Bruce Pearl's son does radio ad mocking "backyard barbeque" incident that led to his dad's firing from Tennessee.

Steven Pearl, former Tennessee basketball player and son of disgraced former Vols' men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl, is currently a sports radio personality for Tennessee Sports Radio. This of course means that he does a ad for the radio or two. So when Pearl does an ad for legendary Knoxville barbeque joint Calhoun's, you can't help to recall the scandal involving a backyard barbecue for recruits than brought his father's firing.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that the ad jokingly references the event as well when shilling for Calhoun's "Family Feed Packs" for backyard barbeques , including having a rule about "absolutely no photography," and a notice that "offer not available to Aaron Craft."






This may be one of the greatest mockings of NCAA rules violations ever.

(via ESPN)

Big Tentacles: Wes Lunt to Illinois? Plus Bill O'Brien, Wisconsin, and more.

Big Tentacles - The Big Ten and its influence over college football. 

In the hunt for Lunt?
Former Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt is reportedly looking at transferring to Illinois. (The Chicago Tribune)

When Bill met Andrea. 
Penn State head football coach Bill O'Brien will be profiled by Andrea Kremer on this Tuesday's edition of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. (The Centre Daily Times)

Weak schedule? What weak schedule?
Louis Bien looks at criticism that Wisconsin's 2014 schedule is weak. (Bucky's 5th Quarter)

The high cost of winning.
Bucky's 5th Quarter's Mike Fiammetta looks at the rising salaries among the Big Ten's assistant coaches, with an natural emphasis on Wisconsin. 

FlashForward. 
Eleven Warriors looks ahead to Ohio State's 2014 season.

I Secondary That Emotion.
Mark Snyder looks at Michigan's secondary. (The Detroit Free Press)

A Few Small Repairs. 
Michigan State will be making improvements to it's practice field. (The Detroit Free Press)

That Was the Week That Was. 
Minnesota week begins at Off Tackle Empire. 

The Ruins: Mike Gundy and Wes Lunt, recruiting, and more.

Dancing in the Ruins - The new Big 12 rising out of the ruins of the old. 

Gundy-Lunt fallout.
Barry Trammel claims that heavily restricting what teams transferring Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt can transfer to makes Cowboys head football coach Mike Gundy look bad. (The Oklahoman)

Recruiting

Baylor recruiting. 
Texas high school junior offensive tackle Patrick Lawrence commits to Baylor's 2014 recruiting class. (Our Daily Bears)

Oklahoma recruiting.
Ohio high school junior offensive lineman Alex Dalton commits to Oklahoma's 2014 recruiting class. (Crimson and Cream Machine)

Lameness

Least shocking attempt at satire of the day. 
Frank Schwab responds to the restrictions placed on former Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt's transfer by Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy with a parody of Gundy's legendary "I'm a man!" rant. (Dr. Saturday)

Texas is Back? Or, when hype videos go horribly wrong.

Texas released a hype video last week proclaiming "Texas is Back!" in dramatic fashion.


Naturally, some one took it and uh... enhanced it.



If you smell the handiwork of an Aggie fan in this, you're probably right.

(via Good Bull Hunting)

Iowa HC Kirk Ferentz was called "Fetus-Head" by high school teammates.

Did you ever have a nickname in high school or college that embarrassed you? One so bad you would spend nights awake in bed plotting the deaths of every single person that called to that name? One where you has a specific cruel and torturous end for the person that came up with the name? One that if you had a parent that called you by that name, you planned to cut off contact with them and their potential grandchildren? One where...

Uh, excuse me, getting a little off course there.

(*Takes deep breath. Calls Therapist*)

Anyhow, Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz was asked by the Des Moines Register if he had an embarrassing nickname in high school or college. Naturally, he did. It was also one so spectacularly embarrassing that it probably blows your being called something rude and obnoxious out of the water.

Why? He was called "Fetus-Head."

“Fetus Head, that was one. Helmets didn’t fit so well back in the day. I’ve got a head that’s kind of shaped like an almond, I guess. So, yeah. I used to have a big lump that would form over my head (pointing to bridge of nose). That probably explains some of my problems and my issues right now — 35 years later.

“During football season, I tended to look like a Neanderthal creature. So a couple of my friends came up with the nickname Fetus-Head Ferentz.”

Well, that probably beats what you were called in high school by a mile. You can imagine Iowa fans who haven't been too happy with Ferentz record over the past couple of seasons will be storing that one away for next season.

(via The Des Moines Register. HT: Black Heart Gold Pants)