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OrangeTube 11/18
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 7:43 PM EST
Charlie Weis has some fun with the Daily Orange's correspondant during his Tuesday presser:
A soundless shot of the Syracuse cheerleaders and Otto? Why not:
SU recruit Dion Waiters throws down a nasty dunk:
And finally, if you're like me you've been eagerly anticipating Kenny Haas' reaction to the Greg Robinson firing. Kenny does not disappoint. Neither does that shot of DOCTOR Gross in a cheese(?) dunce cap. Much dancing ensues...
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Real Deities Wear Orange
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 6:13 PM EST
For the record, my post yesterday doesn't mean that I'm rooting for Turner Gill to be the next coach of SU, I'm just saying that Occam's Razor says that he will. (An Occam's Razor reference? What's up now, Bud?)
But it's not up to me. In fact, it's not up to Turner Gill either. Or DOCTOR Daryl Gross. Or Nancy Cantor. Or any human being on planet Earth.
Tim (Minneapolis, MN): Graham, Whats your take on Gill going to Syracuse?
Graham Watson: Funny you asked that because I spoke with TG about an hour ago. He didn't rule out going to Syracuse or any other place for that matter, but said he hasn't gotten any calls. TG is very religious and he told me that he loves Buffalo, but that he'll his faith to guide him on this decision as he did when he decided on Buffalo. So really, I think where he goes, according to him, is up to God. I'll have more on this on the blog either later today or tomorrow.
Jesus come take the wheel...and use the on-ramp onto Route 90 East.
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Sorry Spiders, We're Still Sore About 1991
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 6:00 PM EST
The game is about to begin. I'm not going to do any kind of liveblog but feel free to leave your thought below. However salty they may be...
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Please, Please Keep All Women Away From Syracuse Basketball Players Moving Forward
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 5:29 PM EST
I don't want to see women working on the staff. I don't want to see women on the team bus. I don't even want women allowed in the Carrier Dome for home games anymore. We're going 1920's-style for the rest of the season.
WSYR, let us have the alledged details:
Syracuse University basketball star Eric Devendorf was at the center of an investigation by the District Attorney’s office after an incident where he was accused of hitting a woman in the face.
Why? Why? Why? Why? Can you tell me why? Why would you do that? Why? Why? How come? Why? Why? Seriously though...WHY?
A police report says that around 2:50 in the morning on November 1, a 20-year-old female SU student told police she was sitting in her car when a group of people began kicking it and yelling.
She told police that when she got out of her car, in the 900 block of Walnut Street, Eric Devendorf walked up to her with a closed fist and hit her in the face while yelling profanities at her.
The woman got back into her car, according to police, and drove to the corner of University Place & Comstock Avenue where she contacted Campus Police.
Ugh. Double ugh. Triple ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. And Ugh.
The silver lining in all of this is that no other SU basketball players were anywhere near the alledged incident. Oh wait...
The victim’s attorney said she recognized five people that night; all of them are allegedly SU men’s basketball players.
I am flabbergasted. I am in the act of flabbergast.
SU has no comment (natch) and the case is not going to be prosecuted by an actual court (yea) but will come before SU Judicial Affairs (nay). If you need any reminding how ridiculous and retarded that process can be, have at it.
I would be remiss if I didn't make strenuous note of the fact that all of this is ALLEDGED and nothing has been proven or admitted. But seriously, Devo...
More to come, I'm sure. Ugh.
H/T: FingerLakes1.com
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Stick To Wearing Syracuse Jerseys
"Never….ever….take photos of yourself in any jersey of a team you might be facing in the BCS Championship. Grab a Syracuse shirt. Then you’ll have no worries." Ouch.
2 comments The Cuse Blog Wars Just Went To Eleven
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 4:47 PM EST
During the UConn-Syracuse game, the following quote was added to the GameThread:
The guys on TK99 in Syracuse just said “Superman wears Rob Long underoos.” That might knock off “Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician” as most ridiculous thing said by someone commentating an SU game.
#1, that's a valid statement. #2, a discussion then broke out over whether or not someone was actually going to create a blog using that name. And if you read the links today, you'll know that someone did.
But so did someone else. And so I give you...
Superman Wears Rob Long Underoos (Ray Biggs version)
And
Superman Wears Rob Long Underoos (Alex O. version)
Bud Poliquin's head just exploded.
The question now is, can they co-exists? Or is this going to end like of of those crazy news stories from Korea where someone gets killed cause of something they did in World of Warcraft? Is this the Ottawa RoughRiders/Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Syracuse blogosphere? We've breached the precipice, people. Where we go from here, well, hell if I know...
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Underoolinks
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 2:34 PM EST
This time, DOCTOR Gross has enough time to make the right choice...Daily Orange- You can pretty much rule out Virginia Tech DC Bud Foster from consideration...D.O. Sports Blog
- Reactions from a firing...Orange44
- Don't look ahead, BB fans. SU's next opponent, Oakland, just upset Oregon...D.O. Sports Blog
- Will there be enough PT for everyone on the BB team?...Cuse Country
- Get ready for the BCS on ESPN...Yahoo!
