The Roundup: Poor Terps, Poor Michael Turner
Baseball, College Basketball, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings, NFL, Video March 3rd. 2008, 8:19am
Hey Minnesota, when are we going to get an update on Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima? … we were bed-ridden all weekend with the nastiest flu to hit us in years. Hadn’t been sick in forever but spent this entire weekend bowing to the porcelain Gods and pumped full of drugs. We’re barely at 50 percent today, and there’s a chance we may call to the bullpen later for backup … on the plus side, we got our fill of war movies last night – Gladiator, 300 and Braveheart were all on, and 300 was pretty bad ass … the cheap Phillies are off to a great start to negotiations with Cole Hamels … in case you missed them this weekend, here’s that female wrestler naked in Playboy, courtesy of a friendly reader … Joel Przybilla made a great bet …
Naming Rights ruined sports! (SF Chronicle)
Vince Young finally has at least one legit target – TE Alge Crumpler. (Music City Miracles)
You’ve got to figure that RB Michael Turner is a crazy mofo – leaving a team that was on the cusp of the Super Bowl to join one of the worst franchises in the NFL? (Falcoholic)
Epic 2nd half meltdown by the Terps at home against Clemson certainly won’t help the cause two Sundays from now. (DC Sports Bog)
This is cool – looking back at predictions made in 1900. (Baron Von Media)
Overall, we didn’t enjoy JVG and Mark Jackson’s ABC work Sunday, but Van Gundy does get credit for this offensive rebound call. (Red Lasso)
Seems like Bob Knight might try to pull a Bill Parcells and talk about only subjects he wants to talk about. (USA Today)
Dorking it out with stats, a blogger attempts to prove Jay Bilas wrong. (Get Sports Info)
The Red Sox have a Dancing with the Stars benefit, and Papelbon dresses … um … yeah. Plus, video can be found here. (Inside Track, Out in Left Field)
Trying to compile the A-list WAGS. (Kickette)
They got Landry? And Tyra? (Huffington Post)
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March 3rd, 2008 at 8:26 AM
Devastated by last nights game…Probably shouldnt have been laughing and mindlessly surfing the web up 20 points in the second half. At least every other bubble team lost this past weekend so we can make it up.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 AM
Re: Turner…I see the Falcons as a much improved team this year, I don’t think it was such a bad decision. Esp. if they don’t screw up the draft.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:29 AM
Could Papelbon look any more gay in that photo?
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 AM
@Jay V: Plus 6 years/$35 MM = tough to call a guy crazy
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Ya, the $$$ was obv. a big part of it too!!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Just so that we’re on the same page, these playboy sets are never broken down right? They keep them up and stocked with beads and feathers and then they change out the skank each month? Every playboy picture for the last ten years has looked the exact same. I wonder if there is a cardboard cutout on the set showing the model what the pose should be. Never thought nudity would make me so bored in my life.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 AM
What, besides Turner, gives you the impression the Falcons will be good? They also just lost their best receiving option, Alge Crumpler.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 AM
no link to the A list WAGS of that soccer mag
i want to see Gemma damnit
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Hope this holds you over irish
Gemma
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 AM
I’m with irish. I WANT WAGS.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 AM
After watching that Obama clip, I’m convinced he is the man for the job. All of my fears about his lack experience and concrete policy ideas were erased by elitist actors (many of them speaking a language I don’t understand) assuring me that he’s for all of America. It’s all about “change” and “hope”.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 AM
man, i hate Mondays. The WAG’s would really help me through the morning.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 AM
From that Jay Bilas post —
Chicken-and-egg problem? Is this guy serious?
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:52 AM
@Nick – Whatever do you mean?
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 AM
I don’t see the Falcons as “good”…just improved.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 AM
fixed, but Jemma ain’t on it
how are they improved? Did they get a QB i dont know about? They rebuild the offensive line with nobody knowing? Is the defense overhauled? Jay V – let’s make some kind of gentleman’s bet right now – i’ll take the under on 8 wins. You want the over? And if they win 8, you can get the push.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 AM
@Jay–I would love to be able to agree with you, but I don’t see the Falcons as much improved. I see Turner as an adequate back, but not for that money. Sure, it’s not Peerless Price money, but it’s the same result. You have a guy that’s relatively unproven (like Price was with Buffalo) that had some good stats but was overshadowed by a much better player at the same position (Moulds in Buffalo vs. Tomlinson in SD), and is now signed to be “the guy.” Because, make no mistake about it, although he will be paired with Jerious Norwood, Turner is going to be the lead back. I like Turner, I just don’t like the length/$$ size of the contract. We’ve been crippled over the last few years by these ginormous contracts that Blank insists on signing (Price, Vick, etc.), and I think this is just the most recent instance.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Alex Curran-Gerrard looks banging in that WAG list. very disappointed with it only being 4 tramps and one was scary spice. still love those hoes
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Oh, and saying Turner is the best RB on the free agent market is like saying “Diamond” is the classiest stripper in the club.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 AM
@atlantasportsfan – But Diamond is the classiest stripper in the club.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 AM
“You’ve got to figure that RB Michael Turner is a crazy mofo – leaving a team that was on the cusp of the Super Bowl to join one of the worst franchises in the NFL?”
