez, not because of John Lackey, but because of Barry Bonds. Bonds’ miserable defensive play in left field was the single biggest reason the Angels defeated the Giants in the 2002 World Series.
But, it is absurd to waste the time of various agencies of the federal government, and a fortune of taxpayer money, to put Bonds on trial for perjury because he testified under oath that he had never knowingly taken steroids.
The BALCO crowd has been investigated, prosecuted, and sentences served. What good will it possibly do (it certainly won’t stop BALCO now from distributing more steroids) to try Bonds on these stupid charges?
I really hated him after he became a Giant, but I hated him a lot from the time he first came up to the majors with the Pirates, because his father was a Giant.
I hated him even more when people were saying he was the best player in baseball, because he was hitting 70 home runs a season, despite the fact that his steriod-riddled body could do nothing on a ball field except hit a baseball a f**king mile.
I did love him, though, in late 2002, because the Angels were World Champs in 2002, not because of Scott Spezio, not because of Francisco Rodriguez, not because of John Lackey, but because of Barry Bonds. Bonds’ miserable defensive play in left field was the single biggest reason the Angels defeated the Giants in the 2002 World Series.
But, it is absurd to waste the time of various agencies of the federal government, and a fortune of taxpayer money, to put Bonds on trial for perjury because he testified under oath that he had never knowingly taken steroids.
The BALCO crowd has been investigated, prosecuted, and sentences served. What good will it possibly do (it certainly won’t stop BALCO now from distributing more steroids) to try Bonds on these stupid charges?
| theHoundDawg | |
Today's Mason-Ireland Love Fest for Scumbag Pete Carroll Made Me SICK!
02/22/11 17:20 Filed in: College Football | NFL
Don’t get me wrong - I like Steve Mason and John Ireland and love their sports talk show. But, I was thoroughly nauseated by the little bit of their interview with uncle petey that I caught, and then their follow-up commentary about his legacy.
It is absurd to compare unk to President Bill Clinton, and for them to say his legacy will be similar to Clinton’s in that his transgressions will be a speck on an otherwise exceptional career, as the Lewinsky matter will be to the Clinton presidency.
Bull Crap.
Carroll ran what amounted to a criminal enterprise at usc, and ran screaming from SoCal as the courts, not to mention the NCAA, were closing in. It has been well documented how he made crooks, scoundrels, go-betweens, and agents themselves part of the family, welcome in the clubhouse, on the sidelines, and in his heart. He looked away as reggie bush and his family received over $300,000 in illegal benefits, despite driving at least one such benefit around campus. The same for Joe McKnight, as he drove his benefit around the practice field.
But his biggest transgression that has received virtually no publicity and for which he has NEVER be called on to account for, is the Dave Watson matter, documented by SI.com (“Carroll knew about coach’s drug addiction before crash”) and discussed here (under the Pete Carroll tag) on Jan. 11, 2010. In summary, former petey assistant coach Dave Watson was addicted to painkillers, and under petey’s watchful eye, apparently for a period of years, was routinely dispensed prescription drugs by the team’s medical staff. Then, one day while driving his usc-assigned company car, Watson caused a crash, critically injuring an innocent passenger. Watson admitted it all, and plead guilty to felony DUI, and his injured victim sued everyone involved. Uncle petey was supposed to appear at a deposition in the case, but did not appear. He was then ordered to appear by a judge, and within days of that order, petey high tailed it out of SoCal for the Pacific Northwest and the bounty of the NFL.
Yea, great legacy. Steve and John - you should be ashamed.
It is absurd to compare unk to President Bill Clinton, and for them to say his legacy will be similar to Clinton’s in that his transgressions will be a speck on an otherwise exceptional career, as the Lewinsky matter will be to the Clinton presidency.
Bull Crap.
Carroll ran what amounted to a criminal enterprise at usc, and ran screaming from SoCal as the courts, not to mention the NCAA, were closing in. It has been well documented how he made crooks, scoundrels, go-betweens, and agents themselves part of the family, welcome in the clubhouse, on the sidelines, and in his heart. He looked away as reggie bush and his family received over $300,000 in illegal benefits, despite driving at least one such benefit around campus. The same for Joe McKnight, as he drove his benefit around the practice field.
But his biggest transgression that has received virtually no publicity and for which he has NEVER be called on to account for, is the Dave Watson matter, documented by SI.com (“Carroll knew about coach’s drug addiction before crash”) and discussed here (under the Pete Carroll tag) on Jan. 11, 2010. In summary, former petey assistant coach Dave Watson was addicted to painkillers, and under petey’s watchful eye, apparently for a period of years, was routinely dispensed prescription drugs by the team’s medical staff. Then, one day while driving his usc-assigned company car, Watson caused a crash, critically injuring an innocent passenger. Watson admitted it all, and plead guilty to felony DUI, and his injured victim sued everyone involved. Uncle petey was supposed to appear at a deposition in the case, but did not appear. He was then ordered to appear by a judge, and within days of that order, petey high tailed it out of SoCal for the Pacific Northwest and the bounty of the NFL.
Yea, great legacy. Steve and John - you should be ashamed.
| theHoundDawg |  |
Education Suffers but Football is King
02/22/11 12:03 Filed in: College Football
Texas Tech University faculty members were due $3 million in raises for 2011, when the administration determined the necessity of freezing all such raises. In these perilous economic times, such freezes have become all too commonplace, and astute educators can comprehend the necessity of such a move.
