Blackshirt

So how did the trip go man?? In the end just go with your heart. And Im thinking it bleeds Husker Red!!

Great idea, and welcome to the board BigRedWeatherman!! I know there has to be some other AF skers out there....

I had been meaning to get that changed. Thanks for the reminder!

Wow, this is really cool - thanks for the effort addict. And this just gave me an idea - would you be interested in helping us design our 1st official Huskerboard t-shirt? I was thinking one could be a play off of that thread started last year called "Husker man laws" .. but maybe for the shirt we could call it "HuskerBoard Gameday Laws" -- to not exclude the better looking half, and also promote the board. Whatchu think?

Thanks for the email notification, Blackshirt. I've passed it on to C.R.A.B.S. and the WDC chapter of the Alumni Association. Being a "local" game to us, I know there are a lot of potential donors in our groups as we were planning to saturate the game, just as we had @ PSU and Pitt in previous years. And even though the other Big Red in this area (University of Maryland) is playing down there later in the year and we could have made a killing on reselling them to locals, I'm sure most will "play it forward" and donate. I know I will. Now, as for the UofMD alum that I had agreed to sell my tix to, I wonder if he will be satisfied with the WF 2006 ACC Champion poster I got in the mail the other day as a season ticket holder..... Awesome! Glad to hear it, and thanks for the help spreading the word.

Apparently Kstate is in the corner pouting.. Weiberg hopes Big 12 learns to share Kevin Weiberg stepped down from a job that paid him roughly $700,000 per year last month to take a job that, relatively, is obscure. He's the vice president of planning and development for the Big 10 Network. He was the commissioner, the head honcho, of the Big 12 Conference. If your reaction was like mine, it probably ranged somewhere from "Hmmm" to "What is he thinking?" The thing about Weiberg is that he is a thinker. And he thinks this is the right move at the right time. He just secured an extension of the Big 12's television package with ESPN and ABC. Revenues in the conference have nearly doubled since he took over as commissioner in 1998, to $106 million during the 2006-07 school year. Since expanding to 12 schools in 1996, the league has remained stable. About the only thing Weiberg wasn't able to accomplish in nine years was getting everybody to agree that a conference is only as strong as its weakest member. The Big 12 does not share television revenue equally and that really bothers some of the conference's members. For instance, last year Texas was awarded $9.68 million in television revenue. Kansas State received $6.47 million. When you look at it from the Texas perspective, here's what you see. The Longhorns are often in the hunt for a national championship. They're on TV more than Larry King. They're the monster program in the conference with more money than they know how to spend. From the Kansas State perspective, here's what you see. The Wildcats aspire to be more like Texas. K-State would like to continue to expand its football facilities and could use that extra chunk of change every year far more than a Texas. "The bigger-budget schools do tend to look at these (revenue sharing) issues from a different type of prism," Weiberg said. "I'm a proponent of revenue sharing. My feeling, my background in the television area in particular, is that the more conferences can share money equally the better off they are." But in the Big 12, it's a difficult sell. Texas and Nebraska carry a lot of weight and neither school wants to share television revenue. Whether that's a selfish or practical viewpoint is open for debate. "There have to be changes in the mindset when the administrators from these schools come to the table," Weiberg said. "They can't just come there thinking about what their share is going to be. They should think about trying to grow the whole." The Big 12 splits half of the television revenue it receives evenly. The other half is based on the number of television appearances. Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas A&M are on ESPN and ABC a lot more than the other schools. At the most recent Big 12 meetings, revenue sharing wasn't even discussed. But it's talked about in hushed tones in every athletic department in the conference. Especially by those athletic directors and presidents who don't believe their schools are getting a fair share. It's a growing concern, a battle of the haves and have nots. "Our basketball revenue from television is more equally shared," Weiberg said. "And in football, the difference is only a couple of million dollars. It's not huge in terms of its impact on the overall budget. It's more symbolic." It's strange, because the formation of the Big 12 -- a combination of eight schools from the old Big Eight and four from the former Southwest Conference -- has been a win-win for everybody. The Texas schools have given a boost to exposure and recruiting. But they have also stolen much of the thunder from the six schools that now comprise the North Division of the Big 12, where none of the football programs stand out from the others. Oklahoma and Texas have been dominant for several years and Oklahoma State, which has spent millions and millions of dollars on its football facilities, is trying to get to that level. While the conference is awash in money, the camaraderie of the schools could be better. "It's like trying to get a family on the same page," Weiberg said. "Being the commissioner was a multi-faceted role. You can't over-simplify it. I used to joke with our (Big 12) staff that there were times when I spent as much time negotiating with our own members as I did with the television entity. That probably needs to improve in the future." How much of a threat is the acrimony? The members of the Big 12 recognize they're part of a cash cow. The equal revenue issue is a problem, but it's not going to bring down the conference. Weiberg, meanwhile, thinks he took the Big 12 as far as he can because of his fundamental belief in revenue sharing. It will be interesting to see how the next commissioner approaches the subject because the power schools aren't open to change. "It was a good time for me to make a change," said Weiberg, who grew up in Anthony and is a former assistant athletic director at Wichita State. "Most of the major business decisions for the next two to three years have been made. There was a period of time here coming up that it would have been more of a caretaker role rather than working on big, substantive projects. It just felt to me like a new person might have a better chance to take on some of our issues than I would." http://www.kansas.com/sports/lutz/story/117572.html

