The Hot Blogger Bracket: A call to arms. And abs.
Bracket season has come and gone. The draft was ten years ago in internets time. What’s a number-crunching sports fan to do?
Never fear. The Ladies… proudly present: The 2007 Hot Blogger Bracket!
How This Will Work:
1. You have to be a guy. (Sorry, girls; for objectification of the fairer sex we direct you to the majority of our compatriots in the sidebar.)
2. You have to run or contribute substantially to a sports blog. (Exactly what constitutes “substantial” will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Ladies…, and not open to appeals.)
3. You will submit one (1) recent photo, of you, in focus, that gives a good look at your face and any other assets you wish to emphasize, and one (1) link to a post you feel best represents your superiority as a writer.
4. The Ladies… will spend what’s sure to be a delightful few days judging your sweet asses, and come up with a field, the size of which will be a multiple of four and determined by the quantity and quality of entries.
5. We’ll post our choices in bracket form, and here’s where the real fun begins. Voting for each round will take a couple days. Cheating, shenanigans, and ballot-stuffing are encouraged, especially if they’re undertaken in a blatant and hilarious manner. We remind all entrants that we are susceptible to flattery.
6. Repeat as needed until the champion emerges, to be showered with florid prose (by us) and mocked roundly (by the losers) until next year. Given proper incentive, we may even scare up a couple prizes.
And that’s it. Please direct all submissions to ladiesdotdotdot@gmail.com. You have until 11:59 PM PDT, Friday, May 11.
Go.
*(subject to change without notice at our whim. girls are fickle. affirmed.)
May 7, 2007 at 3:47 pm
WOO HOO!!! Let’s see those bitchin’ thighs, Will!
May 7, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I…wow.
May 7, 2007 at 3:52 pm
WOO HOO!!!
…what?
May 7, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Is it too early to post: Yes (x64) ?? And I will fully admit that I will be biased towards anyone who is a fan of the same teams I am.
May 7, 2007 at 4:07 pm
I fully admit I will be biased towards the cutest ones, regardless of teams/blog/talent as a writer. I’m a sucker for a cute face.
May 7, 2007 at 4:08 pm
You want me to go back in and add the “blatant homerism” tag? We don’t use that one enough.
May 7, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Holly: I use that tag nearly every time I write a post.
And this is going to be FUN!
May 7, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I think almost every post I write is homer-ish, Metsy. I think I’m incapable of being neutral.
I can’t wait for the roundtable discussions we’re going to have…
May 7, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Make sure the geniuses over at GGS know this is for guy bloggers only. Unless, of course, you want your inbox flooded with fake tit shots.
May 7, 2007 at 4:31 pm
All photos of Captain Caveman must be in his unis.
May 7, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Or, of course, nude.
May 7, 2007 at 4:34 pm
How about posed, Playboy “Girls of the Big XII” (or other conference) style, in football pants, or bball jerseys, or baseball pants? Eyeblack gets you bonus points.
May 7, 2007 at 4:38 pm
MMMMMMEyeblack. Consider my day officially brightened. Bring it on, boys!
May 7, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Well, at least you’re honest, Andie.
Any boy who plies me with cute photos of Cole/Chutley/Aaron Rowand/Big Baby Jesus gets a No. 1 seed in my bracket (not a euphemism).
May 7, 2007 at 4:43 pm
I like that idea, Tex. “Guys of the Blogosphere?” With the wind blowing their hair back?
May 7, 2007 at 4:48 pm
And eyeblack. Don’t forget the eyeblack.
Mussy hair, damp with sweat, also is a good thing.
(we’re practically writing a how-to guide for the boys right now)
May 7, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Tex, you know you’re basically describing Chutley without his helmet on, right?
May 7, 2007 at 4:56 pm
You guys know that I’ve been emailing peeps all over the place right? Guys who I think are brillant writers and find them hot even though I have no idea what they look like?
It’s how StarterBoyfriend won me over. I thought he was just ok after our first date, (we had been set up by friends), but then he started sending me the most glorious emails every day and I loved his writing style so much I fell in love.
May 7, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I should say that my one friend - the most skilled writer of the bunch - responded with, “The only ‘hot anything contest’ I should be involved in at my age is a hot turkey sandwich eating contest.”
