I'm beginning to wonder if Comcast/NBC Universal is about to sell G4 to WWE.

-Two weeks ago, X-Play host Adam Sessler left G4 in what was reported as a contract dispute.

-Today, news broke that Attack of the Show host Kevin Periera is leaving G4 after the E3 show.

-Before that, Alison Haislip and Chris Hardwick also left G4.

So G4 has been giving off this sense of "rats leaving a sinking ship" for a while now and it got even stronger today.

-WWE is planning to start their own WWE Network. It was initially supposed to launch during WrestleMania weekend last month, but has since been moved to the end of the year.

-WWE has been in bed with Comcast/NBC Universal for years(minus the 5 years WWE moved Raw to Viacom-owned TNN/Spike TV).

-Some of G4's programs like Ninja Warrior and Cops would fit with the type of non-wrestling programming WWE wants to put on their network.

With G4's major on-air personalities leaving(they're down to Morgan Webb, Blair Herter, and Sara Jean Underwood unless she already left as well), and WWE planning to launch WWE Network at the end of the year, G4 could be on its way to becoming the WWE Network.

It could save Vince McMahon money to just buy G4 from Comcast/NBC Universal than start a network from scratch(I feel like he'd already have to offer stakes in the network to the cable and satellite companies like Major League Baseball did with MLB Network to get it running without too many problems).

Round 4, #122: Nick Toon, WR, Wisconsin

Saints pick the son of Jets receiver Al Toon in the 4th round, and possibly one of the biggest steals in the 2012 draft. He's a Marques Colston-type receiver and the Saints added another weapon for Drew Brees(once he finally signs a long-term deal).

Round 5, #162: Corey White, DB, Samford

Saints add to the secondary here, more than likely will be used as a nickel back.

Round 6, #179: Andrew Tiller, G, Syracuse

Saints got some inside info on this guy from Syracuse head coach and former Saints offensive coordinator Doug Marrone. Only major issue with Tiller is weight/conditioning(guy weighed 400+ at one point, now down to 325 range). This is the pick the Saints got from the Dolphins for Reggie Bush(swapped 6th round picks).

Round 7, #234: Marcel Jones, OT, Nebraska
Saints added some more offensive line depth with this pick, with Jones having injury issues in Lincoln dropping his stock.

I'll grade this draft as a B-. No picks in the first two rounds hamstrung them a bit, although the Saints have had success with mid-to-late rounds since Sean Payton became coach in 2006.

The Saints signed the following undrafted free agents:

Laron Scott, CB, Georgia Southern
Braylon Broughton, OLB, TCU
Jake Byrne, TE, Wisconsin
A. J. Davis, CB, Jacksonville State
Brian Folkerts, G-T, Washburn
Johnny Thomas, S, Oklahoma State
Jose Gumbs, S, Monmouth
Aaron Tevis, OLB, Boise State
Malcom Beyah, WR, Middle Tenn State
DeOn'Tae Pannell, OL, Penn State
Travaris Cadet, WR-KR-RB, Appalachian State
Tyrunn Walker, DE, Tulsa
Adarius Simmons, OT, Arizona State
Jerico Nelson, S, Arkansas

LSU players drafted to other teams:
Round 1, #6, CB Morris Claiborne(Dallas)
Round 1, #14, DT Michael Brockers(St. Louis)
Round 2, #63, WR Reuben Randle(NY Giants)
Round 3, #73, S Brandon Taylor(San Diego)
Round 4, #124 CB Ron Brooks(Buffalo)

LSU players signed as undrafted free agents:
QB Jarrett Lee(San Diego)
OL T-Bob Hebert(St. Louis)
TE DeAngelo Peterson(St. Louis)
DT Kendrick Adams(Jacksonville)
OT Will Blackwell(Carolina)

Round 3(#89) - Akiem Hicks, DT/DE, University of Regina(Canada)

Without a pick in the first two rounds(1st rounder went to New England for drafting Mark Ingram last year, 2nd rounder was taken by the NFL for the "bounty" crap), the Saints go to Canada and draft a beast that was a former LSU recruit from Sacramento City College, but issues with his transcripts cost LSU two football scholarships and Hicks wound up working for DirecTV before going to Canada.

Hicks is somewhat of a project, but has quick hands, explosive off the ball, with elite strength, power, and physicality.

I kinda like this pick, I trust the Saints braintrust, who have a good track record with picks in the later rounds(Jimmy Graham, Thomas Morstead, Marques Colston, Jahri Evans, Carl Nicks for example), although if Sean Payton had been in the war room, they'd probably have gone offense with the pick.

