EWU to experience Husky Snobs

Good news Eagle fans, EWU will go down in history as the first FCS team to play the University of Washington in football.

The Huskies announced Tuesday they are canceling a future home-and-home football series with BYU and added Eastern Washington, a Football Championship Subdivision team, to their schedule in 2011. It will be the first time in school history the Huskies will play a team from the FCS.

Never playing a lower-level team has been a traditional source of pride for Washington and is included in its weekly football notes. But the streak is finally being broken.

“It was a great sense of pride that we haven’t had to do that,” Washington athletic director Scott Woodward said. “But the SEC and the upper-tier Big 12 teams have been running (up) the cost of the lower Division I-A schools so much that it’s gotten to be cost prohibitive. If you can schedule a team that is very competitive like Eastern Washington or Portland State it makes more economic sense.”

Boy the Huskies just can't get over themselves can't they. Even in a press release you get a backhanded remark by AD Scott Woodward. By the way that's a load of bull. They're trying to make good with the alumni, when in fact, UW is scheduling EWU because it's an easy win. They can't guarantee a win anymore with schools like BYU and even Idaho. The current state of UW football is that of the lower half of FBS college football, easy. Blaming the SEC and the Big 12 is just ridiculous.

Anyways, who's ready for Jeff Minnerly vs. Joe Montana's kid?

You might be a redneck if you go "Noodling"

I just heard about this today, and immediately I thought that "Noodling" was perhaps the dumbest idea ever.

Noodling is fishing for catfish using only bare hands, practiced primarily in the southern United States. Many other names, such as catfisting, grabbling, graveling, hogging, dogging, gurgling, tickling and stumping, are used in different regions for the same activity. Noodling is currently legal in eleven of the United States.[1]

The term "noodling", although today used primarily towards the capture of flathead catfish, can and has been applied to all hand fishing methods, regardless of the method or species of fish sought. Noodling as a term has also been applied to various unconventional methods of fishing, such as any which do not use bait, rod & reel, speargun, etc., but this usage is much less common.


Sure it seems manly, but look at the dangers that accompany the "sport" ...

Noodling can result in superficial cuts and minor wounds to the noodler. This can be reduced by wearing gloves and other protective clothing. Losing fingers is also a risk, whether from the bite or infection. Most holes are deep enough that diving is needed, so there can be a danger of drowning. A person with confident swimming abilities may be caught off guard by the sudden added strain of carrying a large fish to the surface. Spotters can alleviate this danger, but it is still present. A wounded noodler ten to twenty feet underwater might not be able to return safely to the surface, and drown. Clothes may get tangled or snagged on roots or rocks, so some noodlers wear only shorts.

The largest danger posed to noodlers are other forms of aquatic life found in catfish holes. Far more dangerous than catfish are alligators, snakes, beavers, muskrats and snapping turtles, who will take over abandoned catfish holes as homes of their own.

You know, the South and America in general is not doing a whole lot to dispell the myth that they're backwater and unsophisticated. You think you'd see someone in England do this? No because the food is terrible in England.


Casey, I think I smell an Northern Rangers...

WSU makes ESPN Commercial

Saw this on Huckleberries.


Alright, EWU alumni, when are our Eagles going to make a commercial? I'm thinking a Rodney Stuckey "This is SportsCenter" commercial. You know it's coming...

Reasons why you're still single... biker guy

You're a biker guy that passes cars just to be first in line at the stoplight on your Suzuki hunk of crap.

Problem is, you're wearing a "Harley Davidson Forever" shirt, along with a glittery helmet and pajama pants.

Yikes, and then you looked over at a car full of high school girls and gave them the business with your eyes as you sped off.

Wow.

Favre vs. the Packers Epic Game Log

Since this was the biggest game ever played in the history of the NFL (according the ESPN) and will be remembered for years to come by the children of our children (or until next week), I decided to game log it. Please keep in mind I missed the first five minutes because I was picking up dinner at Arbys and they were handing out free samples meaning that every person above the age of 60 was leaching off the spoils of a crappy economy.

5:58 - I find it kind of ironic the Minnesota Vikings are sporting the throwback jerseys, and had the Favre been drafted by Vikings, he probably would have worn these jerseys.

