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(Thanks to this guys' buddy for sending the picture. I'd be pissed too if the cops broke up my skinny dip in the back of a truck)

WHDH - A tailgater skinny dipping inside a truck bed at a University of Massachusetts football game has been charged with assault for allegedly kneeing a campus police officer in the groin after being told to get out of the water. Deputy Chief Patrick Archbald said 21-year-old Marshal D.P. Keating of Edgewater, N.J., was among several fans splashing around in the back of a pickup truck before Saturday's game against the University of Delaware. When police told them to stop, Keating initially refused to get out. Archbald says he then approached the officer and kneed him twice in the groin. The officer, whom Archbald did not name, was given morphine at a hospital. He could miss up to two weeks of work.

I’m flabbergasted by this story on like 10 different levels.  First of all UMass has tailgating for football games?   Who knew?    And since when did “campus cops” count as real cops anyway?    I thought it was just understood that you could knee them in the balls without any repercussions.   I mean don’t they carry fluorescent squirt guns instead of real guns.   And how do you miss two weeks of work from this?    Dude, walk it off like everybody else who has been hit in the balls before.   In any event if UMass wants to become a real Division I school they are going to have to start to let shit like this slide.  You think the campus cops at Florida will tell students to stop skinny dipping in the back of pick up truck before Florida vs. LSU this weekend?    I doubt it.

Introducing Svetlana from Superfan U. And that's that. She is the last smokeshow to get 2 VIP tickets to our Inaugural Blueball. Tomorrow should be fun to say the least! Now excuse me while I go out and buy a blue shirt. No joke. Pink here I come!

Just because the Blueball is happening tomorrow night doesn't mean we don't need more nominations. Because with all great things my guess is that there will be another Blueball within a couple months if this one goes good. Send all nominations to randomthoughts@barstoolsports.com

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"Anybody got a smoke?"

- pic stolen from Dlisted.

Terry Francona announced the Red Sox ALCS at a press conference:

Game 1: Daisuke Matsuzaka
Game 2: Josh Beckett
Game 3: Jon Lester
Game 4: Tim Wakefield
Game 5*: Daisuke Matsuzaka
Game 6*: Josh Beckett
Game 7*: Jon Lester
(*if necessary)

"It’s best of seven. It’s not best of six," Francona said. "The idea is to win the series, not win Game 6. I never quite understood that philosophy. Our idea, the way we set it up, is to win the series. If it’s such a big deal to pitch [Lester] in Game 6, what happens Game 7? We’ll give the guys the rest they need and set it up for the entire series. And then if you’re losing, don’t panic."

First of all after 2 World Series in 4 years Terry Francona shouldn’t have to explain himself to anyone. "Because I said so" should be enough at this point. But naturally Red Sox fans and media members - who somehow think they know more than Tito about his own team – are lining up by the thousands to question whether Francona should go with John Lester in Games 2 and 6 instead of Josh Beckett.  Now is this a legitimate argument? Sure, Lester has been the Red Sox best pitcher and you'd hate to have him only pitch once in the series, but Red Sox Nation has been so dead-wrong on Francona it is beyond laughable at this point. 90% of the fans and media wanted him fired long, long ago. And now these same people have the balls to question Francona on the rotation?  He's 14-4 in his last 18 post-season games - I think he knows what he's doing!  Again, Lester vs. Beckett in Game 2 is a legitimate argument, but Francona has to get the benefit of the doubt.  After 2 World Series in 4 years, you've got to trust he's making the best decision for his ballclub. Sure he’s got 1 more championship ring (thanks to Brady), but it’s kind of hilarious how Bill Belichick can do no wrong in this town and Francona still gets treated like he's got something to prove.

GREAT BEND, Kan. - A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home has won $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year. Kory McFarren cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket in Great Bend Monday. On July 29, the 37-year-old received six months of probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor mistreatment of a dependent adult. McFarren called deputies in February to report that his girlfriend, Pam Babcock, had refused to come out of the bathroom for two years. Authorities found her stuck to the toilet. Medical personnel estimated Babcock had been on the toilet for at least a month and said the seat had adhered to sores on her body. She was released from a Wichita hospital after several months of treatment.

Obviously, Kory McFarren is one of those guys for whom everything evens out. He loses a job, he gets another one the same weekend, the same money. One friend gets kicked out of her apartment for buzzing in a jewel thief, another friend starts doing everything the opposite and lands a job with the New York Yankees. His girlfriend gets stuck to the toilet for two years, he hits on a scratch ticket twice. You know who Kory McFadden is? He's Even Steven, that's who.

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Notwithstanding this, it has come to our attention that Barstool Sports is manufacturing and distributing unauthorized t-shirts bearing the SUPERMAN Character Properties on its website at http://www.back9stores.com/barstoolsports/, in violation of federal and state law.  Such unauthorized use of the SUPERMAN Character Properties constitutes copyright infringement, as well as, trademark infringement and unfair competition, in that such use is likely to mislead the public into believing that Barstool Sports is licensed, sponsored or authorized by DC Comics.  In addition, Barstool Sports’ use of DC Comics’ trademark will dilute the distinctiveness of the SUPERMAN Character properties by trading upon the goodwill and reputation which the public associates with such properties. Further, Barstool Sports’ acts of unfair competition substantially interfere with the merchandising and licensing of the SUPERMAN Character Properties.

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Let me state this loud and clear.  Barstool Sports will not be intimidated.   Not even by Superman.   I mean I’m no lawyer but my legal council (Manzo and Jerry) tell me that DC Comics can’t sue me for using their logo because I’m not using their logo.   Listen we’re not selling Superman shirts.  We’re selling Supedroia shirts.   It’s not even spelled the same way!    And to be honest I never even heard of Superman until I got this letter.    Therefore we will continue to sell these shirts at least until October 14^th when this letter kicks in.  Nobody pushes around the Stool and gets away with it!

