Thurday's Links.....

Some links we found interesting (Maisel) and amusing (Dinich & Towers). Here we go:

• ESPN's Ivan Maisel takes an interesting look at coaches who use loopholes to sign huge recruiting classes in this article. We have no use for this bullshit. Why sign a kid if you know he can't get into school or can't do the work once he is there? It's at best disingenuous & at worst criminal. Pulling a bait & switch on an 18 year-old? Nice, very ethical. We won't even get into guys like Saban running players off if they can't contribute by their redshirt sophomore year. Sleazy stuff. We're simply glad we don't have to deal with this type of thing. We're happy to stand on our moral high-ground & throw stones at all the dirtbags out there....
• Chip Towers of the AJC obviously doesn't read The Barrel. If the did he wouldn't post drivel like this. We warned him just yesterday about rankings like this in our WABAC Machine post. Thanks so much for the B+, Chip; especially since it doesn't mean shit....
• And speaking of rankings, everyone's favorite ACC blogger, ESPN's Heather Dinich, decided she would do a "pre-spring power ranking" of the ACC. What the fuck does that mean & is it at all relevant? Going into spring practice these are the ACC's best teams? Who gives a shit? Heather, you know the best thing about every school's spring game? They are guaranteed a win. The whole thing struck us as pointless but we do have one small issue: you really think Boston College is ahead of us? Really? They have a fucking Corpse playing quarterback!!!!!! Shinskie moves & throws like a Zombie; and for the record Zombies are more mobile. We have returning All-ACC QB Josh Nesbitt at the helm of our potent offense. They have Corpe-like Dave Shinskie leading their craptastic mess. Advantage: clearly Boston College. What was I thinking????