I think you should make time to stop by Deadspin every now and then. MJD will be sailing the weekend ship over there… so I’ll be doing my thing on Saturdays and Sundays… all.. day… long. I really think you spend too much time outdoors on the weekends, anyway.

Yeah, I thought it was cute to poke fun at Canada (and the 1987 Calgary Flames) for their music video, but… I’m sorry to inform you, Americans, but we’ve topped them. And at least they had an excuse… it was 1987 and they’re Canadian. We have no such excuse.

Meet Lil’ Ronnie, a 12-year-old rapper from, to quote the website, “SouthSide of NAP.” He’s recorded an Indianapolis Colts rap song. I don’t even know what to say here… I’m not going to say anything about a 12-year-old. But it’s there, it happened, and… I wish it hadn’t happened. There’s not much more I can say about it. It’s Lil’ Bow Wow meets Vanilla Ice. You’re about to gain a greater appreciation for both of them.

Gracias, Deadspin.

What is it with the fucking Raiders? My man insomniac graciously pointed me in the direction of this article, which describes how LaDainian Tomlinson suffered him bruised ribs on Sunday night.

It wasn’t a hard hit. It wasn’t a great tackle. It wasn’t something that happened in the natural course of a football game. It was some fuckhead Raider, in the pile after the play was over, digging his knuckles into the side of Tomlinson’s back.

The Chargers themselves seem unsurprised:

“It was a situation where, being the Raiders, you kind of expect it to happen,” he said.

“I heard the guy was giving him a little extra at the bottom of the pile,” quarterback Drew Brees said. “Imagine that.”

I don’t understand. I mean, logically, the idea that the Oakland Raiders are a dirty team should eventually fade away, right? I mean, yeah, they were dirty in the 70s and 80s, they employed everyone in Oakland with a criminal record, but the players do eventually change. There are only so many Bill Romanowskis to go around.

When the Packers draft someone, that player doesn’t immediately develop a desire to begin work in the meatpacking industry. When the Texans draft someone, that player doesn’t immediately start wearing huge belt buckles and listening to Tim McGraw. When the Patriots draft someone, that player doesn’t put on a red coat and run around screaming, “THE BRITISH ARE COMING.” But the fucking Raiders… anyone they draft becomes a criminal and a cheater. I want there to be a congressional hearing on that.

WHO WANTS TO SEX MUTOMBO? My friends, we should ALL want to sex Mutombo. FOXSports.com (and apparently, this isn’t new) named Dikembe the most generous athlete in the world, due in large part of his $15 million donation to build a hospital in his native Congo.

But it’s more than that. Dikembe doesn’t just send a check. He’s there, he’s doing things, he cares. He doesn’t forget where he came from.

So big ups to Dikembe and all the other athletes out there who do the right thing and give more than a little something back.

You know, it’s funny, I never really hated Notre Dame until I started this website. I wouldn’t even go so far as to say I hate them now, but man… you Notre Dame fans can be some serious pricks.

And thus, I present you with a handy flowchart that will help us all learn more about the fragile psyche of the Notre Dame fan. Many thanks to my man telly for passing it along. I highly recommend it.

Pocketing $3 million in the process, Gary Barnett has been forced out at Colorado.

I don’t really have an opinion on the subject. The fact that Colorado hung onto Barnett through the Katie Hnida and the various other scandals kinda made me sick. If the school was interested at all in doing the right thing, he’d have never kept his job through all that. But collapse down the stretch of the season, and eventually lose to Texas 70-3? Well, that, we just can’t tolerate.

I don’t really care. We’ve all known where Colorado’s priorities have been for quite some time, and this doesn’t change that. They thought Gary Barnett could win some more football games, so they kept him around. And he did in fact win a few more, but I guess it wasn’t enough. I guess 8-3 is the record you must achieve to keep your job through numerous sex scandals. 7-4 is fine if your program is clean. But you need 8-3 if you’re dirty.

For whatever it’s worth, Pat Forde turns in a column about what a great guy Gary Barnett was when he was coaching Forde in high school. That may be true… I couldn’t tell you. But, you know, there are probably people in the world who swear that OJ’s a good guy, too. I’m not comparing Barnett to OJ, and he may have some redeeming qualities somewhere… but that doesn’t mean there isn’t another side of him that isn’t straight up douche.

And even if I did want to feel bad for him, it would be kinda difficult, knowing that he still has just about everything he could possibly ask for… $3 million in his pocket, job offers that will start pouring in soon, and a handful of Joel Klatt’s ass.

275 Rutgers students selected at random will receive $300 each to head to Tempe for the Scarlet Knights first bowl game since 1704. They’re actually giving students money to attend a football game.

The money comes in part from alumni donations, and part from a $25,000 state donation authorized by the governor. I tend to believe that state governments (particularly the one in New Jersey) should have better things to spend their money on than sending college kids to Arizona to watch a bowl game. Do you know how many Camaros you can restore for $25,000? You know how many Springsteen posters that can buy?

But hey… this could be a once in a lifetime thing. If some students aren’t there to witness it, 20 years from now, no one will believe it happened. Go all out, you Scarlet Knights.

Gracias, Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer.