Stanford Unveils a New Fight Song, Penned by Jim Harbaugh

As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Colosseum, a new era dawned for Stanford football. Against all odds, the gutty Cardinal went toe-to-toe with one of the dynasty of our era, on their home turf, and prevailed. Nobody saw it coming, nobody expected it, and the pristine beauty of the upset is far beyond anything you could script.

That being said, I think that Stanford has gotten a little bit drunk with success after one fortuitous game. While this is an impressive start for former Michigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh's coaching career, I personally think it's a bit early to be anointing him the greatest coach of all time. In light of that, I'm even more surprised that Stanford granted him license to rewrite their fight song. Granted, their old one wasn't all that good to begin with (as a matter of fact, I have no idea what it is, and I've seen Stanford play about a half dozen times), but it's strange to completely throw out tradition after one good game.

"I wanted to come up with a song that combined the rich tradition of football and victory with the top-crust academics that are available at Stanford as opposed to that illiterate cesspool in Ann Arbor. I'm quite pleased with the results," Harbaugh said at the press release.

Anyway, here's the new, updated Stanford fight song. The music and lyrics were written and performed by the coach himself. Personally? I think it's a little... weird. You be the judge, though. Presenting, for the first time ever, the Stanford π-ght Song!

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Friday... Er... Sunday Night Lites: SMQ Edition

A somewhat abbreviated and horribly delayed Friday Night Lites is up. This week, we welcome the Sunday Morning Quarterback to the show. We caught up with the SMQ at halftime of the Louisville - West Virginia game and chatted about the BCS, the state of college football as the season winds down, and who is for real and who is a fraud.

Sadly, we didn't have time for a lightning round, but we've got a raincheck on that. I think the SMQ can cause some serious damage and rightly deserves a shot at the title, much like an undefeated BCS team deserves a shot at a national title (nice segue, huh?)

Anyway, listen to the chat and enjoy. It seems like we're both like-minded in the scathing necessity for a college football playoff, and as such we're both rooting for massive chaos come selection time and the continued debasement of the mythical "BCS championship" crown.

Prost!

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Friday Night Lites - Purdue and Andy French!

We farm out our labor overseas and have Brian from mgoblog break down Purdue for us. The verdict: they're not terribly good. We also have a phenomenal entry for the Andy French cup during the closing song. You will love it. While Valenti stole a lot of the Andy French thunder, there are some quality home-grown breakdowns that are worth checking out.

Today's highlights:

• I curse Brian and his team for eternity.
• I play a clip I recorded seconds after the conclusion of the game. It's hard to understand, but that's me and my section (including known blogger Sean from Kelly Green declaring that "There is a God!"
• I'm a degenerate who gambles on high school sports. That asswipe kicker from Oaks Christian cost me $500 on my OCHS (-31) teaser.
• The end of the podcast is recorded after I got quite drunk while watching and liveblogging the OCHS-Venice tilt over at the Fanhouse. (Quarters 3 and 4 are here).
• No lightning round, Brian has already done it (and stunk it up).

Here's your first Andy French Cup entry:

John L. Smith Deserves a Shitkicking
Submitted By:	An anonymous Spartan fan with a suburban Chicago area code.
Target:	John L. Smith
Alcohol Ingested:	It's an angry drunk, so I'm guessing cheap beer. Since it doesn't sound like our caller was concussed, I'm guessing he was drinking from a can, which is much safer to smash against your forehead in horrified disgust than a bottle.
Reason For Call:	Hilariously awful meltdown. Decades of pent-up aggression from seing Michigan State do this over and over and over.
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And here's your prodcast. Prost!


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MSU Radio Host Melts Fucking Down On the Air

Hello, everyone. The week leading up to the Notre Dame-Michigan State game is always a special one here at the House Rock Built, because we get a nice little spike in traffic from everyone who wants to re-live this majesty. Enjoy, it's great. I'm going to listen to it again right now. Hey, though, while you're here, why don't you check out what we've been up to recently -- we've been making a college-football themed YouTube series featuring insane puppets called Stuffing the Passer. Okay, on to the goodness! -fightinamish


There are normal wins. You jump up and down a little bit, high five your buddies, and do a few celebratory shots. There are epic, legendary wins, where you sprint around campus in East Lansing yelling and screaming, hugging and humping every stranger you pass wearing a Notre Dame jersey. There are normal losses, where you crack open your poison of choice and drink away your sorrows.

