FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com/media/feedlogo.gif FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ Staring 11: Kiffin Seeks Deputy Criticizer http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/staring-11-kiffin-seeks-deputy-criticizer/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/staring-11-kiffin-seeks-deputy-criticizer/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/staring-11-kiffin-seeks-deputy-criticizer/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Late in Saturday's game against Vanderbilt, Tennessee's Dennis Rogan appeared to intercept a pass in the end zone. Only a questionable pass interference call was made. Vanderbilt received a first and goal and eventually kicked a field goal on the series. Lane Kiffin commented on the call in his post-game by telling Commissioner Slive he appreciated the call. Not content with that statement, the next morning Kiffin appeared on the Lane Kiffin Show alongside Vol announcer Bob Kesling and this was the transcript of their discussion of that play:


Kesling: This is third and goal.

Kiffin: [Heavy Sigh]

Kesling: The ball looks like it's intercepted.

Kiffin: The ball is intercepted. I thought that was a great call by the ref throwing the pass interference there. I'm sure that we were at fault.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-25T11:09:00 00:00 Legally Speaking, Now Is Time to Fire Rich Rodriguez http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/legally-speaking-now-is-time-to-fire-rich-rodriguez/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/legally-speaking-now-is-time-to-fire-rich-rodriguez/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/legally-speaking-now-is-time-to-fire-rich-rodriguez/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Rich RodriguezFor the second consecutive season under coach Rich Rodriguez, Michigan will not be going to a bowl game.

In two seasons, Rich Rod has racked up a 8-16 overall record, beaten down the Michigan fan base to such a degree that Ohio State scarlet and gray filled up many of the best seats in the Big House this past Saturday, and left my wife, a Michigan alum, refusing to watch their games on television. "I'm already over Rich Rod," she's said on many occasions.

Now as Michigan enters the long, difficult winter of Wolverine discontent, there's a real issue that has to be decided. If you don't think Rich Rod is going to get it done at the school, you need to fire him now, before the next season commences.

Why?

Because you have a legal hook that can significantly lessen the blow of the firing -- you can argue that Rich Rodriguez breached the terms of his contract by violating NCAA rules. Bang. Meet Michigan's own stimulus plan for the athletic department, firing Rich Rod for cause.

 

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]]> rich rodriguez Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-24T08:00:00 00:00 Code Red! Miles Ordered the Clocking http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/code-red-miles-ordered-the-clocking/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/code-red-miles-ordered-the-clocking/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/code-red-miles-ordered-the-clocking/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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You're damn right he did!

You need Les Miles on that wall, you want Les Miles on that wall. And as you can see from the latest damning YouTube video, the Zapruder film of clockgate, not only did Miles signal for the clocking/spike (which today he denied), but he also screamed it as he was running down the sideline and gesturing it with both arms.

Oh, and then for good measure, as the game ended, he turned to the cop charged with protecting him and asked if LSU had any timeouts left.

 

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]]> Jordan JeffersonLes Miles Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-23T17:21:00 00:00 Robbery Charges Dropped Against Tennessee's Janzen Jackson http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/charges-dropped-against-tennessee-safety-janzen-jackson/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/charges-dropped-against-tennessee-safety-janzen-jackson/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/charges-dropped-against-tennessee-safety-janzen-jackson/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Janzen JacksonOn Nov.12, three University of Tennessee freshman, Nu'Keese Richardson, Mike Edwards, and Janzen Jackson-- were arrested and charged with attempted armed robbery. Last week, Lane Kiffin dismissed Richardson and Edwards, the two men who approached the vehicle and demanded money, from the football team.

Now, charges against Jackson and the woman driving the 2010 Toyota Prius, Marie Montmarquet, have both had their attempted armed robbery charges dropped.

"The investigation and careful review of all relevant evidence failed to show ... Ms. Montmarquet or Mr. Jackson had prior knowledge that the attempted robbery was going to take place and were unaware something had occurred until after they pulled out of the Pilot store," according to the DA's statement.

"Therefore, there is an insufficient legal basis to continue a prosecution against them.

"Both Ms. Montmarquet and Mr. Jackson cooperated with the Knoxville Police Department from the time they were pulled over and voluntarily responded to police questioning. Their statements assisted the investigation and were consistent with the other evidence developed."

