Robert Vaden in studio, Chris Wallace (The Audio)

Robert Vaden from UAB was chosen as the pre-season CUSA player of the year. He joined us in studio to talk about everything. Going through the NBA draft process, Mike Davis, playing at Indiana, catching fire against Kentucky last year, Memphis, this past weekend, etc. Vaden is a really good guy with a good head on his shoulders. The audio is loaded.

Our weekly segment with Chris Wallace is also loaded in the player.
Jason Witten from the Cowboys is scheduled to join us on the show tomorrow.

ECU coach Skip Holtz (the audio)

Skip Holtz was on the show on Tuesday to talk about their season so far, dealing with injuries, the landscape of college football in the Carolina's, the Memphis game this weekend, etc.

One thing I love about NBA pre-season games...

is getting to see players that I never knew existed. Such was the case with Josh Davis, who was playing for the Indiana Pacers the other night. I had never heard of this guy in my life.

Josh Davis is a living, walking, breathing, NBA playing, avatar. I could not believe my eyes. I could not even decide if this was really a human that I was watching on the court. Here is the visual evidence (and the picture does not do this man justice)...

Josh Davis = The Avatar

Terry Bowden and Romo (The Audio), philanthropy

The Philanthropy record moved to 27-10 (73%) on the year (all documented on cvernon.com). 3-2 this past weekend. I am clearly totally unreal at picking games against the spread. I might be the best of all-time.
It is not a matter of if we win, it is only of how many out of the five games we get. Still no losing weekends this year.

College football analyst Terry Bowden was on the show today and talked about his brother getting fired this morning, Auburn and Tennessee situations, spread offense, etc. He is always money. Bowden is loaded, as is our weekly segment with Bill Romanowski.

I had to go to St. Louis...

for a family emergency, so I will not be doing the show today. I already had the Philanthropy Picks ready to post so here they are...

Season record 24-8 (75%) documented

Air Force -10 over San Diego (SDSU gave up 383 yds rushing last week, and 569 to Air Force on the ground last year. SDSU is 118 in nation against the rush. Bad news)

Ball St. -15.5 over Western Kentucky (I know a good ride when I see it. They will kill this team just like they have killed everyone else they have played this year)

Northern Illinois -11 over Miami (OH) (Miami OH is 1-7 ats in last 8, NIU is 7-0 ats, Miami just lost by 18 at home to Temple!)

Arizona -6 over Stanford (Zona is a great ats team, away team is 7-1 ats in the series. More importantly, Stanford made Jimmy Claussen look like the greatest QB ever)

Utah -23 over Wyoming (Wyoming cannot cover a number. Also, Utah is 6th against the rush and Wyoming is one of the worst passing teams in the nation. If that were not enough- Wyoming's coach flipped off Utah after the Utes drilled them 50-0 last year).

Have a great weekend. I hope to be back Monday.

Georgia coach Mark Richt (The Audio), show tomorrow on location

Mark Richt was on the show today to talk about offenses in college football, Matt Stafford, having to do two call-in shows after a loss (ha), penalty problems, the UT game this weekend, etc. I always like having him on the show, he is always good. The audio is loaded below.

The show tomorrow will be live at Ubee's on the Highland Strip. We will be there from 3-6pm before the Memphis/ Louisville game. We will give away tickets to the game if you don't have any. Come by and get some drinks and some food before you head to the Liberty Bowl.

Houston Nutt on the show

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt joined us on the show today, and he watches Mic Check. unreal. We talked to Houston about the season so far, the Florida win, the South Carolina loss, Jevan Snead, what is wrong with Greg Hardy, etc. Audio is loaded-- and it works now.

Dan Hawkins, Bill Romanowski (the audio), added guest

We are now scheduled to have Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt on the show tomorrow. Mark Richt will be on Thursday, Jason Whitten scheduled for Friday.

The weekly bit with Romo is loaded. Dan Hawkins is loaded, and he was a gem as expected. He is seriously one of my favorite guests because he is such a different kind of guy.
remember- we are at Moe's Southwest Grill in Cordova Thursday, Ubee's on Highland Strip on Friday (before Memphis/Louisville game).

Go play intramurals brother

Colorado coach Dan Hawkins is one of our favorite coaches to have on every year. We can always count on him to wax philosophical about football and life, and give us a book to read. He will be on in the 4oclock hour.

