The Roundup: Oregon State Football Schedules TCU, Wayne’s World, and T-Mac’s Back
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Rihanna … college baseball player drowns while walking dog … viewing porn at the library is a no-no … codeine abuse all the rage in Houston … so when will the US try to cut into its massive debt? … this woman got arrested for demanding a three-some (epic myspace pic included!) … this woman plead guilty to having loud sex … religion vs a 2nd grade holiday show … does this mean H1N1 is over? … how similar is the South Butt to the North Face? … German doctor: Stare at boobs, live longer … here’s a scary shark encounter … the key is firing the arrow when the intruder is in your house …
Major props to Mike Riley and Oregon State, who have dropped a weak game from their schedule to travel to TCU and open the 2010 season. (My QB Has Moxie)
The sketchy Canadian doctor who treated Tiger Woods? He also treated Jose Reyes. (NYT)
Third annual college football TV awards. (Fang’s Bites)
Stan Mikita talks Wayne’s World. (Blackhawks.com)
Jonathan Babineaux of the Falcons was recently arrested for traffic violations and felony possession of marijuana. He tried to lie his way out of it. Failure. (AJC)
Juan Pierre goes to the Chicago White Sox. (Trib)
T-Mac’s back! (Chronicle)
EJ Henderson’s brother has been suspended for four games for performance enhancing substances. (Star Trib)
The most annoying characters on TV. Totally disagree with No. 1. (TV.com)
East Carolina’s Skip Holtz didn’t get the Cincinnati coaching job. (Enquirer)
With Bruce Gradkowski out, the Raiders needed a new backup, and turned to JP Losman. (Mercury News)
Mascot dunking fail. (via Last Angry Fan)
Bill Walton, rapper. (via Hot Clicks)
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December 16th, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Oregon State is crazy.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:09 AM
the fact that a lawyer uttered these words makes me warm inside.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:20 AM
I agree. That is a little much for an OOC schedule. Something tells me Mike Reily is not thrilled about it.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Butch Jones is a better hire, I think for Cincy. Better coach and he’s a Ferris State grad so you know he’s classy. Also, I really want to move that arm placement on the Rhianna photo.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:21 AM
re: annoying tv characters.
i don’t have any problem with E being on the list, but Drama’s the best character on the show, aside from Ari.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:23 AM
The most annoying characters on TV. Totally disagree with No. 1
I totally agree w/ #1 and #7 needs to be higher. Thankfully she is no longer. Entourage ran it’s course 3 season’s ago. And it really should’ve ended after Vince got the role in the Scorsese movie.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:24 AM
How is Glenn Beck not on the list?
December 16th, 2009 at 8:25 AM
THAT’S a woman? Holy shit.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:27 AM
i think that describing her as the personification of the blob makes more sense.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:27 AM
4) Elliot Stabler, Law & Order: SVU
that list is a joke. Stabler kicks ass
December 16th, 2009 at 8:29 AM
I agree. That is a little much for an OOC schedule
That’s a guaranteed national TV game for Oregon State, probably on a Thursday on ESPN, to open the season. They’ll end up making money (which apparently they need). Also, if they win, it’ll be a quality win all year for BCS purposes, because TCU is ostensibly a national power now, and they realistically won’t finish the season with less than 3 losses, ever.
And, if you love the BCS and BCS schools, then you hate Boise, TCU, Utah, et al, and you want somebody to beat the shit out of them early in the year, so they’ll go away. Oregon State took the chance to do just that. It is crazy though.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:29 AM
The list seems to be comprised of characters from TBL’s favorite shows
December 16th, 2009 at 8:30 AM
I’m fairly certain he rather not go to play there. Why the AD department made that deal makes zero sense. If they were to go undefeated or have 1 loss in the Pac 10, they would be assured a BCS game, possibly the national title game.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:30 AM
wow, i’m rambling. Anyway less is supposed to be more up there.
I’ve only got popcorn muscles.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Anna Bambino, 30 and sexy as all hell.
/Steve Phillips’d
//that joke’s getting old’d
December 16th, 2009 at 8:31 AM
i always hated…absolutely hated turtle when i watched entourage. he made that show worse for me.
the list had a lot of hype, thought it would be better.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:31 AM
good to know people think scheduling good opponents – and not just at home – is “crazy.”