What is much more difficult to comprehend and understand and accept, is what Texas Tech then proceeded to do, in these “perilous economic times” - they found sufficient resources in their meager, overburdened coffers, to award head football coach Tommy Tubervile a $500,000-per-year raise, for each of the next five years.
Faculty members expressed their displeasure at a faculty senate meeting last week, and Texas Tech president Guy Bailey responded with a brilliant comment: “i’d love to be giving pay raises right now more generally” (as reported in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal). Was he a Texas Tech English major? Bailey has also alleged that Tuberville’s raise does not siphon off money from academics, but that fact is that the Texas Tech athletic department is subsidized to the tune of $2.25 Million per year from academic funds.
Curiously, Texas Tech has recently been actively striving to raise its academic standing among US Universities. As it now stands in the most recent US News and World Report ratings National University category, it is number 159 (out of 191 in the category). The football team, under Tuberville, did equally well last season, compiling a 3-5 record in the Big 12, and helped by a schedule that included the likes of Weber St. and New Mexico, an overall 8-5 record.
Gotta wonder just how many faculty members at Texas Tech rake in $2 million per year like Tuberville. I won’t hold my breath.
What is much more difficult to comprehend and understand and accept, is what Texas Tech then proceeded to do, in these “perilous economic times” - they found sufficient resources in their meager, overburdened coffers, to award head football coach Tommy Tubervile a $500,000-per-year raise, for each of the next five years.
Faculty members expressed their displeasure at a faculty senate meeting last week, and Texas Tech president Guy Bailey responded with a brilliant comment: “i’d love to be giving pay raises right now more generally” (as reported in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal). Was he a Texas Tech English major? Bailey has also alleged that Tuberville’s raise does not siphon off money from academics, but that fact is that the Texas Tech athletic department is subsidized to the tune of $2.25 Million per year from academic funds.
Curiously, Texas Tech has recently been actively striving to raise its academic standing among US Universities. As it now stands in the most recent US News and World Report ratings National University category, it is number 159 (out of 191 in the category). The football team, under Tuberville, did equally well last season, compiling a 3-5 record in the Big 12, and helped by a schedule that included the likes of Weber St. and New Mexico, an overall 8-5 record.
Gotta wonder just how many faculty members at Texas Tech rake in $2 million per year like Tuberville. I won’t hold my breath.
| theHoundDawg | |
Jerry Jones Super Bowl Embarrassments Continue to Mount
02/06/11 14:17 Filed in: NFL
Guess this is a day for lists.
Poor Jerry Jones:
1. For months prior to the season, he hyped his Cowboys, assuring friend and foe alike that they would be playing in HIS stadium’s Super Bowl. Didn’t quite work out that way, huh, Jerry? His Cowboys limped home at 6-10, enduring such sub-par play that he even went so far as to change head coaches mid-season.
2. A headline-making accident at HIS stadium injured several people, due to poor maintenance and oversight, allowing snow and ice to pile up on the stadium roof and cascade down on top of unsuspecting bystanders. Was it just lack of maintenance ($$$$), was it poor building design, or was it just out-and-out negligence? In time, that will all be decided in the courts.
3. And as a capper, today, a couple of hours before game-time, the local Fire Department told stadium officials and fans that make-shift extra seating was unsafe, and that they would not permit fans to sit in those seats. Oh, Jerry - need to set those records for attendance; who cares if a few fans GET KILLED. Just cram them in where ever you can.
Poor Jerry Jones:
1. For months prior to the season, he hyped his Cowboys, assuring friend and foe alike that they would be playing in HIS stadium’s Super Bowl. Didn’t quite work out that way, huh, Jerry? His Cowboys limped home at 6-10, enduring such sub-par play that he even went so far as to change head coaches mid-season.
2. A headline-making accident at HIS stadium injured several people, due to poor maintenance and oversight, allowing snow and ice to pile up on the stadium roof and cascade down on top of unsuspecting bystanders. Was it just lack of maintenance ($$$$), was it poor building design, or was it just out-and-out negligence? In time, that will all be decided in the courts.
3. And as a capper, today, a couple of hours before game-time, the local Fire Department told stadium officials and fans that make-shift extra seating was unsafe, and that they would not permit fans to sit in those seats. Oh, Jerry - need to set those records for attendance; who cares if a few fans GET KILLED. Just cram them in where ever you can.
| theHoundDawg |  |
Guaranteed to Happen at Today's Super Bowl
02/06/11 11:33 Filed in: NFL
Guaranteed to happen today:
1. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and other members of the broadcasting crew will again bring up the sexual assault allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger, and totally ignore the FACT that the only quarterback in this year’s playoffs, and most likely the only quarterback in the entire NFL to have EVER actually been arrested for sexual assault is the media golden boy, the Jets’ Mark Sanchez.
2. Aaron Rodgers will exploit the Pittsburgh defensive backfield, and so long as he can evade the Steeler rush and stay on his feet for an average of five seconds per play, he will pick them apart. Play action and a screen pass here and there will open the door for Greg Jennings to get the best of Ike Taylor.
3. Packer D will stop Rashard Mendenhall, and Big Ben will have a tougher time doing it on his own than in earlier rounds.
