Heard on TV: Uncle Verne With Shot at ESPN and Musburger

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Bwahahahaha! This is epically funny.

Late Saturday evening during the tail end of the LSU/Alabama game, the CBS TV crew decided to take a sideline cutaway shot of AJ McCarron's semi-famous girlfriend Katherine Webb.

And briefly, analyst Gary Danielson and play-by-play guy Verne Lundquist talked about her. The conversation was based around whether or not McCarron would re-enter the game with less than 2 minutes to go.

The two discussed the highly attractive Webb for a minute when Danielson asked Uncle Verne (one of TV's nicest people) if "That is all you're going to say"

Listen at the :24 second mark--



For the handful of you who are blissfully unaware of what Verne and Gary are referring to, here's a refresher:

Bama Handles LSU and FSU Over Wake in Cakewalk: BCS Takes Shape

It's never easy to figure out who will be the last two teams standing under the current BCS system.

Thankfully, that system goes away soon.

In the meantime, the struggle to define and recognize the actual two best teams continues. And this year, it seems to be taking shape.

Alabama continued their run of staking a claim in the BCS title hunt by easily dispatching LSU Saturday night 38-17.

Sure, the game was close in the 1st half, but the Tide outscored the Tigers 21-3 in the 2nd half to close things out. 3 A.J McCarron TD passes, combined with T.J Yeldon's 133 rushing yards and 2 TD's, were more than enough to overpower LSU.

The win leaves Alabama with a 9-0 (6-0 SEC) record, and assured them of holding the #1 ranking in the BCS poll due out Sunday night.

It also leaves the Tide in sight of yet another BCS title. As of this week, their likely opponent…FSU. The only challenge left on the schedule? The Iron Bowl game at Auburn.

Your Saturday night Bama/LSU highlights (Courtesy: CBS Sports)



As for the aforementioned Florida State. Well, they just keep beating the crap out of inferior ACC teams.

This weeks victim: Wake Forest. FSU jumped out to a 42-0 1st half lead and well, they never looked back, winning the game 59-3.

The game 6 interceptions by the Seminole defense and a fumble return for a touchdown. No, Jameis Winston didn't have a crazy good game….but he didn't need to.

The 'Noles have it easy from here. Two more ACC games and the grand finale against a really bad Florida Gator team.

Your Wake/FSU highlights: (Courtesy ESPN)

The Dirty Dozen and Bottom of the Barrel: Johnny B. Good Edition

So, did you watch the Alabama/Texas A&M game this past Saturday.

Anyone remember this?



Fun stuff, right?

Great game...if you were an offensive guy. And yeah, Johnny Football (Manziel), he was pretty good. Only problem...A.J McCarron was better.

But in all seriousness, as usual, we're nearly a week in and the season is quickly sorting itself out.

Unless you are Bo Pelini...



Interpret that as you will.

In the meantime...last week, not bad: 14-0, watch out '72 Dolphins...and a combined 25-1 on the season.

So with that in mind, it's "On with the Countdown"--

THE DIRTY DOZEN:

1) Alabama (2-0) Yup, they took care of business, but had to work...hard for it. If the champ plays defense like this, the SEC may get confused for the Big 12 before the season ends. Cupcake week this week for the Tide. (This Week: vs. Colorado St. Our Pick: 31, Colorado St. 17)

2) Oregon (3-0) So, the Ducks are already being talked about as being a title team. Haven't we heard this before? Though in all seriousness, Tennessee barely made them sweat. That won't change for awhile. Unless they choke like all Pac-12 teams do. (This Week: vs. Cal. Our Pick: Oregon 51, Cal 23)

3) Clemson (2-0) Conference play. Conference Play. If it's Thursday night, it must be ACC Football. Rest has been needed. It gets tougher from here. This won't be the week they lose an ACC Game. (This Week: Clemson 37, NC State 20)

