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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 28, 2011 -> 03:00 PM) Full Color, 7" tablet from Amazon, the "Kindle Fire". $199. Yep, very smooth for that price. And...already preordered by moi.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 08:37 PM) Hey, no worries, looks like my school is back in the NCAA investigation picture. Lane Kiffin really is the gift that keeps on giving. I'm so f***ing pissed. I dealt with a year and a half investigation, and now another one is being opened up for more violations during Kiffin's tenure. When will it end? Lane Kiffin is the gift that keeps on giving.... That dude is pure poison, and I REALLY wish they'd give him the coaching death penalty for a few years honestly. He deserves it.

The whole Boise thing, gets NO airplay which is kinda crazy. It seemed to me like it was very far-reaching, in terms of the scope. Yet I bet there are people out there, college football fans, who don't even know Boise was in trouble of any kind.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 19, 2011 -> 07:08 PM) No offense to Capn, but is anyone surprised this happened at a school that landed Clowney? Anyone who seriously also considered Clemson is shady enough for me. Clowney is a super mama's boy, that wasn't going anywhere where mama couldn't drive to watch him play. That commit was 'sealed' long before he ever went public.

Nothing that wasn't unexpected. 10 football players were paying $450 a month to stay at a pretty crappy hotel. NCAA deemed that under 'market' value, ok I guess, whatever. All of the violators were made to move out asap last year, and pay all back rent. As for S.A.M, the University has turned a pretty cold shoulder to that outfit. Part of the problem there is that the founder is a S. Carolina alumnus, which obviously is a big no-no. But here is the thing, we received 1 commit out of the 16 or so kids that went through that program. That kid's father was on the board of trustees for that organization, but still let them pay for things for this kid. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Overall though, like I said, its pretty sad that the NCAA can spend a year + hanging around, looking for things we did wrong, and only come up with the Whitney hotel crap, and the S.A.M. organization junk that just happened ~2 weeks ago. I never want to compare situations, but in terms of wrongdoings in comparison to other schools in hot water, I don't see very much. We'll see.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Sep 16, 2011 -> 09:31 AM) After the way LSU just shut down Miss St, I cant imagine LSU not being a favorite. And given the perception of SEC schools playing big teams from other conferences, especially considering they are playing a Big East team, I would guess LSU being a 3-5 point favorite. I dont see South Carolina going 12-0 either. Three consecutive weeks on the road at Miss St, Tennesse and Arkansas will be killer. I'm not too high on Florida but South Carolina then plays UF right afterwards and who knows how much they'll have left in the tank. If someone doesn't step up at QB, we're gonna be lucky to get to 9-3. The passing game is atrocious right now. Luckily, our bye week is between Miss. St and Tennessee, so that helps as well.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Sep 16, 2011 -> 02:16 AM) Foo Fighters were f***ing incredible last night. They played for 2.5 hours, and brought the house down. They played two covers in the encore (Tom Petty and Queen)...they were clearly having a good time, since the Queen cover (Tie Your Mother Down) was completely spontaneous and not part of the original set list. Here's a review; the setlist is at the bottom of the article. November in Atlanta, I'll get to see em for the 3rd or 4th time. It has always been a great show IMO. I'd go see them, and/or Chris Cornell ANYDAY of the week.

Awful, boring game that just shows Mullen's team really isn't that special at all.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 11, 2011 -> 10:43 PM) You have a very fun team this year...thanks for beating UGA! Is that Ingram guy a highly rated NFL prospect? Clowney's just awesome, it's hard to imagine him not being a top 3 pick after 3 seasons. Man, there are TONS of 'boo hoos' going on around me, living in Clemson (ugh) country. But fact remains, these are the type of games that Georgia has beaten us in, in the last 10 years. There have been numerous occasions in the last decade where we flat outplayed them, and some fluke play (our fumble on the Georgia 2 yard line to lose, David Pollack sacking our QB in the endzone and taking the ball from him at the same time) caused us to lose. Its nice to be on the other side of that ledger for once. We went on the road, played a team that was back against the wall with a coach they are trying to save, played half ass, and STILL came away with a win. As for Ingram, he was a linebacker, that had no home, he moved to the D Line last year, and had 9.5 sacks. Coming into this year, though, we had 1st Team SEC DE Devin Taylor on one end, and of course, Clowney on the other. So Ingram has been turned into a DE/DT hybrid that is absolutely wreaking havoc so far. Our D Line has won the games for us so far, thanks to the back 7 playing some extremely s***ty football so far. QUOTE (dasox24 @ Sep 12, 2011 -> 12:43 AM) The main thing that separates the SEC from all the other conferences are its defensive lines - they're all so big and fast. It's as close to the NFL as you can find. And Melvin Ingram is a prime example of that defensive line talent. How many d-lineman can outrun an entire team for 70 yards on a fake punt and also be on the "hands team" for kickoffs? It's amazing. Its funny, the team and coaches talk about him a lot. How he can throw farther than Garcia, can punt if needed, and was a running back in high school. And how he does standing back flips in practice all the time. Kinda ridiculous. Now, we get to prepare for a Navy offense that will absolutely baffle us. I'm nervous, but its our home opener, so I feel pretty good.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Sep 11, 2011 -> 06:49 PM) The video of the Bulldog in your signature is cracking me up... Awesome. And yes, going into the Swamp will be tough, but I'm very excited to see this Tennessee team against a high-level opponent. Kind of surprised to see Florida open -10. We'll see how that line adjusts through the week. Funny seeing a 270 lb DE/DT rumble that far and not a single Georgia player wanted any part of hitting him. Ugly game, and we still haven't clicked as a team, but hell, still 2-0. I think 10 points is WAY off in that game. Not sure why they think that Florida has shown themselves to be anything more than a 2-5 point favorite.

