"(Wisconsin will win) because Michigan State has a culture of carelessness with the ball" - Desmond Howard.

Huh? A culture?

Pam Ward trying to pronounce Cajun names. This is going to be fun.

The first one she got wrong was "Guidroz" (it's Gee-droz)

"Johnson lost himself a fifth grader, about 50 or 60 pounds." - Ray Bentley

Ward #2: It's ZEE-non, not Zinnen

Not a quote, but is it necessary to make plays off people's names? Andre Ware's Hard-ware and Soft-ware points to the game? Ray Bentley's Bentley of the game or whatever its called.

I can't stand that either Justin. The best was when Dave Pasch had to explain the difference of hardware and software to Andre in week one.

I liked ESPN airing the Bob Toledo "If Boise State can beat Oklahoma, Tulane can beat LSU" pregame speech.

Actually, kudos to the ESPN cameraman for not cackling uncontrollably when he said that.

Hahaha...that was a little ridiculous. I also think Tulane just ran the first 5 man reverse.

Nobody's watching Notre Dame, right?

GOOD

Remember, they are not worth your hate. Don't increase their ratings. They'll just stay on TV

Ray just said that Tulane players are "motivated" because they weren't recruited by LSU.

Actually, most of Tulane's players are guys who weren't recruited by LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, LA Tech, UL Lafayette, Southern University, Nicholls State, and some junior colleges

Something about Erin Andrews saying "Charlie Weiss took the wristbands off of Jimmy Clausen this week"...

It sounds...sort of....dirty in a "Miss Heather on CSI" kind of way

Did Pam Ward just say Hurricane Katrina happened 18 months ago? It happened in August of 2005, which is more than 24 months ago. Either Pammy is bad at math or doesn't care about black people.

matt - I heard that, and I thought I heard "chains". It was followed by EA talking about how she looked in his eyes. I bet she saw hunger.

She did S2N....I thought the same exact thing.

I'll defend her on that one, STN. She said 13 months. But she was talking about the timeline from when Katrina happened to the reopening of the Superdome, or as some uninformed people say, the moment when New Orleans was finally rebuilt.

I love Erin Andrews. That's it.

Pam said to "get your thumbs ready." Oh, she's talking about a remote control. Damn.

AA, I know you have written about how the terms "____gate" and "(insert team here) Nation" annoy you.

They don't annoy me more than the phrase "ESPN Family of Networks."

God, shut up with that one.

I have to suggest that Pammy was right in calling that kick 'short'.

If the kick goes over the upright the field goal is good....but it has to go over the upright.

That kick did not go over the upright...it hit it...while it was not short of the goalpost..it was short of being a made field goal.

I just defended Pam Ward..see you guys in the second half after I go shower.

Bentley said that a wet Tiger Stadium field last week was "a little chunked up."

Funny, it didn't look fat to me.

I know that it was alluded to in the introduction of the offensive lineups, but how soon before we have the weekly "Matt Flynn Looks Like Matt Damon" graphic?

How about this gem?

"Again, the key to making first downs is moving the chains."-Larry Coker

Tulane is waiting until 2010-2011 to bring back women's bowling?

I tell you what, Tulane. I'll give you fifty bucks. Bring it back this year.

Erin...you need a lesson in irony..

It is not ironic that Matt Painter and Curtis Painter have the same last name...

Maybe a tad curious...but it is not ironic...

Have we learned nothing from Alanis Morrisette's misuse of the song?

Oops...EA just asked Matt Painter how he and Joe Tiller piggyback off each other...there's a whole lot of flesh in that mental image

"Architecture is something that people need in New Orleans."--Pam Ward

Well, that and money.

Matt, I heard that too and was about to retch. At least Gene Keady and his combover aren't coaching Purdue hoops any more -- that's the only way the image could get worse.

Anon @ 12:42 - OK, I'm totally willing to accept that, because I'm still fighting through my Saturday morning hangover and stuff is coming through kinda fuzzy.

Good job Ray. He almost made the stereotypical "black people eat soul food" reference. "Forte likes to go home and get home cooking. Some black.......beans."

How awkward

"I don't know what his 40 time is, but he ran down Jimmy Clausen like he was being timed for a 40." - Andre Ware

I know he was trying to say that the dude was fast for a defensive lineman, but sheesh.