And then, there are soul-crushing, ball-busting agonizingly excruciating losses that plunge you through the looking glass into a deep, dark spot in your sportsfan soul that is frightening to even think about. Trust me, I've been there before. This week, Sparty was on the receiving end of one of these, and the results... were not so pretty.

Enter a sports radio program on AM 1270 in Michigan called The Sports Inferno, which featured, live on the air, the most heinous, depraved descent into that mirky blackness captured by our modern recording equipment. For fifteen glorious minutes, our valiant host slides down that spiral slide into the abysmal nothingness of grief and hatred for all the world to hear. Frightening? Yes. A guilty pleasure knowing you pushed him to that depravity? Don't tell anyone, but yes.

Anyway, have a listen. I can't build it up anymore, because the full clip is so priceless and unique that you absolutely absolutely must listen to it and experience it for yourself. It's... amazing. Crazy amazing. Cramazing. Holy hell, stop reading this and just listen to it. In one of his more lucid moments, he demands the coaching staff be replaced by Teddy Ruxpin and HR Pufnstuf. Then, he starts saying some really weird shit.

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Friday Night Lites - Bringing the Hate

On a very touching Friday Night Lites, we preview the Michigan State game by having a chat with The Enlightened Spartan, then wrap things up with a chat with the House Rock Built's consiglieri Captain Eclectic, who gives a personal account of the life of a tortured Domer hailing from that awful, awful state of Michigan. You want highlights? Here's some highlights:

• We answer the timeless question... after you have sex with a girl, is it impolite to plant a flag in the middle of her bedroom? (Answer: hell no!)
• For some reason, there is some mention of dead fetuses. What the hell is this show coming to?
• We test the education the Enlightened Spartan received at his Agricultural College. The results are less than impressive (he doesn't even know how many gallons of milk the average dairy cow produces in a day).
• We do John L. Smith impersonations. These players are working their backsides off, but the goddamn coaching staff is screwing it all up!
• Speaking of John L. Smith, we found his love parents:
  
  

  Dick Vitale

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  Sling Blade

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  John L. Smith

And updated Lightning Round stats. Two big hitters today:

Lightning Round Leaderboard
The Enlightened Spartan	5
Captain Eclectic	5
Brian (mgoblog)	5
Yost (The M Zone)	5
Mike (Fire Mark May)	5
Jay (Blue-Gray Sky)	4
Orson (EDSBS)	4

Enjoy, you savages!


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Best. Friday Night Lites. Ever.

It's Friday Night Lites time, and this week's episode does nothing to disappoint. On the show tonight are two badass Michigan bloggers, Brian from mgoblog and Yost from The M Zone. For a couple of guys who support the worst football team of all time, ever, they're pretty cool and give a hell of an interview. Some highlights, if you're still trying to decide if you want to listen or not:

• Zoltan the inconceivable!! Brian and I discuss the Romanian punter for Michigan, and I get to indulge myself and say a line straight out of a Bond movie: "Welcome, Mr. Cook. I've been expecting you. Tell me everything you know about Project Zoltan".
• You can clearly hear me slugging down Black Russians during my interviews. Kind of like the glory days of Harry Caray.
• Brian from mgo does not wear pants. Ever. We have him on record saying that. Don't start a stampede, ladies. There's plenty to go around.
  
  
  The Dude abides.
  
  
• Yost talks about internet porn. Three fucking times. Then, he has the audacity to apologize for it. Dude, there aren't any rules on Friday Night Lites.
• I explain my theory why there are so many Michigan bloggers (long story short, what else do you do with a degree in Kinesiology?)
• Some serious ass is kicked on the Lightning Round. Feast your eyes on these updated standings:




Lightning Round Leaderboard
Brian (mgoblog)	5
Yost (The M Zone)	5
Mike (Fire Mark May)	5
Jay (Blue-Gray Sky)	4
Orson (EDSBS)	4




• We talk a lot about this crazy as hell clip of Chad Henne's high school coach. If you haven't seen it yet on EDSBS, then have a quick gander here:

Enjoy the show!


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