Robert Marve gives a Big "F-U" to Randy ShannonThe Nudge was watching the Emerald Bowl with his defensive guru and Miami alumni, Jimmy "The Greek" and we were both saying that the Hurricanes would have been better off if they had started The String Bean Jacorry Harris all season instead of platooning him with Robert Marve. Harris looked a lot better than a true freshman should look like in his first collegiate start. If it wasn't for the fumble in the fourth quarter, Miami would have won that game. We both thought that Marve would never leave the program, and that the platoon system would be in place for the next four years. Well, 2009 Christmas came early to the Hurricanes faithful when it was announced that Marve would be leaving the school. HC Randy Shannon let him of his scholie with a bunch of conditions that have to be met. Marve cannot transfer to a school in the ACC, the SEC or the state of Florida.
Marve told the AP "I had to get out, I just decided that I can't play for Coach Shannon." When asked about the platoon between him and StringBean he said "I just felt like it wasn't fair to either of us, honestly."
Marve's stats for the year were 1,293 yards passing, with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. While The String Bean had 1,195 yards with 12 touchdowns and 7 INT's.
Randy Shannon, un-like RICHROD, said "I have respect for Robert and wish him nothing but success in the future." If the kid was transferring from Michigan, RICHROD would have said that the kid suffers from Bubonic Plague and that his mother has head lice.
The Real Story: Look, it's pretty simple what happened here. Marve saw Jacorry play and knew that he was never, never going to touch the field again. A blind man could have watched that game and came to the same conclusion. Marve will probably transfer over to a D-1AA school, and his name will come up in three years as a draft prospect. But I assure you that you will never hear from him again. more here if you want it
My Beloved Aggies of New Mexico State fire Hal Mumme for this guy, what?
Everyone knows the love affair The Nudge has had with Head Coach Hal Mumme, I haven't kept it a secret. New Mexico State fires the guy, why? Just cause he doesn't win your stupid football games, where's the excitement fellas? The Aggies went 3-9 this year and actually lost to the Spuds of Idaho. And who does the all-knowing NMSU Athletic Director hire to replace him, UCLA Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker. The move doesn't make any sense. Gone are the days of New Mexico State going for it on 4th and twenty from their own fifteen yard line. Walker would probably punt in that situation, UN-FUN.In 2008, Walker pushed a bad UCLA defense into being the 11th rated passing defense in the country. Good right?..no. Teams had big leads on UCLA and ran the ball to kill off the clock. This is the case of another guy getting a job off of a misleading stat. Walker worked as a secondary coach in the NFL for Joe Gibbs and The New York Gints. He was also a coach at USC under Pete Carroll. All of Pete Carroll's coaches that leave USC fail, bottom line. And Walker will be no different. You won't catch The Nudge watching New Mexico State football anymore, ...well, you probably will. But I'll definitely be rooting against them, so there, take that. more here, but don't go there.
The Real Story New Mexico State succumbed to pressure that they were facing to WIN games and they thought that if they hired Walker, they would at least get some National Attention. Well we know what happens to attention whores don't we. They wind up with crabs. Where is that Paris Hilton anyway?
Best left tackle Prospect in the last ten years says screw it, I'm not getting hurt in that Bowl Game
Alabama Junior Offensive tackle, and just possible number 1 overall NFL Draft pick Andre Smith has been suspended from playing in the Sugar Bowl when Alabama meets the undefeated Utes, "What's a UTE"? Uber-HC Nick Saban told reporters that the Outland Trophy winner would not participate with the team because he had improper dealings with an agent. It has been noted that an Alabama State Attorney is looking into the case to see if any criminality is afoot. Saban sent Smith home where he was overheard as he was leaving the campus saying "I'm rich bey-atch, rich, rich, rich rich. Go *&*% all ya'all."
Saban was quoted as saying "The University of Alabama, the team and the football program are more important than any individual player. Everyone on our team depends on each other to be responsible, to make good choices and decisions relative to their actions."
He further stated, very much un-like RICHROD " Andre Smith has done an outstanding job in our program as a person, student and a player and we will do all we can as an institution to support him in all future endeavours..." more here
The Real Story: The Nudge has been following this kid since he was a junior in high school. Ever since he put on the houndstooth hat in his high school press conference, he has been a starter on Bama's offensive line. Some agent, somewhere, has been talking to this kid's family telling them that he will front them millions, and that Andre in no way shape or form should play in the bowl game. He's already, at worst, a top five pick. If he plays in the Sugar Bowl and blows out his knee, the family is poor, poor poor. But, if he takes the front money, their rich, rich, rich. Any of us in a similar situation would do the exact same thing, and if you wouldn't, Then your an idiot.
We can rebuild him, we have the technolgy he is Bionic FrontButt:
Notre Dame Head Coach, Charlie "The FrontButt" Weiss is now the new recipient of a bionic knee. Weiss hurt his leg when he was blind sided while standing on the sidelines at a game eating some barbecue ribs and not paying attention in September. The doctors said that the knee was deteriorating due to the high cholesterol and fat content in Weiss's diet. more here
The Real Story: Weiss is huge. If you didn't expect his knee to give way from all the years of lugging his gargantuan body around....then your an idiot.
