which SEC QB is most likely to ruin his teams upcoming season?

oh the SEC...it's a league that was built on 2 things, great defence (just look at the rosters of most NFL teams and they are littered with SEC players on D) and running the goddamn ball (no conference has more NFL runningbacks), but in this day and age of modern college football we are forced to rely on a passing attack from time to time to win us a few big games. it's no real stretch to say that the two best QBs this year are at the 2 worst schools in the conference with Andre Woodson at Kentucky and Chris Nickson at Vanderbilt, they'll both put up alot of good numbers but it won't matter because both schools will suck, but hey there's always the NFL for these two.
after that we have alot of young and extremely talented, yet unproven QBs like Matt Stafford of UGA, Florida's Tim "me run you over like a tank" Tebow, and John Parker Wilson of Bama. we also have a number of players that couldn't make the scout team at most schools in Michael Henig of Mississippi State, Cody Dick of Arkansas, and whoever the fuck is the QB at Ole Miss. and lastly we have a group of senior QBs that could make of break their teams this season in the quest for that almighty SEC championship...and that's the group i am most interested in. each of these four players has shown the ability to win big games as well as choke them away and with all 4 of these schools possibly in the running for a league title this year, these 4 players will probably have the greatest impact on how this SEC season plays out.


our first player of note is Brandon Cox of Auburn. going into last season i had high hopes for Cox, he had played well in most of Auburn's big games in 2005 and became a legend with his 4th and forever game winner against UGA. the tough yet easily crippled Cox played his way through much of last season with a banged up leg that resulted in alot of sacks and picks that hurt the Tigers and actually resulted in a blowout against the hated Dogs at home, ruining Auburn's chance at a BCS bowl. this season Cox has a young offensive line and a host of new receivers that could result in a very long year for the veteran QB. the Tiger's always reliable running game should take some of the pressure off Brandon, but when they face UGA, LSU, and Florida he's going to be expected to stand in the pocket and make some big plays or else we might be looking at a 9-4 season this year. i've always liked Cox because he's an accurate passer but he tends to force the ball when under pressure and doesn't have the strongest arm ever. if he can step up and have at least 2 big games against LSU and Florida then i like Auburn to make it back to Atlanta, but if he struggles then we're probably going to the Peach Bowl bitches.


our second senior under fire is Blake Mitchell of South Carolina. Blake isn't the most talented QB ever but he's been under Spurrier's tutelage for 2 seasons and now that this is his third year in the system he's expected to be able to put the 'Cocks over the hump and win those big games instead of losing them close. unfortunately for Mitchell he no longer has all-conference wide out Sydney Rice to chuck it to. South Carolina has some descent receivers and a good defence and even a solid running game, so Blake's the real x-factor in whether we're gonna see South Carolina make their first ever trip to the SEC championship and to a BCS bowl game. don't be surprised if Blake gets benched midway through the year in exchange for one of the younger QBs that the ole' ball coach actually recruited to run his offence.


our next candidate for the blame game is Eric Ainge of Tennessee. Eric is a big, strong kid who'll probably end up being an NFL bust but nevertheless he's got the talent to be an NFL quarterback bust or not. Ainge has a big arm, but doesn't always make good decisions and without Robert Meachem to throw to this season he doesn't have a solid number one. i predict Ainge will actually have a good year considering he's playing for draft position, will he play well enough to win Tennessee the East? i don't know about that.


our final player whose fans will be cheering/cursing and calling for the backup QB is LSU's Matt Flynn. Matt has one high profile start under his belt when he lead LSU in a slaughter of The U during the 2005 Peach Bowl, when starter JaMarcus Russell was injured. now JaMarcus bolted for the NFL and he's left Flynn as the keeper of LSU's National Title dreams. it's hard to really know what the expect from Matt. he hasn't played much and when he has it was in spot work during blowouts. The Miami game is the only real game he's shown what he can do and it's really hard to say if that was a young man playing out of his mind or a future star getting his first chance to shine. i think Flynn will probably be fine, but he faces a really tough test early when Virginia Tech and their top rated defence come into Death Valley and try to wreck LSU's title shot. if Flynn loses that game or to Auburn don't be surprised if the young backup and former recruiting star Ryan Perrilloux gets to finally take over.

The Gambler Returns

gambling and college football go hand in hand and 2007 will be no exception. against my better judgement i have decided to take part in MB's pick 'em and hopefully take home some much needed cash to fuel my desire to make it rain at the local strip clubs. anyways, here is what's gonna make or break me in the first week.

MB's Week 1 College Pick 'Em

Thursday, August 30

1:LSU @ Mississippi State - LSU

2:Utah @ Oregon State - Oregon State

Friday, August 31 ____________

3:Washington @ Syracuse - Syracuse

Saturday, September 1

4:Colorado State @ Colorado - Colorado

5:UAB @ Michigan State - Michigan State

6:Marshall @ Miami - THE U

7:Connecticut @ Duke - someone has to win so i go with UCONN

8:Virginia @ Wyoming - Virginia (i smell another 5-7 season)

9:UCLA @ Stanford - UCLA

10:Georgia Tech @ Notre Dame - Tech

11:Wake Forest @ Boston College- Boston College errr Wake eerrr goddamn ACC...fuck it Boston College

12:Nevada @ Nebraska - Nebraska

13:Ole Miss @ Memphis - Ole Miss

14:Washington State @ Wisconsin - Wisconsin

15:Missouri @ Illinois - Missouri



16:Houston @ Oregon - Oregon

17:Arizona @ BYU - Arizona

18:Central Florida @ North Carolina State - UCF

19:Baylor @ TCU- TCU

20:Oklahoma State @ Georgia - Oklahoma State

21:Troy @ Arkansas - Arkansas

22:Western Carolina@ Alabama - BAMA

23:Kansas State @ Auburn - Auburn

24:Tennessee @ California - Tennessee



Monday, September 3

25:Florida State @ Clemson - FSU (but don't be surprised if Clemson wins)



Week One Tiebreakers:

Total pts: Georgia Tech@Notre Dame 34

Total pts: OK State @ UGA 48

Total pts: Tennesee @ California 42

Let The Countdown Begin

in just 10 more days we will have ourselves a good ole' fashioned, drunk as hell off beer and blood lust, College Football Saturday. MB get the booze and wings ready! maybe the Chick-fil-a Nugget platter might be in order too. anyways, this season i plan on adding the element of gambling to my Saturday booze and rage extravaganza. so here are a couple of predictions for the first Saturday in September.

