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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

“I didn’t want to tell you I’m like Billy Madison.” The Seahawks just drafted Wisconsin guard John Moffitt to their offensive line. And apparently he’s kind of funny. The 24 year-old, on a conference call with reporters, was asked why he was so old for his class. He responded that he spent a year in the Peace Corps, which of course peaked the interest of the reporters. But he couldn’t keep the charade going long and finally broke, saying, “I’m kidding, I didn’t join the Peace Corps. I transferred high schools and I repeated a year of high school. I didn’t want to tell you I’m like Billy Madison. The Peace Corps thing sounds so much better, so if you guys want to print that, feel free.” What a cutie. You’re welcome, Seattle.

“I didn’t want to tell you I’m like Billy Madison.”

The Seahawks just drafted Wisconsin guard John Moffitt to their offensive line. And apparently he’s kind of funny.

The 24 year-old, on a conference call with reporters, was asked why he was so old for his class.

He responded that he spent a year in the Peace Corps, which of course peaked the interest of the reporters. But he couldn’t keep the charade going long and finally broke, saying,

“I’m kidding, I didn’t join the Peace Corps. I transferred high schools and I repeated a year of high school. I didn’t want to tell you I’m like Billy Madison. The Peace Corps thing sounds so much better, so if you guys want to print that, feel free.”

What a cutie.

You’re welcome, Seattle.

Wisconsin Badger Herald Calls Out Student Scalpers A student paper in Madison, Wis. publicly humiliated a handful of students who were scalping their Rose Bowl tickets for profit earlier this week. They called them out in order to make an example and discourage other students from doing the same. But I’m not quite as surprised as the rest of the nation is. It’s fucking Madison - WISCONSIN - the Badgers. Badgers football is the pride and joy of Wisconsin’s college sports teams. Of course the locals were pissed! Here’s an excerpt of the article , in case you can’t read the fine print above: Truly, there is a special place in Hell for people who buy Rose Bowl tickets with the sole intention of profiting from them. It is entirely unfair to those who actually love this football team and were counting on a cheap face value ticket in order to make the trip to Pasadena an economic reality. Daaaang! Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from growing up in Wisconsin, it’s that you don’t come between a Wisconsinite and his or her football. Case and point. And you know what? I agree. Scalpers who buy tickets for the sole intent of turning a profit are like one step up from…I dunno, Al Qaeda? Seriously, I think it goes Al Qaeda, ticket scalpers, Hitler, and then those cops who write out parking tickets, followed by Dallas Cowboys fans, and so on. I look forward to your emails, Cowboys fans. But seriously - who do you think was more in the wrong here? The student scalpers for being dicks, or the newspaper for calling them out on it?

Wisconsin Badger Herald Calls Out Student Scalpers

A student paper in Madison, Wis. publicly humiliated a handful of students who were scalping their Rose Bowl tickets for profit earlier this week. They called them out in order to make an example and discourage other students from doing the same.

But I’m not quite as surprised as the rest of the nation is. It’s fucking Madison - WISCONSIN - the Badgers. Badgers football is the pride and joy of Wisconsin’s college sports teams. Of course the locals were pissed!

Here’s an excerpt of the article , in case you can’t read the fine print above:

Truly, there is a special place in Hell for people who buy Rose Bowl tickets with the sole intention of profiting from them. It is entirely unfair to those who actually love this football team and were counting on a cheap face value ticket in order to make the trip to Pasadena an economic reality.

Daaaang!

Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from growing up in Wisconsin, it’s that you don’t come between a Wisconsinite and his or her football.

Case and point.

And you know what? I agree. Scalpers who buy tickets for the sole intent of turning a profit are like one step up from…I dunno, Al Qaeda? Seriously, I think it goes Al Qaeda, ticket scalpers, Hitler, and then those cops who write out parking tickets, followed by Dallas Cowboys fans, and so on.

I look forward to your emails, Cowboys fans.

But seriously - who do you think was more in the wrong here? The student scalpers for being dicks, or the newspaper for calling them out on it?

Sam Lautmann (not pictured) hoped that her Wisconsin gusto would help her get into the next round of Idol auditions. Sadly, it didn’t.The 18-year-old Lautmann showed up early as hell, just like the other 10,000+ people on Wednesday morning at the Bradley Center to audition for the popular Fox reality show dressed as a beer can and wearing a cheesehead to “represent Wisconsin.” Her song of choice: “On, Wisconsin!” Sam - if you’re out there reading this somewhere - YOU FUCKING ROCK. Awesome.

Sam Lautmann (not pictured) hoped that her Wisconsin gusto would help her get into the next round of Idol auditions.

Sadly, it didn’t.

The 18-year-old Lautmann showed up early as hell, just like the other 10,000+ people on Wednesday morning at the Bradley Center to audition for the popular Fox reality show dressed as a beer can and wearing a cheesehead to “represent Wisconsin.” Her song of choice: “On, Wisconsin!”

Sam - if you’re out there reading this somewhere - YOU FUCKING ROCK. Awesome.

Does it kind of look like Bucky Badger is about to slap a bitch? fiorizanul

Does it kind of look like Bucky Badger is about to slap a bitch?

fiorizanul

MADISON, Wis. — A new poll shows Wisconsin residents are slightly more satisfied than they used to be. The University of Wisconsin Survey Center’s Badger Poll released Friday shows that 55% of Sconnies say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the state currently. I’m assuming that the other 45% just haven’t seen this photo yet.

MADISON, Wis. — A new poll shows Wisconsin residents are slightly more satisfied than they used to be.

The University of Wisconsin Survey Center’s Badger Poll released Friday shows that 55% of Sconnies say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the state currently.

I’m assuming that the other 45% just haven’t seen this photo yet.

Seen among all the coverage of George Steinbrenner’s passing are a couple of notes of possible interest to Packers fans. The New York Yankees owner always bet against the Packers, if only while wagering with Bud Selig, a friend for almost 40 years. Selig owned the Milwaukee Brewers, once one of the Yankees’ American League rivals, before becoming baseball commissioner. They had friendly bets on Wisconsin-Ohio State football games (Selig took the Badgers, of course) and on Packers-Buccaneers games. Steinbrenner, an Ohio native who lived in Tampa, always took the Bucs. “I did pretty well in those,” Selig told MLB Fanhouse. (From the Green Bay Press Gazette)

Seen among all the coverage of George Steinbrenner’s passing are a couple of notes of possible interest to Packers fans.

The New York Yankees owner always bet against the Packers, if only while wagering with Bud Selig, a friend for almost 40 years. Selig owned the Milwaukee Brewers, once one of the Yankees’ American League rivals, before becoming baseball commissioner.

They had friendly bets on Wisconsin-Ohio State football games (Selig took the Badgers, of course) and on Packers-Buccaneers games. Steinbrenner, an Ohio native who lived in Tampa, always took the Bucs.

“I did pretty well in those,” Selig told MLB Fanhouse.

(From the Green Bay Press Gazette)