JS (not gonna spell it out, as I'm not interested in getting traffic the cheap way) apparently didn't get the memo that her 15 minutes of fame are up.
She said she was going to talk football on her blog, but in her latest post, she wants to know if she can pet your mascot. [JS's blog]
[LINK] In Dodd We Trust
Jeff found an interesting photo of some Vandy sorority girls, which could be called the Nashville KATs.
[LINK] David Glenn, The Tampa Tribune
Final 2006 cheerleader/dance team rankings: 1. Miami (whoever said expansion was a bad idea needs to reconsider on this stunning, all-female, 12-dancers, no-cheerleaders variable alone); 2. Florida State (I've always said that, generally speaking, there's a direct relationship between football excellence and cheerleader quality); 3. Virginia Tech (same theory, more empirical evidence); 4. North Carolina (they go for classy over sexy, and they pull it off very well); 5-8. Clemson, Maryland, N.C. State, Virginia (very solid groups that easily could convince me to pull them in from the postseason bubble bath); 9. Duke (even Matt Doherty would like this bunch, but it's NIT-bound); 10. Wake Forest (as in football, small, private schools always are fighting an uphill battle here); 11. Boston College (see Wake Forest); 12. Georgia Tech (as a matter of principle, we simply can't reward teams with more men than women). Gotta have standards, right?...
It's better than it used to be. When I was in school, there were a total of 200 females out of 12K full-time students. Even then, I thought one cheerleader was really attractive and another one was very cute.
Now, GT does have some good looking cheerleaders, as can be seen by clicking on the "eye candy" category in the right sidebar. Others probably wouldn't make the squad at Miami or FSU, no matter how talented they are and how good they are at talking continuously while shaking their pom poms when the camera is aimed at a group of them.
David Glenn, editor of the ACC Sports Journal and ACCSports.com and host on 850 The Buzz, dishes out the latest news on top recruiting prospects and shares his insights on ACC basketball and football for WRAL.com.
The only two better sights at a football game are a score and a winning final scoreboard.
OK, so they're not GT's colors.
See more at the 2005 Buzz Bash photo page at the GT Alumni Association site.
... to brighten your day.
[LINK] Maxim
Go there, or not. You're choice.
If you elect to go there, check out this video of a nice GT gold outfit.
You can try this at home, but unless you're a lot more athletic than most of us, you'll not even get close:
Unfortunately, After winning the short program; she crashed 20 seconds into her routine on Thursday night to drop to 2nd, and had to get philosophical about not getting the gold.
Instead of becoming an instant sensation, she became the modern-day emodiment of "the agony of defeat" with footage of her falls highlighted in the Olympic news.
[LINK] SI.com
The online SI pages for the 2006 Swimsuit issue were published sometime this morning [They weren't there early when I checked.] and the paper copy will be on the stands shortly.
Spring can't be far behind.
If you think skimpily-clad women look "seedy" don't click on the link.
We're the YELLOW Jackets (and yellow jackets have yellow stripes), but our official colors are white, OLD GOLD, and dark navy blue.
Our football jerseys are Vegas Gold. Buzz is closer to orange than gold or yellow. The "Swarm" wears something closer to chedder. The flags on the front of the Wreck are almost UT orange. The signage tends to be light metallic gold. Etc. Etc.
Our book store (now run by Barnes and Noble) sells clothing in a wide range of shades from yellow through gold and on to orange.
The lady pictured in the continuation solved the dilemma by wearing both yellow and gold -- but not a lot of either.
WARNING: Deciding whether to open the continuation, depending upon where you are, is your responsibility. It's not X or even R rated, but it's racy.
Continue reading "No wonder people are confused about GT's colors" »
[LINK] Hot Olympians
For those interested in this aspect of sports.
Good show!
Parlaying a camera shot into a layout spread
[LINK] SI.com
All it took was a few seconds on national television. While ABC was coming back from a commercial break, the camera captured my friends and I doing the Tomahawk Chop while Brent Musberger mused that "15,000 red-blooded American men just signed up to go to Florida State next year." Little did we know what those 15 seconds of national exposure would mean.
Don't miss this gallery of 10 images.
Ramsey somehow obtained an exclusive interview for his Across the Board blog.
A screen shot of the actual shot that started it all (and the name of her friend) can be found HERE.
And, her photos on FACEBOOK are HERE.
She says she's not just a nice pair of "boots" on a sideline and can talk sports with the best of us. We'll see. She's going to have a "Dear Cowgirl" column on SI.com coon.
She's jumped out of her clothes and into fame and fortune overnight. Meanwhile, her friend doesn't even get her name mentioned.
As for her lofty aspirations: I'll defer judgement for five years, and see if she ends up being a lawyer, an actress, a sideline reporter, or a porn star.
... or you might find yourself with nothing to wear to the upcoming baseball games, like the lady in the continuation.
Due to a scheduling switch, the first game at the Rusty is new Thursday at 4PM, just a week away.
