NBL Pre-Snap Read 09/24/2008

This is the Naked Bootleg’s Pre-snap Read where you will most certainly be getting an unabashed, unbiased, and uncensored view of college football. In this weeks program we will be looking to see if Maryland will have any success as they head into Death Valley to take on Clemson, which team recovers from losses as Tennessee heads to Auburn, Fresno State looks for road win at UCLA, TCU faces an uphill battle at Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech travels to Nebraska to take on the huskers. Our eyes, and many others, will also be looking into a critical big 10 match-up as Illinois heads to Penn State, and a big SEC showdown as Bama takes on Georgia between the hedges. All this and news around college football is coming your way.

And now it is time for Quick Hits!
According to a report on ESPN Syracuse athletic director Dr. Daryl Gross said Monday that the Orange football team has yet to show the “obvious progress” necessary for Greg Robinson to remain as football coach beyond this season.

“It isn’t working out,” Gross said of Robinson. “It’s very disappointing … He has some work to do out in front of him.”

The Orange are 1-3 this season as they prepare for their Big East Conference opener Saturday at home against Pittsburgh. Robinson, in his fourth season at Syracuse, has an overall record of 8-31. His scoring offense (14.9-point average) is the third worst among FBS programs since 2005.

ESPN is also reporting that Ohio State starting running back Chris “Beanie” Wells will return from injury Saturday against Minnesota barring any setbacks this week in practice, Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday.

Wells participated fully in Monday’s nearly two-hour practice and no longer is experiencing the lingering soreness in his right big toe, which kept him off the field in wins over Ohio and Troy and a 35-3 loss to top-ranked USC. He suffered the injury in the third quarter of the 14th-ranked Buckeyes’ season opener against Youngstown State.
There isn’t a whole lot of news to report that won’t be covered in The Scouting Report, but I do have some news related to The Naked Bootleg.

First off, for those that have their own podcasts, we have just created four new Promo MP3s that can be downloaded and played on your podcast or linked to in your blog. Please check out the article with the links to the Promos in the Quick Hits section of the website or feel free email us directly.

Secondly, we need your help. The People’s Choice Podcast Awards are currently open for nominations. Go to http://www.podcastawards.com/ and vote for The Naked Bootleg as your favorite Sports Podcast. By you taking just 2 minutes out of your day to go and do this won’t cost you a dime, but will help spread the word to the future Bootleggers out there. You only have till September 30th, so head over their and give us our props.
Alright…On to this week’s scouting report
Maryland At Clemson
Tennessee at Auburn
Fresno State at UCLA
TCU at Oklahoma
Virginia Tech at Nebraska

Alabama at Georgia
Illinois at Penn State

What happened to the Worst of the Worst?

So…you might be wondering what happened to this seasons Worst of the Worst. Well, we are still here! Oh…the article. Shamelessly, we have been putting a lot of extra effort into other areas of the the Naked Bootleg, mainly, the podcasts, promotions, Top 20, and pretty much anything that wasn’t the “Worst of the Worst”. so, shame on us! We will now subject ourselves to severe beatings with wet <!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> spaghetti noodles. However, as penance, the NBL will now provide you with our best insight as to what schools will be playing in which bowls this post season. So check back right here for more unabashed, unbiased, ans uncessored views on college football.

NBL Two Minute Drill 09/21/2008

Welcome Bootleggers to the September 21st edition of the Two Minute Drill. The Naked Bootleg brings you “An unabashed, unbiased, and uncensored view of college football.” Tonight we’re talking about the latest on the conditions of Ball State receiver Dante Love and South Florida Linebacker Brouce Mompremier as well as bringing you the Naked Bootleg Top 20. We’ll also be reviewing the matchups from the past week and we have lots of news about the latest behind the scenes here at The Naked Bootleg.

I’m Randy Hinckley and with me tonight is the secret love child of William Shatner and Cher, my recording partner and heterosexual lifemate Eric Pound

.. Now that we’re all here, it’s time for Quick Hits!

Ball State WR Dante Love is moving his arms and legs after emergency surgery earlier today in Indianapolis. Love was injured in the game against Indiana this weekend when Hoosier DB Chris Adkins collided with Love’s helmet when defending him on a pass. Love was quickly attended to and was taken to a Bloomington hospital before being transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

South Florida linebacker Brouce Mompremier has been released from the hospital after undergoing tests stemming from a collision with a teammate in the Bulls victory over FIU in Miami. Mompremier has been cleared of any spinal injuries and will be evaluated by team doctors this week to assess when he can return to action for USF. It is expected that he will miss the next two games which are against North Carolina State and Pittsburgh.

On to this week’s NBL Top 20.