"If they can stay close to LSU going into the 4th quarter...get them in that deep water."--Ray Bentley

Bad analogy for a city that was "in that deep water" two years ago. That's why these two teams are playing.

Bob Toledo might be the anti-Holtz.

After two kickoffs go out of bounds they show the UConn special teams coach Lyndon Johnson on camera.

“There might be impeachment papers filed if this kick goes out of bounds.” - Bob Wischusen

After two kickoffs go out of bounds they show the UConn special teams coach Lyndon Johnson on camera.

“There might be impeachment papers filed if this kick goes out of bounds.” - Bob Wischusen

Did Pam just call a kickoff a punt????????

Apocalyptic sign....

"Notre Dame is just not a good football team" - Lou Holtz

It's actually good analysis...astute...and the opposite of what we are making fun of...

BUT LOU HOLTZ FINALLY SAID ND BLOWS!!

Holy shit she did call it a punt! Video will be up soon.

Did Pam just compare New Orleans to Malibu? Because Tulane and Pepperdine are both the Waves?

anon @ 1:36, AA -- wasn't that the kick after the safety? If so, technically, that is a punt, even though it's kicked off, I think.

No. It was after the Tulane touchdown.

No Anon is right....it was after the Tulane TD. Hilarious.

By the way, it goes without saying that LSU looks terrible. But don't freak out unless they lose.

They looked nearly this bad in the first half against Mississippi State, one week before they week 48-7.

But LSU won't light it up in the second half unless Perriloux gets in there.

Won 48-7. Excuse me. Against a then-top ten team.

WOW. That's some new levels of suck. Do we have to start a "The Greatness that is Pam Ward" tag?

Yeah Anon....Flynn does not look good at all. If they put Ryan P. in they'll blow them away.

I'm sorry...but this stupid endless pool commercial cracks me up...in particular olympic gold medalist rowdy gaines telling us

"A regular pool, first of all you have turns you have to concentrate on."

I wonder how he managed to win those gold medals concentrating on all those turns.

LSU is favored by -21.5 in the 2nd half. Hmmm.

Wish I knew whether Ryan P. was coming in the game. If they are sticking with Flynn then I would be all over Tulane.

Nobody's watching Notre Dame, right?

GOOD.

Remember, this Notre Dame team is not worth your hate. Ignore them, don't watch them, and maybe they'll finally be off our television sets.

Remember, this Notre Dame team is not worth your hate. Ignore them, don't watch them, and maybe they'll finally be off our television sets.

I think this is the sole reason ESPN put Erin Andrews in Indiana.

Nobody's watching Notre Dame, right?

GOOD.

Remember, this Notre Dame team is not worth your hate. Ignore them, don't watch them, and maybe they'll finally be off our television sets.

Something weird is going on here. That Notre Dame comment already showed up once in the first quarter.

Hmmm.

That'll bring up 3rd and 2...do you think about going for it here?
- Thom Brenanman

The mistake here was that it was 4th and 2....but when I heard it I couldn't figure out why Brenaman asked Chaz Davis that question

Maybe Brennaman wanted to mispronounce "third" one more time

"Tud and 2"

Flynn's still in

SELL! SELL! SELL!

I think we need a shot of the booth in the superdome...if Pam has a big bunch of beads...we know why she's a little 'off' today.

And Pam, we Louisianians pronounce our "Lafayette" like "laugh," not "loff." You're not covering a Big11Ten game this week.

Wow. ESPN has a ton of background info on the Tulane player from The Bronx. I'm so surprised.

"Stopped for virtually no gain"--Pam Ward

So...are you saying he gained yardage?

Pam's talking about the food in New Orleans.

I wonder if she's tried the raw oysters at Cooter Brown's. If you live near New Orleans, you know. Yes, it's a real place, and a damn good one.

Too groce?

You know what's interesting...Pam isn't in the Top 10 of her own award...I think she's making a run for it today!

Did anybody else just hear Rece Davis (Filling in for a missing John Saunders on ABC) say that Georgia Tech suffered a heartbreaking victory last weekend? I wasn't paying much attention and I believe he said it.

You're right on that one Anon. She'll make a huge jump unless Mike Patrick brings up Lindsay Lohan.

I missed the Rece thing. What does that even mean?

"They call (Tulane) the 'Stanford of the South.'"--Ray Bentley.

I'm from South Louisiana. Nicholls State calls itself "Harvard on the Bayou."

That doesn't make it true.