Tommy West (The Audio), guests this week

Tigers coach Tommy West joined us on the show Monday to talk about the season so far, spread offenses in college football, changing recruiting philosophy, etc.

Scheduled for the show this week... Colorado coach Dan Hawkins, Georgia coach Mark Richt, Dallas Cowboys TE Jason Whitten.

The show is on the road this week twice. Thursday we will be live from Moe's Southwest Grill in Cordova and Friday (before Memphis game) we will be at Ubee's on the Highland Strip.

Tommy West audio is loaded...

Who takes care of you?

This is another actual photo of me bursting into flames this weekend. Vinnie Verno takes care of you. 4-1 this weekend and the NFL parlay hits for the third time this season. This is getting totally ridiculous now. I will imagine that we can all now meet in the ocean on our yachts. Let's be honest, I might be the best handicapper in the world. The picks on the show (Philanthropy) now...

24-8 (75%) ATS documented.

Philanthropy (The Picks)

Vinnie Verno picks winners, you make money. The rich get richer. Philanthropy record is now 20-7 this season (74%).

Missouri -10 over Nebraska (Daniel has 12 tds and 1 pick, Huskers gave up 377 yds to V Tech. Last years score...41-7)

Kansas -12 over Iowa St. (Mangino is a covering machine. They kill this team every year.)

Florida -24.5 over Arkansas (Arkansas is trash, they continue to prove it. Until the line against them hits 35, we keep winning)

Ball St -8 over Toledo (Toledo lost to Florida International House of Pancakes.... by 19! This is an insult)

Nevada -24 over Idaho (Every week we bet against this team, every week we win. So easy)

The NFL Parlay is the Chalk Road Warriors 3 team parlay of the year!
Titans -1 over Balt
Bears -3.5 over Detroit
Pats -3 over San Fran

Hahahahahahahahha....

Best. Postseason. Ever. I told you so. What a total embarrasment the Cubs are. Their winning this season and having all those fans buy into it makes this so much better. "This is the year!" Nope! Actually it is the year, the year that the pain gets even worse because they actually believed they had a chance. The Cubs will never win, ever. The regular season highlight video is gonna be great. 100 years... and counting. Muuahhahahahahahaha. I would implore all Cubs fans to ditch their team now and root for the Cardinals, a real team.

Derrick Mason and Patrick Willis (The Audio)

These two are truly some of the great guys in the NFL. I always thought that Willis was an amazing story considering all that he had been through. He was the best linebacker I have ever seen in person when he was at Ole Miss. Derrick Mason is the consummate pro and keeps gettin it done at 34. Both were great to talk to on the show. Audio is loaded if you missed them.

A couple of NFL guests on today...

Ravens WR Derrick Mason and 49ers LB Patrick Willis are scheduled to join us on the show today. Both should be in the 4oclock hour.

The Movies Song has been added

I put the song on the side along with the other songs. Every week we get requests to send it to people or to put it on the site and I am not real sure why we never have. Anyway, the link is on the side now.

The Romo audio is loaded

I had gotten requests to put up the audio of our bit with Romanowski from Monday. If you scroll down to where the player is, it is there. If you missed it, Romo talked about how he tried to cheat once, how he choked Tony Gonzalez, and you will hear what he called JJ Stokes (we had to bleep when it was live).

The Playmaker in Memphis...

Michael Irvin was in our studio this morning. He hosts his own show in Dallas and was in town for some business, so he used Verno's golden microphone, ha. The guy was totally cool to everyone at the station. I had never met Irvin before, so you never know with guys that are that famous, but he was way cooler and more humble than a bunch of guys that we have run across.

CVERNON.COM Exclusive: Tigers getting big time transfer

This dude looks mean.

I was told that Jon Demps is transferring from Florida to the U of M. He was ranked as the #8 inside LB in the nation coming out of high school.

When I ran a search for this dude, the article that came up was about him beating another guy with a sandwich. In fact, that was the title-- Florida player beats a guy with a sandwich.

Here is the actual story about it....

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20071206/NEWS/71205018/0/MISC

And here is the Rivals profile of the kid...

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=26821&sport=1

Rudy Gay, Mike Conley, and Kyle Lowry...

all called in to the show today from Grizzlies Media Day. We talked about the summer, the roster, Rudy Gay- Thespian, Conley having to go in public with Greg Oden, etc. The audio is loaded...