Media Meltdowns
When a national columnist is a guest on your radio show and he proceeds to call the local college quarterback a prostitute, and his his former coach a pimp, then you've got two things, my friend: Ratings gold, and a genuine douchebag. Welcome back to our stage, ladies and gentlemen, Gregg Doyel, who appeared recently on ARN's "The Sports Animals" radio show with hosts Shawn Arnell and Wally Hall. Doyel came off as borderline insane during the interview — something he's quite good at — and concluded things with an impressive meltdown and an abrupt phone hangup. Let's review.
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Record Breaker. New coach John Pelphrey set the record for most wins by a first year head coach at Arkansas with 20 when the Hogs beat Auburn at home to finish the regular season. That isn't a minor feat when you realize two of the best coaches in history coached at Arkansas, Eddie Sutton and Nolan Richardson. They had 17 and 12 wins in their first seasons, respectively. The record was held by Eugene Lambert who led his first team to a 19-7 record during the 1942-43 season. Pelphrey also broke the 100-win barrier with that victory.
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i don't believe you
"Yes he is." "No he isn't." "Is too." "Is not." "Shut up." "
You shut up." "No, you shut up first." "No,
your mom's ugly." There, now you're officially caught up to speed on the ongoing struggle between Darren McFadden's parents and media reports alleging their son is turning pro after his junior year.
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darren mcfadden
It has to be kind of boring for a college football phenom, when the bowl games are over, your college career is done and you have nothing to do until the Draft workouts begin. It has to make a man antsy. So we sympathize with Darren McFadden, who
got himself arrested early this morning.
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darren mcfadden
Anyone who has gone to a university with a prominent sports program can tell you about the experience of seeing one of your player driving a vehicle that you wouldn't think they'd be able to afford. We can all justify it in our brains, hey, they just
saved up for it, but we all know better. But do we report it?
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college football
As much as I'd like to discuss yesterday's crazy college game, I fear I wouldn't do it any justice. Whoa, whoa, wait a second. Where have I heard that line before? Oh, that's right ... the last time LSU lost a triple OT football game! (Creepy, eh? I must have like cool anti-Tiger powers or something. I could probably kick Battle Cat's ass.) Anyway, let's see what the Internets are saying about Arkansas' remarkable 50-48 triple-overtime win over No. 1 LSU ...
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cryptic maternal statements
Yesterday, in a story which Deadspin suspiciously omitted, ESPN reported that Darren McFadden was declaring for the NFL after his upcoming junior season, so sayeth his momma after a chat with Pat Forde. Because that was such a news scoop. After all, rarely do exciting, electric football players ever forgo their senior season for the paltry millions the NFL feebly offers. But now McFadden's momma, Mini Muhammad, is setting the record straight.
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