It’s official : Kristin Cav and Jay Cutler are engaged…again.

Kristin shared the happy news from her Twitter this afternoon:

Kristin assures us that this time it’s “for real” which certainly makes me feel a lot better.

I mean, congratulations, I guess? I can finally restore my faith in true love.

Really looking forward to the 2-day E! Special on the wedding. On opposite day.

My interest in studying and thinking about fans and fan culture came under the tutelage of Professor Constance Penley at UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Penley was an authority on popular culture. Her classes were always in demand. She inspired her students to seek out and celebrate the inventive ways that fans engage with pop culture — ways that are not necessarily intended by the “cultural producer” (a filmmaker, news reporter, artist, tattoo artist, etc.) Professor Penley dismissed the widely-held notion that fans are passive, apathetic and unthinking.

With this in mind, I became extra-intrigued by “Occupy Tebow” (OT), the Internet meme that started and was spread in the comment section of an ESPN blog titled, “Time for Elway to think post-Tebow” (October 30, 2011). The “occupation” (a clever take on the Occupy Wall Street movement) was, among other things, a passionate rebellion against the sports and mainstream media’s glorification of Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow. Fans were firm in their belief that the second-year player had not yet earned the lavish praise that enveloped him. » Continue reading “A Quarterback, A Meme, and Rebel Fans”

I was too depressed after Tampa Bay’s 23-17 loss at Tennessee on Sunday to watch the post-game show. Now, I am thankful for that foul mood.

While WTVT interviewed one member of the Bucs’ team, another player’s member was on display. During the 6 pm broadcast, the station issued this statement:

Earlier in the Bucs’ postgame there was an inadvertent shot and we apologize for that.

Yes, an inadvertent shot of a penis.

Oh. Lord. I decided that for the sake of this post, I should probably try to find the video. I found where it had been posted by Play 98.7, but FOX had already removed that version. I thanked my lucky stars.

Then I did something stupid. I used Google to see if the video was still up elsewhere. It is. If you feel like seeing an unidentified Bucs player sans clothes from the waist down, be my guest. And no, the video is NSFW unless your work allows you to look at naked men. Maybe FOX will do us all a favor and remove this video as well.

We’ve heard plenty of arguments about whether or not women should be allowed in locker rooms (my stance, as long as male reporters are allowed to be there, female reporters must be allowed to be there) but this incident should be enough to start a new round of “Should video cameras be allowed in locker rooms?”

Yeah, that’s all you need to know.  I don’t know why this exists, but I’m oh so glad it does…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSXO6XG5irU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I especially liked ”Eye of the Tiger” playing at the end.  Nice touch.

Pssst...My wife's a loon.

Gus Malzahn is currently the Offensive Coordinator at Auburn. He’s also currently a potential candidate for a variety of open head coaching jobs around college football.

For some reason, his wife, Kristi, was chosen to speak at and take part in a Q&A session at some sort of church function. She discussed a variety of topics, but the whole entire thing was both disturbing and annoying.

The video below is painful proof that this woman just might be crazy. » Continue reading “Kooky Kristi Malzahn Has A Big Mouth”

Whatever do you mean, Kurt?

In today’s this-is-not-an-Onion-story news, Kurt Warner tells Tim Tebow to ixnay on the esusjay:

FormerCardinals and Rams quarterback Kurt Warner believes the Broncos’ Tim Tebow would be wise to tone down his religious rhetoric.

“You can’t help but cheer for a guy like that,” said Warner, who also is deeply religious and once thanked Jesus on national TV after a Super Bowl victory with the Rams. “But I’d tell him, ‘Put down the boldness in regards to the words, and keep living the way you’re living. Let your teammates do the talking for you.’ … I don’t want anybody to become calloused toward Tim because they don’t understand him, or are not fully aware of who he is. And you’re starting to see that a little bit.”

So to recap: KURT WARNER told Tim Tebow to cool it with the Jesus talk. When Ned Flanders tells you you’re over-ding-dong-diddly-doing it, you’d better listen.

Talking about adding insult to injury.

As if being blind-sided by Jason Witten in full pads wasn’t bad enough (women are free to debate how bad of thing this actuall is), Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Kellerman was forced by the team to delete her Twiter account after tweeing about the accidental tackle.

So what did Kellerman say? That Witten is a clumsy oaf who should watch where he’s going? That the Cowboys should take better care of their cheerleaders? That about 50 men jumped out of the way, clearing a path right to her?

Let’s go to the offending tweets:

» Continue reading “Another Pro Team Fails At Social Media”

Peebowing?

First, there was “Tebowing”.

Def : To get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.

Now there is “Novaking”.

Def : Taking a leak wherever you want.

Hey — when you gotta pee, you gotta pee.

» Continue reading “#Novaking : Where is the FCC When You Really Need Them?”

Some days we are so in awe of the gift we are about to give you that we contemplate charging for access to this site. Today, we give you yet another gorgeous reason to watch international soccer.

Ladies, meet Iker. (Yes, like “eek-er,” but don’t worry, you’ll get over it).

Iker is the muy guapo goalkeeper for the Spanish National team and La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid.

Behold:

Contemplative Iker

» Continue reading “Monday Morning Motivation: Iker Casillas”