June 8th, 2010 § 1
June 8th, 2010
By Just A. Bartender
Dilworth, NC – As I wrote of the Super Conference, that opened the question about what the SEC and the others are going to do if the Big Ten and the Pac 10 move to 16 schools. The SEC would probably be first to act, so who would they take to go from 12 to 16. (with likely percentage of them joining the SEC)
June 7th, 2010 § 0
June 7th, 2010
By Just A. Bartender
Dilworth, NC – The Bartenders have been off for awhile, with college football dormant, but it is time to wake up the ghosts of the gridiron. Today’s topic the building of the Super Conference, and no fear I think Woody would like this.
December 23rd, 2009 § 0
By Just A. Bartender
Dilworth, NC – So there are some questions and arguments that have come up during this time of giving. Let’s look at all this hubbub going on as gifts.
Brad Childress to Brett Favre – A ration of shit, and embarrassing a legend on national TV. I myself didn’t see it when it happened, I was busy hosting my Hideous XMas party 12 blocks from the bruhaha. Childress get over yourself, you have staked your career on building a team around a player you didn’t have, now you have him, you are a couple of wins away from a bye in the playoffs, let him check off and try to win this thing for you. Favre is teflon, no matter what he does people love him and will always love him, he is John Wayne wrapped around Joe Montana. Ride the storm and win the NFC.
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December 22nd, 2009 § 0
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the bar
The Drunks were stirring, coming from near and far;
The ales were chilling in the cooler with care,
In hopes that St. Micholas would soon serve beer;
The barstools were nestled all snug up along the rail,
While visions of lemon drops on the way without fail;
And Eric in his sweater, and I in my Dilworth Billiards Tuke,
Had just stocked up the coolers for evening of booze, not a fluke,
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December 17th, 2009 § 0
12/17/2009
By: The Young Bartender
The Beach, FL: Time for the twelve days of Christmas, sports style!
On the twelfth day of Christmas Michael Wilbon gave to me…
12 Tiger mistresses
11 point spread in the Florida-Cincinnati game…I like the Bearcats
10 Unwatchable bowl games:
Fresno State- Wyoming- How does the state of New Mexico get a bowl?
Middle Tennessee- Southern Mississippi- Who cares?
Central Florida- Rutgers- UCF will take anything they can get.
SMU- Nevada- Jim Jones returns to Hawaii with a bad team.
Marshall- Ohio University- The Thundering Herd is 6-6, come on!
UCLA- Temple- Army loses so UCLA is in.
Bowling Green- Idaho- Seriously, they are both 7-5 and the game is in Idaho.
Iowa State- Minnesota- Both are 6-6.
South Florida- Northern Illinois- South Florida loses more games late then Dallas
Kentucky- Clemson- Spiller is the only good thing about this game.
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December 11th, 2009 § 0
By Just A. Bartender
Dilworth, NC – Notre Dame has their coach, and he is a good one. Brian Kelly from Cincinnati has taken what he calls his dream job. Quick sidenote, does BC ever get sick of New England catholic boys liking Notre Dame better? Kelly comes to the golden dome with a great record: he went 118-35-2 at Division II Grand Valley State with two national title. He followed that up with a MAC Championship at Central Michigan while going 19-16, and then back to back Big East Championships while going 34-6. This isn’t why he is perfect for this job, it doesn’t matter if he is Irish or this is his dream job. What he is, is someone who gets it. In today’s press conference he made the most important point saying, “This is not a 5 year plan, this is a 5 minute plan.”
He understands the history and he knows his place in that history. If he can turn this around he goes to the Hall of Fame and is mentioned with the greats of all time. There are some serious parallels to the last savior at Notre Dame, when Ara Parseghian took over a terrible program in South Bend. The same can be said for Lou Holtz when he came in and won a title.
In 1953, Frank Leahy retired as the head coach of the Irish due to health reasons. Leahy had won four national titles in 11 years during two stints leading the Irish, his overall record at ND was 87-11-9. He was followed by a lackluster group, Terry Brennan (32-18, including 2-8 in 1956). Joe Kurarich took over in 1959 and went 17-23 over four seasons, then Hugh Devore went 2-7 in 1963. Overall that is 51-48 during the 10 year span. Not good enough, so the Irish went out and finally hired a real college coach with college experience. Parseghian was brought in after compiling a 75-41-2 record at Miami (the cradle of coaches) and Northwestern. Funny how going 500 for the Wildcats preps you for the Notre Dame job.