You’re right – OSU should have had Eastern Washington or Idaho come to town.
OSU has more balls than 97% of schools in the country. The Beavers athletic department should be applauded.
BREAKING! RACHEL MCADAMS ON GMA! Big fan.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:32 AM
but dirt, both games on the road? that’s a lot of money lost that they could make at home. they didn’t need to add TCU after already agreeing to play Boise State on the road.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:33 AM
but in the present system, it is stupid as hell.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:38 AM
but dirt, both games on the road?
Oh, it’s fucking nuts. But they get a return from TCU, or at least that’s what I gather from the linked blog and the linked linked article. That’s a big money, national TV home game for 2011.
And what if they beat TCU to open the season, on the road? That would probably get them ranked in the top 5 in week 2 of the season (especially if they’re returning 18 starters already). They’re probably going to beat Boise regardless, I would guess. But if they have those two wins, then they can lose 2 in the Pac 10 and still maybe get a BCS bowl, depending on how everything else breaks.
It’s ballsy, but they might beat TCU, right?
December 16th, 2009 at 8:39 AM
That most annoying characters on TV list is horrible. #1 is by far Ted from How I met your mother
December 16th, 2009 at 8:40 AM
but in the present system, it is stupid as hell.
the Penn State method is preferable? Schedule absolutely nobody, try to lose only one game in conference, and then lose your BCS bowl game too. I hate that method, but it’s foolproof in the Big 10. In the Pac 10, sometimes you get jobbed doing that.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:43 AM
I agree, but when they lose to both TCU and Boise State plus to USC and Oregon, they will be sitting at 8-4 and looking at the Emerald Nuts Bowl. They had better have a very good team next year. Scheduling Boise was smooth, but scheduling Boise, TCU, Louisville and playing 9 Pac 10 games is season suicide.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:44 AM
agreed…because they just finished a home and home with Texas and USC
December 16th, 2009 at 8:44 AM
but now they gotta hope TCU doesn’t lose another game all season. otherwise it isn’t that big of a win.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:45 AM
No, OregSU has less money than 97% of BCS schools. They didnt do it for pride, or to test themselves, they make more off this trip then they would for a home game.
“The payout is at least $300,000, with the potential to reach nearly $1 million – the amount the school’s athletic budget figures to be deficient for the 2009-10 academic year.”
December 16th, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Hey now – we go to ‘bama next year.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Penn State tried scheduling teams, unless I am mistaken, then those teams backed out.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:46 AM
How does Rachel like her coffee?
December 16th, 2009 at 8:47 AM
The current system dictates that getting to 12-0 provided that you are a big 6 member is the key. Texas Tech was one win against OU away from playing in the national title game last year and they played no one out of conference. Scheduling top-flight games is awesome and I love watching them, but if you look at this from a practical angle, it makes little sense. The money OSU is losing from not having the home games and the money that they could get by making a BCS is something to consider.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Dont get me wrong, glad OregSU is doing it, lets just not confuse their motive.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:48 AM
The TCU game technically isn’t on the road – it’s a neutral site game. Sounds like they made a sound business decision, seeing as how the Beavers’ first home game this past season was 4,000 people under capacity.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:49 AM
With all of that said, over the past couple of years Oregon State has become one of my favorite teams to watch. I love their multiple offense and Reily seems like a cool dude. To think he turned down the USC job.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Oregon State is crazy
Put me down for someone who thinks this is good. On one hand we are chastising them for scheduling a tough game to open up the season, but on the other hand we are complaining when Michigan schedules App State or When Ohio St. schedules some WAC or Sun Belt team midway through the season. We can’t have it both ways people!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Don’t remember that game.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
“The payout is at least $300,000, with the potential to reach nearly $1 million – the amount the school’s athletic budget figures to be deficient for the 2009-10 academic year.”
Why don’t they get a little bailout from the hoops coach’s brother-in-law?
December 16th, 2009 at 8:52 AM
pkiguy, stop making sense. get out of here with your logic!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:53 AM
The TCU game technically isn’t on the road – it’s a neutral site game
Technically, you’re right, but it’s less than a half hour from TCU’s campus to that stadium.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:53 AM
The most annoying characters on TV.