4. “Easy” 27-21 Green Bay victory. This conclusion is extremely hard for me to accept, as I was an American Football League fan who hated the old NFL, and especially the Green Bay Packers, who routed the original AFL Chiefs and Raiders in the first two Super Bowls. I am convinced to this day, that the Packers were the only NFL team that could have beaten those great KC and Oakland teams.
1. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and other members of the broadcasting crew will again bring up the sexual assault allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger, and totally ignore the FACT that the only quarterback in this year’s playoffs, and most likely the only quarterback in the entire NFL to have EVER actually been arrested for sexual assault is the media golden boy, the Jets’ Mark Sanchez.
2. Aaron Rodgers will exploit the Pittsburgh defensive backfield, and so long as he can evade the Steeler rush and stay on his feet for an average of five seconds per play, he will pick them apart. Play action and a screen pass here and there will open the door for Greg Jennings to get the best of Ike Taylor.
3. Packer D will stop Rashard Mendenhall, and Big Ben will have a tougher time doing it on his own than in earlier rounds.
4. “Easy” 27-21 Green Bay victory. This conclusion is extremely hard for me to accept, as I was an American Football League fan who hated the old NFL, and especially the Green Bay Packers, who routed the original AFL Chiefs and Raiders in the first two Super Bowls. I am convinced to this day, that the Packers were the only NFL team that could have beaten those great KC and Oakland teams.
| theHoundDawg |  |
Bag of Wind Silenced; Media Silence re Sanchez
01/25/11 13:01 Filed in: NFL
Thank you, Pittsburgh Steelers!
You have nobly silenced that bag of wind that has polluted the football world for far too long. You have shut up that effete snob (Spiro Agnew, c. 1970), windbag, and self-proclaimed Hall of Fame-caliber coach, one R. Ryan of the New York Pets.
Ryan's obnoxious season-long pronouncements were as painful to watch as the lancing of a boil. And just as relevant to the world of football.
A particularly excruciating portion of Ryan's exhortations involved his little trojan quarterback, the over-hyped, over-rated, and thoroughly disgusting Mark Sanchez.
It was clear to anyone watching Sunday's game that Sanchez' decent second half did not come close to making up for his horrendous first half, which thoroughly sunk the Pets into a sinkhole from which Sanchez' meager talents could not extricate them.
More important in the grand scheme of things, however, is the one-sided media, that cannot leave alone the transgressions of the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, while totally ignoring those of Sanchez.
Excuse me if I am wrong, but while Roethlisberger has been accused on a couple of occasions of sexual misconduct, thoroughly investigated, and the subject of civil proceedings wherein his alleged victims have sought monetary damages, he has never actually been arrested for a crime. Sanchez, on the other hand HAS been arrested for a sexual crime. Arrested for rape in 2006 while a freshman at the university of southern california, the trojan athletic department quickly dispatched the power and might, and unbelievable political clout, of the usc legal army, and viola' the case was quickly quashed, and nary a peep has since been heard from Sanchez' victim. (Query - how much did the payoff cost and was that yet ANOTHER uninvestigated violation of NCAA rules?)
Want to read more about Sanchez? This article, "Why No One Remembers the Mark Sanchez Rape Case" is a good starting place.
One final word on ex-trojan quarterbacks. The equally overrated Matt Cassel showed his true ability under fire (after a season of beating up on the lower echelons of the NFL) when, in a wild-card playoff game, he lead his Chiefs to a 30-7 drubbing at the hands of Baltimore, while compiling a 20.4 passer rating on 9 of 18 for 70 yards and three Favre-like interceptions.
You have nobly silenced that bag of wind that has polluted the football world for far too long. You have shut up that effete snob (Spiro Agnew, c. 1970), windbag, and self-proclaimed Hall of Fame-caliber coach, one R. Ryan of the New York Pets.
Ryan's obnoxious season-long pronouncements were as painful to watch as the lancing of a boil. And just as relevant to the world of football.
A particularly excruciating portion of Ryan's exhortations involved his little trojan quarterback, the over-hyped, over-rated, and thoroughly disgusting Mark Sanchez.
It was clear to anyone watching Sunday's game that Sanchez' decent second half did not come close to making up for his horrendous first half, which thoroughly sunk the Pets into a sinkhole from which Sanchez' meager talents could not extricate them.
More important in the grand scheme of things, however, is the one-sided media, that cannot leave alone the transgressions of the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, while totally ignoring those of Sanchez.
Excuse me if I am wrong, but while Roethlisberger has been accused on a couple of occasions of sexual misconduct, thoroughly investigated, and the subject of civil proceedings wherein his alleged victims have sought monetary damages, he has never actually been arrested for a crime. Sanchez, on the other hand HAS been arrested for a sexual crime. Arrested for rape in 2006 while a freshman at the university of southern california, the trojan athletic department quickly dispatched the power and might, and unbelievable political clout, of the usc legal army, and viola' the case was quickly quashed, and nary a peep has since been heard from Sanchez' victim. (Query - how much did the payoff cost and was that yet ANOTHER uninvestigated violation of NCAA rules?)
Want to read more about Sanchez? This article, "Why No One Remembers the Mark Sanchez Rape Case" is a good starting place.
