This one has absolutely nothing to do with Jeff...

So if you're not interested in reading my opinion on "current events"...stop right now and find something better to do.

Since there’s not much going on in Samardzijaland, I guess I’ll talk about the things we’ve been discussing lately here at the Minx homestead. Let’s start with Grady S. and his “interesting” pictures. First off, I think there’s a HUGE double standard when it comes to stuff like this. If a girl did this (which they do all the time), guys would check out the pictures, talk about what a babe she was, and forget about it. There wouldn’t be any “outrage”. I see pictures just exactly like these on My Space and Facebook all the time. Why is there such a big deal being made over it? Because I’d wager to guess that the male to female sportswriter ratio is probably about 9:1, and he's a famous athlete. I guarantee you women don’t find those pictures nearly as offensive as men do, and I’d be willing to bet that it centers more around jealousy than anything else.

That being said, Grady probably should never have sent those pictures, but he did. That was his first mistake. His second mistake was trusting his “girlfriend” to keep them to herself. Here’s the thing guys…I don’t care of you’re a famous athlete, an actor/actress, politician, or just some normal dude with a regular job…when relationships go bad, they can go REALLY bad. If you piss somebody off enough, they’re going to do whatever it takes to get back at you. Next time you decide you want to send your girlfriend/boyfriend a little present…do it in person instead of over the phone. But if you do decide to send her/him pictures, decide how you’re going to feel if it gets in the wrong hands. Seriously. How many stories have you heard about some scorned girlfriend/boyfriend sending racy pics to everyone on their contact list? Pictures that were never meant to be seen by anyone but the person who originally received them. It’s a heat of the moment thing. They don’t really think about what they’re doing. Or maybe they do and they’re just evil. Who knows? But it happens all the time.

You would think high profile people would think twice before putting something like that out there. I don’t believe for a minute that the girlfriend’s email account was “hacked”. If he did just break up with her, it was done out of spite. If not, she’s shared those pics with her “friends” and one of them has passed them on. Either way, he should have known better and so should she. There’s not much he can do to get back at her. It’s not like “leaking” pics of her is going to be a big deal, since she’s already put it all out there in Playboy.

The other story we’ve all weighed in on is the Tiger drama. I always considered him a pillar of virtue. He’s disappointed me a couple of times in the last year or so, but this thing is just taking on a life of it’s own. Honestly, I feel like his personal life is his own business, but the women he‘s been “playing“ with have chosen to make it everybody else‘s business.

My question is this…why do guys get married if they have no intention of being faithful to their wives? Why not just stay single? I guess I just don’t get the whole unfaithfulness thing. Either you love somebody and want to be with them and only them, or you don’t, and if you don’t, you shouldn’t get married. I don’t get women who pursue guys who are taken, and vice versa. And even moreso, I don’t get guys who have a gorgeous woman (like Tiger’s wife), yet they mess around with some skank ass attention whore, who ends up bringing them down in the end.

If these women think any of these guys are going to leave their wives to be with them, they’re crazy. I grew up in a house full of guys who had girls climbing all over them (why, I'll never understand!), and went to college in a town where the football players are Gods. I’ve heard them talk about those girls, and it’s not pretty. They may think they’re the talk of the town because they’ve got “Mr. Big Deal” on their arm, but that’s not why people are talking about them. Those guys aren't thinking about ditching the wife/girlfriend to be with her. He’s talking about little miss skank like a dog behind her back, telling everybody how easy she is and how stupid she is for believing everything he says. And then he’s going home to his wife/girlfriend and hoping miss skank stays far, far away, so his happy little home life doesn’t get messed up.

Guys love to play with skanky sluts, but those aren't the girls they marry. She may think she’s “in” because she got the hook up on, but in reality, all she is his toy. Not saying the guys aren’t to blame too. They’ll play this little game till it blows up in their faces. They’re just as guilty as the girls they play with. The sad fact is, if they’re out there trolling for road beef, they deserve what they get.

It just seems so common place anymore, like it’s become acceptable to screw around on their wives/girlfriends. Wouldn’t it be a lot simpler to just not get married in the first place? If the whole reason is that they want to have kids, then I think they need to rethink their priorities. Once those kids are born, shouldn’t they be the priority? Did Tiger even consider what this would do to his kids if the word DID get out? Don’t think that little girl of his isn’t going to hear things people say about her daddy. I feel sorry for her.

I haven’t even touched on the whole role model aspect of this stuff. Every time one of these guys (or girls) gets caught doing something stupid, it just makes another whole generation of kids think it’s ok. If Tiger did it, it must be ok. I don’t care whether you want to be a role model or not…you are. If you’re a professional athlete, there are little boys (and girls) everywhere who look up to you. They imitate everything they see them do. It’s a big responsibility, and it may not be a welcome one, but it’s still there.

I can’t imagine the kind of pressure that comes with being a pro athlete. Having to watch your every move to keep from disappointing people. It’s got to be a pain in the ass. Makes me wonder if it’s really such a great life after all. I know people say it’s a “dream” job, but is it really? Would YOU want the world watching you constantly, waiting to judge you on every word that comes out of your mouth, or every move you make? I know I complain about not getting enough Jeff “news” all the time, but honestly, I’d much rather hear nothing at all about him than to hear bad stuff. There’s something to be said for keeping your friends close and your personal life out of the public eye.

Both instances here center around females who have “gone public” with something they were trusted to keep quiet. I’m not saying the guys don’t hold some of the blame. I’m just saying that there are a lot of women out there who can’t be trusted. Guys need to wake up and realize that even though that chick may look great and seem like a sweetheart right now…she may be a psychotic vindictive bitch if she gets pissed off. Think twice before you leave pictures/texts/voicemails, or they may come back to haunt you in the end. Moral of the stories: if you want to play…stay single, and be careful who you play with.

The best news of the day came to me via email. I know some of you are going to be thrilled with this. I never knew there was a “formula”, but evidently there is, and I’m going to share it with you. Remember how I asked at what age it becomes creepy for us to check out college football players? Well……here’s the formula for that very thing. I’m going to call it the “creeptastic acceptability formula”. Take your age, divide it by 2, then add 7. That’s how young you can go without being creepy. Since I’m 24, I would divide it by 2, (12) then add 7 (19). So I can go as young as age 19 to make "sweet ass" comments. I don’t know where the formula originated, it was just passed on to me. I’m pretty excited though, cause I’ve got at least 10 more years of college football/baseball ogling permitted before I’m officially considered “creeptastic”.

No pictures today, but I do have a link for you to Jeff’'s little ESPN interview about Weis leaving ND. Just in case you missed it when it was on, like I did. Also, here’s the obligatory Tommy Pro Bowl link. Keep voting.

Irish football...let's hope its over

Hope you guys all had a Happy Thanksgiving. I'll try to find something to talk about here, but I can't promise you it will be interesting ;) Pro football is still sucking big time, The Irish season is mercifully over (thank God). Please don't make us suffer through some worthless bowl game.

I just have one thing to say about ND right now. Everybody is so worried about losing Pickles to the draft. Puhlease. Let this dude go. I've heard enough about this guy to know he's a complete tool. The little incident last weekend was a perfect example. Anyone who believes he was at a "restaurant" with his "parents" after the game and he was "sucker punched" outside said restaurant without provocation, needs to get a grip. First of all, CJ's is not someplace you take your family for dinner after a game. Second of all...who is still hanging out with their parents at 2:30 a.m.? I've heard the "press" story, and I've heard the "eyewitness" accounts, and the eyewitness story is a lot more believeable to me. I can honestly say that I don't ever, in my entire 4 years in South Bend, remember hearing about ANY of our boys getting punched in public. Ridiculous. CJ's is a hangout FOR ND PEOPLE...it's not like this was some deranged fan from some other team. How bad has it gotten when the Irish Faithful are beating up their own quarterback? He got himself a nice shiner though, and I can't help but laugh at that. Karma is certainly a bitch, isn't it Jimmy? On a related note...I could actually feel sorry for Weis if he hadn't been such a prick whenever I had the unpleasant experience of being around him. I think a lot of people feel that way. Maybe he wouldn't be in quite the mess he's in now if he hadn't had such an arrogant attitude toward everyone he came in contact with. Sure his players love him (most of them anyway), but it's not just about being popular with your team. Sometimes you have to mingle with the common people too, or they turn on you. Amazing how that stuff comes back to bite you in the ass isn't it? Should be interesting to see what happens in the next week or two.

I had an official "old lady" moment this week. We were watching the Denver game and I made a comment that I thought their coach was hot. Kimmie pointed out to me that just a few months ago we were discussing at what age it becomes "creepy" to make a statement about someone having a nice ass when watching college football. I responded that it would probably be about the same time we start checking out the coaches instead of the players. Now I feel really old. He is pretty hot though...

