Welcome to another installment of Wild Card Wednesday, as I try to cram together all of the awesome, random things that we’ve been missing out on in favor of the big stories and half-naked Marisa Miller…

At some point on Sunday, Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub hurt his foot and now it looks like his season is over. I’m sure that the Texans won’t completely give up on Schaub until a doctor does something cool and drastic like slam his glasses down and yell, “Damn it, I’m not God!” In the meantime, the second coming of Matt Leinart is upon us, and somewhere there’s a Jacuzzi not being boned in.

Last night, Houston tight end James Casey Tweeted the above image of a local Hooters showing support for the new QB. Unfortunately, after calling the Hooters, I learned that they ran out of space and it should have read: “Hey Leinart, we believe you gave us all gonorrhea.” OK, I may have made that up. But would you bet against it?

I’ve got my fingers crossed for you, Texans fans. God knows this would be my response to losing Schaub…

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ESPN’s Brent Musburger is 70 years old, but he still does a decent job at calling a college football or basketball game, provided that you also are 70 and have difficulty hearing the hyperbole and fellating that comes from someone that you’d expect to know better. But anyway, he was asked about Bob Knight, who’s now a college basketball analyst for that network, and Musburger relayed this charming little anecdote:

I was in practice one day and Landon Turner, who had been paralyzed in a car accident, was there. Bob stopped practice and just tore into him. He ripped him up and I was like, “Whoa.” I guess Landon missed an English class if I recall, and that was the result of the tirade.

So that night Bob and I went out to dinner and I said, “Coach, sitting there I winced and I was little uncomfortable when you turned your fire on Landon. Tell me about that?”

He said, “Brent, I promised his mother that he would get his degree when he came back after he was paralyzed and I’m going make sure he goes to class and get his degree. But by doing that, he feels that he is still a little part of the team because he knows direct fire at players in practice.” It was a moment of honesty. –Richard Deitsch, SI.com.

Of course, Knight couldn’t do that anymore because student-athletes can’t be “abused” like that anymore. What’s the point of even having a coach around if kids are just going to do what they want? And really, people in wheelchairs should be yelled at more often. What, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO SIT AROUND ALL DAY? Maybe that’s a bad example.

Bob Knight appears in this undated news piece for a Dutch-language news outlet, covering one of Knight’s teaching clinics. Prepare to have your mind somewhat blown as Knight becomes the only person on screen that you can actually understand, as he’s the only one speaking English. The fun starts around the 2-minute mark, when the Bob Knight we all know and love makes his presence felt.

With Leather has learned that the winningest coach in men's D-I college basketball history abruptly resigned Monday night. While many expected this season to be Knight's last, his decision to resign with ten games remaining on the Red Raiders' schedule has shocked the shit out of pretty much everyone.

"He's ready," Pat Knight said during his weekly radio show. "He's tired."

[Texas Tech chancellor Kent] Hance said, "I think Bob is through with coaching. I think he got to the point where it wasn't fun for him. He thought about it Sunday all day and talked to his wife and decided 'This is something I want to do.'"

So he talked to his wife and said I'M GETTING THE FUCK OUTTA HERE. I'M LEAVING AND YOU GUYS WILL FUCKING RUN TIL YOU CAN'T EAT SUPPER! YOU'LL THINK LAST NIGHT WAS A FUCKING PICNIC! I HAD TO SIT AROUND FOR A FUCKIN' YEAR WITH AN EIGHT-AND-TEN [sic] RECORD IN THIS FUCKIN' LEAGUE! AND YOU WILL NOT PUT ME IN THAT POSITION AGAIN OR YOU WILL PAY FOR IT LIKE YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BELIEVE!

The General finishes with 902 wins and 3 national titles. See the real highlights of Knight's career after the jump. 

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