May 7, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Clare- oh, boy, do I ever. Speaking of- fancy some Phillies action tonight?
May 7, 2007 at 5:02 pm
I suspect I am at a serious disadvantage here, yet I am vain enough to consider sending a photo.
May 7, 2007 at 5:04 pm
TSW: that’s the best way! That’s how my husband first snared me. I was all “eh, you’re all right.” But then he charmed the pants off me. Literally.
May 7, 2007 at 5:06 pm
TSW- please tell any and all of them that the writing component is not for show. Right above “eyeblack” on the sexiest attributes list is “wit”.
StN- do it. You know you want to.
May 7, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Damn you ladies for mentioning eye black - I’ve now spent the better portion of 40 minutes looking up pics of Beltran in eye black.
May 7, 2007 at 5:14 pm
S2N–I second that. Get in the ring.
And seriously, the writing part matters. I can’t emphasize this enough.
May 7, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Wit is the hands-down SEXIEST thing on any man.
May 7, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Girl, like you have to ASK?
May 7, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I knew i should have listened to my father and written flowery sports prose on my blog, but nooooo….I had to go to college, get a job, get married, have kids.
And by flowery, I mean actually write something.
I could have been somebody.
OK, back to the Texans cheerleaders not getting paid enough post. They look nice.
May 7, 2007 at 5:37 pm
A guy who can make you laugh is the best thing in the world. Witty banter is a must.
May 7, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Wit… hot ass in baseball pants… wit…. hot ass in baseball pants. OK, wit wins- by a nose.
Also: Clare- you, me, Chutley, Cole & Pat (and Greg and Wes and Ryan and Shane and Aaron), 9:40 @ DUAN. It’s a date.
May 7, 2007 at 6:16 pm
The free world is lucky that you’re not doing this by site. WithLeather would steamroll the competition even with Kevin bringing the hotness level down to almost bearable levels.
May 7, 2007 at 6:22 pm
twoeightnine, do you contribute to With Leather? : )
May 7, 2007 at 6:24 pm
That I do…
May 7, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I’m the real brains behind the site, Matt is the eye-candy.
(But which Matt?????)
May 7, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I thought it was just Matt, Kevin and you…..?
And yes, we all know you’re some kind of puppeteer evil genius guy.
May 7, 2007 at 6:48 pm
My name is Matt.
May 7, 2007 at 6:57 pm
I know that, doof. I was acting as though your name is twoeightnine. You get very particular about it, capitalization and such. : )
May 7, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I’m a real person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 7, 2007 at 7:09 pm
TG, I’m an Astros fan since t-ball days. And I’m verifiably smoking hot.
Too bad I don’t technically qualify as a sports blogger. More of a sports blog lurker if anything. Getting a question in on Simmons’ last chat is probably the closest I’ll ever get to internet noteriety.
May 7, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Both Matts AND Kevin are cordially invited to participate. C’mon, now.
May 7, 2007 at 7:36 pm
And you’re right, 289…the unholy triumvirate of hottness that is With Leather would win in a walk, near as I can tell.
May 7, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Is there any doubt that the final two are Mottram and Ufford??? I mean I may partake just for shits and giggles but maybe I won’t. My writing is subpar. I don’t have any pictures of me in eye black (yet) and I don’t like any of your teams. I don’t think my ego can take a 95% - 5% loss to Mottram in round one.
May 7, 2007 at 7:53 pm
MDG, all are welcome! You never know what might trip our collective trigger.
May 7, 2007 at 7:59 pm
That’s also assuming Mottram and Ufford are inclined to participate, to be fair.
May 7, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Considering we are 8 very different ladies from 8 very different walks of life and who grew up in 8 very different parts of the country… I don’t think there’s any way anyone can handicap who is going to win this race.
For example, if Roger Clemens was in this bracket, I can guaran-damn-tee you I’d be the only one voting for him. (He is HOT, I don’t care what y’all say- everyone else pretty much hates him with the fire of a thousand suns.)
There is no pre-ordained winner. Otherwise there would be no point.
May 7, 2007 at 8:11 pm
There’s more to take into account than just looks and writing, too… Shanoff’s no slouch in either category, but his boundless enthusiasm for this endeavor since we came up with the idea months ago is winning him major early points.