first off Upset alert. i see one top 25 team going down quicker than a cast member off Rock Of Love. and that team is UGA. The Georgia Bulldogs will/ARE going to lose to Oklahoma State. i've been saying it for months and i am sticking to my guns, they've got an offense that can put up some points (ask BAMA) against a UGA team whose replacing alot of players on the front lines as well as the secondary, they've got a mobile QB (which always gives the Bulldogs trouble), and they've got a beast at wide receiver in Adarius Bowman who is 6 foot 4 and caught 12 touchdowns last year. UGA has alot more talent but i don't know if they'll be ready for a team that's on the rise and looking to prove themselves.

the worst case scenario of course for me is that UGA is gonna make Oklohoma State wish they'd started the year off with a Sun Belt team and the top 25 team that ends up getting beaten by a Big 12 school will in fact be Auburn losing to Kansas State. if that happens I'll probably be too depressed to care about what happens with the Dawgs.

the marquee matchup of week one is Tennessee at California. Cal has alot to prove after the solid beatdown that the Vols handed them in the opener last year, i pretty much expect much of the same this time too. those Tedfordbots play well against Pac-10 teams, but should they face anyone from another BCS conference they tend to fold like lawn chairs.

and the winner for longest fucking game of the day will probably belong to the contest between Arizona and BYU, especially now that Arizona is gonna be running that Texas Tech pass happy attack not to mention those Mormons love to sling it as well. this game could push 5 hours with all the clock stoppage from incomplete passes considering the Cougars are breaking in a new QB. should be high scoring though, which can make the passage of time seem less draining.

The Cursed City Of Atlanta

Besides the whole being burned to the ground during the Civil War and then being rebuilt by some asshole who thought it'd be funny to name everything Peachtree Street, the city of Atlanta is also home to a tragic and thankless tradition of losing sports teams and just overall bad luck.

For anyone who grew up as a kid in the 1980s in Georgia there were always a few things you knew for sure; the sun was gonna rise, you were always gonna think kids who drank Pepsi were weird, and The Braves and Hawks and Falcons were all gonna fucking lose.


as a Braves fan i could always count on the fact that Dale Murphy would be our lone representative in the All Star game and that we'd finish either last or next to last every year in the old National League West...and then suddenly the fortunes changed. 1991 is the summer i'll never forget. Worst to First. Glavine wins the Cy Young. Terry Pendelton flirts with the MVP. Ron Gant, David Justice, and Otis Nixon make up one of the best outfields in the National League. Smoltz recovers from a terrible first half and becomes the superstar people always thought he'd be. We beat the Dodgers and win the Division and then holy fucking shit we beat the Pirates and are going to the World Series. the 91 series might be one the greatest one of all time. and if it wasn't for Lonnie Fucking Smith the Braves would have probably won it. the Braves went on to win 14 straight division titles which would be great...if they didn't fucking choke every year in the goddamn playoffs. 13 seasons of high hopes and then bitter disappointments is enough to drive away a loyal fan base...and that's pretty much what happened.
The year that Atlanta actually did win a World Series, 1995, was the one year that i completely boycotted baseball because of the 94 strike. seriously i never watched a single second of the one year where Atlanta actually won it all. and now the writing is on the wall, Smoltz is getting old, the greatest Manager/General Manager team of all time, Bobby Cox and John Schuerholz, are both nearing retirement. i'd bet that this may be the last or next to last year where the Braves actually field a competitive team before slipping back into the ranks of also-rans. they can't really afford to sign Superstars anymore and with the Mets and their endless pocketbook it's doubtful that Atlanta will win another division title anytime soon. and so i feel like it's all coming to an end. maybe they'll make the playoffs this year and make one last run before Smoltz is done...but it all feels like your old dog who can't run and jump like he used to is about to be put to sleep.


The Falcons are a different kind of story. where as the Braves were loveable losers that turned into a great (yet disappointing) franchise...the Falcons have always seemed like they were playing with their head firmly inside their ass. the 1980s are basically a blur of 10 loss seasons with only the lowly Saints there to cushion our fall. two annual beatdowns a year by the 49ers were always good for a laugh. and a steady string of draft busts probably even would make Matt Millen feel like he's doing a pretty good job in Detroit. then came Jerry Glanville and Deion Sanders and the all black uniforms and then "holy shit, we made the playoffs. hey, why is MC Hammer hanging out on the sidelines?" Andre Rison and Deion were two of the best players in the NFL...our qb sucked but hey those are the breaks. whose this Bret Favre guy sitting on the bench? who cares, lets trade him. and so on and so forth. more losing seasons would follow. apparently we made the playoffs in '95. i don't remember this happening. and then suddenly 1998 rolled around and we had Jamal Anderson and his record breaking season (we also he the fucking Dirty Bird, but I'll forgive that when you rush for 2000 yards) and a respectable (if not often injured) Qb in Chris Chandler and somehow someway they went 14-2 and beat an incredible Vikings team in the NFC championship game (we'll gloss over the fact that it was a total fluke after Gary Anderson...who hadn't missed a kick all season...missed the potential game winner and let the Falcons come back and eventually win in overtime). now getting to the Superbowl was pretty amazing...but of course it happened to be on an actual Blue Moon. the Broncos easily crushed the Falcons and then Jamal Anderson blew his knee out to start the 99 season and pretty much killed the Falcons for a few more years. and then a shining beacon of hope emerged with the Number one pick in the 2001 draft. Mike Vick came to town. our franchise is saved. a magical playoff win at Greenbay in his first full season as a starter. Madden cover boy = broken leg and a wrecked season. Vick comes back and it's on to the NFC championship. we lose to the Eagles but it feels like things are different now. 2 late season collapses later turn into a coaching change and THEN, well you know what happened next. so here we are, our franchise player is a fellon and it's back to last place finishes and being a joke of a franchise. it's enough to make you open a wrist...but nobody bleeds for the Falcons.


The Hawks...what can i really say. 'Nique and Spud won some dunk contests. they never won any games that mattered. apparently the Hawks are still an NBA team. who knew? better yet, who cares?

