The Sports Socialite

I haven’t watched tennis very much lately, I will admit that.  As much as I enjoy the sport, and Andy Roddick, I have not found it absolutly necessary to watch him play.  This possibly may be because he is engaged, possibly.

The court temp in Rod Laver Arena got up to 140* during Roddick’s match against Novak Djokovic.  Eventually Novak, the defending champ, retired during the fourth set.  He also took an injury timeout in the thrid set to cool off.  Andy was on his game, minus a few double faults, after the long recess where Novak was rubbed down, ate a energy bar, thought about eating a banana, drank some water, and sat with an ice wrap around his neck.  Andy did none of that, instead he took a short rest in his seat, then got back up and went to his end of the court to finish serving.

Well, the win got Andy into the semis where he faces Roger Federer.

A good friend pointed out the lovely research that others have done… apparently, the crime rate amongst Div. 1 football players is a bit higher than one would expect for these kids who are supposed to be going to school in turn for their football playing abilities…

Here’s an interesting ranking: 2008 arrests with notable offenses
Alabama Crimson Tide 28 arrests– Double Armed Robbery, Public Intox, Selling Nose Candy
Missouri Tigers 22 — Various Drug Offenses, Vandalizing Cars, Drunk Gun Waving, underaged college student drinking, Hit and run with a mailbox
West Virginia Mountaineers 19 — That smoke isn’t from coal!, Midget Fight, Scufflin’ with Devine, Stolen CC, Assault
Virginia Cavaliers 19 — Grand Larceny – Possessing stolen goods and pot, Stealing CCs, DWI, Stealing bear at a gay bar
Washington State Cougars 17 — Contact-ular Assault, Pours beer on cop to avoid MIP, Party Assault, Correction of points, Suspended License on way home from jail, Assault with a frying pan
Arkansas Razorbacks 16 — Put his girl in her place, Didn’t pay his traffic ticket, DWI, Scooter Rage, Narrowly misses cop while drunk and stoned
Georgia Bulldogs 15 — DUI+Bad Driving, DUI, Carrying concealed, Fighting, Correction: DUI Downgraded to Reckless Driving, Drinking, Pissing, and property destruction
Penn State Nittany Lions 14 — Disorderly conduct at Margarita Mama’s, Terroristic knife threats, DUI x2
Colorado Buffaloes 12 — Whole bunch o’ fighting, Passing out after punching cars
Illinois Fighting Illini 11* — Firing off guns in a club
Tennessee Volunteers 11 — Weed possession while driving around recruits, Public Intoxication, About 8 DUIs
Nebraska Cornhuskers 11 — Unnecessary crotch groping, Drank in in a disorderly house, DUI 
Florida Gators 10 — Standard Underage Drankin’, Using the credit card of a dead person, Open Natty Light
Mississippi State Bulldogs 9 — Gun Play, DUI
Miami Redhawks 9 — Inept pillow attack
Kent State Golden Flashes 9 — Felony Burglary and hitting girls
Oregon State Beavers 8 — Drunken Evening by the Punter
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 8 — Robbery with a fake gun
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 8 — Rape and Sodomy
Indiana Hoosiers 7 — “…the medics had to restrain his arms, at which point he passed out again.”
Hawaii Rainbows 7 — Girl got between a man and his porn
Nevada Wolfpack 7 — 3 DUIs in one night
Bowling Green Falcons 7 — Breaking in and demanding weed
Boston College Eagles 6 — Sexual Assault
Iowa Hawkeyes 6 — , Minor in possession
Oklahoma State Cowboys 5 — Punchin’ Cops while Drunk
Louisville Cardinals 5 — Robbing a 7-11 with an uzi
Troy Trojans 5 — Drunk Burglary
Duke Blue Devils 5 — Threatening a LOT of cops, Public Intox
Kansas State Wildcats 5 — Theft
Florida State Seminoles 4 — Guns and weed 
Ole Miss Rebels 4 — Refusing to leave a nightclub, DUI
Arizona Wildcats 4 — Cuddling with sleeping girl
Ohio State Buckeyes 4 — Bar fight, DUI 
Oregon Ducks 4 — Running a “drug house”, DUI
Virginia Tech Hokies 4 — DUI with revoked license
South Carolina Gamecocks 3 — Disorderly Conduct, Underage Drinking, Dropped charge for weed
MTSU Blue Raiders 3 — Reefer
Southern Miss Golden Eagles 3 — 5 lbs of
Texas Tech Red Raiders 3 — Fighting over a parking space
LSU Tigers 3 –  Messing with the police
Clemson Tigers 3 — Beating the crap out of his girlfriend
Vanderbilt Commodores 3 — Causing a scene at the Honey-Pot
East Carolina Pirates 3 — Assault
Kentucky  Wildcats 3 — DUI, Fighting
Michigan State Spartans 3 — [1]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2 — Drink like a Champion today!
Cincinnati Bearcats 2 — Smashing a bottle over a roomie’s head
Iowa State Cyclones 2 — Interfering with official business
Ball State Cardinals 2 — Pissing off MADD
Syracuse Orange 2 –  Drunk burglary
Cincinnati Bearcats 2 — DUI
Purdue Boilermakers  2 — Stealing Condoms
Marshall Thundering Herd 2 — Fighting
Oklahoma Sooners 2 — DUI
Michigan Wolverines 2 — DUI
Connecticut Huskies 1 — Shoplifting

