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It's the J.T. Tiller rule

leghumpingjihadkiller — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:00:26 -0000

It's the J.T. Tiller rule

So says Kim English. He also says Mizzou will win the National Championship by the time he leaves school.

[ED.: Promoted to the front page to remind everyone of how awesome Kimmie is.]

Setanta Sports and TV rights

leghumpingjihadkiller — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:23:51 -0000

I should say up front that I'm an American. That's important, because I really don't understand how the Premier League is broadcast in the UK. I watch Soccer AM and the lunchtime fixture (at 4:45am local time!) occasionally via illegal feeds on the internet and at one time I had a service called ITVN which brought Setanta North America into my home. Beyond that, I'm not sure what the relationship is between the PL, Sky, Setanta, BBC and other British media outlets is. Here in the United States, the PL is broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel, which is owned by NewsCorp, who owns Sky Sports. FSC has their own shows that generally have Americans or Canadians, but also a few Brits that reside either in Los Angeles or Winnepeg (Fox Sports World in Canada). The games themselves come from either Setanta UK or Sky Sports and feature the same commentators as the UK.

Setanta Sports is having a crisis.

They are broke and now questions are being raised as to if the channel will even be around come August. This morning, the Premier League gave Setanta until Friday to pay their fees for the 2009-2010 season or the league will sell off those games, presumably to Sky and ESPN. The significance of this cannot be overstated, as ESPN is putting in a bid to gain the North American TV rights in December for the next 3 seasons, after losing out to Fox Soccer Channel.

Let's take a look at a few scenarios:

Rumors have been circulating the internet that ESPN is going to turn it's Classic network into an all-soccer format. They already cover MLS, the World Cup, Euro 2008/2012, the U.S. Men's National Team, NCAA, as well as the Eredivisie on ESPN Deportes. Should they gain even partial rights via Setanta, that would give them a pretty strong program lineup should they decide to start their soccer network . Also, there is a possiblity that if Setanta goes completely belly-up, they could gain the rights to the SPL, French league and Setanta's Champion's League matches. I'm not sure how that would work if they had Champion's League games via Setanta with FSC holding the rights, but that could be very interesting.

Fox Soccer has the broadcast rights to the Premier League, Serie A, some England games, MLS, USL, NCAA and now Champion's League, as well as Europa Cup. Should Sky get partial rights to the Setanta Premier League games, I don't know if Fox will show more Premier League or not. Having not done any research, I would guess that about half the matchups between the "Big 4" were shown on FSC, with the other half on Setanta. Could we see all of those matchups should ESPN and FSC get Setanta's rights? The weekends are already congested with FSC's coverage of the PL and Serie A, and really only one more time slot is available for a live game...the 12:45 kickoff...which they used to show, but haven't for the last 2 seasons. The rest would have to be tape delayed.

Of course, there is not guarantee of FSC showing more soccer just because Sky buys some of Setanta's rights. It's important to know that Setanta in North America and Setanta in the UK were not exactly the same. Some of the games on Sky were on Setanta in North America, and some of the games on FSC in North America were on Setanta in the UK.

Either way, no matter what happens...how awesome would it be to see 8 or 9 Premier League games either live or tape delayed, per "week" on ESPN and Fox Soccer? Instead of watching Wigan and Hull City on FSC you could watch Liverpool and Manchester City on ESPN.

I got bored yesterday and thought it would be fun to make a wallpaper to share with my friends at...

leghumpingjihadkiller — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:14:13 -0000

I got bored yesterday and thought it would be fun to make a wallpaper to share with my friends at Rock M. Image resolution is 1600x1200.

Link to full size image

[Promoted for Front Page Friday.]

If anyone is still around...BC/Texas goes to the 18th inning

leghumpingjihadkiller — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:39:32 -0000

If anyone is still around...BC/Texas goes to the 18th inning

Austin Wood:

10.2 IP 0H, 0ER, 11K 3BB

and yes…H means hits.

OT: 10 best meltdowns of all time

leghumpingjihadkiller — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:14:16 -0000

OT: 10 best meltdowns of all time

I had a good laugh watching this...kind of surprised that Hal McRae didn't make the list with his phone throwing incident.

