With an estimated value of at least $10000 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has put his game worn cleats and jersey vs Bama up for auction at Heritage Auction. The cleats are autographed but that's not what makes them so unique. Johnny Football isn't the biggest guy on the college gridiron. By most accounts he is under 6 feet and has a slight build.
But holy shit the kid wears a size 15!
You know what they say about big feet right ladies?
First-team defensive lineman on 247Sports All-America team . . . second-team USA Today All-USA high school All-American . . . ranked 33rd player nationally on ESPN 300 list . . . ranked 43rd on MaxPreps/Tom Lemming Top100 list . . . ranked sixth on 247Sports list of top 247 players . . . rated 21st overall on Rivals 250 list and fourth among defensive tackles . . . ranked ninth overall and second among outside defensive tackles on Scout 300 by Scout.com . . . first-team defensive lineman on Sacramento Bee All-Metro team for 2012 . . . made 72 tackles, nine sacks, 10 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery as senior in 2012 for Placer High School in Auburn, Calif. . . . added 65 tackles, 10 sacks, three forced fumbles, ands two fumble recoveries as junior in 2011 . . . earned MVP honor for defensive linemen at The Opening elite combine in 2012 . . . played in U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio and was credited with three tackles and a sack for West squad . . . played for coach Joey Montoya.
Here are some highlights of the future ND defensive tackle:
Big props go to the coaching staffs at Notre Dame, Alabama, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Florida, and LSU for closing strong on National Signing Day. They deserve coffee.
Yeah I would be saying the same exact thing after winning the Super Bowl, claiming the MVP trophy, and now a shiny new $100 million plus contract waiting to be signed. Fucking awesome indeed Mr. Flacco.
Just a great venue to hold the Super Bowl. I'm actually surprised the SuperDome didn't collapse into itself with Bane coming out saying "LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"
Congratulations go out to the Baltimore Ravens for winning their second Super Bowl in stirring fashion over the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. But who gives a shit about some dumb football game right? Let's take a look at what really is important: the best Super Bowl commercials.
My personal favorite is this Old Milwaukee commercial. It's a classic love story between Will Ferrell and some old Asian lady making out in a bus. Brings a tear to my eye.
My second favorite is the Taco Bell Viva Young commercial. Nothing beats seeing old people get fucked up while going for a late night romp at Taco Bell. Live Mas indeed.
And of course my third favorite is this instant classic Go Daddy commercial. Supermodel Bar Rafaeli making out with some tech nerd. Yummy.
The award for the "cutest" Super Bowl commercial goes to Kia's Space Babies. And by cute I mean the one commercial where all the girls in the room go "AAAWWWW!"
My bad. Somehow I completely forgot the Dikembe Mutombo Geico commercial.
True story: Mutombo works out at the same gym I go to. He comes in with full suit. Changes into workout clothes. Then changes back to full suit and leaves with suitcase every time. Fucking weird right?
The son of the Big Dog threw down this nasty 360-degree dunk last night vs the Golden Gophers. It was glorious as you can see. More glorious than his Dad who likes to hit the pubs in my neck of the woods with his knee high NBA white socks while driving his Maserati? Not quite.
Whether real or fake @KUBoobs is here to stay. Before the Manti Te'o fake dead girlfriend broke Twitter yesterday the hottest thing on there was @KUBoobs. Now it's up to other schools to match the heat that Rock Chalk is bringing.
If you asked me when I started SportsCrack that could you ever imagine making a shirt about a dead girl who never actually existed in a Catfish hoax I would say you were crazy. But apparently I am the crazy one as I scream Lennay at the football that slowly fades away. There is no Dame named Lennay other than the fictional one a couple of kids created in order to fool Manti Te'o. But now there is a shirt in her honor. Fucking weird right? What is real is the shirt and a portion of all sales goes to the American Cancer Society which does actually go to helping people struggling with the awful disease.
Yep. Totally believable. I know it's not cool to make fun of Manti Te'o right now because we have to try to remember that a girl that never existed is dead. It's sad. Te'o was clearly the victim of a "Catfish" scheme which before today I had never heard of. Today the internet clearly won as Te'o's fake girlfriend crashed Twitter and Facebook. And people still want to say Notre Dame isn't relevant. When it comes to dead fake girlfriends clearly nobody, and I mean nobody, beats Notre Dame.
Here is a picture of Manti hugging his dead fake girlfriend.
I still can't believe this season is done. No more college football for another 180 days. What the fuck am I suppose to do between now and then? Talk to my family? I don't even know their names. I think I called my brother Manti a few times over Christmas break. I'm not even shitting you.
