Cut the Crap #9 - Bloggers Who Don't Stay Up To Date

What is with some bloggers, right?

Like keep your blog up to date, are you kidding me?

You can't go weeks without a new post, that's just straight up disrespectful to readers.  People wanna hear your opinions on inane bullshit.  Get with the program.

Cut the crap, bloggers.

Kier Eye For The Straight Guy

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#HE'SALLOFTHEM?!?!!?

Game 7's

You know what's better than 1 game 7? 2 game 7's. Tonight the Sabres and Flyers do battle at the Wells Fargo Center at 7:30, and then the Blackhawks try to pull off an improbable comeback from down 0-3 to steal the series from Vancouver in Rogers Arena at 10:00.

Boston College fans have an easy rooting interest in both games, as two key pieces of the Eagles' 2008 National Championship team, Nate Gerbe and Ben Smith, are in the line-up and are big contributors for the Sabres and Blackhawks respectively. 

Gerbe puts in the second goal and Smith nets the third. 

Gerbe has scored twice so far in the series against the Flyers. Smith, a rookie who has as many playoff starts as regular season starts, has one-upped his former teammate with 3 goals against the Canucks, including the game winner over Roberto Luongo,who is doing his best to give the series away, in game 6. 

I see both Eagles moving on. Shaky goaltending from the Canucks and Flyers give the 'Hawks and Sabres the upper hand despite both playing on the road. Hopefully both Eagles see the second round. 

Honestly how good was Gerbe though?

A Wager I Hope I Won't Regret...

Yesterday the crew and I were playing some routine FIFA (concentrating more on perfecting our celebrations than the actual game, of course) when I felt this surge of confidence start running through my veins.  I just felt flat-out ballsy.  And as Mr. Brightside can tell you, this is when even the best of men make some of the worst bets in life.

Now I kept in mind Brightside's recent wager over lefty, so I kept my cool and only placed a "gentlemen's bet" with our buddy Lurker.  

I bet that I would put up 14 goals on him in FIFA if he let me play as the "Classic XI" team.  

Any regular FIFA player knows that putting up 14 goals in a game in any situation is not an easy task, no matter what the matchup.  Things just have to flow for you.  You need absolute perfection.   

Normally, a gentlemen's bet isn't much to worry about.  It's just for bragging rights and such, but this case was different.  I was adamant about it, to the point of obscene cockiness.  But there's no going back now.  

Lefty's gonna be safe, but all of my dignity and respect is on the line here people.  Say a prayer.

Kier Eye For The Straight Guy

Charlie Sheen

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Gordon Bombay

ARE BROTHERS?!?!?!!??!

#APOCALYPSE2012!!!

--SPECIAL K!!

Kick-Off Marathon Weekend Right

For those of you who don't live in Boston, it's hard to explain how huge this upcoming weekend (including Monday) is. Monday is the Boston Marathon where a few people run from East Bumfuck to West Bumfuck and us college kids start getting incoherent at the crack of dawn.

Before that, J. Cole and Wale will be performing at BC Friday night, and White Panda will be doing a mashup show Sunday evening (it sounds fancy).

Preceding all of this action is an event that will no doubt start off the weekend in the right manner. Likuid Sound (that "k" just came out of no where!) is hosting a party tomorrow night at Who's On First? over by Fenway sponsored by Red Bull Records. The theme is retro marathon so I have an excuse to break out the short-shorts and headband. Tickets are sold out so you might have to look on the event page to find someone selling a ticket. If you can't get your hands on one for this event, I hope you guys keep an eye out for Likuid Sound because they always throw down hard with some great music at great venues and hopefully you'll be able to hit up their next event. Spread the word, they're gunna be HUGE.

ps: i love Taylor Stockton, no homo

Cut the Crap #8 - MBTA Woes

There are a lot of things I love about Boston; Bodega, Newbury Street, and the college scene. These things would all be so much better if I could travel to them in a cheap and efficient manner. Too bad the MBTA blows. 


The T is wonderfully cheap, but has no schedule whatsoever, often leaving me to sit at the Reservoir stop for at least fifteen minutes. The ride from there on isn't TERRIBLE until you get to Kenmore and you lose all cell service and the T starts doing pterodactyl screeches at every turn. Thank god I stay on the Green Line for the most part so I don't have to endanger my safety on the sketchy-ass stops on the Red and Orange Lines. 