I'm watching the Ravens/Steelers game right now. No Tommy shots yet...unless I missed him...which is always a possibility 'cause I'm not concentrating very much. I want the Ravens to win, but I kinda hope Dixon does well. Speaking of Tommy...keep voting, here's the link again.

Offseason boredom continues. Here's 2 new pics though. One from Mexicali, and the other from the Childrens Hospital Charity thing. It's adorable. (Thanks Nicole!) You guys know how much I love pics of Jeff with little kids. They steal my heart. The fact that he's wearing a suit is an added bonus. That man is just too fine.

Minx is a jinx

Well guys, I had quite the weekend. Saturday was the Old Oaken Bucket game down in Bloomington. It's always fun to head down to IU and see what's going on in Partytown. IU/Purdue weekend is always a crazy time, and next to Little 5, probably the best weekend to go down there. Seeing as how I'm not an alum of either school, it doesn't mean as much to me as it does to the BF, considering he is an IU alum. It's a little different going down there with him than it is with my girls though. He's got his own bunch of old friends who I don't know that well, so I have to be on my best behavior. (Translation: I can't act like my usual idiot self). It was fun, but I still say my girls put his boys to shame when it comes to having a good time.

FYI for those who wondered...I actually bet my brother 50 bucks that IU would win. I hit the big trifecta this weekend. Kudos to all my teams for coming through for me once again...I now owe him $150...thanks IU, ND, and the Bears for one more weekend of football bliss. Oh wait...I forgot the Colts beating the Ravens in a game that, as usual, they didn't deserve to win. How can one team be that lucky? How are they still undefeated? What the heck is going on with the Football Gods...do they hate me???? Are the planets misaligned or something? Did I make someone up there mad? I seriously might have to stop watching completely. Evidently Minx is a jinx. Maybe I should hang this blog thing up before my "good" luck wears off on Jeff.

ND. Seriously....UConn??? Come on. I can't even begin to discuss this, and I'm honestly glad I didn't stay home and watch it. We lost to UConn. Ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as the Bears game last night. Why do I bother to stay up and watch? Evidently Cutler wasn't the second coming like everyone seemed to think he was. Those of you who know me...did I predict this? Remember what I told you all before the season started? Um, yeah... And you all said I was crazy.

I did hear Golden broke some of Jeff's records this weekend. The brother and BF made sure they reminded me of this at every opportunity. I'm not hearing it...don't tell me stuff like that. I'm glad for Golden, but I don't want to hear about Jeff's records going down. That doesn't put me in a good mood.

Obligatory "Vote for Tommy Z" reminder, here's the link. Keep voting.

Now for the good stuff. Sometimes really good stuff comes along and I have to savor it for awhile before I decide to put it on here. Now that I've sufficiently recovered from the first 10 or 12 (or 50) times I've watched this, I feel like you all should be let in on the sexy... Thanks to Irishprincess37 for finding this. It obviously is new, no clue where it's from 'cause I guess I'm just totally out of the loop on what Mr. S. is doing these days. Wherever he was though, he looked mighty fine. Always nice to see him in the suit...and the hair. Dear God, the hair. Does it get any better than this? Not with his shirt on it doesn't. Oh Jeff...you're such a comedian. Makes me miss his adorable little interviews that we never see anymore. Here's hoping more little gems like this one pop up here and there.



Enjoy that gang, it may be all we get for awhile. In website news...the mailbag page is growing. He's answered some new questions. Oh, and I almost forgot, some PB&J on the news page. Check it.

Just for fun

OK you guys...I'm on my way down to Bloomington for the Oaken Bucket game (IU/Purdue). This game is huge here in Indiana. Let's see how good you are.... Who's your choice to win and what's the score going to be? You have to answer before halftime for it to count. No prizes...just the satisfaction of being right.

I've got money on somebody...but I'm not going to tell you who. I'll let you know if I win or lose.

Have at it...

Offseason boredom sucks!

Well that was interesting, huh? I thought it might be a good idea to get off the website topic and move on to something else.

So...Thanksgiving is next week. You people who work regular jobs will get the day off. I will be working. It's usually a pretty slow day, and I don't mind working 'cause they feed us. I'm a big fan of free food, especially when I don't have to cook it. We usually have a pitch in, and it's yummy.