The AP Pre-Season Poll is Out

AP Top 25
1. USC
2. LSU
3. West Virginia
4. Texas
5. Michigan
6. Florida
7. Wisconsin
8. Oklahoma
9. Virginia Tech
10. Louisville
11. Ohio State
12. California
13. Georgia
14. UCLA
15. Tennessee
16. Rutgers
17. Penn State
18. Auburn
19. Florida State
20. Nebraska
21. Arkansas
22. TCU
23. Hawaii
24. Boise State
25. Texas A&M

looks like the sports writers just copied their poll from the coaches with a few teams flip flopping. maybe i'm just biased...okay so of course i am biased, but UCLA? seriously outranking Auburn and Tennessee? yeah i know they beat USC last year but could they really beat any good team from the SEC? i doubt it. whatevs, when they get blown out by Oregon don't do i didn't say so. I Still think Georgia is highly overrated. replacing their entire offensive and defensive lines and most of their secondary doesn't exactly spell SEC East champions to me. the pollsters are sleeping on South Carolina, but i see the Cocks doing more than just scaring the shit out of everyone and losing close games to ranked foes like they've done the past 2 years. another team getting no love in the polls is South Florida. the Bulls may be one of the ugliest looking teams in college football, but they are slowing becoming the second best team in the limp dick of America known sometimes as Florida as Miami and Florida State continue to slide. a couple of other dark horses are Missouri and Alabama, don't sleep on the Tide. sure their D ain't much to look at, but they've got the best receivers in the conference not playing in Gainsville and a great young QB...if someone could actually establish thyself at runningback then Bama could easily end up with 8 or 9 wins.

Best Uniforms In College Football part 1

if there's one thing about me that everyone should know, it's that i make a lot of useless pointless lists. i make lists about everything. favorite songs to fuck to. 10 best deaths in a horror movie. greatest things that bill clinton said about not getting a blowjob from a chubby girl......anyways sports is not immune to this affliction and what better way to get ready for the college football season than to do a Top 10 list of the best uniforms in the college game. there is nothing scientific in my process, it's all about 3 things really...classicness (is that a word?), color scheme, and does it look cool. there's definitely a bias towards traditional teams and the simpler the better is what i believe...blah blah blah. anyways here we go....

The Top 10 Best Uniforms In College Football

1. Penn State

do you remember how all the food items in the movie Repo Man had white labels with bold black type that read either "food" or "beer"...well that's basically what Penn State's uniforms are. it's so simple and pure, it just feels like old school college football. no logos, just white helmets and navy blue jerseys. it's like they came out of a a box that just said "football uniforms". i may kinda hate old Joe Pa "the undead", but i love the Penn State unis. totally fucking awesome.

2. Texas

Oh Texas, you fucking football mecca. the Longhorns are such a close second to Penn State with that burnt orange and white uniform that i almost put them as number one. if Penn State has the best uniform then Texas has the best logo in all of sports. the simple iconic steer. it just feels like Texas. extra points are given to the Longhorns for beating USC in the national title game and making ESPN look like jackasses for crowning that Trojan team as the greatest college football team of all time before actually playing the Horns in the National Championship game.

3. Michigan

Maize and blue, best Helmet design ever, never change a thing Michigan...i may hate you and your lousy coach, but you gotta give it up for those uniforms.

4. USC

not much to really say about the Trojans other than great colors, great logo, great school mascot...and bonus points for having the best cheerleaders in football. oh song girls, how we love thee.



5. Florida State


something about that Garnette and gold just does it for me, best uniforms in the south. i know, fucking blasphemy from an SEC fan...what can i say? although i agree these uniforms look better when FSU isn't sucking it up on the field. negative points go out for the all black unis and those fucking green ones that they broke out last year. ughhhh.

6. Alabama

Look a poll that BAMA can get a top 10 ranking in. Sorry Mike. anyways it pains me to admit this, especially as an Auburn Fan, but BAMA has some goddamn fine lookin' uniforms. almost as perfect and simple as Penn State...but with an even better color scheme. Classic. it screams college football and tradition. my only real problem was when they let the players put their names on the back of the jersey. if they'd drop the names then BAMA would slide back into the top 5.

7. Notre Dame

the blue and gold is iconic and simple, like all great traditional powers. unfortunately Notre Dame might not be able to hang on the same field as the other elite teams in college football, but they sure as hell look good while they are getting their asses kicked.

8. Nebraska

go big red. that uniform looks so much better when it's running a quarterback option. if i was a Huskers fan i'd probably have killed myself by now after Bill Callahan destroyed our proud program. what a fucking douche. i think Rich Rodriguez is gonna end up coaching at Nebraska in about 2 years. just a hunch.

9. Georgia

who cares if they ripped that G off from the Packers...it looks better in red anyways. if sort of kills me that the two best uniforms in the SEC belong to Auburn's biggest rivals, but hey i can admit it.

10. Auburn

rounding out the top 10 are the Auburn Tigers. call me a homer if you want but the Tigers road uniform is one of the best looks in college football. All white with the navy and orange trim and that interlocking AU is one of the best letter logos in football. the navy home jersey is great too, but something about the all white just looks a little more stylish.

anyways that's my top 10. you may agree, you probably don't. i'm planning on consulting with a fellow college football obssesive and do a complete top 25 as well as a top 10 Worst.

College Football Is A Hell Of A Drug

College Football is a disease. it gets in your blood at a young age, and no matter how much pot you smoked and how many punk shows you went to in high school that shit always comes back and takes over your soul.

for the greater part of my 29 years i have been a fan of the Auburn Tigers (save when i was a year old and told my mother i was gonna go play QB for Bama and The Bear...I'm sure my poor dad nearly lost it). i can remember being a little boy riding in the car and my dad losing his mind listening to the Tigers on the radio and wondering why he was so angry. i have always assumed my father would die of a heart attack watching the Tigers make a goal line stand against Bama to win the SEC west...actually that's sort how i want to die as well. but it's a hard road to travel. 29 years and zero national titles. 2 undefeated seasons in my lifetime but not even a sniff of that final number one ranking. last season was one of the toughest i can remember. it's always easy to go 4-7, you're usually dead in the water from the get go...but going 11-2 and being in the national title and BCS hunt until a couple of upstarts with no business even staying close, much less blowing you out, come into town and spoil your party...at home. it's enough to make a grown man cry....and cry i have. so in 19 days that familiar sensation of joy/dread every Saturday and every day in between will come rushing back and the suicidewatch will be on. god bless this horrible, terrible, no good curse. War Fucking Eagle!

