Chitlen Legs??

Bill Cosby is Pumped Up About Temple Football!!!

Thats the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

Poor Bastards gotta be losing it. I still Love 'Himself' I don't care what you say.

"I dont know!!"

Ha!!

You Blind Baby You Blind From The Fact!!

Steve Spurrier is defending the ref who knocked South Carolina QB Steven Garcia on his ass Saturday night. Said Spurrier, "He was trying to get out of the way,"

Yeah... I saw the fucking play from 4 different angles. Refs backpedal or sidestep to get out of the way. This ref took two steps TOWARDS Garcia, stuck his elbow out Cholo style and leveled him. I'm surprised he wasn't tossed in the penalty box for a cross-check (do they still do that in hockey?). And of course the SEC is defending THEIR ref.
ESPN reports
A spokesman (from the SEC) said the umpire raised his arm to defend himself after a change of direction by the runner

Look at the film. I mean seriously.... look at the film. The fucker leaned in to make the hit. LEANED IN.....
Safeties, Linebackers, Corners, Will, Sam... THEY lean in to make a hit. REFS get out of the damn way!!! As far as I'm concerned, this one got away with Hanibal Lector-esque murder. I'm a little un-edjumacated on how the NCAA disciplines referees, but can they do something about this? Despite the support from the SEC - annomyous spokesman?

In other Bull Shit, Marcus Vick plead guilty today to both charges of DUI and eluding police.

Vick will have to pay $530 (No, I didn't leave out a zero) in fines and loses his license for a year. Oh and his 12 month jail time was suspended. Gee, wish I could run from the cops in the wrong fucking lane and get off with a less-than-a-laptop-costs fine and suspended license.

Ref Layith The Smack Down

Look at this idiot

Upon seeing this, local ClemPson fans were immediately inquiring if the ref has any NCAA eligibility left.

Jesus. Forget the ref. I just saw this writeup on yahoo.

Yahoo/Rivals Story

Matt Hinton, the ilinformed author writes of the University of South Carolina:
'whose mascot is inspired by an illegal bloodsport'

Matt -
The University's mascot is named after Revolutionary War Hero Thomas Sumter, aka 'The Gamecock"... ... ... you asshole.

I'm no USC fan (East or West), but get your damn facts straight.

Too sorry for a post title

Too sad for words. I've been reading everyone's blogs and recaps of South Florida's rout of the Orange. It looks like everyone feels about the same way. T3I just doesn't give a shit anymore. Axeman's buddies left him hanging too. Poor bastard had no one to vent to the whole game because his buddies were apple picking with their girlfriends. Tell you what Axe. I'll shoot you my cell # and you'll have someone to vent to during the next embarrasment. This should tell you just how bad things have gotten.... yeah, as if you weren't aware already.

This is the typical email that the Axeman is receiving now.

I am currently uninterested in any other aspect of Syracuse Football. Please inform me when Greg Robinson is fired and I will return to watching this team play. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Dr.Daryl Gross and ask him what the holy heck he is waiting for.

Holy crap!! These people won't even check the news out for themselves? They're relying on Axeman to email them the good news of Robinson being canned? Fuck me! Talk about apathy!

I agree with most of the people who's recaps Ive read. After the first quarter I really didn't expect Syracuse to even keep it close and I was pretty emotionless the rest of the game. Yippee... Syracusee is punting again. Hooray... Max Suter just got knocked on his ass. Whoo hoo... another dropped pass. Whoop-de-doo ....no one covered a Bull WR who walked in the end zone for a score.

Yup that was me. We SU fans have turned into Robots just awaiting Robinson's ousting. I did show emotion one time during the game. The first Bulls score of the second half. You know.. the one where NO ONE covered AJ Love and he scored the easiest TD I've ever seen. I did have to chuck a pillow on that one (remember guys.... chuck it at the front door for best results).

Robinson on the blown coverage:
"Our safety didn't look out there. Earlier on, he had played that guy. That time he didn't see him deploy."

