Random Family Guy Clips...

Season seven of Family Guy is only three episodes old and each one has kicked ass so far. If you are not watching the show, you need to stop it, then go rent the first six seasons tonight. Or just watch TBS and you can be caught up in no time. Don't tell me you still watch those skanks on Desperate Housewives instead of the Sunday night Family Guy. Good lord. If you are, and you're male...turn in your balls. The show covers all the bases, here is a quick sample of what your missing. If you do watch the show, then you will recognize some of these Oscar worthy scenes...

The person behind the OJ murders...


The Horse gets his revenge...


Mayor Bee

Louisville Recruting News...

With only seven games left in another unproductive football season, my attention has already turned to Saint Rick Pitino and the Louisville hoops team. This could be the season we have waited for folks. The coronation of a life spent waiting for another National Championship. I was a spry little ten year old when we last cut the nets down after a Final Four. The wait has been far too long.

Louisville recruiting was back in the news this week with the commitment of 6'9" power forward Jeremy Tyler. Tyler is ranked in the top ten by most services in the 2010 class, and could easily be the top dawg after his junior campaign. Here is a quick look at "Big Jeremy." He looks like a bigger Garnett coming out of HS.



Another Louisville recruit who's tearing up the scene is PG Peyton Siva. He will be in the next class to arrive on campus, following big men Samardo Samuels and Terrence Jennings this year. The Cards look solid for the years to come. Nice work Richard. Here's a refresher on my boy Siva...



The Cards will hold its Red-White scrimmage on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in Freedom Hall and will play an exhibition game against Georgetown College on Nov. 1. U of L opens its regular season against Morehead State in the Billy Minardi Classic on Nov. 22. Let's Drink.

Big Brown Finished...Ready To Lay The Wood

Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, Big Brown, is finished...and all of the sudden the 2008 Breeders Cup looks like a 15K maiden claimer on a Wednesday at Ellis Park. Dammit. The Classic was starting to take on an Ali/Frazier feel. Two super horses going hoof to hoof to crown an overall champion. That was until yesterday when Big Brown almost ripped off his hoof. Michael Iavarone of IHEA Stables said that a three-inch piece of flesh was torn off the bulb on the back of Big Brown's right front foot. That's not good.

"We don't have a choice but to retire him," Iavarone said. "It's gut-wrenching, but it's the harsh reality of an injury like this. Not life-threatening, just terrible timing."

Real terrible timing. Big Brown had just finished working six furlongs with Breeder's Cup Mile winner Kip Deville in a blistering 1:12 4/5. That is rolling.

"We all were excited," Iavarone said.

Have fun at Three Chimneys, Big Brown. Can't wait to see what you produce in three years.

The Classic will be nothing but a victory lap for Curlin now. With the win, Curlin will become the all time leading money winner in North American history. This is a great horse...but it would have been one hell of a race.

The Big Lead Asks - What's up with the Losing in Louisville

The historic rise and fall of the University of Louisville football program has been well documented over the last year. You can't turn on local radio without it jamming the airwaves. Every time you turn on the radio someone is clambering for Kragthorpe to be dropped off on SMU's doorstep or sent back to Tulsa. I had enough. Give the guy a chance, I said. That was until I witnessed the Kentucky game two weeks ago at Cardinal Stadium. What a disaster. The team was outplayed and outcoached. They looked lost. I can't understand it.

Well "The Big Lead" today posted an article discussing this very topic, asking a simple question: "What's the deal with losing in Louisville?" Here's a little taste...

Since Kragthorpe took over, Louisville has gone 7-7 with losses to rival Kentucky (twice), Connecticut, Utah and 2-10 Syracuse. Louisville opened this season on national television with a 27-2 smackdown. If the heat was on Kragthorpe going into the season, he must feel like he is sitting in hot magma.

Check out the entire article here....

The fact is that the clock is ticking for Kraggy. Regardless of the outcome this year, I'm sure Jurich will give him one more year on the sidelines to prove his worth. Won't matter, Cantwell is gone and Matt Simms is busy being suspended and rolling doobies.

Finally...you may be asking yourself, "Why would you post a picture of an innocent young lady at the top of a football article?" Well two reasons...(1) I couldn't stand to look at Kragthorpe's massive goatee again and (2) that young lady isn't so innocent. You might remember her as the now deposed University of Louisville cheerleader who bore it all on the internet. Right after her boyfriend said, "Don't worry sweetie...no one will ever see these. Don't you love me?." Classic. She even managed to get her UofL National Championship ring in some pics. God love her. In case you need a refresher on this subject...here you go. I highly recommend it (very NSFW).

I wonder why it took me 30 minutes to finish this post?

NFL TV Schedule for Sunday - Week 2

The weekend is once again upon us...that means USC v. The Ohio State and a full Sunday of football. Last Sunday the Pine kicked off the NFL season with a full helping of cold Miller Lite and tater tots. It was a throw back to old Sunday Fundays at Hartland apartments. All we needed was some Milli Vanilli and a blad headed Chad Edwards.

Awful Announcing has done the legwork and has all the games we will be privy too in the OV.

SUNDAY 1:00 p.m.
FOX - New York Giants vs. St. Louis Rams
CBS - Indianapolis Colts vs. Minnesota Petersons

SUNDAY 4:00 p.m.
CBS - New England Patriots vs. New York Jets

Good, not Great games. CBS's dream matchup of Brady v Farve had execs jerking each other off last week but a helmet to the ACL ended what could have been a great game. Matt Cassell is in for the Golden Child, and makes his first start since high school. Good luck
CBS

Riding the Pine makes a Cameo on BLT

Not so long ago, a close personal friend (and Hollywood mogul) Shane Taylor asked the owners of Riding the Pine to make a couple of cameos in a series of short films he called BLT, or Beer League Tennis. He said it was a series of short comedy skits featured on funnyordie.com, where playing tennis meets drinking beer. A place where competitive tennis skill was equaled by competitive consumption of cold beer. Tennis now joins golf, bowling and jarts as sporting events where drinking beer is not only allowed, but encouraged.

First, we had to check our schedule for availability that day. It was actually a busy day for us...we had to play golf and drink beer that afternoon. When Shane said all the beer was free during taping, Neli said "Let's drink!"It was a blast. A chance for The Pine to sharpen some acting skills and get our feet wet in the business so to speak.

Well here's the end result of that night. Pure cinematic glory that would make Marlon Brando piss his pants (if he were alive.) Nice work Shane, The Pine is willing to help out anytime.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

R.I.P. Snowman....

On a personal note...one of the all time legends in bootleggin' beer across state lines has finally dropped off his last load of Coors. Renegade truck driver Cledus Snow, AKA Snowman, AKA Jerry Reed passed away at 71 due to complications arising from emphysema. You might remember Reed from his days as a country music singer and songwriter, or as the hard ass Coach Red Beaulieu of Bobby Boucher in the Waterboy.

But not me...I will always remember Reed as the quick talking, law breakin, truck driving, SOB who was always bailing the Bandit out. The quick witted banter between the Bandit and the Snowman was like listening to angels sing a chorus of "Blame it on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli. It helped make The Smoky and the Bandit one of the greatest American movies of all time. Titles like Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Forrest Gump all drew parallels from this classic tale of good versus evil. Sure, this movie helped launch the career of Burt Reynolds, but it was Jerry Reed who I remember the most. Here's one tall can of cold Coor's Original to you Snowman...you are gone but not forgotten.

A little "East Bound and Down" on the way out...