Starting this week I’m adding a new little blurb to the NBL Top 20 called the Honorary Shout Out. This is reserved for a team not receiving votes in the Top 20 but that has done an excellent job for the week or in this week’s case, for the season. The Honorary Shout Out will be done once a week along with the Top 20.
1 USC

2 Oklahoma

3 Florida

4 Missouri

5 BYU

6 Georgia

7 Texas

8 Wake Forest

9 Wisconsin

10 Alabama

11 Ohio State

12 Kansas

13 South Florida

14 Penn State

15 Illinois

16 LSU

17 Florida State

18 Utah

19 East Carolina

20 Texas Tech

Receiving Votes: Boise St, Virginia Tech, Auburn

This week’s Honorary Shout Out goes to the least appreciated undefeated team of the season, the Vanderbilt Commodores who are currently 4-0 with two of those victories coming in conference against South Carolina and Ole Miss. It is VERY plausible for the Dores to go 3-5 over the last eight games and get a guaranteed bowl birth.

Vanderbilt now has two weeks to prepare for the daunting task of trying to scores on Auburn’s defense. Should the Commodores prevail that day I expect to see them in the NBL Top 20.

This has been a busy week for the promotions department here at the NBL. Of course this means that Eric and I have been putting in more hours getting all the work done because we can’t even afford bubblegum, much less a marketing department.

First, as I mentioned in the last episode of the Pre-Snap Read we now have 4 promos that can be played on your podcast or put up on your blog. You can find them in the Quick Hits section of the website or you can always get in touch with Eric or I by writing us at podcast@thenakedbootleg.com

We’ve also been getting some attention out amongst our fellow podcasters. You might remember that several weeks back Eric and I mentioned that we had developed a small story set in 7th City, the center of Mur Lafferty’s novel Playing For Keeps which came out on August 25th. Yesterday our story “Ruckus at Lafferty Field” was put out on her feed as the 18th episode of the Stories of the Third Wave. You can find the story at playingforkeepsnovel.com and you can find out more about Mur at her website murverse.com.

Lastly, I was asked earlier in the week to do the “Story So Far” for Seth Harwood’s Young Junius podiobook. The “Story So Far” is just a brief recap of the previous week’s episode but it allows me to go into Seth’s feed and plug NBL. I’ve been following the Young Junius story very intently over the past six weeks and it is definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re from the Boston area since the story is set in beantown in the 80s. You can find all of Seth’s stories at sethharwood.com.

What does this mean for The Naked Bootleg? Basically, it nets us a ton of exposure. Between Seth’s and Mur’s fans the NBL is going to be in front of about 25000 new sets of ears. Now it’s our job to make sure that when they check it out, they like what they hear and stay for a good long time.

After Further Review:

West Virginia at Colorado (Thursday night)

Florida at Tennessee

Notre Dame at Michigan St.

Georgia at Arizona State

Boise St. at Oregon

Wake Forest at Florida St.

LSU at Auburn

Eric is now 15-13 on the year
Randy is now 12-16 on the year

Randy rips into Comcast for being a piece of shit monopoly that doesn’t deliver on the services their customers pay for.

We do have one promo to play this week for a podcast called A Different Point of View which can be found at www.adpov.net. Many of you who are listening to this are geeks, whether you know it or not. I know that sounds like an odd statement, but the only thing separating your typical Star Wars geek from a sports nut is the topic and events you choose to geek out over. Sometimes these two worlds collide and sometimes there is something just so damn cool, you don’t give a rat’s ass how geeky it is.

No matter how un-geek you think you are, you all love Star Wars. Whether you’re 7 or 70, you’ve all quoted Obi-Wan Kenobi or Darth Vader, and you all wish you had your own lightsaber. But if you think you know the truth of what happened in Star Wars then you haven’t heard the whole story.

Thanks go out to my recording partner Eric Pound. It was good to have him back this week, and hopefully his work schedule will allow him to be home more often than on the road.

Top 20 for Septermber 21, 2008

Starting this week I’m adding a new little blurb to the NBL Top 20 called the Honorary Shout Out. This is reserved for a team not receiving votes in the Top 20 but that has done an excellent job for the week or in this week’s case, for the season. The Honorary Shout Out will be done once a week along with the Top 20.

1 USC

2 Oklahoma

3 Florida

4 Missouri

5 BYU

6 Georgia

7 Texas

8 Wake Forest

9 Wisconsin

10 Alabama

11 Ohio State

12 Kansas

13 South Florida

14 Penn State

15 Illinois

16 LSU

17 Florida State

18 Utah

19 East Carolina

20 Texas Tech

Receiving Votes: Boise St, Virginia Tech, Auburn

This week’s Honorary Shout Out goes to the least appreciated undefeated team of the season, the Vanderbilt Commodores who are currently 4-0 with two of those victories coming in conference against South Carolina and Ole Miss. It is VERY plausible for the Dores to go 3-5 over the last eight games and get a guaranteed bowl birth.

Vanderbilt now has two weeks to prepare for the daunting task of trying to scores on Auburn’s defense. Should the Commodores prevail that day I expect to see them in the NBL Top 20.

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