Bobby Cox...We Salute You

yesterday our fearless leader, Bobby Cox became the most ejected manager of all time with his 132nd time getting tossed. way to go Bobby. you've made us all so proud...what with all your waddeling out of the dugout and cursing and caring on like a cranky old grandpa. it's enough to bring a tear to my eye.

If Only the Falcons Owned A Time Traveling Delorean

so our Hero, Ronald Mexico (aka Michael Vick aka the Unstoppable Force On Madden) is probably about to get suspended for the season by the NFL. now this is more or less just for show considering i don't think anyone saw Mike getting on the field this season anyways, but regardless it's pretty much nailing the point home that The Falcons are totally fucked....which all brings me back to the fact that The Falcons really should have traded Vick right after the water bottle fiasco in Miami. we all know that the Raiders would have stupidly jumped at the chance to trade away the number one pick to Atlanta for Vick. if that had happened we'd have Matt Schuab throwing to Calvin Johnson...instead of Joey Fucking Harrington throwing to the other team. oh well.

Let's Just Call Him Derek Mexico

good ole' Clutchy McClutch himself, Derek Jeter is a lot of things. for one, he's totally clutch (as i have been told many times by Joe Morgan). he's also a World Series winner many times over and the main reason i hate the Yankees. well now you can add one more fucking thing to his list of accomplishments/reasons i hate him. because he's the guy who ruined Jessica Alba's vagina. good ole' Clutchty apparently was too clutch to wear a jimmy and dropped the H-Bomb on Jessica Alba. at least that's what the celebrity gossip sites are all claiming. so much for that hot piece of ass.



and it probably doesn't stop there, because that lame douche has been around with some hot ass famous babes. some other potential victims are Mariah Carey (she probably gave it to him in the first place), Gabrielle Union, that slut from MTV that Nick Lachey bones...Vanessa Minnillo and most recently Jessica Biel....so yeah that means JT probably has that shit too. oh well, go ahead and take them off your list of celebrities you can bang if your girlfriend says it's okay....not that it was happening anyways.

BEWARE: The Next White Hype

so this young gentlemen is one Sam McGuffie. currently a highschool senior at some school in Texas. he's also rated by Rivals.com as the best all purpose back in the nation. he's set to do for white running backs what Eminem did for white rappers. get them some respect. and if you have ever seen his youtube videos you might understand what's giving college recruits such hard boners. kid is insanely gifted. just check this out.



even Smash Williams on Friday Night Lights would be impressed. here's so more shit to make your head explode.



anyways Sam is gonna be playing for Michigan the next four years and making all the slow white linebackers that make up the conference look silly....either that or he'll be a total bust. regardless, I'm sure he's pulling in some major pussy at Anne Arbor.

An Open Letter To Jake Plummer...and his Mustache

Dear Jake Plummer,

My name is Justin Robinson. I am an unfortunate and tragic fan of the Atlanta Falcons. You may or may not have heard, but currently our franchise quarterback is about to go on trial for dog fighting and more or less his ass has been run out of town. As it stands we are now left with Joey Harrington and some scrubs at the position. there's even been talk of bringing in Aaron Rogers (another fucking Tedfordbot like Harrington and Kyle Bowler...fuck that dude). We were just wondering if it would be at all possible to get you to come out of retirement and get Tampa Bay to trade you north to Atlanta. I have followed your career since your senior year at Arizona State where you lead the Sun Devils to a Rose Bowl appearance. You were one of the most exciting players in college football. Running around like a fool and making amazing plays and earning the nickname Jake The Snake (well that was already someone else's name...but who cares). Bill Walsh even called you "the next Joe Montana". unfortunately you spent your early years in the NFL tearing it up for the Cardinals and performing amazing feats such as throwing a pass with your left hand and getting leveled by linebackers after your 4th interception of the game. but still you were totally awesome to watch and if i am gonna be asked as a fan of the Falcons to endure a losing season, I'd at least like to have a QB behind center who could make me care about the fact that yeah we were gonna lose...but goddamnit we were gonna fucking lose with some style. Jake Plummer, Atlanta Needs You. And Your Mustache.

thanks.

your pal,

justin

Preseason USA Today/Coaches Poll

so the first preseason poll that actually matters is out. My Tigers are sitting about where i like them to be at number 14, just behind a highly overrated UGA squad that i predict is gonna get it's ass handed to it in week 1 vs. an Oklahoma State squad who loves to score points. Florida and Ohio State both find themselves in the top 10 strictly because they were the last teams any of us saw playing a real game. (if that's what Ohio State fans are still calling it.) Boise State also gets some love from the coaches and honestly i wouldn't be surprised if this team goes undefeated again...but they do have to replace their rag armed quarterback and some good skill position players..plus they have the fun and gun in the sun Hawaii squad that might just steal away the Wac title this year. honestly it's hard to really get too upset with this poll. no Miami and no Notre Dame is sort of weird but also is a welcome site. and seeing Michigan so far down means that the coaches actually paid attention to the ass kicking they got handed by USC in the Rose Bowl, unlike 90% of the media. all in all I'm getting more excited by the minute and don't know if i can really wait 24 more days for some college football action. but enough about my thoughts...here's the poll.

1. USC (45)
2. LSU (4)
3. Florida (9)
4. Texas
5. Michigan
6. West Virginia
7. Wisconsin
8. Oklahoma
9. Virginia Tech
10. Ohio State
11. Louisville
12. California
13. Georgia
14. Auburn
15. Tennessee
16. Rutgers
17. UCLA
18. Penn State
19. Nebraska
20. Arkansas
21. Florida State
22. TCU
23. Boise State
24. Hawaii
25. Texas A&M

All Time Home Run Record My Ass

Blah Blah Blah, Barry Bonds hit number 756 last night...at this point i'm over it and just glad it's done with. but let's go ahead and call it like it is, Barry Bonds is NOT the All Time Home Run Champ...not until he passes Sadaharu Oh, whose 868 career blasts dwarf Bonds puny 756. here's a little background on Oh that i copied from the 500hrc.com

"The greatest Japanese baseball player of all-time, Sadaharu Oh compiled a .301 lifetime average while setting records for home runs (868) and RBIs 1,967 and winning two consecutive triple crowns in 1973 and 1974. In 22 seasons, from 1959-80, he was a nine-time Most Valuable Player. Oh also holds the Japanese single-season home run record (55 in 1964).