Just to freak you out a little bit....only 35 days till Christmas. I haven't even started shopping. I just can't get motivated, plus this second job has wiped me out. Funny how that works. In order to have lots of money to shop, you have to work more, but in working more, you end up too exhausted to shop. People keep asking me what I want for Christmas. I'm never able to answer that question. For me, the fun of Christmas is buying stuff for other people. Can't wait till I have little munchkins running around getting all excited about Santa. Someday...

Hard to believe I've been blogging for a year and a half now and I still haven't run out of stuff to babble on about. Not much Samardzija news to talk about so far this off season. Other than the website, and I'm not sure I want to open that discussion back up. Maybe things will pick up. Meanwhile we'll have to entertain ourselves with stuff that's not nearly as interesting. Right now, I'm at a loss for anything exciting to discuss.

You know what's really weird...I never used to think twice about anything I put on here. Now I second guess everything I do. Not sure why that is, but I think I need to get over it or be done with it. In fact, there's a lot of things right now I need to get over or be done with. I'll figure it all out eventually...in the meantime, we can just enjoy this picture.
Keep voting for Tommy in the Pro Bowl. The link is right here. You know the drill.

New and Improved...2nd try

Edit: I originally posted this Saturday, but then the website went offline for a couple days...so I'm going to repost it now that it's back up and I'm too lazy and too freakin' tired at 3 a.m. to do a new entry....

I'm sitting here eating my Honey Nut Cheerios and drinking my glass of water (the daily Minx breakfast), so I thought I'd take a couple minutes to give you guys the heads up on some cool stuff before I head off to bed for a couple hours.

Jeff's website is finally updated. So stoked about this! Special thanks to "R" for cluing me in, since I had no idea it was up and running. Some awesome new stuff on there so go check it out. The link is in "my favorite places" on the right side of the blog. Same web address, just a different look. Kinda sexy, don't ya think? I'm liking it.

For those of you who have already seen it and are sending me the "I have a question" emails... Here's the answers to what I do know... The song is is Birth and Death of the Day by Explosions in the Sky. The blog is definitely gone, which I know makes a lot of you sad (me too), but the mailbag is still there, so it looks like he'll still be answering questions. Yes, I get an error message when I click on the "previous questions" link, and I'm assuming that's because he's starting over and just hasn't answered any yet. The picture of the field that you all seem puzzled by, I'm taking my best guess on and saying it's probably from the Cricket tournament? Just a guess. The message board is still there, but no link on the website, so I'm not sure if it will stay or go. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. I love it that you guys think I'm so "in the know" that I have the scoop on this. Obviously, some of you knew before I did. Guess I better get my "research" skills back in gear or I may have to let one of you guys take over the blog ;)

Let me know what you guys think of the new website. Pretty sure they'll want to know what the public opinion is...feel free to comment here. I'm still gonna throw in my suggestion (again) for having Jeff take the video camera with him and make some "day in the life" videos to post on there, or give us a "Cribs" type tour. Yeah, I know it'll never happen, but I can dream, right?

Still voting for Tommy for the Pro Bowl. Back me up on this one guys...I really want to see him get in there. If we all vote a bunch of times a day it has to help a little bit. I'll keep throwing the link on each new entry. Go here, click on Special Teams, click again on Special Teamers, and he's 4th from the bottom. Vote as often as you can.

Gotta get some sleep now guys...I'll check in later.
Go Irish!

Tired of crappy football

OK guys...I know I promised you Skittles blog post today, but I got as far as this picture (please...don't even ask)

and I deleted it. She has to start all over, cause all she basically did was talk about every topic I told her was off limits. I promise she'll do one eventually...it just won't be today.

I'm giving up on watching football. First the Bears killed me on Thursday, and then those jackass Colts pulled off a last minute win over the Pats, totally blowing my picks for the week again. Seriously...Colts...I hate you. I hate the fact that you continue to win games you should lose week after week and I continue to pick against you, hoping and praying that this is going to be "the week" just like I hope the Bears are going to win for once. You would think that Jesus himself had appeared on the field at this game, the way people in this town are falling all over themselves over how "great" it was. I'm surprised they didn't close the government offices and give everyone a day off work. I think I've reached the conclusion that I do not belong in this city. I need to move back up north where I don't have to "bleed blue" or wear a colts jersey on "blue Friday".

No clue what's going on with Jeff's website. I'm guessing it's getting updated. I'm sure it'll be worth waiting for when it's done and up again.

Keep voting for Tommy in the Pro Bowl. The link is right here. You know the drill. Speaking of Tommy...Ravens on MNF tonight. I guess Brady is starting tonight too, for those of you who get excited about that. Check it out.