Parseghian quickly turned the Irish into winners going 9-1 in 1964, and then winning national titles in 1966 and 1973. Returning the Irish to the glory days of Leahy and Knute Rockne. Dan Devine left the Packers to replace Parseghian, Devine went 53-16-1 with a national title. Then Notre Dame got stupid again and hired Cincinnati Moeller High School coach Gerry Faust – because in 1981 when he took over he had supplied Notre Dame with most of their talent. Problem was those kids stopped going to South Bend when he was there. Faust went 30-26-1, yeah it is getting creepy. He was never better than 2 games over 500.
Notre Dame then sacrificed their saintliness by bringing in known college football criminal Lou Holtz, he of the 116-65-5 record at William & Mary, NC State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. Putting each school in the NCAA doghouse. Holtz turned the program going 100-30-2 winning the national title in 1988. Holtz then retired becuase (wink-wink) his wife had throat cancer, when in essence he put the Irish on probation for recruiting violations.
Then came the next dark era of Irish football, an assistant coach, Bob Davie went 35-25. George O’Leary was going to fix this, but he lied on his resume and Notre Dame hired Ty Willingham, who went 21-16, then got fired for being black. So bring in NFL OCoord Fat Charlie Weis, who went 35-27, even with a couple of really good quarterbacks.
So now Brian Kelly is set up to turn this around, it is eerie how close he compares to Parseghian and Holtz coming in to fix this thing.
ND Coach Dark Era Records Record before ND Record at ND
Parseghian 51-48 75-41-2 53-16-1 (2)
Holtz 30-26-1 116-65-5 100-30-2 (1)
Kelly 91-68 171-57-2 ???
If history tells us anything, it would seem that Kelly is not only in the right place at the right time, but times have changed.
College football has changed since Holtz took over in 1986, the day of the independent is gone, which has contributed to the Irish’s fall in the last decade. Reminiscent of the fall of Army and Navy after the war years. Is it possible that Notre Dame is dead and buried. Probably not, but there are a couple of things they need to do.
First they need to join the Big East, being in a conference will not only help recruiting, but will give them more money. Getting a big BCS check only 3 times, whereas the Big Ten schools have split the money from 21 appearences, the SEC 19, the Big 12 14, the Big East 12, and the ACC 12. On top of that kids like playing in a conference and having something to play for when they aren’t undefeated: a conference title and a BCS bid.
Second, they need to get rid of the NBC contract that pays about 60 percent of what the Big Ten teams split each year. The SEC, Big 12, ACC, and Big East end up with a bigger cut of TV money than the Irish. Then throw in the great gate guarantees with conference games plays a role in both of this issues.
Last, hire a great coach, well at least they have taken care of this, bringing in a guy that builds programs to last. My counterpart wrote of this a few weeks ago. “http://barobservations.com/archives/324″
Kelly leaves them in better shape after he is gone.
I do have to admit I hate this hire, I really like Brian Kelly and I really hate Notre Dame and have enjoyed them sucking. It is going to be hard to root against Kelly, but I am sure I will get over it after I talk to a dumb ass Irish fan at the bar later. So grab a Guiness, sit back and watch what happens, I am thinking South Bend is going to get back on the BCS map.
December 10th, 2009 § 0
12-10-2009
By: The Young Bartender
The Beach, FL- Time for some random shit!
Rick Reilly of ESPN went on a major rant a couple days ago telling Tiger that he needs to fire everyone around him, to make things right with his wife. When did Rick Reilly become the authority on things that are Tiger? Once again, a reporter who never played the game at the level that a pro athlete does, is giving advice about what Tiger should do. Hey Reilly, you suck!
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December 9th, 2009 § 0
By Just A. Bartender
Dilworth, NC – Just as everyone else in the world, I have grown tired of hearing about Tiger Woods, so like any good muckrakers in this century I will go ahead and pound on that dead horse.
