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If there was ever any doubt it was all James Franklin, that's over now. Virginia Tech down big to ECU also. No one is worse coming off a big game than VT.

I had planned on repping USM all the way, but since I'm sitting in the old players section, it's probably in my best interests to wear crimson and sit the fuck down to avoid getting my ass whipped by Shaun Alexander. I guess I'm rooting for Southern to be competitive for a quarter before Alabama takes over and dominates. I think that would make me feel good about everybody's day.

I'm going to the Bama/Southern MIss game tomorrow. Pretty excited, even though I know EXACTLY how that shit is going to go down. It was touch and go trying to find reasonable tickets for a bit there, but an ex-player acquaintance came through in the clutch.

As long as the child isn't identifiable, it's not something TMZ can be successfully prosecuted on. But it is sleazy. Worse, I don't think it helps the case against Peterson in the court of public opinion all that much. I can't tell you how many people I've seen say of those pictures, "MAH DIDDY DUN WURS 'AN THAT TA ME." Really? When you were 4, shithead?

Whoo boy, if you hated hearing people defend Ray Rice's right to "fight back," just wait till all the meatheads start complaining about the "pussification of America" because you can't spank your kids anymore.

YET ANOTHER DC TV SHOW IN THE WORKS: TNT is developing TITANS, a Teen Titans show centered on Dick Grayson. Starfire and Raven are the only other characters specifically attached at this point. I don't think I've ever enjoyed a TNT show, and this is being developed outside of the ARROW/FLASH braintrust, but Dick Grayson is one of the most underutilized great characters, as far as live action goes, so...yay?

And now you have reminded me that that was the album they were promoting when they did the iPod ad 10 years ago. Damn, my ass is old.

I haven't watched the show since it killed Opie, but I ended up watching most of the premiere for lack of anything else to do. And, yeah, I was quickly reminded why I stopped watching. The show has no soul anymore. It's just awful people doing increasingly awful things to other awful people, and not in terribly compelling ways. Even though I've been out on the show for almost 2 whole seasons, I still feel like I saw about the 17,999th and 18,000th drawn out scene of the Sons gruesomely torturing/murdering someone in a case of mistaken identity or because they needed to earn someone's trust to have a meeting or whatever who gives a fuck anymore.

I think that's a fairly apt comparison.

You know, for about the first minute there, I was thinking that looked about 1000% better than it had any right to be. It has kind of a clever, subversive hook. But then it turns into exactly what you'd expect it to be.

Haven't listened to it, but I'm assuming this is them conceding that the album sucks, and now rather than suffering the embarrassment of it tanking conventionally, they can just say, "Hey, it was a gift!". It just reeks of them having spent millions on producing a shit album, realizing it, and finding a corporate partner they could dump it on to recoup costs.

Something else I missed on Saturday: Pat Haden's bizarre tantrum during the USC game. Keep in mind, this guy is on the playoff selection committee. Unreal. Dude should resign that position immediately.

I'll be interested to see y'all's opinion on this as you play through. I don't really do FPS, but this one has me intrigued.

The RVD of bulldogs!

June Jones has resigned at SMU. The first coaching move of the season seems to come earlier and earlier every year. Not a great surprise to see Jones out at SMU though. Obviously, he flushed most of his goodwill after his flirtation with Arizona State two seasons back, and the team slowly cratered over the last season and 1/6th. He was done there, and he knew it. Now the countdown to his return to Hawaii is on.

This tourney is so weird. HELLBOY is going to the Other semifinals, while the vastly superior sequel is likely going to get edged by the first Turtles movie.

Avengers - 19 Blade - 1 AT LAST WE'VE DISCOVERED FSW'S SOCKO ACCOUNT.

Arkham Knight now set for release on June 2nd. Damn, that's almost another whole year!

Oh man. I was traveling on Saturday and forgot to relay this gem from Lane Kiffin during the Bama/FAU game: To Bama backup QB Jake Coker after his first drive resulted in only a field goal (and after all 3 of Blake Sims' drives had ended in TDs), "Don't kick a field goal this time. It's embarrassing." CHOO CHOO baby.

Remember when BOARDWALK EMPIRE was going to be HBO's next big thing? Seems like ages ago. The whimper started tonight.

I missed ND/Michigan because I was at the Southern Miss home opener. I need a breakdown on how many times Nuss went three verticals. Based on the score, I'm guessing a lot. Speaking of Southern Miss...Southern Miss won! By 6 points. Against Alcorn State. Oh, fuck it. We're going 1-11 again.

Of course, the Pac-12 needed this win tonight about as much as the B1G did. With UCLA looking WAY overrated (not surprised) through the first two games, if Oregon had gone down, they'd be in a bind for a spot in the playoffs, too.

People called me crazy for suggesting this was a possibility, but I saw the potential for a B1G apocalypse coming.

If Ohio State loses this, the B1G is all but eliminated from the playoff. The champ would have to go through conference play undefeated or the sort of anarchy leads to a 2-loss team getting in would have to break out.

CAPTAIN AMERICA's artistic statement was "GO SEE AVENGERS."