Oregon Ducks Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli Charged With Burglary
Is That A Face Of A Criminal?
Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth last season, faces a burglary charge in connection with a theft at a campus fraternity house in late January.
The Lane Country district attorney’s office says Masoli and former Oregon receiver Garrett Embry were each charged with one count of burglary in the second degree. Masoli and Embry are scheduled to be arraigned in Lane County Circuit Court later this afternoon.
A fraternity member reported that Masoli and Embry stole two computers and a guitar from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Jan. 25. The Ducks announced in early February that Embry had been dismissed from the team a month before for violating team rules unrelated to the alleged theft.
Masoli, who came to the Ducks as a junior college transfer out of Daly City, Calif., threw for 2,147 yards and 15 touchdowns last season. He also rushed for 668 yards and 13 touchdowns.
You can read about the fall of the Ducks football program in such a short time here.
Former Texas Tech Mike Leach Locker Room Rant
Here’s a quick recap of what Leach had to say to his players. You suck, f*ck this, f*ck that, you suck, you motherf**ker, bullsh*t, you suck, out your f*cking mind, mommy and daddy are lying to you, f*ck you, f*ck me, f*ck everybody, bullsh*t, sh*t we still suck.
Basically Leach had the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!
WTF: Camerin Crazies
Say It Again Pinky! Say It Again!
If you have an Internet pulse then by now you have seen the world famous Epic Beard Man AC Transit Bus Fight and who better to have their finger on the Internet pulse than college students.
That’s exactly what happened with the Duke Cameron Crazies busted out a poster board with the “bring da amber lamps” line made famous by the video to the Dukes beatdown of tobacco road rival of North Carolina last week.
“He leaking!”
Babysitter For Oregon Duck Football Players
Ducks Babysitters Club
Just a day after the latest Oregon Duck football player, linebacker Josh Kaddu, 19, ran into trouble with the law a Craiglist post went up from an Eugene local offering up their services in trying to protect and watch over the Ducks.
Back on February 22 we gave you an in depth look how the Ducks football program is out of control and on the verge of breaking down. But with kind of fans they have in Eugene offering a babysitting service there shouldn’t be anymore outburst.
Daunting as the task my seem the Ducks Babysitters Club could handle it.
Final Four Will Be In 3D
Get Your Eyes Ready
CBS announced that it will produce 3D coverage of the Final Four of NCAA men’s college basketball tournament that will be carried in more than 100 theaters.
Sean McManus, who oversees the network’s sports and news divisions, says the 3D coverage will be a “separate production” from the regular TV coverage.
McManus says CBS first 3D coverage, which will be distributed to movie theaters by Cinedigm Digital Cinema, will be “more of an experiment than anything else” and is the “only” sports event that CBS now has definite plans to cover in 3D.
Fox has produced a 3D BCS game that was carried in theaters and plans to cover this season’s MLB All-Star Game in 3D in coverage that will be carried by DirecTV.
ESPN produced an Ohio State-USC game in 3D last season that was available to the public in a handful of theaters and plans to launch a 3D channel in June in time for the World Cup.
President Obama Gets Offer To Join CBS For NCAA Tournament
One Shinning Moment
U.S. President Barack Obama has a “standing offer” to join CBS for its telecast of college basketball’s men’s tournament, network executive Sean McManus said.
The CBS Corp. network contacted the White House to ask whether Obama would fill out a 65-team bracket or otherwise participate in coverage of the NCAA tournament since he isn’t busy with anything.
Obama, an avid basketball fan and recreational player, sat in with CBS commentators Clark Kellogg and Verne Lundquist for six minutes of commentary during a game between Georgetown University and Duke on January 30.
After Obama described one player’s spin move and score, Kellogg, the network’s lead basketball color analyst, said Obama could have a career in broadcasting.
“After retirement, I’m coming after your job, Clark, just letting you know,” Obama responded. “So you only have three more years or seven, I’m not sure which.”
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at a briefing today that the president liked his short stint as a broadcaster.
Last year Obama went out on a limb and picked correctly that the University of North Carolina would win the national championship.
Jennifer Hudson To Perform ‘One Shining Moment’
TALENT
Jennifer Hudson will have her “One Shining Moment.” The Grammy and Oscar winner will perform the song that plays each year at the end of the CBS broadcast of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game.