The jokes are somewhat amusing, the SNL skit was hilarious, but the whining of women has reached is peak for me. Is it just me or does this feel like the wife in this situation is the mistress looking for her 15 minutes? She leaks to the press that she is willing to stay for a change in the pre-nup, now that is love. Elin Nordegren has grown tired of being the placid blonde on the sidelines giving a kiss after a win. What exactly did this woman expect when she married the most famous golfer in the world? Did she imagine that suddenly every bimbo on tour would stop gunning to get him in bed?!
In my last column about Tiger, I talked about how the sports culture leads to athletes cheating on their wives. This has been a game that dates back to the beginning of sports. Babe Ruth was a womanizer, Knute Rockne cheated on his wife and Joe Louis was a notorious ladies man. Golf has always been the sport with some of the hottest women in the world looking to snag one of these rich guys. With this being common knowledge, did Elin the nanny think she was any different than Tiger’s disposable caddies.
Woman for some reason live in the fantasy world that they can change a man, control a man, and when it all goes to shit, take his money. Here is the problem with this logic – for starters men on the road live by the credo of “what happens on the road, stays on the road.” No Las Vegas didn’t coin this term, it appears in pro baseball writings dating to the 1880’s. When presented with a willing woman, a few beers, and an empty hotel room, 99.9 percent of the time the pro athlete is getting laid. This is where the control thing really goes awry, woman believe that their pussy is the only pussy in the world. Elin must think hers is lined with gold and of course, the only way their husband can get laid. It is even funnier when you write it or read it. Withholding sex as a form of controlling a man, hasn’t worked, doesn’t work, and will never work. Come on Elin, you were a Nanny, how many times have you been the Mistress for a guy whose wife quit putting out?
Another old expression is “a man’s gotta eat,” meaning men need sex, crave sex, love sex. – so do women for that matter. But as times have changed and the American male has become more and more emasculated, women have come to believe even more in the power of sex or the power of withholding sex. Lesbianism became hip, men became even more useless. It all sounds good but here is the thing: they keep chasing men, trying to control men, only to find out that other women like sex better and are willing to sleep with others (especially stars more often than not). Remember it wasn’t Tiger’s Mistress for three and a half years that went to the press, they found her. She was content sleeping with the world’s most famous athlete and getting nice presents and not telling a soul. Maybe you should take a lesson from that Elin, you are going to get a nice house, his money, and you have his hostages, er, kids to dangle in front of him. The thing is you get your 15 minutes and then you become a footnote. Quick can anyone name Liz Taylor’s second and third husbands?
The Bottom line is this, Elin you knew what you were getting into when you married this guy. Girls/women have known for years that rich athletes will play on the road, or play whenever they want. The day you signed your name on the dotted line of the pre-nup, you knew this was going to end badly. Hence squeezing out a couple of pups really fast. You knew going in… the man liked to play, he is a golfer. Not only that, but he can buy and sell your bimbo little ass over and over again if he wants. Maybe you should have reconsidered withholding sex. Oh well too late, the clock is at 14:58 and it is time for you to go. No one is going to feel too badly for you and your millions of bucks you walk away with out of this fiasco. By April a record number of people will watch Tiger compete for his 5th Masters, and 15th major championship, as he continues his chase of Jack Nicklaus.
Men like to watch Tiger play golf. Men buy Caddy’s, beer, and Gatorade and they don’t give a shit if he cheated on his wife. Hell, most men understand and are proud of the guy for pulling a whole bunch of hot women. It is reminiscent of the last Presidential election, people tried to make a big deal out of Obama smoking dope, problem was so had 80 percent of the country. Now we have Tiger and infidelity, golf fans don’t care, men don’t care, even a percentage of women don’t care. Most of us have been there, done that. My guess is Elin was being a bitch the entire time and Tiger wanted to try to give his dad a grandchild before he died. He then gets roped into this sham of marriage with a bimbo and then figures out….. hey I still like strange. The women’s groups can crucify him all they want it won’t matter. Do yourself a favor Mr. Woods stay the hell off of Oprah and tell the world to kiss your ass, you need to do what you want. Plus keep the girl in LA around, she is hot and not a pain in the ass. Let her go on Oprah with Elin and tell the dumb Swede to kiss off….
Hallelujah!!! Kiss my ass!!!
