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by Pete Rossman on Oct 6, 2011 5:31 AM CDT
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PrintHappy Thursday! Posting's been a bit sporadic, but with the bye week and all there hasn't been a tremendous amount to analyze this week. First though, I'd like to ask a favor.
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"Waterboy" helped inspire Spartans | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com Rest assured the football staff will not rest until all football movies released in the '90s have been mined and exploited. Next up -- "The Last Boy Scout"!
Demands on athletics directors resemble CEO challenges – USATODAY.com A great national article on Mark Hollis's achievements as athletic director, with a bit on Dave Brandon as well. It seems like Hollis should be making closer to what Brandon's making, shouldn't it?
Dantonio presser bullet points - LSJ Blogs: Hey, Joe A bit more on Dantonio's press conference yesterday, with even more emphasis on Kirk Cousins needing to loosen up a bit. Has Dantonio tried the same speech Eric Taylor gave Matt Saracen about getting a girl in the backseat of a car? That seemed to work pretty well.
Big Ten awards race tracker - Big Ten Blog - ESPN Jerel Worthy is listed for Defensive Player of the Year and Marcus Rush is second for Freshman of the Year.
Week Six F/+ Rankings - Football Study Hall Michigan State moves up to 20th in Bill Connolly's F/+ rankings. For all the Football Outsiders' NCAA rankings, go hyuh and hyuh.
Will playing on a ship affect a jump shot? - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN Lastly, the folks over at ESPN have the courage to address the issues you vaguely thought could be issues.
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Might be worth adding....
….links about Pete Gent who played basketball and graduated from MSU in the 60s before going on to play in the NFL for Dallas. He led the team in scoring his senior year, so he was at least a good college basketball player. More famously, he wrote North Dallas Forty, a semiautobiographical novel about the NFL, which was scandalous in its time for being honest about what pro athletes got up to. He was from Bangor, between Kalamazoo and South Haven. New York Times obit is here.
by witless chum on Oct 6, 2011 5:48 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Last Boy Scout
Opposing defenders better HOPE we don’t have a play in our repertoire called “Last Boy Scout”…
By the way, that is one of the most hilariously implausible sports movie scenes of all time.
"It was worth it. Every needle, every dose of medicine that I've taken. That's why you play the game. A chance to be on a Final Four team, a chance to win championships." Delvon Roe
Since Glenn Winston isn't on the team anymore....
….I hope we don’t have to worry about a RB running down the field with a gun in his hand.
"Everyone who drinks is not a poet. Maybe some of us drink because we're not poets." - Arthur Bach
I'd put it the other way around on AD salaries
Brandon (and all the other major college coaches, ADs, as well as Conference and NCAA officials) should be making more in line to what Hollis makes, and quite frankly all are compensated very generously for running what are essentially non-profit organizations who benefit from a lot of very low-cost-to-free student labor.
I’m really getting sick of all the “look how challenging this rich guy’s job is” articles. Your job should be pretty challenging if you make upwards of $400K per year.
Louisville AD LOLWUT!!!!!!
That top 5 has a serious outlier…
That Saracen speech
Would probably just make Kirk even tenser, based on what I know of him.
I like using "The Waterboy" for inspiration (and laughs)
Perhaps our next opponent will choose to re-enact it’s scene from that movie in our game?!?!
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