AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think. Oh, and apologies, again, to The Dugout. When ESPN's Tom Jackson shot down Michael Irvin's "Manning vs. Manning" commentary last week with the moderately offensive "Are you retarded?" question, a few were a little taken aback. Yes, Jackson could've been more sensitive by calling Irvin "mentally challenged," or "a mongoloid" or, even better, attempted to make his comment more complimentary, like, by calling him the much more inspirational "fat-tongued hero." But, retard it was. And aside from The Internets, it seems to have been overlooked greatly by much of mainstream media. Maybe it was glanced over because of Jackson…
data-mm-id=”_lvmvc9u5m”>Graham Harrell may be moving on from USC after all. The Trojans' offensive coordinator is currently interviewing for the vacant Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator job. The #Eagles are interviewing Southern Cal OC Graham Harrell for their OC vacancy today, NFL sources said.— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) January 17, 2020Harrell recently signed a contract extension with USC after his remarkable turnaround of the team's offense and development of true freshman quarterback Kedon Slovis. With Slovis leading the way, USC's offense blossomed in 2019. The Trojans finished sixth nationally in passing offense (335.8 yards per game), 20th in total offense (455.4 yards per game) and scored 32.5 points per game this season (which ranked 35th). That comes…
data-mm-id=”_rq65j297k”>Todd Gurley and Clay Matthews were cut by the Rams on the same day a few weeks ago and the two former superstars took to Twitter on Wednesday to complain about the Rams not paying them money owed from their time with the franchise. @RamsNFL past due. Send me money ASAP— Todd Gurley II (@TG3II) April 8, 2020If true, it's a legitimate gripe. They signed a contract with the Rams and should be paid on time based on the parameters set. Taking to Twitter seems a bit silly when you have an agent to handle these matters, but all the same, they both voiced their displeasure. You and me both TG! ? Better get some interest with that too ? https://t.co/E8RIOhg7sH— Clay Matthews III (@ClayMatthews52) April 9, 2020However, during these trying times, when millions of …
data-mm-id=”_ur0mmx1x8″>Notre Dame will finally be part of a conference in football. Yes, the Fighting Irish will play a full ACC schedule as part the 2020 season, expanding the partnership between the parties. To be clear, this is a one-season deal but the Irish will be eligible to win a conference title. If Notre Dame was smart, this would be the first step towards full membership.The ACC set its schedule on Thursday, announcing Notre Dame would play a full 10-game conference slate, while also being allowed to play one non-conference game. The non-conference game must be played in the home state of the ACC institution and the opponent must adhere to all of the conference's medial protocol requirements. So basically, Notre Dame can host a non-conference game if its opponent follo…
data-mm-id=”_nswr2m9pn”>David Chang was on the latest episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Chang got all the way to the million dollar question when he ran into a question about which president was the first to have electricity in the White House. Chang had no idea so he called Mina Kimes who gave her best guess, Benjamin Harrison. Just watch.On last night's @MillionaireTV, celebrity chef @DavidChang needed to answer one final question to become the first celebrity winner ever in 20 years. Stumped, he called upon who other than…@MinaKimes!!! For the win. $1M will be donated to hospitality workers in need ?? pic.twitter.com/47RkK3IUoV— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 30, 2020Chang got it. Kimes was right. A million dollars to charity. Awesome mom…
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