Ahh good catch guys. Lame is right. I just posted based on Tommie's name, but perhaps I should read articles before posting blindly. nah.

I just sent a mass email promoting this idea. Thanks again 8up.

Wow, those are tough Pill.

The List: Greatest Players 25-1 By John Antonik for MSNsportsNET.com July 4, 2007 The Greatest 50-26 | Reader's Write MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- We gave you our first 25 players on Monday, now here is the cream of the crop. Larry Csonka and Floyd Little had pretty good games against WVU -- in the same years -- and the closest anyone from West Virginia ever got to Tony Dorsett was on his recruiting trip to Morgantown. But were they the best to face WVU? | Who is No. 1 on your list? Feedback 50 Greatest Players: 25-1 25. Mark May, OT, Pitt The one-time Kent State transfer eventually found his niche blocking for Dan Marino at Pitt, where he won the Outland Trophy as college football’s top offensive lineman in 1980. May took part in three West Virginia beatings, including a 52-7 thumping in 1978. The 13-year pro played in one Pro Bowl in 1988. 24. Donovan McNabb, QB, Syracuse West Virginia coaches had an opportunity to recruit Donovan McNabb out of Chicago’s Mount Carmel High School but instead took a pass on him. McNabb passed for 308 yards and accounted for 354 yards of total offense in a 1995 Syracuse triumph over West Virginia, and he threw six TD passes in games against the Mountaineers in 1997 and 1998. Today McNabb is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. 23. Lydell Mitchell, RB, Penn State Lydell Mitchell managed impressive numbers despite sharing a crowded Penn State backfield that included Charlie Pittman in 1969 and later Franco Harris in 1970 and 1971. Mitchell caught two passes for 76 yards and ran for a TD against WVU in 1969, had a 13-carry, 93-yard performance against the Mountaineers in 1970 and added a 128-yard, two-TD effort in 1971. Penn State won all three games by scores of 20-0, 42-8 and 35-7. 22. Ray Lewis, LB, Miami Ray Lewis, the biggest and baddest linebacker in the NFL, first terrorized ball carriers at Miami from 1993-95. The two-time All-American had a 15-tackle performance against West Virginia in a 1995 Miami victory before moving on to an all-pro career with the Baltimore Ravens where he twice earned NFL defensive player of the year honors. 21. Jack Ham, LB, Penn State A lot of the misery West Virginia fans have had with Penn State had its root in players like Jack Ham, who Ham-sandwiched West Virginia running backs for three seasons from 1968-70. The lightly recruited Johnston, Pa. native earned All-America honors as a senior in 1970 before becoming a key member of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ famed “Steel Curtain” defense in the 1970s. 20. Dan Marino, QB, Pitt Dan Marino only played two full games against West Virginia, but he was spectacular in both. As a freshman in 1979, Marino threw for 232 yards and a touchdown to lead Pitt to a 24-17 victory over the Mountaineers in the final game at old Mountaineer Field. Three years later in 1982, Marino engineered a late touchdown drive to lift Pitt to a 16-13 victory in one of the most exciting games in Backyard Brawl history. 19. Bruce Smith, DE, Virginia Tech Defensive end Bruce Smith’s rare blend of size, speed and athleticism made him college football’s dominant defensive lineman of the early 1980s. Smith had a sack and a pair of tackles for losses in a 1983 loss to West Virginia, and helped the Tech defense limit WVU to 240 yards of offense in a 1984 loss to the Mountaineers. The 1985 Outland Trophy winner went on to become the most prolific sacker in NFL history. 18. Chris Spielman, LB, Ohio State Chris Spielman first caught the attention of the country when his picture was on the front of a Wheaties box while still playing at Massillon High School. He only added to his legend at Ohio State. Spielman produced a season-high 19 tackles and picked off two passes against West Virginia in a 24-3 victory over the Mountaineers in 1987. He won the Lombardi Award as college football’s top linebacker before being taken in the first round of the 1988 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. 17. Charlie Pittman, RB, Penn State Any conceivable way to score a touchdown Charlie Pittman did it against West Virginia from 1967-69. Pittman ran for 137 yards and scored a TD in Penn State’s 1967 victory over the Mountaineers, but it was his 83-yard second-half kickoff return that proved to be the deciding score in one of the closest WVU-Penn State games in more than two decades. In 1968, Pittman ran for 125 yards and a touchdown against WVU before having a 13-carry, 84-yard, one-TD performance against the Mountaineers in 1969. Pittman played briefly in the NFL with the St. Louis Cardinals. 