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Pick 'Em Results

So we got two weeks worth of info here.

From week 9:
Roach - 7 wins
Heath - 4 wins
Billy - 3 wins
Roay - 3 wins

Week 10:
Billy - 6 wins
Painter - 6 wins
Roach - 5 wins
Roay - 4 wins
Heath - 4 wins

UPDATE:
Point standings as of right now:
1st Billy w/ 37 points
2nd Roy w/ 36 points
3rd Roach w/ 35 points
4th Heath w/ 30 points

Fall of the Ottoman Empire

About 35 seconds in is when it gets heated. I suggest taking a few notes and your ladies will be ever greatful.

Make of This What you Will

Found this nugget online just now:

While admitting the information comes to him second-hand—essentially a trusted source of a trusted source—Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com, the top sports betting site in the world says that the Cam Newton investigation has turned up serious smoking guns to the point where an Auburn compliance officer has said that the Tigers need to cut ties now. 

Predicted Duffy, “From everything I’ve been told, I doubt if Newton makes it to the Iron Bowl.” 


Of course, all the more reliable sourced website like ESPN, CBS, etc. say the opposite.

10 Facts about Newton

We might as well talk about it...

Breaking news...Auburn will be called a cheater for the rest of the season! According to this, there were some mighty shady dealings going on for one Cameron Newton. Now this only involves MSU right now, but you know the real focus has to be on Auburn. My thoughts:
1. Ugh...Of course some shit like this would come out when AU has the wind at its back and is making national headlines as the number 2 team in the BCS. It doesn't help with the background that Newton already has. I realize the computer thing is way overplayed, but it is still talked about by all those that hate Auburn. My general response up to this point has always been something like "Look the kid left UF, spent a year in the middle of nowhere playing JUCO ball, came to AU, and won the respect of the coaches, players, and fans. He hasn't been any problem since and has been a leader of the team and in the community. Give the kid a break. You're just jealous of AU's success and if that's all you have to say, then I will note your jealousy and smile everytime you bring it up." This just becomes a little more fuel for the Cam haters out there. No one will deny that they had reservations about this kid coming to AU when they first read up on him. I'm hopeful that nothing will come of this, but you can't help but worry given the previous issues he has had.
2. Here is why I'm hopeful: he is still playing. So AU has known about this for quite a while now, yet Cam has been eligible the whole season. I don't think they would take a gamble on the kid and the program by playing him if they were afraid he'd by ruled ineligible. Also, based on the fact that our NCAA compliance office is apparently the most hardass department in the country, surely they wouldn't let this one get by them. Last year we couldn't even get a bball player who was ruled eligible by the NCAA into Auburn because of these guys.
3. What is the deal with the timing of all this? Why was this story broken with AU at 9-0 about to face our two biggest rivals? There is something strange about this whole story, including the timing of its release. I can't help but think it was more than coincidence.
4. Even if nothing comes of all this, it is NEVER good for the NCAA to be snooping around your program. Lets hope nothing else comes up during this investigation.
Fellow Citizens, what are your thoughts???

UPDATE
The following was reported by Jeffrey Lee, the moderator on the Auburn Rivals site:

I've spoken to two very trusted sources on the situation, and both said the following are facts:

* Florida coach Urban Myer, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen and former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond had a telephone conversation recently to discuss the allegations.

* Meyer had an interest in this story getting out and encouraged Bond to do so.

* Mullen told the two he thought they should move on, let it go, regardless of what was being alleged. Meyer said no, that it needed to get out to the media.

* Kenny Rogers, who is alleged to have sought money, is a desperate individual that was trying to get Cam Newton to go to Mississippi State. Rogers has a checkered past that includes an ongoing investigation by the NFL.

That sneaky little bastard. I was indifferent about Meyer until this...

College Pick 'EM - Week 10

Wow, I almost completely forgot to do this, been really busy this week, which is why I never posted the results from last week.

Lot of regionally broadcast games this week on ABC, kinda sucks we can't watch TCU/Utah.

MGMT Concert

I saw MGMT at the Tabernacle in Atlanta last night. Let me save you some hard earned time and money: DO NOT SEE MGMT IN CONCERT! This show made me want to take a nap, which is the last thing I'm looking for at an Indie rock concert. The band seemed sort of half interested and completely disappointed. The only highlights were when they played Kids, Electric Feel, and Time to Pretend. Unfortunately, it wasn't because of MGMT. These were the three songs the crowd got into and energy came from the crowd, not the band. I thought I might have been disappointed because I wasn't familiar with more than about 7 or 8 songs, but then I remembered that I absolutely loved Arcade Fire and I had never heard any of their songs prior to seeing them live. If MGMT comes to a city near you, do yourself a favor: go to a bar with an internet juke box and pick these three songs to listen to. If it is a hip enough bar, then you might as well have seen them live and you only had to pay the $5 for three songs.

AUr man Damon Duval Playing Rugby....or Something

Electioneering

It's election day and as usual, if you believe what you hear, the decisions you make within the next 24 hours will either lead to eternal life or damnation. It's a great day to turn on the TV listen to the news and marvel with detached amusement at how stained the gene pool is.

This election feels different for me though. And I'm not just referring to the heightened polarization between the two parties. I'm referring to how this election is being conducted. This is the first election where there is no limit on how much broadcasting money a corporation can contribute to a campaign. This explains the unbelievable amount of shit smearing you have seen on tv and heard on the radio. It's nauseating. I'm gonna put it out there that high school student government campaigns across the country are ran with far more class, reasonableness and intelligence than almost any state race in the U.S. The sad reason for this is because it works. Shit smearing, no matter how true or false works. It will make you lose faith in humanity.

Take Democrat Alan Grayson from Florida into consideration. Look at this ad he ran against Daniel Webster where he edits a speech from Daniel Webster to 100% convey the opposite intended meaning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu3DAlwD5oc

Webster was giving a speech about how people should not literally interpret verse's from the bible particularly the ones about how wives should submit to the their husbands. And Grayson just leaves that little part out of the Ad.

Here is one from Republican David Vitter in New Orleans running against Charlie Melancon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8UEtDJSb7M

It's just flat out insulting your intelligence.

The way in which our campaigns are ran is one the biggest fundamental flaws in our system. A simple analogy:

Say little Timmy is gonna run for class president against Sally at Bayside High. In order to run though you have to have money to pay for campaigning and let people know you are running. Sally runs a lemonade stand and raises $40 dollars. Timmy on the hand is friends with Assblaster Mcgee who is the richest kid in school and also captain of the wrestling team. Assblaster Mcgee tells Timmy he will give him $500 dollars because he believes Timmy is the shit. Timmy paints the entire school with ads about how he will personally organize every one's Sega Genesis cartridges if he is elected. Sally on the other hand can do little more than post a couple flyer's. Timmy wins by a landslide and as his first order of business as president is to decide between getting new textbooks for all the students or new wrestling gear for the wrestling team. The students need the new textbooks but Timmy is clearly in debt to the help Assblaster Mcgee gave him during election and must base his decision not on what is good but what is in the best interest of his presidency.

It seems so obvious campaign financing needs to be limited, otherwise elections can be bought not won. I'm watching every ones ads today and just going down the line voting for the person with the most civil one. It seems stupid to not take the actual issues into account but I've been doing that for 8 years and it has been less than productive. Maybe voting for politicians by using a rubric that determines who has the highest baseline intelligence and can behave like an adult will lead to a better run government.