I don’t know who 7 of the 10 are… but if that list included past shows, Jerry Seinfeld should be top 5.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:54 AM
I’m saying that playing both TCU and Boise State is not smart, I’m not saying it’s not awesome, because it is. But I guarantee that Reilly is not happy about it. I know Richt was not happy about this year’s UGA schedule where they opened the year with: @Ok St, SCAR, @ Arkansas, Arizona State, LSU, @Tennessee and @ Vandy before the bye week. While it looks good nationally in terms of who has guts, your team better be really good. If Oregon State is not careful they could be looking at 4-5 losses next year.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:54 AM
I just think they should have scheduled them at home first if they were going to enter this deal at all.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:56 AM
@Gods
Richt is a terrible coach and so this example sucks.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:56 AM
i agree that OSU has more balls, but they’re the buckeyes not the beavers.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:56 AM
I just think they should have scheduled them at home first if they were going to enter this deal at all.
TCU has the juice right now, not Oregon State. TCU gets to make the rules for once.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:58 AM
And Bama rick-roll’d VaTech to open this year’s season. VaTech went on to have their common over-hyper/let down season and it was still considered a quality win for Bama. I don’t see how Ore St is penalized if they beat TCU next year and TCU goes on to only win 7-8 games…
December 16th, 2009 at 8:58 AM
TBL-i think you are missing the point form some of us. most of think of it as great from the viewing fan standpoint (accept maybe Oregon State fans). but from an even more objective view, which takes into account finances, and impact on their season, it is crazy. high risk, high reward. unless TCU ends up sucking, and it all becomes moo.
/tribiani’d
December 16th, 2009 at 8:58 AM
fuck oregon state.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Come again?
December 16th, 2009 at 9:00 AM
All I see.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
everyone from a BCS conference should schedule at least one big OOC game with the way the system is set up.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
it’s MIKE RILEY
December 16th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
I love watching them play. That jet sweep they do with Rodgers (the older one) is a nasty play. So many things that you can do off of that play.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
yea, if your job is on the line to start the season you sure as hell don’t want ooc bcs teams out of the gate. coaches like those automatic w’s to warm up.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:02 AM
fuckin’ midgets.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Come again?
In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary?
December 16th, 2009 at 9:03 AM
My bad.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:04 AM
everyone from a BCS conference should schedule at least one big OOC game with the way the system is set up
Unless your school has a famous name, and you get big love from the AP Poll/Coaches Poll regardless of what you do.
If you’re USC, Penn State or Oklahoma, you don’t have to schedule anybody good to make the national championship game. Just win your conference undefeated and you’re home free. It’s only lesser schools (the ones that stupid voters give no respect year after year) that have to schedule like men. For instance, Oregon State, who never gets to play on national TV.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
fuckin’ midgets.
Your boy Sergio is a fuckin’ midget, hypocrite.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
wonder how many of the wizards dancers b haywood has “hung out with”
http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/85539/washington-wizards-dancers-2009.html#7
December 16th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
It’s so much better having massive big 10 players. Watching Florida’s smaller, faster players run circles around them was fun though.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:06 AM
my boy sergio doesn’t besmirch the OSU acronym.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:06 AM
fuckin’ midgets.
Your boy Sergio is a fuckin’ midget, hypocrite.
ill: to be fair, women are usually shorter than men
December 16th, 2009 at 9:07 AM
that’s almost as good as watching those small, fast players from florida run roughshod through georgia.
/watches bill callahan era nebraska highlight tapes
//needs coffee
December 16th, 2009 at 9:07 AM
I agree. I love watching the big matchups, and I hate what Florida does out of conference, but they have no reason to risk a loss. Sure, one loss does not mean that you’re out of it, but why take the risk if you don’t need to. If you are in the top-10 when the season begins all you need to do is go 12-0. It’s sad but true.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/85539/washington-wizards-dancers-2009.html#7
if you click that, put your volume on low, and click the Olivia Munn video in the sidebar. It’s worth it. She’s awesome looking (if annoying sounding).
December 16th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Didn’t Oklahoma play BYU this year?
and again, I am pretty sure Penn State had someone that backed out. Penn State has also had big names on their schedules in the past. though Notre Dame has not been as relevant, they have also been on the schedule in the past as well. USC has always had the balls to take someone on early.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Come again?