One final word on ex-trojan quarterbacks. The equally overrated Matt Cassel showed his true ability under fire (after a season of beating up on the lower echelons of the NFL) when, in a wild-card playoff game, he lead his Chiefs to a 30-7 drubbing at the hands of Baltimore, while compiling a 20.4 passer rating on 9 of 18 for 70 yards and three Favre-like interceptions.
| theHoundDawg | |
Classy Start For New SC AD
07/20/10 23:23 Filed in: College Football | College Basketball
Mike Garrett was still wiping the shoe prints off his ass, when new sc brain surgeon athletic director Pad Haden began making honorable decisions not seen at the brain surgeon hangout since, ... since, ...., well, EVER!
After weeks of “Who, me”, “Why us?”, and “We don’t deserve that!”, Haden accepted the consequences of the Garrett-Carroll-Floyd criminal enterprise, and not only ordered removal of campus idolatry depicting r bush and oj mayo, but further ordered that bush’s ill-gotten Heisman be packed up and shipped back to the NY Athletic Club.
Without them even asking!
Kinda makes you wonder how long Lane Kiffin has before he gets boxed up and mailed back.
After weeks of “Who, me”, “Why us?”, and “We don’t deserve that!”, Haden accepted the consequences of the Garrett-Carroll-Floyd criminal enterprise, and not only ordered removal of campus idolatry depicting r bush and oj mayo, but further ordered that bush’s ill-gotten Heisman be packed up and shipped back to the NY Athletic Club.
Without them even asking!
Kinda makes you wonder how long Lane Kiffin has before he gets boxed up and mailed back.
| theHoundDawg |
Snoop Dogg and the Dodgers - Say It Ain't So!
08/13/09 13:45 Filed in: Baseball
This past March, I wrote a lengthy post on theHoundDawg Blog entitled "Snoop Dogg and Farrakhan", describing the rise of Snoop Dogg as a cultural icon despite his sociopathic history and his association with Louis Farrakhan.
Now, the Dodgers have chosen to use Dogg in the marketing of their new "Ticket Truck" campaign. Following is a comment I left on the Dodgers' official website, folowing the article announcing this campaign:
Now, the Dodgers have chosen to use Dogg in the marketing of their new "Ticket Truck" campaign. Following is a comment I left on the Dodgers' official website, folowing the article announcing this campaign:
There is not much more that I can say about my disgust with this situation, other than how much I resent his soiling of the noble "Dogg" ["Dawg"] name.The Dodgers now have their own Michael Vick - a man who spent several years in prison, has had numerous drug and firearm related arrests, has been on trial as an accomplice to murder, has been sued for allowing (or ordering?) his "crew" to assault a fan, and who has been a driving force in making obscene, violent, and misogynistic lyrics a mainstay of popular music, and worse yet, who has admitted his membership in the Nation of Islam and of his fervent support for the most miserable, disgusting anti-Semite on the American scene, Louis Farrakhan, who, during a lifetime spewing lies and hatred, was quoted in the New York Times as calling Judaism a "gutter religion", and who in a 1984 speech broadcast on a Chicago radio station stated unequivocally that "Hitler was a very great man". Jamie McCourt, as Dodger CEO and as an active member in the Jewish community, you should be ashamed of yourself in associating the Dodgers with Snoop Dogg.
| theHoundDawg |
Vick Should Rot in Hell, NOT Get Millions to Play Football
07/27/09 19:39 Filed in: NFL
| Michael Vick did not "make a mistake" as his apologists argue. He ran a for-profit criminal enterprise for several years, He partially designed, and financed, and ran on his own property, a dog-fighting ring, participating in breeding, training, fighting, and murdering, untold numbers of dogs, for profit. He continually lied to his employers and NFL administrators, and the public, and ultimately pled guilty to doing the disgusting acts alleged in the criminal indictment filed against him in federal court. The image to the right is a photo of a dog injured in a staged dogfight, and is from the Save Vick's Dogs blog. In exchange for his guilty plea, he received a ridiculously lenient sentence of just less than two years in custody. Now, as he has regained his freedom, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has handed back his career to him, on a silver platter. Thanks to Goodell, Vick will be earning millions |  |
I have lost all respect for VIck's new mentor and number one apologist, former coach Tony Dungy, and will have nothing but disgust for any NFL owner who signs Vick to a contract, putting his despicable image in front of fans and media, and feeding him millions of dollars to finance his next criminal enterprise.
| theHoundDawg |
Timmie Out - sc to Search Prisons for New Coach
06/09/09 21:37 Filed in: College Basketball
Illegal recruiting, payoffs to student-athletes, and the flaunting of assorted additional NCAA rules all suffered a severe blow, when mike garrett on behalf of the criminal enterprise that calls itself the sc brain surgeon athletic department accepted the resignation of basketball cappo Tim Floyd.
Floyd, who bought and paid for the best basketball team sc has had in years, saw former confidants turn stoolie as outlined here, and with the NCAA, not to mention the FBI, IRS and other assorted governmental agencies, closing in, with his top talent from last year all running away as fast as they can, and with his top three recruits all bailing, decided that maybe summer back in Hattiesburg may not be such a bad idea. (Does Iowa have extradition to the US?)
With the likelihood of serious sanctions being imposed on the basketball program, which is already now in shambles, the fear that the basketball team will be the scapegoat is even more certain. floyd and his program are the Red Cross, March of Dimes, and United Way all rolled together when compared to the outrageous conduct of the football program run by the senior cappo, petey boy.
