Happy Birthday to JCMJ

It is a special day here at Just Call Me Juice, as today marks the one year anniversary of the blog. Still can't believe that I've made it a full year, considering I really just started this blog on a whim one day after I was pissed at work. But here we are, a full year, and it has been 1000 times better than I could have expected. Not only has it been rewarding, but I've made some great friends in the process. There are going to be some BIG changes around here (check in Tuesday), but I'll leave that for later. For now, it's birthday time.

Spanning the Blog: OJ's Search For The Real Charlie

Spanning the Blog, a weekly look at what some other bloggers are talking about.....

Great post by Gheorghe. Narrowing down the list of Charlies that could be the real killer according to OJ. (Gheorghe:The Blog)

You know what, I think that blog is going to do pretty well (The Big Picture)


A Facebook group dedicated to meeting Brady Quinn. Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and not join that group (Brahsome)


In terms of horrible reality show ideas, this might be tops (Ladies...)


A USC assistant was convicted of fighting dogs twice (Wizard of Odds)

JCMJ Super Awesome College Football Preview: UCLA

In preparation for the upcoming college football season, JCMJ will spend this week previewing the top games, teams, players, and potential upsets for the upcoming season. It really is a super awesome preview, in my opinion at least.





TEAM PREVIEW: UCLA by Larry of Larry Brown Sports


When did your love affair with UCLA begin? Both my parents went there, so I was more or less raised in a UCLA environment, and started following collegiate athletics when I was five.

Player you are most excited for this season? Sophomore RB Ryen Carew. He's a personal friend who struggled through a knee injury last year. He didn't arrive with much hype, but I believe he's the fastest of the bunch, and has a chance to be the best. Bruce Davis is also really fun to watch -- dude's a beast on the d-line.

Player that makes you want to punch the television? Well, no player makes me want to punch the TV as much as Karl Dorrell does. He's so conservative and predictable offensively, it drives me nuts. I've seen more creativity in a Marty Schottenheimer playoff playbook.

Game you are most excited for? I'm really excited for the Notre Dame game. I'd like UCLA to mop up on the unfinished business from last year (see answer above). Plus, the only thing I enjoy more than a USC loss is a Notre Dame defeat.

Game the scares the hell out of you? USC at the Coliseum, for obvious reasons.

Best case scenario for UCLA? 10-2 (I'm a realist)

Worst case scenario for UCLA? 8-4. I'm guessing we're going to go 9-3 this year.

It's Finally Here

It's finally here; the start of the college football season. It's all kicks off tonight with LSU at Mississippi State and will conclude with everyone bitching about who gets to play in the BCS championship. Still, I love college football. Much, much more than the NFL. One man who is more excited than you or I about the opening kickoff? Rece Davis, who has been on air for 25 straight hours. That's going to be a well deserved nap.

There Goes Kyle Wright's Career

Looks like Miami's QB competition has finally come to an end. Coach Shannon has announced that Kirby Freeman will be the Canes starting QB to start the season against Marshall. Freeman beat out last year's starter Kyle Wright for the job, basically adding the final touches to the underachieving/disappointing career of Kyle Wright. Wright was said to be injured throughout camp, basically giving Shannon the excuse he needed to bench the once phenom. While Freeman was prone to some dumb mistakes last season, I'm in favor of the move. I mean at least Freeman brought some imagination to the offense. My opinion can do a 180 if Freeman throws three picks vs Marshall on Saturday.

Another somewhat funny Miami note: According to AA, Larry Coker (yes Miami's former head coach) will be in the booth for ESPN for Miami's opener against Marshall. Seriously, who at ESPN scheduled that? You are telling me that they couldn't have stuck him at any of the other 65 games ESPN will broadcast this weekend? That is going to be a terribly awkward first day in the booth for Coker, especially when Miami comes out and plays with more passion and discipline.

Terrible Jersey Hall of Fame: Tommy Maddox Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey

JCMJ Terrible Jersey Hall of Fame



Tommy Maddox, Pittsburgh Steelers


Owner: Reader John K.

Year of Purchase: 2003

Type of Jersey: Jumped on the Bandwagon Too Early Jersey

Why is it Terrible?: At first, this purchase seemed to be an excellent choice. Maddox had come into Pittsburgh and taken over for the horribly erratic Kordell Stewart. He then led the Steelers to the second round of the 2002 playoffs. Like everyone else in Pittsburgh, I was on the Maddox bandwagon. I swear that the moment I went out and bought this jersey in the summer 2003, Maddox began to suck. I site the statistics of Maddox's 2003 and 2004 seasons as my evidence. I'll occasionally wear this piece of trash jersey to Steelers games just to give everyone in my section a good laugh.

Got a terrible jersey? Let me here about it at justcalljuice@gmail.com

Congrats Sports Fans, You've Made It

That's it sports fans, you've finally made it. You have survived the final crappy sports weekend before the glorious return of football. Give yourself a pat on the back, you deserve it.

August can the cruelest month for sports fans. Football is so agonizingly close, yet so far away. To get to the football season, you have to endure an entire month purley on regular season baseball and NFL player arrests. Seriously, look at some of the viewing options from this past weekend; WNBA Playoffs, IRL, Nascar, Major League Lacrosse and something called the World Stacking Championships. Yikes. The best option for sports over the weekend was the Little League World Series, which is cool and all, but I gave it much more attention when I was 12.

But the long wait is over now. Pretty much every weekend is covered through February thanks to football and college basketball, and that February pause is only a minor speed bump to the glory of March Madness. The days of trying to choose between the MLS and Pro Volleyball are behind you.

So sit back and relax sports fans, no need to leave the couch for the next seven or eight months.

I Award You No Points, And May God Have Mercy On Your Soul

This only counts as a sport if being incredibly stupid is a sport (which it could be considering cup stacking is a sport), but I simply can't stop watching this video of Miss Teen South Carolina trying to answer a question about locating the US on a world map. The sheer magnitude of stupidity is hilarious and shocking at the same time. Let's hope that someday she can help the children of "The Iraq"

There Goes The AL East

So much for the AL East, Yankee fans.

After the Red Sox four game sweep of the White Sox, where they outscored Chicago something along the lines of 98-3, I'm officially conceding the AL East to the Sox.

The lead is at 7.5 with a month to play and the Yankees need to set their sights on catching a peaking Seattle team. While the Yanks will host the Red Sox this week, a sweep will only get them to 4.5 games. I hate to concede the race, but Yankee fans should just focus on how the M's are doing.

Knowing the Red Sox, there will probably be a freaking parade in Boston for winning the AL East for the first time in over a decade. Congrats. Frankly, I like the Yankees chances in a 7 game series with the Sox.