SB Nation User Blog: Beergut

Improve your wife/gf/SO's breast size and get drunk doing it

Beergut — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:59:48 -0000

Improve your wife/gf/SO's breast size and get drunk doing it

What will they think of next.

You are all devil worshippers!!!!!

Beergut — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:18:15 -0000

You are all devil worshippers!!!!!

All of you, Dubya, Spiderman, Hellen Keller, all of you are SATANISTS!!!!!
Greg Davis has been sent by GOD to PUNISH you EVILDOERS [/evangelical zeal]

Circus Circus - Las Vegas is run by Aggies

Beergut — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:35:32 -0000

The evidence is damning; we all know photos don't lie.

Look right under the Davidson-Georgetown placards, just under Miami. There it is , PROOF that Vegas has been infiltrated.

Aggies, Aggies, EVERYWHERE!!!!

texas Women a #8 seed

Beergut — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:31:54 -0000

Y'all face Minnesota in the Greensboro region of the brackt, with first round games in Bridgeport, CT.

Problem is, you're tied to #1 overall seed Connecticut, so assuming you beat Minnesota, you won't be advancing to the Sweet 16.

Eight Big 12 teams made it in overall, so you had two teams in every single region.

Iowa State will be playing its first two games in Des Moines, IA (they'll lose in the second round to Rutgers).

A&M is a #2 seed, they start out in Baton Rouge, LA.
Assuming they win in the opening weekend, they face a potential matchup with Duke in the Sweet Sixteen, and (if they win that) Tennessee in the Elite Eight.

Oklahoma could end up facing Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen.

It should be interesting.

women's bracket

Barnes' joke is gonna get y'all some unwelcome attention

Beergut — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:53 -0000

Barnes makes a joke in an interview about playing in Little Rock, but I don't think the piggies will see the humor in it.

Barnes says, "Be nice, or we'll buy you out."

The problem here is, we know there are some Arkansas fans who simply won't understand that Barnes' comments are meant as a joke.

Barnes probably just assured himself that the fans in Little Rock will be rooting like crazy for Austin Peay, moreso than they would just for the underdog.

They're already getting riled up on the pig bulletin boards

Will this effect texas' performance at all? No. They'll still win.

P.S. The Statesman link is worth reading, if only to see the look back at Nolan Richardson's experiences playing in Austin.

Gambling on the Big 12

Beergut — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:05:34 -0000

Found the early odds for the Big 12 teams in the Dance.

texas -18 vs. Austin Peay

OU -2 vs. St. Joseph's

A&M -2 vs. BYU

Baylor +2.5 vs. Purdue

Kansas State +3 vs. Southern Cal

Kansas -23 vs. Portland State

Who do you like?

Should we start the men's tournament on Wednesday?

Beergut — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:55:56 -0000

Honestly, if other conferences can do it, I don't see why we don't make it work.

It means we aren't ending our tournament championship game hours before the brackets are announced, so the teams can be home and relaxed when the selections are announced.

I had a lot of fun watching the finals of several conference tournaments tonight.

With the selection being tomorrow, I think it kind of takes away from having the championship game on Sunday.

I think the only people who pay attention are the fans who have a team in those games.

I think if our tournament ended on Saturday, the selection committee would pay more than cursory attention to the championship game.

Of course, there is also the fact that an extra day would help avoid a situation like the SEC found themselves in today, where a natural disaster postponed play, and forced a team to play two games on the same day.

Poll

Should the Big 12 men's basketball tournament start on Wednesday?

Donald Sloan's mother dies

Beergut — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:43:25 -0000

You ever watch a game, and wonder what the hell is wrong with one of the players on your team? You find yourself getting frustrated, b/c you know the player isn't performing up to his usual standards, and it starts to make you angry?

Then you find out after the game that the player in question performed under the most trying of circumstances, and ends up having a helluva game, especially given the circumstances.

This is what happened to me Thursday night.

Donald Sloan's mother died in the early morning Thursday, and then he went out and almost put up a triple-double in the win against Iowa State, with 12 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

His situation wasn't announced until after the game.

I watched Sloan play during his HS years at Seagoville, so it is tough for me to watch him struggle on the court in Big 12 play, b/c I know how terrific a player he can be.

Given the circumstances, Sloan's performance was phenomenal. I'm not sure I would even want to play any game a few hours after my mother died.

Kinda puts things in perspective.

The Darrell Scott cheating rumors

Beergut — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:28:49 -0000

are false.

If you don't believe me, check the

NY Times article covering his recruitment.

Darrell Scott's mother, Alexis, did not receive some rumored bank job.

She works as a manager at an OB/GYN clinic.

To believe that she would all of a sudden switch career fields just b/c someone wanted her son to play football for their school is asinine.

The rumor mongering about cheating and Darrell Scott is taking a racist slant, b/c many are assuming that b/c Darrell and Alexis are Black, Alexis can't possibly be self-sufficient and support herself and her family.

Y'all should be better than that.

I've heard the an explanation of what happened with Scott from someone who works in the Colorado athletic department, and his decision to go to CU had nothing to do with boosters offering jobs, and everything to do with texas' new RB coach.
Suffice it to say, the next time Applewhite does an in-home recruiting visit, he needs to do some research about the kid he is recruiting before he steps in the door.

Texas A&M - Arkansas football series deal is done

Beergut — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:44:03 -0000

The game in Jerryworld, which will start in 2009, will have a guaranteed payout of $5 million per school. This is like adding an extra non-BCS bowl game to the schedule, wrt revenue.

It seems to me that they're making sure the series doesn't go head-to-head with the texas-OU game, b/c they're looking at having it in late September.
This is a good deal for both A&M and Arkansas, b/c it gives A&M a high profile non-conference game every year, and it gives Arkansas a stronger foot in recruiting in Texas.

Personally, I'm thrilled that the game will be held in the new, state-of-the-art stadium in Arlington, b/c I think the Cotton Bowl is a dump.

The article mentions the payout being higher than the texas-OU game, but that is misleading. When you add in the donations required to get tickets for texas/OU, I'm sure that game comes out well ahead as far as revenue.

DMN article on the deal