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The Dirty Sheets Of South Bend

Leitch — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:55:04 EDT

People are so excited about the USC-Notre Dame game this weekend that even travel arrangements are making the news. The fine folks at HotelChatter have taken a look at one of the worst hotels near Touchdown Jesus you could possibly find, the Knight's Inn South Bend, where one guest checked into their room to find that there was hair on the pillows and ropes tied to each corner of the bed. (Well, now we know where Lou Holtz stayed.)

The ESPN Gameday crew are in town for the game this weekend, tagging professional something-something Nick Lachey along for the ride. They, sadly, are staying a little higher up in the district of rent. We have a feeling Lachey might end up sneaking over there, at some point. You know, for the ropes.

Careful Where You Lay Your Golden Dome [HotelChatter]
Catholic School Girls Rule, Right Nick? [Hotel Chatter]

Oh, The Fun They'll Have

Leitch — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:35:02 EDT

According to Sports By Brooks and KMPC Radio in Los Angeles, now that college football expert Nick Lachey and non-sports-related wife Jessica Simpson have reportedly split up (or maybe not), Lachey might actually be moving in with Southern Cal quarterback Matt Leinart. (We're going to assume he doesn't live in the dorms anymore. Though that might be funny, if a bit dangerously close to a reality show than we would like.)

According to Sports By Brooks, they two have been hanging out together a lot recently, and Lachey even appeared with Leinart at USC's weekly press conference which is not the type of thing that happens at, say, Iowa State. College football, we think, is getting really weird.

That said, we guarantee you over the next few weeks, on campus, there's gonna be an unusually high amount of Madden being played as the gaggle of girls yawn, crawl out of bed and slink back to their dorm rooms. We're guessing Lachey plows through the whole campus in a fortknight.

Lachey-Leinart Roommates? [Sports By Brooks]
Jick and Nessica Might Be a Little More, Maybe [Gawker]

NFL Roundup: It's Possible That Plummer Just Isn't That Good

Leitch — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:09:57 EDT

Other Thoughts On The First Weekend Of The NFL:
• As the only guy who ever brought the Buzzsaw to the playoffs, we will always have a soft spot for Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer. But, what, with the out of control hair (facial and otherwise), angry anti-war screeds and the tendency to throw the ball to the other team, it's only a matter of time until he goes into some tirade in front the Broncos fans and talks about "how better it was in Arizona." We sometimes thinks coach Mike Shanahan is starting at him like he's going to eat him, by the way.
• Former CBS Sportsline reporter Jay Glazer, now a sideline guy covering the Vikings game, can't be any taller than 5-foot-2. Minnesota coach Mike Tice is tall, but he's not that tall.
• We were disappointed the NFL did not allow 49ers coach Mike Nolan to wear a tie, like he had requested.
• We think people were booing Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson while they were singing "America the Beautiful" before the Redskins game. Sorry. We're pretty sure, actually.
• A New York City sports bar was a bad place for someone to bearing an Arizona Cardinals hat and Kurt Warner jersey for the second half of that Giants-Buzzsaw Cardinals game yesterday. Trust us.

Nick Lachey Simply Will Not Go Away

Leitch — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:06:55 EDT

You know when we were joking earlier about ESPN finding more airtime for Nick Lachey? Uh, it looks like we weren't kidding, and we didn't even know it.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, ESPN is considering using Lachey on its college football coverage. No shit.

"We've heard a rumor that, frankly, we're not too happy about. It's that ESPN plans to use Nick Lachey - best-known, probably, for being Mr. Jessica Simpson - on some of its college football coverage this fall. Granted, his dad was Jim Lachey, a former longtime NFL offensive lineman. But come on, this cannot be true, can it? What's next, live bands on SportsCenter? Oh, wait ..."

For its next trick, ESPN is going to have Jm J. Bullock pop up in a little corner window during baseball telecasts, waving his hands madly and talking about "all those boys on the field!" Executives will explain that Bullock "is at the intersection of sports and entertainment" and "a welcome addition to our team."

Alert! Another Lachey Sighting! [Cincinnati Enquirer]
ESPN Trims SportsCenter Fat [Deadspin]