I could be wrong. And if I am so be it. But if memory serves me correct 'that guy' was the only receiver split wide to the right in a tight formation. Don't corners usually cover receivers?

So it seems we're all on the same page. Just filling out our pool for when the announcement is made that 'Robinson won't be coaching Syracuse football in 2009'

Put me down for November 3rd.

If you're a fan of Nune's Gregisms, he's got some doozies for you this week. Trust me, you'll be laughing your ass off all morning!! Hell, my sides were already hurting by the time I got to:

"I think this is one of those types of games that we have to put behind us."

TNIAAM, You rock! I had a really shit-ass weekend and I needed a good laugh this morning! Great stuff!!!

Simmering Down

Coaches Hot Seat Ranking

If memory serves me correct Gregger was #3 on this list just a few weeks ago. The guys who run this ranking need a heads up. First off, the man at the helm for our beloved Orange should be ranked no less than numero uno. The only one who'd have any sort of chance at that coveted Char Grill of a seat would be Ty Willingham. And just how the hell did G-Rob slip down to number 5 anyway? Don't get me wrong, the other 3 ahead of him (minus Wllingham) arent exactly sitting on penguin shit either. None-the-less neither Tuberville, Sherman nor Fulmer deserve to be ranked higher than ol' Gregger. The product on the field reeks so lets at least see Syracuse #1 at something. Coach Robinson's been a dead man walking since Akron. Probably before that. So Coacheshotseat.com, I'll put up with it no longer. Move our man up to the top!!!

We're #1!!!

Thursday Ramblings

-Coach Robinson on Cam Dantley

"I think he's doing well," said SU head coach Greg Robinson of Dantley. "Can he get better? I know he's going to get better."

You read it. First time I've seen Gregger use "I know" without 'don't' in between. I'm sure he probably added "I'm really excited" it just wasn't included in the transcript.


-As happy ClemPson (P is of course intentional) fans down here are tossing up names for Tommy Bowden's successor I'd thought I'd toss this out there.

Yeah yeah.. I know. Where the hell does a Syracuse/Big East Fan get off making fun??

Its a joke dammit! LAUGH!!!!!!!

-In the spirit of Election season, The Axeman has a poll on his blog for you Orange faithful. I particularly like:

7.Most Surreal Carrier Dome Crowd Experience

*Penn State fans take over the Carrier Dome
*The crowd laughing as an "official" attendance of 34,694 was announced at the Northeastern game when there were only 14,000-15,000 butts in seats
*Hollywood star Dennis Quaid as an honorary captain

*Watching Pittsburgh take over in the 4th quarter

Hell, from my living room I thought 10,000 was being pretty damn fucking generous.

-On Bowden's firing at ClemPson & Gregger's future with the Orange, Bud Poliquin reports

That is, when will he (Gross)-- with the blessings of Chancellor Nancy Cantor and SU's Board of Trustees -- place Robinson out on the curb? With that quasi-precedent having been established down there at Clemson, when will Greg sigh his last with the Orange?

I'm afraid it won't be until after the season has played out. Doc Hollywood, who's busy writing 'Syracuse' on a bagful of ping pong balls with a sharpie, should take notes from the Tigers' administration. They saw where the program was headed, heard the gripes from the fans and took a new direction. And got a hell of a head start on it at that. Granted I thought they were braying jackasses for signing Bowden to an extension after last season. But they made the move none-the-less, and fans down here are excited about their program again.

Feeling Down??

This should cheer you up. At least you're not this guy.

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez........

Boston Landmark Sign Catches Fire

ESPN is reporting that the Citgo sign, which has stood outside Fenway Park since 1940, caught fire this afternoon causing $5,000 in damage.

Much to the dismay of Boston fans, no Red Sox Players were standing near the sign. Down 3-1, they're the ones who need to catch fire.

And in other news; OJ did it, Grass grew a record 1/4" today, Water is Wet, and the workday is long.

Quick Apology

I changed everything around so if you came by in the past half an hour or so and wondered "What the fuck is going on?!?!?" you just caught me in the middle of things here. All is well except the football program.

Pac Man Award

You know its just sad to see players with all the talent in the world throw away a promising future (a dozen times in this case) because they're too fucking stupid to grow up. Insert Pac Man Jones. I'll save you the recap because if you don't know about the stunts he's pulled since being drafted, then you shouldn't be reading this blog. His recent act of idiocy involved him, booze and a bodyguard assigned to him by the team. He wasn't arrested (first time for everything it seems) but the league has suspended him indefinately - minimum 4 games. My guess is he's probably done with football... well with the NFL that is.

Jones was involved in an alcohol-related incident with a bodyguard assigned to him by the Cowboys, and hotel employees called police. No arrests were made, nor were there charges filed. But the NFL suspended Jones for at least four games because the incident was a violation of the league's personal conduct policy.
-- ESPN.com news services

ESPN goes into detail about the bull shit he's put the league through since leaving West Virginia in case you've lost count. Geez.... an alcohol related incident with your own bodyguard? That takes a special brand of asshole.

This blogger has decided to start an award up, named after its first recipient, for those players who just drop your jaw at how damn stupid they are. I will say this. He made it 6 games into the season longer than I thought he would. I figured he'd have been done sometime in Training Camp for beating up a stripper, hijacking a beer truck or something equally fucked up.

So this week the O'Zone's Pac Man Award goes to.....

who else?

Can't Complain

So far I havent read anyone else's blog or even looked at the final stats of the WVU game. I will say this, even though the Orange came up short I don't have any complaints. Well, one... but I'll get to that. Now I'm sure that most will point out that had Pat White suited up it would have likey been the blowout we all predicted at the beginning of the season. But he didn't. So there.

First off Brinkley had the best damn game I've seen him perform in yet. Cam Dantley looked pretty good too. Well, up until the end where Mountaineers were coming at him left and right. He made a few ill-advised throws (the INT for one) but he still looked solid. And for once, I didn't see any bad coaching for me to gripse about. The only call I didn't agree with was the last possesion. I believe SU was on the 5 yard line, I'd have given the ball back to Brinkley. He'd been producing all game and on goaline or bust, he's the horse I would have ran.

Thats my only gripe. Now if I'm a WVU fan I'd have lost my voice booing when they wouldn't go away from that screen pass, which kept producing nothing. SU defended it perfectly and, other than the Devine 92 yard scamper to seal SU's fate, performed above par on the day. Normally I'd say that moral victories are for fucking losers but in this day and age of Orange football, its as close as us fans can come to a 'W'. So I'll take it.

After the game I did 100 mph from the driveway to the first traffic light to go see 'The Express". Great movie. The boy and myself both sported our SU gear of course. Knowing full well how the story would end didn't take away from the movie one bit. I loved every scene from start to finish. Rob Brown did a fantastic job as Davis, just fantastic. There wasn't a soul in the theatre who, by the end of the movie, didn't want to hop in a Dolorian and shake Ernie's hand. From what I'd heard about Ernie Davis ever since I was a kid he was humble, honest, hard working, selfless, and just a damn fine young man. Rob Brown pulled that off like a champ. I loved the character.

Something else I really enoyed in the movie was the football action, some of the best I've ever seen on the big screen. The hits were about as reall as they got. hell, I felt them in my freakin toes! There were so many times during the movie that a gave a softer version of Tiger's fist pump. I just loved it. Chronologicly, including Flloyd Little was a nice nice touch. I didn't expect it, but I'm glad that he made an appearance.

How the hell Dennis Quiad hasn't coached before is beyond me. After watching that the guy could easily pass for a college coach. I love how the unbalanced line, which was a vital part of that team, was detailed. He got two thumbs up from me and if I had more hands... probably more.

