But playing BioShock Infinite burns so many stress calories
Message to all texas tech football players http://t.co/AEjN2BLYOF—
Alfredo Morales (@Alfredo56TTU) May 07, 2013
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Here are Kliff Kingsbury, Wes Welker and a puppy
Also, if you missed it over the weekend, Kingsbury bought a puppy. Then took a picture with it and Wes Welker. http://t.co/uVKCDEMuYZ—
David Ubben (@davidubben) April 23, 2013
We like to imagine there was a feel-good buddy-cop movie of the summer that all took place over the course of trying to transport this dog to the Kingsbury residence.
We are, in fact, ready to turn it up today
Kliff Kingsbury is mic’d up. This is all the incentive you need to watch this video, yes?
If we may: Kliffykins’ Head Coach Clapping Motion could use a little work. Looks a touch hesitant. It’s OK. This is what spring drills are for. Good hustle. Good hustle.
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Your afternoon catlab: Fistbumps to infinity
Just Kliff Kingsbury getting some crucial reps in, y’all:
[Via the world's premier leader in catlab resources, @teamcatlab.]
Incoming meme alert, Kliffykins edition
And so begins a long and fruitful beard-off between Kliff Kingsbury and Raider Red.
Ladies… @TTUKingsbury The man has peach fuzz…c'mon we all know who's hotter #bowtotherealKing #IThrowStrikes⚾🔥 http://t.co/PQb850ytFi—
Raider Red (@TTURaiderRed) March 20, 2013
Didn’t we already settle on ‘Kliffykins’?
Look at that video! Look at how good he already is at standing still and smiling while real and manufactured gusts of wind buffet his loose clothing!
Kind of a slow Monday, sporting-wise, which frees up your afternoon nicely for reading this batty booster email concerning Kliff Kingsbury’s “image.” You absolutely must read the whole thing, but we cannot resist a couple choice excerpts:
• We place his nickname..GQ, Hollywood, Swagger..(we talk to him and see what we can place) we need to dial in Kliff’s style and hammer it as a the “cool kids” here at Texas Tech.
• I sent him Kliff’s pics. He said he would help me put Kliff in what on trend for his style…and more importantly body type. If he puts his signature on Kliff, then Kliff also gets introduced to the Hollywood A-list. He will then assign a stylist to Kliff for season review and help.
• End point: By year two….I want Kliff on a cover of national magazine. I want him invited to bigger events in LA and NYC. Oscars, Grammys, ect.
You know, Kliff Kingsbury, who’s already drawn articles like this out of the local press since his elevation at Texas Tech, and who’s already referred to as a GQ model by his peers. That guy’s screaming for an image makeover. We’ll allow a pillar of the Hollywood A-list to retort for us.
Helpful suggestions for this makeover, via Your Friend The Internet, after the jump:
Coach firin’ (and hirin’) season 2012: Goodbyes, hellos and … mustaches
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DeWayne Walker set the coaching carousel spinning once more with his late departure from New Mexico State. (AP)
Tommy Tuberville’s sitting by the phone* and Jimmy Sexton’s got that particular sparkle in his eye. It can mean only one thing: The coach firin’ season is upon us once more. We’ll be tracking the carousel of progress, right here, for as long as it takes to stop spinning. Raise a glass to times past, won’t you? * Well, not anymore, but never tell us we don’t have the gift of very specific prophecy through throwaway jokes.
