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The FOTP funship and pleasure cruice will be laying anchor down in the ATL this weekend for the now not-so-intriguing Chick-fil-a Kickoff between LSU and whats left of North Carolina.  It’s been a while since we’ve ventured over to the crunkest of southern cities (sorry Memphis) and we need a little refresher course.  Tonight at 7:30 CST or thereabouts, we’ll be discussing the hotspots, the culture, and the appropriate amount of time a grown man should be allowed to spend at the soda fountains at the Coca Cola Visitors Center.  You can go here to listen, or just press play after the jump.

UPDATE: TalkShoe clearly doesnt understand that college football starts tonight.  Its having trouble loading.  Dry your eyes, Francis, we’ll try again next week.

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Joe Schad dropped the bomb and ESPN is confirming it now, UNC could potentially have 16 players suspending for their season opening game against LSU on Saturday.  UNC is reported to be working with the NCAA on some sort of delayed suspension schedule so they aren’t totally devoid of warm bodies for the season.  In the spirit of Ed Genero, I’d like to propose that Butch Davis just go with Iron Man football.  Im sure Paul Blake and Andre Crimm have some eligibility left.

And for no reason inparticular…the current line for the game is LSU -6.  -6, people!

1) Mural of Mt. Cody’s block against UT: CHECK

2) Custom-made sticker saying, “IF I’M WEARING A TURBAN AUBURN’S PLAYING IRAQ”: CHECK

3) Degree from the University of Alabama: …

[HT: Steve Holt!]

Facial expressions similar to those to be seen after the appeal process

For all of you Ole Miss types who are eternal optimists when it comes to your football team, and therefore gluttons for inevitable punishment, get a read on Ronnie Ramos’s latest explanation of the Masoli case over on NCAA.org, and then relize that the his appeal isn’t going to be granted and resign yourself to the fact that there will be no Wild Samoan under your football Christmas tree this season.

The case of Jeremiah Masoli, the quarterback who graduated from Oregon and has enrolled at Ole Miss, has brought attention to the NCAA’s waiver process for graduate students.

The NCAA this week granted Masoli a waiver to play at Mississippi but ruled he must wait until the 2011-12 season.

In its decision, the NCAA staff noted Masoli was unable to participate at Oregon based on his dismissal from the team, which is contrary to the intent of the waiver opportunity. The waiver process exists to provide relief to student-athletes who transfer to pursue graduate studies for academic reasons. The staff reasoned that the intent was not for student-athletes to avoid disciplinary measures at another university.

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Yep, he lost.

Well, Andy Roddick is playing is done playing tennis at the U.S. Open. So, why not another Brooklyn Decker photo gallery? Gallery after the jump.

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You know…I thought about doing some clever little photoshop with the Mad Men logo and some cort of joke slighting Bama fan or something.  Instead, I opted for “ready for a night out on the town” Joan Holloway.  It was an easy choice.

The working environments  in the SEC  and in the halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce seem to be alot alike.  There’s backstabbing, conniving, incestuous inter-office relationships in both places…and, of course, copious amounts of drinking.  Both have been lauded for their unique dress and style (Im looking at your jorts, Gator fan) while offering second to none story lines and general high drama.  As we are mere days away from the SEC slate and well into season 4 of Mad Men and Don Draper’s descent into his own personal whiskey fueled depression (I like to call them the Orgeron years), there are some stark similarities between the Mad Men main players and the SEC membership that need be explored…or at the very least, shoe horned in so I can make an uncomfortable Sally Draper masturbation scene reference at some point.

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The dark cloud of gloom and inevitability has thrust itself over the skies of  Oxford once again as Ole Miss is reporting that the NCAA has denied the waiver that would allow Jeremiah Masoli to play immediately for the rebels this Fall.  Masoli had applied for eligibility under the transfer rule that allows graduates with eligibility left to transfer and play immediately if the school they are transferring to has a graduate program not offered by the player’s previous school…which was the case here.   Ole Miss has announced they will appeal.  Houston Nutt will have a press conference in mere minutes to make a proper martyr out of him.  Updates to come.

UPDATE: Neal McCready with the depressing press conference blow by blow.

UPDATE 2: The NCAA explains themselves…I guess.