2009 College World Series

leghumpingjihadkiller — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:47:55 -0000

So, here we go. The 2009 College World Series brakets have been released. Here's the rundown:

National top 8 seeds:

1. Texas (41-13-1)

2. Cal St. Fullerton (42-14)

3. LSU (46-16)

4. North Carolina (42-16)

5. Arizona St. (44-12)

6. UC Irvine (43-13)

7. Oklahoma (41-18)

8. Florida (39-20)

The 1st round is double elimination format, with the first round games being 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3.

The 2nd round is best-of-3 series.

The College World Series is double elimination, with the Championship being a best-of-3 series.

Regional seedings below the jump

Austin, TX

1. Texas (41-13-1)

2. Texas St. (41-15)

3. Boston College (33-24)

4. Army (34-19)

Fort Worth, TX

1. TCU (36-16)

2. Texas A&M (36-22)

3. Oregon St. (35-17)

4. Wright St. (33-28)

Atlanta, GA

1. Georgia Tech (35-17-1)

2. Elon (40-16)

3. Southern Miss (35-23)

4. Georgia St. (39-20)

Gainsville, FL

1. Florida (39-20)

2. Miami (FL) (36-20)

3. Jacksonville (36-20)

4. Bethune-Cookman (32-26)

Tempe, AZ

1. Arizona St. (44-12)

2. Oral Roberts (31-13)

3. Cal Poly (37-19)

4. Kent St. (42-15)

Clemson, SC

1. Clemson (40-19)

2. Alabama (37-19)

3. Oklahoma St. (32-22)

4. Tennessee Tech (30-22-1)

Greenville, NC

1. East Carolina (42-17)

2. South Carolina (38-21)

3. George Mason (42-12)

4. Bimghamton (29-20)

Chapel Hill, NC

1. North Carolina (42-16)

2. Coastal Carolina (46-14)

3. Kansas (37-22)

4. Dartmouth (27-16)

Fullerton, CA

1. Cal St. Fullerton (42-14)

2. Georgia Southern (42-15)

3. Gonzaga (35-16)

4. Utah (26-29)

Louisville, KY

1. Louisville (44-15)

2. Middle Tennessee (43-16)

3. Vanderbilt (34-25)

4. Indiana (32-25)

Tallahassee, FL

1. Florida St. (42-16)

2. Georgia (37-22)

3. Ohio St. (40-17)

4. Marist (31-25)

Norman, OK

1. Oklahoma (41-18)

2. Arkansas (34-22)

3. Washington St. (31-23)

4. Wichita St. (30-25)

Irvine, CA

1. UC Irvine (43-13)

2. Virginia (43-12-1)

3. San Diego St. (40-21)

4. Fresno St. (32-28)

Oxford, MS

1. Mississippi (40-17)

2. Missouri (34-25)

3. Western Kentucky (39-18)

4. Monmouth (32-23)

Houston, TX

1. Rice (39-15)

2. Kansas St. (41-16-1)

3. Xavier (38-19)

4. Sam Houston St. (36-22)

Baton Rouge, LA

1. LSU (46-16)

2. Minnesota (38-17)

3. Baylor (29-24)

4. Southern U. (30-15)

OT: It's rough at the playground at Kaufmann

leghumpingjihadkiller — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:08:27 -0000

OT: It's rough at the playground at Kaufmann

"The fight was at the bottom of the slide. She set her feet down to see a gentleman take a head and bang it against the concrete,"

That's freakin' hilarious

Stan Kroenke increases stake in Arsenal FC

leghumpingjihadkiller — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:26:02 -0000

Stan Kroenke increases stake in Arsenal FC

Okay, this is off topic, but he does live in Columbia, and his wife's sister's husband is Bill Laurie who donated a chunk of money for the arena. I'm just curious if anyone cares, or if anyone wishes he'd invest money into Mizzou like Bill does, or what? Obviously, his son, Josh, played basketball for Mizzou and his other son plays for ~~Southwest~~ Missouri State.

Frankly, it annoys me on a couple of levels. I wish he'd invest some money into Mizzou, I wish he'd invest his money into US Soccer, and (as a fan of English football) I wish Americans would stay the hell out of England.

[Promoted for Front Page Friday.]

Jim Rome with Jeremy Maclin

leghumpingjihadkiller — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:13:08 -0000

Jim Rome with Jeremy Maclin

ESPN front page right now

leghumpingjihadkiller — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:16:55 -0000

ESPN front page right now