16. Glenn Davis, RB, Army Glenn Davis was one part of Army’s famous “Touchdown Twins” backfield along with Doc Blanchard. The 5-foot-9-inch, 170-pounder won the Heisman Trophy in 1946, doing so by helping the Cadets knock off West Virginia 19-0 along the way. Army coach Red Blaik thought so much of the Mountaineers that he chose not to attend the game and instead scouted the following week’s opponent. 15. Vinny Testaverde, QB, Miami West Virginia football fans in 1986 got a brief glimpse of Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde before he retired to the sidelines with Miami well in control of the game. The Hurricanes were so good that an exasperated WVU coach Don Nehlen asked his defensive coordinator Dennis Brown earlier that week if the Mountaineers had any chance of beating Miami. “Yeah,” replied Brown, “if your offense can get us 60.” Brown was right: Testaverde and Co. only put 58 points on the board in a 44-point victory. 14. Hugh Green, LB, Pitt Pass-rusher extraordinaire Hugh Green came the closest of any defensive player to winning the Heisman Trophy, finishing second to South Carolina running back George Rodgers in 1980. He was the Walter Camp national player of the year in 1980 after compiling 441 tackles and 53 sacks during his four-year Panther career. Green showed very little generosity to West Virginia, limiting the Mountaineers to only 204 yards in 1979 and 177 yards in 1980. 13. Gino Torretta, QB, Miami Gino Torretta’s Heisman Trophy candidacy was on display against West Virginia in 1992. The senior completed 28 of 40 passes for 363 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Miami’s 35-23 victory over the Mountaineers in the Orange Bowl. Torretta’s only loss as a Hurricane starter came in the national championship game that year against Alabama. 12. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Pitt Air did a better job of covering Pitt’s Larry Fitzgerald than West Virginia’s secondary, which was torched for 344 yards and four touchdowns in a pair of games in 2002 and 2003. Fitzgerald, the 2003 Walter Camp player of the year, was also a Heisman Trophy runner up that season. He was the third overall player taken in the 2004 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals where he still plays. 11. Billy Sims, RB, Oklahoma A four-touchdown favorite against West Virginia in 1978, Oklahoma covered easily with its 52-10 romp over the Mountaineers in which most of the key Sooner players were out of their shoulder pads and standing on the sidelines before halftime. Among them was Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims, who clocked in with an eight-carry, 114-yard, one-TD performance before clocking out early. 10. Doug Flutie, QB, Boston College No quarterback drove college coaches nuts quite like scrambling, 5-foot-9-inch Doug Flutie, whose last-second TD pass to beat Miami in 1984 will forever be immortalized. And while Flutie had great numbers against West Virginia, accounting for 464 yards of total offense in 1983 and throwing for 299 yards in 1984, he could never manage to beat the Mountaineers. That’s why he’s No. 10 instead of No. 1 on this list. 9. Jim Brown, RB, Syracuse Having Jim Brown No. 9 on any list is almost blasphemous, but the reason he’s No. 9 here is because his numbers against West Virginia were merely ordinary by Jim Brown’s great standards. He accounted for 188 all-purpose yards against the Mountaineers in 1955, and he ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-20 loss to West Virginia in 1956. Yeah, ordinary. 8. John Cappelletti, RB, Penn State Before he was dramatized in the movie Something For Joey, John Cappelletti was terrorizing West Virginia defenders in 1971, 1972 and 1973. As a junior Cappelletti ran for 154 yards in a 28-19 Nittany Lion victory. A year later in ‘73, he scored four touchdowns and ran for 130 yards in a 62-14 romp. Cappelletti ran for more than 1,500 yards his senior season to win the Heisman Trophy. He played nine professional seasons with the Rams and Chargers. 7. Floyd Little, RB, Syracuse In the mid-1960s, West Virginia had trouble tackling good running backs of all sizes. And while Syracuse teammate Larry Csonka was running people over, Floyd Little chose to run around them. In 1965, Little ran for 196 yards and scored four touchdowns in 41-19 Orange victory over WVU. A year later in 1966, the Mountaineers held Little to just 127 yards in a 34-7 Syracuse triumph. Little took his show to the AFL in 1967 where he was a three-time all-pro runner for the Denver Broncos. 