PM Roundup: Billy Packer, Loved by All!
Baseball, College Basketball, High School Sports, Media Gossip/Musings, NFL, Television, Video, WWE March 28th. 2008, 3:25pm
It’s only because our favorite WAG, Cheryl Cole, lost in the Culture Bracket, and possesses the inability to correctly button her shirt. Cousins of Ron Mexico will guide you through a busy sports weekend. Question of the day: How come nothing on that Tony Romo wedding rumor? Because if you watch the video that is referenced by the Arizona paper that is “reporting” this, it’s obviously a joke. Also, it’s Friday, and if you have three minutes, and feel like signing up, why the heck not.
How Villanova stole Scottie Reynolds from Oklahoma landed Scottie Reynolds. (Philly Inquirer)
FNL lives, which is the best TV news we’ve heard all week. (Broadcasting and Cable)
Just one reason we’re excited about baseball season – more of this. (Fire Joe Morgan)
Just in time for Wrestlemania – Hulk Hogan’s new “friend” bears a striking resemblance to his daughter, no? (Faded Youth)
Great story on Billy Packer, but his brother’s name is Dick Packer. (News & Observer)
More about LoDuca’s White House Snub. (Ump Bump)
A reader points out: Jason Taylor apparently is still married to Zach Thomas’s sister, despite previous stories of a split. (Palm Beach Post)
If you were a high schooler wrestler, you’ll appreciate this video, especially the rowdy scene near the end, which seems odd. (MC Bias)
Talking about the NFL’s hair controversy by opening up with a reference to “Waiting to Exhale?” Yikes. (Page 2)
This sort of thing never happened at our college. Sounds like fun, though. (Telegraph)
Dipping into Tennessee’s playbook last night. (Simon on Sports)
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March 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
FJM is awesome.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
The PM Roundup is RACIST!!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
LZ says the hair is a generational issue and not a racial issue. But that actually makes some sense!
Obviously he didn’t get the ESPN memo.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Total votes: 0
Ouch!! You get my Vote TBL.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
TBL needs a pick me up, all Cheryl Cole and race arguments recently.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
That party sounds awesome.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
COUGAR ALERT, COUGAR ALERT!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
What are we voting for?
March 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
That FJM article was awesome.
Oh and TBL that wasn’t in college, that was a HS party.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
- The wrestling video makes me want to have Rick Suhr’s babies–and I’m a dude.
- The high school orgy sounds insane. Sex standing up? That’s seems pretty advanced for high school kids (and for the girls’ sakes, I hope they were just high school kids).
- Billy Packer-Dick Packer? Sounds like the inspiration for a new “Who’s On First” routine.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Packer’s Q Score of 13 — his “likeability” rating — put him 33rd of 37 sports announcers last year, according to Marketing Evaluations Inc., which annually surveys fans to measure sports figures’ familiarity and appeal.
Can of worms. First, why do television executives rely on garbage like this? Second, if we’re telling them that we hate him, then why do they then go ESPN on us and ignore what we tell them? What’s the use of doing the studies in the first place if you’re just going to blow off the results?
March 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
damn Hulk
March 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
zach taylor’s sister >>> hulk’s chicka
March 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
hulk’s chick has quite the beak on her
March 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Zach Taylor’s sister looks exactly like Zach Taylor. I couldn’t do it…at all.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Nice fanny pack Hulk
March 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
i bet they had biscuits to pass around at the UK village square orgy
huge UK biscuits
March 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
TBL — I don’t think Billy Packer’s brother’s last name is Packer. Packer wasn’t the original name. Billy changed it at some point. I forget what his real last name was, but I’ve found it before on the internet.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
spence?!?