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-23T11:44:00 00:00 Miles Calls for Spike, Confirms Idiocy http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/miles-calls-for-spike-play-confirms-idiocy/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/miles-calls-for-spike-play-confirms-idiocy/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/miles-calls-for-spike-play-confirms-idiocy/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Les MilesOn Saturday, LSU's Jordan Jefferson made the inexplicable decision to spike the football with only one second remaining in the game. Spiking the football ended the game and negated two miraculous Milacles: first, Les Miles' Tigers recovered an onside kick and then they completed a 46-yard Hail Mary. In his postgame news conference Miles claimed that he didn't know who had instructed Jefferson to spike the football. "I do not know who told him to clock [spike] it," Miles said.

Except, you guessed it, Miles himself was displaying his uncanny acumen by calling for the ball to be spiked with one second remaining on the clock. That's something that you can clearly see on this video after the jump. And yet another reason why LSU fans are still staring morosely at the waters on the bayou, shaking their heads, drinking Jax beers, and cursing the day that Les Miles didn't leave for Michigan.

 

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]]> jordan jeffersonles miles Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-22T21:45:00 00:00 Mailbag: KKK Arrives in Ole Miss http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/21/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-kkk-arrives-in-ole-miss-edition/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/21/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-kkk-arrives-in-ole-miss-edition/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/21/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-kkk-arrives-in-ole-miss-edition/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Last week I wrote about the controversy over The South Will Rise Again chant at Ole Miss. In that piece I noted that Ole Miss was the only SEC school that couldn't escape the South's past. Now a new controversy is here, the Klu Klux Klan is protesting for this week's game against LSU. Seriously.

Faulkner memorably said, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."

And when it comes to Ole Miss that's certainly the case.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-21T12:30:00 00:00 Uga VII Dies: William Henry Harrison of Georgia Bulldog Mascots http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/uga-vii-dies-william-henry-harrison-of-georgia-bulldog-mascots/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/uga-vii-dies-william-henry-harrison-of-georgia-bulldog-mascots/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/uga-vii-dies-william-henry-harrison-of-georgia-bulldog-mascots/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Uga VII, not surprisingly, the son of Uga VI, succumbed to an unexpected heart illness Thursday. The Bulldog mascot, in just his second year prowling the sideline, was only four years old. Presumably, he is survived by many other dogs given that Georgia uses lineal descendants to anoint the next mascot. The mascot-less Georgia team will play on Saturday against Kentucky without their English bulldog on the sideline. In a show of support, the entire team will lick their balls at halftime.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-20T11:10:00 00:00 SEC Is Nation's Football Conference http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/tebow-effect-cbss-sec-beating-abcs-football-coverage-in-ratin/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/tebow-effect-cbss-sec-beating-abcs-football-coverage-in-ratin/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/tebow-effect-cbss-sec-beating-abcs-football-coverage-in-ratin/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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CBS carries the SEC Game of the Week into living rooms across the nation every weekend. CBS' deal is the only national broadcast of any collegiate conference. (Independent Notre Dame, of course, has an eight-game deal with NBC.) ABC also carries football games on network television. But the ABC games, featuring Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, Pac-10, and Big East teams are carried regionally. That means ABC carries teams split geographically, which would theoretically lead to higher overall ratings. That's been the case every year.

Until now.

For the first time since CBS added the SEC in 1996, the SEC games are outdrawing their regional counterparts on ABC. This season's SEC ratings are up 29 percent over comparable ratings last season. Given that CBS still has Alabama-Auburn and what will probably be the highest rated game of the season prior to the BCS bowls, Florida-Alabama in the SEC championship game, CBS and the SEC are likely to triumph over ABC for the season.

Should the SEC thank Tim Tebow? Maybe so. But even without Tebow, does this represent a fascinating turn in the ratings game? I think so. Read on for seven reasons why this is incredibly significant.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-19T19:40:00 00:00 Ingram's Heisman Hopes, Bo and Con http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/18/ingrams-heisman-hopes-bo-and-con/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/18/ingrams-heisman-hopes-bo-and-con/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/18/ingrams-heisman-hopes-bo-and-con/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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In 1985 Bo Jackson won the Heisman Trophy by rushing for 1,657 yards and 15 touchdowns. Twenty-four years later, no SEC running back has won the award again. Not Emmitt Smith, not Darren McFadden, not Knowshon Moreno, not Jamal Lewis, not Fred Taylor, not Garrison Hearst not Terrell Davis -- okay, he wasn't that good in college. None of them. And it's not like there hasn't been an awful lot of talented player, by my review of first-round draft picks, the SEC has had 15 running backs taken in the first round since Bo Jackson won the Heisman.