May 7, 2007 at 8:14 pm
he he he he he trip your trigger
May 7, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Will nude pictures give me a higher or lower seed?
May 7, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Well, just let me know when y’all get a bracket for hot radio play-by-play guys, and I will nominate other people. While I am a radio play-by-play guy, I can’t claim any sort of hotness. I am funny, though.
May 7, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Will nude pictures give me a higher or lower seed?
They would give all of us a lower seed count.
May 7, 2007 at 9:16 pm
In my day, when ital tags were left open, everyone felt it. And that’s the way it was and we LIKED IT.
May 7, 2007 at 9:29 pm
twoeightnine, you can send those my way. I’ll be the judge……
May 7, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I’ve always felt that giving good… email… was undervalued. It’s nice to see it getting its due here in winning you over. It takes a caring, energetic and attentive… writer… to pull it off — someone who says, “It’s the… readers… needs I’m thinking about most.” And if you’ve never experienced the “QWERTY Swirl,” you’ve been missing out.
May 7, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Wow, I’m going to have to work really hard on my writing, unless we’re really doing the hot turkey eating. I can beat your friend and Prince Fielder with one mandible tied behind my back in that one.
May 7, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Or, you could do some of us a favor and start a senior circuit.
May 7, 2007 at 10:18 pm
I’m with MDG on this one……the brackets will be rigged in favor of the man candy. I just hope one of my diatribes on the impact of announcing on Western Civilazation will knock off one of the juggernauts.
Or, umm Cheerleader asses? Does that work???
May 7, 2007 at 10:21 pm
The quality of writing and making us laugh is VERY HIGH on the list, AA.
May 7, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Did you guys not see the picture of TSB’s ass in the post above this one?
May 7, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Also high on the list: not ripping on Pat Burrell. Extrapolator- you’re out.
May 7, 2007 at 10:34 pm
I mean, he’s not strictly a blogger, but can we enter in Bill Simmons as a 32-seed?
May 7, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Dammit Shanoff……stop buttering them up already. Umm, yeah butter ladies….you want me to rub it on you?
Okay I suck at this….
May 7, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I’ve seen AA, he needs to rely on his writing.
May 7, 2007 at 10:58 pm
and the pic is already available online.
May 7, 2007 at 11:01 pm
The picture of you naked?
May 7, 2007 at 11:05 pm
maybe
May 7, 2007 at 11:14 pm
I’m waiting……
May 7, 2007 at 11:17 pm
It’s not a nude photo, but I can provide an action still of me playing in a national curling tournament.
No wait, strike that … it’s both.
May 7, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Wow, twoeightnine, I would say you’re the leader in the clubhouse.
May 7, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Action still? I don’t want to see any pictures of the action that you’ve been getting.
May 7, 2007 at 11:39 pm
I think we need to add a bonus category: voice samples. Submit a reading of your favorite line from Top Gun, Caddyshack or Major League (mp3 format) to show off a deep voice or sexy accent.
May 7, 2007 at 11:39 pm
C’mon, just put it on facebook…..real quick like…… : )
May 7, 2007 at 11:40 pm
intergoogles can probably find it for you.
May 7, 2007 at 11:41 pm
and i don’t know the meaning of quick.
May 7, 2007 at 11:44 pm
I would submit a voice sample, but there would be no way that Andrea would ever vote for me, based on the clip I would show.
May 7, 2007 at 11:47 pm
If it’s you calling the Iowa/Northwestern State game, then no. : )
May 7, 2007 at 11:56 pm
“I think we need to add a bonus category: voice samples.”
Of all the samples you could have requested, you went with the least juvenile.
“and i don’t know the meaning of quick.”
I suppose 30 seconds *can* pass slowly.
May 8, 2007 at 12:04 am
Ouch 289…..ouch. The ladies appreciate money though I’m sure, and walking out on your bar tab screams deadbeat to me.
May 8, 2007 at 12:14 am
@Texas Gal
Which do you want on the audio clip, the full Texas accent or the neutral but resonant accent that I’ve cultivated for my work?
May 8, 2007 at 12:18 am
Thrifty! I call it thrifty!