(The Packers had throwback jerseys on too but nobody noticed because they haven't changed their jerseys since 1956)

6:01 - Signs that Brett Favre is your quarterback - you're going for it on fourth down in the first quarter.

6:03 - TOUCHDOWN FAVRE!

6:09 - TOUCHDOWN RODGERS! He's not kidding folks, he's come here to prove that even though he's the dopiest looking quarterback since Kerry Collin, he's not as bad as Kerry Collins.

6:15 - Why did the equipment manager get Favre a XXXL jersey that hangs at his knees? Is it kind of like since you're old you get a pass when you walk around the neighborhood in nothing but underwear.

6:24 - Love Minnesota fans, they packed the Metrodome and have been loud the entire time. They deserve a game like this.

6:27 - INT by Rodgers, he learned it from the best of them.

6:35 - Most terrifying sight for Packers fans - Brett Favre with feet set rifling a ball down field. The alternative - a run by Adrian Peterson. Yeah, not a good night for Green Bay.

6:39 - TOUCHDOWN FAVRE! 14-7 and then he gives a patented fist pump followed by a cut to a fan that looks to be either an extra from Conan the Barbarian or Brad Childress' brother that was raised in the wilderness.


6:47 - Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy was just compared by the MNF booth to Marty Shottenhiemer. So in a game where Brett Favre is lighting up the scoreboard, the Packers' coach is compared to one of the most conservative coaches in NFL history. Not a good night.

6:50 - The Packers' Clay Matthews strips the ball and ran it back for a TD and throws it into the Minnesota crowd as an extra little FU for the crowd.

HALFTIME - and for an old fart like me, that means nap time.

7:24 - What does Green Bay need to do to stop Brett Favre? Stop the government from mailing his social security checks.

7:29 - Favre got so much time in the pocket, they cut to commercial and came back an he was still looking at his check-down options. He promptly scores for the Vikings and the Green Bay Police are officially driving around town looking for jumpers.

7:49 - Packers get stuffed in a goal-line stand, and now are officially in "Oh CRAP Mode!"

Now going the other way, Green Bay's new defensive scheme is "let the opposing team do whatever they want."

8:14 - Easy Jon Gruden, don't strain yourself praising Brett Favre.

8:19 - After getting sacked for a safety, and the Packers having throw the red flag just to get the safety instead of a fumble at the goaline, I think we can officially say they're having a bad night.

8:48 - That photo above is of Jared Allen, he likes to eat a lot. Mainly NFL QBs and probably a couple of small bears that stray to far from the wilderness.

8:51 - Packers do manage to make it a close 30-23 game, but the great onside kick is nullified by the fact that Green Bay couldn't make a clutch play to save its life.

"Brett Favre has beaten ever team in the NFL, the only player in history to do it" was said roughly 340 times during the post-game show.


8:53 - Akward hug moment between Favre and Donald Driver where Favre basically crushes Driver against his facemask. A little too emotional there bud.

8:55 - I'd like to close with saying that why the heck would Brett Favre want to retire? We all demonize him but No. 4 would be sitting on the couch right now if he had. Instead, he's on the top of the football world right now at 4-0.

Epic Video: Dumb Bear fans burn Favre jersey

Just a warning to everyone, I'll be doing a running log of the Vikings-Packers game tonight which should be the most anticipated Monday Night Football game ever. In honor, I've posted this video of Bears fans burning a Brett Favre jersey.

Regardless of what you think about Favre, I'm sure we can take two things away from this video

(1) Bears fans are dumb asses.

(2) The insult of burning jerseys has become the American equivalent of burning flags. Wonderful, can we beat the soles of our shoes against Al Davis next?

The Dead Sea is dying

If you need a first-hand example on how humans can affect their surrounding enviroment, check out the alarming case of Israel's Dead Sea. With more and more people taping into the sea's water sources, the shorelines and water aquifers are retreating at an alarming rate, creating dangerous conditions.

Up and down the Dead Sea, on the Jordanian and Israeli coasts, the shoreline is pockmarked by these sinkholes—testifying to an environmental catastrophe. The Dead Sea is shrinking, and as it recedes, the fresh water aquifers along the perimeter of the lake are receding along with it. As this fresh water diffuses into salt deposits beneath the surface of the shoreline, the water slowly dissolves the deposits until the earth above collapses without warning. More than 1,000 sinkholes have appeared in the past 15 years. In that time, sinkholes have swallowed a portion of road, date-palm fields and several buildings on the sea’s northwest coast. Environmental experts believe that hotels along the shore are also in danger. “The good news is that if you get swallowed by a sinkhole, they name it after you,” Bromberg deadpans.

...It needs an infusion of 160 billion gallons of water annually to maintain its current size; it gets barely 10 percent of that. Some 50 miles long in 1950, the sea is about 30 miles long today. Water levels are falling at an average rate of three feet per year.

Pumping stations in Israel and in other countries are basically sucking the thing dry and while experts say the sea will recede until an equilibrium is found - I'm wondering if this is yet another example of how drinking water is becoming more and more sparse on Earth.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go water my lawn.

Epic Photo: Ladies and gentlemen, the Washington Redskins

Thank you, Deadspin.

Things I learned during Week 4 of the NFL

- Seneca Wallace is not the quarterback of the future. Unless the world is about to end, than that would almost be fitting.

- Apparently when your quarterback throws for 128 yards and has a rating of 48.5, you're the Oakland Raiders. And you just lost another game.

- The Bengals apparently think this is the 1980s and are now 3-1. Cincinnati fans haven't been this excited since before Carson Palmer's knee was reduced to goo in the playoffs.

- Peyton Manning is on pace to become the first NFL quarterback to throw for more yards than the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Joey Harrington is still working on the distance between his couch on his refrigerator.


- Don't count this man out. DON'T EVER COUNT THIS MAN OUT. When he's buried six feet under the ground, cornerbacks for teams playing against the Patriots should be worried how they're going to utilize Wes Welker Jr.

- The Washington Redskins haven't officially started the season until they get booed three separate times at home in a win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

- I'm discovering new pains, as the Tennessee Titans are 0-4 and I'm seriously thinking about when they're going to let Vince Young start and how Sam Bradford looks in blue.

- The Saints are the best team in the NFL right now. Drew Brees is also apparently trying to copy every mannerism of Steve Nash. I smell "Single White Female" similarities, but more in the same line as "Single White Unathletic Looking Athlete that's actually freakin' amazin"

- Mark Sanchez is actually human. Or at least I hope so otherwise the machines are starting to take over and we're all royally screwed.

- The Broncos are 4-0 and suddenly Kyle Orton is going to become the most eligible Steve Buscemi look alike.

- The 49ers decided to hold a team scrimmage against some street bums in St. Louis uniforms.

Northern Rangers: Tolt McDonald Park

Note: We shot this on Thursday, but thanks to a power outage that night, and a busy weekend, sorry for the delay in getting this up.)

Location: Carnation, Washington

Trail Description:

The area is covered in singletrack trails with manageable hills. The main trail starts directly across the Tolt river from the parking area. Cross the bridge and then head up the really big hill. After about one mile the trail levels off. The first accent is pretty difficult. Once you get to the top, there are tons of winding trails. Make sure to bring a map or else you're almost certainly going to get lost.

How to get there:

From Seattle, drive East on I-90 to exit #22 and turn left towards Fall City. From Fall City, drive North on Hwy 203. You will cross a bridge and enter Carnation. Start look for the entrance to Tolt-McDonald Park on the left, across from the middle school. Follow the park's road to the parking lot at the end.

Colts fans are nothing but class

During today's game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Indianapolis Colts, it was a homecoming for Edgerrin James. James spent seven years with the Colts and was a pillar of the rebuilding of the team.

He is the Colts all time rushing leader and is the NFL active rusher at 9226 yards before the game.

His first carry came during the 2nd quarter of the game and in fact, that was his 3,000 career carry.

And what do the sell-out crowd in Lucas Oil Stadium do? The Colt faithful give him a standing ovation. The camera cut to James, and he was sporting his usual grin. It had to feel good to know that these people, where you worked in front of them to build your legacy, still support you. No matter what uniform you wear.

