Agents and College Players

Not going to be a very long post but I wanted to touch on the Agent/Player relationships that are being talked about at some of the Media Days (especially the ACC and the SEC).  These Agents are sending “runners” to contact players and pay for shit, take them to parties, and eventually getting them to sign with them.  It obviously is becoming a bigger and bigger problem and the NCAA ends up punishing the school several years after the act occurs.  Reggie Bush is a good example of someone who got more than a big screen Tv.  This guy got a damn half million dollar house for his mama-an-nem.  So now a kid that was a freshman in high school at the time of the events, who had absolutely no knowledge of such violations, will not have a chance to play in a bowl game.  I’m sorry but that doesn’t seem like a very fitting punishment.  The head coach, at the time of the events, is now making millions of dollars in Seattle and will have ZERO punishment for allowing this to happen.  The player that took the money and the goods will have a painting of him removed…  that’s it.  BUT!!  the kids that were in high school at the time will be get the punishment.  I just don’t see how this makes any sense. 

Solution.  Any person affiliated with a sports agencies in anyway that gets caught giving goods to any student athlete will have the agency that he represents suspended from any negotiations with any NFL team.  

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To all the wrestling fans, see if you know who the guy on the left is. I would have never known if someone had not told me and I watched wrestling religiously during his prime.

Fantasy Football

Last year I was in 5 leagues.  1 on Face book, 1 on Yahoo, and 3 on ESPN.  It was miserable.  This year I will NOT be doing that again.  I have set a limit of 3 leagues, and that is IT.

Ok, I would love for Southern Fired to have a league.  We could do a small league of 8 or 10 – not make it a keeper league, no money, just something else to be able to talk shit about on the blog.

Pulley, Culpepper, Starrett, Reese, Joe, Jody, Rusty, and I bet Jimbo would also.  Hell, that is 8 people right there. 

I am all about a “LIVE” draft though.  Let me know what you guys think. 

University of South Carolina

With Steve Garcia back I think the Gamecocks are going to be better with another year under his built.  Losing Eric Norwood is going to hurt a team that heavily relied on their D last year.  So here is how there season will go.

W - Southern Miss

L – Georgia (Homer Alert) – I think I am going to get some arguments here

W – Furman

L – @ Auburn – The game will be in Auburn and the Tigers will be coming off a Big Win vs. Clemson

L – Alabama – Upset Alert!  Bama will coming off Huge wins vs. Arkansas and Florida the week before and this could be a perfect let down game for the Tide.  I’m picking Bama but could see this game being Bama’s unexpected loss that we all know will happen this year

W – @ Kentucky – UK will be down this year, they will still give people fits but I ‘m not expecting much from them

W – @ Vandy – Vandy is in big trouble

W – Tennessee – The Ol’ Ball Coach seems to have UT’s number

L – Arkansas – I think Mallet and Petrino will be hitting a good stride late in the season

L – @ Florida – Ol Ball Coach did really good in the Swamp, when he had a F on his visor.

W – Troy – As a season ticket holder to Troy, I would love to see them win this game but it aint gonna happen.  but it would make for a good road trip.  GO TROJANS!!

W – @ Clemson – Coin flip 

Anyone heard of the Fulmer Cup??

Great stuff.

http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Fulmer_Cup

Odds to win 2011 NBA Title

i did a story before Lebron announced with the odds of winning the 2011 title so we could see what changes LJ would do..  Here they are.

The Heat were 25:1 and now are 7:4.  (thats about 1.75:1 for you people that are not very good with odds) Keep in mind that the previous odds didn’t include Bosch or James.

Now the Lakers are looking to possibly add Raja Bell.  Reports have it that Bell is meeting with Kobe today in LA.  Now remeber that the lakers were at 7:2 so we will see if Raja helps (or hurts, depending on how you look at it) their odds. 

In my mind the Lakers are still the team to beat, with or with out Raja.

Blog Overload

Joe, you have been clogging the blog up with so much random stuff that you don't even remember what you've posted. How about following up with previous posts. Like the odds on NBA championship before and after. Get it together chump.

Weekend Review

Pretty good weekend overall.  I took 5 little girls all under the age of 6 to the Movies on Saturday to see “Despicable Me” and had a pretty good time.  I kind of embarrassed Rachel when I started dancing and rocking out to Justin Beeber (or what ever the little homo’s name is).  And Parker let one of the little girls know right off the bat that “just because he isn’t your daddy dosn’t mean he can’t pop you.  Aint that right daddy?”  So I didn’t have any problems with the little girls.   Despicable Me was pretty funny.  I kind of had to high of expectations but over all it was a pretty funny movie. 

I cut the World Cup on it “extra” time and watched for about 5 or so minutes and saw the goal.  This is by far the best way to watch a soccer match.  It was awesome.  I got to hear “GOAL!!!!” and only had to watch soccer for 5 minutes to get it.  Very nice.  Very Glad that shit is over.  I tried, but it sucked. 

After being able to sleep on the Lebron thing over the weekend and get to see him in Miami with his new number and call for 5 or 6 titles – it hadn’t changed my mind on him.  I will make it very easy.  Lebron removed himself from “Greatest of All time” conversations.  That is it.  Really nothing more or less so lets move on.

Braves go into the All star break with series wins over Philly and the Mets.  Good job Atlanta.  I voted Billy Wagner into the All star game because Jon Scherholtz (spelling) told me to just to find out that he has declined the offer…  O.K. then. 

3D movies.  I mentioned earlier that I went to see “Despicable Me” but I failed to mention that it was in 3d.  WOW!  I love me some 3D.  It was great.  It really made a cartoon movie come to life.  Daddy Likey.  Just a matter of time before they bring this technology to the Porn industry and change everything.

Buzz Light Year Slip-N-Slide.  Got it set up yesterday and it sucked balls.  Went to exchange it today for something different.  Probably the Woody one. 

So what did Lebron tell us?

I think he told us that winning a Title is THE most important thing to him.  Isn’t that what we want in a professional athlete?  How many times do we want the athletes we watch to make their decisions based on winning titles not just the money?  Why is this different?  Why are we all hating on a man that just made the type of decision that we crave so many others to do?  I tell you why.  Because we viewED Lebron as a possible “Greatest of all-time” type player.  We have been convinced of it from every single media outlet since he was a senior in high school.  We were going to be able to witness the next Michael Jordan.  And all of sudden our generation became the “old guy” that kept telling these young whipper snappers that “he aint no Jordan.”  Well, we were correct.  He aint no Jordan and He aint no Kobe.  These guys didn’t have to go out and chase a title.  They brought a title to themselves.  That is what the Greats do; they bring titles home, they don’t have to go out and get them. 

That said, Pat Riley sold his soul to the Devil.  He is the master mind behind what is arguably the biggest free agent signing in the history of free agency.  I can not wait to see who all he talks in to taking the league minimum just to come be apart of this.  That will be his icing on his cake. 

How many balls will they play with?

Are there enough basketballs in the city of Miami to go around for these 3? I think not. Lebron has self proclaimed himself the KING and even wanted to wear number 23 coming out of high school, but what has he done to prove he should be the man over D-Wade? Nothing! D-Wade will be the man on that team and he will be the one with the ball in crunch time, I don’t care if you call yourself the KING you don’t argue with the guy who has the RING. IF Lebron goes his ego will not him stay long. I want to hear what you guys think.

Reasons to go to the Heat

 

notice the lack of camel toes on these women.  very nice. 

What do you mean they already had last call?

The only person that calls more attention to himself than Lebron. But even good ol’ John has never had a one special.

Best Lebron Story

This is how you write a story about Lebron… Please click this link and read it!

Is Lebron turning the Heat up?

Odds of winning the 2011 NBA championship before and after.  Of course we do not have the “after” yet but I thought it would be interesting to see what all the free agency does to the odds.  So here are the odds to win the 2011 Title as of June 25th

L.A. Lakers 7/2
Boston Celtics 5/1
Orlando Magic 5/1
Cleveland Cavaliers 6/1
Denver Nuggets 10/1
Oklahoma City Thunder 15/1
Chicago Bulls 18/1
Dallas Mavericks 20/1
Phoenix Suns 20/1
San Antonio Spurs 20/1
Utah Jazz 25/1
Portland Blazers 25/1
New York Knocks 25/1
Miami Heat 25/1
Houston Rockets 25/1
Milwaukee Bucks 40/1
Atlanta Hawks 40/1
New Orleans Hornets 40/1
New Jersey Nets 50/1
Charlotte Bobcats 50/1
Memphis Grizzlies 50/1
L.A. Clippers 50/1
Golden State Warriors 75/1
Indiana Pacers 75/1
Philadelphia 76ers 75/1
Toronto Raptors 75/1
Washington Wizards 100/1
Sacramento Kings 100/1
Detroit Pistons 100/1
Minnesota Timberwolves 125/1

tomorrow we will look to see what the odds do post Lebron.  I have just a  hunch that if he does go to Miami that 25:1 would move a little bit.  just a hunch.  It is kind of crazy to see how much impact some one makes that has never won a title… 

