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    Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One

    The NCAA's Last True Believer

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    Image of FlakJack FlakJack
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    Per his wishes, Albano's remains will be encased in the world's largest rubber-band ball and bounced off a cliff into the sea.
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    Image of WhoDoYouKnowHere WhoDoYouKnowHere
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    he'll just pop back up when the ref isn't looking
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    Image of Rainbow Bright Rainbow Bright
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    Well, Bowser finally killed off Mario. It's up to you, Luigi.
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    Image of UpstateUnderdog UpstateUnderdog
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    He's gone to join Classy Freddie Blassie in the great wrestling ring in the sky.
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    Image of Nickly Nickly
    10/14/09

    @UpstateUnderdog: Where they can double-team the Fabulous Moolah.

    /Going to hell.
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    Image of bigredgambler bigredgambler
    10/14/09

    @UpstateUnderdog: Blassie and Albano are gone. It has me worried for Mr. Fuji eventually reuniting with Yokozuna.
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    In tribute:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    Thank you, Mr. Acavano!!!!
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    Image of Civil Negligence Civil Negligence
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    Well that's a weird nickname. For one, he holds no military rank; and as far as I can tell his pigmentation is normal.
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    Does Wario have an alibi?
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oh, Daddy, Dear. You Know You're Still Number One
    This just in: Stephen Jackson has no interest in taking over whatever the hell Lou Albano was captain of.
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    Image of VTBen VTBen
    09/17/09

    In reply to The NCAA's Last True Believer
    Nice work Craggs. Couldn't agree more.
    /Also, Brand fired Bob Knight
    //Looking forward to Calipari walking away from UK right before they get stripped of their title in 2016
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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    09/17/09

    In reply to The NCAA's Last True Believer
    The NCAA is a nonprofit member organization.

    Those TV rights and corporate sponsorships for the men's tournament also allow them to stage stuff like DIII swimming championships. Pretty sure it costs a shitload to run 88 championships a year, and not all of them are self-sustaining through ticket sales.

    So how is that hypocrisy?
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    Image of Pharmacoug Pharmacoug
    09/18/09

    @Clarence Rosario: It's hypocrisy when its coaches make 4 million a year, when boosters funnel money into coaches and facilities instead of anything that will further the value of their players' educations, and when athletic departments have become bloated masses of people making more money than the people who actually do the important thing on campus (teach).

    Also, when you're a "non-profit organization" and The Economist still calls you the worst monopoly in America, maybe you're being run more like a business.

    But please, keep believing in that noble idea that Maurice Clarett is going pro in something other than sports.
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    09/18/09

    @Pharmacoug: And sorry, that was kind of a dickish response. I'll jump off my high horse now.
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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    09/18/09

    @Pharmacoug: Appreciate the self-deprication. As well as the outrage.

    But the NCAA doesn't pay coaches or staff athletic departments. They schedule, staff and run 88 championships as esoteric as Rifle (Alaska-Fairbanks, holla!). This events cost a ton to organize and run. So while the Final Four is a seeming spectacle of corporate and NCAA greed, it's helping DII Cross Country in the process.

    Also: the NCAA has nothing to do with the BCS, and the BCS is not an NCAA-recognized championship. Yet the BCS is singularly the source of cash, favor-currying, and hypocrisy that so many people are ascribing to the NCAA.

    I don't see Minnesota-Duluth getting the same benefit of winning the DII Football championship as Florida gets from the BCS.
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    Image of Karlifornia Karlifornia
    09/17/09

    In reply to The NCAA's Last True Believer
    Whenever he traveled to Europe, he went by the name "Kylometers Brand"
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    09/17/09

    In reply to The NCAA's Last True Believer
    Leave aside the obnoxious paternalism

    Yeah! Leave that to obnoxious fathers like Richard Williams or my dad.
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    Image of dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
    09/17/09

    In reply to The NCAA's Last True Believer
    there are billions of skin cells on my body and just about all of them "went pro" in something other than pigment.
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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    09/17/09

    @dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese... mac: +1
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    Image of Hatey McLife Hatey McLife
    09/17/09

    In reply to The NCAA's Last True Believer
    Now I have to track down his daughter, at her bar in Nepal, and retrieve that medallion.
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