Cal's Gone...

Everything's done but the press conference. Believe it...

It's true, It's true - Kurt Angle.

I don't know a lot of people "in the know", but I will quote the hell out of the ones who do know factual information and here's how it went down:

- Cal got an offer from Kentucky, he then went to RC Johnson, the Memphis athletic director, and asked him to match it.

- Johnson then low-balled Calipari and that in turn caused Cal to say screw you.

- Next, Cal held a meeting with his players and many false reports ran rampant for the rest of the day.

- Rich Memphis boosters along with Fred Smith met with Cal last evening to convince him to stay and they matched the Kentucky offer... by this time it was too late.

Expect a press conference at the latest tomorrow... Now, my feelings about the situation:

You can't blame the guy for wanting to coach at Kentucky... It's Kentucky.

But you can be angry at the guy for the following statement:

“This is where I want to coach, and my name will be tied to every job that’s open, and our fans I think have gotten used to it.”

He said this on Friday, and met with Kentucky on Saturday.

As for the money, I've heard that he's been offered 8 yrs, 35 million. That's a lot of money for a guy whose never won a championship don't you think?

Thoughts I've had:

What kind of jerk would whore himself out for this kind of money when we're in an economical crisis?

I can think of five SEC coaches off the top of my head that would flat out expose Calipari and out-coach him at every turn. I honestly don't think it's going to be all roses at Kentucky.

If he does in fact take his prized recruits and has a bad season next year there are going to be a lot of pissed of Wildcat fans.

Other BS Crap I heard:

Cal is lobbying for Tony Barbee - for the love of God, No. The dude is close to being on the hot seat at UTEP - don't give us this bobo-ass Cal cronie...

Possible Coaching replacements:

There are three candidates in my mind and three candidates only:(In particular order)

1 - Mike Anderson - he's an ok recruiter but does more with less than any other coach out there. With his coaching ability, the name of Memphis behind him, and NBA arena it's not wrong to assume that he could roll through the conference as well. (Just not next season obviously) - And remember people, rolling through the conference plus winning a few non-conference games gets you a good seed.

2 - Tim Floyd - his basketball style is boring but he recruits as good as anyone else out there. His last four recruiting classes have included: 2006 - 3 four star recruits, 2007 - OJ Mayo, 2008 - DeMar DeRozen (the #1 overall SF), and 2009 - 5 star PF Renardo Sidney and 4 star SG Noel Johnson. With talent like that you could go undefeated in our weak ass conference.

3 - Sean Miller - the darkhorse, Xavier's head coach. He's coming off an elite 8 appearance in 2008 and a sweet 16 appearance in 2009. He can flat out coach. His recruiting ability remains to be seen but I would be curious to see how well he could do recruiting out of Memphis.

Do I want Cal to go? Of course not. Do I think he sucks now? Absolutely.

This prick has dropped a napalm bomb on the Memphis program and will raid it of its life... at least for next season.

Coming back for sure next season:

Willie Kemp, Pierre, Preston, Mack. Everyone else is iffy - I hate my life.

So that's it. My thoughts, my hopes, my dreams (gay I know).

It was a fun ride, now it's time to turn the page.

A look back at my smarts.

Remember when I wrote this?

I wasn't completely right but I was still pretty freaking smart.

So instead of picking up Sabathia as predicted the Red Sox grabbed John Smoltz... you know - Cy Young Winner, eight time all-star. That guy. He was actually off to a pretty good start last season and then got hit with the injury bug. No biggie - he has run support now. I predict 15 wins.

What's even more awesome about my prediction? They paid him $14 million.

I rule.

The Sox look to be tough to beat if Smoltzy and Brad Penny play like they should.

Music-Fest Line-Up

Atleast the bands worth seeing...

Friday, May 1:

The All-American Rejects - they have hits... not a fan though

Steve Miller Band - yes!

Ben Harper & Relentless 7 - Great show.

Katy Perry - Lame, but if you want to go see chicks make out just wait till' her only hit plays.

Matt Nathanson - not well known, but good

Saturday, May 2:

Al Green - Yes!

Korn - Weird, but worth seeing. Hot Topic should set up a stand by the stage.

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Yes!

Shinedown - they're ok, but a Memphian is the guitarist.

Elvis Costello - Yes!

The Roots - always entertaining...

The Bar-Kays - Classic Soul

Muck Sticky - the most original group there

Sunday, May 3:

James Taylor - good, but he's a wuss

311 - seen 'em - but they don't suck

Fall Out Boy - not bad

Bonnie Raitt - legend

Snoop Dogg - This is the one I'm looking forward to. If that dude doesn't play the entire Doggystyle album it will be a crime.

Jerry Lee Lewis - "The Killer" has still got it...

Three 6 Mafia - Yes!

Amos Lee - not well known, but very good.

Pranks

Follow these instructions:

Go to collegehumor.com

In the search section at the top type in "prank war".

Scroll down to the botoom and watch all the videos in sequential order.

Hilarity will ensue.

If you don't want to watch them all, then click this link.

After you watch the link, you will then follow my instructions.

Detroit = Terrible

So I've been a little side tracked lately... it happens.

There's a lot of new stuff to report so I'm glad to bring my thoughts to you:

Terrell Owens has been released by the Cowboys - I know he's a cancer to the team, but the Titans could use him, and I'm ok with that. In a Cowboys related story, I will now scratch Tony Romo off the list of potential good fantasy quarterbacks.

I guess it's pretty clear that the Lions of Detroit will be drafting a quarterback this season. Dan Orslovsky - gone, Jon Kitna - gone. My guess is that they'll take a QB with the 1st pick and then spend the rest of the draft taking defensive players. Now if I were a junior in college named Mathew Stafford or Mark Sanchez and had one more year of eligibility you better believe that I'm headed back to school. Detroit = most miserable city in America.

The Memphis Tigers are now 27-3. That's pretty incredible considering the start to the season... I've said this to many people and once to guy named One-eyed Willie - they will go as far as Tyreke takes them. Only Tyreke and that's all. The rest of the team are role players. Let's look at it like this: Tyreke is Coke, Dozier and Antonio are Diet Coke, the rest of the team is Big K products. Speaking of Big K - they should make a beer. It'd be smart.

As for the Tigers tournament seed - there's no way you can give a team with 30 or more wins anything worse than a #2 seed. I want a #2 seed. If they get the #1 seed it will be the worst one and they will end up with a shitty division. If they get a #2 seed, it will be a good one and they will have an easier division.

Rumors - I heard that the next commit to the Tiger b-ball team will be at the Memphis/Tulane game tomorrow.

There's not much else to report - I'm pretty sure the Tiger football schedule will be announced soon.

PS - Never ask a guy why they call him one-eyed willie...