Southern Fried’s most Hated list

This is a list of people that this blog hates the most.  These people are affiliated with sports somehow.  Either they play, they coach, they own, they broadcast, or you see them at the games ie Jack at the Lakers game.  I would like this list to be like most of the things on Southern Fried and to represent this blog, it’s bloggers, and it’s readers.  So I am looking for comments here.  Likes, Dislikes, suggestions, etc..  So lets get started. 

Lou Holtz – Stroke face himself.  He makes absolutely no sense I would rather put my dick in a meat grinder than listen to him speak.  His bullshit pregame speeches on ESPN make me cringe and I pray that one of his magic tricks is to make himself disappear.   

Steven A Smith – THUG!!  How this guy has a radio show I will never know.  If you don’t speak ebonics then don’t try and listen because you will be clueless as to what is going on. 

Barry Bonds – Not because of the steroids.  Not because of the tax evasion.  Not because of the mistress.  Ok, maybe a little bit of this stuff or maybe all of it collectively but Barry Bonds is the most unapproachable person in sports and he has no right to be.

Tiger Woods – I put him on this list for Culpepper and Reese.  We all have heard your reasons and I thought they were good enough for him to make it.

Michael Vick – I didn’t really have a problem with the Dog Fighting.  But this last shooting deal at 2 am at a party puts him on my list.

John Calipari – If you like anything about Collegiate athletics then you hate this man.  He is everything that is wrong with it. 

George Steinbrenner – Do I really need an explanation here?

Nolan Richardson – first of all he sues Arkansas for racial reasons and loses..  he had the worst  graduation rate of any coach, even the black ones – and now he is in the WNBA

Lane Kiffin – Kid Kiffin.  When Al Davis called him a worthless liar we all thought Al was just saying something crazy again…  Turns out Ol’ man Al actually knew what he was talking about here.

Craig and Adam James – Poster boy of why you should beat your kids ass..  We all have known this guy.  And we didn’t like him.  He may not make the final list but why not put him on the rough draft.

Terrell Ownes – Really!  Are you serious?  Can you be any more of a douche bag?  Every team you go to ends up not liking you.  You weren’t even a good fantasy wr last year.  So shut up.

Bud Sleig – Could their be a worse commissioner of a professional sport?  I can’t think of one.  He embraced steriods while everyone was watching the homerun battle between Mark and Sammy and then plays dumb.  Plus he looks creepy. 

Who else will make our list and who needs to come off? 

And NASCAR is rigged

You can't tell me that the race on Friday night didn't seem a little too well scripted. Come on now...Junior has been mired in a two year drought and couldn't find victory lane with a map and Jimmy Johnson driving him, but the night that he breaks out Sr's yellow & blue Wrangler paint scheme he suddenly remembers how to drive and win a race? If you believe this was all just coincidence, you probably also believe that Ric Flair could stand toe-to-toe with Rampage in the Octagon and have a chance at victory. NASCAR, just like wrastlin', is for entertainment only and should be taken with a grain of salt.

I am getting married.....

I figured since Joe can make posts about having another baby girl - god bless you man - I should be able to make a post about getting married this weekend. My girl and I leave for Jamaica on Thursday morning and will be getting married this Saturday afternoon on the beach. Everyone keeps asking me if I am nervous or am I ready to run and I don't get it. Am I missing something? We have lived together for two years and I think I know this woman pretty well, but evidently the minute I say "I Do" and put another ring on it, she is going to turn into a she-devil and destroy my life. Anyway, I figured that this cast of characters would be chock full of bad marriage advice and horror stories so please fire away.