Preseason
Aug. 5(Sun) vs. Arizona Cardinals(Hall of Fame Game, Canton, OH)(7pm, NBC)
Aug. 9(Thu) @ New England Patriots(6:30pm, CST/Fox-8)
Aug. 17(Fri) Jacksonville Jaguars(7pm, CST/Fox-8)
Aug. 25(Sat) Houston Texans(7pm, CBS)
Aug. 30(Thu) @ Tennessee Titans(6pm, CST/Fox-8)

Regular Season
Sept. 9(Sun) Washington Redskins(Noon, Fox)
Sept. 16(Sun) @ Carolina Panthers(Noon, Fox)
Sept. 23(Sun) Kansas City Chiefs(Noon, CBS)
Sept. 30(Sun) @ Green Bay Packers(3:15pm, Fox)
Oct. 7(Sun) San Diego Chargers(7:20pm, NBC)
Oct. 14 bye week
Oct. 21(Sun) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers(Noon, Fox)
Oct. 28(Sun) @ Denver Broncos(7:20pm, NBC)
Nov. 5(Mon) Philadelphia Eagles(7:30pm, ESPN/WDSU-6)
Nov. 11(Sun) Atlanta Falcons(Noon, Fox)
Nov. 18(Sun)* @ Oakland Raiders(3:05pm, Fox)
Nov. 25(Sun)* San Francisco 49ers(3:15pm, Fox)
Nov. 29(Thu) @ Atlanta Falcons(7:20pm, NFL Network/WGNO-ABC26)
Dec. 9(Sun) @ New York Giants(3:15pm, Fox)'
Dec. 16(Sun) Tampa Bay Buccaneers(Noon, Fox)
Dec. 23(Sun) @ Dallas Cowboys(Noon, Fox)
Dec. 30(Sun) Carolina Panthers(Noon, Fox)

2 Sunday Night games, a Monday Night game, and a Thursday night game this season.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a kid. As a teenager in bowling leagues, it was Marvel vs. Capcom.

-Watched The Lying Game season finale tonight and the ending revealed something I totally called sometime during the 2nd half of the season(ABC Family airs the seasons in halves, usually 1st half in summer. 2nd half in winter) and pretty much since Charisma Carpenter(Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars) joined the show in the 2nd half(I'll use an lj cut for spoilers it probably hasn't aired on the West Coast yet):

( Spoiler Alert )

-Might check out "Missing" starring Ashley Judd when it premieres next week. Looks like Taken with her playing Liam Neeson.

-The Finder is a pretty good show.

-The NFL announced today that the Saints will play the Arizona Cardinals in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio on August 5th, the same weekend former Saints offensive tackle Willie Roaf is enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the 2nd Saints player to be enshrined(Rickey Jackson, 2010).

-Danica Patrick's weekend at Daytona: 38th in the Nationwide Series race after wrecking(after starting on the pole, the 2nd woman in NASCAR Nationwide Series history to do so), 38th in the Daytona 500 after wrecking on the 2nd lap.

Just posting some random funny pics I've seen recently:

Saints' 2012 opponents:

Home: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers

Away: Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers

Yeah, the Saints are supposed to go to San Diego and host Denver this time around, but the NFL changed the scheduling for the West teams a while back.

"A lie is a lie, unless your friends and family are in on it. Then it's a commonly held belief." - Christopher Titus

Without the freedoms guaranteed by our Bill of Rights and especially the First Amendment(as well as the Second Amendment), we are not the United States of America, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The Saints overcame a 17-0 deficit caused by 3 1st quarter turnovers(5 total), but the defense broke down late as the 49ers scored a touchdown with 9 seconds left to win 36-32.

Drew Brees threw for 462 yards and 4 TD's on 40 of 63 attempts, but threw 2 INTs.

Marques Colston caught 9 passes for 136 yards and a TD, Darren Sproles caught an NFL playoff record 15 passes for 119 yards and a TD that gave the Saints a 24-23 lead with 4:02 left, and Jimmy Graham had 5 catches for 103 yards and 2 TDs, the second a 66 yarder that gave the Saints a 32-29 lead with 1:40 left.

I am so glad defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is in the last year of his contract. Time to bring in Steve Spagnuolo or Jack Del Rio.

Disappointing, but at least the Saints won at least one playoff game this year. So much for fading into obscurity.

Rough Boy - ZZ Top
Cult of Personality - Living Colour
Say, Say, Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Shot In The Dark - Ozzy Osbourne
Strange Deja Vu - Dream Theater
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Heart & Soul - Huey Lewis & The News
The Stroke - Billy Squier
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
Get Well Soon - Reggie & The Full Effect
Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
In Too Far - Acceptance

Could probably do quite a few of these....