Hudson will be the first woman to sing it. Teddy Pendergrass and Luther Vandross have performed previous renditions. Hudson recorded the song in Los Angeles on February 13 and her producer, Harvey Mason Jr., played for the Arizona team that reached the 1988 Final Four.
The tune by folk singer David Barrett has been a March Madness staple since 1987, played over highlights of the tournament.
Hudson, who won an Academy Award in 2007 for her supporting role in “Dreamgirls,” performed at last year’s Super Bowl.
University Of Oregon & Disney Part Ways
Football Team Is Still Out Of Control
The folks at The Walt Disney Co. have agreed that the University of Oregon’s mascot, which appears at sporting events, is not Donald Duck and that the mascot is no longer subject to Disney’s trademark.
For those unaware of the UO’s singular relationship with Disney, a deal dating back to a handshake between Walt himself and then-athletic director Leo Harris allows the university to use certain images of Donald Duck. Those images included the mascot costume worn by students at athletic events or pose with boosters at fundraisers.
Under its formal licensing agreements with Disney, Oregon had to get Disney’s permission to use the Duck in any setting outside those described in the agreements, which set out strict rules for how they could use the mascot. When the Duck went off course of those aggrements the university had to scramble to smooth out realtions with Disney,h oping not to recieve a fine.
No more as far as the Duck mascot is concerned. The UO/Disney licensing agreement remains in effect for the printed logos on sweat shirts and the like. But the costumed Duck mascot now answers only to the university.
The move comes on the heels of the UO clamping down on the mascot’s behavior after the mascot late last year posed in a rap video produced by Duck football fans. In another high-profile episode, the Duck mascot in 2007 roughed up a rival mascot at a football game.
The UO/Disney deal still covers the print versions of what is unmistakably a close relative of Donald Duck used on T-shirts and other UO paraphernalia, including the Duck Through O logo and what is known as the Charging Duck but might as easily be described as Duck Throwing A Fit.
Under the agreement, the university gets a 12 percent cut of all sales on items with those images and sends half of it to Disney.
Bobby Bowden Gets Owned By University Of Miami Fan
WTF!
First let me say that it’s good to see the former Florida State great Bobby Bowden out shopping at a normal folk store like CVS. Second the University of Miami Hurricane fans haves some balls.
If you remember back on February 17, we brought you former Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow getting owned by a female Hurricane fan and now they staking claim on Florida State icons.
Can you image the balls to stop what your doing at your CVS job to ask Bowden, who’s stopping in just to get a refill on his blood pressure medication, for a picture. Then you walk to someone else in the store whether it be an employee or customer and ask them to stop what they are doing like shopping or working to take the photo and right before cheese, you flash the U on the icon. WTF! Really?
Why even waste Tebow or Bowden’s time? So you can flip out your phone and show your friends and family that you sneaked attacked them, like the Japanese did Pearl Harbor. What to soon?
Tim Tebow The Car Thief
Don't Cry lil baby Jesus
Grand Theft Tebow is the Heishman Trophy winner and former University of Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow’s new nickname. It all started Monday on Twitter thanks to NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip who sent out tweets saying that:
“Tim Tebow took my car last night , problem is I didn’t tell him he could , he took it by mistake , its 3 o’clock and he hasn’t returned it !3:52 p.m.”
“got my car back , trying to get the rest of the story , thought about reporting it had been stolen , Tebow would have died if I had of ! 8:59 p.m.”
What exactly happened is that Tebow has been training in Nashville and flew out of a private airport to the NFL combine last week and his agent Jim Denton drove his black Mercedes SUV. Tebow returned back from the combine on Sunday evening with to find the black SUV unlocked with the push-start key inside and drove off.
Later that night, Waltrip returned to the private airport after a NASCAR race in Las Vegas to find his black Lexus SUV gone. There was however a black Mercedes SUV in the parking lot. He asked the folks at the airport what happened to his car.
“They turned to me and said, ‘Tim Tebow has your car,’” Waltrip said. in a telephone interview. “I said, ‘What is he doing with my car? I didn’t tell him he could take my car.’ The guys said, ‘We thought you told him he could drive your car.’ I know the guy, but I’ve never met the man. I didn’t tell him he could take my car.”
