5:36 PM As Herbstreit noted on ESPN's GameDay last Saturday, if Mangino is such a good guy, why aren't his players coming out to defend him in droves? Last I checked, even the formerly gruff Charlie Weis at least had the support of his current players.
5:25 PM This Friday the UFL Championship game is in Vegas. Today I received an email offering $15 off each ticket. Should be a great crowd.
5:13 PMJimmy Traina of SI's Extra Mustard has a photo of Vince Young high-fiving an on-field NFL official last night.
5:03 PMThose of you speculating about KU Alum and TAMU asst. Nolan Cromwell as Mangino's replacement at KU, stop it. Cromwell = Zorn. 'Nuff said.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader are hosting a big shindig in the Bahamas in a couple weeks.
(Like their divine Ambrosia tailgate salad, fans can ‘mix’ with the cheerleaders)
The regrettably-worded “release party” (dude, keep it in the room) will pop off during the Oct. 16-18 weekend, which not coincidentally is Joe Simpson’s first weekend off from Jessica’s Indian Casino tour in 18 mos.
So it turns out that the tryout process to become a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader includes a rigorous written exam, including such questions as: “Name one country that borders Iraq.” Well, I guess Miss Teen South Carolina is out.
If only the Cowboys themselves had such rigorous standards. You may have thought that passing the bar exam was hard, but for every failed lawyer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area you’ve probably got seven or eight would-be Cowboys cheerleaders waiting tables and working as hotel reservation clerks, all because they didn’t have a firm grasp of geography and current events. Read more…
SHAHI PROPS UP OUR FLEETING CHEERLEADER FANTASY: Like you, we’re over major sports websites trying to prop up sagging traffic numbers with thousands of photo posts of over-makeupped, underdeveloped cheerleaders.