Posts by Adam Jacobi at FanHouse

Hey, remember a few weeks ago, when Penn State had that strange situation where a metric buttload of police showed up to an apartment where players lived without really saying why? And then we found out it was because they smelled marijuana? Remember that?

Well, it's three weeks later, and you're never going to guess this, but the police have decided to charge the players with possession of marijuana. Three. Weeks. Later:

Charges have been filed against Nittany Lions Abe Koroma and Maurice Evans in connection with a Sept. 2 marijuana seizure at a Nittany Apartments residence, according to court documents filed today.

Koroma and Evans have been charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana, an ungraded misdemeanor, according to the criminal complaint.

There's only one reasonable scenario in which police take a small amount of marijuana from an apartment, then wait three weeks before filing charges. Well, check that, two:

Week three is in the books, and boy howdy is it getting awesome. Ohio State is somehow still ranked rather high, despite doing nothing all season. Still, barring a second straight year of NCAA-wide meltdowns, their title dreams are o-v-e-r; voters won't make the mistake of naming OSU the top one-loss team in the nation again. Especially since Tressel decided to duck powerhouse Iowa (again).

Elsewhere, Wisconsin survived a trip to Fresno, UCLA lost in a squeaker, and Washington shanked an Oklahoma defensive lineman during a 47-point loss. Revenge killings are always the ugliest. And yes, USC is the top team in the land, but the rest of their conference is an absolute horror show.

As always, we'll be spending our Monday evening answering any questions you've got, even if they're weird and have to do with adult diapers (PROTIP: spend the extra money on name brands). Join us at 7:30 EST, and we'll have you done in plenty of time for EDSBS Live.

The chat window's after the jump.

Terrelle Pryor and the Buckeys almost had an epic case of the Mondays.

Week 2 is in the books, and we have lots to talk about, namely: Dude, what?! Ohio State barely beats Ohio, sending chortles throughout Southern California. West Virginia self-implodes against a very, very feisty ECU team, and Syracuse continues their slide into futility, getting smoked by... Akron.

Let's talk about the madness this evening on A Case of the Mondays, the best thing to happen to college football, ever. Festivities start at 7:00 p.m EST, right below the jump.

Phil Fulmer has a ring. Kiss it.

It's time once again for Blogfrica's finest weekly feature, A Case of the Mondays. We're a little later this week, as we're here to cover this evening's football. Tennessee visits UCLA, since their last trip out west was, um, so much fun. Also, Fresno meets Rutgers in a tilt that will probably involve a fistfight somewhere (because New Jersey is full of thugs! And so is Fresno! And we love stereotyping!).

Join us at 8 PM eastern tonight as we discuss The Week That Was. Is your team looking good? Worried about the conference schedule? And did you enjoy Pitt's one week of fame before it all crashed down?

Chat window's after the jump.

After last season's mildly noticeable upset of Michigan by Appalachian State, media and football enthusiasts alike were eager to figure out where this year's Week 1 Bombshell would come from. Would it be Appalachian State again? (Hint: NO)

As it turns out, those of you who bubbled in D) None of the above were correct, as Division I-A simply demolished their lower-level counterparts. In 32 inter-division games, I-A went 31-1, the lone loss coming in a 2-point Cal Poly win over basement dweller San Diego State. That was an "upset" the way Crocs are "shoes" or Rhetoric teachers are "professors": only in terms of classification, not reality.

The rest of the games were slightly more skewed toward the superior conference, as I-A won the other 30 games by an average of over 31 points. Sure, there was Maryland squeaking by Delaware 14-7, but only two other games were even within two scores, and most were laughers by halftime.

Even after Appalachian State's victory in the Big House last year, of course, nobody was going to suggest that Division I-AA could reliably compete with their big brothers. Except, uh, that's what everybody wanted to think (I plead guilty). If anything, this institutional pistol-whipping reinforces what was immediately apparent only 52 weeks ago: Last year's upset was ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS.

Welcome to the FanHouse Night Shift, where we're letting you college football fans ride out the night with an intriguing slate of games. We have trash-talking Howard Schnellenberger and FAU at Texas, Bama-slayers Louisiana-Monroe against No. 10 Auburn, and upstart Clemson facing the aforementioned Crimson Tide.

Stop on in if you've got a hankering for football, because we want to hear from you. How are your picks doing? How's your holiday weekend? Maybe you're just coming back from your own game, and... oh god, you've been drinking, haven't you? What are the neighbors going to think? Tell us you at least didn't drunk-dial your ex again.

If you can stand yourself and your gross, decadent ways, join us at 8 p.m. right here. The chat window's below the jump.

College football has no universal maxims, aside from "seven men on the line at the snap" and "Mike Stoops loses football games." There are, however, widely held truths, reliable but not immutable, and here are two:

1) A shaky quarterback needs a solid offensive line;

2) You can't be #1 if you lose late.

Both have just come into play in a very severe and immediate way for Georgia, as starting LT Trinton Sturdivant is gone for the year, his ACL torn to smithereens. While Sturdivant wasn't regarded as All-SEC, losing a backside pass protection anchor is bad, bad news, especially when the team in question--#1 Georgia--is vying for a title with an underwhelming quarterback like Matt Stafford.

Also, this is the SEC, a conference so demanding that a team may lose twice in conference play and still win the national title. Granted, that was in 2007, where up was down, down was up, and Mississippi State won eight games.

Still, the 2008 SEC is still far and away the toughest conference in the land, and every piece taken away from its leader is further reason to think that the road to the BCS Championship will not go through Dixieland (err, except for the title game itself. Shut up.). With November dates in Jacksonville and at Auburn (not to mention the SEC Championship), the Dawgs' road to the BCS title game looks even more treacherous.

In any case, Georgia's claim to #1 was short-lived to begin with; barring 80-point victories over Georgia Southern, Central Michigan, and South Carolina, the top spot was necessarily going to be awarded to the winner of Ohio State-USC after September 13 no matter what. Can Georgia win the spot back with a less than optimal offensive line?

Ben LOLson

Far be it for FanHouse to callously and indiscriminately mock injuries, as nobody deserves a torn ACL or high ankle sprain. Pain is pain, and pain sucks.

And yet, every now and then, an injury comes along, and we as thinking observers of this sport and this planet just cannot help but laugh until our ribs shatter.

This season's comedy of abject failure comes from UCLA QB Ben Olson. You may remember about a month ago, when he was cleared to practice again after breaking his foot... while taking a snap. Olson had this to say about his return:

"It's a huge relief," Olson said. "Any time you get hurt, you never know how long it will take. You question if you will ever be back. It's nice to feel that it's progressing and we're moving forward."

Fast forward to today: Olson takes a snap, retreats from center, and... you can probably already guess exactly where this story is headed.

The sports world lost a friend in the entertainment industry today, as comedian/actor Bernie Mac died of complications from pneumonia at the young age of 50.

The most prominent examples of Bernie Mac's ties to sports are his baseball movie, Mr. 3000, and his turn as conductor for the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley (above). Cubs fans probably want to forget that game. Bernie Mac was also an avid golfer, and recorded this commercial with Tiger Woods for Nike.



He was a very funny man with a tremendous personality, and now he's gone. A moment of silence, please, for Bernie Mac.