I think he has had some talented teams, but just doesn’t seem to be able to capitalize on it. Yes his team was hurt a little last year, but I think the could have won some more games.I think that based upon how a couple of his seniors from last season are doing in the NFL this year shows that he had a talented team and could have won some more games.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Didn’t Oklahoma play BYU this year?
They did (and they lost) but they didn’t have to. They could have scheduled The Little Sisters of the Poor, Oklahoma A & M, and Hamburger U and held their wildly undeserved # 3 preseason ranking.
Florida plays nothing but punks OOC, but it doesn’t matter. Penn State was the most glaring example this year, only because I count Iowa as a lesser school.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:13 AM
18 (yes, eight-fucking-teen) season ending injuries. That’s a bit more than a “a little hurt.” Also, Richt has just as many undefeated seasons as does Urban Meyer: none. When Richt’s teams went 12-1, two teams went undefeated so he was left out of the title game, Florida was luckier. Hell, Les Miles won a title with 2 losses. Winning national titles is so much about luck. Winning your conference title is how to judge a coach. Richt has 2 SEC titles and one more SEC title game appearence. Yes, he has not won a national title, but the dude has like a .770 win percentage or something like that and he has done so in the best conference in CFB.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
/high five!
December 16th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
florida has always been scared. they dropped miami.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:19 AM
at least 7 people sent me the Munn video/pics. Am i crazy or is she not really that hot?
obviously she looks fantastic, but people are drooling and acting like she’s what Alba was in the middle of this decade. she’s not, IMO
December 16th, 2009 at 9:20 AM
i think i’d pay to see the grinning girl with the do-rag and the mad dog (ie, threesome girl from the link above) fight in a battle royale against WWE “divas”
December 16th, 2009 at 9:21 AM
the refs reaction is the best in that mascot video. they do nothing but stare at the guy. that had to seriously hurt.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
wonder how many of the wizards dancers b haywood has “hung out with”
I’ve “hung out with” some of those girls as well. Probably not in the same sense as Haywood, but I can tell you they LOVE some yay-yo.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
this was why i never got my son the shot.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
If you are in the top-10 when the season begins all you need to do is go 12-0. It’s sad but true.
another reason to melt the preseason polls into soemthing more practical, like silverware
December 16th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
I think I could argue that getting rid of preseason polls would be one of the best things the NCAA could do. Of course preseason polls drive debate, so this will never happen.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Spence, the Times article says Actovegin is not approved for sale in US or Canada, but you said yesterday it was permitted by PGA rules for injury recovery. So you can use it, but you have to buy it outside North America?
December 16th, 2009 at 9:26 AM
at least 7 people sent me the Munn video/pics. Am i crazy or is she not really that hot?
you routinely put up pictures of Ashley Tisdale. Maybe you should take some input on hotness sometimes.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
i know Rhianna gets some static for the beluga forehead, but man is she gorgeous. the absolute definition of bedroom eyes, and those breasticles are a revelation. and you guys are homoerotic for only once mentioning her in 77 comments
December 16th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
And people complain that nobody will schedule Boise State.
Print it, frame it, hang it on the wall.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
ill – you’ve got quite the social calendar. are you the biggest mack daddy of all the commenters? I know Tampa Bo would argue that … but do we need to start playing ‘return of the mack’ when you show up in the AM?
how do you know ‘em?
December 16th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Home and home’s coming up with Nebraska, UVa and ‘Bama
December 16th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
honestly, im not really sure.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:29 AM
i know Rhianna gets some static for the beluga forehead, but man is she gorgeous. the absolute definition of bedroom eyes, and those breasticles are a revelation. and you guys are homoerotic for only once mentioning her in 77 comments
butterface. Especially but her fivehead.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Also, Jose Reyes has GOTTA be taking something, I’m guessing HGH.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:30 AM
The point isn’t that there is a double standard about scheduling tough or easy OOC games. The point is that if the risk/reward for the team is too far to one side (risk) because of the way the system operates, then why bother? From the standpoint of trying to make a BCS bowl, it makes no sense and my guess is that if this game keeps Oregon State (possible, not probably) out of a BCS bowl, the money they make my playing TCU is dwarfed by the money they would have made in a BCS bowl.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Munn’s OK, like dwarf-thumbs is OK. i’m no fan of slutty make-up’d enhanced high heels looks, more of a regular-gal-beauty guy.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Home and home’s coming up with Nebraska, UVa and ‘Bama
I have been informed that UVA athletics are sub par, when it was being argued earlier in the year that TCU sucks.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
That freaky hair styling doe not help with that fivehead. Neck down, on the other hand….