And I didn’t know that it happened until the next day. Besides everyone knows it really was Mottram. It’s always the pretty one.
May 8, 2007 at 12:25 am
Full accent, baby. Southern accents are a killer.
So, the checklist so far is: eyeblack, Southern accent, rapier wit, cute butt… am I missing anything?
May 8, 2007 at 12:26 am
great smile
May 8, 2007 at 12:28 am
How could I have left that off the list?
May 8, 2007 at 12:47 am
While I am a radio play-by-play guy, I can’t claim any sort of hotness. I am funny, though.
Funny = hot. Don’t sell yourself short!
May 8, 2007 at 1:06 am
Ladies, I’ll have to seriously consider entering the contest. I’ve liked being faceless on my blog, but who can resist the siren call of the ladies? Just promise me that stalker insurance is provided. Us hot bloggers need protection from the weirdos out there.
May 8, 2007 at 1:09 am
Not when we are the weirdos.
May 8, 2007 at 1:11 am
Shh!!! Suss, we don’t start spreading the rumors about Mottram and Ufford until the quarterfinals. Follow the script already!
May 8, 2007 at 1:11 am
MCBias, I think you should give in to the Ladies’ temptation….
May 8, 2007 at 1:13 am
Sorry. I thought I was in this scene.
Exeunt.
May 8, 2007 at 9:25 am
Should I throw my hat into the ring? I think my face (and my hair) would make me a darkhorse mid-major pick.
May 8, 2007 at 10:08 am
Mottram makes me swoon. And I’m a dude.
Seriously, though - the competition is lucky that DeadOn is about pop culture, and not sports, or I would kick some bootay.
May 8, 2007 at 11:04 am
TG - I didn’t rip on Burrell. I’m a faciliatator, not an agitator. Of course, maybe we SHOULD get the brackets done before the Roger Clemens edition of Voodoo Sabermetrics comes out…
In fact, maybe TG has to recuse herself from judging me based on prior knowledge. Which sounds waaaay dirtier than it really is.
May 8, 2007 at 11:04 am
Actually, my radio voice usually kicks in about 50% of my appeal (if my wife is to be believed), so maybe I should send in a clip.
May 8, 2007 at 11:08 am
The combination of vanity and rank fear the male bloggers are exhibiting is fascinating.
May 8, 2007 at 11:23 am
LA, MC - Tell Holly I’m good looking and have a rapist wit.
May 8, 2007 at 11:24 am
By the way, I will be VERY DISAPPOINTED if all memebers of AA’s Channel Four News Team aren’t in the contest.
May 8, 2007 at 11:49 am
“The combination of vanity and rank fear the male bloggers are exhibiting is fascinating.” Uh-oh, I see who’s winning the writing part of the competition! Funny.
May 8, 2007 at 11:55 am
Great arguments, guys. NOW TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRTS!
May 8, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Ladies, I’ll have to seriously consider entering the contest.
MCB, I’m telling you, you’re on my list. Put on a helmet and pads and get in here.
Tell Holly I’m good looking and have a rapist wit.
Hi, darlin! Fancy seeing you here.
May 8, 2007 at 12:14 pm
DOES CARL MONDAY HAVE A BLOG??
May 8, 2007 at 12:15 pm
[...] that they are truly freaky, the Ladies… have invited me and a bunch of other parental-sublevel-dwellers to participate in a hottness bracket. I am so winning this [...]
May 8, 2007 at 12:18 pm
For the record:
Number of responding contestants who have referenced the surpassing radiance of Mottram: SIX. Yes, really.
May 8, 2007 at 12:50 pm
I think McBias should enter with the FIST shot. I love those pictures. Something seems so tough about them.
May 8, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I had the same conversation with him a few weeks ago ,actually.
Y’hear, MCB?
May 8, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Every guy apparently has a man-crush on Mottram. It’s kind of cute.
May 8, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Mottram has been on TV multiple times. I have been in a small-town newspaper once, and they did not include my picture. Advantage: Mottram. There’s plenty of reasons for our healthy respect (and sneaky attempts to throw him under the bus once the competition is underway. :-p)
May 8, 2007 at 1:26 pm
*There are, I should say. Writing counts in the contest too!
May 8, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Have you invited Rod Benson?