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Sep 11, 2011 -> 03:14 PM) UT looked really good yesterday. The defense adjusted in the 2nd quarter, Dooley had a good game plan, and I'm becoming a bigger Bray fan every week. The offense looked so much better last year when he started, and he was tossing some great passes yesterday. Yep, but now a real test vs a real opponent comes. Tennessee vs Florida at Florida should be a game to watch this week. I'm looking forward to that, and Auburn at Clemson, before the Oklahoma-FSU game.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 11, 2011 -> 02:01 AM) Speaking of td's that should have counted, Miss State should have tied Auburn up on the 2nd or 3rd to last play of that game. Really not sure why that wasn't reviewed. Or...just go play action...pretty boneheaded play calling there, with no time outs. Auburn has that horseshoe wedged squarely up their ass right now.

I prefer less dramatic finishes for the next few games, please. Thanks team.

I think this is pretty awesome, despite the shoes not actually having power laces yet... Marty McFly's shoes! And all for a GREAT cause..

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Sep 6, 2011 -> 06:43 PM) I think we are just seeing the beginning of the movement once A&M gets it started. The issue would be that the Big East would have 20 basketball teams and 12 football teams already. If the SEC takes Clemson or VT from the ACC, where would the ACC turn? I also can't see the Big 10 expanding just to expand. It's going to be an interesting September. Clemson won't be put in the SEC, guaranteed.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 07:33 AM) Even though it was expected, last night really sucked from an entertainment standpoint. I cant remember the last time I wasnt excited about the opening Thursday night games on ESPN. If nothing else, it was amusing to watch Kentucky tally a whopping 76 yards of TOTAL offense midway through the 4th quarter. Of course, the 2 plays on their only earned touchdown drive, made it look better. And that against a team that is 4-32 in the last 4 seasons of D1 football...

I'm late to the party, so to speak, but I've spent the last 4-5 days playing NCAA Football 12. I enjoy the dynasty as a coach this year. I started as an OC, with the Akron Zips of all teams. Horrible, horrible level of talent. Went 4-8 the first year, my top recruit being a 3* Punter sadly. Next year, 3-9 (mostly simulated the game part). Offered the head coaching job at Maryland, and jumped at it. Enjoyable game so far, though I get frustrated with the super defense pass tipping.

The run at the SEC East begins in 2 days! Man, I've been counting down the days until football starts, for over 10 weeks...and here we are...

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 09:35 PM) I know, right? Tennessee picked up 15 recruits in a span of 32 days and I had nowhere to brag about it. Not that anyone would care since everyone here is a Big 10 fan. Hell no, most certainly not.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) What is spotify? Spotify is by far, my favorite means for music right now.

All legalese CYA at the moment from the SEC and Slive. Honestly, the A&M move is imminent. Now, the question is, who is joining the East...

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Aug 14, 2011 -> 12:59 AM) No disrespect meant. You guys have a .500 program, but you always had great fan support. Now you are getting top recruits and consistently winning. I just vividly remember your 98-99 seasons. I still try to forget 98 and 99 ever happened. No excuse for that abomination of a performance...

Enough haterade about my South Carolina team!! 'Doormat' and mired in mediocrity aren't the same thing. We're a 500 program over the life of football, not a complete assclown team.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 05:21 PM) So after you define One hit wonder by saying they have one hit song, then you list her albums? Name more than one of her hit songs without searching Mandinka Gets plenty of airplay. And now damn, I see it was mentioned. But yeah.

I'm pretty excited that we have 3 more YEARS of a 'power' hitter who has a snowballs chance in hell of getting a hit off a lefty.