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I Had to Share This: The Price is Right

Posted by Adam Butler on November 24, 2009

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Scheduling Mishaps of a Former Coach With Multiple DWIs

Posted by Adam Butler on November 24, 2009

I mean, if Hog basketball keeps slipping crashing, I can see us playing lots of games in venues like this, but Big Blue? Weird.

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Clausen Clocked

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 24, 2009

I think you can all tell that we’re pretty serious fans.  We love our Razorbacks, Cardinals (AB), Red Sox (BK), and Texans (BK), but that love does have some reasonable bounds.  For instance, I don’t ever see one of us punching the star player on our favorite team like some drunk Irish fan did to Jimmy Clausen.

Although Adam did once curse out Rick Sutcliffe.

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Not so fast, my friend…

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 24, 2009

The good news is that the economy did grow in the third quarter.  The bad news is that it did not grow as fast as analysts first expected. 

The main factors behind the downgrade: consumers didn’t spend as much, commercial construction was weaker and the nation’s trade deficit was more of a drag on growth. Businesses also trimmed more of their stockpiles, another restraining factor.

I could have told you the same thing by looking at my bank account.  These folks should just come to me for a read on the economy.

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Changing the Topic

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 24, 2009

In the first politically astute move we’ve seen from her in months, Sen. Blanche Lincoln is trying to turn the page from health care.  Already locked in a brutal campaign against 7 eager GOP challengers (potentially 8 according to David Sanders — Jim Holt may re-enter the arena), Sen. Lincoln wants to focus on anything but health care.

In Little Rock to moderate a public hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Arkansas’ senior Senator said the economy is her focus.

“Creating jobs, putting our economy back on the right track, is my No. 1 priority,” Lincoln, D-Ark., said at a field hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, which she chairs, at the Clinton presidential library.

Good luck with that, Senator.

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Select 17 — Week 13

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 23, 2009

As we head into the last week of “regular season” college football, things are very tight at the top.  In fact, they’re as tight as possible.  We have a tie at the #1 spot this week between Texas and Alabama, despite Bama receiving 4 first place votes to the Horns two.  As you can tell, the voting among the top 3 teams is very jumbled, and TCU and Cincy are nipping at their heels.

Happy Thanksgiving

1 Alabama (4) 114
1 Texas (2) 114
3 Florida (1) 106
4 TCU 97
5 Cincinnati 92
6 Boise St. 83
7 Georgia Tech 76
8 Pittsburgh 71
9 Ohio St. 62
10 Oregon 58
11 Iowa 42
11 Oklahoma St. 42
13 Penn St. 35
14 Clemson 20
15 Virginia Tech 18
16 Oregon St. 17
17 LSU 5

Others receiving votes:  Houston 4, Mississippi 3, Wisconsin 3, Miami 3, BYU 3, Arkansas 1, California 1

 

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Nevermind that Tim Tebow Probably isn’t the Best QB in his Conference

Posted by Adam Butler on November 23, 2009

Even CFBBJ has to agree Tebow as a Heisman/Maxwell/O'Brien Finalist in 2009 is a joke.

and he CERTAINLY hasn’t been the best player, regardless of the position, in the league this season (that would be Bama’s Mark Ingram, then arguably either UK’s Randall Cobb or Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett), the College Football Baby Jesus has been named a finalist for the Maxwell Award (for best all-around player in the nation) and Davey O’Brien Award (best QB in the nation)

Here are some SEC stats to back up my rant (with the players I mentioned in BOLD:

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg/G
1. Mark Ingram-UA SO 10 194 1297 6.7 10 70 129.7
2. Anthony Dixon-MS SR 9 204 1082 5.3 9 57 120.2
3. Ben Tate-AU SR 10 205 1142 5.6 8 60 114.2
4. M. Hardesty-UT SR 10 193 956 5.0 8 43 95.6
5. Derrick Locke-UK JR 9 150 741 4.9 5 31 82.3
6. D. McCluster-UM SR 10 107 755 7.1 6 79 75.5
7. Warren Norman-VU FR 11 128 710 5.5 3 58 64.5
8. T. Tebow-UF SR 10 171 604 3.5 10 30 60.4
9. Charles Scott-LS SR 9 116 542 4.7 4 34 60.2
10. O. McCalebb-AU FR 9 94 524 5.6 4 62 58.2

 