It’s a Girl

We found out this morning that we are having another girl.  I think everyone that reads this blog understands just how bad I wanted a boy.  Going into it I had  all but convinced myself that the young lady that did the ultrasound would look at us and say, “Congratulations!  There is a huge penis!” but she didn’t and so I thought about why?  Or How?  How could we get pregnant 3 times ALL with a 50% chance of hitting a boy and never getting one?  I mean you are looking at 8:1 odds here of all 3 being the same sex…  If I put money 8:1 horse to win the Derby you can bet your sweet ass he wouldn’t.  My first reaction was all inside.  I wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice.  Like when Traci told me she was pregnant with this one and I responded, “Well  Fuck!!” and then hung up.  Not this time. When the lady explained that the small “hamburger” that we were looking at was our little girls tootoo and that IT was now a SHE – I don’t want to use the words “disappointed” so I will go with “less excited” – And why the hell would they call it a small hamburger?  Why not just go with beef curtains for Christ’s Sake?  Anyone who knows how much my little girls love their daddy know that I am not “disappointed” at all that I will have a third.  I am actually getting more and more excited the more I think about it.  And really?  It’s probably for the best that I don’t have a boy.  I would expect him to be a supreme athlete while handing him absolutely no athletic genes.  I would expect him to be a well behaved young man that is good in school while teaching him through my examples to do the opposite.   So after chewing on this for a couple of hours, I am pretty damn happy that I am having a third girl.  At least this way, it’s guaranteed that I will not have a faggot son.   

Friday Night

Last night was a special moment if you are a Dale Jr or Dale Sr fan.  I never liked Dale Sr but I am a Jr fan and last night was just fun to watch.  The wrangler #3 car, that Sr. won so many of his races on, was running near the front of the pack last night in Daytona with Jr behind the wheel.  This would be the last time that Jr would ever drive a car with a #3 on the side and this is how it ended.. 

Hopefully this will be the race that gets Jr going and he will be able to carry this energy into the Sprint Cup. 

The Braves did everything they could in the top of the 11th last night to give a win away to the Marlins.  Jonny Venters looked like a retard when they caught a Marlin on a squeeze play and when Chipper tossed Venters the ball to tag the runner on his way home Venters dropped the damn ball.  This is in the top of the 11th inning with 1 out and runners all over the place.  An out there is HUGE!! Marlins ended up scoring 1 and then Venters gets himself out of the inning.  Then the bottom comes up and here is how it ended…

I know we talked about it earlier in the year, but these guys just seem to be having fun.  And after I watched the race and turned it over this game It felt different.  After Venters made that mistake normally I would have been saying, “typical F@#$ing Braves”  but last night I felt good about our chances.  This is a different Braves team and if you are planning on watching in the post season when we are on our way to the World Series.. you may want to go ahead and jump on the band wagon now. 

I’m not sure if you guys have ever watched the

Not sure if you guys have ever heard of the Squidbillies on Adult Swim but it is one funny ass show.  Here is a little bit of an older show for you.

I know where some people could see this as making fun of Georgia fans but I DO NOT!!  I love this show and can not get enough of it. 

Evan's "lady friend". Nice tits.

That wasn't Damon Evans, this is.............

Can't believe John posted the wrong pic. Just here to help out my fellow bloggers.

DUMB ASS

Michael Vick is just a dip shit.  I have been very supportive of him, even after the dog fighting, claiming the lack of guidance that he has had growing up.  I am also very understanding of professional athletes that screw up.  I think it is just so much easier to get caught up in stupid things when you are making tons of money and almost everything you have ever done has been covered up for you.  Combine that with the media watching every move you make is just a recipe for disaster.  But I was wrong about Vick.  He obviously hasn’t learned anything.  The most important thing you do when changing your life style is changing your circle of influence.  You are the people that you associate with whether you like it or not and if you are at a party after midnight with thugs with hand guns then obviously you don’t understand this.  He has lost everything he has had and now has a 2nd chance and is going to screw it up…  Well, he disserves it.  and so do the vultures who latched on to him and never let go.  After his “homies” turned state on him faster than Lindsey Lohan gets out of rehab on the dog fighting ring - I thought that he would have learned this really easy rule of circle of influence; but I was wrong.  The first thing Vick needs to do is not look at changing himself, its changing who he associates with. 

Damon Evans, really?

OK, lets get this straight. You are a 40 year old black male who is paid $550,000/year to be the Athletics Director at a top tier SEC program that happens to be your own alma matter. And you really don't have the common sense to not drink and drive? Evans will be fired I'm sure and he'll be lucky to land a job paying him 10% of his current salary.

We can all take something from this, when our day is going bad, just think of what Damon just did and it will make everything better instantly.