December 16th, 2009 at 9:32 AM
i don’t think she has an attractive face, and she’s always got some really fucked up hair going on, which is another negative on the unattractive scale for me.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
You can’t discount the nerdboner factor for Munn. She sluts it up on AOTS and keeps the techfags happy.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
fucking deng 3 with 3 seconds left cost me money last night
December 16th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
@TBL – Far from a social mack daddy, I’ll defer to Tampa on that one. I know some of those girls through mutual friends, same with Redskinettes. My buddy rents a room to a ex-dancer and those girls are like a cult, so it’s easy to come across them from time to time.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:36 AM
I think one guy said that TCU sucks, and he admittedly hasn’t watched them. TCU is really really good. UVA is not. Although, there are worse opponents that you could schedule for an OOC game. It isn’t exactly news that teams from non-BCS conferences get games. Happens all the time.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:37 AM
yeah a mack daddy hangs out on TBL at dark
December 16th, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Seems Wil and I share thoughts on Rhianna
December 16th, 2009 at 9:38 AM
@clown – Capone performing Superthug by himself was embarrassing. Nore runs that show and is evidently lock’d up. Rae was solid though… came out hammered, sipped tiger balm(?), henney, and smoked the entire time. Still killed it.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Seems Wil and I share thoughts on Rhianna
have fun with your small-foreheaded chicks with flat hair, tasteless women obervers
December 16th, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Get rid of that fucking haircut.
/no homo.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:51 AM
I’m pretty sure Mike Francesa mentioned on his show on Monday that he also dealt with the same doctor as Reyes (I’m assuming Galea) to help out with his chronic knee problems. (Not a joke)
December 16th, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Olivia Munn to me is regular girl hot, not famous girl hot
December 16th, 2009 at 9:55 AM
who else is “regular hot”?
because Munn is pretty “famous” IMO
regular hot would be the girl at my bagel shop.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:00 AM
that’s fine, have fun with your JCPenny mannequin looking women.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Um, thanks? She’s successfully positioned herself as the cool girl who will blow you while you play Call of Duty. True or not it does add to her hotness.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Ooo, sick morning guy burn!
December 16th, 2009 at 10:05 AM
What I meant is if she was a regular girl I’d think she was really hot, but her competition is a little stiffer in Hollywood so she’s not as hot when you compare her to famous women. She’s still hot but not that hot. But she would be that hot if she were in Lansing, Michigan. It’s all relative
December 16th, 2009 at 10:08 AM
nah, this has nothing to do with TCU, and everything to do with Jerry Jones.
As for giving Oregon State props for this game…as some of the other commenters have stated…sure, they deserve some for playing this game…but let’s not confuse their motive. This is a cash-grab, and nothing else.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:10 AM
regular hot
Sandra Bullock 10 years ago
Rachel Bilson
maybe Jordana Brewster
like that.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:16 AM
People still write about codeine in Houston? This was old hand 10 years ago, and now it’s passe. A lot of local rappers wrote the stuff of two years ago when Pimp C died from codeine OD.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Ooo, sick morning guy burn!
i’ll stick around in the afternoon just to piss you off Sanders/Rooney/Mr Cracker Jack/whatever you want to be called
December 16th, 2009 at 10:22 AM
tosshi i think you’re looking for old hat
December 16th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
don’t the conference schools split all bowl money equally, even with teams that don’t make a bowl?
so there’s no financial incentive for osu to try schedule their way to a bcs game. on the other hand, if jerry is writing a big check that goes directly to osu’s account, take the money.
btw – if osu wanted to go to a bcs game all it had to do was beat oregon the past 2 yrs.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:28 AM
You’re right Reaaazy. I was reading and replying while someone was in my office having a theological debate on god’s hand in creating the universe. It’s been a fun morning.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:29 AM
no excuses i demand perfection
December 16th, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Long as it doesn’t pertain to capitalization?
December 16th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Way late to this party, but for OSU it’s all about the money, their athletic department is going broke. They never sell out their stadium. This is just the beginning of some changes you will see now that they are teaming up with Nike.