NCAA: Garrett is throwing floyd and basketball to the wolves to save football. Don't let that happen. The outrageous activities of the carroll years cannot be covered up any longer, and the lengthy investigation we hope and pray is continuing, must result in appropriate sanctions.
theHoundDawg
Floyd, who bought and paid for the best basketball team sc has had in years, saw former confidants turn stoolie as outlined here, and with the NCAA, not to mention the FBI, IRS and other assorted governmental agencies, closing in, with his top talent from last year all running away as fast as they can, and with his top three recruits all bailing, decided that maybe summer back in Hattiesburg may not be such a bad idea. (Does Iowa have extradition to the US?)
With the likelihood of serious sanctions being imposed on the basketball program, which is already now in shambles, the fear that the basketball team will be the scapegoat is even more certain. floyd and his program are the Red Cross, March of Dimes, and United Way all rolled together when compared to the outrageous conduct of the football program run by the senior cappo, petey boy.
NCAA: Garrett is throwing floyd and basketball to the wolves to save football. Don't let that happen. The outrageous activities of the carroll years cannot be covered up any longer, and the lengthy investigation we hope and pray is continuing, must result in appropriate sanctions.
theHoundDawg
Sports Meets Real Life Head-On
Its been a tough few days for sports fans to remain in their fantasy bubble, keeping the realities of "real" life out of the toy department. In the past three days, 44 year old former NBA star Wayman Tisdale died, ex-Charger QB, first round pick, Div. II assistant coach, and all-time bust Ryan Leaf was arrested on drug and burglary charges, golfer Phil Mickelson left the PGA tour upon learning that his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, the 39-year-old wife of Arizona Diamondback lefty and former Angel Scott Schoeneweis was found dead by her 14-year-old daughter, and today the airwaves were full of discussions about a second chance for the scum-of-the-earth Michael Vick, who is scheduled to be released from prison tomorrow.
Words cannot described the tragedy of the deaths of people like Tisdale and Gabriella Schoeneweis, nor the ordeal that Phil and Amy Mickelson and their family will now have to endure. But as to the other two events, the track record of Leaf was pretty strong evidence that his so-called rehabilitation and re-entry into civilized society would be short-lived, and his return to his prior lifestyle could be readily anticipated, and as far as VIck is concerned, well.....
That miserable scum should never play another down in the NFL and should never collect another red cent from any pro football owner. On the field, he was the most over-rated performer in the modern history of sports, and off the field one of the true evil, vile, disgusting excuses for a human being to ever enjoy the fruits of an over-paid, over-rated athletic career. It is disgusting to hear commentators, such as former coach Herman Edwards, fawning over Vick, and anticipating which team will win a sweepstakes for the right to pay him to return to football.
Well, hopefully the next few days, with the NBA playoffs and MLB interleague play, will see a return to on-flied excitement and no more off-the-field stories at the top of the sports news.
theHoundDawg
Words cannot described the tragedy of the deaths of people like Tisdale and Gabriella Schoeneweis, nor the ordeal that Phil and Amy Mickelson and their family will now have to endure. But as to the other two events, the track record of Leaf was pretty strong evidence that his so-called rehabilitation and re-entry into civilized society would be short-lived, and his return to his prior lifestyle could be readily anticipated, and as far as VIck is concerned, well.....
That miserable scum should never play another down in the NFL and should never collect another red cent from any pro football owner. On the field, he was the most over-rated performer in the modern history of sports, and off the field one of the true evil, vile, disgusting excuses for a human being to ever enjoy the fruits of an over-paid, over-rated athletic career. It is disgusting to hear commentators, such as former coach Herman Edwards, fawning over Vick, and anticipating which team will win a sweepstakes for the right to pay him to return to football.
Well, hopefully the next few days, with the NBA playoffs and MLB interleague play, will see a return to on-flied excitement and no more off-the-field stories at the top of the sports news.
theHoundDawg
Caught With The Goods: FBI, IRS and U.S. Attorney Have Evidence of Tim Floyd Cash Payoff
05/12/09 22:47 Filed in: College Basketball
As reported by Yahoo Sports late this afternoon, the sc brain surgeon's jig is about up, with evidence that head basketball coach Tim Floyd made a direct cash payment of $1,000 to Rodney Guillory, the "runner" who allegedly lavished former brain surgeon guard OJ Mayo with all those fancy accoutrements that decorated his dorm room.
Former Mayo confident Louis Johnson has told FBI, IRS. U.S. Attorney, and NCAA investigators, all about the payment, a small part of the $30,000 or so in illegal benefits paid to Mayo during his short trojan tenure.
Again, local media, protecting sc at all costs, has failed miserably, and it's Yahoo Sports that is reporting what scant info there has been about the now three-year-old investigations of sc basketball and football violations. Their report comes only a few days after Johnson gave his account to the NCAA, but almost a full year since he spilled his guts to the federal investigators.
One bad thought, however, permeates the "flow" of information about the sc basketball program: Are things being set up for the basketball program to take the fall, with the outrageous criminal enterprise that is the sc football program, getting off with a slap on the wrist?
And Floyd had believed that losing Renardo Sidney, whom he thought he had bought and paid for, was the low point of the off-season.
theHoundDawg
Former Mayo confident Louis Johnson has told FBI, IRS. U.S. Attorney, and NCAA investigators, all about the payment, a small part of the $30,000 or so in illegal benefits paid to Mayo during his short trojan tenure.
