For those who watched that Ohio State vs. Minnesota blowout, you heard ESPN analyst, Bob Griese, inform viewers that NASCAR driver, Juan Pablo, was “out having a taco,” when asked by Chris Spielman why Pablo wasn’t in the NASCAR top 5 graphic they had up during a break in the football action.
During the broadcast, ESPN ran a graphic listing the top five drivers in NASCAR’s Chase for the championship points race. Fellow analyst Chris Spielman asked where was Montoya, who is Colombian. Griese replied that he was “out having a taco.”
The apology at the end of the game, which can be heard in the video above, sounded… well… really freaking awkward. After what feels like a minute of silence, Griese chimes in, almost forcing himself to apologizes. I picture Chris Spielman giving Griese that look your mom used to give you when you had to apologize to your brother, but didn’t really want to.
[via SI.com]
Richard Seymour and the Raiders got the respect they deserved this weekend. Unfortunately though it didn’t come with mustard and relish on it. As you just saw above, Mark Sanchez thought it would be a good idea to cure his hunger with a hot dog on the sideline with his team on their way to a 38-0 victory over the Raiders.
Nothing about this whole scenario surprised me. After all, we all know that the Raiders suck and that Sanchez loves his hot dog in between a bun.
Zing.
h/t With Punte
For the second week in a row, Florida has been ranked at the top of the BCS pile (the pile being an arbitrary pile of crap).
I find myself loathing the BCS a little less this week, though. The BCS has the not-so-glamorous Iowa Hawkeyes above the glitz of the USC Trojans, whereas the AP voters say USC is better than the undefeated Hawkeyes. Many attribute Big Ten flops in recent years to why voters are less likely to vote a Big Ten team to the top, even though the Big Ten isn’t the weakling it’s made out to be. People seem to forget that two years ago, a mediocre Michigan team took out Tebow’s Gators in Coach Carr’s last game. The media didn’t go off on how mighty the Big Ten was and how pathetic the SEC was. Instead it was brushed under the rug in order to focus on games where the SEC did pound the Big Ten.
I’m not saying that the Big Ten is better than the SEC or the Trojans’ PAC 10 for that matter. But I am saying that the computers have it right in looking at the undefeated record before the history. Now Cincinnati needs to get some love from the BCS. They’re just as undefeated as Iowa, after all.
[via ESPN]
I didn’t think we’d ever hear from Mark McGwire again after his appearance before Congress. I may be wrong. From MLB.com:
Tony La Russa was expected to return as the Cardinals’ skipper, but he could have a new hitting coach in slugger Mark McGwire.
According to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney, La Russa has signed a multi-year contract to return. But Hal McRae will not return as the Cardinals hitting coach and will be replaced by McGwire.
You don’t really think of St. Louis as a crazy town, but with LaRussa and McGwire together, you can count on a ton of booze and needles for everyone. Not that McGwire can’t offer helpful advice on hitting, but I imagine he’ be quite a distraction. And I don’t even mean because of the steroids or lying before Congress stuff. How can the players concentrate on the game when there’s this 6’5″ monstrous ginger lurking in the dugout? It’s jarring enough to see a normal sized ginger walking down the street with alien hair and freckled skin and empty eyes, but a behemoth like McGwire would be too much to handle. What I’m trying to say is that Mark McGwire doesn’t have a soul and LaRussa should be butchered for even thinking about bringing him near Pujols.
After all this crap. After all the moaning and whining. After all the worry!
The regular referees made the call. They’re coming back to work.
The referees union and the NBA agreed on a two-year contract Friday, ending a lockout of more than a month and saving the league from using replacements when the regular season starts.
Thank God because in the preseason referees were actually making real calls! Yes, fouls were actually called. When a guy took more than two steps the refs didn’t look the other way!
I’m so glad things will be back to the way they were. Now gamblers can be rest assured that a game that winds up being a potential blowout will have no chance at doing so. There will always be some ref making sure the spread works in his favor.
NBA Refs: They’re FANNNNNTASSTIC!
If you’ve been watching a lot of football and playoff baseball lately, then you’ve probably noticed that Chris Berman is the pitch man for Applebee’s and their two for $20 meal deal. Despite the fact that Applebee’s triggers something in my brain that immediately makes me start quoting Ricky Bobby, I happened to recall that Berman is also promoting Nutrisystem.
Yes, as in the diet weightloss program.
Maybe I sniffed too much glue this morning, but I’m pretty sure that Applebee’s buffalo tenders aren’t going to be knocking of the lbs. for anyone.
Let’s play a real quick guessing game – see if you can figure out who each player is. This shouldn’t take too long:
Player A has played in 20 ALCS games. In those games, he’s hit 7 home runs, driven in 16 RBIs, and has an OPS of 1.169.
Player B has played in 47 ALCS games. In those games, he’s hit 7 home runs, driven in 23 RBI, and has an OPS of .762.
Player B has played in 27 more ALCS games, yet has the same amount of home runs and just 7 more RBI than Player A. And Player A has been much more productive in his ALCS games than has Player B, as evidenced by his whopping 1.169 OPS versus Player B’s meager .762.
Have you made your guess yet? Answers after the jump.
Who knew that working for ESPN makes you a chick magnet? I’m serious, look at these guys. Berman, Berry, Marcellus, and even the Sportsguy! Hell, not even Deadspin commenter Jennifer Williams can’t resist.
I guess working for ESPN is the new Sex Panther cologne. 60% of the time, it works every time.