March 28th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
irish…there were some UK tea biscuits there too, don’t discriminate chicks with tiny boobs…thatd be racist.
sad i missed out on the racist lebron thing. when i first saw it, i just thought he looked like a dumbass, didn’t even connect the king kong thing.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
@ben- funny, yet odd
March 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Paczkowski. but the brother’s name is Packer. The dad changed it.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
ben…that isnt me, im more of a dinner table fucker.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
That Tennessee playbook entry forgot to put in that “full court press” defense. You know the one where Tennessee has all five guys backcourt and you just throw the ball cross-court to one of the three Louisville players who have broken through Tennessee’s last line of defense.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
@irish: fark has an amazing ability to gather stories that have that exact description…funny, but odd.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I prefer farm animals, but maybe that’s just a western thing.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
na, farm animals are fun if you like it rough and dirty. im just an urban guy, i like my fucktoys to be classy.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
picnic tables have sharp edges
/commenting from the Emergency Room
March 28th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Whitlock is on Dan LeBetard right now. They’re talking Vogue, who woulda thought?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
the comments really dropped off after 4. I am guessing most people are probably enjoying a frosty one right about now.
/stupid end of month reports
March 28th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
i’m listening to le batard also.. i wonder if they’ll ask him to respond to what barkley said about him yesterday..
March 28th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I’m with you pki, only 2pm here, though I do get out at 3:30.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
LeBetard with a HUGE Big Lead shout out!!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
@Cortes- where you been my fellow U fan
March 28th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Ben, i thought you were in Chicago? Or are you just from there?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
im here till 530. its always boring at this time on fridays.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
The only question that remains for my Friday afternoon is do I drink the Busch Lights that are in the fridge here at work and risk feeling like shit later on tonight when I am really ready to drink, or so I suck it up and drink it just because it’s beer?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
wuddup irish.. i been around.. cant comment until about 1:00 or 2:00 b/c im school but yea i been here.. canes played texas a good tough game
and le batard is forever mentioning TBL.. he said during the whitlock interview (it may have been immediatley after it not sure) to go thebiglead.com and look at the side by side photo of lebron james and the king kong cover..
March 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I want a freaking beer
March 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
@benji: I moved out to Denver at the beginning of the year for a new job. I moved to Chicago for school in ‘99.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I’m just about out of here. Have a good one. Watching the baby tonight again and watching the tournament, so if anyone is on the site tonight I’ll see you then.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
@CRM: Get me one while you’re up.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
@arkbadger: I am one of those people that would rather not drink, than drink shitty beer so I wouldn’t touch that shit. Give me a Sam or a good IPA and I am a happy man.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I’ve now watched 10 full episodes of 30 Rock today. Why can’t I find a job like this that pays me a lot?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I’m putting down a case of shit beer tonight – guaruntee that son.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Has TBL ever interviewed LeBatard?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
@cortes- good to see you back
@pkiguy22- thanks. you know what im talking about
March 28th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Yeah, I usually stick with Budweiser, unless I’m at the bar then I usually get Stella, but it seems like since I’m at work and there is beer on the premesis, I need to drink it. I’m starting to wish I still had the bottle of rum stashed in the bottom drawer.
Damn Friday afternoons suck.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
im ready to smoke a shitton of weed.
i just got a new piece, im so excited. god damn job. fucking shit faced cock master job.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
ark.. Not only do you need to drink it. I think you are obligated to drink it.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I need a poker game, a shit ton of cheap beer, and basketball on the TV…and I need it right the fuck now.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Spencer, even been to grasscity.com?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
i have a one-hitter and a little bit of herb in my car…is it worth it to get stoned at work?
i used to get high at my old job all the time, but it was for the federal govt, so nobody gave a shit. my new job is kinda different tho…my boss is here, but nobody else is, so i could probably get away with cheefin real quick in my car and spending the rest of my work day playing assholes online in chess. hmm…decisions.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
cbh…im not sure, i ordered a RooR steamroller for my friend’s bday from one of those online places. it took close to a month to get here.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
spence, not sure where you work, but I find that smoking at work is nothing like when I used to get ripped before school. I’ve done it a couple times and as soon as I sit at my desk I feel like I’m almost doing something wrong. With that being said, go make your ride look like Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
In the picnic table story, it says the guy lives near an elementary school. Doesn’t everybody (sorta) live near an elementary school if they don’t live in the sticks? Round here, there’s an elementary school every mile.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
@spencer- never worth smoking at work. Gotta worry about the lingering smell of the juana on you.
a steamroller spence? the one where you hold your palm over the end?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
arkbadger…agreed, for the most part. but when im sitting here by myself and i know all im going to be doing is surfing the net, it causes one to stop and think.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
irish…yea, thats a steamroller. water-less bong…shit gets you ripped super fast.
my new piece is pretty cool, a bubbler with a sidecar, kinda like a portable-er bong.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
cbh.. check the interviews archive.. he interviewed him awhile ago..it was pretty good..
