- Watching the Texas Tech football team’s (attempts at)
defense this season has been enough to drive anyone to drink or hit the bong
repeatedly in an attempt to ease their misery. It just can't be the man tasked
with running that defense and shaping them into a competent unit – at least not
when he’s on the job. Someone should have told now-former Texas
Tech defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt before he showed up on campus in
Lubbock showing the effects of an unknown (and likely illegal substance). He was
suspected of being under the influence of an unknown substance while on campus
and head coach Kliff Kingsbury sent him home. Three days later, Wallerstedt
resigned and issued a statement in which he admitted to nothing and said even
less. "I have submitted my resignation to Coach Kingsbury effective
immediately because I want the best for the Red Raider program, and this will
allow them to go in a different direction on defense," Wallerstedt said in
the statement. "I love our players and this school and have only their
best interest in my heart and mind. I wish Coach Kingsbury every success this
season." Under Wallerstedt’s direction, the Red Raiders surrendered 438
rushing yards in a 49-28 loss to Arkansas last weekend. Wallerstedt previously
worked with Kingsbury at Texas A&M and he will be replaced by co-defensive
coordinator and linebackers coach Mike Smith, who played for the Red Raiders
and graduated from Texas Tech in 2004. Smith may not have any experience in his
new job, but he can't possibly be worse than a man whose defense surrendered
nearly 34 points a game and drove their coach to light up his best bong or go
eye-deep in a six pack of cheap beer………
- Pharrell Williams' hit song “Happy” became so
ubiquitous a few months back that cheesy morning show hosts were dancing to it
in the streets of Manhattan, prompting even folks with a solid tolerance of
unimaginative mainstream pop to plug their ears and search for a sledgehammer
to make the music stop. But wanting to avoid the unavoidable song and mocking
it incessantly is one thing; sending someone to prison for daring to get their
groove on to it is quite another. Cue an Iranian court that has sentenced six
people arrested for appearing in a video dancing to “Happy” to up to one year
in prison and 91 lashes, according to their lawyer. The bad news is that the
sentences were handed down at all or that it wasn’t some colossal joke being
taped for a lame reality series. The good news is that the sentences were
suspended for three years, meaning they will not go to prison unless they
reoffend. In other words, no dancing to a Robin Thicke or Katy Perry song and
posting it to YouTube, evildoers. The offending video shows three men and three unveiled women dancing on the
streets and rooftops of Tehran. In a mere six months, it has racked up more
than 1 million views on YouTube, proving that people watch more than zany cat
videos on the site. Lawyer Farshid Rofugaran represented the accused and explained
that the video first attracted the attention of authorities in May, after
receiving more than 150,000 views. In the days that followed, the six-pack of
lip-syncing dancers were arrested by Iranian police for violating Islamic laws
of the country, which prohibit dancing with members of the opposite sex and
women from appearing without a headscarf. All six were
tortured/brainwashed/strong-armed into saying they were actors who had been
tricked into make the “Happy video for an audition.” Well place, conserva-Nazi
ass-hats………
- Superheroes are network television and major movie
studios’ kryptonite. If there is a hero of any vintage donning a cape, boots, a
shield or a mask in any capacity and that hero has not yet made his or her
debut on the silver screen or a TV screen near you, it’s probably because there
was a fight in the writer’s room about the story arcs for Season 1. CBS wants
in on the party and the network has become the latest to add a superhero show
with a Supergirl-themed show from Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler. The Eye has already blessed the
project with a series commitment, teaming up with Warner Bros. for a show about
Superman's cousin. The Supergirl character has been on the fringes of various
TV shows and movies for years, most recently played in extremely hot fashion by
Laura Vandervoort in “Smallville” from 2007 to 2011. This particular
incarnation of Supergirl will follow Superman's cousin from Krypton, Kara
Zor-El, at 24 years old, already powered up and deciding to embrace her powers.
A series commitment doesn’t mean the project is guaranteed to make it to air,
but it does give all involved a jolt of confidence because of penalties the
network would have to pay up if it decides to pull the plug. The same
arrangement helped Fox’s new drama “Gotham” make it to air and with a show
about the origins of Batman, another about The Flash and a companion series
about the Green Arrow on the CW and “Marven’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” on ABC,
heroes have never been bigger or more profitable. The race is already on for
the next post-Supergirl superhero show, so get out of the way so the networks
can go to war over it……..
- Parents are pros at embarrassing their children. Usually,
that embarrassment takes place on a small scale, perhaps in front of a few of
their child’s friends or with only the family around. But for Louisiana
resident Scott LeBlanc, embarrassing his adult daughter through normal means
simply wasn’t enough. Papa LeBlanc and his daughter were among those on a
wedding cruise in the Gulf of Mexico when he unleashed the embarrassment of all
embarrassments for his soon-to-be-wed daughter. LeBlanc is a member of 610 Stompers, an all-male dance crew based
in New Orleans. To say these guys aren't the Chippendales would be a gross
understatement, with their physiques and dancing skills more closely resembling
those of the late Chris Farley impersonating a member of the famed,
bow-tie-clad all-male dance outfit than those of a true Chippendale. The
group’s slogan is "Ordinary Men. Extraordinary Moves," and images
from the wedding affirm the first part of that mantra while leaving the second
up for debate. In order to make his daughter’s special day horrifically
memorable, LeBlanc invited a few of his 610 Stompers friends to the dance floor
for a choreographed flash mob that saw them and members of the wedding party
get their freak on as the Jay Sean/Pitbull song "I'm All Yours" began
playing. The group did their thing and positioned the bride-to-be into a chair
to watch. "The DJ was kind enough to let us have the LeBlanc-Cupit Wedding
Party Dance-Off," LeBlanc announced as he danced onto the scene rocking American
flag swim trunks. One can only imagine the true horror running through the
entire body of LeBlanc’s daughter Lyndsey and her fiancée Adam Cupit, but it’s
not as if someone captured the stunt on video and it will live forever or
anything……….
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