Oh well I guess we got National Signing Day in February to look forward to and then the spring football games and what not. 2012 was a great year for this college football fan. I got to watch my team finally compete for their first National Title in over 20 years. Yeah they got their asses kicked down in Miami but it still won't take away the memories of a great and special season by the Fighting Irish.
You know college football is your favorite sport when you just stop watching ESPN after the season is officially over. I have almost zero interest in college basketball and the NBA right now. I couldn't tell you shit about either because I've literally watched maybe two hours of basketball all season (and that was the Maryland vs Kentucky game to tip off the season). There is just no sport that matches up with the excitement of college football. Thank God my Atlanta Falcons won last week or I wouldn't even be watching the NFL right now. I'm just happy the Dirty Birds won a playoff game and got that enormous monkey off of Mike Smith and Matty Ice's back. I guess it's not all that depressing when you think about it but it still feels like you are settling for a side piece in the NFL instead of being with your true love in college football.
Here are my top 10 teams going into the 2013 season:
1. Bama - Duh! They got McCarron back along with the greatest football coach of my generation in Nick Saban and they will simply reload.
2. ND - 15 starters back including a freshman QB in Everett Golson who I thought played great in the BCS Championship. The defense should again be solid with Nix and Tuitt up front and the schedule looks less daunting. It also helps that Brian Kelly didn't ditch them.
3. Oregon - Oregon is in the same boat as ND. The Quack Attack get their coach back along with a freshman QB in Marioti who continued to get better. Stanford will be their only true test again. EDIT: Nevermind Chip Kelly is going to Philly to take the Iggles job.
4. Stanford - Holy shit have they built an elite program or what? 3 straight BCS berths and 12 win seasons makes them legitimate contenders for a title in 2013. People tend to forget they won the PAC-12 last year and not Oregon.
5. South Carolina - Connor Shaw, Jadaveon Clowney and Steve Spurrier all return to Columbia. The schedule won't be as tough as last season either.
6. Texas A&M - Johnny Football and Kevin Sumlin had a storybook first season in the SEC. The former middle of the pack Big 12 team will have a giant bullseye on them this season though. Can Johnny Heisman avoid the sophomore slump?
7. Ohio State - They got a great QB in Braxton Miller and a great coach in Urban Meyer. Plus their schedule is fucking garbage so they have a legit shot at going undefeated...again.
8. Louisville - I know it's only one game and you shouldn't just a team by it but the way Teddy Bridgewater scorch earthed the Gators defense was simply too hard to ignore. Charlie Strong is building a juggernaut up there in Louisville.
9. Oklahoma - Getting rid of Landry Jones makes them better in my opinion. I don't think the Sooners are that great but I wouldn't be shocked to see Blake Bell put up a Tebowesque season for the Norman faithful.
10. Georgia - Aaron Murray is back along with 9 other starters on the offensive side of the ball that should again put up a ton of points. The defense was already a liability and now losing all their studs to the NFL won't help causes with a schedule much tougher than the past 2 seasons.
No wonder Vanderbilt is now somewhat competitive in the SEC. Holy shit look at that complete boss business card head football coach James Franklin is carrying. Patrick Bateman would literally kill for that fucker.
I'm the CEO* of a booming internet sports apparel business and I don't even carry a business card. Even if I did have one it wouldn't be nearly as cool as this one. It would be like wearing a Swatch watch at a a Breitling party. I just feel inadequate after seeing Franklin's business card. If I'm a football recruit I sign my letter of intent as soon as Franklin hands over that bad boy.
I got $500 on Lane Kiffin's business card is printed on toilet paper? Anybody want to take the bet?
Watch out 49ers. Someone is coming to QUIZZ ON YOUR FACE come Sunday afternoon in the Georgia Dome. He's only 5'6 but Falcon's tailback Jacquizz Rodgers punches one hell of a punch. Just ask Seattle's Earl Thomas.
And yes this needed to be a SportsCrack shirt yesterday. Go Dirty Birds!
This new Tiger vs Rory Nike commercial brings back memories of the McDonald's Jordan vs Bird commercial back in the early 90's. They titled this one "No Cup is Safe" but a more appropriate one in my opinion should have been "No Hole is Safe" especially when it comes to Tiger. You could have had Tiger's former mistresses all around the world receiving hole-in-ones. Nike needs to think outside of the box. Or in this case inside the box.
Via Kegs N Eggs comes every Johnny Football's touchdown this season in eight minutes. The Heisman winner had a storybook season and now he gets to enjoy his offseason with scores of coeds.
