Tuesday (Erin Andrews, Mike Tice and Carl Pohlad) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Posted on January 6th, 2009 – 8:50 AMBy Michael Rand
The greatness and magnitude of Ramon’s COW yesterday allowed us to start storing up items like nuts for the winter. Let’s dispatch a few right now:
*In case you missed it, USC’s Rey Maualuga decided to have some impromptu fun at the expense of ESPN’s Erin Andrews during the Rose Bowl. A couple different folks have sent this in, so it’s time to run it. We’ll say this: We hope that was a dance, as the L.A. Times suggests. If not, it goes from being a little funny to a lot creepy and inappropriate.
*Death brings out the best and worst of people. Unfortunately, we read some of the worst right after the story of Twins owner Carl Pohlad was posted on Startribune.com yesterday. Regardless of what you thought of Pohlad the man or the owner when he was alive, dancing on someone’s grave is crass at best.
*It was an entertaining fourth quarter in the Fiesta Bowl, but in the end — with a Texas comeback negating an equally impressive Ohio State comeback — the Big Ten fell to 1-6 in bowl games this year, 9-20 over the past four years and 0-6 in its recent BCS matchups. That’s what we call a trend, not a mirage.
*Former Twins pitcher J.C. Romero received a 50-game suspension for what looks to be similar to the Williams Wall situation. Considering MLB’s drug policy is about as confusing as the NFL’s, this should be resolved around June of 2010.
*And finally, from TheDirty.com (a site that uses a PR firm to send out links even though it is so shocking it is blocked when we try to log on at work) comes a clip of (allegedly) former Vikings coach Mike Tice and several fans singing “God Bless America.” They seem to have enjoyed a little fermented grape prior to their performance. To be clear: there is absolutely nothing wrong with this (except maybe the tone-deafness). We just thought you might get a little laugh out of it. Here we go:
13 Responses to "Tuesday (Erin Andrews, Mike Tice and Carl Pohlad) edition: Wha’ Happened?"
By “allegedly,” do you mean that it’s allegedly Mike Tice, or is he allegedly the former head coach? Because you totally scooped Scoggins and Zzygyx if he’s been the shadow head coach all this time.
RE: More on Rey Maualuga’s dance…
Erin Andrews, Mike Tice and Carl Pohlad
Who are 3 people who will never be interviewed by Randball again?
Tice - for Rand showing him, that wasn’t just a cell phone.
Pohlad - R.I.P. & thank you for you service.
Andrews - After she sees photos of his shorts bowling.
While I will never forgive Pohlad for volunteering to contract the Twins, I think rejoicing at the death of anyone is pretty sick.
I don’t. Pohlad makes Montgomery Burns look like a Saint.
Championships under Pohlad-2
Championships under every other owner since he took over- 0
Were there negatives? Sure but I like results.
I used to really dislike the way the Twins would run on the cheap and still have my moments like this offseason, but it is hard to argue with the success under Pohlads ownership. I think he was a shrewd businessman and an okay owner. When you have to compete with the Steinbrenners and New York without salary caps, I think the way everything went down regarding running the Twins was actually fairly well done.
Can anyone guess how many times I’ve had to hear which Big Ten team had the ONLY bowl win this year? Ugh.
Also, stay classy, Rey Maualuga.
AZGG: Tell me about it, Moxie’s sister was out hear over the holidays (an Iowa Grad).
AZGG, Merx: bear in mind, the team celebrated their bowl victory by flying back to Iowa City in January. It’s a wash, at best.
Funny how these sad little punks didn’t rip this bad on Calvin Griffith. After all, being a racist and a cheapskate isn’t half as bad as being just a cheapskate.
Ask Rod Carew which Twins owner treated him better.
“Regardless of what you thought of Pohlad the man or the owner when he was alive, dancing on someone’s grave is crass at best.”
Can we use his life insurance payout to get a decent 3rd baseman?
Putting my tap shoes on.