New Mexico State [updated 02.01.2013]
• Who’s out: DeWayne Walker, who jumps to the NFL with less than two weeks remaining between now and Signing Day. And not even for a coordinating gig: Walker will coach defensive backs for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Walker released the following statement through the athletic department: “I really appreciate the opportunity that Dr. Boston and New Mexico State gave me to be a Division I head football coach. Unfortunately, I did not get the program as far as I would have liked from a wins and losses standpoint. But, we do have a better locker room, better kids and a better foundation for the program moving forward. There are a lot of people that I want to thank for their support and will be reaching out to those individuals in the coming days. They have helped me in moving the program forward. I am excited about starting a new chapter in my coaching career, as is my family. I wish New Mexico State great success in the future and wish everyone the best. Go Aggies!” • Who’s in: Doug Martin — the one who played at Kentucky, not the one who played at Boise State. Although if Martin The Younger is really so opposed to his excellent nickname, we’re gonna refer to Martin The Elder as coach Muscle Hamster instead. It’s been a whirlwind courtship for Martin and the Aggies: He was announced as offensive coordinator on January 17, temporarily promoted to interim head coach on January 24 and will be officially announced as DeWayne Walker’s successor on Monday, February 4. Martin’s previous head coaching experience consists of a seven-year stint at Kent State, from 2004-2010. Read More…
No, really, NCAA action looming; more Designated Reads
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We have at least three weeks’ worth of Sebastian photos on hand, in case this Miami story keeps dragging on. (AP)
Assorted newsy bits — of varying degrees of importance — you might have missed over the long weekend:
• Didn’t we already do this headline a week ago? ”Imminent” can mean a lot of things! In the cosmic sense, the NCAA’s investigation of Miami has spanned less than a fraction of an eyeblink, but here we are, riding on a human-speed space-time wave, just twiddling our bloggy thumbs until the ‘Canes’ notice of allegations drops. The latest rumblings, per Bruce Feldman, involve a very large book being thrown at ex-Miami and current Louisville assistant Clint Hurtt and other former ‘Canes colleagues. We’ll have more on this when we actually see the notice of allegations, unless we don’t see this notice of allegations, in which case we’ll be right back here next Monday writing a third variation on this same headline.
• And speaking of the NCAA: On the final day of the annual NCAA convention, the latest raft of changes — touted as an effort to streamline NCAA regulations — were unveiled. Your friendly neighborhood Bylaw Blogger takes a look at one proposal, regarding recruiting start dates, that was left out of the bundle.
Don’t get korporate on us, Kliff; more Designated Reads
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Is this the real Kliff Kingsbury, or an incredible simulation? (AP)
• Kliff Kingsbury is on Twitter. His hair does not look artfully tousled. He is wearing a suit and tie, and that tie is not a skinny tie. No v-necks are immediately visible. This may in fact be a wax dummy of Kliff Kingsbury pictured here, which would go a long way toward explaining why it hasn’t tweeted yet.
• We are now contractually obligated to call him Bear O’Brien for one calendar year. Penn State’s head coach has been bestowed with the Bear Bryant College Coach of the Year Award, marking him as the most alliterative winner in the award’s history. Congratulations, Bill O’Bryant!
• Coach-hirin’ follies! Florida defensive coordinator Dan Quinn is leaving to rejoin the Seattle Seahawks; Gators assistant D.J. Durkin has been elevated in his place … per our express wishes, Clancy Pendergast will replace Monte Kiffin as USC’s DC … Rutgers will reportedly lose offensive coordinator Dave Brock to Delaware … Rick Smith, who’s coached defensive backs at South Florida since 2010, will join Ruffin McNeil’s staff at East Carolina as defensive coordinator … now-former Boston College OC Doug Martin (not, so far as we know, nicknamed “Muscle Hamster”) is headed back to New Mexico State in the same capacity.
Pick your spring ball nicknames; more Designated Reads
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Florida incoming transfer Darious Cummings is going by “Bear” Cummings. What do you guys want to be called?
— Jason Lieser (@PBPjasonlieser) January 15, 2013
• How would he feel about “Bearious” for more formal occasions? If we’re all supposed to be taking after forest creatures for a fresh new look for spring 2013, we would like to be referred to from here on as “Killer Otter.” Thank you for your attention to this matter.
• And speaking of spring. Army’s spring game, which graced our neck of the woods at Fort Benning last year, continues its freshly-established traveling tradition with a March 8 scrimmage set to take place at Fort Hood, Texas.
• The Coliseum just needs a place to crash for a few days, until it gets things figured out. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission is behind in its rent, per the L.A. Times, but once it gets its free-range vegan water bottle business up and running things are really going to turn around. It’s not a pyramid scheme. It’s not!
• That’s a helluva windbreak. Texas Tech approves plans for a “freestanding high-definition video board,” theoretically to be installed and operational in time for the 2013 season.