Because 15 mill in guaranteed dough has a lot to do with it. its the NFL. You can go from 1-15 to the Super Bowl in 2 yrs.
Take the money
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Supposedly, the Steelers are to announce a long-term extension w/ Ben today. That’s a bit of good news for Pgh fans.
Decent WAG site.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 AM
We have a NBA team here in Minnesota? Huh, guess I forgot about that one…..
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 AM
TBL: “get well, get well soon, we want you to get well…”… there will be a cake party for you at your work once you feel better.
@ the Obama song: I think there was a glimpse after Landry of Smash. Now all we need is Street, Saracen, Riggins, and Julie to appear in a video for Hillary and the world will be right.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 AM
TBL, sounds like you have a gastrointestinal virus, and not the flu.
My RN wife would kick my ass if I did not correct you.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 AM
+1 Jimmy
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 AM
1-15 to to the Super Bowl in two years? How many times has this been done?
And have you SEEN THE FALCONS DEPTH CHART?
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 AM
8 years/$102 million for Ben, $36 million guaranteed. Looks like he and Mewelde Moore are going to be their only signings this offseason.
God damn that Terps loss hurt last night, but it wasn’t a complete shocker. They don’t have a Steve Blake-type player to handle the ball or steady the offense, so they’re very susceptible to turning the ball over at a frequent rate. Vasquez might be fun to watch, but for every no-look pass that leads to a dunk, he’s going to make four idiotic passes that lead to turnovers.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 AM
TBL–please stop. I get it. The Falcons suck. You’re just digging a knife into a very deep wound at this point.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 AM
That thing making fun of Bilas is pretty dumb, as Nick and CRM implied. That guy wasted innumerable hours of his life to give me the conclusion that good teams tend to win tournament games. Thanks. And cutting it down to the top 10 seeds in each tournament? Wow, the 1- and 2-seeds tend to advance? You don’t say…
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 AM
the falcons will be lucky to win 5 games next year…michael turner won’t be the next ironhead heyward or mike rozier for this team.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 AM
didnt the Tampa Bay bucs go from worst to super bowl champs that year they won or no?
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 AM
@Neo–you’re correct. Let’s just hope he’s not the next Steve Broussard.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Irish – I think I read the NFC South has had the last place team win the division the next year for something like the last 5 years. Don’t know about the Super Bowl though
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:38 AM
@Irish–I thought you were right too, but was surprised to find out the Bucs were 10-6 the year before…
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:38 AM
anyone catch The Wire last night? Great episode!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Roethlishotdog is right.
The Saints went from a homeless 3-13 team to the NFC Championship in one year.
I think the Panthers went from 1-15 to the Super Bowl in 2 years (or 3)
Irish, the Bucs were consistently good before they won it all. Dungy got them to the NFC Championship once, and then Gruden closed the deal.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Speaking of overrated RBs, I find it hard to believe that Chicago hasn’t made a move for another one.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 AM
@JGP, et al, the Panthers did go from 1-15 in 2001 to the super bowl in 2003 (well, in 2004 technically, but the 2003 season).
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:49 AM
@jgp3553 – I’m hearing they’re going to bring in Julius Jones for a look.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 AM
And the Rams went from a 4 win team in ‘98 to Super Bowl champs in ‘99:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Rams_seasons
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Now I know why Adrianna Lima always has her mouth open in Victoria’s Secret pictures even though she looks like an airhead…when she closes it, she looks borderline retarded. If her eyes were crossed, I’d put a leash on her and call her Mongo.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Nice Hef. Very, very nice.
And this goes to my point with Jessica Simpson (in the other thread). There are so many other equally–or more–attractive women out there and yet we pay so much attention to VS models and the likes of Jessica. I’m not saying they’re ugly (not by any stretch) or that if I were one of these mindless athletes I wouldn’t bang these bims (if only to say I bagged a VS model). I’m just saying…I don’t know… There are hotter chicks, that’s all I’m saying. It’s Monday. Please don’t bring up Tony Larussa today!
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Tony Larussa thinks these bims are the tits. But what does he know.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 AM
@hef: I am going to have to agree with you, Adrianna Lima looks odd in this picture. TBL did her wrong.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 AM
I don’t think the Falcons will be going from worst to first anytime soon.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Is, Is is 4:20 yet? Spencer’s new pen name?
I only saw the Maryland collapse part of the game, it was glorious, but not as glorious as watching UNC come back from 18 down to beat BC.
TBL you are the only one in America who thinks Washington State can beat North Carolina.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:21 PM
@cbh49er
Actually, my old name was Plattsmouthbandwagon, but since most of the posters here know what 4:20 meant, I thought I would change it and make sure the rest join me at 4:20 no matter where they were at.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 PM
That is a good reason indeed.
I must inform you though that there is a typo in your name, you have is twice.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Nice catch. Obviously it is 4:20 all the time for me.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Just out of curiosity, why link to that relatively weak post about Przybilla when you could easily link to the original blog posting?
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Let’s not forget that Landry is a cold-blooded killer. This is the sort of support Obama has? For shame.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Anyone that bashes Lima obviously prefers Marco.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 PM
I never said the Falcons were going to be good…just improved…if for no other reason than they are a year removed from the Vick fiasco.