I’m back like a rapper with a new album!
Wait, I think I used that one last year? Oh well, can’t stop now.
For more than a few seasons now, I’ve been unleashing my brain seepage weekly upon the minions of my website, www.tigerreport.com.
But you can call it Justin's Weekly BS for short.
But about five months ago, I found this site and have been hanging around here way too often and neglecting my roots, which is this column. So I thought it’s time to bring it to B/R.
Gustav is a stupid name anyway…
First off, if your name is Gustav, I apologize. In fact, there’s a Bleacher Creature named Gustavo Destro and without knowing him, I told him he has the coolest name on the site a few months back. It made me want to change my name to “Antonio Cobra Commander” or something. How about “Armando Storm Shadow”?
But Gustavo’s in the clear because there’s an “o” at the end of his first name.
I’m not sure why we name hurricanes anyway. All it does is alienate the people with these names. You think “Katrina” is a popular new baby name in Southern Louisiana?! I assure you it’s not.
Hurricane Gustav pounded Louisiana but you’d never know it from the national news because New Orleans is just fine, thank you. My mom’s neighbor has a 40 foot pine tree through his living room but that doesn’t make the national news. I’m sure right now he’s in a four hour line this morning for a blue tarp so it can stop raining in his house. He’s a Notre Dame fan, I doubt the Irish is the first thing on his mind this morning.
I’ll probably be without power for a week or so. I missed much of the college football weekend after the 10 a.m. local time kickoff of LSU vs. Appalachian State. I didn’t find out that Tennessee lost to UCLA until yesterday (Wednesday) morning. I’ve pretty much been completely cut off from the college football world.
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2 months ago
sorry if i can't respond to comments right away, won't have computer access till tomorrow morning.
from 2 months ago
Best wishes and hope all turns out well.
Mitch
2 months ago
You get hammered by a natural disaster and you STILL write. I am amazed. Great read!!!!!
from 2 months ago
i wouldn't give me too much credit. i was basically sitting at work with nothing to do for two hours.
2 months ago
Laughed my butt off again Justin! Great to see you can still have a sense of humor in the heat! Talked to the wife today and glad things are going ok considering!
Looking forward to North Texas now instead!!!
2 months ago
Hang in there, man!
from 2 months ago
thanks tob,
looking forward to the luau for the north texas game!
2 months ago
Who did you like better at quarterback? Personally, I liked Hatch. He doesn't have as big of a ceiling as Lee but he didn't make big mistakes. There were two instances in which Lee stared down a receiver. Once he got intercepted and the other time the LB dropped the ball. He also has a delay of game penalty called against him. Neither QB wowed me, though.
from 2 months ago
i liked hatch better. lee has a long way to go. while hatch's arm seemed sub par, he made better decisions than lee.
i think nerves still get to lee. i wish he could get over them. i'm interested to see if jordan jefferson gets some playing time for north texas.
but let's not forget that jamarcus russell stared down receivers in his early starts. it was each player's first game and both should be graded on a curve. i was hoping to get all three easy games in before AU but it looks like two will have to do.
2 months ago
Dude, outside from this being a great article, a shrimp and spinach alfredo omelet sounds heavenly. Wow. I'm salivating.
from 2 months ago
the wife did good!!
and the ore-ida fries complimented the meal quite nicely.
2 months ago
Man, I hate that Troy and LSU aren't playing this weekend. I was really looking forward to watching it. As it turns out I will be in T-Town Nov 15, so I will miss seeing the TROY (not state) Trojans endure another leg of the hardest non-conference schedule in the nation.
It is probably good you have been out of the loop if you were hoping to miss the Bama to Miami in January talk. Check out Nic Gulas' article "Calm Down, America: Alabama Only Won One Game" as he tries to bring sanity back to Tuscaloosa. It has gotten so bad that one sports writter (somewhere in Georgia I believe) has his top 25 with 1) USC 2) Bama. Are you kidding me?! A couple of pay per view games should calm the Tide nation before opening up SEC play @ Arkansas and then @ UGA. It really is rediculously early to talk anything without seeing a few more games to judge both Clemson and Bama and how good or bad each team was in that game.
Anyway, good to see you back up and running on here. Hope your situation at home is as blooming and back up and running as your great articles.
from 2 months ago
thanks for the kind words, tim. i'll have to go check out nic's article.
expectations can get out of control. that's why i was impressed LSU won it all last year. '03 we surprised everyone. the tigers will have a tough time doing that anytime soon.
i'd say watch out for tulane but with forte graduating you'll have little to worry about. bob toledo is doing as good with them as one could expect.
2 months ago
Love the article. Glad to know that you made it through the storm intact. From the LSU highlights, they look tough again. Hatch will turn out to be like Matt Mauck before its all said and done. We've got the 'Canes coming in this week, both the team and a storm. Hurricane Ike will hit florida at some point in the next few days, but way south towards the Keys. Florida is turning from the sunshine state into the plywood state.
from 2 months ago
same here, while we're gonna dodge hannah,
it looks like ike may go on a multi city tour kicking it of in Fla and ending somewhere in one of the gulf states, hopefully not La.
how about mexico?? i think it's their turn!!
from 2 months ago
If it goes to Mexico, then maybe Texas A&M will cancel another game again.
2 months ago
J-
First off, hope everything returns to normal soon. Thanks for giving us some perspective...out here in Cali, we are getting lots of videos from all the damage so rest assured, folks in Cali are praying for ya'll to recover quickly and know how bad it was.
Re- LSU- they tend to start a little slow, and I think it's just Les focusing on certain aspects of the ga me. I think the Tigers looked great.
You have to give them high marks for the poise they had- families being evacuated, game day changes (that will screw up a player's timing badly), the pressures of being defending champs, that sick feeling about playing a team that has no fear, losing RP and those annoying ESPN TV crews.
All in all, I gave them high marks, especially with their ability to overcome adversity- a true sign of a champion. They look ready to go!
Hugs!
-Lise
2 months ago
You sir, are a national treasure. But in the good sense, not like those nut-covered turd movies made by Nicolas couldn't-act-my-way-out-of-a-Cage. Sorry for your Hurricane losses. I was pretty worried about my family being in Southeast Texas, but luckily we dodged a bullet. I was proud of your Tigers.
BOUDIN SAUSAGE!!!
from 2 months ago
michael,
if you ever make it down here to a game, i promise i will have some boudin for you!
2 months ago
Great read as always. Call us while you guys are in town. We got back yesterday and are just hanging this weekend hoping that Ike decides to go somewhere else. Of course Dennis is supposed to be going back to work, so chances are we'll see that storm head this way. They seem to miss us when he's home. Go figure that one.
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