WARNING: The image in the continuation is very tasteful (of course) and not R rated, but you still might not want to open it at work if someone is looking over your shoulder.
[LINK] NY Times, 11/28/05 (free subs. req'd)
Anyone who has seen the parade of sales representatives through a doctor's waiting room has probably noticed that they are frequently female and invariably good looking. Less recognized is the fact that a good many are recruited from the cheerleading ranks.
Known for their athleticism, postage-stamp skirts and persuasive enthusiasm, cheerleaders have many qualities the drug industry looks for in its sales force. Some keep their pompoms active, like Onya, a sculptured former college cheerleader. On Sundays she works the sidelines for the Washington Redskins. But weekdays find her urging gynecologists to prescribe a treatment for vaginal yeast infection.
"They don't ask what the major is," Mr. Lynn Williamson [Cheerleader advisor at Kentucky] said. Proven cheerleading skills suffice. "Exaggerated motions, exaggerated smiles, exaggerated enthusiasm - they learn those things, and they can get people to do what they want."
Reminds me of the ladies who accompanied cardboard box salesmen who used to visit my office during one job. I asked one a rather elementary technical question about cardboard (for those in the business) once, and got a blank stare back. The male knew the answer. It made me wonder if they got any training about their product at all.
But pharmaceutical companies deny that sex appeal has any bearing on hiring. "Obviously, people hired for the work have to be extroverts, a good conversationalist, a pleasant person to talk to; but that has nothing to do with looks, it's the personality," said Lamberto Andreotti, the president of worldwide pharmaceuticals for Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Hmmm. Can't average looking (or less) ladies have all those attributes?
[LINK] CBS piece on Penny Ramsey, former U of MD cheerleader who was on the Survivor show.
Hey, works for me! Remember when you never saw an ugly (or male) airline stewardess? But, pleasant plain girls need jobs too, and just might know more about their product and how and when it should be used.
Continue reading "College cheerleaders in demand as drug sales reps" »
[LINK] Yahoo News
The first NFL cheerleaders were formed in 1961.
Visit their nostalgic website.
But in the late 1960s, the Steelers started talking about plans
to build Three Rivers Stadium and changing the direction of the
team. Other NFL teams had started using cheerleaders and the skimpy
outfits didn't fit in with the Rooney family's traditional values,
Day said.
The Seahawks have the Sea Gals, who demonstrate the modern concept of pro cheerleaders.
These are very traditional. We'd only have to make minor changes: Gold GT logo on the sweaters and blue and gold strips on the skirts.
Who hasn't seen the image of Marilyn Monroe wearing a white sweater with a gold T (used before the GT logo came along in the mid-60s)?
... nothing looks classier.
OK, she represents LSU, not GT. The color is right.
I haven't heard nor read anything about GT's "Golden Girls" who escorted recruits around the campus in some time now. Are they still used? Or have they been eliminated as a result of the many recruiting excesses around the country in the past few years?
How about Georgia's girls? I've forgotten what they were called.
I'm guesing they are still used. If nobody replies, I'll have to do some research later, and report back.
Order your green chairbacks at the Rusty now. We need to hide that Miami green from the cameras!
Julie Donaldson looks good in blue jeans, eh?
Pro cheerleaders are a bit more straightforward.
She looks like Dyan Cannon (at an earlier age) to me.
[LINK] Barking Moonbat Early Warning System
Judging from the sample image from the 2006 Curling Calendar, I can see some value in it.
You can order your "tastefully done" copy HERE. The cost is only $35.95 USD. (They had to raise the initial price -- or realized they could.)
If the objective is to give women's curling a higher profile on the sports scene, it's working. But, some see it as the wrong kind of publicity. Prudes! What's wrong with women using sex to promote their sport? Male athletes are frequently shown skimpily dressed, to show off their physiques. Perhaps we're ultimately headed back to athletes competing in the nude, as they did in the original Olympics.
Just remember: Every day we don't have bad driving conditions is one less day we're likely to, and one day closer to spring weather.
Baseball is right around the corner. GTAA is taking season ticket orders now.
She's attractive, and obviously very popular, as she garnered LOTS of online votes.
I'm assuming Kentucky students don't know how to cheat using computer scripts.
Reggie sports AC 619 under his eyes.
[LINK] SI.com gallery of college cheerleaders (mostly USC)
The Tech football and basketball teams are in an extended period between games, so there's not a lot of news.
Good time to enjoy some eye candy.
[LINK] Athlon via FanBlogs
The Athlon playoffs continue.
I'd have to pick Miami's Ashley White out of the six in Round Four.
What, us worry?
[LINK] from the Goldtimer Galleries
Julie Donaldson hosted the Comcast special previewing ACC basketball.
Learn more about her at the link.
Hat tip to "GT Dean" on the Hive for finding this.
For more images of Jennifer (some wearing GT gear) see this HIVE POST (if it's still active).
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