May 8, 2007 at 2:00 pm
“I like that idea, Tex. “Guys of the Blogosphere?” With the wind blowing their hair back?”
Lady Andrea-
Did you mean “wind blowing their back hair”? That might open up the field a bit.
May 8, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Ewwwwwwwwah!
May 8, 2007 at 2:14 pm
No. Just… no.
May 8, 2007 at 2:34 pm
We were going to submit a picture of Tim Tebow, but the magic gnomes have concocted a picture whose likeness is close enough for government work.
And that is what happens when you tell someone you look like the love child of Dwight Schrute and Jack Black. Which we do.
May 8, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Oh my god, that is terrifying. Terrifyingly awesome.
May 8, 2007 at 2:41 pm
I still think Tebow’s the way to go, for the drama of saying with a perfectly straight face to whoever would be losing to you outright, “Whatever do you mean, that’s Tim Tebow? That, my friend, is your conqueror Orson Swindle. Look it up.”
May 8, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Not as terrifying as this:
http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2007/05/warning-if-they-mated-is-horrible-game.html
May 8, 2007 at 2:58 pm
It’s about god damn time I had a chance to be recognized for the sexy beast that I am.
May 8, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Or the concept that whomever you’re looking at from the University of Florida, you’re really just looking at an avatar of Tim Tebow.
May 8, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Wait- are you telling me that every guy at UF looks like Tim Tebow? Road trip!
Oh, that’s not what you meant. Dang.
May 8, 2007 at 3:34 pm
(Let me get this out of the way: Swindle and Peter from Burnt Orange Nation have a considerable leg up on the competition by way of letting me cuss and Texy refuse to cuss on the radio every week. Adjust your lines accordingly.)
May 8, 2007 at 3:37 pm
The fact that they let us on the radio at all practically makes them gods in my book.
May 8, 2007 at 3:39 pm
I knew there was a reason I never had a problem with Florida. Now I know.
289, I don’t know what to say about that picture. Speechless.
May 8, 2007 at 3:40 pm
shit, i want to get in on this, but i don’t want my real identity exposed…though it may have to be…
can i just send a pic of ron jeremy’s junk?
May 8, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Now what’d we ever do to you, TBP? No one deserves that.
And quit fighting it and join in.
May 8, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Question is the post we are to submit a previously written, or an essay saying why we are the bees knees of hotness?
May 8, 2007 at 3:57 pm
I already lose points for an impossible to read sentence, but I think you know what I mean.
May 8, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I think we’re going for posts you’ve already written.
May 8, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Wow, this is taking blogwhoring to a whole new level…
What the hell. My terrible MLB picks at NBX.com ain’t exactly bringing in the clicks.
May 8, 2007 at 4:01 pm
So considering I just started a blog, I’m guessing my entrance (and subsequent trouncing of the rest of the field) is inevitable. Time to go make sure my tan is in full effect (thanks for something, Florida).
May 8, 2007 at 4:01 pm
any other assets you wish to emphasize
Wow, you ladies are opening yourselves up to a world of hurt …
May 8, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Okay, so a sense of humor is sexy? Then why are there no pictures of Steven Wright or Ralphie May up here with discussions of their relative hotness?
May 8, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Blog-ger?
May 8, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I am starting to think this is just a way to get bloggers to reveal their identities. Sorta like when Bugs Bunny dressed as a woman to seduce Elmer Fudd.
But I’ll be damned if I am not really thinking about it. If CC gets bonus points for a military uni, so should I, right?
May 8, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Radio- because this blog isn’t about funny comedians, it’s about hot athletes. Now if someone wants to start up a funny comedian blog, I’d like to nominate Gallagher.
But when we’re talking about hot bloggers, it ain’t just the pretty in the face- it’s also the pretty in the wit that counts.
May 8, 2007 at 4:12 pm
I can’t decide whether to enter or not. I’m thinking yes, just so I can be totally humiliated. It’s nice to have your ego kept in check.
May 8, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Does overly-frequent Deadspin commenter qualify as “contribute substantially to a sports blog”?
If so, Ladies…
May 8, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I think Sam Cassell is sort of funny….