Again, local media, protecting sc at all costs, has failed miserably, and it's Yahoo Sports that is reporting what scant info there has been about the now three-year-old investigations of sc basketball and football violations. Their report comes only a few days after Johnson gave his account to the NCAA, but almost a full year since he spilled his guts to the federal investigators.
One bad thought, however, permeates the "flow" of information about the sc basketball program: Are things being set up for the basketball program to take the fall, with the outrageous criminal enterprise that is the sc football program, getting off with a slap on the wrist?
And Floyd had believed that losing Renardo Sidney, whom he thought he had bought and paid for, was the low point of the off-season.
theHoundDawg
It's About Time that the NCAA Gets Going on SC Crime Wave
04/09/09 14:42 Filed in: College Basketball | College Football
The LA Times reported this morning that finally there is some activity in their investigations of the shameful culture of the flaunting of NCAA rules throughout the sc athletic department. The article states that the two major investigations - those of the bush football crimes and of the mayo basketball evils - have been combined into a single investigation.
This bodes well, as, first, it does show that the investigations are not lying dormant, but that there is activity on-going, and second, that the investigation involves the athletic department's lack of oversight as a whole, not just the failures of two sports programs.
For those with a short memory, you can find many of the details of the flagrant rule-breaking in the bush and mayo cases in some of my older "Crime" posts, especially that of Dec. 14, 2008, which can all be found here.
Get this wrapped up, NCAA, so that bush's ill-gotten Heisman is taken away, so that sc's equally ill-gotten football championship is stripped, and give this evil, evil group of miscreants, who pay for a golden image as well as athletic success, their well-deserved sports death penalty.
theHoundDawg
This bodes well, as, first, it does show that the investigations are not lying dormant, but that there is activity on-going, and second, that the investigation involves the athletic department's lack of oversight as a whole, not just the failures of two sports programs.
For those with a short memory, you can find many of the details of the flagrant rule-breaking in the bush and mayo cases in some of my older "Crime" posts, especially that of Dec. 14, 2008, which can all be found here.
Get this wrapped up, NCAA, so that bush's ill-gotten Heisman is taken away, so that sc's equally ill-gotten football championship is stripped, and give this evil, evil group of miscreants, who pay for a golden image as well as athletic success, their well-deserved sports death penalty.
theHoundDawg
Four Left
03/29/09 22:08 Filed in: College Basketball
It isn't exactly Duke, Oklahoma, Missouri and Louisville (March 17 post), but a Final Four of Michigan St., Villanova, North Carolina and Connecticut still isn't four number ones, or three and a number two as the "experts" picked.
The Bruin loss to Villanova doesn't look quite so bad a week later, and combine that with seeing daily NBA box scores with the names Love, Westbrook and Mbah a Moute all pro starters as rookies, this should have been the year.
There isn't a great team anywhere out there, and the "I want it NOW" attitude of 19 year old millionaire wanna-bes, driven by corrupt agents and fueled by NBA money, has made the Tournament a CBS and ESPN media extravaganza, rather than a competition of great amateur basketball. As Dave Letterman has said about Stupid Human Tricks, "It's an exhibition, not a competition, no wagering, please."
theHoundDawg
The Bruin loss to Villanova doesn't look quite so bad a week later, and combine that with seeing daily NBA box scores with the names Love, Westbrook and Mbah a Moute all pro starters as rookies, this should have been the year.
There isn't a great team anywhere out there, and the "I want it NOW" attitude of 19 year old millionaire wanna-bes, driven by corrupt agents and fueled by NBA money, has made the Tournament a CBS and ESPN media extravaganza, rather than a competition of great amateur basketball. As Dave Letterman has said about Stupid Human Tricks, "It's an exhibition, not a competition, no wagering, please."
theHoundDawg
nim-rod to Have Surgery - Will His "Cousin" Do It?
03/05/09 08:39 Filed in: Baseball
Word this morning is that nim-rod's hip (read "ass") is sore and he needs surgery and will miss at least the next ten weeks, which will include at least the WBC, the rest of the grueling spring training schedule, and hopefully much of the season.
'Roid medicos have said that a cyst like this is consistent with all those "roid" injections in the ass. Will his cousin actually do the surgery, like he did the injections, or will he just bring in the scalpels and band-aids, fresh off the streets of Santo Domingo?
Since I wrote about being unable to enjoy spring training, this is the second uplifting story to develop.
This video could have been shot in the scumstripes', or or the Giants', clubhouse:
theHoundDawg
'Roid medicos have said that a cyst like this is consistent with all those "roid" injections in the ass. Will his cousin actually do the surgery, like he did the injections, or will he just bring in the scalpels and band-aids, fresh off the streets of Santo Domingo?
Since I wrote about being unable to enjoy spring training, this is the second uplifting story to develop.
This video could have been shot in the scumstripes', or or the Giants', clubhouse:
theHoundDawg
Where IS the Local Sports Media - How About Doing Some Investgative Reporting?
02/28/09 12:47 Filed in: College Basketball | College Football
It's been more than a week since the brain surgeons snatched Renardo Sidney from the Bruins, and the brilliant investigative reporters of the Los Angeles media have yet to utter a word as to what really happened. Within a day or so, his "commitment' to UCLA was vanquished, and he orally announced his intentions to attend that other school. Something major happened, most likely something below-board, with rumors being rampant in the air, not not in the media.
