New Webcams on Auburn University Campus

If you are interested in seeing a real-time view of several areas on campus, check out the 10 new official campus webcams HERE. You can also read more details on the Wire Eagle. Sphere: Related Content

Matt and Al's rhythm routine is hilarious

I won't ruin this clip with my commentary, just watch and enjoy.

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A sneak peek at CBS' college football schedule for this fall....

Thanks to someone at CBS we may have an early view of what our upcoming fall Saturdays will look like. This apparent schedule "leak" was reported by InGameNow yesterday and you will find the lineup below. All games are noted as "CBS HD" to indicate they will be aired in High Definition, except the SEC Championship game, but I am sure this game will also be aired in HD.

09/13 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Georgia @ South Carolina
09/20 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Florida @ Tennessee
09/27 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tennessee @ Auburn
10/04 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Florida @ Arkansas or Kentucky @ Alabama
10/11 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tennessee @ Georgia
10/11 - 7:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. LSU @ Florida
10/18 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. LSU @ South Carolina
10/25 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Georgia @ LSU
11/01 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Georgia-Florida
11/08 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Alabama @ LSU or Georgia @ Kentucky
11/15 - 3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Notre Dame @ Navy
11/15 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. South Carolina @ Florida or Georgia @ Auburn
11/22 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Ole Miss @ LSU or Tennessee @ Vanderbilt or Arkansas @ Mississippi St.
11/28 - 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. LSU @ Arkansas
11/29 - 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Georgia Tech @ Georgia
11/29 - 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Auburn @ Alabama
12/06 - 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Army @ Navy
12/06 - 3:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. SEC Championship Sphere: Related Content

Face Meet Building.....

This is one of the craziest, non-edited videos that I have seen in a long time. For some reason, a man thought it would be a great idea to try wind surfing on the beach during Tropical Storm Fay. As you might imagine, this didn't work out so well for the man. See below...

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Phelps Doesn't Disappoint: 8 Gold Medals

Michael Phelps didn't disappoint his fans tonight, winning his record-setting 8th Gold Medal in this 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with the U.S. men's 4X100m medley relay team. This beats the previous record of 7 Gold Medals in one Olympic Games, held by Mark Spitz for 36 years. This accomplishment is simply amazing. I am not sure we will see another athlete of this caliber for a very long time.

Dara Torres also won 2 Silver Medals tonight in the Women's 50m Freestyle and Women's 4X100m Medley Relay. This is an amazing feat in itself, but seems especially amazing when you consider Torres barely had time to get off of the medal stand and put her swim cap on after winning her first race in order to participate in the relay. Overall, a very special night for the U.S. Olympic swim team. Sphere: Related Content

If you are not excited about watching the Olympics tonight......you just might suck

Yes, I said it - you suck if, by choice, you will not be watching Micheal Phelps and Dara Torres swim in the Olympics tonight. These are 2 Americans both swimming for history on a worldwide stage displayed on live television. If you saw last night's swims by both Torres and Phelps then you had to feel some sense of excitement and patriotism.

I thought we witnessed one of the greatest displays of sportsmanship ever when Torres took it upon herself immediately before the start of the semifinals for the 50m freestyle to alert the officials that Swedish swimmer, Therese Alshammar, had a torn suit and was delayed from getting to the starting blocks. In addition, Torres spoke to the other competitors and appeared to be asking them to all purposefully take their time in order to be sure Alshammar had enough time to solve her suit issues. Torres knew the officials did not have to hold the start of the race just because Alshammar had a wardrobe (lol) malfunction, so she used her maturity and experience to keep a cool head and just slow the entire field down without causing a problem or losing a beat. Torres went on to win the race and qualify first for tonight's finals.

I really don't know what else to say about Michael Phelps that hasn't already been said. He is an amazing athletic specimen and just a pleasure to watch in the water. He also seems like a nice guy and you can never find any fault with that!! Sphere: Related Content

Nick Saban Named "Most Powerful Coach In Sports" by Forbes Magazine

The newest issue of Forbes Magazine to hit newsstands tomorrow will feature Nick Saban, head coach of the University of Alabama football team, on the cover with the title "Most Powerful Coach In Sports." I have already admitted that I am an Auburn fan, so let there be no mistake as to where my bias lies, but do you need a bias to see that there may be some problems with this wonderful, FREE publicity that is going to be seen by every football recruit in the nation? I think not. I understand that the magazine has a right to publish whatever they want and if they wanted to proclaim Lou Holtz as the greatest ESPN commentator to ever live, then they could do so, but Lou Holtz is not an active NCAA head coach......I will say that I'm not sure he can be ruled out as some sort of a recruiting tool for Notre Dame based on his blatant biased on-air comments, whether it is a positive or negative tool will be up to you to decide. I still haven't made my final decision on this article yet, but you can read The Birmingham News article from today and decide for yourself - AL.com Sphere: Related Content

Finebaum's New Podcasts

The Paul Finebaum Radio Network appears to have burst onto the iTunes Podcast scene, ranking #2 in the Sports & Recreation: College & High School section after just a week. Check it out for yourself HERE. You can also check out my Squidoo lens on Finebaum HERE. Sphere: Related Content

Brett Myers Has Serious Issues

Philadelphia Phillies' starting pitcher, Brett Myers, once again showed he has some emotional issues. Saturday night Myers basically showed up his manager, Charlie Manuel, when Manuel came out of the dugout to pull Myers from the game. Instead of saving his comments for the dugout or clubhouse and just handing his manager the ball, Myers stepped off the back of the mound and appeared to yell, "This is my (expletive) game" at Manuel. Once in the dugout, the argument escalated as the two were nose to nose before Myers disappeared into the clubhouse.

