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— I’m not ready to live in a world where Jeremy Schaap is on television more than once a month…but that’s the world we’re headed towards. Awful Announcing gives us a sneak peek at the new E:60 program that the WWL is putting forth.
— Ghosts of Wayne Fontes goes the literary route, comparing each Big Ten football team to a character from Harry Potter. I’ve never read Harry Potter, nor have I seen the movies, so you’ll have to tell me if this is funny. Seriously, I’m lost.
— Has it been 10 years already? Epic Carnival notifies a breathless public that Playboy has returned to the midwest for their decennial “Girls of the Big Ten” issue. I can still fondly recall my freshman year of college, standing in line at The Den, where the IU and Purdue girls from the magazine were autographing copies of the magazine.
— The BCS is upon us, as we mentioned this past weekend. The Angry T breaks down the chances of the six remaining undefeated teams, and generally isn’t happy about the whole situation.
— Signal To Noise shares our love for all things South Florida.
I’m with you on the Harry Potter thing, although it looks really creative and possibly funny. If explained, I may laugh.
Actually, what would really be funny would be someone comparing each Big Ten team to a current or former Cincinnati Bengals player. Let’s try:
Minnesota - Akili Smith
Iowa - David Klingler
Indiana - Tim Krumrie
Michigan State - Chris Henry
I’ll have to think about the others.
As a noted Harry Potter geek, the analysis is pretty much spot on.
Very funny.
There is nothing funny about the Cincinnati Bengals.
Big Ten as Bengals:
– IU is David Shula. How could a school without a bowl game in 13 years be anyone else?
– Northwestern is Jeff Blake, the smallish overachiever who, eventually, we expose as nothing more than a mediocre player.
– Ohio State is … well, there’s no Bengal that could ever be Ohio State. Not even the players that went there; have you watched the Bengals the last 15 years?
– Minnesota is Neil O’Donnell, as in “What the hell are you doing here?”.
– Illinois is Carl Pickens: Plenty of raw talent, but an attitude that thinks you’re filet mignon when you’re really just ground chuck.
– Iowa is Larry Kinnebrew. You know, the Bengal no one remembers.
– Michigan is Peter Warrick: Talent to be a pro bowler, but always a tic short.
– Michigan State is Ickey Woods: Fantastic start, awful finish.
– Wisconsin is Max Montoya. Great player hiding behind the Anthony Munoz’s of the world.
– Purdue is Darnay Scott. So many big plays, so few great victories.
– And Penn State is Bruce Coslet, just because I could see him yelling at some woman at a truck stop.
-SB