The MBTA crappyness does not end there. 


The Major, Capt. Casper, and I hit up the 86 bus from Reservoir to Harvard Square the other day. Aside from the bus being 20 minutes late, we found out that it runs on a system similar to that of the "blue light" system at BC. You can literally see the next stop from the prior stop. How lazy does the MBTA think everyone is? This isn't the South, we enjoy getting places promptly. If I can sprint from Conte Forum to the College Road bus stop after a hockey game, people can certainly afford to have stops at least 4 blocks away from each other. 


Cut the crap, MBTA.

Random 90s Athlete of the Day: Dennis Rodman

This post is for our boy lil' Naz who recently got in the ring with Captain Casper. Kid's got balls.

Is there a player that personifies random more than Dennis Rodman? Just look at this guys existence. His middle name is Keith. He was one of his father’s 27 children, split between 4 wives. He went from a scrawny 5 ft. 6 in. frosh that couldn’t make the football or basketball team to a 6 ft. 6 in. monster by his senior year.  He then flunks out of community college and gets a second chance at Southeastern Oklahoma State, probably because they had a couple Bio majors down on the block and the janitor running the point. He goes on to play 3 solid years for the Savages (yup that was their mascot, no surprise that they are now the Savage Storm, which really doesn't make sense, like is it raining indians or what?), and ends up staying in school long enough to get drafted and play in the NBA. He then winds up on two of the best teams of the decade, the two time NBA champion Pistons in the early 90’s and Jordan’s Bulls later on, and wins 5 rings. He wore the numbers 91, 70, and 73, probably the most remarkable achievement of his career. He dyed his hair every one of Crayola’s 133 colors. He got with Carmen Electra and Madonna. He wore a wedding dress to promote his book, and he was a part time-wrestler who got in the ring with Macho Man Randy Savage. There is nothing normal about this guy.

Despite what you may think of Rodman, he was a great player. He was a 5 time champion and is arguably the best rebounder ever. His achievements were recently recognized when he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, receiving validation for a very decorated career. 

Kier Eye For The Straight Guy

WHO CLOSES THE DOOR FOR THE BUS DRIVER WHEN HE GETS OFF?!?!?!?!



THE MOON LANDING WASN'T REAL!!!!!


Special K

A wager I hope I won't regret...

I can't believe I'm saying it. I hope the Red Sox win.

Not within these next three games against my Yanks; I would love to see them start 0-9. But because of my tendency to exaggerate most comments that come out of my mouth, and out of the mild distress the Major and the Lurker (pretend you know who he is) showed for their struggling Sox, I wagered my left nut to my friends last night that the Sox would win a game this year as an attempt to make the situation better.

Don't think it worked. I just look retarded. I hope I don't end up like our friend Lance Armstrong.


UPDATE- Lefty's hangin' in there!

"It's funny 'cause balls hang!!!!!" -Special K

Can John Lackey Save the Sox Today?

Of course he can...just ask him.

We Like Funny People...And So Should You

So last Thursday night, Brightside, CaptainCasper, and I went to this TBS National College Comedy Competition between Tufts and MIT.  Our friend's brother is on the Tufts team, so we were there in full support of the Jumbos.  And let me tell ya....they were really funny.  The MIT kids...not so much.  But a few of the Tufts kids absolutely killed it on stage.

There's voting open online for people to vote tomorrow and Saturday...and we all want YOU TO VOTE TOO!  The videos of a few of our favorite performers from the night are below.

The link to the site to vote: http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/college/standup/schools/Tufts

Kier Eye For the Straight Guy

GREENLAND!!!!

ICELAND!!!!!!


WHERE'S MY TOTEM!!?!??!?!!!


- Special K

In case you missed it...

Italian futbol club Inter Milan let me give the players some pointers for yesterday's UEFA Champion's league match up against German club Shalke 04. I specifcally told midfielder Dejan Stankovic to employ my patented "accidentally hit the 'shoot' button and pray it goes in" method from FIFA 11 and what do you know? Inter is up 1-0 in the first minute. Inter did end up getting smacked 5-2, but that's besides the point.

-Mr. Brightside

Fan Reactions

Which fan reaction is better? Jonah Hill going absolutely bonkers after D-Will knocks down a huge three to seal the W and move the Nets into sole possession of 12th place in the East, or this Raptors fan who is just terrified that Rudy Gay is dribbling the ball.