Suspicious Minds

The main four cast members of Pretty Little Liars: Lucy Hale, Troian Bellasario, Ashley Benson, and Shay Mitchell.

LSU lost 21-0 to Alabama in the BCS National Championship tonight in New Orleans as the game was rigged in favor of Alabama from the opening kickoff on.

The retard refs were bought off either by Alabama or T. Boone Pickens trying to get Oklahoma State the Associated Press title, as Alabama got away with bloody murder all game long, as they tackled an LSU player by the horsecollar and no flag was thrown, as well as multiple blocks in the back on the ensuing punt return that weren't flagged, which led to Alabama kicking a field goal.

It also didn't help that Jordan Jefferson played like Weezy Jefferson and sucked the life out of LSU like a fucking vampire.

College Football proved that it was faker than pro wrestling(the NBA is a close second) with this abomination of a game, and the BCS proven to be a bigger joke than it already was, and ESPN can go to hell for putting Alabama in the title game. Fuck this cocksucking game, fuck the retard refs, and fuck Alabama's cheating asses. Alabama didn't deserve to be in the title game to begin with.

The Saints overcame a sluggish start and two first half fumbles to beat the Detroit Lions 45-28 in the Wild Card round in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and advance to the Divisional Playoff round.

Drew Brees threw for 466 yards(most in a 60 minute playoff game, 2nd most in a playoff game all-time) and 3 TD's, as the Saints rolled up 626 yards, most in a playoff game in NFL history.

Marques Colston had 7 catches for 120 yards, Robert Meachem had 4 catches for 111 yards and a TD, Devery Henderson for 2 catches for 64 yards and a TD, and Jimmy Graham had 7 catches for 55 yards and a TD.

Pierre Thomas had 8 carries for 66 yards and a TD(6 catches for 55 yards), Darren Sproles had 10 carries for 51 yards and 2 TDs(4 catches for 34 yards), and Chris Ivory had 13 carries for 47 yards.

Jabari Greer had 2 4th quarter interceptions.

The Saints will travel to San Francisco to play the 49ers next Saturday at 3:30pm CT.

The Saints broke open a 17 all tie late in the 2nd quarter, scoring 28 unanswered points to beat the Carolina Panthers in the regular season finale 45-17 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome today. The Saints finish the regular season 13-3, the #3 seed in the NFC.

Drew Brees threw for 389 yards, 5 TD's, and 1 INT on 28 of 35 attempts, finishing the season 468(new NFL record of completions, previous was 450 by Peyton Manning last season) of 657(71.2%, new NFL record, previous was 70.6% set by Brees in 2009) for 5,476 yards(new NFL record), 46 TD passes, and 14 Interceptions.

Marques Colston had 7 catches for 145 yards and 2 TD's, Jimmy Graham had 8 catches for 97 yards and a TD, Darren Sproles 5 catches for 29 yards and a TD(6 carries for 40 yards rushing, 2 kickoff returns for 54 yards, 3 punt returns for 45 yards, setting a new NFL record for most all-purpose yards in a season), and Jed Collins also had a TD catch.

Chris Ivory led all rushers with 127 yards on 19 carries.

The Saints had a franchise record 617 yards total offense, also the most Carolina has ever given up in a game. The Saints also set an NFL record for the most yards of offense in a season with 7,474, breaking a record set by the 2000 St. Louis Rams by 399 yards.

Thomas Morstead set a Saints record for punting average, averaging 47.9 yards per punt.

The Saints also went 8-0 at home for the 1st time in franchise history.

The Saints also set NFL record for most net passing yards(5,347), first downs(416), and total points in home games(329 in 8 games, average of 41.1 a game).

The Saints host the Detroit Lions Saturday at 7pm CT in the wild card round.

LSU's 2012 Football Schedule

Sept. 1 vs. North Texas
Sept. 8 vs. Washington
Sept. 15 vs. Idaho
Sept. 22 @ Auburn
Sept. 29 vs. Towson
Oct. 6 @ Florida
Oct. 13 vs. South Carolina
Oct. 20 @ Texas A&M
Nov. 3 vs. Alabama
Nov. 10 vs. Mississippi State
Nov. 17 vs. Ole Miss
Nov. 23/24 @ Arkansas(game either in Little Rock or Fayetteville)

The Saints clinched their 2nd NFC South title in 3 years with a 45-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons tonight in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. It is the Saints' 3rd division title under Coach Sean Payton, and 5th in franchise history(1991, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011).

But the bigger story tonight was Drew Brees breaking Dan Marino's all-time NFL record for the most passing yards in a single season with one game left. Brees needed 305 yards tonight and got 307, setting it on a 9 yd TD pass to Darren Sproles with under 3 minutes left in the game.