I'd recommend the movie to not only football fans, but to anyone. For me it was a long wait. I'd been hearing stories about Ernie Davis since I was a kid from my grandfather, my uncles, you name it. To finally see his story play out on the big screen was a once in a lifetime treat. It was a long wait but well worth it.

Bowden out at ClemPson

ClemPson just canned him. The WRs coach is taking the reigns. Now we have another school to compete with, and the Tigers have a jump start. If Gross had made ther move 3 weeks ago like everyone and their brother said to do, Syracuse could have already have had a head start on bringing in their "first pick of the draft". Next up will be Fulmer at Tennessee.

Gross needs to make the move now. Whether or not he realizes it Syracuse isn't going to have the 'first pick' like he said. Can Robinson and get the ball rolling. Syracuse should have been on the clock after the Akron game. Hell, at the latest after the Penn State embarrasment.

One thing I do not want to see is fans talking about bringing Bowden to Syracuse. The guy couldnt sniff a BCS Bowl (or the ACC title game for that matter) with the best talent in his conference. He's an underacheiver and we've already been down that road before.

The Stars, The Moon, The Sun

Looks like the planets might be lined up just perfectly to this Orange fan.

As I'm sure you heard from multiple sources Lane Kiffin is out as Raiders head coach.

The speculation had already started and it was brewing faster than cabbage stew yesterday.

"On The Block" yesterday, the Axeman made several points pro & con on bringing Kiffin to Syracuse.

I'm for the pro. I heard a ton of fans yesterday (and this morning for that matter) griping "oh we don't need another west coast, nfl, USC guy..... blah blah blah". Ok so Robinson has made us gun shy. So what??

People who are trying to make this guy out as an NFL loser have got it all wrong. ANYONE who coaches under Al Davis is going to be run out of town. Period. Davis' track record shows it. The man is damn near senile anyway. So don't let yesterday's press conference where he bashed Kiffin fool you. And don't let the Raiders record fool you either. They showed improvement last year and while they may have lost this year, at least they were competitive. Isn't that what we want here at SU? Improvement? Competitive?The players in Oakland liked him. The fans wanted him to stay. So this guy isnt quite the NFL loser people make him out to be.

I'd also like to point out that if you don't bring Lane Kiffin in now, who exactly are you holding out for? The guys unemployed. Syracuse needs a young coach who's been successful at the collegiate level. The timing couldnt be better.

I say make the change now. If you wait until the end of the season, you may lose out to another school (UT). If Gross is worried about his approval rating for bringing in another West Coast/USC/NFL guy, I say worry not. Lets say you can GRob now and make the move to bring in Kiffin. I mean do whatever it takes. Once Syracuse starts showing up on the short lists of 4 star and maybe 5 star recruits, fans will forget all about West Coast/USC/NFL guy stuff.

I don't agree with Gross' statement that SU will have the first pick in the draft as far as coaches go. Thats simply not the case. Right now we'd have a decent shot at Kiffin. At the end of the season, not so much. Who's to say a sexier coaching postition won't open up? Down south maybe??

Make the move now. This season is already garbage so focus on whats really important - attendence and recruiting. Hiring Kiffin now will boost both. I know I'm preaching for a quick fix but let's face it, Syracuse needs one. If this move would have been made last year I would have said hold off, get some guys in to interview and pick the right guy for the future of SU football.

I would have said that last year.

This year I say strike while the iron is hot now. I know its not the most popular solution amongst SU fans. but lets face it. The program can't get much worse. What do you really have to lose? A stellar recruiting class?? See one of my earlier posts where I pointed out how Syracuse has gotten their asses kicked on the recruiting trail. Last I checked we've got a whopping four verbals.

Theres noting to lose and everything to gain. Dr Gross, make the move. Annouce that Robinson is no longer coaching SU and you'll get more asses in seats come Novemeber. Bring in lane Kiffin and you'll not only get more asses in seats but you'll be recruiting better.

See the poll ot the left?? That's what your fans want.