Voice Madness - Who's Got the Best Vocal Chords Out There?

March Madness is over.  UCONN pulled off the big win over the disappointing Bulldogs in the final game last night.  Kemba became the unofficial player of the year (Sorry Jimbo).  Everyone except our boy Jean down the hall (his bracket's 900th in the country) had their bracket destroyed by the likes of VCU and Butler.  But now that's all said and done, and it's time to focus on a much more important tourney.  


We've been working on this one for a while now guys, so enjoy it.  You've heard them all before, and we've narrowed it down to sixteen.  But now it's time to decide Who Has the Best Voice?


Below are the candidates with a picture of the person linked to the name and a video displaying his voice linked in the sentences after.


James Earl Jones: Now known for his silky smooth voice in Verizon commercials, Big J is most well known for his voice as Darth Vader… and for being Mr. Mertle (the blind old man who owns the beast) in The Sandlot. Check him out singing a Justin Bieber song.

Gilbert Gottfried: His unmistakable voice as the parrot in Aladdin and his shenanigans on Hollywood Squares, among other roles, make him worthy of a 4 seed in the bracket.

Christopher Walken: Whether he’s begging for more cowbell, playing ping pong in Balls of Fury, or belting out songs in Hairspray (no homo), he’s kinda the man.

Bob Dylan: His raspy ramblings on all his old jams and even the cover of Rebecca Black’s Friday show how unique and discernable his voice is among all others.

Morgan Freeman: What guy has never wanted Morgan Freeman to narrate his life? The answer: no one. His voice can make me mildly give a shit about even the most boring topics out there like those stupid Visa commercials and March of the Penguins.

Dick Vitale: He’s AWESOME BAYBEEE!!! Who doesn’t love turning on an NCAA game and hearing this guy go nuts… plus he’s from Jersey.

Sean Connery: He’s got a voice good enough to 1) be James Bond for a few films. 2) get impersonated on SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy a million times. 3) Deliver this beautiful line in another shitty Nicholas Cage Movie.


Gus Johnson: This guy defines March Madness.  This guy defines excitement.  He's kind of like Special K cause he gets amped up over everything.


Joe Buck: What can one say about good ol’ Joe Buck.  I feel like he’s been around for centuries just doing his thang every week for Fox Sports.  My personal favorite quote: “HOME RUN SLAMA-LAMA DING DONG!”

Don LaFontaine: In a world…where The Voice doesn’t exist…is a sad, sad world.  Movie trailers would sound just god awful and boring.

Jack Nicholson: You want to hear Jack’s voice?! You can’t handle Jack’s voice!  One of the most impersonated voices of all time had to make a showing in the bracket.  He’s had too successful a career to not be included.  So Here’s Jackkkkk!


Kiefer Sutherland: Most of you know Kiefer as Jack Bauer from 24, where’s he’s constantly shouting at people about bombs and his wife and his children…It’s gets rather repetitive.  Regardless, Kiefer made a name of his voice, and he was chosen by the Call of Duty franchise to do a voice over for the game: Now that’s badass. 

Ted Williams: We’re not talking about Red Sox Legend #9 here, we’re talking about the homeless guy from Cleveland who came out of freaking nowhere to become famous for his robust voice. 

Dennis Haybert:  Who?? I know, that’s what I said at first.  But then HoundDog and Brightside told me that he’s the Allstate Commercial guy and the President from 24.  Yeah, I went from hating hard on this guy to hoping he can pull off a final four run. 

Dikembe Mutumbo: Come again, big guy? This freakish NBA center has one of the oddest and most indiscernible voices of all time.  Words can’t describe it. Just make sure to watch the video.  

Random 90s Athlete of the Day: Joe McEwing

Super Joe broke into the league in '99 with the Cardinals and had a remarkable rookie season. The guy was as scrappy as they come, playing every position but pitcher and catcher in his rookie campaign. He slugged .275 with 9 home-runs and 141 hits, a third of his career total. Joe also had a 25 game hit streak and finished 5th in NL Rookie of the Year Voting. He was traded to the Mets the next year where he played for 5 seasons and even made a World Series appearance in 2000 before calling it a career.

Joe is known for the way he just abused future hall of famer Randy Johnson throughout his career. The legend started in 2000, when Joe went 4-6 against the Big Unit with 3 doubles, a homerun, and 4 RBI's.

