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So, today kicks off college football season. Sure, there was a game the other night, but they played it on a blue field and there was a sucker punch involved. Pffffft. Today is the day.

Top Games with 12 Noon kick off:

Navy v. #6 Ohio State
#9Penn State v. Akron

OK, so, PSU should roll and the rest of the games at Noon aside from that OSU-Navy tilt are going to be one sided early season affairs. Like, Liberty and West Virginia are playing at Noon. WVU 73 – 3 I’m going with on a score for that one.

Anyway, the point of this post is to alert you folks that we’re going to try and get some action going in the comments for the start of college football season. If you’re watching the action, feel free to post in the comments. I’ll be doing so…and, uh, I hope I won’t be alone, but, likely will be.

Back off!

HOPE MILLS, N.C. — This isn’t another dog-bites-man story. This is a dog-bites-the-deputy’s-tires story. The Fayetteville Observer reported that the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said a pit bull deflated all four tires of a deputy’s cruiser near Hope Mills on Sunday. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Tanna said the deputy parked his car in a woman’s driveway while responding to her complaint about another dog.

Tanna says that when Deputy Lynn Lavallis went to speak with Gloria Bass, her dog bit the four tires. The dog didn’t attack the deputy.

You know what, dog doesn’t need to attack the deputy when the dog is straight up playing mind games. Like, you want to come back here when I’m causin’ a scene? Yeah, have fun driving on out of here, you know?

Dog is gonna go to trial on this to fight the $500 they tried to strap the dog with for lunchin’ on them tires. First witness for the Dog? Ice Cube. Fuck the Police, comin’ straight from the underdog. Court TV would get huge ratings for that action.

Pacman Jones’ NFL fate was pretty sealed in a downward spiral after his Makin’ it Rain Strip Club performance. Well, hey, there’s always the Arena league. Or, uh, no, sorry. Well, hey, there’s always pick up games going around the block where Pac lives, and his firearms appropriate play schemes would likely fit in well.

Except, Pacman is heading North.

Troubled CB/KR Adam “Pacman” Jones agreed to a one-year deal with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Monday night, presumably an attempt to revive a football career derailed by numerous off-field incidents and, frankly, ineffectiveness between the sidelines last season in Dallas.

I don’t know how many strip clubs they have in Winnipeg, but, they definitely added more lunch shifts with Pac’s pending arrival.

Look out of my way. I'm about to do some burglin'

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Police in Florida say a burglar who made off with a man’s valuables returned to the home later and snatched what he couldn’t carry on his first trip: a 100-pound plasma-screen TV.

A Pensacola Police investigator was on the scene when the robber came back hours after the first burglary.

The man who lived at the house, Steve Fluegge, says he was shocked the burglar came back and stole the television. The suspect had already stolen Fluegge’s wallet, watch and video game system.

How do they know the dude came back? But, frankly, you got to take risks in that line of work when the economy is the way it is today. You can’t just sit back and expect to get a 100 pound plasma at the next crib you crack. You might roll in a place and they have some little ass TV maybe with a VCR attached and you completely regret not taking that plasma from before.

If we gave out burglar of the week awards around here, I would imagine this dude would pull that.

Then come back and steal all sorts of tongues.

Her last name is Rubio. That's close enough.

After weeks of courting Spanish league officials for a favorable contract buyout, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ brash general manager, David Kahn, failed to deliver point guard Ricky Rubio(notes), sources told Yahoo! Sports on Monday night.

Rubio – the fifth pick in the 2009 NBA draft – has agreed to a six-year contract with Regal FC Barcelona that doesn’t allow for an escape to the NBA until 2011. Kahn made several trips to Spain to try to get Rubio’s previous team, DKV Joventut, to lower his $8 million buyout price, but couldn’t get it done.

This has to be a little bit embarrassing for the Wolves. But, then again, they did take another point guard in addition to Rubio and folks were all “WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING?” So, at least they have that going for them.

Plus, dude went over to Spain a couple of times. Which is a lot better than if they tried to sign a kid from the Bronx.

What does this mean for future players coming out of Europe? Probably nothing, but could mean that teams might actually stay away from drafting them in the future. Which, is never good for anybody, except for the player who forces the deal to a team he actually wants to play for.

Take me to your leader.

And if they did not do so in a grand entrance, dramatic fashion, would you be disappointed?

I got to thinking about this when Newsweek this week noted that alien arrivals in movies “always seem to favor the grand entrance.” And my reaction was God damn right they do. I mean, would Independence Day have been as good a movie if the aliens kind of showed up in Peoria, Illinois trying to find employment? I doubt it. But, come in guns blazing and a good time is had by all.

Sure, the grand entrance leads to more folks dying, but wouldn’t you feel cheated if one day aliens showed up and they did not do so bringing the noise we are so accustomed to seeing them bring?