Oh was famous for the unique batting stance, which was designed for him by Tokyo Giants’ hitting coach Hiroshi Arakawa in 1962. The Giants' hitting coach, Arakawa was also a swordsman of some repute. He taught Oh to hit using principles applied by swordsmen. It involved Oh raising his leg toward the plate but required tremendous practice and discipline to perfect.



Don’t forget that Japanese pitchers of Oh’s time didn’t throw as hard as U.S. major leaguers. That means Oh was generating more of his own power to propel the balls that far than he would have to against major league pitching.

Oh wasn’t blooping fly balls over short fences, either. 191 of Oh’s homers were hit 394 feet or more, which would have put them out over the fence in straightaway right in almost every major league park of Oh’s time, much less down the right field line. Another 286 were hit 361-393 feet, which means many to straightaway right would have gone out, and virtually all down the right field line would have been out of every major league park. Another 289 would have gone out of most major league parks if they had been pulled to the right field corner (361-393 feet). Only 102 were less than 328 feet, and even a few of those would have gone out down the right field line in some major league parks, like Yankee Stadium.

The dispute waged over what kind of success Oh would have had in the United States, but major leaguers who toured Japan for exhibition games in the '60s and '70s felt he would certainly have been a major star in the US, despite pitching that was likely much better here.

Oh ended his career with 868 homers in 22 seasons. Unlike Aaron, he became a big league manager, taking over his former team, the Giants when the 1980 season began. He continues to be one of the most influential and popular figures in Japanese baseball. In 2006 Oh solidified his legendary status by leading his Japanese national team to the first ever championship in The World Baseball Classic."

MOTHERFUCKER learned to hit homeruns from a Samurai! how fucking cool is that? So Barry you can have Hank's record...tainted or not you can't take enough fucking 'roids to pass a little Samurai trained homerun hitting machine like Oh.

BO KNOWS THE INTERNETS

one of the greatest things about youtube is that it's a place for my childhood sports memories to live on forever. here are a couple of highlights from my hero Bo Jackson.

Bo Knows Touchdowns Vs. Alabama


Bo Knows How Fucking Awesome He Is On Tecmo Bowl


Bo Knows How To Sell Some Shoes


Bo Knows Cartoons


Bo Knows That The Boz Is An Overrated 'Roid Freak

Straight Thuggin' Yo Fantasy League To The Championship

We'll go ahead and call our fantasy league over and done with after last night's draft. NWA would be proud of this team. THUG APOLOGISTS unite....I'll form the head. Oh i'm sorry, Bears D jut got another fucking pick, Carson Palmer had 3 touchdowns again, a backfield of Joseph Addai, Willis McGahee, and Adrian Peterson....did someone say Calvin Johnson for Rookie Of the Year? who the fuck is our tight end? who the fuck cares? your dumb ass drafted Antonio Gates before we picked up Carson. way to go. and How about Jay Cutler as a backup? Deion Branch and Donte Stalworth might be our two biggest weak points in the starting lineup....but other than that i smell alot of beat downs. oh yeah and we even drafted Devon Hester just for the fuck of it. "MB, who the fuck else do we got on this team?"...who gives a shit. CHAMPIONS. and you know we are gonna pick up Chris Henry and just let him ride the bench till he comes back in week 9. motherfucking hell right. oh shit...the homophobic shit talking and photo shopping hasn't even started yet and I'm already pumped.

so long Julio

so the Braves cut Julio Franco after the Teixeira trade. it's too sad for me to deal with right now. why wouldn't you get rid of Scott Thorman's no talent ass instead and keep around Julio for his wisdom and youthfulness? it's a goddamn shame. i mean come on, Julio turns 49 in 21 days. how can you cut a man when it's that close to his birthday? i mean come on, it's not like he isn't producing. he's had 7 rbi's in 11 games. fucking Thorman is hitting .220 with 10 homeruns. he has to be the worst 1st Baseman in the majors. this all just ruins my day.

A little something for the BAMA fans.

here's a little play most fans of the Crimson Tide are pretty familiar with brought to you from NCAA Football 2008. this is called getting Chris Capp'd. oh, it hurts so good.

BRAVES trade away one dude whose name most of their fans can't pronounce for another one

so the Braves actually decided that this year they aren't gonna just hold on to young players with potential and instead are willing to deal away top prospects in a push for the playoffs. Last night Atlanta traded hotshit young catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia for Texas Ranger's power hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira. now on the surface i think it's a pretty good deal, The Braves get one of the best 1Bs in baseball and just give up some minor leaguers and Salty to get him, but i think like me every Braves fan kinda had a huge mancrush on Mr. Saltalamacchia and saw him becoming the possible next Mike Piazza (minus the mustache and homosexuality). so in a way you are trading away someone who could end up one of the stars of the next decade for a guy you are probably only keeping for a year and a half. granted Teixeira did play his college ball at Georgia Tech so maybe there's the possibility the Braves could resign him, but that hasn't really been their style in the past. especially when you way into the rumors that John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox are both planning on retiring after next season. so i think it's become a situation where the Braves are just gonna open the flood gates and start trading away all these young prospects in an attempt to win another world series before everything comes crashing down around us after the 2008 season and the Braves become just another team in the National League who can't compete with the BIG MARKET teams like New York and LA and uh.....New York. whatever at this point i just want them to win another ring and then i'll be okay with them falling into a pit of despair from which they shall never return. after Smoltz, Cox, and Schuerholz are gone it's gonna be all over anyways and we all know it.

FUCK. Bill Walsh died.

the greatest coach of the modern era/the guy who invented the West Coast offence and won all those damn Superbowls with the 49ers has died. R.I.P. Coach. at least God can finally fire Lombardi and replace him with an offensive genious to coach Heaven's All Star squad.

Mike Vick, Starring in The Longest Yard 2: Electric Boogaloo

so Mike Vick's co-defendent decided it was in his own best interest to plead guilty and then turn on our former hero and throw him under the bus by testifying against Mr. Mexico. now to say Vick is fucked is pretty much an understatement. i'm thinking the Virginia Penal Football League just got alot more interested, if you are taking notes. if only Pac Man Jones and Tank Williams would go break some laws their too, we might be ablle to get a pretty rad team going...we could even throw in Chris Henry for good measure. hell that team already would have more talent than the Raiders.