Nice work Colt fans. Very classy.

Top 25 For Week 5 in College Football

The Broncos are getting nicked for scheduling horrible teams in their non-conference slate. Boise State defeated FCS opponent UC-Davis, but dropped in the rankings from #5 to #6 in the nation. Virginia Tech jumped up to replace them.

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS	PVS
1	Florida (54)	4-0	1486	1
2	Texas (1)	4-0	1416	2
3	Alabama (5)	5-0	1404	3
4	LSU	5-0	1290	4
5	Virginia Tech	4-1	1200	6
6	Boise State	5-0	1185	5
7	USC	4-1	1108	7
8	Cincinnati	5-0	1004	10
9	Ohio State	4-1	994	9
10	TCU	4-0	940	11
11	Miami (FL)	3-1	931	17
12	Iowa	5-0	823	13
13	Oregon	4-1	676	16
14	Penn State	4-1	564	15
15	Oklahoma State	3-1	563	14
16	Kansas	4-0	513	18
17	Auburn	5-0	428	NR
18	Brigham Young	4-1	403	20
19	Oklahoma	2-2	370	8
20	Mississippi	3-1	357	21
21	Nebraska	3-1	333	23
22	Georgia Tech	4-1	311	25
23	South Florida	5-0	238	NR
24	Missouri	4-0	215	NR
25	South Carolina	4-1	200	NR

Keep an eye on those other undefeated teams in the poll, and remember that those SEC teams at the top will have to play one another meaning somebody is dropping out of the top-five regardless of an upset or not.

(I have to say I was disappointed to see that Idaho was not receiving votes in the Top 25 poll despite being 4-1)

College Football Rundown... it's not pretty

Washington St. 6, #16 Oregon 52 - The Jeff Tuel era at quarterback lasted all two snaps before he was sandwiched in a sack and was taken out of the game. Yep, building for the future.

UC Davis 16, #5 Boise State 34 - Don't you hate when these big schools schedule FCS cupcakes and still expect to make it to the national championship game. How disgusting! And then the voters don't give the smaller schools a chance to compete. Oh wait, Boise State isn't in a BCS conference? Their non-conference schedule consists of Oregon and some random schools with funny mascots? Oh brother... the WAC is sure making a case for their league champion to get a bid in the big bowl games. :P

#6 Virginia Tech 34, Duke 26 - Does anyone else think that with budgets getting cut back it's nothing short of a miracle that Duke still has a football team?

#7 USC 30, #24 Cal 3 - A note to the Bears... WSU scored more points on USC than you did, and held the Trojans to fewer points. The same WSU that couldn't beat their own dance team in a game of flag football.

#8 Oklahoma 20, #17 Miami 21 - In other news, Sam Bradford will wear a "FML" decal on his helmet for the rest of the season after realizing that he passed up millions of dollars in the NFL to get injured and not compete for a national championship.

#9 Ohio State 33, Indiana 14- See? The Buckeyes can beat anyone as long as it's not in a bowl game, or it's against USC.

#22 Michigan 20, Michigan St. 26 - Sparta fans have what we can WSU-UW syndrome. As long as they beat Michigan, the season is a sucess.

Colorado St. 29, Idaho 31- The power of Rob Akey compels you! The power of Rob Akey compels you!

Washington 30, Notre Dame 37 - Watching Charlie Weis actually cause a rain shadow in his wake was impressive. Usually that's reserved for mountain ranges and coaches that have won a meaningful game when it counts.

EWU football destroys Idaho State. But what about the NCAA?

Today the Eastern Washington Eagles went into Pocatello, Idaho and left with a 38-3 victory over the Idaho State Bengals and a 3-0 start in Big Sky Conference play.

It was another big game for Taiwan Jones. He threaded the Bengals defense for 168 yards and three touchdowns on just 14 carries.

Quarterback Matt Nichols completed 27-of-38 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns.

Before the start of the game, EWU was ranked 17th in the Football Championship Subdivision. Which leads us here at JustSON asking, where does Eastern stand on their appeal of the NCAA playoff ban?

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING IN TOO LONG!!!