March 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Spence, where do you work? I hit a onie at work sometimes, never as good as hitting it right AFTER work though. I’d wait just that little extra till you get out, but that’s just me.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
yea, ive decided to wait. it’s so much better the minute you get home anyways.
im not going to say the name of the place i work, but i work for a national financial service company.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Coinstar?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
yeah it’s totally worth it, feels so much better when you get to sit down all stoned and not just stare at the computer. Hmm I work in finance as well, can you give me the initials? Or a hint? Have they been in the news recently?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
well you better not be the one looking after my life insurance policy
i bought a half last night spencer for 2 bills. My wife said it better last me a month lol . i only night smoke cause of the kids so it will last
March 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
The more you have the more you smoke irish. No way that half lasts a month. NO WAY ha.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
2 months farvicodin
will power my friend lol
March 28th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
it’s named after a president if that helps…and they may or may not show up obnoxiously during CBS SEC football games and NBC Golf coverage and the Philly stadium may or may not be named for us.
irish…don’t worry, im a huge pothead, but, not to sound like an arrogant prick, i fuckin kick ass at my job.
200? damn, that’s some pricey buddah. the reason i smoke so much is so that i WONT have kids, but since it might be a little late for you, at least youre responsible about it. id come home from school and my dad worked from home and you could smell it thru the whole house.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
TBL and gang- have a nice weekend
March 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
yea, gotta agree with favicodin (lovely name btw). the more i have, the more i cheef. it doesnt help that most of my buddies have hookups with some of the craziest shit in the city.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
you too dude…
lebron > dwight
March 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
later irish.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
This just a warning to everyone out there, do not invest with Lincoln Financial, full of stoners. haha just playin
March 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I’m out too fellas.
Spence, Gonzo, 412, Ben, et al: the season begins on Sunday and the real trash talk shall commence then.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I must break you.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
farvicodin…funny stuff.
baseball league guys…youre all fucked for real.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
200 for a half isn’t bad, about normal for around here. As long as you don’t want oklahoma ditch weed at least. you could get a QP of that for less than 200.
Damn I can’t wait to get home and sit on the couch and hit that one hitter and watch king of the hill. Is it 5:00 yet?
March 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Yeah when i was thinking of a name I was probably messed up on my namesake and was thinking about it, and for some reason mr brett came to mind. Prob bc he loves the stuff about as much as i do.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
My buddy brought some southwest nugget back to Jersey one time and it was awful arkbadger. I cant imagine its any good near you. But you prob dont know any better, which I guess is good for you.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
it is in ET.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
farvicodin…youd be surprised. in Dallas/FW, it was harder to get shitty weed than it was to get good stuff. then there’s austin, my favorite city in the world, where they have the best pot in America, better than Cali, Oregon, Vermont, Seattle…THE best.
Cleveland is a dry zone, if i didnt have such connected buddies, id be up shit’s creek.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Farvicodin, actually you would be surprised. I live in Arkansas and you wouldn’t believe the ammount of people that smoke around here, at least around my parts. Lot’s of homegrown, you just have to know the right people, which, thankfully I do. Where you live in Jersey? I got a buddy up there that gets some damn fine stuff, at least he did last summer when I visited him.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Well it’s good to hear people are getting stoned from good stuff all over the country! ha i live near nyc
March 28th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
nyc diesel? thats some good shit. i got some AK-47 from NYC that was absolutely spectacular.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I’m out. Weekend finally. Peace fellas
March 28th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
likewise.