May 8, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Stupid “sports blogs only” stipulation. I work in a baseball/softball store, dammit. I could’ve been wearing nothing but tight baseball pants and eyeblack. Oh well, what could have been…
May 8, 2007 at 4:17 pm
How can you not enter? For you guys to be ogled by these Ladies… should be an honor. Even if they make fun of you. Better to be made fun of by a beautiful woman than ignored. Everybody knows that. It’s Guy Rule #27. Every one of you guys needs to enter.
May 8, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Well, at least some of us are happy to reveal our true identities via various events under the moniker “Pants Party”, but I guess it’s a bit different to do so on the ebays for all the world to see.
Of course, I am not a blogger, so I don’t count anyway. Mostly I contribute unfunny, witless statements to Deadspin comment threads. The remainder of my writings are patents, legal briefs and patent opinions, where wit and humor really count.
May 8, 2007 at 4:22 pm
So, YDD - You’re With Patent Leather?
May 8, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Funny-looking, yes, Radioman. Not funny ha-ha.
(and I say that as a Houstonian and Rockets fan)
May 8, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Tattooed Mess, I’m actually sad about that too. I’ve seen your pics on myspace…..
May 8, 2007 at 4:23 pm
so you have to be 1) hot 2) funny 3) good writer 4) profit?
I’m not even an 8 seed in the MEAC tournament at this this point..
May 8, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I may throw my hat in. Andrea, hold my wallet. Let’s just say there may or may not be Cards/Cubs tickets for July 24-26. I guess that’s up to you.
May 8, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Thanks, Andie. I might send in some eye candy anyway. God knows there aren’t enough incriminating photos of me on the web yet.
May 8, 2007 at 4:29 pm
1. have a good picture (no i smile like an idiot in all photos)
2. be a good writer (no, i guess not)
3. be funny (are we laughing with or at)
4. be profitable (no not really)
so I have no credentials and no reason to be in the tournament, can I be arkansas?
May 8, 2007 at 4:34 pm
@ TG,
Barkley? Funny guy, weird round head and speech impediment…
May 8, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Damn, I’ve got the physical attributes locked down…unfortunately my contributions to Blogkind are rather lame. Ladies… any advice?
PS- AKA A-fennel-wreath-and-paper-pants / The Claudine Longet Firearm Training Academy / The Ghost of Luke Ward
May 8, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Extrapolater, the only leather with me is my belts, shoes, and that one pair of black leather pants in my closet that probably don’t fit me anymore.
May 8, 2007 at 4:39 pm
If anyone needs me, I’ll be over in the corner curled up in the fetal position, weeping softly. (Just like on prom night!)
May 8, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Having a blog mention on Deadspin, does that classify one as a sports blogger, even if the blog has been defunct for say…6 months?
May 8, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Burnsy, you know where my heart lies. I’ll take it.
TattooedMess, we’ll always take gratuitous eyecandy.
And like our Illustrious Leader said, “substantial” will be determined by the Ladies on a case-by-case basis, so you might as well give it a shot.
May 8, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Has anyone mentioned how pretty you all are lately?
May 8, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I can only imagine the street cred that will come from being named the hottest blogger. Street & Smiths will be banging down my door.
May 8, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I think you get your own hour on ESPNU.
May 8, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Burnsy, I checked out your blog. I love the picture of you with the giant St.L ball. Very cute.
May 8, 2007 at 4:55 pm
If a Hot Blogger gets an hour on ESPNU, but no one is there to see it, did it really happen?
May 8, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Cute doesn’t cut it. I’ll have to dig up my picture of me laying on a Fredbird skin rug.
May 8, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Burnsy just got negative points from me. Sorry, darlin’ - Cubs fan rules require it.
May 8, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Fredbird skin rug just made me snort with laughter. And also: ewwwwww.
Yeah, sorry Burnsy. Texas is all about homer teams.
I’m not sure if I could give points to a Cubs fan or not…..he’d have to be pretty cute…..
May 8, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Hmmmm… could we be in here? Yes, but only here. It’s like competing with the faces of radio, except it’s all new-agey…
May 8, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Blogger? I barely know her. Bah-dum-bum.
May 8, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I hope you’re not calling me a Cubs fan. I can take a negative point for being a Cards fan. I’ll just put it next to our World Series trophy.