PASSING AVG/GAME Cl G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yards TD Long Avg/G
1. Ryan Mallett-AR SO 10 175 – 294 – 4 59.5 2882 23 83 288.2
2. Stephen Garcia-SC SO 11 213 – 373 – 8 57.1 2607 14 80 237.0
3. J. Crompton-UT SR 10 176 – 301 – 10 58.5 2124 23 51 212.4
4. Joe Cox-UG SR 10 150 – 259 – 12 57.9 2059 18 65 205.9
5. Chris Todd-AU SR 11 163 – 272 – 5 59.9 2196 19 93 199.6
6. Jevan Snead-UM JR 10 147 – 278 – 14 52.9 1983 17 65 198.3
7. Greg McElroy-UA JR 10 153 – 254 – 4 60.2 1913 13 80 191.3
8. T. Tebow-UF SR 10 128 – 198 – 4 64.6 1730 12 77 173.0
9. Jo. Jefferson-LS SO 9 133 – 210 – 4 63.3 1535 12 58 170.6
10. Tyson Lee-MS SR 10 121 – 206 – 13 58.7 1370 4 69 137.0
PASS EFFICIENCY Cl G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yards TD Long Effic.
1. Ryan Mallett-AR SO 10 175 – 294 – 4 59.5 2882 23 83 165.0
2. T. Tebow-UF SR 10 128 – 198 – 4 64.6 1730 12 77 154.0
3. Kodi Burns-AU JR 11 5 – 12 – 0 41.7 75 2 17 149.2
4. Chris Todd-AU SR 11 163 – 272 – 5 59.9 2196 19 93 147.1
5. Jo. Jefferson-LS SO 9 133 – 210 – 4 63.3 1535 12 58 139.8
6. Joe Cox-UG SR 10 150 – 259 – 12 57.9 2059 18 65 138.4
7. Greg McElroy-UA JR 10 153 – 254 – 4 60.2 1913 13 80 137.2
8. J. Crompton-UT SR 10 176 – 301 – 10 58.5 2124 23 51 136.3
9. Chris Relf-MS SO 8 15 – 29 – 3 51.7 213 3 46 126.9
10. Stephen Garcia-SC SO 11 213 – 373 – 8 57.1 2607 14 80 123.9
RECEPTIONS/GAME Cl G Rec. Yards TD Long Avg/C Avg/G Rec/G
1. A.J. Green-UG SO 9 47 751 6 65 16.0 83.4 5.2
2. Shay Hodge-UM SR 10 50 810 6 65 16.2 81.0 5.0
3. A. Hernandez-UF JR 10 46 571 2 64 12.4 57.1 4.6
4. Brandon LaFell-LS SR 10 43 560 9 58 13.0 56.0 4.3
5. T. Toliver-LS JR 10 42 547 3 45 13.0 54.7 4.2
6. Darvin Adams-AU SO 11 44 717 9 41 16.3 65.2 4.0
7. Greg Childs-AR SO 10 37 689 6 75 18.6 68.9 3.7
8. Gerald Jones-UT JR 9 33 449 4 51 13.6 49.9 3.7
9. Randall Cobb-UK SO 9 32 384 4 55 12.0 42.7 3.6
10. Alshon Jeffery-SC FR 11 39 670 6 80 17.2 60.9 3.5
TOTAL OFFENSE Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G
1. Ryan Mallett-AR SO 10 -35 2882 341 2847 284.7
2. Stephen Garcia-SC SO 11 84 2607 464 2691 244.6
3. T. Tebow-UF SR 10 604 1730 369 2334 233.4
4. J. Crompton-UT SR 10 -24 2124 333 2100 210.0
5. Jevan Snead-UM JR 10 106 1983 318 2089 208.9
6. Joe Cox-UG SR 10 -24 2059 284 2035 203.5
7. Greg McElroy-UA JR 10 100 1913 291 2013 201.3
8. Chris Todd-AU SR 11 -98 2196 307 2098 190.7
9. Jo. Jefferson-LS SO 9 159 1535 294 1694 188.2
10. Tyson Lee-MS SR 10 184 1370 269 1554 155.4
SCORING Cl G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G
1. Leigh Tiffin-UA JR 10 0 24 29 0 101 10.1
2. Wes Byrum-AU JR 11 0 14 46 0 88 8.0
  Randall Cobb-UK SO 9 12 0 0 0 72 8.0
  Alex Tejada-AR JR 10 0 11 47 0 80 8.0
5. C. Sturgis-UF SO 10 0 18 25 0 79 7.9
6. Mark Ingram-UA SO 10 13 0 0 0 78 7.8
7. Blair Walsh-UG SO 10 0 14 31 0 73 7.3
8. Daniel Lincoln-UT JR 9 0 10 33 0 63 7.0
9. Joshua Shene-UM SR 10 0 9 36 0 63 6.3
10. Spencer Lanning-SC JR 11 0 15 23 0 68 6.2