Waltrip was with his daughter and the two of them drove off, wondering how Tebow had his car. He then got a cell phone message from a friend who spotted his car at a local restaurant, with a tall lanky guy getting out of it. At this point, Waltrip decides he wants to call the local sheriff’s office, report the car stolen and have Tebow pulled over as a prank.
“I was going to call the police and have them say, ‘I thought you were a nice Christian boy. We didn’t know you were a car thief, too!’” Waltrip said with a laugh.
His wife apparently talked him out of the idea. It turns out, both black SUVs were parked next to each other and the Lexus which belonged to Waltrip was mistakenly taken, not the Mercedes.
Porn Star Hooked Up With BIG Game Tickets From Assistant Coach
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk
Samantha Ryan is a porn star whose film titles include Absolute Ass 3, Crack Her Jack 4 and Lick Between The Lines. Before she took up the sex film profession, Ryan attended the University of Kansas and is a big Jayhawks fan as a result.
Last night, Kansas hosted in-state rivals Kansas State in a matchup of the No. 2 and No. 5 ranked teams in the nation, and happened to fall on Ryan’s 32nd birthday. Naturally, she wanted to attend and fortunately found a connection who could secure her tickets.
Kansas assistant coach Kurtis Townsend evidently came through for her, as Ryan tweeted an encouraging note
“So excited for my floor seats at the KU/KSU game! Coach Townsend kicks major ass!”
Today, she added a “big thanks you know who for gettin me the tix from Coach T!”
It pays to have hook ups.
Baylor’s Brittney Griner Throws Punch
Baylor Bears Brittney Griner last night has gotten herself in some hot water with the University and possibly the NCAA.
The freshman standout took offense to some physical play and lashed out with a punch to a Texas Tech Jordan Barncastle. The game was stopped for about 10 minutes as officials reviewed tape. A technical foul was called on Griner and she was ejected for a flagrant foul and another technical was called on Morgan Medlock another Baylor player. The Texas Tech bench also got a technical for going out onto the court after the punch was thrown. Baylor defeated Tech 69-60.
Elizabeth Lambert is definitely not impressed.
Guy Morriss Praises His Team For Theft
Overall Career Record 32-59
Former Kentucky and Baylor head football coach Guy Morriss now currently at Texas A&M University–Commerce Lions admitted to police that his team was responsible for the removal of student newspapers distributed on campus.
The student paper the East Texan, which is awarded dozens of journalism awards annually, and in 2006 was named the best small collegiate weekly newspaper in Texas by the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, published a story detailing the recent arrests of two players in a drug bust which caused the team to steal all available papers around campus. Asked about the situation Morriss said
“I don’t read that crap,” and went on to say praise his team for their actions.
“I am proud of my players for doing that,” Morris said. “This was the best team building exercise we have ever done.”
Morriss approval of his team committing theft was extreme but when Athletic Director Carlton Cooper says that the football team was not smart enough to do this on their own says a lot for their institution and who they recruit to come there.
Officer Lt. Jason Bone told Morriss that inside the paper there is a statement explaining that the first issue is free, but every issue after that costs 25 cents. Morriss said he was not in agreement with the policy stated in The East Texan.
“I guess I will be the first one out of the door in handcuffs then,” Morriss said.
Morriss later told President Dan Jones that he would not make any apologies for the team.
Now only if Morriss could ever get his players to show that much unity on the football field and win some games.
Penn State Football Gets Down For The Kids
I’ve be hard on the Nittany Lions at times, definitely after a lose to Ohio State, but when I see young adults stepping up doing their part in making the world a better place in raising funds to help conquer childhood cancer, I applaud.
That’s exactly what the Penn State student body has done with THON, the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, raising $7,838,054.36 with the 2010 dance marathon.
I can’t call you young anymore, your actions show your maturity.
Wu-Tang and Penn State is for the children.
Citadel’s Quarterback Miguel Starks Robs & Kidnaps His Coach
Smart One
Citadel Bulldogs sophomore quarterback Miguel Starks has been charged with armed robbery, first-degree burglary, kidnapping and possession of a firearm during a violent crime against his coach, Joshua Tharpe. He is a 2007 graduate that is working at his alma mater as an offensive quality control coach and director of football operations.