I'm talking about him today because he might have one of the sickest highlight reels of all time. Check it out.

The combination of the Foo Fighters grunge guitar and the action pics of Joe are just majestic.


If after reading this post Joe McEwing became your favorite player, you should sign this petition, and send Joe to Cooperstown where he belongs.


HoundDog

Kier Eye For The Straight Guy

We're introducing a new segment tonight for the blog.  We have a new contributor for you guys, a newcomer to the blogging world, but hell, there's no doubt he's gonna be a star pretty soon.

This guy just notices the most random junk that no one ever thinks about.  And he's always so amped up about it!

So without further ado...here's Special K's first observation:

Wait, so you bake COOKies, but you cook BACon?!?!


WHAT'S UP WITH THAT!!!!


- Special K

A Fight We'd Wanna See - Charlie Sheen vs. A Zombie Apocalypse

          VS.








Why We Wanna See It:  Who on Earth wouldn't want to see this?  It's like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.  You know Charlie's ready to go.  I think he'd be just like Woody Harrelson in Zombieland, just absolutely tearing shit up all over the planet.  Just winning all over the place.

Who'd Win: The zombies, hands down.  Charlie'd last awhile, with all that tiger blood running through his veins, but in the end, the only thing that is more screwed up in the head than Sheen is a zombie.  When Sheen's done with all the alcohol and drugs, he'll cave.




-Major

Classic Movie Moment - How Bout Them Apples?

In honor of Red Sox Opening Day, I want to share with everyone one of my favorites Boston-movie scenes of all time.  This scene from Good Will Hunting just oozes Beantown.  You have Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, two Boston natives, talking smack at a bar with a bunch of stuck-up Hahvad kids. Matt Damon just rips the kid apaht, then gets the girls numbah.

And then comes one of the best lines in all of movie-making history:

Matt Damon: Do you like apples?
Hahvad Asshole: Yeah
Matt Damon: Well...I got her number.  How do you like them apples?

BOOM!

One of the best insults ever filmed in my opinion.  More people need to use it in real life.  I think I'm going to make that my goal for the weekend.  Find an appropriate situation to whip out the "how bout dem apples" expression and just bask in that moment of glory when it happens.



-Major

2011: Year of the Nerd

Wtf is going on?  

Year of the Nerd:


- Caltech won its first conference game in 310 games. They took a break from studying the 4^th dimension and ending world hunger to beat Occidental 46-45 (what is this? A girls basketball score?)


- Butler basketball coach Brad Stevens (who bares a striking resemblance to Rick Moranis from “Honey! I Shrunk the Kids”) lead Butler to their second consecutive Final 4 appearance, making Butler the first team from Indiana to do so (Not Indiana, Purdue, or Notre Dame)

- Landry Fields, graduate of Stanford (they have those in the NBA?), proved himself to be a major part of the Knicks’ efforts this year… Just disregard their record since Melo joined the Knickerbockers.

Not Year of the Jock:


- Miguel Cabrera gets arrested for driving while crunk and looking like a giddy school girl in his mugshot.


- Tiger Woods continued to show us that when not one woman on the face of the planet wants your piece anymore, you’re not a true athlete and you suck at your respective sport.


- The Fredette-Davies duo was foiled by some fornication and a Mormon code that forbids sex, cursing, and mocha frappuccinos...damn caffeine.


- Lawrence Taylor is put on probation for having sex with a 16 year old prostitute and Mark Sanchez hooks up with a 17 year old at the club. Next on the menu, A-Rod hitting on Rebecca Black.

Happy Birthday MC Hammer!

MC Hammer is 48 today.  Happy Birthday big guy, still no one can touch you...except maybe Marky Mark who loves to just Feel It! Feel It!

Cut the Crap #7- Jorts

I’m just throwing this out there to help out my fellow brethren. Do not wear Jorts (you see what I did there, I combined “jeans” and “shorts”). I know jeans are the perfect leg-wear for almost any climate, but when you take off the bottom half of the legs, you turn into a tool. Whether its Gucci shorts, jorts that were once jeans, or the infamous bjorts (black+jean+shorts, pronounced be-YORTS), wearing them makes you look like you belong on COPS, sporting a wolf t-shirt and a dirty trucker hat, and living in a house on wheels. There are so many other options of summer pant-wear to chose from. Basketball shorts are casual and comfy, cargos may have inhibited hand jobs since Nam but they’re better than jorts, and the pastel Bro shorts are also infinitely better, just to name a few. 


