The BCS’ Social Networking Challenge – How To Best Ignore Millions Of Messages Reading “U SUK”

A week ago, I liked to a Talking Points Memo item regarding former George W. Bush press sectretary Ari Fleischer taking on public relations work for the oft-ridiculed Bowl Championship Series. Today, Rob Warmowski supplies a link to a followup tale that suggests (in Rob’s words), “nobody told Ari Fleischer that social media is like a room full of caffeinated Helen Thomases with no escape door.” From AdAge’s Rich Tomaselli :

On the very first day of taking to Twitter,Source: Can't Stop the Bleeding RSS Feed

Bob Stoops to Notre Dame Rumors Persist

It has been a speculation-filled week in South Bend, as everyone wonders who will succeed Charlie Weis as head coach at Notre Dame. The best [read: funniest] email we received on the subject that encapsulates the rumors:

I heard from a former [redacted] school professor who taught at ND [redacted] that Stoops is going to be named on Monday. He claims that his source is reliable.

Notre Dame visits Stanford tonight in likely what will be the last game for Weis, QB Jimmy Clausen, Source: The Big Lead RSS Feed

Tiger Cancels Cops Again, Releases Statement

TMZ.com reports Tiger Woods has canceled his appointment at 3p ET today with police to discuss his car accident Thursday night.

He released this statement on his official website:

As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore.

This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly makeSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed

Smorgasboard: Give Thanks for Tebow vs. Bowden

This one will be a bit shorter — I got some familial and non-familial duties to attend to as Friday unfolds. I could use a horrible Thanksgiving pun about this being “the appetizer” to the “main course” that is next Saturday, but I’ll spare ya. There’s a few interesting things going on across the next 48 hours on college gridirons, and goddamn it, that’s what we’re going to discuss. That and a few other things entirely unrelated to college football.

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Photos: Tiger’s Smashed SUV At The Crash Scene

Here are some photos from WFTV in Orlando of Tiger Woods‘ smashed up SUV at the crash scene outside his Isleworth home on Friday:

 

We don’t have every angle of the car in the photos, but the pics do make you wonder why Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren needed to smash out the back window of the SUV with a golf club to allow him to escape the vehicle.

The ORLANDO SENTINEL reports “Woods’ Escalade received $5,000 to $8,000 worth of damage to the front bumper andSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed

Mets interested in DeRosa

Mark DeRosa is a 34 y/o right handed hitting super utility, despite not having a primary position DeRosa has played 100 games or more in the last seven of eight years.
He has over 300 games at 2B and 3B, 150 games in right field, over 100 games at SS, 50 games in left field and 20 games at 1B.
He is a .275 lifetime hitter with a .343 OBP and a .767 OPS.
I think DeRosa would be a great addition but this year with so many holes and so many teams interested in him, I can't see Source: Mets Fever RSS Feed

Who would you rather: Matsui or Damon

Decisions, decisions, decisions. For the Yankees, with a few key older players hitting free agency, this winter is chock full of them. None of the choices the team will have to make is more fraught with emotion and potential impact than the one that looms regarding Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon.

By many accounts, the Yankees will try to bring back one of their two left-handed bats but not both. Right now, Matsui is the sentimental choice. Rebounding from an injury-plagued 2008, he hadSource: River Avenue Blues RSS Feed