Charles Francis a Charleston Police spokesman said a woman who knew the coach got him to open his garage door by saying she was having car trouble. Three men forced the victim back into the house at gunpoint, tied him up and took his wallet, electronic equipment and jewelry.
Starks was being held Sunday night on $250,000 bond. One of the other men charged was Starks former football and baseball teammate at Atlanta’s Mill Hill High, Reggie Rice, who was kicked off the Citadel’s football team in 2008. Stephen Francois is the third man is a College of Charleston student and was charged with burglary and armed robbery. The woman is his girlfriend, 18-year-old Charleston student Sasha Gaskins, who has been charged as an accessory after the fact.
The team’s head coach just last month had announced that the team was switching to a more run-oriented option offense to better suit Starks skills. He led the Bulldogs to their biggest win of the season against Furman in part to his four rushing touchdowns.
WTF: University Of Tennessee
I'd Buy One Though
Isn’t time to get over it, I mean hell you already have a new coach in place with Derek Dooley and it’s not like University of Southern California is even on the schedule.
Indiana College Lifts 116 year Ban On National Anthem
Free Country
For more than a century, there was no playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Goshen College a small Indiana Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church.
For the first time in the school’s history, Goshen College will play an instrumental version of the national anthem before many campus sporting events.
The decision to reverse the ban on the anthem is aimed at making students and visitors outside the faith feel more welcome, but it has roiled some at the 1,000-student college who feel the song puts love for county above love for God.
Since college President Jim Brenneman announced the decision about 900 people have joined the Facebook group “Against Goshen College Playing National Anthem,” hundreds have signed an online petition protesting the move and letters sent to administrators and the campus newspaper have overwhelmingly voiced opposition to the change.
Mennonites whose church is rooted in a 16th-century movement in Europe known as Anabaptism, also believe singing a “hymn of allegiance” like the national anthem implies a deeper loyalty to country rather than to God.
The Official Song Of The John Wall Dance
It’s definitely Friday because that’s gotta explain why I’m helping kill hip hop by posting this stupid video by Raleigh, North Carolina artist Cash. The problem with these dance video songs is that they get played out so quick. Quicker than it takes me to eat a piece of cake. Are you still doing the Ricky Bobby, no. How about the Stanky Leg, not unless your name is Bobby Hebert. Halle Berry ain’t even doing the Halle Berry anymore.
There corny and won’t go away. But I’ll tell you who will be going away and that’s Cash, just like those Ed Hardy tees. The both will be played out and a thing of the past by end of 2010.
Oregon State Linebacker David Pa’aluhi Leaves School For Armed Forces
Thank You For Your Commitment
Oregon State University starting linebacker David Pa’aluhi has withdrawn from school to join the United States Armed Forces.
Pa’aluhi, from Waianae, Hawaii, started all 13 games at middle linebacker last season as a sophomore in helping the Beavers to an 8-5 mark and a tie for second place in the Pac-10 Conference. He was second on the team for total tackles with 77, including 8 tackles for a loss. The 2009 Pac-10 Honorable Mention selection accounted for 96 career tackles for his two-year career, after redshirting in 2007.
The Beavers head into spring practice March 29 with two projected starters at linebacker not on the active roster.
WTF: Douchebag
LOSER!!!
Some fan thought he should show his love for the former Florida Gator quarterback and get Tim Tebow’s last name tattoo on his back and that’s what I call a real loser. Just put his balls in your mouth while your at it.
Tim Tebow Signing Autographs For $160
NCAA's Lil Baby Jesus
Now that Tim Tebow is a professional and not constricted by NCAA rules, he can make a profit off his autographs.
Tebow will appear at Palm Beach Autographs on March 6 in what the store calls Tebow’s “first-ever public autograph session.”Admission is $160 a pop.
Those Gators fans who used to wait outside the practice fields and get Tebow’s autograph for free now have to accept its time that he can cash in on his achievements.
Whether he turns out to be a dud in the pros it still would be wise on Tebows part not to flood the market so he can cash in on the rarity of his signature later down the road. Because you can never take away what he did in college football and his name will still fetch a dollar due to those accomplishments.