4) Ohio St. (3-0) Ok, so this Kenny Guiton guy is pretty good. And he's the backup. The starter, Braxton Miller is supposedly ready to play again. And he's pretty good too. But how good is the rest of the team? Jury is still out. Cupcake alert. (This Week: vs. Florida A&M. Our Pick: tOSU 43, FAMU 10)

5) Stanford (2-0). So, the Cardinal haven't exactly lit things up this year, have they...Sure, they beat Army, but not without struggling, that will need to change if they want' to be successful. Quickly. (This Week: vs. Arizona St. Our Pick: Stanford 31, ASU 21)

6) Louisville (3-0). It's good to be Teddy Bridgewater right now, isn't it? He's really good, the team is decent, but geez, who do they play? All that's missing is a game with Western Kentucky and they can be the kings of the Bluegrass state, but in football, what does that get you? (This Week: vs. Florida Int. Our Pick: Teddy B's 35, FIU 10)

7) Florida St. (3-0) Hey, lookie here, they put up 62 vs. Nevada.......so. Jamies Winston, a freshman. Well, he's 40-45 throwing the ball. Pretty good. But much like Louisville, they haven't exactly played anyone yet. And won't til they see Clemson. (This Week: vs. Bethune Cookman. Our Pick: FSU 40-45, BCC 13)

8) LSU (3-0). 



Folks. We give you Les Miles. Nothing else to say. (This Week: vs. Auburn. Our Pick: LSU 23, Auburn 18)

9) Texas A&M (2-1) Ok. Admit it. Even though they lost, Texas A&M was pretty impressive. And as good as Johnny Football is, if he keeps running like he is, he's gonna get hurt. Yeah, I said it. Schedule sets up well for the Aggies though from here. (This Week: vs. SMU. Our Pick: Aggies 37, SMU 20)

10) Georgia (1-1) If any college team needed the week off last week, it was these guys. And you can argue they are getting 2 weeks even though they play on Saturday. UGA and Bama look eeerily similar this early in the season. We'll see if that holds. (This Week: vs. N.Texas. Really? Our Pick: UGA 43, N.Texas 13)

11) UCLA (2-0) Props to the Bruins and Jimmy Mora for the big win at Nebraska. This is arguably our darkhorse team of the season. Love us some Brett Hundley. How well did he adjust in the second half of the Nebraska game? Wow. (This Week: vs. New Mexico St. Our Pick: UCLA 33, NMSt. 21)

12) Miami (2-0) Flying under the radar. This makes 3. Yes...3, ACC teams in our top 12. Though we don't see any scenario where that will hold. But it's all good...for now. (This Week: vs. Savannah St. Our Pick: Miami 90, Savannah St. 3) 

THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL:



5) Memphis (0-2) All we can think of is this...



Being bad and being good at it. Say no more. (This Week: vs. Arkansas St. Our Pick: Ark St. 41, Memphis 20)

4) Texas (1-2). Just because we've looked forward to putting them on this list for a long, long time. haha! How does it feel now! It's not going to get any easier. (This Week: vs. Kansas St. Our Pick: K-State 27, Texas 26)

3) UMass (0-3)



3 Games, 3 TD's. Keep it up boys! (This Week: vs. Vanderbilt. Our Pick: Vandy 37, UMass 7)

2) Georgia St. (0-3) Sorry guys. You are outclassed. Buy a large, large margin. Though we are impressed you only gave up 41 to W.Virginia. Way to keep it close! (This Week: vs. Jacksonville St. Our Pick: J-State 31, Ga State 13)

1) Southern Miss (0-3) So, Arkansas didn't dismember you. You've got that going for you. 2-years here, you are the defending champs. Do something about it! Please. (This Week: BYE. Our Pick: BYE 34, Southern Miss 10)

ICYMI: Your BCS Game Highlight: Brent goes ga-ga for McCarron's Girlfriend

Due to the obligations of our paying job, we didn't get to stay up and watch the live broadcast of Monday night's BCS Championship game in which Alabama manhandled Notre Dame.

But we did watch the highlights and the 3:30 a.m rebroadcast.