Most accurately, Tulane is a "safety school" for rich East Coast kids who screwed up their chances to go Ivy League.

Did Pam just talk about former LSU quarterback "Marcus Russell?"

Okay guys....I'm running out for the better part of the day. Keep the comments coming as S2N will be adding them to the thread.

Cheers,
BP

anon @ 3:14 - heard that and got a chuckle.

"Golden Tate is what we call a playmaker. Just makes plays." - Andre Ware.

Anyone else catch that guy with a giant traffic cone that said "up yours nd"

anon - yes. fucking hilarious.

Speaking of calling colleges of different regions something else, how about this one:
They call Stansbury the Harvard of the West. - Saved by the Bell.

"Jermaine Gresham is 6'6, 260 yards, er pounds"- Dave Lapham, FSN for OU/Colorado

Maybe Stanford is actually "The Tulane of the Bay Area"

DAN DIERDORF-ISM ALERT:

Oklahoma/Colorado. I don't know the crew.

PBP: Brought to you by Overstock.com. It's All About the "O".
COLOR: And it's "all about the 'O'" for Oklahoma now.

"Did they get him on the 'grill?'"--Joel Meyers

Word, Joel. Word.

"(Cody Hawkins) reminds me of Jon Kitna"--Dave Lapham

Why? Did he say God cured him of a concussion?

i'm obviously watching the rutgers game, and since it's ABC's fifth-string team, of course it's awful.

i don't know either of their names, but on rutgers' last drive alone...

1) RU gets the ball with about 1:45 left down 11. RU passes twice in a row to start the drive. analyst dude points out how if your RU and running is your thing, you hate to get out of that now that you're down.

well, numbnuts, it's what we call a "two-minute drill." kinda tough to go 80 yards in 100 seconds by handing off 10 times.

2) tiquan underwood makes a close catch near the sideline. while the next play is halted and the ref announces the review, analyst guy and no. 5 announcer guy are going on and on about nothing. the ref had the headphones on before any mention of a review taking place happens.

sorry i don't have quotes, but these two are killing me.

Lozo, that's Terry Gannon and David Norrie. "Numbnuts" is an appropriate moniker for either one of them.

Honestly, if you lived in Michigan, you'd agree with Desmond. Seriously, it's basically a tradition up there. If they win today, guarantee NW beats them next week, cause MSU always wins big games then lose the next week (see them blowing out Wisconsin a few years ago and then blowing their shot at a bowl berth against someone terrible).

Point of fact: Syracuse over Louisville was a bigger upset than either App. St. or Colorado.

Oh HELL no.

"Deon Curry making curry powder out of the Wisconsin defense" - Nessler

"And now, NC State is movin' but they're MO has been they'll get some things going and can't keep it quite get going."-Charles Arbuckle

What does that mean?

Did Nessler just say something about PJ Hill running it up their (OLinemen's) butts?

Did Nessler just say something about PJ Hill running it up their (OLinemen's) butts?

Dan Fouts is getting turned on by this Oregon drive.

Foutsy was ticked that Oregon screwed up.

Late third quarter of ALA/FSU:

Danielson- "As it gets darker, the wind is less and less of a factor."

Cut to a shot of a flag whipping in the wind.

Danielson- "Oh."

I was listening to the USC-Washington game on ESPN Radio (presumably to get away from Brent Musberger), only to have them do a flashback to the Colorado-Michigan Hail Mary (for some reason) voiced by Musberger saying that "Brian Westbrook caught the pass from Kordell Stewart."

"Trev, we talked about how penalties really don't have much of an impact on the game except when they happen in the blue zone or the red zone or whatever you call it."-Tom Hart

Man, for a guy that makes a living announcing football, how do you not know what a red zone is? lol

FSN - KState @ UT in Austin...

Announcers indicate that the final score of the OU @ Colorado game have not been announced and will not be announced. That the PR folks at UT have made a decision to withhold that information.

FSN Announcer: "So no one in the stadium knows that OU has lost the game."

Uhhhhhhh? Did the UT administration also shut down all the cell phone towers in the area? And they removed all wi-fi equipment? Not a SINGLE PERSON knows?

Wow.

Take Desmond off there. That was not a stupid statement. You can have a culture of carelessness. Are you dumb??? How many times do coaches and players say "We have to change the culture of losing"??? Or that organization has a "CULTURE of losing"???? You should be on the list for not understanding it.