THE NEXT VINCE YOUNG?!?! as the term THE NEXT MIKE VICK now and forever must be replaced.

this is Terrelle Pryor. go ahead and get used to that name, as it is probably gonna be one you will hear alot for the next couple of years. Rivals.com and every other site in America that tracks/stalks the best high school prospects has a major boner for this kid. and why not, he's 6-6, runs a 4.4, has a cannon, and even is listed as a top 25 prospect in basketball too. Texas, Ohio State, Alabama, Penn State, West Virginia, and pretty much the rest of the free world want Pryor to lead their team to the promised land. he's gonna get so much pussy and booze thrown at him over this next year that it'll make an episode of Entourage feel like something from The Disney Channel. i'll never understand why an elite football recruit would EVER commit to a team early. you miss out on all the perks of being an elite highschool prospect. pretty soon you're just gonna be another 5 star recruit not living up to the insane hype surrounding you on signing day. the recruiting process is where you get to live out your most depraved sexual fantasies with the entire delta sigma cum on my face sorority. don't pass that up. make 'em "recruit" the hell out of you, Colorado style. so have fun young man. i wish you well.

here's some video of Pryor in action...just to drive home the point that your school can't recruit for shit.

hey Artfag, nobody cares about your fucking DJ night...or your fantasy football team

Ah yes, it's that time of the year...the time when you and your dorky friends who think they know about football get together and begin months of shit talking, photoshopping, gay jokes, and overall loss of the ability to think about anything other than what defense you should start in week 8. yeah that's right...it's time for some FANTASY FOOTBALL! oh yeah!

in less than 3 weeks you and your girlfriend will no longer be on speaking terms when you go out together at night because you'll be too busy huddled in a corner of the bar with your friend/team co-general manager discussing if you guys should pick up John Kitna when he starts against the Vikings or if you should really trade the Chargers defense for a backup runningback after your star back blew his knee out in week 1. regardless your life is basically over for the next few months and the only way you are getting laid is with a Japanese real doll. but honestly you'll be so drunk every weekend that you won't really care anyways. besides you've got pics of your friend's birthday party that you need to photoshop and post on your message board, you don't have time for relationships. so have fun boys. the time for shit talking is about to begin.

Who wants to be the next franchise Quarterback of the Falcons?

so Vick's dogfighting bullshit has created a couple of problems in my universe. first of all The Falcons just went from MOST fun team to use on Madden to LEAST in a manner of seconds. from here on out all of us lazy Madden players who like to run around in the pocket waiting for someone to throw deep to or waiting for the linebackers to drop into coverage and then scramble for 20 yards (repeat x number of times till your friend threatens to stab you in the heart and then throws down his controller in disgust) will now have to run with the Tennessee Titans.

problem 2, who the fuck is gonna pilot this ship of doom for the great city of Atlanta into the next decade? considering the depth in the division and the schedule the falcons have this year it's probably not too unlikely that they are gonna end up somewhere around 4 wins and have one of the top 5 picks in the draft. now part of me really wants them to spend that pick on Darren McFadden and just ride that horse to the motherfucking promised land....but adding a runningback to a team without a quarterback seeems unlikely...not when Bobby Petrino is running the show now and his former start pupil in Brian Brohm is gonna be sitting there on day 1 ready to step in a take over the show in Atlanta.



so Brohm is the odds on favorite to end up the next Falcons QB, which is fine i guess. i'd put him at 3-1. he's shown amazing ability in college and could end up being the next Carson Palmer...but also he seems to be made out of glass at some points and hasn't played an entire season in his 3 years of college so far. and that's the kind of shit that makes me uneasy. i mean don't we all remember the Chris Chandler days? not really ready for that again. so who else is there for the taking?

our second choice is Colt Brennan. he put up insane numbers last year in the pass happy/no defense WAC and is sort of the Anti-Vick....except for the whole breaking into a girls dorm room and trying to molest her when he was a freshman at Colorado or whatever the fuck he did. anyways Colt looks like an NFL quarterback and not just your typical Ty Detmer/Timmy Chang/whoever they have behind center at Texas Tech who just plays throw throw throw football and can't actually make it in the league. No i think Colt will actually end up being a pretty good QB in the NFL...but maybe isn't such a good fit in Atlanta. i see him as a better fit in Detroit running the Mike Martz offense and putting up Kurt Warner (pre-brain meltdown) numbers throwing to Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams.

our third canidate in the race for Falcons '08 is John David Booty. Booty might just end up the third Trojans QB to win the Heisman Trophy this decade...and more than likely is gonna be holding up that National Champion trophy at the end of the year. now Booty isn't as flashy as Matt Leinart and Carson Palmer and he has a knack for getting his passes batted down during game deciding situations...but he is the QB for the Trojans and so far they've produced two stars in Leinart and Palmer. he could end up being a perfect fit under an offensive mind like Petrino and he's basically been playing for a Pro Team at USC anyways. i'd guess he'd be the most ready to step in and play from day one...i just don't know if he'll be happy with all the lack of talent he'll be surrounded by after being spoiled at Southern Cal.

some other dark horses are Andre Woodson from Kentucky, Chad Henne from Michigan, and Eric Ainge of Tennessee...but honestly i find it hard to get excited about any of those names. i guess if people really want to replace Vick the Falcons could always wait another year until West Virginia's Pat White is available. he's got the speed but not really the arm to play in the NFL. he'd still be more fun to watch than Joey Fucking Harrington. oh well, it's gonna be a long season Falcons fans.

Big Soulless Machine vs the Man Whose Head Expanded

so everyone and their mom is talking about the game fixing ref scandal and the NBA...but we here at A LIFETIME OF DEFEATS don't give a fuck about the NBA cuz the closest pro team to us is the Hawks and 'Nique has been gone for a long ass time. so instead i choose to talk about Barry Bonds and his quest to pass ole' Braves Legend Hank Aaron. Barry needs two more and low and behold it's the Atlanta Braves who have come to town to possibly serve up the record homer. now i'm not a betting man so i won't make any wagers but i'd be shocked if the Braves throw him a single hitable ball during the entire series. now everyone knows Barry is gonna break the record, and frankly i don't even care anymore. ESPN has beat me over the head with every possible angle of this story for so many years that i almost want to root for Barry just to see if it will make Pedro Gomez head explode. i mean everyone screams racism all the time when it comes to a media bias...but the way ESPN has a hardon for Black Athletes in Trouble (thinking about trade marking that and turning it into a series of childrens books) is kinda ridiculous. how many pieces do i really need to see on Pac Man Jones? how much hate do i need to feel for Barry? how many times do i have to hear about what T.O. did or didn't do in practice? fuck it. you are turning into Hard Copy. i just wanna see some highlights. anyways like i said i don't even give a shit if Barry breaks the fucking record, i just really don't want to see it happen to the Braves...i think i'd probably puke in my mouth from all the lame coverage it'll get.