When will local sports reporters step up and investigate and report on these types of stories?
The local media has totally ignored the NCAA investigations of the brain surgeons football and basketball programs, and were it not for Yahoo Sports and the likes of Charles Robinson, Jason Cole, and Josh Peter, we would never have known about all of the rules violations and illegal activity involving reggie bush, not to mention the pay-off in the civil lawsuit stemming from the hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal benefits he and his family received while at sc, and also the outrageous conduct of oj mayo under the noses of sc's basketball staff.
Yet another story is going unnoticed by the local sports media, and apparently by both sc basketball fans, as the brain surgeons have removed their basketball games from television coverage. Their Cal game Thursday, today's game at Stanford, and also both of next weeks final Pac-10 regular season games have been taken off their TV schedule. Why? Rumors fly, even including the one that has sc knowing they are facing significant NCAA sanctions and are trying to appease the gods and retroactively ban themselves from TV exposure.
Why are not any LA Times sports reporters, anyone at the Daily News, or any local TV or radio reporters reporting on these stories?
theHoundDawg
When will local sports reporters step up and investigate and report on these types of stories?
The local media has totally ignored the NCAA investigations of the brain surgeons football and basketball programs, and were it not for Yahoo Sports and the likes of Charles Robinson, Jason Cole, and Josh Peter, we would never have known about all of the rules violations and illegal activity involving reggie bush, not to mention the pay-off in the civil lawsuit stemming from the hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal benefits he and his family received while at sc, and also the outrageous conduct of oj mayo under the noses of sc's basketball staff.
Yet another story is going unnoticed by the local sports media, and apparently by both sc basketball fans, as the brain surgeons have removed their basketball games from television coverage. Their Cal game Thursday, today's game at Stanford, and also both of next weeks final Pac-10 regular season games have been taken off their TV schedule. Why? Rumors fly, even including the one that has sc knowing they are facing significant NCAA sanctions and are trying to appease the gods and retroactively ban themselves from TV exposure.
Why are not any LA Times sports reporters, anyone at the Daily News, or any local TV or radio reporters reporting on these stories?
theHoundDawg
Except for Good-Guy Andy Roddick, Tennis Sucks
02/23/09 15:35 Filed in: Misc.
I said at the beginning, I would not write about the boring game of tennis, but this issue needs discussion.
Unlike selfish female stars like Venus Williams, who made a patronizing reference during her trophy presentation, Andy Roddick bypassed the Dubai tournament due to the flagrant anti-Semitism of the United Arab Emirates in prohibiting Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer from participating in their tournament. In fact, when news reports incorrectly stated that he bypassed Dubai due to a hernia, he first won the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, then announced to the world that he was not injured but refused to go to Dubai due to their refusal to grant a visa to Peer.
theHoundDawg
Unlike selfish female stars like Venus Williams, who made a patronizing reference during her trophy presentation, Andy Roddick bypassed the Dubai tournament due to the flagrant anti-Semitism of the United Arab Emirates in prohibiting Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer from participating in their tournament. In fact, when news reports incorrectly stated that he bypassed Dubai due to a hernia, he first won the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, then announced to the world that he was not injured but refused to go to Dubai due to their refusal to grant a visa to Peer.
theHoundDawg
Keep Michael Vick OUT of the NFL!
02/16/09 15:17 Filed in: NFL
There is no more vile, disgusting person on the sports scene than Michael Vick. He received little more than a slap on the wrist for his despicable actions, and I am extremely angry that there is so much talk about all of the NFL teams that may be bidding to sign him.
This miserable excuse for a human being should not be rewarded with a new contract for millions of dollars. He has forfeited his right to compete as a professional athlete, and should spend the rest of his life in pain, suffering as did the poor animals for whom he had so little regard.
Express your disgust with the prospect of Vick resuming his NFL career by signing the Petition at Care2.com to Ban Michael Vick from the NFL-Permanently, to be sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
theHoundDawg
This miserable excuse for a human being should not be rewarded with a new contract for millions of dollars. He has forfeited his right to compete as a professional athlete, and should spend the rest of his life in pain, suffering as did the poor animals for whom he had so little regard.
Express your disgust with the prospect of Vick resuming his NFL career by signing the Petition at Care2.com to Ban Michael Vick from the NFL-Permanently, to be sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
theHoundDawg
Citi Has Better Ways to Use Its Money - Say Goodbye to Mets' Ballpark
02/03/09 16:56 Filed in: Baseball
Way back when, like last year, when banks ruled the world, Citibank decided to commit $400 Million to put their logo atop the new ballpark that would be home to the Mets. Since that commitment by their over-paid, under-ethiced leadership, their stock has tanked, they have had net losses of $28.5 billion, they've announced layoffs of 53,000 employees, and they gladly accepted $45 billion in federal bailout aid.
It's time to pull the plug on this, and other such naming-rights deals, by corporations that can't maintain their primary business in a stable, profitable fashion, and certainly by corporations that accept Federal aid.
Use that $400 Million to keep a few of those 53,000 employees working, to keep a few thousand hard-working American taxpayers enduring hard financial times in their homes, and to lower those 25% credit card interest rates and $39 late fee charges.
theHoundDawg
It's time to pull the plug on this, and other such naming-rights deals, by corporations that can't maintain their primary business in a stable, profitable fashion, and certainly by corporations that accept Federal aid.
