For some, college represents the glory years of your life, a time when you felt invincible, and capable of just about anything.

NFL QB Matt Leinart is one of those people. Leinart has never done much as a pro except bitch and moan about not being the starting QB, but he was the man at USC, even getting his no. 11 jersey retired. If you go to Leinart’s twitter page the background is an image of his days as a Trojan, when he was a winner. No matter how many seasons he fails to live up to his pre-draft hype, he will always have his national championship as a Trojan. Until now. Turns out that’s no longer the case, either. Thanks, Reggie Bush. No, seriously, this is awesome.

Write a hate letter to Reggie Bush on Leinart’s behalf, ESPN:

“The BCS arrangement crowns a national champion, and the BCS games are showcase events for postseason football,” BCS executive director Bill Hancock said in a statement. “One of the best ways of ensuring that they remain so is for us to foster full compliance with NCAA rules. Accordingly, in keeping with the NCAA’s recent action, USC’s appearances are being vacated.

“This action reflects the scope of the BCS arrangement and is consistent with the NCAA’s approach when it subsequently discovers infractions by institutions whose teams have played in NCAA championship events.”

The BCS and NCAA are not formally affiliated, but the BCS reacted to the NCAA finding that Bush was ineligible during the 2004 season because he received extra benefits from a would-be sports marketer.

“This was not an unexpected outcome,” USC athletic director Pat Haden said. “We will comply with all requirements mandated by the result of this BCS vote.”

One of Haden’s first moves when he took over as AD last year was to give back the school’s copy of the Heisman Trophy that Bush won in 2005. Bush later relinquished his own Heisman and the trust in charge of handing out the award announced the ’05 winner would be left vacant.

If Hughes brothers films have taught us middle-class white surburban kids anything, it’s that homecoming for guests of the state coalesce around BBQs, riding motorcycles, and benchpresses in the front yard.

We are truly glad to hear Plaxico is back with his family, seriously. I mean, we tend to burn a lot of people on this site, my therapist says it is because I am constantly comparing myself to others, but what does she know since I am way smarter then her and I don’t have trouble keeping a man…err woman! (grabs pile of unpaid bills, stuffs them into microwave). Burress’ agent, renowned asshole football agent Drew Rosenhaus did his best to convince reporters present that this minimum-security prison is more Athletes Performance Institute then correctional facility.

I’ll see your five Kools, and raise you a half hour of phone time, ESPN:

At a quick glance, Burress, who will turn 34 in August, appeared to be in good shape. Rosenhaus said Burress did all he could to stay in shape while in prison.

“He’s been very strong,” Rosenhaus said. “He did a lot better than I would have. No question worked out, maintained a very positive attitude, always driven to get back to the NFL, be with his family again. As well as you could for 21 months of incarceration.

“Running, staying in shape, sprints, jogging, lifting weights, as much as you can do in a facility like this,” Rosenhaus added. “Running routes, didn’t have a quarterback here unfortunately. But he did very well — push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, a lot of core strength, as much as you can imagine in this type of environment.”

Part of his stay included the development of skills that Plax could apply to his life outside when football is over in like 2 years.

Because he was a high-profile inmate, he was placed in a protective custody unit at the prison, which has 930 inmates, 20 in protective custody. While in prison, he completed an aggression management program and worked as a lawn and grounds laborer, according the state’s Department of Correctional Services.

Groundskeeper Plaxico will run a go-route and then make your lawn the best on your block.

Ah another lovely Shrove Tuesday. Oh look it’s 3:00. Time to beat the shit out of my neighbor until 4:30. Welcome to the Atherstone Ball Game.

The first rule of Atherstone Ball Game is no killing allowed. The second rule is there’s only one rule. Anything goes except death. The ball game is not new. It’s over 800 years old. The objective as far as we can tell is to possess the ball at 4:30. Anything goes between 3:00 when the ball is dropped from the window of the local Barclay’s Bank until 4:30-5:00. The team that has the ball when time is called wins and gets to keep the ball. It’s not edible and there’s no gold in it. I find it best not to question barbarians. Figure I’ll live longer.

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Another week, another new sport here at Deuce of Davenport.  This one is an interesting one. Its called “Hantis” which sounds like the game is a cross between hand-toss and MANTIS…and I have no idea what on earth would be. In actuality, it is sort of a mix of ping pong and foursquare.  Intrigued?  Here’s how you play (via a simple and easy to read chart, something Kronum could really use right about now):

Got that?  Its easy, you score when the other team misses the ball which you can hit up to two times personally and once off the table…just check the chart again.  Still confused by this sport? Well check out this action video which has some WAY TOO INTENSE music going on for this XTREME table sport.

Intense huh?  This game, I’m told, is trying to give kids in schools something to do during the downtime that they might have in schools. To this I say, how bout them kids start picking up some books in the downtime in school, I mean, ya are in school to learn a lil somethin amirite? I kid, I kid. Keep the kids in school, yes, get them active so they aren’t so fat and stuff, yes indeedy, that is all fine and good.

If one was to ask me, however, this game might be missing its mark just as a game for school kids in their downtime or in P.E. class.  If I were the one promoting this product, and there might be a reason I am not, I’d be taking Hantis to colleges across the nation.

Does this or does this not look like it has the potential to be a killer new drinking game or, at the very least, something to be in every frat house backyard right next to the cornhole box??

I’m sayin’, can you tell me a better way for your average douchey frat boy to take off his shirt and show off his mad “athletic ability” to prospective rape victims sorority hookups while in the backyard of his dirty house than to run around four tables slapping some balls around?  I mean, this is done already isn’t it?  NOW IT CAN BE DONE ON FOUR TABLES!!

This game has the possibility to blow up at universities. You need four tables and a tennis ball. Simple set up and simple rules one can’t forget while getting inebriated. Its the perfect storm ladies and gentlemen. If RPS, Flip Cup (Beruit), Cornhole and Beer Pong can make it big I think this one can as well.

If you want more information, check out their site at Hantis.net. And seriously, Hantis tournaments are going to start popping up around college campuses soon after this sport gets out there…just remember where you heard it first. I hope they get some official Hantis tables in their online store soon. When that happens, I want four of em immediately…GRATIS!