Boilermakers Helping Boilermakers

I used that line when I connected one of our readers, Jeff, a proud dad who lives in Indy, with Amanda, a PhD student at Purdue. Jeff wanted a book signed by Sir Brees and Amanda offered to go stand in line at 5:30 AM to get the book signed. Long story short, Jeff was hopeful that Drew would personalize it to his son. However, the rules were no personalization. Amanda used her womanly guile to get the autograph personalized anyway. Everyone goes home happy. Especially Amanda, who is probably taking a nap right now.

She also passed along some photos. More to come.

Do You Want To Own A Piece of Disappointment?

Act now to own your very own piece of Purdue's disappointing 2007 football season!

If you've got a couple hundred dollars lying around and just can't think of the perfect gift for the Purdue masochist in your life, why not bid on this Joe Tiller autographed football from the Notre Dame win?

Sure, this was a 7-5 season that, quite honestly, should simply be forgotten, but don't let that stop you from owning your own little portion of the experience.

Next up: A Curtis Painter interception ball, which will be followed by one that Selwyn Lymon failed to catch.

Feel the excitement.

Oh, the Outrage

In a story you may or may not have seen, this little twit to the left got the pictured autograph from Yankee rookie Shelley Duncan during the recent Yankees-Red Sox series. And now he and his mommy are acting like his growth has been stunted by this callous, horrendous act.

Yeah, right.

Look at this little wank? All dressed in his Red Sox gear, already on his way to growing up to be yet another bitter, obnoxious New Englander who would rather see the Yankees lose than the Red Sox win. And do you think maybe... just maybe he has ever uttered "Yankees suck"? Ever? Hmm? If you answer no, you're either clueless or a liar.

Duncan was being funny because a little kid in a group of fans no doubt telling Shelley how bad his team sucks and, hey, he signed the autograph! Isn't ESPN and every other East coast media outlet always talking about how amazing this rivalry is? And then when a player verifies it for a kid who is growing to love baseball by writing this -- a thing said on every playground from Jersey to Maine about one team or the other -- well then, what's so wrong with it?

Just take it easy on the forced outrage, Boston.