Use that $400 Million to keep a few of those 53,000 employees working, to keep a few thousand hard-working American taxpayers enduring hard financial times in their homes, and to lower those 25% credit card interest rates and $39 late fee charges.
theHoundDawg
"I Never Meant To Step On Him”
01/25/09 23:47 Filed in: College Basketball
Houston guard Aubrey Coleman "apologized" to Chase Budinger of the Arizona Wildcats, saying that he "never meant to step on him".
The video from Saturday night's game says otherwise:
Time for Arizona, the Pac-10, and the NCAA to take action and suspend Coleman for a substantial period.
Even if he's telling the truth, Coleman was more than careless in walking "over" Budinger, with reckless disregard for Budinger, lying prone on the hardwood.
theHoundDawg
The video from Saturday night's game says otherwise:
Time for Arizona, the Pac-10, and the NCAA to take action and suspend Coleman for a substantial period.
Even if he's telling the truth, Coleman was more than careless in walking "over" Budinger, with reckless disregard for Budinger, lying prone on the hardwood.
theHoundDawg
60 Minutes Disgrace - Pete Carroll Love-Fest
12/14/08 21:15 Filed in: College Football | College Basketball
The bull-pucky love-fest for Pete Carroll on 60 Minutes tonight was a disgrace.
He is the highest ranking piece in the chess game of the University of Spoiled Children, running the biggest scam in college sports, flouting the rules of the impotent NCAA, and committing the most flagrant rules violations of any school in the country. sc influence and payoffs have kept them from the highest levels of NCAA sanctions despite the single biggest scam in NCAA football annals - Reggie Bush and his family receiving more than 1/2 million dollars in illegal benefits (free rent for more than a year in a luxury home, debt payoffs, all-expense paid trips and luxury hotels) have been well documented, and the subject of civil lawsuits, but no NCAA sanctions. Any other program and Bush would have had his Heisman taken away, sc stripped of its national championship (they only won ONE under Carroll, not two as they claim).
Combine this with the OJ Mayo's flagrant violations in Tim Floyd's dirty little basketball program, and sc should long ago have received the NCAA death penalty. Yet, Floyd and his thugs like Leonard Washington are allowed to continue their cheap shot assault on other players, risking serious injury to unsuspecting players around the country.
CBS and 60 Minutes need to investigate the real sc sports department and not pull the wool over the eyes of the public. Take a look at the evidence, take a look at how sc has subverted the NCAA and curtailed any investigation of the NCAA violations and rampant criminal activity in the sc sports department.
Facts:
Bush:
The Reggie Bush Investigation: ESPN Ignores Potentially the Biggest Story in College Football History
Reggie Bush Investigation: Cash and Carry
Reggie Bush Investigation: : The Timeline
Reggie Bush and The NCAA: How will it all end?
Reggie Bush Investigation
Mayo:
NCAA investigating allegations involving USC’s Mayo
OTL probe: Mayo received money, perks from agent reps
The Mayo Investigation
and many more.
theHoundDawg
He is the highest ranking piece in the chess game of the University of Spoiled Children, running the biggest scam in college sports, flouting the rules of the impotent NCAA, and committing the most flagrant rules violations of any school in the country. sc influence and payoffs have kept them from the highest levels of NCAA sanctions despite the single biggest scam in NCAA football annals - Reggie Bush and his family receiving more than 1/2 million dollars in illegal benefits (free rent for more than a year in a luxury home, debt payoffs, all-expense paid trips and luxury hotels) have been well documented, and the subject of civil lawsuits, but no NCAA sanctions. Any other program and Bush would have had his Heisman taken away, sc stripped of its national championship (they only won ONE under Carroll, not two as they claim).
Combine this with the OJ Mayo's flagrant violations in Tim Floyd's dirty little basketball program, and sc should long ago have received the NCAA death penalty. Yet, Floyd and his thugs like Leonard Washington are allowed to continue their cheap shot assault on other players, risking serious injury to unsuspecting players around the country.
CBS and 60 Minutes need to investigate the real sc sports department and not pull the wool over the eyes of the public. Take a look at the evidence, take a look at how sc has subverted the NCAA and curtailed any investigation of the NCAA violations and rampant criminal activity in the sc sports department.
Facts:
Bush:
The Reggie Bush Investigation: ESPN Ignores Potentially the Biggest Story in College Football History
Reggie Bush Investigation: Cash and Carry
Reggie Bush Investigation: : The Timeline
Reggie Bush and The NCAA: How will it all end?
Reggie Bush Investigation
Mayo:
NCAA investigating allegations involving USC’s Mayo
OTL probe: Mayo received money, perks from agent reps
The Mayo Investigation
and many more.
theHoundDawg
Nice Few Hours for the trojan Thugs
12/05/08 10:29 Filed in: College Basketball | College Football
First, brain surgeon Leonard Washington commits a flagrant assault on Oklahoma star Blake Griffin during their basketball game last evening, and then today, more than 13 years after the infamous double murder, all-time sc Poster Boy OJ Simpson was sentenced this morning on the 10 counts of kidnapping, robbery, conspiracy, etc., on which he was convicted, and will spend a minimum of 15 years in prison, though he is eligible for parole after 5 - but will any members of the Nevada Parole Board actually vote to release him early?
theHoundDawg
theHoundDawg