Mike Vick, killer of dogs...crusher of dreams

oh Michael. it seems so long ago, back in 2001 when the Falcons made you the number 1 pick in the draft. you were the most exciting thing to hit the NFL since Barry Sanders. you were gonna save the franchise and bring us back to the superbowl. you were gonna change the way the quarterback position was played. you were gonna set all new records. the Falcons were gonna be one of the leagues elite teams. it was the land and milk and honey for a long suffering franchise. do you remember those days? and now it's 2007 and it feels like an eternity since you were the Jesus of Hotlanta. herpes, flipping off the fans, an inability to grasp the west coast system, being kinda a pussy about the media, the water bottle of weed, and dog fighting. now all i can do is look back and wonder what could have been in the Falcons hadn't traded up and instead drafted LT. ah, to dream. my thug apologist friend MB will stick up for you, but i can't anymore. Fuck you Vick, you dog killing piece of shit. I'm ready for the Joey Harrington era to begin.

So Long Ron Mexico, Hello the Joey Harrington Era

so the shit has officially hit the fan with all this dog fighting business and Mr. Mexico just got his dumbass indicted. well so much for the former Madden cover boy and overall number 1 pick. The Falcons and any hopes of making the playoffs are now totally fucked and they've got a huge salary cap burden that's gonna cripple the team for years. i guess at this point we just hope for the worst and maybe we end up with one of the of the top 3 picks in the draft and land Darren McFadden or Brian Brohm.

the Heisman Trophy is a joke edition

so the Preseason magazines are all in agreement on 2 things. number one is that USC is winning it all, that's probably got about a 75% chance of happening. and number 2 Darren McFadden will be winning the Heisman Trophy, and anyone who believes that can go ahead and buy my ocean front house in Arizona for a dollar. seriously the best player in College Football almost never wins the Heisman. with the exceptions of USC's trilogy of Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, and Reggie Bush i'm drawing a total blank. instead of players like Marshall Faulk, Calvin Johnson, and Peyton Manning taking home the award we generally have a list of late round picks and NFL never-weres like Eric Crouch, Desmond Howard, Charlie Ward, Chris Weinke, Ty Detmer, Gino Toretta, Jason White, etc... with almost total certainty the winner this season will be whoever the fuck the quarterback of the #1 team in the country is. be it Brian Brohm, John David Booty, Chad Henne, or who the fuck ever else ends up on top of the heap...unless he's an SEC quarterback. so anyone betting on McFadden this year should probably just save that cash and go to the strip club if you are inclined to just throw it away.

Statue Of Liberty is a Go

NCAA 2008 comes out today. for me that equals about a month of OCD induced roster management, followed by a very detail oriented Dynasty mode where i'll either end up playing every major game from the 2007 season to the exact results as this year, or i'll just crush everyone with Auburn. all in all it's a better way to spend my Tuesday night than watching reruns of The Simpsons. expect alot of updates about my fictional college football season over the next few months.

just for the curious. the EA SPORTS NCAA FOOTBALL TOP 25 RANKINGS are as follows:
Preseason Rankings top 25
1. USC
2. Michigan
3. LSU
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. WVU
7. Wisconsin
8. OU
9. VA Tech
10. Arkansas
11. Louisville
12. Ohio State
13. Auburn
14. Nebraska
15. Tennessee
16. California
17. Penn State
18. UGA
19. UCLA
20. Rutgers
21. Florida State
22. TCU
23. Boise State
24. Texas A&M
25. Boston College

Last Night a College Football Game Changed My Life

ah, memories. it's all we really have. one of my favorites being the 2005 Auburn/ Georgia game that might go down as one of the best i've ever watched in my entire life. it was a back and forth scoring battle the entire night and ended with a dramatic 4th and forever pass from Brandon Cox to Devin Aromashodu to help the Tigers win 31-30. the victory was made all the more sweeter considering i live in Athens and was watching the game with a bunch of UGA fans. and of course with the beauty of youtube i can watch the highlights whenever i want. oh joy and rapture.

Another Fucking All Star Game, Another Fucking Loss For The National League

so while my girlfriend was too busy with her head stuck in her Nintendo DS trying to beat Yoshi i was able to squeeze in the All Star game last night. now baseball is a sport i have mostly given up for dead because of a combination of years of disappointment with my Atlanta Braves and my girlfriend's rabid hatred of said sport, but i always love a good All Star game.

i remember as a kid begging my dad to let me stay up all night just to make sure i got to see Dale Murphy (always the lone Brave in the 80s) get his plate appearance. i have some very vivid memories of All Star games, my all time favorite moment was Bo Jackson crushing a lead off homerun in the '89 All Star game and then going on to win the MVP.

anyways last night's game ended up being one of the best ones i've watched in recent years. Ichiro's inside the park homerun was awesome and the fact that the National League nearly came back and won it in the bottom of the 9th with two outs and down by 3 runs was pretty exciting. but alas another year and another loss for the National League...that's a full decade of losses now. they haven't won since i was in highschool. oh well, it was still a good game and might have sparked my interest in baseball again...but probably not.

oh yeah i almost forgot, FUCK YOU TONY LA RUSSA! you are a stupid douchebag. i can't believe you didn't pinch hit Albert Puljos with the basses loaded in the bottom of the 9th. he's your fucking player dude?!?!?! we have a word for people who make moves like that. FUCKTARD.