The only people that should be allowed to wear jean shorts are women (see Jessica Simpson in The Dukes of Hazard).

-Mr. Brightside

The Lamb Shake

Forget the John Wall, forget the dougie, and forget the bernie because the Lamb Shake is where it's at right now. This move is about to take off in clubs everywhere if UCONN wins a couple more games and Lamb's doing this thing with a piece of Reliant Stadium's net in his hand. Jeremy Lamb is killing it up at Storrs as a freshman, both on the hardwood and on the dance floor. Brandon Knight and Kentucky better watch out because who knows what kind of head fakes and crossovers this kid can pull off in the lane with dance moves like that at his disposal.

I Owned Tom Brady's Shit on the Wonderlic

I can’t run a faster 40 than Jahvid Best (4.35). I can’t bench more than Vernon Gholston (37 reps at 225). Nor do I have the ups of Donald Washington (45 inches). 


I scored higher on the infamous Wonderlic Test (43 out of 50) administered at the NFL Combine than each of them as well as  Eli Manning, Tony Romo (I get it, his name rhymes with homo. Enough already), Steve Young, Tom Brady, John Elway, and Troy Aikman. Fun fact, I got 7 times Vince Young’s score. So, when does my million dollar signing bonus come in the mail? Maybe I can’t keep up with any of them at the combine, but at least I do have the upper hand on one of the combine’s challenges. Hit up this site to take the test for yourself, see what some of the big name players scored, and to read some other cool shit about this test (the test only takes 8 minutes, give it a shot).

-Mr. Brightside

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON!

We get it Mark, you're jacked.  Put a shirt on, please.  God bless the person who told Marky to stick to acting.  Is there footage from The Fighter in here? I wasn't sure.  Anyone want to bring back the "humping the ground" dance move?

Cut the Crap #6 - Walking on the Right Side

I've had a lot of requests to get this issue out in the open, and I couldn't agree more.  I guarantee all of you had experienced this grotesquely annoying problem:

Move to the right damnit!

You're walking around campus, maybe jamming out to some quality music, and then someone starts walking directly towards you from the other direction.  Now, being an intelligent and level-headed person, you are walking (correctly) on the right side of the path.  But this guy just comes strolling along at the speed of a hyena with no signs of moving to the other side.  Then comes the awkward moment when he finally sees you and he does this sort of awkward indecisive shuffle with his feet, and you barely avoid a full-fledged tackle in the middle of the pathway.

What is it with these people?  Is it not Walking 101 to always walk on the right side of a pathway/sidewalk?  And don't even get me started on the people who decide to use the left door when the right door is perfectly available to pass through.  It just screws up the entire system until someone comes along with enough stones to end the chaos and open that damned right door.

Cut the crap, uneducated and absent-minded people.



-Major

Dance-off!!

Who wins this stadium dance off? The creepy Ottawa Senators fan jamming out with his bro to a little Rebecca Black, or the kid going bonkers at the Celtic's game after he had his first beer. No matter who you pick you still have to give props to the kid who gets up from next to his mom and starts absolutely tearing shit up in his section, working the crowd like a champ. That must have been really weird for him once the song was over and he went back to just looking like that kid from All That.

A Fight We'd Wanna See

                     VS.






Why We Wanna See It: This is a classic "win-win" situation.  You have two artists who no one wants to ever listen to ever again.  The result of this fight (hopefully a couple busted vocal chords) can only make the world a better place.  

Who Wins: Rebecca Black will take the cake in this fight.  As much as screaming thirteen year-old girls don't want to admit it, Bieber is kind of a pussy.  Black would win with a quick KO, Kimbo Slice v. Pink-Hair Man style.  And if she was being indecisive about where to punch Justin, Usher's dad could come to save the day.  Biebs only has Usher.  

-Major

NFL Lockout - Potential Rule Change #2

Continuing with the changes i would make if i were the commish, here's #2.

Change the overtime. Change it to anything but what it currently is. I would even be in favor of making the kickers fight UFC style for three rounds in order to decide a winner. Anything is better than the poppycock we have now. Whatever the change is, someone notify Donovan McNabb of it please.

-Mr. Brightside

Baby, It's Cold Outside...