From a letter to all Eagle fans in August 2009, Athletic Director Bill Chaves had this to say:

A number of you have asked me about the status of our appeal with the NCAA regarding the postseason play in football for the 2009 season. The Appeals Committee has invited us to Indianapolis on August 17th to hear our appeal. As for the process/decision timetable, we have yet to receive that information.

Well, even not knowing their future, the Eagles are still fighting.

The Eastern football team will try to start 4-0 in Big Sky play for the first time in school history when they host defending league co-champion Weber State next Saturday, Oct. 10. The Wildcats were ranked 11th before today's game, however, they were upset at home by Montana State 26-21 today.

Friday Night Lights: Saturday Recap

We took on the staff at the Tacoma News Tribune. Here's the results:

Olympia over Lincoln

South Kitsap over Central Kitsap

Stadium over Mount Tahoma

North Kitsap over North Thurston

Timberline over Olympic

Auburn Mountainview over Franklin Pierce

Peninsula over Gig Harbor

Federal Way over Tahoma

W.F. West over Tumwater

Black Hills over Centralia

WEEK RESULTS:

TNT: 7-3 JustSON: 5-5

SEASON RESULTS:

TNT: 8-7 JustSON: 7-8

Epic Photo: He's happy he got the cup

Well at least he didn't drop the cup and break it.

Erin Andrews peephole pervert is arrested

They found that creep that made the dream of every male from the age of 18-45 by shooting nude video footage of ESPN sideline princess Erin Andrews through her hotel peephole. Yes, apparently taking naked footage of someone without their permission is illegal.

According to an AP report, Michael David Barrett, 48, of Westmont, Illinois, was arrested late on Friday night at O'Hare International Airport. Earlier in the day he was named in a federal criminal complaint in Los Angeles that did not mention Andrews by name, but did reference an on-air ESPN personality. The man was tracked down via an email sent to TMZ, allegedly offering to sell them video of a nude Andrews filmed surreptitiously in her hotel room.

After being the journalist that I am and trying to find the Erin Andrews video, I can say that ESPN has done a CIA-esque job of making that footage disappear from the face of the earth. Say what you will about the World Wide Leader but I respect them for the way they stepped up to bat for Erin Andrews. While most people just thought the whole story was hilarious and tried to youtube it, ESPN went into ulta-protective mode and got in other media sources faces if they tried to run even a part of the footage.

With that said, I wonder if that guys to go to jail he'll be known as the "Erin Andrews guy." Think he gets an extra heaping of food during lunch time and a pat on the back? (I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying this is how guys act)

JustSON Friday Night Lights Edition

Sorry, I was busy last Friday and forgot to get last weeks picks up.
Here's the standings so far this season:

Tacoma News Tribune: 1-4 JustSON: 2-3

Here's the TNT's picks for tonights games:

Olympia over Lincoln

South Kitsap over Central Kitsap

Stadium over Mount Tahoma

North Thurston over North Kitsap

Timberline over Olympic

Franklin Pierce over Auburn Mountainview

Peninsula over Gig Harbor

Tahoma over Federal Way

W.F. West over Tumwater

Black Hills over Centralia


Here's the JustSON picks:

Olympia over Lincoln

Central Kitsap over South Kitsap

Stadium over Mount Tahoma

North Thurston over North Kitsap

Timberline over Olympic

Franklin Pierce over Auburn Mountainview

Peninsula over Gig Harbor

Tahoma over Federal Way

Tumwater over W.F. West

Black Hills over Centralia

Man do I love football season!

Reasons why you're single... Netflix rotation

Your last Netflix DVDs has been...

1. Hot and Wild Squirrels
2. Dances with Wolves 2: Dances with Gerbils
3. Any Stargate SG-1 DVD
4. The Ryan Leaf Story
5. The Phantom Menace
6. The Best Moments of Adam Morrison's NBA Career
7. Any Star Trek Movie
8. Hot and Wild Squirrels 2
9. Rick Pitino's Guide to a Moral Family Life
10. Sex and the City

You've been warned.

Hmmmm, have you seen this Casey

Observe...


And now look at this next photo...



I think I have a phone call to make.