We’re sure that State College, Pennsylvania, is a wonderful town, and its parking-lot parties are almost as fun as the Stinque Tailgate, but when six inches of snow obliterates 20,000 parking spaces for the Penn State-Minnesota game, we just can’t help ourselves.

Then again, maybe their parties are more fun, what with the local Fox affiliate calling them “infamous tailgating”. Perhaps that drunk-driving “risking catastrophe” incident last month has something to do with it.

Tailgating banned at Penn State after snow buries several lots [USA Today]

Great, now we have to find another balloon graphic:

Rush Limbaugh is expected to be dropped from a group bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams, according to three NFL sources.

Dave Checketts, chairman of the NHL’s St. Louis Blues and the point man in the Limbaugh group attempting to buy the Rams, realizes he must remove the controversial conservative radio host from his potential role as a minority member in the group in order to get approval from other NFL owners, the sources said.

But not before Rush nailed himself to the cross today:

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In addition to getting paid for attending an upscale titty bar, America’s Hatemonger Rush Limbaugh was also in the news last week as part of a bid to purchase the St. Louis (when’d that happen?) Rams.

We don’t see a problem with that — George Will’s “violence punctuated by committee meetings” could be stretched to describe Rush’s show as well as professional football — but apparently some athletes who are happy to play for asshole owners draw the line at asshole racist owners:

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• Pete Carroll, head coach, USC: $4,400,000
• Charlie Weis, Notre Dame: $4,200,000
• Nick Saban, Alabama: $3,900,000
• Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: $3,800,000

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Could he have accomplished this behind the Jets’ offensive line?  Yes.  Obviously, he did not want to be a Jet.  Dick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d8ETa5oHzw

• Heinz Field
• Gillette Stadium
• FedExField
• Ford Field
• Qwest Field

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Good mascots are hard to find these days, but if a college team is in the market, we strongly recommend the Fightin’ Kakapos, for reasons that will become apparent in approximately 47 seconds. Should you be drinking a beer right now during our Stinque Tailgate, we advise you set it down.