 

PUNT RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yards TD Long Avg.
1. Tr. Holliday-LS SR 10 15 210 0 50 14.0
2. Javier Arenas-UA SR 9 24 331 0 46 13.8
3. Randall Cobb-UK SO 9 19 251 1 73 13.2
4. Prince Miller-UG SR 10 17 206 0 55 12.1
5. Marshay Green-UM SR 9 20 158 0 36 7.9
6. B. James-UF SR 10 25 187 0 49 7.5
7. Alex Washington-VU SR 11 25 118 0 26 4.7
SCORING (TDs) Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret. PAT Pts Pts/G
1. Randall Cobb-UK SO 9 12 7 4 1 0 72 8.0
2. Mark Ingram-UA SO 10 13 10 3 0 0 78 7.8
3. T. Tebow-UF SR 10 10 10 0 0 0 60 6.0
  Anthony Dixon-MS SR 9 9 9 0 0 0 54 6.0
  Broderick Green-AR SO 10 10 9 1 0 0 60 6.0
6. Brandon LaFell-LS SR 10 9 0 9 0 1 56 5.6
7. M. Hardesty-UT SR 10 9 8 1 0 0 54 5.4
8. Darvin Adams-AU SO 11 9 0 9 0 0 54 4.9
9. Ben Tate-AU SR 10 8 8 0 0 0 48 4.8
  D. McCluster-UM SR 10 8 6 2 0 0 48 4.8
KICK RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yards TD Long Avg.
1. Derrick Locke-UK JR 9 14 433 1 100 30.9
2. Jesse Grandy-UM FR 9 19 544 2 88 28.6
3. Javier Arenas-UA SR 9 15 426 0 61 28.4
4. Leon Berry-MS JR 10 33 899 1 89 27.2
5. Dennis Johnson-AR SO 10 33 894 1 91 27.1
6. Warren Norman-VU FR 11 37 989 3 99 26.7
7. B. James-UF SR 10 22 576 1 85 26.2
8. David Oku-UT FR 10 27 696 0 69 25.8
9. Randall Cobb-UK SO 9 12 302 0 46 25.2
10. Brandon Boykin-UG SO 10 31 769 2 100 24.8
ALL PURPOSE Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yards Yards/G
1. Warren Norman-VU FR 11 710 90 0 989 1789 162.6
2. Mark Ingram-UA SO 10 1297 225 0 0 1522 152.2
3. Randall Cobb-UK SO 9 396 384 251 302 1333 148.1
4. Derrick Locke-UK JR 9 741 141 0 433 1315 146.1
5. Ben Tate-AU SR 10 1142 67 0 139 1348 134.8
6. Anthony Dixon-MS SR 9 1082 109 0 0 1191 132.3
7. D. McCluster-UM SR 10 755 394 28 0 1177 117.7
8. M. Hardesty-UT SR 10 956 199 0 0 1155 115.5
9. Leon Berry-MS JR 10 0 170 69 899 1138 113.8
10. Dennis Johnson-AR SO 10 193 41 0 894 1128 112.8
SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Points Avg/G
1. Florida 10 10 12 9 0 0 0 105 10.5
2. Alabama 10 12 8 11 0 0 1 109 10.9
3. LSU 10 13 14 11 1 0 2 137 13.7
4. Ole Miss 10 16 15 16 0 1 0 159 15.9
5. South Carolina 11 27 13 25 0 0 1 228 20.7
6. Tennessee 10 21 21 21 0 0 1 212 21.2
7. Kentucky 10 28 8 25 0 0 0 217 21.7
8. Vanderbilt 11 29 16 27 0 0 0 249 22.6
9. Miss. State 10 32 10 30 0 0 0 252 25.2
10. Arkansas 10 30 16 25 1 0 0 255 25.5
11. Georgia 10 30 16 27 1 0 1 259 25.9
12. Auburn 11 38 12 33 0 0 0 297 27.0
TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G
1. Florida 10 943 1396 593 2339 3.9 8 233.9
2. Alabama 10 726 1665 618 2391 3.9 10 239.1
3. South Carolina 11 1596 1800 697 3396 4.9 24 308.7
4. LSU 10 1269 1849 694 3118 4.5 13 311.8
5. Ole Miss 10 1327 1803 669 3130 4.7 15 313.0
6. Tennessee 10 1431 1717 656 3148 4.8 18 314.8
7. Georgia 10 1203 2138 654 3341 5.1 26 334.1
8. Kentucky 10 1776 1656 654 3432 5.2 25 343.2
9. Vanderbilt 11 2173 1758 771 3931 5.1 29 357.4
10. Auburn 11 1867 2084 763 3951 5.2 36 359.2
11. Miss. State 10 1579 2032 660 3611 5.5 27 361.1
12. Arkansas 10 1327 2793 686 4120 6.0 30 412.0

 

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Urban Says:

Posted by Adam Butler on November 23, 2009

"Either way, we don't have much time left together."