6. Tommie Frazier, QB, Nebraska Some argue that Tommie Frazier ranks among the best quarterbacks in college football history and you’ll get no argument here. The Bradenton, Fla. native is the only quarterback since the mid 1950s to lead his team to back-to-back national championships in 1994 and 1995. On the way to his first NCAA title in 1994, Frazier ran for 130 yards in Nebraska’s 31-0 victory over West Virginia in the 1994 Kickoff Classic. Frazier was 33-3 as a starter at Nebraska. 5. Ernie Davis, RB, Syracuse Leukemia robbed what would have been a great professional career for Syracuse Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis, who was born and raised in nearby Uniontown, Pa. before moving to New York before high school. Davis enjoyed his trip back to Morgantown in 1960, running 14 times for 125 yards in Syracuse’s 45-0 victory over the Mountaineers. A year earlier during Syracuse’s journey to the 1959 national title, Davis ran nine times for 141 yards and two touchdowns against WVU. 4. Larry Csonka, RB, Syracuse With the exception of Tony Dorsett, no running back has enjoyed more success against West Virginia than Syracuse battering ram Larry Csonka. The Stow, Ohio native ran for 216 yards and scored two touchdowns as a sophomore in 1965 against WVU including 139 in one quarter, and added 145 yards in a 1966 Syracuse win. As a senior in 1967, West Virginia was able to hold Csonka to only 117 yards in Syracuse’s 23-6 victory. Csonka was the first running back drafted in 1968 and was a standout runner for the Miami Dolphins in the NFL. 3. Michael Vick, QB, Virginia Tech Based purely on athletic ability, no player West Virginia has faced comes close to matching Michael Vick’s enormous skills. In two seasons at Virginia Tech, Vick took the Hokies to the national championship game his freshman season and then to a Gator Bowl triumph before declaring early for the NFL. As a freshman, Vick kept Tech’s unbeaten regular season alive by engineering a last-minute game-winning drive at West Virginia. A year later in 2000, Vick passed for 233 yards and two touchdowns and accounted for 288 yards of total offense in a 48-20 win over the Mountaineers. In two games, Vick produced 593 yards of offense against WVU. 2. Tony Dorsett, RB, Pitt The closest West Virginia ever came to Tony Dorsett was on his brief campus visit before signing with Pitt in 1973. After that he was gone. Dorsett erupted for 150 yards and three touchdowns his freshman year, produced 145 yards and a touchdown as a sophomore in 1974, had 107 yards in a loss in Morgantown in 1975 and finished his career against West Virginia in 1976 with a 199-yard, three-TD performance on the way to winning the Heisman Trophy and leading Pitt to the national championship. Dorsett continued his hall of fame career with the Dallas Cowboys. 1. Roger Staubach, QB, Navy It was the 100-year anniversary of the state of West Virginia and its flagship institution planned on celebrating in style with a new press box and a capacity crowd to witness exciting quarterback Roger Staubach and the No. 9-rated Navy Midshipmen. Staubach took care of the party quickly by dropping a dead cat in the punch bowl, completing 17 of 22 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown before retiring to the sidelines at halftime. Navy won the game 51-7 and made it to the Cotton Bowl where it lost 28-6 to Texas. Staubach won the Heisman Trophy in 1963 completing 66 percent of his passes for more than 1,400 yards. He later distinguished himself in the pro ranks with the Dallas Cowboys. Missing the cut: John Mackey (Syracuse), Franco Harris (Penn State), Marshall Goldberg (Pitt), Michael Irvin (Miami), Dennis Harrah (Miami), Curtis Martin (Pitt), Carroll Dale (Virginia Tech), Dan Morgan (Miami), Roy Jefferson (Utah), Tim Green (Syracuse), Chris Doleman (Pitt), Bill Romanowski (Boston College), Bennie Blades (Miami), Doc Blanchard (Army), Jimbo Covert (Pitt), Mike Ditka (Pitt), Joe Schmidt (Pitt), Keith Dorney (Penn State), Stan Jones (Maryland), Frank Loria (Virginia Tech), Richie Lucas (Penn State), Dennis Onkotz (Penn State), Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State), Chris Zorich (Notre Dame), Chester McGlockton (Clemson), Willis McGahee (Miami), Bryant McKinnie (Miami), Lawrence McCutcheon (Colorado State), Jesse Arnelle (Penn State), Curt Warner (Penn State) and Mike Esposito (Boston College). http://www.msnsportsnet.net/page.cfm?story...;cat=exclusives