For over a generation, Jackson has stood alone. But now, in the absence of any overwhelming favorite, Alabama running back Mark Ingram seems to be atop many Heisman lists. Is it justified? How do his numbers stack up compared to past winners? And what do those past winners at running back -- there have only been seven since Bo Jackson in 1985 -- tell us about the current state of college football. Proceed, fearless reader.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-18T06:00:00 00:00 Starting 11: Archie Manning, Sire MVP http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/starting-11-archie-manning-sire-mvp/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/starting-11-archie-manning-sire-mvp/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/starting-11-archie-manning-sire-mvp/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Archie ManningMidway through the Ole Miss-Tennessee game on Saturday, a highlight package of Archie Manning's playing days at Ole Miss came on the jumbotron. Ole Miss fans, up to that point cheering their biggest win of the season, went quiet. The man behind me muttered softy to himself, "Them were the days."

As Archie ran around on the field making play after play, it occurred to me, not for the first time, how amazing it is that he sired not one, but two, Super Bowl winning quarterbacks. By the time the cameras found his youngest son, Eli, in a suite, I was still attempting to contemplate how amazing the fact was. By Sunday, after Peyton Manning led his Colts to 21 points in the final 12 minutes of a victory over the Patriots, there could be no doubt: Archie Manning's sperm is one of the greatest national treasures in our country.

Right up there with Abraham Lincoln, the flag outside Fort McHenry that inspired Francis Scott Key to jot down "The Star Spangled Banner" and Dorothy's ruby red slippers. That's why I'm making a humble suggestion to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Archie's sperm should be an exhibit. (Lets see you do that, exhibit on late 19th century wheat threshers.) Otherwise, the museum is worth nothing.

On to the Starting 11.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-17T06:00:00 00:00 Tennessee Dismisses Nu'Keese Richardson, Mike Edwards http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/tennessee-dismisses-nukeese-richardson-mike-edwards/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/tennessee-dismisses-nukeese-richardson-mike-edwards/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/tennessee-dismisses-nukeese-richardson-mike-edwards/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Nu'Keese RichardsonIn February, Nu'Keese Richardson was one of the crown jewels in Lane Kiffin's first recruiting class at Tennessee.

Kiffin wooed the four-star recruit, a longtime Florida commit, away from Urban Meyer and then bragged about the recruiting victory at a UT recruiting breakfast. At the time Kiffin incorrectly argued that Meyer had committed a recruiting violation by contacting Nu'Keese during his visit to Tennessee.

From there Kiffin also engaged in a public feud with the head coach at Pahokee High School. Richardson was, in fact, the spark that turned Urban Meyer and Lane Kiffin's war of words into a conflagration. Richardson was the apostrophe that loosed a thousand ships, and now he's the apostrophe that will never play football again for the University of Tennessee. On Monday, Kiffin announced that both Richardson and fellow freshman recruit Mike Edwards have been permanently dismissed from the team.

"After extensive and thorough research of the situation over the last four days and considering various disciplinary options, I've decided it's in the best interest of our program to remove Nu'Keese and Mike," Kiffin said. "As I've said many times before, we hold our student-athletes to an extremely high standard on and off the field. Our student-athletes must be responsible members of society, and this type of conduct will not be tolerated.

 

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]]> lane kiffinMike Edwardsnukeese richardson Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-16T14:40:00 00:00 Titans Owner Shoots Double Birds at Bills http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/15/titans-owner-bud-adams-shoots-double-birds-at-buffalo-bills/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/15/titans-owner-bud-adams-shoots-double-birds-at-buffalo-bills/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/15/titans-owner-bud-adams-shoots-double-birds-at-buffalo-bills/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Bud AdamsNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- On Sunday the Tennessee Titans beat the Buffalo Bills 41-17. The win was the Titans' third in a row after beginning 0-6, and the teams' 86-year-old owner, Bud Adams, was watching from his owner's suite with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Halfway through the game, Adams was recognized on the jumbotron. Fans cheered. Adams smiled and waved from his open-air suite. Then, as he celebrated victory, Adams decided to shoot the bird at the opposing sideline. First, Adams went with the right hand bird. Then he went left hand with the bird. Finally, he pulled out the rare, and underrated, double bird.

Presumably, shooting the bird at opposing teams violates one of Roger Goodell's NFL rules. And now Goodell finds himself in the unique position of actually witnessing behavior that he might be required to fine. In the meantime, fans are left to wonder, what longstanding beef does Bud Adams have with the 91-year-old owner of the Buffalo Bills, Ralph Wilson? Or is this simply an old man move, is the double bird an old AFL pat on the back? Video after the jump.