December 8th, 2009 § 0
By Just A. Bartender
Dilworth, NC – It is the holidays, and who can forget whining to your mom about sitting at the big table for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Nothing worse than getting stuck at the “kids table” when you are 14 or 15 years-old. You truly weren’t one of the adults until you made the holiday jump to the big table. You felt proud, you accomplished and all grown up when your parents told you that you and your 13 year-old cousin were allowed at the adults table. Of course, you felt completely like a douche bag when you came to find out you got the same food as the big table, maybe even a little glass of wine. But you and your cousins seats were just a card table added to the main table and you had to share it with your 91 year-old chain smoking aunt that can’t cut her own meat.
That is exactly what has happened to TCU and Boise State in the BCS Bowl structure. Both teams had a great season, we understand that you played a tough schedule, welcome to a BCS Bowl game! A rematch of last year’s Poinsettia Bowl (TCU won 17-16), a pre-Christmas game, is now all set for the Fiesta Bowl. So what do we exactly think the other bowls are doing to compensate the Fiesta for eating this deal? My guess is future considerations.
Since 2004, four teams have broken the BCS ceiling, and three of the four beat the big boys in the their bowl games. In 2004, 6.Utah made it into the Fiesta Bowl (give them the Buckeyes every 2 or 3 years and they are more than happy to fall on the grenade). They played and defeated 21.Pittsburgh. The Panthers limped into the BCS at 8-3, and were thumped by the Utes 35-7. This being the first non-BCS team in a money game, it gave the big time conferences pause.
So in 2006 the Fiesta Bowl bit the bullet again taking 12-0 Boise State (ranked 8th), this time the BCS Conferences were taking no chances matching the Broncos up with 10th ranked Oklahoma, 11-2 and Big 12 champs. The BCS still didn’t make their point in one of the greatest games ever played that Boise won 43-42 in OT. Everyone wrote of Boise State for using trick plays, between the lines making the point they weren’t that good. Which, of course, is a load of shit.
In 2007, the BCS finally made their point sending 12-0 and 10th ranked Hawaii to the Sugar to get destroyed by 5.Georgia(10-2) 41 to 10. Which had the BCS schools crowing about how the others didn’t belong.
For the third straight year another non-BCS team qualified in 2008, 6th ranked Utah went 12-0. Again the Sugar Bowl and the SEC were going to prove that the Utes didn’t belong matching them up with 12-1 Alabama, coming off their close loss to Florida. Oops again for the power boys, Utah kicked their ass 31-17.
The pattern here – at first the power conferences thought they would whip anyone they let in. (That which was forced by Congress meddling in it. There is another House Bill ready for a floor vote, sponsored by Joe Barton R-Texas, not allowing any game to call itself a National Title game, unless it is the result of a playoff) The BCS Conferences tried to keep the ball to themselves, when forced they ended up getting beat by these other schools. Embarrassed by this, they went ahead and let two teams in and instead of letting TCU wallop somebody, they have them playing the other another non-BCS team. TCU would be a major threat to pound Florida or Cincinnati, let alone Georgia Tech and Iowa. TCU would probably be a threat to beat either Texas or Alabama. I believe TCU is the best team in the country, but if the BCS let us find this out then the AP voters could screw the BCS’s plans up and split the national title. In 2003, USC was the AP champ after LSU beat Oklahoma in Sugar Bowl for the BCS Championship and their half of the national title. How do you keep that from happening again, don’t let TCU beat one of the big boys. Boise State has terrible credentials this year, and this won’t be a big win for the Horned Frogs, unlike if they beat Big East champion and undefeated Cincinnati, or a one loss Florida team. The Cincinnati match-up would give us a number three vs. number four game, wouldn’t that be cool.
The Mountain West has proved they belong in Utah’s two appearances in the BCS they have won both games by an average of 21 points. TCU has wins over Clemson, Utah, and BYU, all teams ranked in the final BCS standings. The BCS is afraid of these teams coming in and proving they belong. If they prove they belong then Congress has more of a reason to mess with them, even though college football is none of anyone’s business in Washington.
I am disappointed in the BCS for not accepting the challenge and giving TCU and Boise State a real chance to prove themselves. Instead they keep them at the kids table, but give them a lot of money for it. Still a shame.
December 7th, 2009 § 0
By: The Young Bartender
The Beach, FL- After a week off trying to get over my week-long holiday hangover, its back to work. This past weekend showed us some great moments in college football and also some interesting observations from the bar.
O-H-I-O
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