This isn't the first outburst Myers has had in the public eye. Let us take a walk down memory lane......

June 23, 2006 - Myers arrested and charged with assault after punching his wife during an argument on a Boston street near Fenway Park. The charges were later dropped after Myers' wife refused to pursue the case, even though the Judge in the case acknowledged that Myers had actually struck his wife as alleged. Associated Press

August 26, 2007 - Myers has verbal altercation with a reporter in the Phillies' clubhouse that was caught on tape. Myers yells obscenities at the reporter and repeatedly calls him a "retard" during the incident. You can listen to this display of maturity HERE

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Dara Torres

Dara Torres is simply amazing. Check out my Squidoo lens on her - Dara Torres Sphere: Related Content

The Olympics

I must admit I am a life-long fan of the Olympics, so I have been looking forward to tonight's kickoff with the Opening Ceremonies, but my interest has certainly diminished from what it was in the past. That being said, I think I have already been sucked back in by NBC and the Opening Ceremonies. They were fantastic and I'm also enjoying watching the parade of athletes as I type this. I had to get online to see what NBC had to offer when I realized I would be wanting to watch several events. I was very pleased to see NBC's online coverage and the viewing options provided. I am going to post the first cool widget I've found so far below and I will probably be posting more later and moving things around. Go USA!!

Exclusive Summer Olympics news & widgets at NBC Olympics.com!

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What's up with John Edwards and his sudden confession?

Was anyone else taken off guard somewhat by John Edwards' sudden confession of an extra-marital affair to ABC News? I must admit that I have not been following John Edwards very closely in the recent months and I definitely haven't been following the rumors about an alleged (now confirmed) affair and love child, so my surprise after hearing about his sudden confession of an affair may not be shared by others. As a person who hasn't been following this story, I am totally confused at the confession itself, but I am more perplexed by the timing. Why now? What did ABC News have on Edwards? I have no doubt I will be bombarded with answers to these questions before the day is over. In the meantime, I will be doing my own investigation of this whole situation....starting HERE. Sphere: Related Content

Squidoo Experiment Update #2

I just received my Squidoo payment for the month of June and was pleasantly surprised. I got $50, up from the $23 last month!!! I did have quite a few more lenses in June than in May, but the payout tier #'s were pretty much on course. I don't think I described the Squidoo payout system in my earlier post, so I'll do that now, or make my best attempt at an explanation.

Squidoo pays out on a tier system made up of 3 "tiers." The tiers are broken down by lens rank with the top tier having the highest lens ranking and so on. There is some debate regarding how Squidoo determines what a certain lens' lens rank is when it sets the payment tiers. I always assumed the lens rank was the average ranking the lens had for the month, but things couldn't be that easy......No, Squidoo apparently feels the need to be somewhat secretive about whether they use lens rank averages or just "randomly" choose one day of the month and take a snapshot of the true lens ranking when making determinations on tiers. I have more to say on this, but will save it for another day....

Here is the breakdown in tiers for the month of June:

Tier 1 - $7.78
Tier 2 - $1.32
Tier 3 - $0.07

I had 4 lenses in the top tier, compared to just 2 in May, so I am pleased with that ratio. I did have quite a few more total lenses in June than I did in May so my payday could have been a LOT better if I had been able to squeeze a few more of those into the second tier, but I'm not going to complain about almost doubling my payment from month 1 to month 2. I can't wait to see the payout for month 3!!!!

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More Video Lenses

I don't think I realized quite how many of these I had created. Here are the rest....

Miami Vice Video Showcase
Knight Rider Video Showcase
Who's The Boss? Video Showcase
Another World Video Showcase
Ricki Lake Video Showcase
The Fall Guy Video Showcase
ALF Video Showcase
The A-Team Video Showcase
Arrested Development Video Showcase
Kathy Griffin Video Showcase Sphere: Related Content

My new Squidoo lenses

I haven't posted in several days because I have been busy creating new Squidoo video lenses. Personally, I think they are pretty cool, but I am also slightly biased....check them out for yourself. This isn't a complete list of my video lenses. I will post the rest a little later.

Flipping Out Video Showcase
Weeds Video Showcase
William Shatner Video Showcase
Saturday Night Live Digital Shorts Video Showcase
Top Gear Video Showcase
America's Got Talent Video Showcase
Days of our Lives Video Showcase
One Day At A Time Video Showcase
The Facts of Life Video Showcase
30 Rock Video Showcase
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