 

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]]> bud adamsroger goodell Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-15T23:30:00 00:00 Anatomy of a McCluster Bomb: A Day at Ole Miss http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/14/mccluster-ole-miss-runs-wild-over-the-vols/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/14/mccluster-ole-miss-runs-wild-over-the-vols/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/14/mccluster-ole-miss-runs-wild-over-the-vols/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Dexter McClusterOXFORD, Miss -- Saturday, I had the misfortune of watching Dexter McCluster run for 4 billion yards against Tennessee. At least that's what it felt like. In all actuality, McCluster merely slashed, dashed, and cavorted his way for 282 yards on 25 carries. In the process Dexter McCluster struck a blow for men named Dexter, made himself millions of dollars in the NFL, and left Tennessee's defense looking as if they weren't familiar with many advanced defensive techniques.

Such as tackling.

All of this took place on a glorious Saturday morning in Oxford, Miss., when, aside from the brutal 11 a.m. kickoff that left Ole Miss students in bed until halftime, it was hard to imagine wanting to be anywhere else. By shortly after 2 p.m., I wished I'd been anywhere else.

At least, that is, when I wasn't marveling over McCluster's utter domination of the Vols.

I've watched football games my entire life, and I've never seen a rushing performance in person that dominant.

Ever.

 

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]]> dexter mccluster Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-14T23:59:00 00:00 At Boise, Kellen Is Moore of a Heisman Candidate Than Tebow, McCoy http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/13/at-boise-kellen-is-moore-of-a-heisman-candidate-than-tebow-mcc/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/13/at-boise-kellen-is-moore-of-a-heisman-candidate-than-tebow-mcc/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/13/at-boise-kellen-is-moore-of-a-heisman-candidate-than-tebow-mcc/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Kellen MooreI've heard your Tebow talk and your McCoy blather, I've even read your outlandish suggestions that Alabama running back Mark Ingram should win the award. Please, Ingram isn't even as good as Temple's Bernard Pierce and Stanford's Toby Gerhart statistically, and I haven't heard a single one of you mention him. Already, we've made Case's case, and I don't agree with that either.

There is still one player is lurking out there without much national recognition despite the fact that he has the best profile of any Heisman contender.

Why is he being ignored? Because he plays for Boise State and because, you might have noticed, Boise State is off the national radar despite being undefeated. That means most of us have missed what Kellen Moore has managed so far this fall. Thus far,Moore has completed over 67 percent of his passes with many more touchdowns than interceptions. Along the way he's led his team to a 9-0 record, kicked a huge dent in the BCS superiority, and burnished his Heisman credentials. Don't believe me, please step inside for a discussion.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-13T14:30:00 00:00 The Fight Over a Song at Ole Miss http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/12/the-fight-over-a-song-at-ole-miss/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/12/the-fight-over-a-song-at-ole-miss/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/12/the-fight-over-a-song-at-ole-miss/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Dan JonesWhen Ole Miss hosts Tennessee Saturday, the school's band will not play "From Dixie WIth Love," a song that features an incongruous pairing of "Dixie" with the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Why? Because some students and alumni chant, "The South will rise again," at the end of the song.

For Ole Miss' first-year chancellor, Dan Jones (pictured, right), this chant is unacceptable behavior.

"Here at the University of Mississippi, there must be no doubt that this is a warm and welcoming place for all," Dan Jones wrote Tuesday in a letter to the university community. "We cannot even appear to support those outside our community who advocate a revival of racial segregation. We cannot fail to respond."

So Jones has responded.

And so, "From Dixie With Love" has gone the way of Colonel Reb, the original song Dixie, and the Confederate battle flag, excised from Vaught-Hemingway stadium as offensive relics of a bygone era.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-12T20:29:00 00:00 Three Tennessee Players Arrested, Charged With Attempted Armed Robbery http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/12/three-tennessee-players-arrested-charged-with-attempted-armed-r/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/12/three-tennessee-players-arrested-charged-with-attempted-armed-r/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/12/three-tennessee-players-arrested-charged-with-attempted-armed-r/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Nu'Keese RichardsonLess than a day after Lane Kiffin bragged that no football players had been arrested in 11 months at Tennessee, that record came tumbling down. In a big way.

According to police at 1:43AM Thursday, three freshmen on Tennessee's football team, safety Janzen Jackson, wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson, and defensive back Mike Edwards, were arrested and charged with attempted arm robbery. The trio allegedly attempted to rob three men parked in a 1998 Hyundai Elantra at a Pilot gas station on Knoxville's Cumberland Avenue.