May 8, 2007 at 5:05 pm
This is a fantastic idea…..where do I submit my photo/mugshot?
May 8, 2007 at 5:06 pm
[...] What mama don’t know won’t hurt her I hope I do better than Stan Heath. [...]
May 8, 2007 at 5:07 pm
This is like TBP’s “Would You Do” Tournament….only the complete opposite
May 8, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Dear Burnsy, I’m calling myself an Cubs fan. Andie can translate my post to Card-speak if need be. And right now, the Brewers are rockin’ all our worlds, so at least we share that.
May 8, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Touche.
May 8, 2007 at 5:11 pm
This is like TBP’s “Would You Do” Tournament… only the complete opposite
Apparently, they decided having Chris Berman wasn’t going to work, so they called on us clowns.
May 8, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Questionable looks, questionable writing skill. I figure I’m at least play-in game material. I hear Dayton is lovely this time of year.
Besides, somebody has to represent the Yinzer Mafia. (Translation: I’m leaning on TSW as much as the STL fans are leaning on Andrea.)
May 8, 2007 at 5:14 pm
If I remember correctly (and the bourbon may have warped my memory)- this whole hot blogger thingie was conceived as a way to cleanse the Ladies… collective palettes after one of us instigated a lengthy discussion on sexing Chris Berman.
May 8, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Tex, the Brewers rocking our collective worlds is so depressing.
Marco, submissions can be sent to ladiesdotdotdot@gmail.com
May 8, 2007 at 5:20 pm
All members of the Yinzer Mafia can count on me. We all know the Three Rivers is thicker than blood.
May 8, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Where do we send our karaoke renditions of 80s monster ballads?
May 8, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Ok, so the winner gets his picture in the banner at the top of your page, right?
May 8, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Are we allowed to submit entries as a posse if our blogs have a couple contributors?
May 8, 2007 at 5:39 pm
All members of the Yinzer Mafia can count on me. We all know the Three Rivers is thicker than blood.
They can count on me too, since Dan and Enrico are being — to use Grandpa Jamie’s word — wimps about the bracket. (You hear that? I’m calling you out!)
May 8, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Rupert, I think you should be able to combine all of your contributors’ best qualities Photshop-style to make an uber-hottie for your blog. The opposite of the Olbermann-Lobo lovechild.
May 8, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Where do we send our karaoke renditions of 80s monster ballads?
Straight to my pants, baby.
May 8, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Rupert, you cannot submit as a site. We have previously discussed how With Leather would pretty much mop the floor with y’all. But you each can feel free to submit.
May 8, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I for disagree with “mop the floor”, but then again, I’ve never seen 289.
Plus, he’s a Saber fan.
May 8, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I meant besides there, Clare.
May 8, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Damn, we do a mean Voltron too.
May 8, 2007 at 5:56 pm
I just appreciated the fact that Voltron had a fat guy in one of the Lions. Made me feel like a superhero.
May 8, 2007 at 5:56 pm
It’s true, I love fencing!
May 8, 2007 at 5:56 pm
wouldn;t the opposite of a olberman lobo love child be a nba player and ann coulter love child, assuming ann coulter was capable of love.
May 8, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Go Voltron!
LA: The Brewers rocking our teams sucks, yes- but JJ Hardy can rock my world anytime. Geoff Jenkins, too.
May 8, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Oh, I have nothing against the Brewers’ players. There are some cuties up there. “The Good Land,” indeed.
May 8, 2007 at 6:00 pm
And beer. For all that is good and holy, do not forget about the beer.
May 8, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Please tell me we get to contribute profiles with age, favorite teams, and all that sort of stuff on it.
May 8, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Hmmm, I’m wondering what rules me out more: That my blog is not exclusively about sports or the fact that I haven’t written regularly for it in months and months. It’s quite the question.
Or the fact that no one really cares what I said about anything, haha.
May 8, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Profiles might be a good idea. Little tidbits about yourself. Warning in advance: saying anything negative about the Texas Longhorns will get you torpedoed. I’m not even kidding about this.
May 8, 2007 at 6:10 pm
does previous spamming get you torpedoed?
May 8, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I don’t mind somebody liking a team I happen to dislike, but negativity about any of our homer teams will be frowned upon.
