http://ftrsports.com The Anti-Nerd of Sports Blogs. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:12:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-ok-states-markel-brown-balls-so-hard-he-gets-ejected/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-ok-states-markel-brown-balls-so-hard-he-gets-ejected http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-ok-states-markel-brown-balls-so-hard-he-gets-ejected/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:19:46 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860415 Oklahoma State's Markel Brown put down two of the nastiest dunks you'll see in college basketballl all year in the Cowboys' 79-72 upset of #2 ranked Missouri last night. Both dunks earned him a technical foul which lead to his ejection after slamming an alley-oop pass so far down the throat of Missouri's Matt Pressey that dude will be tasting composite leather and humility for the rest of his natural life.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-ok-states-markel-brown-balls-so-hard-he-gets-ejected/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/nike-unveils-platinum-college-basketball-uniforms-for-9-elite-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nike-unveils-platinum-college-basketball-uniforms-for-9-elite-schools http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/nike-unveils-platinum-college-basketball-uniforms-for-9-elite-schools/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:37:08 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860353 After a successful run on destroying classic college football uniforms, Nike is now moving on to Men's and Women's college basketball. The newly unveiled Hyper Elite Platinum line (Mega Awesome Diamond was already trademarked by a group of Junior College fashion designers in LA) is a futuristic grayed out bastardization of classic uniforms of schools like Duke, Syracuse, UCONN, and Baylor much like what Nike did to the college football uniforms of Oregon and Ohio State over the past couple of seasons. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/nike-unveils-platinum-college-basketball-uniforms-for-9-elite-schools/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-dies-at-85-surrounded-by-controversy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joe-paterno-dies-at-85-surrounded-by-controversy http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-dies-at-85-surrounded-by-controversy/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:57:04 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860284 The the age of 85, the most iconic and winningest coach in college football history passed Sunday Morning. The cause of death was listed as complications with spreading lung cancer. All of us know, however, he really died from a broken heart, after the career he lived for and the legacy he spent 61 years building was stripped from him when the school cleaned house amid a child molestation scandal involving former assistant head-coach Jerry Sandusky. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-dies-at-85-surrounded-by-controversy/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/western-carolina-university-and-toccoa-falls-play-7ot-thriller/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=western-carolina-university-and-toccoa-falls-play-7ot-thriller http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/western-carolina-university-and-toccoa-falls-play-7ot-thriller/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:03:47 +0000 Mike O. http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860226 Just kidding Toccoa Falls got blown out by 102. Your 2011-2012 Toccoa Falls Eagles, everyone!]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/western-carolina-university-and-toccoa-falls-play-7ot-thriller/feed/ 2 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/alabama-fan-tea-bags-passed-out-lsu-fan-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alabama-fan-tea-bags-passed-out-lsu-fan-video http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/alabama-fan-tea-bags-passed-out-lsu-fan-video/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:37:26 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860220 After taking home the BCS Championship in a 21-0 victory over LSU, Bama fans pounce on this poor, inebriated LSU fan as if he was one of their cousins. Passed out and unable to defend himself he is subjected to water being dumped on him, empty fast food containers being stacked on him, fingers in his nose and mouth, and balls on his face.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/alabama-fan-tea-bags-passed-out-lsu-fan-video/feed/ 11 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/ohio-state-university-the-harvard-of-the-rust-belt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ohio-state-university-the-harvard-of-the-rust-belt http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/ohio-state-university-the-harvard-of-the-rust-belt/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:03:20 +0000 Mike O. http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860170 It's nice to see that THE Ohio State University is continuing to churn out scholar athlete after scholar athlete.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/ohio-state-university-the-harvard-of-the-rust-belt/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/title-game-letdown-oklahoma-state-coach-believes-cowboys-would-have-been-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=title-game-letdown-oklahoma-state-coach-believes-cowboys-would-have-been-better http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/title-game-letdown-oklahoma-state-coach-believes-cowboys-would-have-been-better/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:18:48 +0000 Hamish Nieh http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860108 After the first shutout in BCS National Championship history, many of us were left unsatisfied... or at least kind of sleepy. A one-sided field goal fest will do that to an audience, no matter how unreliable the kickers are (see Alabama's Josh Shelley and Cade Foster).]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/title-game-letdown-oklahoma-state-coach-believes-cowboys-would-have-been-better/feed/ 3 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/osu-football-player-charged-with-dui/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=osu-football-player-charged-with-dui http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/osu-football-player-charged-with-dui/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:38:15 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860124 Sophomore cornerback, Dominic Clarke, was arrested under suspicion of DUI after allegedly speeding through a stop sign late Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio. On Thursday, he entered a not guilty plea in a Franklin County court.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/osu-football-player-charged-with-dui/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/karma-setting-in-former-penn-state-official-undergoes-lung-cancer-treatment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=karma-setting-in-former-penn-state-official-undergoes-lung-cancer-treatment http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/karma-setting-in-former-penn-state-official-undergoes-lung-cancer-treatment/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:30:47 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860101 Former Penn State Athletic Director, Tim Curley is accused of covering up the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse case, and faces perjury charges around his testimony in the grand jury indictment. Tim's wife, Melinda Curley, released a statement recently that doctors had:]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/karma-setting-in-former-penn-state-official-undergoes-lung-cancer-treatment/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/bobby-hebert-rants-at-les-miles-during-post-game-presser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bobby-hebert-rants-at-les-miles-during-post-game-presser http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/bobby-hebert-rants-at-les-miles-during-post-game-presser/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:38:40 +0000 Mike O. http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860068 Bobby Hebert, a former New Orleans Saints QB and current sports talk radio host in Louisiana, was unhappy with Les Miles' decision to stick with Jordan Jefferson in the BCS National Championship Game last night against Alabama. And he wasn't afraid to let Miles know it.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/bobby-hebert-rants-at-les-miles-during-post-game-presser/feed/ 0