One of the football players reportedly brandished an air pistol while wearing a black hoodie and demanded money. Another football player wearing a black hoodie opened the other door. The three men said they had no money, at which point the football players fled in a 2010 Toyota Prius driven by a woman, 22-year-old Marie Montmarquet.

Police later pulled over the Prius near the Gibbs Hall dormitory, uncovered two black hoodies, an air pistol, and led the men back to the Pilot gas station where they were identified by their would-be victims. Immediately the Internets exploded. Here was a story that offered the improbable combination of crime vehicle -- 2010 Toyota Prius, location -- the Vols' attempted robbery was in the parking lot of the gas station, Pilot, that is owned by UT's most prominent booster, an air pistol and two of the most famous recruits from the 2009 football season.

Let's dive in.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-12T13:00:00 00:00 Analog SEC Just Like Your Grandpa http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/lack-of-high-definition-tvs-gives-clarity-to-sec-replay-gaffes/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/lack-of-high-definition-tvs-gives-clarity-to-sec-replay-gaffes/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/lack-of-high-definition-tvs-gives-clarity-to-sec-replay-gaffes/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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High definition television has revolutionized the sports viewing experience. What it hasn't revolutionized is the SEC's ability to use high definition to help with instant replay review. That's because the televisions in the instant replay booth at SEC stadiums aren't in HD.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-10T19:00:00 00:00 Starting 11: Counting to Five in Alabama http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/starting-11-counting-to-five-in-alabama/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/starting-11-counting-to-five-in-alabama/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/starting-11-counting-to-five-in-alabama/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Alabama fan As the fourth quarter of CBS's coverage of Alabama-LSU went to commercial break, the cameras caught something extraordinary, an Alabama fan giving the cliched and overused four finger slogan. Okay, nothing extraordinary about that, but, this is when a bit of the Southern Gothic came into your living room, the man only had four fingers, he was missing a pinkie! So he gave the four finger sign utilizing his thumb.

My jaw literally dropped. Judging by everyone's reaction on Twitter, I wasn't the only one. The most shocking thing, of course, is that the fan gave up the pinkie to Nick Saban, wielding a machete, as part of the pregame speech. Good to see they got the bleeding stopped.

But, of course, this moment of four-finger jubilation wasn't the only thing that caught my attention. We've got Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, Oregon, Cincinnati, and a groom who made it rain at this wedding reception and caused a 40-person brawl. Plus, we learn that 5 yards in Alabama math actually means 5.5 yards.

Dive in and enjoy.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-10T10:30:00 00:00 Dear Mr. Slive: I Should Be a Replay Ref http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/07/dear-mike-slive-i-should-be-a-replay-ref/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/07/dear-mike-slive-i-should-be-a-replay-ref/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/07/dear-mike-slive-i-should-be-a-replay-ref/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Dear Commissioner Mike Slive,

I know this has been a rough month for you. What with everyone suggesting that the SEC officials want to see Florida and Alabama in the SEC championship game no matter what the actual game results might be. Furthermore, I know that generally speaking the SEC's issue has been with judgment calls, celebration penalties on A.J. Green, personal fouls on some Arkansas defensive players -- it's okay, no one knows anyone's name that plays for Arkansas other than Ryan Mallet, it will be our secret -- missed calls in favor of Florida against Mississippi State, allowing Terrence Cody, the largest man on earth who still resembles a girl, to play without his helmet on. But this latest move, ignoring a clear interception by LSU's Patrick Peterson, has me steaming mad. What's the point of instant replay if you're going to use it and still get the play wrong?

That's why I'm making you an offer, I will work as instant replay reviewer for any televised SEC game.

For free.

 

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]]> Clay Travis clay-travis 2009-11-07T22:00:00 00:00 All That and a Bag of Mail: Fat, Little Girlfriends Edition http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/06/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-fat-little-girlfriends-edition/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/06/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-fat-little-girlfriends-edition/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/06/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-fat-little-girlfriends-edition/#comments Clay Travisby Clay Travis

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Our beaver pelt trader of the week is, be still my beating heart, my coaching crush Mike Leach. As if it weren't enough that he went on "Friday Night Lights" -- spoiler alert, I have to wait until January to watch the show because I don't have DirecTV -- after the loss to Texas A&M, Leach blamed the loss, partly, on the players' "fat little girlfriends." Given the status of bingo wings in Florida, Urban Meyer should file this excuse away. It's much better than blaming the flu for poor performances.

Not to be outdone, as reader Chris V. e-mails, "There is now a website up selling apparel at fatlittlegirlfriend.com.

Outstanding.

 

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