SELKIRK, Man. -- A Manitoba man is suing the mother of his child, claiming he shouldn't have to pay child support because he was asleep when she had sex with him. In a statement of claim filed in Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench last week, the man from Tyndall, Man., claims he was visiting the woman from Selkirk in late 2006 when he fell asleep. The man alleges he woke up and found the woman was having sexual intercourse with him. The man says when he "demanded that she cease and desist" she complied. But about nine months later the woman gave birth to a child that he agrees is his. The man is seeking damages including mental distress and anxiety, as well as reimbursement for all child support expenses paid and payable by him.

Fucking Brilliant!    If you don’t think I’m using this excuse for whatever problem I encounter for the rest of my life than you’re fucking crazy. 

“Hey Pres you’re being sued by DC comics for copyright infringement”

“I was asleep when those shirts were designed.”   

“Hey Pres there is the dad of a smokeshow in your driveway who wants to pummel your face in. “ 

“I was asleep when that was posted.”

“Hey Pres the First Lady just found out you banged a bunch of Smoekshows after the blueball.” 

“I was asleep when it happened.”  

Honestly it’s the excuse that keeps on giving.

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Meet Randy Lewis. The Tennessee man was so plastered Sunday afternoon that he directed a 10-year-old boy to drive his van, which eventually crashed after the child hit speeds of upwards of 90 mph. Lewis, 43, was charged with drunk driving, reckless endangerment, and child abuse. When arrested, Lewis, pictured in the below mug shot, had cocaine in his system and a blood alcohol content of .26, more than three times the state limit, according to the sheriff's affidavit. He admitted drinking "at least 15 beers, along with some liquor," cops reported... For her part, Evans was spotted by sheriff's deputies shoving pills in her mouth while seated near the overturned van.

Look, I'm not a perfect parent, I'll admit that. And I try not to be too judgmental. Everyone with kids knows that look you get from other people that says "I don't like the way you're raising your children." But that said, and at the risk of sounding all holier-than-thou, I'm going to have to take the anti-putting-the-10-year-old-behind-the-wheel position here. Even giving Randy the benefit of the doubt and assuming he told the kid to stick to the speed limit (which I'm sure a reasonable looking guy like him did), I still think it was the wrong thing to do. I know, I know... it's easy for me to say. And maybe some time soon I'll find myself in Lewis' shoes with 15 beers plus some liquor in me and ask my son to drive and you'll all call me a hypocrite. But I'm sticking to my guns on this. By the way, how is a 10 year old even tall enough to push the pedal down to 90 MPH? The kid must be big for his age. No wonder Randy trusted him. And yes I do love the t-shirt; Don't be suprised if you see that being sold at our online store soon. We'll call it the "Randy Lewis"

Oh my!

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – The details remain sketchy, but the rank of Brett Favre’s latest locker room prank does not. [Eric] Barton could not remember whether it happened last week or the week before. Nor did he know exactly what kind of dead animal Favre shot (presumably), bagged and dumped inside Barton’s locker. Some teammates believe it was a wild turkey, but regardless, they all gathered around Barton’s locker and engaged in fits of laughter. The dead animal was inside a bag that was filled with blood and guts. Asked if this was an example of how Favre was fitting into the Jets’ locker room, Faneca said: “He fits because of his personality. He likes to have a good time and joke around and have fun while you’re doing it. That’s the way we should be doing things out here.”

Here's something that illustrates the difference between a good NFL QB and one of the all time greats. You're in the twilight of your career, coming to a new organization where you don't know any of your teammates. You've barely learned the playbook. No one knows from week to week whether you're going to put up 6 TD's (Game 4) or throw stupid reckless INTs (Games 2 & 3). So what better way to ingratiate yourself with the guys around you than by spreading a little E-Coli around the locker room. Nothing says "unity" like a strain of salmonella spreading through the roster. The team that vomits violently with amoebic dysentery together, stays together. Some might think leaving a dead animal in someone's locker is bad, when when you're Brett Favre and your teammates in Green Bay took dumps in girls dorm room closets, it's just a form of team building. Besides, when you've got the about-to-be-fired Eric Mangini for a coach, what's another rotting corpse in the locker room?

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Some students aboard a school bus in Volusia County said it was a terrifying ride home for them on Monday afternoon. The students said the driver stopped the bus on some railroad tracks along International Speedway Boulevard and refused to move until the children quieted down. During the incident, the Campbell Middle School students said a train approached them. "I saw the train coming, and I was looking up above, and I saw the rail guard coming down, so she started to back up," student Seth Pittell said. "But if a train is coming, their life is in danger. You're putting their lives in danger, and you're yelling at them, and you won't back up the bus? She was threatening to get off the bus and have us just sit there," student Joseph Geist said. A parent of one of the children aboard the bus said he believes the incident could have been handled better. "You pull of in a safe place and discipline them and turn it down. You don't try to kill the kids. You don't threaten them," parent Glen Teschner said.  Officials with Volusia County Schools said the driver has been relieved of her duties.

The parents can cut the shit with this whole the bus driver put the kids in danger routine.  This guy did exactly what he had to do.   Kids won't shut up? You fucking park that bitch on the railroad tracks and see who blinks first.  Something tells me these punks got real quiet real fast when that locomotive was bearing down on them.  No wonder we’re getting our asses kicked all over the globe.   Bus drivers can’t even scare the kids quiet anymore.   The pussification of America continues.   I mean look at that four year old bitch in the tie-dye.  She’s basically laughing right at us!

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