Gibbons & Cote in the Evening: BCS/Bowl Preview

Gibbons & Cote in the Evening is back for our last joint show before the Christmas holiday! In this episode, we preview all of the BCS games, as well as a few other bowl games that piqued our interest. It's pretty contentious, since I think we disagreed on all but one pick. Also, if you're interested, we talk a little bit of English football at the end, and preview the end of the world. Happy holidays!!

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Gibbons & Cote in the Evening: Episode 9

Oklahoma St. fans celebrating their berth in the BCS Championship...oh wait...

Gibbons & Cote in the Evening is back! For our first of (hopefully) many December podcasts, we talk MLB hot stove, conference championship weekend in college football, and the return of the National Basketball Association. And of course, we analyze Bobby V's move to the Red Sox, as well as his claim to have invented something we all know and love. Listen to us on Spreaker!

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Gibbons & Cote in the Evening: Episode 8

Gibbons & Cote in the Evening is back! On this post-Turkey Day podcast, we discuss the NCAA football action from the weekend, the upcoming conference championships, LSU-Bama II, and the NFL's Thanksgiving slate. We also hear about a very interesting news story that isn't sports-related. Check us out on Spreaker!!

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Gibbons & Cote in the Evening: Episode 6

Gibbons & Cote in the Evening is back!! Take a listen for our thoughts on the big sports events of the weekend, including Saturday's great college football games. We also discuss the Penn State scandal, NASCAR, and boxing versus UFC. Check us out on Spreaker!

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This Isn't the Way it Should've Ended...

Edit: Paterno was fired by the PSU Board of Trustees after their meeting Wednesday evening. He will not coach this weekend.
 
As I sit down to write this post, the news of Joe Paterno's coming end-of-season retirement has just broken. I am not a Penn State fan, nor am I an alumnus of that school. But for some reason, I always have felt some connection to the football team & the university itself. Maybe it was the 6 weeks I spent there in summer of 2005, or the fact that the Nittany Lions were always on TV when I was a kid, or perhaps it was just the respect and admiration I had for Joe Paterno. Throughout this massive and tragic scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, I still haven't lost that respect. The man obviously made a mistake in not reporting what was told to him to the police, but he performed his legal duty, according to this Grand Jury report. In that report, all of the horrible things that Sandusky did to children under his watch are chronicled. If you aren't interested in reading the report, be assured that the details are sordid and disgusting and Sandusky should be locked away for life. But there are people that are much more blameworthy than JoePa in this circumstance. AD Tim Curley & business VP Gary Schultz are both under investigation for perjury in front of the Grand Jury and are implicated in an effort to cover up the terrible acts that were perpetrated by Sandusky.  However, none of the people at Penn State who learned of the specific event that occurred on PSU's campus had ANY idea that Sandusky was a serial pedophile. A victim came forward in 1998, but was Sandusky was not charged, even as another victim stepped up. Why aren't these local law enforcement authorities catching any heat?

Joe Paterno has largely been bashed in the media recently for his inaction regarding this matter, and it seems to have led directly to his retirement. As written in the Grand Jury report, Paterno did not witness the attack, nor was he told intimate details. He referred the matter to his superiors and the university itself, and they were the ones presented with the details of the eyewitness account. I agree with most pundits in that I think Paterno and everyone else who knew about the attack should have reported it immediately to the police. However, I do not think that this man, who has had such a long track record of community activism & charity, should be crucified for one bad decision that he (and many others who knew) made.

Paterno was an all-time great coach, and is the leader in career victories. He led the Nittany Lions to 2 national championships in his ridiculous 46 years in Happy Valley. He has buildings all across the campus named after him (as well as an ice cream, Peachy Paterno, which is damn good by the way) and is by far the name that people associate most with Penn State University. Some might say that Joe hung on too long, but the man is a legend and has led his team to winning records every year since 2005. It is a shame that something like this scandal will be the last chapter in such an amazing story. I will remember Paterno as a great coach and leader of men, as well as a great man himself. I just wish he went out on top, like he deserves to, but I'm sure that he will be remembered in the future not for this mistake, but for the incredible accomplishments he had with Penn State.

-Cote

Gibbons & Cote in the Evening: Episode 5

Hey everyone. We just recorded our Halloween podcast, and it's up on our Spreaker page. In this episode, we talk about the World Series, Tony LaRussa's retirement, college football, Tim Tebow, and some other fun goodies. Be sure to send us your comments on this episode by posting them below! Thanks for listening, and Happy Halloween!

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BCS Quick Hits

The third BCS standings of the year was unveiled tonight, and there wasn't much change at the top. Every week, I'll go through the newly released BCS standings and give my 2 cents on each spot of the top 10. Now, without further ado....

1. LSU - Nothing has changed here, and it won't until the epic showdown on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa against Alabama (2). The voters couldn't care less about the other 8 teams on this list, maybe even so much so that we see a rematch of next week's game for the national championship.

2. Alabama
 
3. Oklahoma State - The Cowboys laid a whoopin' on the Missouri Tigers on the road this past weekend, and their number 3 ranking is definitely justified. They come back home to face off against K-State this week, and I don't see them losing that game. The big matchup with in-state rival Oklahoma looms large on December 3rd, and that's OSU's only real roadblock to going undefeated and being a legitimate contender for the national title game.

4. Stanford - The Fighting Andrew Lucks played a classic at USC on Saturday night, and narrowly escaped with their perfect record intact. In my opinion, this was the best game of the weekend. Luck showed he has grit and guts and can rebound from adversity. Stanford faces off against Oregon in two weeks, and that will be their biggest test until the Pac 12 title game.

5. Boise State - Boise plays against total crap teams for the rest of the season, so if they don't go undefeated, they shouldn't finish in the top 5.

6. Oklahoma - I think last week's loss against Texas Tech was an aberration, since the Sooners embarrassed the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan this week. It'll be smooth sailing for the Schooner until the big road test at OK State.

7. Arkansas - Never have I known less about a top 10 team this late into the season. I don't think I've seen one Arkansas game all year, so I'm obviously in a great position to forecast the remainder of their season. However, they play South Carolina this weekend and go to Death Valley to face LSU in the final regular season game, which means I don't think they win out.

8. Oregon - Oregon is going to be an interesting team to watch going forward, especially if they beat Stanford and USC in back to back games in November. Right now, the Ducks' only loss is to number 1 LSU. I think a 1-loss Pac 12 champion Oregon squad could and should get some support for a national title run.

9. South Carolina - The Gamecocks and their famous head coach, the Great Visor, are surprisingly ranked in the top 10 this week. I think they are primed for a drop, as they really haven't impressed me too much. They lost their only real game against Auburn, and their only other good games this season are against Arkansas and Clemson. Not a great schedule. They lucked out and avoided SEC West foes LSU and Alabama, but would get dominated by either in the SEC title game.

10. Nebraska - The Huskers looked good in their game against Michigan State this past Saturday, and are positioned well for a chance at the brand spanking new Big 10 (12?) championship game. On a total side note, does anyone else really hate the names for the new Big 10 divisions? Legends and Leaders? Really? I can't believe the people behind ESPN2's crappy Big 10 game of the week couldn't come up with better names.

-Cote

Gibbons & Cote in the Evening: Episode 4

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bobby V's Fake Stache blog. We'll be posting often (hopefully) about lots of stuff, but especially sports and pop culture topics. We also do a podcast on Spreaker, which will be posted here after each episode is uploaded.

On this episode of the G&C podcast, we talk mostly NHL, along with some baseball and college football recaps from last weekend. We also answer some questions from our first ever mailbag!

Check it out!

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