Greetings, fellow Norsemen!  I`m sure most of you have heard about our beloved Vikes and their journey to defeat the dirty men of the Mississippi, the "Saints".  And perhaps you`ve decided to pack the longboat and row down to bear witness to the slaying, perhaps planning on doing a little raiding and pillaging yourselves (insert random Katrina joke).  More than likely, if you have, this will be your first trip to the mystical swampland known as the Crescent City... but you won`t know what to do, or where to go, how to get a decent flagon of mead, or find out that the closest bratwurst is 1,000 miles away!  Even the bravest Vikings are no match for the cobbles and dark alleys of the Big (ch)Easy, and one street or another could mean the difference between your wallet making it back home or not.  Fear not, brethren, for I give you, the high and low points of New Orleans...

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The college football universe is one of alliances and power struggles.  Realignment and shifts of power are being talked about furiously and with great implications on the landscape for all schools and athletes.  We join Captain Larry Scott on his mission to form an alliance between his own United Federation of Ten Pacific Universities and  members of the Big Twelve Empire: Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma State

Captain Larry Scott:  Captain`s log, Stardate 63897.7.  The United Federation of  Ten Pacific Universities has been involved in negotiations with the Big Twelve empire to secure an alliance between the two.  I have been given the authority to negotiate and deal with the empire, barring any disastrous developments.  Myself and the crew of the USS PAC-8 are on course to rendezvous with a Big 12 envoy ferrying six delegates of the empire wishing to defect and engage in diplomacy leading to their eventual acceptance into the Federation..

<Scene>:  The USS PAC-8 comes within scanning range of the Big 12 starship Big 12 South, on the border of the college football space neutral zone.  The Crew of the PAC-8 are all anxious and eager to confirm suspicions that an alliance is finally at hand.

Scott:  Ensign Washington, full stop.

Washington:  Aye, sir.  Full stop answered.

Scott:  Open hailing frequencies.

Oregon:  Hailing frequencies open, sir.  You are clear to communicate.

Scott:  I am Larry Scott, Captain of the Federation starship PAC-8.  We are both humbled and excited to begin these negotiations with you and your comrades.

<On the view screen appears a large burnt orange form, with a large horn spread and a very illustrious air>

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I ran into an interesting video on YouTube just a few moments ago about Ndamukong Suh demonstrating his ablility to demolish a ballcarrier in terms of physics.  This made me think of the Sean Cattouse / Eric Decker collision earlier this year, and the educational experience I had with a video on the subject.  Thought i`d do some 1AM physics and get the mind rolling, so here goes:

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I had been thinking about writing a fanpost recently, but wanted to write something about football and something that could be of interest during the offseason.  Trolling around the internet, I found a topic that has always appealed to me: Stadiums.  This is one of the many reasons the NFL will never be able to fully compete with college football, in my opinion.  While the NFL constantly seeks new facilities, tearing old ones down, and trying to keep up with the Joneses, Universities continue to cultivate the rich history and tradition that are entwined and molded into the cornerstones of their football homes. Full article after the jump.

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[The purpose of the DBD is, at its base level, designed to keep the Fanpost section clean.  As we have this DBD already set up from the weekend, we can reuse-recycle it for Monday.  HydroTech's orders!]

On the 24th, Twist wrote a small DBD talking about a band named Soulive, one that he was excited about being able to see live in the future, and also a band that i`d honestly never heard of.  I love finding new and unsoiled bands, with as much raw grit and determination to their art as Metallica did with their "Kill 'Em All" album.  As much as i`d explain my musical exploration to be one of the proverbial ostrich with its "head in the sand," that`s not entirely the case.  A common question such as "hey, what kind of music do you like" becomes a small audio misadventure that leaves the inquisitive one either confused, exasperated, or with a new found desire to devote themselves with a fervor never before needed to their  assigned religion.  I admit to being rather long winded with posts such as these, so for the purpose of the short DBD, i`ll just take a sliver and introduce you to one of my favorite bands, hailing from frozen Finland.  If you`d rather read about things like Def Leppard`s "Pyromania" or Motley Crue`s "Dr. Feelgood" albums instead, as good as they are... maybe later.

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Getting over that hump and winning the PAC-10 title was a monumental achievement for UO.  It just seems that it might have been just too much for the program to handle.  Misdemeanors, felonies, game suspensions, verbal recruits decommitting... and now Bellotti heads to the Ponderosa.  In the spirit of competition, I feel for our CGB North brethren, but when will it end?  Details after the Jump.

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Fujita comes to the Browns from the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, while Pashos played for the San Francisco 49ers last season.

Fujita's contract is worth $14 million over three years, and includes $8 million in guaranteed money, and Pashos agreed to a three-year, $10.3 million deal, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Best of luck to one of our Bears!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4973776

As I was enjoying an afternoon cup of Earl Grey and scanning over the latest scuttlebutt over the impending LOI day, I was compelled to think about how fortunate we were to have this kind of information at our beckon call.  To this end, I must compile a few sentences of sincere gratitude to all the members of CGB, be they authorized moderator, or fellow commentator.  Through the tireless (well, pseudo-tireless) efforts of the Marshawnthusiasts, the Javidticians, and the lone Member of the Folletariat, we know that when we check in daily to the blogsite, that we are going to be treated to some new tidbit of information about the goings-on of our beloved Bears.  Thanks also must be given to everyone else who contributes to the site via comments and rec`s.  Information travels through the interweb not nearly as quickly or thoroughly as, say Solarise`s insights into the world of recruiting.  We are truly fortunate to have people like these to make CGB just that much more entertaining than other sites of our college contemporaries. 

Thanks to everyone, and GO BEARS!

So, i`ve been wondering the last few days... What would Cal`s odds of being selected for the Sugar Bowl be?

I mean, let`s be frank, we all want Pasadena.  All of us.  But there`s something more that I want to see beyond the vast streets filled with rose-covered trailers with sloshed riders waving at tourists down Colorado Ave.  DIVERSITY.

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