It's spring and I want it to be warm so I can toss the friz outside without worrying about frostbite for Christ's sake.  Bring on the summer sun please.

Today's Forecast (Almost April?!) for Chestnut Hill, MA:

http://thefuckingweather.com/?zipcode=02467

Adam Morrison Has A Ring and LeBron Doesn't

How funny is this?  Adam Morrison, former Gonzaga Bulldog and Charlotte Bobcat, has a championship ring and "King James" doesn't.  Such as slap in the face for #6, right?  It's beautiful.

If Mascots Ruled the World...Part Deux

2-2 after the first four games ain't too shabby for picking these games using zero basketball intelligence.  I guess blue devils aren't as bad-ass as I thought (should've known), and apparently these are rabid huskies with a pack leader that no one is going to stop.

Let's see how todays games will pan out, once again, based on mascots alone...

(11) Marquette Golden Eagles v. (2) North Carolina Tar Heels

- Let's see, a bunch of guys with thick, sticky tar stuck to the bottom of their shoes versus a team full of vicious, swooping birds of prey.  Just doesn't seem fair does it?  Marquette by 3.

(12) Richmond Spiders v. (1) Kansas Jayhawks

- The jayhawk is quite possibly the most unthreatening creature known to man.  What kind of mascot smiles?! It's why Kansas perennially chokes.  Those birds have no fight or aggression in 'em.  When I think spiders, I think of spider bites, venom, and Tobey Maguire.  While Tobey may not exactly emulate aggression, I like Spiderman versus a fruit loops parrot wannabe any day.  Spiders by 4.

(4) Kentucky Wildcats v. (1) Ohio State Buckeyes

- I will not make the mistake of underestimating these glorified house-cats again.  Not that the buckeyes could ever win in a competition of mascots, considering a buckeye is a type of tree.  Wildcats scratch these buckeyes all night long.  Kentucky by 8.

(11) Virginia Commonwealth Rams v. (10) Florida State Seminoles

- This is hands down the matchup of the night.  Raging Indians (Native Americans, sorry everyone) versus raging rams.  If seminoles could take down buffalo, then I'd have to believe rams wouldn't be any different.  I'll have to go Seminoles in a close one, with a lot of losses on both sides. Florida State by 2.

Notre Dame "Fighting" Irish For a Reason

People are reacting to this NFL lockout in many different ways. I use it to bitch about what is wrong with the league. Chad Johnson decides to lace up and try out for an MLS team. Tom Zbikowski, yes the deadly returner and safety during his time out at Notre Dame who is currently with the Baltimore Ravens, is stepping into the ring Saturday night in Atlantic City as he looks to become 3-0 in his professional boxing career.  My question to everyone is, who would win in a fight between Tommy Zib (see his last fight here HERE, spoiler alert: first minute knockout) or the most over-hyped backyard brawler turned UFC fighter, Kimbo Slice. Keep in mind Kimbo lost to a guy with pink hair in 14 seconds (see HERE)?

-Mr. Brightside

The Club Can't Handle This Bro

It's true: No club could possibly handle this kid.  Talk about making a great song even better.  Enjoy the weekend everybody. Go Spiders!

Bye Bye Duke

http://www.diddukewin.com/

Did this link make anyone else's day?

Props to Derrick Williams for choosing the Sweet 16 against the Dukies to drop a career high 32 points. 

Random 90's Athlete of the Day: Eric Moulds

Moulds is one of the greatest players to ever lace ‘em up for New York’s third team (the only one really in New York). After three years at Mississippi State in which he tallied over 2,000 yards and 17 touchdowns, Moulds bolted from Starkville, Mississippi and entered the NFL draft.

Moulds was picked up 24^th overall by Buffalo, and the rest is history. Moulds was named All-Pro twice, went to 3 Pro Bowls, and was named to Buffalo’s 50h Anniversary Team, not bad for a late first round pick.

        
 Moulds was a consummate professional. The complete opposite of the man selected first overall in 1996, Keyshawn, or MeShawn, Johnson. Mould went to work everyday, caught touchdowns, and went home.  He didn’t have any of the off field shenanigans that Keyshawn had, and as a result Moulds remained under the radar.

