Monday, October 15, 2007
prickly prank
The Tawas-Alcona football game was moved to Alcona after thousands of toothpicks were found in the football field at Tawas.
It may have been a prank, but whoever pulled off the toothpick caper could face some criminal charges.
"It certainly was different," said Tawas Superintendent Don Thwing.
"This was the first for me," said Tawas Michigan State Police Lt. Robert Lesneski.
It was most likely the first for a lot of people who were waiting for the Tawas-Alcona football game to start Friday night.
One of the players during warm-ups felt something odd on the field, and that's when they realized someone had planted toothpicks into the turf.
Lesneski was on the field that night.
"At least a couple of thousand," he said. "You couldn't see them because they were pushed into the ground, probably half to three quarters of the way."
They used a tractor and roller to drive them into the field, but that didn't work.
That's when hundreds of fans came out of the stands and started helping remove the toothpicks. But the officials felt the field still wasn't safe.
Tawas High School also lost revenue that night as everyone got in the cars and headed north to Alcona County, where the game eventually started at 9:30 p.m.
Another school district offered its field that night, and Thwing says while a few may have gone out of their way to spoil senior night, the region came together to get the game in.
"When you look at the community response, it was just very gratifying," he said.
The investigation continues.
"We did recover some evidence at the scene that will probably lead us in the direction of where that product was purchased," Lesneski said.
The State Police is looking at an allegation that another area high school had a similar stunt where plastic forks were put into the football field a few weeks ago.
is that joey fat one on project runway?
Overhead Cam Falls Onto Field in Seattle
An overhead NBC television camera mounted on wires collapsed onto the turf during a timeout in Sunday night's game between the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, causing a 10-minute delay.
The Saints had just called timeout with 11:24 remaining in the first quarter when the camera slumped and then fell a few yards from where the Seahawks were huddling. After the camera was righted somewhat off the ground, it fell again—and nearly hit Bobby Engram as the Seattle receiver was walking to the sideline.
Game officials then cleared both teams from the middle of the field while the network got the camera back up to normal height. As the camera moved up and down the field for testing, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren looked up at its every move with his mouth agape. When the camera moved to the sideline, Seattle's players all cleared out from beneath it.
After a 10-minute delay, the game resumed with the camera parked above the Seahawks bench area—with players and coaches making sure they did not stand under it.
Just before the game resumed, referee Jeff Triplette announced: "If any live ball were to touch the wires overhead, there will be a replay of the down, by rule."
optimus prime is calling
Optimus Prime, for whom being on the cutting edge of technology is always a point of pride, nonetheless settles for a well-worn marketing gimmick to sell the Transformers DVD: the old “Get a message from” phone call. When he calls, it sounds like he actually does want you to fight the Decepticons, but then he ruins the vibe by telling you to “buy the Transformers DVD, available Oct. 16.” His breathing is also kind of heavy.
yodeling hungarian
a friend of mine.......zoltar the hungarian, who just happens to yodel. don't ask.
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beauty is only skin deep
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out on a limb?
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