The Simmons Network

Obviously, honored to work with Bill Simmons again. You may recognize the middle portion of this image (namely the face, Bird jersey, office chair, and Twitter device, otherwise known as a phone) from his Facebook profile pic, which you can check out at www.facebook.com/billsimmons. However as you can see, there was much more to that image...like a nameplate and a desk. Admit it, your mind is blown.

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I'm rounding here, but I believe I saw he has somewhere around 67,000 "likes" on his page. Those are numbers Wilt Chamberlain would be proud of. Mind out of the gutter people. Shockingly, I have slightly less Facebook friends than Simmons. If you are looking for a comparison, I would probably say I am more in the Alton Lister neighborhood of internet domination. Look out though, the follower count here is at 66. And that was just when I first started typing this. There's no telling what it could be now...nope, wait...still at 66.

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For those not familiar, this is the part of my posts where I would insert a celebrity's name and tag in the off chance I get more hits, but since I just dropped an "Alton Lister" in the previous paragraph, I really don't see the need. I'm pretty sure his name rings Google bells.

The Recruitables

Back from the Combine...had a pretty good showing, in my opinion. Kiper and McShay should be breaking me down anyday now in that Sportscenter labratory setup with all the bubbles and beakers. Speaking of football and Pixar movies...and Southern Cal...and uniformed khaki pants...that just happens to be the subject of this very post.

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You will notice that there are two pictures...one is sans conversation, and one is my interpretation of how the verbal interaction between these characters would go. Also...you may notice the Incredible masks and wonder why no Incredible uniforms. Valid question. When it came down to it, I admire Monte Kiffin a great deal, but just didn't feel comfortable putting an 80-year-old in red spandex. You understand.

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Now I could have picked any coaching staff in the country for this project, but thought Southern Cal's was the most interesting. Lot of dynamic relationships in there. You've got the father-son thing, you've got Lane Kiffin, drive-thru head coach who seems to be a little nutty (not Charlie Sheen level or anything, but then again, who is), and of course, my guy Ed Orgeron (no sarcasm here, this dude really is awesome), who goes through a dozen or so Red Bulls a day (although word on the street is he recently made the switch to Rockstar) and rips his shirt off while challenging his players to brawls during pep talks. Didn't make that up...it's in Bruce Feldman's book. What other staff has characters like that? Could have drawn Auburn's I guess, but after Gene Chizik, Gene Chizik's jaw, and that one crazy guy who runs around with his hat backwards, who else is left??