- Projecting where Big East teams will go bowling...Brain Bennett
- SU just on the outside looking in of the latest AP Poll...ESPN
- Introducing the first blog ever named after a comment in a TNIAAM gamechat, I give you...Superman Wears Rob Long Underoos
Syracuse has a YouTube Channel and they've started populating it. It's mostly boring stuff about their MBA program except...Brian McNeil, you guys. BRIAN F***ING MCNEIL!!!
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You Won't Have Robinson To Kick Around Anymore
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 2:15 PM EST
There's an article today on Syracuse,com called "SU Firing Saddens Foes." Of course it does, there goes their guaranteed Big East win.
Reaction was kind and supportive from Robinson's peers, including West Virginia's Greg Robinson, Bill Stewart:
"Greg Robinson is a class act. Greg Robinson is a heck of a football coach. And I absolutely hate it with all my heart to see a class man leave the Big East. He's a dawg-gone good football coach, and my heart goes out to Greg and his family."
"One-year wonder" Greg Schiano:
"I think Greg's a great guy and anytime that happens to anyone in our profession I feel bad. I know how hard coaches work and how many people it (a firing) affects. It just doesn't affect one man or two people, it affects the staff and families and kids. I know the realities of college football, but I am always sad to see it when that happens."
The Wannstache:
"Greg's a friend. I know it's a tough business, and he's done everything he could do to try to make it happen there."
The Kraggers:
"I think Greg's a great person, and I think he's a great football coach, Unfortunately, in this industry if you don't win football games you don't get to work anymore, but I think Greg is a fine, fine coach. He's beaten us twice, so . . ."
Steve then added "...I guess that means I'm next."
But don't cry for Greg too much. Curiously-timed, the news came out today that Greg not only made over $1 million this past year but his salary also rose almost 10% from the previos year. Yep, he made even more money than in previous seasons (with more wins). And all the while Jim Boeheim was making less. I know Greg's a nice guy (Bud told me so), but now I don't feel bad at all.
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We'll Always Have Iowa, Demetris
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 1:58 PM EST
It's been forever since I wrote a "Demetris Nichols has been traded/cut/re-assigned/set on fire" story. I should have know it was only a matter of time. The former SU standout has been waived by the Chicago Bulls, thus sending young Demetris back down the twisty careerpath that has taken him this far.
The Chicago Bulls waived former Syracuse University standout Demetris Nichols today.
Nichols had played in two games this season with Chicago, averaging 1.0 ppg in 2.5 mpg.
The Bulls made the move to avoid exceeding the NBA's luxury-tax threshold of $71.15 million.
So, to get everyone up to speed...
Demetris is drafted by Portland last season.- Traded to the Knicks on draft day under the condition that he will play in Europe, a condition he never agreed to.
- Released by the Knicks before the season.
- Signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Released by the Cavaliers.
- Signed by the Chicago Bulls.
- Reassigned to the NBDL's Iowa Energy
- Recalled by the Bulls.
- Sent back to Iowa.
- Recalled again by the Bulls, where he finished the season.
- And now waived by the Bulls.
And so we wait for Demetris' next stop on the crazy train called life. Let's hope it's not Bakersfield.
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Bud Poliquin Would Prefer It If You Got Off His Lawn
by NunesMagician
on Nov 18, 2008 1:42 PM EST
The Post-Standard's Bud Poliquin took a break today from writing his 427th article about what a great guy Greg Robinson is to remind you all that there are respectable, credentialed journalists and then there are bloggers. And never shall the twain meet...
Finally, this is what Alan Shore (a.k.a., James Spader) had to say about bloggers on Monday night's episode of "Boston Legal":
"People forgo newspapers for the Internet where, instead of relying on credentialed journalists, they turn to these bloggers, sort of entry-level life forms that intellectually have yet to emerge from the primordial ooze."
When he's right . . . he's right.
I guess he has a point. At least about SU bloggers specifically. I mean, none of us are actually educated...
Oh wait, many of us graduated from Syracuse University, the institution of higher education to which Bud owes his career.
And true, we all do just spend our days living in our parent's basements, writing diatribes in our underwear in-between episodes of Family Guy...
Oh wait, Brian over at Orange44 is a lawyer, Brent Axe works for the largest sports network in the country and every other SU blogger I know has some kind of full-time job that requires skill, knowledge and business acumen.
Bet you didn't know I could spell acumen, did you Bud? I can even define it. It means "keenness of judgment or insight." I'm full of knowledge and shit.
The funniest thing about the "Arg, I'm a journalist and bloggers are jerks" argument is the one that Will Leitch pointed out when he responded to Bob Costas' anti-blogger rant.
Who do you think is reading your column every day, Bud? Fans. And what are bloggers? Fans. So in a nutshell, you're calling your readers a bunch of ignorant morons. Well played.
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