Former Husker tight end Alford sentenced for child sexual assault LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Former Husker football player Eric Alford was sentenced Thursday to 15 to 20 years in prison in a child sexual assault case. Alford, 34, of Lincoln, pleaded no contest in May to charges of attempted first-degree sexual assault of a child. In a plea deal, charges were reduced from first-degree sexual assault of a child, and Alford's maximum potential prison sentence reduced from 50 years to 20 years. Alford was arrested in February when a 12-year-old girl told child welfare workers he had had a four-year sexual relationship with her. The girl said the contact began as fondling in 2003 and developed into sexual intercourse about two years ago, according to Lancaster County District Court records. Alford played tight end for Nebraska in 1993 and 1994. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=2401210

These are goin on my fridge. Im so proud. Sorry Ima bit late to the kegger here. btw, I'm increasing the payout to 25 hboard pts. (For those that dont know, 1 pt = $1 for redemption at huskergear.com). And since there are so many good ones, I like the idea of rotating them - so we may have to look into that. In that case, multiple people would receive HB pts. Keep the art flowin my brainchildren. Great stuff.

RUFFH20 has redeemed 29 pts. 117729 Nebraska Cornhuskers Logo Pacifier $ 4.95 136489 Nebraska Cornhuskers White Pacifier Clip $ 4.95 139699 Nebraska Cornhuskers Infant Pace Romper Suit 3-6 months $ 14.95 Subtotal $ 24.85 S&H $ 4.95 Total $ 29.84 Points Redeemed 29

Just awesome. The spirit of Husker Nation. Thanks for sharing and great idea 8up. I would if I had them.

Check out Science City at Union Station. Never been, but have heard its a cool place for kids. http://www.sciencecity.com/ Also Great Wolf Lodge is becoming popular http://www.greatwolflodge.com/Locations/Kansas/ just make sure youre up on your penicillin shots. jp. kinda. And if youre into Jazz... http://www.jazzkc.org/clubs.html Westport has a lot to offer during the day or night. http://westportkc.com/ If you like bball the Negro League HOF would be a great history lesson http://www.nlbm.com/ Have fun.