Is The Oregon Ducks Football Team Out Of Control?
Out Of Control
What the hell is going on in Eugene Oregon? If you haven’t been following the off season of the University of Oregon Ducks this all might be new to you. Since the Ducks appeared in the Rose Bowl against Ohio State a lot has happened making the Oregon program look out of control.
The Ducks star quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and little-used wideout Garrett Embry have been implicated in a laptop theft. Embry has since been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules. Masoli and Embry are being investigated by police for stealing two laptops and a guitar from a fraternity house.
Then head coach Chip Kelly’s placekicker Rob Beard was hospitalized in critical condition after he took a beating on the streets of Eugene. At one point, Beard stepped in to help his friend, Mike Bowlin, a fellow placekicker involved in the fight. Beard wound up on the ground, getting kicked by several people until he was unconscious. Beard has now been charged with assaulting a 19-year-old woman during the fight the Eugene police announced. Bowlin has since left the football team and withdrew from the university.
Sophomore defensive end Matt Simms took it upon himself days later to stand up for his teammates. Simms was arrested and cited with a misdemeanor assault charge for allegedly retaliating against a man he thought had been involved in Beard’s beating. Simms then was dismissed from the team after the arrested.
But that’s not the end to Kelly problems as his team continues to spiral out of control with the arrest of ALL-SGE-NCAA Team member LaMichael James. He was arrested and charged with menacing, assault, and strangulation of his girlfriend. Police said during the altercation James strangled and assaulted Ducks cheerleader Courtney Eckhart.
Just a day later Ducks linebacker Kiko Alonso was cited for DUI. Alonso, had 15 tackles in 11 games playing primarily backup to starter Casey Matthews. The very next night, senior wide receiver Jamere Holland had something to say to all his Facebook friends.
Holland wrote “how the fuck you kick kinko off the team,,,on some weak shit, niggas always faded he slipped up but iveslipn up, and I’m still here, that shit weak buff cuh could have done damage for the ducks, that shit is weak, weak ass fuck, quote me” been
Holland later on updated his status on Facebook and wrote “I wish I could block whites as friends and only have blacks LOL, cause apparently I’m misunderstood.”
Kelly now has dismissed Holland from the football team for a violation of team rules and apparently changeling Kelly with his first expletive post. Holland seemed to believe Alonso had been kicked off the team but that has not happened as of yet.
So if your counting at home that four arrests for the Ducks football team in just a months time. Three players have been kicked off the team and a fourth leaving on his own. Two players futures still to be determined and the star quarterback under investigation for theft.
What the hell is going on with the Oregon Ducks football team? Does coach Kelly have control of this team?
University Of Pittsburgh Elijah Fields Dismissed After Money Pictures
In today’s time it looks that being a college student and division 1A football player is just not enough or at least it wasn’t for Elijah Fields.
He was a member of the University of Pittsburgh’s football team until he was dismissed for disciplinary reasons. Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt declined to specify why Fields was kicked off the team, but the senior posted some unusual photos to Twitter recently.
Fields added helpful commentary to two of the images, writing, “More to Come and Its Mine BITCH Burrr” and “Never knew Football was gon get me all this money Sike I Knew haha.”
Ole Miss Students To Vote On Admiral Ackbar Being New Mascot
Light Years Ahead Of The Rest
The University of Mississippi has taken fire over the year about its school song and school mascot. The university has gone through measures of correcting its wrong and tried to get up to date on times but this week Ole Miss might be traveling into the future if students have their say.
The students of Ole Miss will vote on a new mascot and a clear consensus is forming around an early leader Admiral Ackbar. The commander of the Rebel Alliance Fleet in the Star Wars universe. Admiral Ackbar comes with a back story that
“Long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Admiral Ackbar received a deep space transmission of SEC coverage. He found that he couldn’t stop watching everything from Football to Volleyball. One team stood out to him, the Ole Miss Rebels. He lead the Galactic Rebellion, and he knew he needed to be with the Ole Miss Rebels. And so, he started the long trek to Oxford, MS.”
You can follow the “Ackbar for Ole Miss” campaign on Twitter or join the Facebook page.
