College Football

[hedge]

"They're working hard on the spin to get it to be nothing. I say that's what he gets, nothing."

He barely touched the dude, but I guess simple touching is the threshold along the same lines of "Hell naw! You don't talk about my MAMA!!!"

[BigRedMan]

that was the biggest screw job ever

Bret Hart has something to say about that....

[eCat]

I'm guessing the NFL is going to give the real refs their pension soon

[Jungle Rat]

One of the refs on that call was let go by the lingerie league.

[eCat]

Memo to Romney and Obama: First guy to come out publicly in favor of deposing Goodell will carry Wisconsin in November.
—Ryan Flippo, Tulsa

Why dont the refs just come to my house and (BLEEP) me up the (BLEEP)? Trick question. These f*ck faces couldn't get that right either.
—Demetre, Oak Creek, WI

I would rather watch Madden '12 simulate the entire remaining NFL schedule than have games end like this. Slow, sarcastic '80s clap to you, Mr. Goodell …
—Tom V, Dyer, IN

Easy and awesome Halloween idea: Replacement Ref. You just have to look like a regular ref, and then you get to act like a jackass all night! Tried to sneak into a bar and got caught? I didn't know the rules! I'm a replacement ref! Spill a drink all over the sexy bee at the Halloween party? Whoops! I'm a replacement ref! Threw up all over the taxi? I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS KIND OF PRESSURE. I'M A REPLACEMENT REF.
—Aaron, Chicago

Let's write a script about a part time teacher with terminal cancer who becomes a replacement referee and rigs a game to win $500,000 in Vegas. I call it Breaking Bad Call.
—Maxwell S., NY

I'm feeling a little better now, b/c somehow while trying to ease my pain by checking twitter for reactions, I ended up stumbling across Gary Payton beefing with some random guy after the guy took offense to Payton celebrating the win. The high point was Payton responding "Fuck You Bitch" point blank to the guy in his second tweet. I retweeted it, but sadly it was deleted a few minutes later, I think b/c Payton noticed that hundreds of people retweeted it …
—Eugene Matusevitch, Bethesda

All I know is that in 5 years, you will be making a 30 for 30 documentary on these replacement referees and it will be epic. I can't wait for you to interview the Saints fan ref, or the ref who had McCoy on his fantasy team. Or to interview the crew of the Pats-Ravens game and ask them how loud the "bullshit" chants were. Or the two refs in the Seahawks-Packers game who made opposing calls and then ultimately agreed on a TD. PLEASE START TAPING NOW!!!
—Eric B, Mokena, IL

On your BS Report with Cousin Sal Monday you mentioned one of your readers suggesting it would be a great publicity stunt if Romney donated $50 million of his untaxed money to get the refs to back. Romney obviously isn't spending what should be the governments money to restore order to America's sport, but why wouldn't a beer company take this idea and run with it? If Budweiser paid the refs what they were asking to come back by Thursday, wouldn't it instantly become the most popular beer in America? Are you telling me that any football fan standing in front of the refrigerator at a convenience store picking up a 30 pack before the 1 p.m. games ISN'T choosing Bud Light over every other beer from now on? They can even get a little patch on the back of the ref's uniforms that says "Don't forget who made this happen" and has their logo. There's no way that making commercials about a savant dog who fetches beers and rolls on kegs at the lamest pool party ever is a better way to spend advertising money. This seems almost too obvious.
—Nate Wise, NYC

[hedge]

"
I would rather watch Madden '12 simulate the entire remaining NFL schedule than have games end like this."

Pretty much anybody who gives enough of a shit to actually write that on some website that has run an NFL ref story is not going to quit watching the games. And the NFL knows that. Evidently ratings are up as well as live attendance. That's all the league and the owners care about. If people really did stop watching and going to games, they'd get the real refs back quickly, but as long as people are watching and paying, why should they budge? Now then, you get some high profile players to do a mini-strike and sit out a game or two b/c of some of the bullshit hits and overall lack of control under this batch of refs, you might see some action taken. See there, you rap somebody on the beak, you get some attention around here...

[Bklyn]

There no bad Gary Payton stories.

[AlabamAlum]

FUCK YOU BITCH

[hedge]

There are no bad Don Sutton stories either. In fact, there's only one Don Sutton story. Here it is:

Don Sutton

[hedge]

It carries even more weight b/c it could be interpreted as a redneck mafia lord...

[Bklyn]

Heh

[crashcourse]

nfl meeting again but it is like a train wreck.

you domn't flip the channel because the absurdity that occurs weekly is like slowuing down for a car wreck

300 million dollars changed hands because of that call in vegas alone

[Fifer]

Notre Dame cancels series with Michigan after 2014. To my understanding they want to go to 2 games with the Big Ten, which will be Purdue and Michigan State. This looks like step two on ND's road to full membership in the ACC. They are not saying that now, but that's where Jack Swarbrick is taking them.


http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-0 ... r-acc-move

[Jungle Rat]

They are committed to 5 ACC games each year. Who should they drop instead of Michigan from their traditional rivals?

[Owlman]

Keep Purdue and Indiana, I'd think (same state). Drop Mich. St and Mich.

[hedge]

Good move by ND. Michigan looks to be moving back into prominence whilst ND continues to be mired in mediocrity. Not that most of Michigan's sub-standard recent editions haven't been enough to dominate ND recently, but it doesn't appear that trend is going to change anytime soon...

[eCat]

Thats what UK did with IU!

[Jungle Rat]

http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec ... story.html

If this was next years schedule I see them playing the 5 ACC plus Purdue, Michigan St. (they only need 1 Michigan game), Navy, Stanford, USC. That gives them 1 more flex game.

[crotch]

[Dr. Nostron]

Thats why its all the more fucking annoying when people want to crawl over you with their brood - during an actual play!