Notre Dame not in his plans.  But, does No mean No?  We all know such statements mean nothing.

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Top 10 Sex Scandal Details of the Decade

Posted by Adam Butler on November 23, 2009

Tapping at the Chamber Door?

per Newsweek. As our avid readers can tell, I love these Top 10 lists.  “Twinkle Toes” gets the top spot, but add an entry to the list of reasons to hate Bill O’Reilly–he ruined Greek food for me (yes, I know falafel’s originated in the Middle East–work with me, here.)

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Paul Petrino Not Going to WKU

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 23, 2009

The Razorbacks offensive coordinator has withdrawn his name from consideration to be the head coach at Western Kentucky University.  Petrino issued a statement today announcing his intent to stay at Arkansas.

I wondered when this first came out on Saturday:  Isn’t the OC at a school like Arkansas a better job than head coach at a struggling team like Western Kentucky.

 

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Five Thoughts, Arkansas Style

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 23, 2009

The fine folks over at College Football News routinely publish their “Five Thoughts” column.  I’ve always found these guys to be a step ahead of the national media, and once again they prove me right.  Scroll down to the #2 “thought” in this week’s column.  It’ll make all Hog fans giddy — assuming Mallett stays.

Arkansas is about where Ole Miss was this time last year, beginning to peak with a young team, a relatively new coach, and a transfer quarterback who’s already starting to get looks from NFL types. You might want to watch these guys closely in this week’s visit to Baton Rouge and the bowl game because if they can make any strides with a porous defense, they’re going to be a real trendy program in the offseason.

 

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ESPN SEC Blogger Chris Low Committed

Posted by Adam Butler on November 22, 2009

college football sacrilege in this post from yesterday. Check out the comments below it.  Florida fan is saying Tebow and the Gators have been slighted by the national media.  I’ve seen it all, now.

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On Notre Dame vs. Arkansas in the Last 13 Seasons

Posted by Adam Butler on November 22, 2009

The ever arrogant (are we sure he isn’t a perfect fit there?) Notre Dame Coach,  Charlie Weis, is no longer delusional about his job security.  Now, if the Notre Dame fans could overcome their delusions of grandeur…..

That article got me thinking–How overrated has Notre Dame been since Lou Holtz left?

As of today, Notre Dame is 91-67 (playing a usually soft, service-academy laden schedule) in the last THIRTEEN years.  ND will be on its fourth coach in that time span (technically 5th, as George O’Leary was hired in 2001, but resigned 5 days later amidst controversy regarding lies on his resume’) once they can Weis at season’s end. 

That’s seven wins a season on average.  The Irish also have ONE bowl win in that time.  As a point of reference, Arkansas, who is nationally perceived as an also-ran by comparison to ND, has EXACTLY THE SAME RECORD AS NOTRE DAME IN THAT TIME FRAME–91-67–and has played, as a whole, much tougher schedules in the rugged SEC. 

Also, assuming ND finishes 6-6 this season and actually accepts a bowl bid, Arkansas will either have one more, or the same number of bowl wins and bowl appearances the last 13 seasons.  (Ironically, in that time span, ND declined an invitation to a bowl that it deemed unworthy of the Golden Domers’ presence).

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Hilarious Wikipedia Entry for LSU Coach Les Miles

Posted by Adam Butler on November 22, 2009

Look! That big board with our initials on it has numbers!!!! And, they are counting down!!!!

can be found here.  I think the natives are restless.

Leslie Edwin “Les” Miles (born November 10, 1953 in Elyria, Ohio) is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Louisiana State University football team. Prior to holding that position, he was head coach at Oklahoma State. He was formerly an assistant at Oklahoma State University as well as with the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado and the Dallas Cowboys.To date, he is America’s first mentally handicapped man to coach at the collegiate level. Some believe that he was dropped on his head as a child.

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Les (With More) Miles, Captain Clock or Pinnocchio?

Posted by Adam Butler on November 22, 2009

For those of you who missed the battle of Clock Mismanagement Giants, Houston Nutt, and Les Miles, it was one for the ages.  More egregious than spiking the ball to end the game was allowing the clock to run from :27  to :09 before calling a timeout after a 3rd-down play. Luckily for the Mississippi coach, Leslie’s unbelievable blunders covered up a huge one by him–going for a 2-pt conversion (and failing) in the first half with his team trailing 17-15.  The point he gave away almost came home to roost.  This is the type of video that gets a coach, who already has his fair share of detractors, in big trouble.

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BlogHawgs.com Week 12 Picks–Updated Totals

Posted by Adam Butler on November 20, 2009

Road Home Line BK AB  

What? You's Rather See a Pic of Mangino?

   
Ohio St Michigan OSU-12 OSU Mich      
AB Says:  12 is a lot of points for a road team with a so-so offense in a rivalry game.        
Ohio St 24 Mich 21              
               
Minnesota Iowa Iowa-9.5 Iowa Iowa      
AB Says:  After just missing out on a Rose Bowl bid, no one could blame The Hawks for mailing it in.  I don’t think they will.  
Iowa 24 Minnesota 3              
               
Miss St. Arkansas Arkansas -11 Ark Ark      
AB Says:  Mallett is the best QB in the SEC and he’ll show it Saturday.          
Arkansas 48 Mississippi State 21              
               
Oklahoma Texas Tech OU-4.5 OU OU      
AB Says:  OU has too much talent–too bad bc I think Leach is hilarious.          
Oklahoma 45 Texas Tech 31              
               
UCONN Notre Dame Notre Dame -6 ND ND      
AB Says:  I desperately want ND to lose this game, but I don’t see it happening.        
ND 31 UCONN 10              
               
Wisconsin Northwestern Wisconsin-6 Wisc Northwestern      
AB Says:  I thought I told you Northwestern is feisty.            
Wisconsin 21 Northwestern 20              
               
Penn St. Mich St. PSU -3.5 PSU MSU      
AB Says:  Should be a tight game.  I’ll take the points.            
Penn St. 20 MSU 17              
               
LSU Mississippi Mississippi-3 LSU LSU      
AB Says:  Rename “The Grove”, “The Nest”, b/c Houston almost always lays an egg in this kind of game      
LSU 27 Mississippi 13              
               
Ariz. St. UCLA UCLA-4.5 UCLA ASU      
AB Says:  Somewhere, George Zidek is fouling Corliss, and it isn’t being called.        
ASU 28 UCLA 21              
               
Kentucky Georgia Georgia -7.5 UGA UK      
AB Says:  Ut’s too bad UK’s Randall Cobb and Georgia’s A.J. Green are banged up–they are phenomenal.      
Georgia 35 UK 28              
               
Kansas St. Nebraska Nebraska -15 Neb KSU      
AB Says:  Bill Snyder is a grumpy old man, but a good coach.          
Nebraska 35 Kansas St. 30              
               
Oregon Arizona Oregon-5 Ore Ore      
AB Says:  A Stoops vs. a team with better talent? Gimme the Ducks.          
Oregon 44 Arizona 21              
               
Kansas Texas Texas-27 TX TX      
AB Says:  The Kansas program looks……slovenly.            
Texas 58 Kansas 10              
               
 Vandy  Tennessee  Tennessee-17  Vandy  Vandy      
 AB says: Vandy usually keeps it close for awhile.              
 Tennessee 27 Vandy 14              
               
 Cal  Stanford  Stanford -7  Stanford  Cal      
 AB says: Stanford should win a(close) shootout.              
 Stanford 38 Cal 34              
               
 UPDATE: Through 12 weeks of games, the Bloghawgs are all square–both with 94-71-2 marks against the spread.              
               

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UA Phi Delta Theta Chapter Under Investigation

Posted by Adam Butler on November 20, 2009

after a pledge was hospitalized with a .68 BAC level.  Wow.  No wonder they “front tuck” their shirts and leave them untucked in the back.  Tucking Anything is hard to do at .68…..including breathing.

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He’s Still Coaching?

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 20, 2009

Stan Heath still has a job…for the moment.  It sounds like Coach Heath has not been minding the store too closely in Tampa.  I don’t know which is more embarrassing for him — his record or lack of knowledge about the alleged problems.

Heath, who is 23-41 and in his third season at USF, denied the allegations or said he had no knowledge of them.

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NSFW Ole Miss Campus to be Site of KKK Rally Saturday?

Posted by Adam Butler on November 20, 2009

That’s the plan, if this is legit (and it appears to be)………as if the Mississippi coach doesn’t already have his hands full with LSU and explaining away another 4-loss season after being ranked in the Top 10.  I hope/feel reasonably certain even Mississippi fans will renounce this.

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Perhaps A Mistake

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 20, 2009

But with Sarah one can never be too sure.  She knows the difference between Iran and Iraq, right?

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