Brees is now at 5,087 passing yards and 41 TD passes(4 tonight, Brees became the 1st Saints QB to throw 40+ TD passes).

Four different receivers caught TD passes: Sproles(2 catches, 22 yards; 5 carries, 67 yards; 147 yards on kickoff returns including a 92 yard return in the 3rd quarter that set up a field goal to put the Saints up 31-13), Marques Colston(7 catches, 81 yards), Robert Meachem(3 catches, 75 yards), and Jimmy Graham(4 catches, 42 yards).

Pierre Thomas scored a rushing TD and had 53 yards on 9 carries, while Chris Ivory added 35 yards on 8 carries(Saints running backs and Brees averaged 7.1 yards per carry).

Malcolm Jenkins also returned a Julio Jones fumble 30 yards for a TD.

The Saints will try to finish 8-0 at home in the regular season finale against the Carolina Panthers Sunday at noon, but how long will Brees play with the Saints needing the 49ers to lose to St. Louis. Similar to last season, but at least the Saints get a home playoff game unlike the bullshit last year.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

I got:
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Ladder Match 2: Crash and Burn
Nikita Season 1
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Hot Tub Time Machine

The Saints beat the Minnesota Vikings 42-20 today at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, overcoming a pair of 1st half fumbles.

Drew Brees continued to blaze a trail towards Dan Marino's single-season passing yards record of 5,084, as Brees threw for 412 yards and 5 TD passes on 32 of 40 attempts. Brees is the 1st in NFL history to throw for 400 yards, 5 TD passes, and complete 80% of his passes in a single game. Brees has 4,780 passing yards for the season and could break Marino's record next week with 305 yards, as well as 37 TD passes so far, a new Saints franchise record that he set in 2008 and 2009(34 in each of those seasons). Brees also extended his streaks of 41 straight games with a TD pass and 34 straight games with 20+ completed passes.

Brees tied an NFL record shared by Marino and Peyton Manning with his 6th game with 5 or more TD passes, and tied Warren Moon and Joe Montana for 3rd all-time with his 7th 400 yard passing game.

Four different receivers scored TD's: Lance Moore had 2 TD's(5 catches, 91 yards), Jimmy Graham 1(7 catches, 70 yards), Darren Sproles 1(5 catches, 79 yards; 8 carries, 33 yards), and John Gilmore a 2 yd TD catch. Marques Colston added 8 catches for 91 yards.

Chris Ivory had 74 yards rushing on 18 carries and Pierre Thomas added 44 yards on 8 carries.

The Saints improved to 11-3 on the season and play the Atlanta Falcons next Monday night on ESPN at 7:30pm CT. If the Saints win or the game ends in a tie, the Saints win the NFC South.

The Saints held off the Tennessee Titans and the idiot referees 22-17 today in Nashville.

Drew Brees finished with 36 of 47 attempts, 337 yards, and 2 TD's, extending streaks to 40 straight games with one TD pass and 33 straight with 20+ completed passes.

Marques Colston had 7 catches for 105 yards and 2 TD's, Jimmy Graham(who played despite having back spasms ten minutes after the Saints turned in their list of inactive players for the game) had 5 catches for 55 yards, Darren Sproles had 7 catches for 58 yards(5 carries for 33 yards), and Pierre Thomas had 6 catches for 35 yards(6 carries, 22 yards).

Chris Ivory played in place of an injured Mark Ingram(turf toe), and had 13 carries for 53 yards.

Saints would have won by more than 5 points, but the referees stole 2 touchdowns from them(Darren Sproles had an 82 yd punt return TD called back on a bullshit holding call, and Jimmy Graham had a clear TD ruled incomplete on the field and upheld on a replay challenge; Graham caught ball, clearly maintained possession, one knee down, making the fact that Graham's toe barely touched out of bounds irrelevant).

The Saints won 10 games for the 3rd straight season, a first for the franchise.

The Saints go to Minneapolis next Sunday to play the Minnesota Vikings at noon CT.

Edit(12/11/11 6:45pm): The Saints clinched at least a playoff berth with Chicago losing to Denver in overtime minutes ago.

The LSU Tigers will play the Alabama Crimson Tide for the 2nd time this season January 9th in the BCS National Championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, the 3rd time in the last 8 years that LSU will play for the BCS title and all 3 times in New Orleans.

In other Louisiana bowl games, the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns will play the San Diego State Aztecs in the New Orleans Bowl Dec. 17th.

Louisiana Tech will play TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 21st.

Michigan will play Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl Jan. 3rd.

All games on ESPN.