Well done man, and great song selection. My fave has to be the BJax Texass run when he ruined a team. Glad to have you aboard, you'll make a great addition to our AV crew.

Very nice work for only spending a couple days on it. Im impressed. and thanks for the plug.

Received this from Eric the Red who's indisposed right now. not sure where he got it from, but my guess is it involved a shiatsu masseuse. so take it fwiw. Topic: OU's QB situation Question: Bob Stoops has run one of the most successful programs in the nation, and in so doing produced both a Heisman winner (Jason White) and runner-up (Josh Heupel) at quarterback. Yet Stoops seems to be consistently scrambling to locate quarterback talent. When he kicked Rhett Bomar off the team last year, the Sooners were forced to use a wide receiver (Paul Thompson) the entire season. When Sam Keller decided to leave Arizona State, I thought he would be perfect for Norman. When he (and no one else) did not, it left a three-man competition for 2007 -- without any standouts. My only explanation for the tepid interest in quarterbacking at Oklahoma is its track record with developing pro talent. Any thoughts? Answer: It's true: OU's quarterback stable right now borders on disastrous. None of the three contenders -- redshirt freshman Sam Bradford, juco transfer Joey Hazle and true freshman Keith Nichol -- were highly recruited elsewhere (though Nichol originally committed to Michigan State). The hope in Norman is that Bradford, the likely starter, will surprise people like Colt McCoy at Texas last year, but if he doesn't there aren't a whole lot of other viable options. Part of the problem is just bad luck -- Tommy Grady transferred to Utah because he was stuck behind Bomar and ASU's Rudy Carpenter, from what I've been told, would have been on the first plane to Oklahoma had Sun Devils coach Dirk Koetter not pulled his 11th-hour switcheroo with Keller. But I also think you hit the nail on the head in your question: High-profile QB recruits want to go someplace where they know they can develop into NFL quarterbacks. Stoops has produced two phenomenal college QBs (Heupel and White) and one very solid one (Nate Hybl), but they barely sniffed the next level. I'm not sure it's fair to blame that on OU's program, but if you're Keller, and you're going into your last season to prove yourself before the draft, and your choices are playing for the Sooners or playing for NFL passing guru Bill Callahan, you're probably going to pick the latter.

So this guy is saying that being a TRUE Missouri fan means booing, cursing and otherwise turning their backs on a high-shcool senior at a summer football camp? I'm sure that all of the alumni (and actual TRUE fans) are proud to know that this is what some of their counterparts think it means to be a fan and representative of a fan base. However it doesn't go without saying that there are obviously factions here in Nebraska (and at colleges across the country) that think this is what it means to be a 'fan'. And yet, there are many TRUE NU fans that still don't like Scott Frots because he went to Stanford out of high school even though he came back and won us a NC. We may or may not be the best fans in college football, but one thing for certain is that we are some of the biggest hypocrits. I agree that some NU fans can be very hypocritical - see Allan Everidge - but IMO that faction is still more of a minority than, not all, but the majority of other schools.

