Leigh Steinberg reporting on his Facebook page that GG was claimed by the Lions today --->

"GARRETT GILBERT IS A LION--QB Garrett Gilbert, who was waived by New England yesterday due to Brady's suspension and the need for an experienced QB behind Garrapolo, was claimed today by the Detroit Lions ...

The oddsmakers at 5 Dimes offshore sportsbook are not exactly bullish on our prospects this season....you even have to lay extra vig if you bet the under:

AAC

UCF: 7 (over -120, under -120)

Cincinnati: 7.5 (over -130, under -110)

UConn: 3 (over -125, under -115)

East Carolina: 7 (over -120 ...

Looks like Josiah played a couple of years of D-League ball with the Los Angeles franchise, before being waived in March of this year. From there, the internet trail goes cold:

http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Josiah-Turner/Summary/24166

D-League Transactions
Nov 1, 2013 - Josiah ...

A solution for the boot-less flask dilemma:

http://www.amazon.com/Brandy-Smuggler-Walking-Cane-Flask/dp/B003A7ZETC

Nacho wrote:so owning a restaurant or owning a car dealership is throwing away your life?

Nope, just my op-ed on his NFL prospects.

Nacho wrote:he is young enough to recover and hopefully do something meaningful if football doesn't work out.

If he achieves anything more meaningful than starting a Johnny Football Steakhouse and/or a Johnny Football Chevrolet dealership in College Station, I will be shocked.

To answer the query above about the Cosby reference, it appears to be a shot at the Duke lacrosse scandal. Which of course proved to be based on a bunch of lies, and resulted in the disbarment and jailing (1 day) of the prosecutor.

Leigh Steinberg posted this just now on his Facebook page:


GARRETT GILBERT SIGNED WITH PATRIOT PRACTICE SQUAD--Garrett is now on New England's practice squad. A chance to go on a SuperBowl run and sit in meetings with Tom Brady and be coached by Bill Belechik is an amazing opportunity. Players in ...

It wouldn't surprise me if the production cost of that animation was a heck of a lot more than the cost for the usual, run-of-the-mill spot that most every other school produces.

Great news, thanks for reporting it! But how sad is it that this simple gesture is essentially regarded as unprecedented by our program? *smh*

Pony147 wrote:I think HCCM would only bolt that quickly for one job: A&M. Cheer for Sumlin with all of your might

....maybe not ALL your might, because ultra-success may create the vacancy by landing him an NFL gig.

RyanSMU98 wrote:If you have DISH, supposedly you can use the Big10 online to see it but I can't get it to load for some reason. Might have to find another way. Anyone able to get BTN2Go to work?

Yes, I'm streaming on my ipad via BigTen2Go.

I'll always know him as the guy who got expelled from Notre Dame for credit card fraud, and for being one of the worst free throw shooters in the history of college basketball (sub-50% for his career).

He just Tweeted this ---->

Doug Samuels ‏@CoachSamz 2m2 minutes ago

Those questioning the passion of the SMU fan base, just scroll through my tweets. Just a lil taste of what @ClayTravisBGID deals with daily

Pony ^ wrote:He deleted the tweet. Maybe he knows something we don't

I still see the tweet in his timeline. Just checked it.