Dr. Doom, I would direct your question to Queen of the Ladies…, Holly.
May 8, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Andrea - Which means all of CC’s Seahawk love could kill him. (While Ape rises in the power listing.)
May 8, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Yeah, if you all had a template the contestants had to fill out. Sort of like a tournament resume. And you can get Lunardi to evaulate everything; he’s not busy anyways.
May 8, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Yyyyyeah, I’m gonna go with “no”.
May 8, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Heh heh.
May 8, 2007 at 6:29 pm
If AA’s Channel 4 News Team gets involved in this, the world may never be the same.
And not in a good way.
May 8, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Whoever gets Monday to join of his own free will gets an automatic one-seed.
May 8, 2007 at 6:35 pm
does that include me Holly?
guesing the response is no.
May 8, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I may have to get in on this.
You might be surprised at how many teeth I actually do have.
May 8, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I’m definitely concerned my team affiliations could hurt me here — even if I didn’t grow up in Boston, still pronounce all of my “r’s” and can’t STAND ben affleck at red sox games.
May 8, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Torpedoed? Is that anything like the Smokey Tornado?
May 8, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I know G-Money and SA have a severe dislike for my Alma Mater (UNC). I think the fact that more than one of the Ladies…hate a team for which I have undying loyalty is going to hurt me.
I’m just glad I haven’t told you about the time my mom (who has been a Longhorn) was at the Lone Star Showdown in 1981 at College Station wearing a giant hat that said “I’m an Aggie and I’m Proud of It.”
Uh-oh.
May 8, 2007 at 7:11 pm
twoeightnine, it’s the Ladies’ version of the Smokey Tornado.
Mike White, thank god there really aren’t any Iowa State fans around, well, anywhere…..
May 8, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Okay, I have two defenses for that last statement:
1. My mom is from Spain, and at the time was attending her very first American football game. (I should mention that as far as hotness is concerned, having Spanish blood is a huge plus.)
2. Apparently, the Texas A&M student who sold the hat to her was, to this day, one of the hottest guys she has ever seen.
May 8, 2007 at 7:16 pm
I heard the annoying spam slinging jackhole bracket is coming up in June. Start doing your crunches, Dr Doom!
May 8, 2007 at 7:20 pm
All of the Channel 4 News Team needs to be involved in this…..and as the Sex Panther, I think that I get a nice head start on the competition…
May 8, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Andrea, can I just assume that based on my audio clip and my team affiliation that I am immediately eliminated on your judging ballot? I do like Amazing Race, though, so maybe that helps.
May 8, 2007 at 7:26 pm
I’m not sure what your audio clip or your team affiliations actually are.
May 8, 2007 at 7:28 pm
When are the WordPress gerbils eligible for free-agency? I ask, ’cause I think that Denton needs to pony up for ‘em… I am surprised this nigh 200 comments post didn’t break WordPress, but since it didn’t, that speaks well to the engines of the blogonomy. Here, at least.
May 8, 2007 at 7:30 pm
(I should mention that as far as hotness is concerned, having Spanish blood is a huge plus.)
So you’re saying your mom is hot.
May 8, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Mike, you might wanna sit the next few plays out…
May 8, 2007 at 7:40 pm
When she was “available”, she was smoking hot. AND she was a physician. She had the triple-whammy of being hot, smart, and exotic.
May 8, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Should I book a flight to Dayton for the play-in game?
May 8, 2007 at 7:47 pm
hey my apologies to the person who just IM’d me to say they liked the blog. I accidently clicked the close button. Sorry.
May 8, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Mike,
Freud called. He wants you to call him back, something about his friend Oedipus.
May 8, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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May 8, 2007 at 7:58 pm
So she’s “no longer” “available?”
DIBS!
May 8, 2007 at 8:03 pm
where will this be held jebus?
as if anyone could compete with me.
May 8, 2007 at 8:22 pm
That’s just wrong, OMDQ.
May 8, 2007 at 8:24 pm
i imagine i would be a dark horse
May 8, 2007 at 8:31 pm
is it wrong that I sent in pictures of 289 as my entry?
May 8, 2007 at 8:33 pm
We can never have too many 289 pics.