I have no idea to the validity to the above.

Two of today’s teams will play again for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the other two will near want to attend the Super Bowl unless they are playing in it.

SUN -

Philadelphia @ Arizona : Eagles

Baltimore @ Pittsburgh : Steelers

That’s it.

For those of you not in the LA area, you may not know the duo on AM 570 that is PMS.  Petros and Money are that duo… you may know Petros Papadakis from FSN, from USC, or if you are like me, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School – Home of the Panthers.  I only know Money from the Kevin & Bean show on KROQ.

Anyway, as of late these two men have been geeting into parody songs, and the latest victim is Matt Leinart.  Matt “Money” Smith pens the song lyrics, Petros performs them, and some amazing gentleman produces them whose name escapes me.  The newest song is Matty Leinart to the tune of Desperado.  The song is good, but it is a total bummer and a bit of a cheap shot to go after a guy who is already holding a clipboard.

Last night the Hornets visted the Cavaliers and each team went retro, back to the 1960s.  Only one small detail, the Hornets began as a franchise in 1988; they really aren’t that old. 

The Hornets wore white jerseys with red & blue detailing and the “Bucs” logo.  They were paying homage to the old ABA team the New Orleans Buccaneers.  Cleveland kept it simple, sporting the yellow Cavaliers jerseys.

Now that the BCS National Championship is over and these college kids have had time to look at their draft stock, the question is should he stay, or should he go?

The NFL bait is out there, and unless you are going to be a first round pick or you have some secret undisclosed medical condition you think you can hide during the physical, there is not a single reason you should leave college early.

Plenty of players seem to not care if they go bust, as long as they get that guarenteed signing bonus to tie them over and set them up for life.

here are the noteables that have opted out of finishing their college eligibility-

Mark Sanchez – QB/USC
Percy Harvin – WR/Florida
Matthew Stafford – QB/Georgia
Nate Davis – QB/Ball State
Chris (Beanie) Wells – RB/Ohio State
Micheal Crabtree – WR/Texas Tech 

Contrary to popular belief, a head coach has every right to be peeved if his player decides to go pro.  Just check out Pete Carroll’s presser if you haven’t yet.

for some awful reason we do.

Tony Romo was photographed golfing with his gf’s dad.  Out of the 24 other teams full of players that are also now on vacation, we still get news on him.  Yeah, he plays for the Cowboys, but this is really because of Jess.

Charles Barkley has been given a leave of absence from his TNT show.  This announcement came after the police report revealed that Bark had a BAC of .149.

With this the last double-header weekend, you may want to schedule your workout around this 7-hour block of time each day. 

SAT -

Baltimore @ Tennessee : Titans

Arizona @ Carolina : Panthers

SUN -

Philadelphia @ NY Giants : Eagles

San Diego @ Pittsburgh : Steelers

For everyone, Saturday’s workout will need to be in the morning or early afternoon, and Sunday will be an early am or early evening for the west-coasters, and a morning workout for our east-coast friends… and don’t skip either.  I’m just looking out for ya.

The winner of the BCS National Champinship will be crowned tonight.  It will either be Oklahoma or Florida.

My pick is Tim Tebow and the Gators.

I don’t know if Mack Brown still wants to vote for his Texas Longhorns in the Coaches’ Poll, but he only has a leg to stand on if the Sooners blow-out Florida.  And plenty of people argue “any given Sunday.”

Hopefully, Pete Carroll will vote his Trojans #1, too.  His team at least lost on the road, early in the season, on a short week… you know those Thursday night games, where ranked raod teams go to die.

The BCS contract goes thru 2014, keep that in mind.  Soon, ESPN will have the airing rights to the game, and the criticism of the system will mysteriously be reduced on all their networks, including ABC.

It is the controversy that keeps the BCS relevant.  There are 2-6 teams every year squaking about how they got cut out.  The BCS feeds off of the attention.  Maybe it really was better before the BCS, the bowl games meant so much to the teams involved, now the games are worse than consolation prizes.