And perhaps the highlight--or at least the most talked about part of the game: ESPN/ABC 70-plus year old play-by-play guy Brent Musburger's unabashed gushing over Alabama QB A.J McCarron's girlfriend Kattherine Webb.

Webb, an Auburn grad sporting an Alabama McCarron jersey, was shown during the 1st quarter of the game, after the Tide had taken a 14-0 lead. And that is where Brent began drooling...we mean fawning...over Ms. Webb.

And yeah, sure, while it was a bit on the creepy side, it was hardly as offensive as it was made out to be. It's just sad that while the Tide was winning their 3rd BCS title in the past 4-years all the attention has been put on that.....and the endless idiotic rumor coach Nick Saban "might" bolt for the NFL (not happening).



And here is McCarron's response when he found out his girlfriend has more Twitter followers now than he does (100K+) and that includes NBA star LeBron James:

ICYMI: Bama Escapes LSU In One Piece

AJ McCarron was, to put it in a word, REALLY ineffective in the second half against LSU as the top-ranked team in the country was in a fight that a lot of people knew would happen eventually...

"Every Thursday, we go through a two-minute drill," McCarron said after. "We go against a pretty tough defense in practice, too. The confidence level was that we would go and score a touchdown.

"This place is awesome to play in," he told ESPN. "It's something special to play here. Everyone had the look in their eyes that we would go down and win."

McCarron also joked that the offensive line wouldn't have to pay for a meal all week long when they return to Tuscaloosa...

Here's the end of the drive that took the Tide to the game-winning score for TJ Yeldon...
((HT: CBSSports.com))

 

72 yards in 43 seconds...
Not bad...

But the HQ, and a lot of people surrounding the HQ, thought that #lesbeingles killed Les Miles in this game as he went 0-for-3 in gambles (the fake FG, the onside kick, and the 4th-and-1 into the pile in the 4th quarter)...

And it will be the gambles that LSU people will remember...

Alabama wins 21-0...yawn!

And it was never really that interesting...or close.

Living up to none of its hype, the BCS Championship game was a snoozefest last night...unless you were an Alabama fan or work for ESPN.

The Crimson Tide did just enough on offense scoring on a Trent Richardson 34-yard run late to complement 5 Jeremy Shelley field goals.

But the story was either the dominance of Alabama's defense or the ineptitude of LSU's offense. We don't necessarily think it was more one or the other, rather it was a combination of the two. The Tide's defense is pretty darn good. Big and fast too.

However, the LSU play-calling and execution on offense could only be called "pitiful". They continually tried to run wide, option-like plays that were poorly executed. Quarterback Jordan Jefferson, when he wasn't bobbling snaps, made bad reads, poor throws and mystifying decisions.

And yet he never got benched.

In the meantime, 'Bama QB A.J McCarron had a solid game, made good decisions and threw the ball very effectively against the vaunted Tigers defense. In fact, they worked over the "Honey Badger" Tyrann Mathieu, throwing at him frequently and connecting with the wide receivers.

In the end, the game couldn't possibly live up to the hype...and it didn't. It did reinforce what we, and many others believe, the B.C.S should be a playoff--at least a plus-one type, in order to get the best teams and best game. Alabama hadn't played in 44-days, LSU-35, and it showed.

((**Note**--We refuse to call this the "National Championship" game because the B.C.S does not recognize all teams, only the ones that can make them the most money))

Sparing you the lecture, we'll just add that we don't think the system is going to change. Because the B.C.S is totally corrupt. It's built to make money for the nebulous group that runs it and the Bowl Directors who profit from it. If you ask the players, they'd rather settle it on the field. But just ask Oklahoma State how happy they are about that.

Oh, by the way, to spare anyone the embarrassment, Alabama was voted a Unanimous #1 after the game, LSU, they have to settle for #2.

Here are the only highlights we could find, a webcast from Alabama's 13 News in Birmingham with the honors, though you'll have to wait 2:30 into the webcast to see them.