Interestingly enough, in roughly the same amount of games, Moulds recorded 764 catches, 9,995 yards, and 49 scores, while Keyshawn recorded 818 cathces, 10,571, and 64 scores. Not as far apart as you would think given their name recognition. Moulds reminds me a lot of the man drafted at 19 in the same round, Marvin Harrison. Both guys were pro's pros.

Moulds formed a deadly 1-2 punch with the burner out of Knoxville, Peerless Price. Moulds and Peerless Price spread out wide with Doug Flutie behind center led the Bills to a couple of their most successful seasons in recent memory. They made back playoff appearances in 1998 and 1999. They  haven't made it back to the big dance since.

Moulds finished up with stints in Houston and Tennessee, but he will always be remembered as a Bill, it just looked wrong seeing him with that strange looking bovine creature and then that asteroid with a "T" on it on his helmet.

-The HoundDog

If Mascots Ruled the World...

My picks for the first four Sweet 16 games tonight...based on mascots alone.

(2) San Diego State Aztecs v. (3) UConn Huskies

- Close matchup, but in the end human intelligence prevails.  Aztecs take the W with a couple of late spear throws to the heart of the Uconn players. San Diego State by 2.  

(3) BYU Cougars v. (2) Florida Gators

- Talk about a toss up.  Gators have sheer force and strength on their side, while the cougars have speed and agility.  But can cougars fight in water? No.  Sorry Jimmer, Gators by 7.  

(5) Arizona Wildcats v. (1) Duke Blue Devils

- I'm not exactly sure what Blue Devils are, but there is no doubt that they can take down a bunch of glorified house-cats.  Duke by 15.

(8) Butler Bulldogs v. (4) Wisconsin Badgers

- Would a badger defeat anything in this tournament? I mean, come on, out of all the ferocious members of the animal kingdom you pick an ugly hybrid of a skunk and raccoon?  Plus, don't forget these bulldogs are experienced fighters.  Bulldogs by 5.

- Major

NFL Lockout - Potential Rule Change #1

I'm gonna use the current NFL Lockout as an opportunity to state what changes I would make to the NFL since apparently we have to change kickoffs so that Reich Leader Goodell can implement his 18-game season....

Potential Rule Change #1 - 

Let celebrations happen. I don’t care how absurd Ocho-Johnson is, it’s good TV.  They’re playing in the goddamn NFL, and with all of the concussions people are receiving these days, who knows how long they’ll be celebrating for before they end up like Mohammed Ali (too soon?). 

REBUTTAL!!!!!

- Mr. Brightside

Random 90's Athlete of the Day: Keith Tkachuck

How great is this jersey?

Keith Tkachuk was the Phoenix Coyotes in the 90s. After his team relocated from Winnipeg in 96, Keith led the desert dogs to four straight playoff births to end the decade.  A standout at BU, Keith left the Terriers after two seasons, can't say I blame him, and joined the Winnipeg Jets, now known as the Phoenix Coyotes (soon to be know as the Winnipeg Jets again unless the team starts getting better attendance), for the 91-92 season. Keith went onto score 292 goals in the decade and became one of only 4 American born snipers to hit 500 goals in a career.

To me Keith is remembered for a few reasons. First his name. I would like to buy a vowel. I mean how many people do you know with a silent K in their name, pretty sweet right? 

Second, the consonant cluster graced the cover of one of the most underrated N64 games of all time,  NHL Breakaway 98. I ran train in this game, dangling kids with Keith on the 'Yotes, Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg on the Avalanche.
    But I think I remember him best for playing in arguably the greatest jersey of the era. This thing is live as hell. The away maroon and black was the better of the two jerseys, but the home white was nothing to sneeze at either. The hieroglyphics looking coyote and border make this thing a classic. Instant 40 swag points to anyone that owns this thing.

-The HoundDog

Cut the Crap #5 - Seattle's "12th Man"

Is this what it's come to for Seahawks fans?  You have no talented enough player to represent your team on the Madden cover, so your representative is the friggin' fanbase?  What is that shit?  Every other team in the league was able to scrap up a player to submit for the cover, even the pathetic likes of Oakland and San Francisco.

You made the playoffs for Christ's sake!  Marshawn Lynch made a
legend of himself with
that insane run.
He should be the guy.
No arguments.

See what I'm saying?

Fans are fans.  Every team has them.  They're all drunk, loud, and obnoxious.  Don't try telling me your fans are drunker, louder, and more obnoxious in Seattle.

Cut the crap, Seahawks.





- Major