winner winner shemale dinner. WTF. yankee pride in true form, thats WTF. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As wife packs up, is A-Rod out at home? Rodriguez says his off-field antics won't 'be a distraction' to team BY ADAM LISBERG in Toronto KATHIE KLARREICH in Miami and DAVE GOLDINER in New York NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WRITERS Thursday, May 31st 2007, 4:00 AM Cynthia Rodriguez said nothing to reporters when she left their East Side apartment yesterday, but one source said she 'should check his [text] messages.' Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez vowed yesterday that revelations about his off-the-field antics wouldn't affect his play for the slumping Bombers. "I certainly don't think this will be a distraction to our team," A-Rod said before last night's winning effort against the Toronto Blue Jays. But it may be a distraction at home: His wife, Cynthia, brusquely left their East Side pad last night with two suitcases, refusing to speak with reporters. A-Rod wouldn't directly address reports that he spent Sunday night out on the town with a sexy blond gal pal - while his wife was back in New York with their 2-year-old daughter. But his manager, Joe Torre, spoke up for his star player after meeting with him in private. "Alex is a big boy. I know how serious he takes his baseball, so it really wasn't an issue for me," Torre said, adding that he thought the media attention was "over the line." Yet the sighting of A-Rod, 31, and the buxom blond in Toronto led to several accounts yesterday, all portraying the slugger as a serial strip clubber. The Toronto woman also was spotted on A-Rod's arm two weeks ago at a glitzy Las Vegas nightclub, according to gossip Web site TMZ.com. Rodriguez stopped by the Tryst nightclub at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort with the blond after midnight on May 14, an off day while the Yankees were traveling from Seattle to Chicago. They tried to go to the topless pool bar Bare, but were turned away because there was a private party there, a source said. Just this March, A-Rod was spotted chatting up a curvy blond inside the Whiskey Park bar in Tampa, not far from the Yankees' spring training home. He chatted with the mystery woman at the bar, then whisked her away to a strip club for the rest of the night, witnesses said. In New York, A-Rod used to be a regular at the VIP Club, where he always asked for a dancer who performs under the stage name Monique. Monique is 5-feet-5 with brown hair and brown eyes and has a well-toned, muscular figure, a pal said. When the stripper jumped over to the Hustler Club, Rodriguez started going there to see her perform and buy sexy lap dances, a source said. He even took her out for a pricey shopping spree at the Versace store on Fifth Ave., the source said. A petite stripper at the Hustler Club said A-Rod "likes the she-male, muscular type. They brought me up to the champagne room one time. I spun around once and that was it. I'm not his type." She said A-Rod often brought his wife to the club "and she's very pretty. I'd rather dance for her any day." A-Rod also regularly hangs out at other strip clubs in New York, such as HeadQuarters and Rick's Cabaret. "A-Rod is known as the king of the strip clubs," a source said. "He gives the girls his number to meet somewhere else later on." He also goes to a private social club in Chelsea that fronts as a poker club but also hosts wild, after-hours sex romps, a source said. Some claimed Rodriguez even shoots X-rated text messages to hisfavorite strippers across the country. "He loves to text dirty," said a strip club insider. "His wife should check his messages." The off-field shenanigans are nothing new for A-Rod, who met his gorgeous wife, Cynthia, 34, at the gym in Miami, their hometown. Her mother, Evangeline Scurtis, 60, actually praised her son-in-law yesterday, saying, "He's a very nice guy, a wonderful guy." Outside Yankee Stadium, team general manager Brian Cashman wouldn't comment specifically on the A-Rod mess, but he noted wearily, "It's been extremely difficult times."

I agree cmb, and am certainly not saying we dont have our black sheep - but during my time in KC I didn't meet 1 MU fan that wasnt either A) an a-hole, or B ) embarrassed to be a part of their own fan-base. Now how pathetic would that feel... Let's ask the Ricky Clemons fan club...... She was joined on the tapes by Amy Stewart, the wife of an MU associate athletic director. Both wives accepted collect calls from Clemons throughout his stay at Boone County Jail. Stewart was recorded saying her husband would often return from work and tell her the "crackers" at the Athletic Department are "like some crackheads running around there."

This was passed on to me via a tiger message board (they dont deserve the pub so I wont link), in reaction to Gabbert attending the Nike camp this wknd in CoSlumbia. MU fans are silly like a 6th grade boys slumber party - making fun of "icky girls" yet still baffled why they wont talk to them. And the best part is they act like they dont care about their notorious reputation for being classless scum, yet it always self-destructs in their face. Heres a Mizzou fan who thinks it would be "giggly" if Gabbert injured himself: And this isn't isolated to message board fodder folks - trust me I lived in KC for 5 yrs - this is truly the prevailing attitude within the MU community, and personifies the "eloquence" which has been the genesis for their recent athletic dept meltdown over the past 5 yrs. Thanks duMU - keep being U.

Thanks for pointing it out BRI. We'll get it updated.

So am I. Its now on my lapper dtop.

Very sad indeed. Thoughts and prayers for his family & friends.