Obligatory and Unfounded Attempt at a Pre-Season Top 25...fo' yo' ass bitches

Oh Say it Ain't So. we still have to wait 54 days for college football! FUCK!!!

breaking down the contenders:

all the Pre-Season mags are out and what not and the experts have weighed in. Across the board the Number 1 team in all the land is USC (of Southern California, not South Carolina just incase you are retarded) and it's kinda hard not to agree with that logic. The Trojans are by and far the most talented team in all the land with about 40 or so future 1st or 2nd round picks spread among their roster. they've got more 5 star running backs than most conferences can claim and their whole defense is full of NFL stars-to-be.so yeah, i ain't gonna think outside the Box too much and i'll just pencil the Trojans in at number one and assume John David Booty learned how to drop back and throw his passes a little higher in game winning situations as to prevent them from being batted down and then being beaten by the Oregon State's and UCLA's of the world. blah blah blah etc...

the rest of the title contenders seem to be LSU, Texas or Oklahoma, West Virginia or Louisville, and Michigan in no certain order. i'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that if West Virginia runs the table in the Big East then they are probably gonna end up in the title game, but i could see a one loss LSU squad getting the nod ahead of them...but honestly i think LSU will get tripped up more than once, with potential losses coming from Virgina Tech and possibly Alabama or Auburn.

regardless i expect another crazy year in college football that sets up a National Title matchup that will leave most of the country and angry and frustrated and in no way any closer to the playoff system we really wanna see. so without further ado,

A LIFETIME OF DEFEATS PRE-SEASON TOP 25

1. USC
2. LSU
3. West Fucking Virginia
4. Texas
5. Michigan
6. Florida
7. Virginia Tech
8. Louisville
9. Oklahoma
10. Tennessee
11. California
12. Auburn
13. Ohio State
14. Georgia
15. Penn State
16. Hawaii
17. Florida State
18. Missouri
19. South Carolina
20. UCLA
21. South Florida
22. Texas A&M
23. Nebraska
24. Wisconsin
25. Alabama
some other teams that i expect to be in the top 25 at some point in the season are, Oklahoma State, Rutgers, TCU, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Oregon, Utah, Boston College, and Boise State (if only for being the most balls out team of last year). all of these rankings are probably wrong.

I Often Have Nightmares About This Play

fucking Arkansas. nobody knows how to deflate my hopes like those goddamned Razorbacks. who needs a QB when you can hide a midget behind your O-line.


with the season coming up i don't really worry about LSU, UGA, or even BAMA...it's this fucking game that keeps me up at night every year.

LET THE EAGLE SOAR

Finally America has something to be proud of again. like the 1980 US Hockey team beating the Soviets or Jesse Owens kicking nazi ass in the olympics or Rocky beating the Russian dude in Rocky IV, Joey Chestnut joins the ranks of great American heroes by defeating the real life Godzilla of the competitive eating world Takeru Kobayashiour with a record 66 hotdogs. our long national nightmare is finally over...and on indepedence day no less. the mustard yellow belt is back where it belongs. USA! USA! USA! USA! this is how legends are born.

i hate the American League

so i was just wondering this as i was flipping though the channels and saw that ESPN was showing the Twins vs Yankees game, how fucking far out of first place do you think the Yankees will need to be before ESPN stops talking about them like a possible playoff team? last time i checked the Pirates have about as good a shot at winning their division as New York does winning the AL East. you know, honestly nothing would make me happier than if Toronto got hot and ended up winning the East away from both the Red Sox and Yankees and keeping them each out of the playoffs. this obviously has no real chance to occuring and i am pretty sure Steve Phillips head might explode if it did, but wouldn't that just be hilarious. honestly another year of Yanks/Sox hype is enough to make me quit watching baseball all together.

are you sure people actually care about the NBA anymore?

did you watch the NBA Draft last night? yeah me neither. so much for all that Kobe Bryant getting some help in the form of Kevin Garnett or Jermaine O'Neal hype. a whole fuck of a lot of talk from the evil masters at ESPN trying to create stories that don't actualy exist (isn't that what put Fox News on the map?) blah blah blah Oden goes to Portland, Durrant to Seatle and who gives a shit about everyone else. as has been the case the past few drafts the Hawks passed up on the best point guard in the draft, this year being Ohio State's Mike Connely Jr., and instead added another fucking Forward, in the form of Florida's Al Horford, to their mix. i think that brings the grand total to about 11 or 12 on the roster and then they took Acie Law with their second 1st round pick finally adding a point guard to pass the ball to all those forwards and swingmen. glad to see they were at least smart enough to stay away from any of the trades that would surely brought an aging dickhead superstar who would just opt out of his contract after one year to Hotlanta.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME PRE-SEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPECULATION!!!

oh sweet sweet lord. it's that time of the year when a borderline suicidal personality like myself can feel at ease and everything seems rosey and perfect because my favorite college football team (read: Auburn Tigers in case you weren't paying attention) has yet to take the field and fail to live up to the lofty expectations i have put upon them.

that's right kids, The Athlon pre-season mags are out and thankfully my Tigers are right where i want them to be...ranked, yet ranked low, number 21 to be exact. whenever the team falls outside of the top 10 i usually feel like our chances are good at having an excellent season. although the last time they were ranked this low it ended up fucking the team out of a chance at the National Championship in 2004, but still i'll take an undefeated season over getting destroyed by USC like Oklahoma did.

as is normally the case Athlon picked USC to win it all....not that it's very hard to reason with such logic. they are returning 80% of a very talented team that pretty much destroyed Michigan, Cal, and Notre Dame last year. USC is probably the most talented team in the country by leaps and bounds and it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that at least 10 players from this years team will go in the first 2 rounds of next year's NFL Draft, but all that said....i see this USC team tripping up on their way to the alter. right now i have a funny little feeling that we might get a West Virginia vs SEC Champ National Title or maybe Texas Vs. Michigan (if Michigan can ever figure out how to beat Ohio State)...regardless it feels like it's gonna be another crazy fucking year in college football. i mean who outside of Gainsville had the Gators winning it all last year? not many. if i have learned one thing from last years season is that i know nothing. or not nearly as i pretend.

with all that being said, i have a few not so bold predictions. i see Virginia Tech upestting LSU early to which much will be made about the VT football team being some sort of a healing force for the victims of the campus massacre blah blah blah. i see Miami making a comeback and returning to the top 10 this season, just cuz they the 'Canes and they can bring da ruckus. and i see BAMA getting beaten by my Tigers for a sixth straight season ending with my friend Mike (life long 'Tide fan) tossing his TV out the window and swearing off college football forever.

my preseason top 25 is gonna have to wait as it helps to know about a few weeks before the season actually starts which star players will be suspended, arrested, flunked out, or shot at a stip club and will have a significant effect on their schools ability to beat an upstart Arizona squad at home or whatever. so anyways that's coming.