Kim Nored is a 29-year-old college student living in South Florida. And she’s a big Jacksonville Jaguars fan. No, jerkwheat, “big” as in very passionate. Nored’s favorite pastime for supporting her team involves having players sign her arms, and then having those signatures permanently tattooed in place. That’s awesome.

“That is a die-hard fan if there ever was one, to get tattoos of autographs, of random players for that matter,” Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee said.

Scobee didn’t think Nored was serious when she approached him last year. She returned to training camp a few days later to show him the tattoo. She did the same with Del Rio.

“I signed a guy’s forehead once — I don’t think he made it a tattoo,” Del Rio said. “There are certain areas I won’t sign. I like to keep it G-rated.” –Fla. Times-Union.

Jag fandom seems to be picking up; the team has just sold out its fifth straight game for the weekend. I’m surprised that it hasn’t happened sooner; it looks like they have a lot of fans that need to use two seats at once.

Fans of the Indianapolis Colts don’t really like losing, or maybe it’s more fair to say that those we at KSK affectionately call The Fat Humps just aren’t used to it. But allegedly some Colts fan made a ree-verse L and flooded five floors of a Jacksonville hotel after his team had Josh Scobee’s leg thrust up their collective ass.

Our boy J Koot at Busted Coverage correctly points out that, since they have no idea who caused the flood, they can only speculate that it was a Colts fan. But really, who the hell else would be visiting Jacksonville? Maybe somebody that got lost on their quest for delicious bratwurst, and that Asian guy in the video after the jump, but anyone else? This whole thing reminds me of the end of Splash!, except for the part about the mermaid that kinda looked like a dude. Read the rest of this entry »

It will be a miracle if the Jacksonville Jaguars make this playoffs this season. So it’s not very surprising that they’ve decided to take a page out of the soccer mom playbook by making fun their top priority. And there’s nothing more fun than having rookies participate in an awkward black-guy-white-guy dance battle. Rookie linebacker and nephew of Brian Bosworth, Kyle Bosworth, is flying high and ballin’ while running back Deji Karim takes a more subtle approach with the stanky legg.

Bosworth proves once again that white men can’t dance or jump (looking at you, C Tate), but he appears to win by getting an ‘A’ for effort, not skill. Uncle Brian would have never pulled any s*it like that. He would have yelled until one of the veins in his neck popped, then peeled out in his Corvette, bikini babes draped on both arms. Video can be found here.

–via Sports Illustrated

It’s no secret that the Jacksonville Jaguars are struggling. The team has gone 12-20 in the past two seasons and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2007, but it’s troubles don’t end there. The team has recently received criticism for only opening their intra-squad scrimmage to season ticket holders, and Vic Ketchman, senior editor of Jaguars.com, explained why on the team’s website.

In the most clear way possible, Ketchman makes the case that the Jaguars have reached a crisis point, if that wasn’t already clear.

“Ticket sales, not the futures of David Garrard and Jack Del Rio, is the number one issue confronting this team, and it’s not about next year’s ticket sales or growing the fan base for 2020, it’s about selling tickets for this year. This is it,” Ketchman says.

“This is save the whale and, from my perch on the beach, the whale is struggling to live. I think everyone would do well to understand that the radical nature of this decision underscores the team’s desperation to sell tickets. The team knew this decision would be harshly criticized, yet, it went forward with it. Why do you think it did? If your answer is that we have reached the tipping point, then you are a logical person.” –PFT

That sounds like a pretty foreboding message coming from the Jags front office. But I’m still shocked. A poorly managed team in a small market isn’t making money, you say? Why, that’s impossible! Next, you’ll be telling me of flying machines, and moving pictures that dance and make noise in a box I put in my sitting room!

They should have the sad trombone play every time Ketchman speaks, and introduce him as Debbie Downer. “We lost another million because the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is destroying our state’s economy, and we couldn’t sell tickets before that, either.” He’d say, “Did I mention that David Gerrard is our quarterback, and that we drafted Matt Jones in the first round a couple years ago? Oh, and we also drafted Tyson Alualu with the 10th overall pick in this years draft, whose only value is in the hilarity of his name.” By then, Ketchman would be laughing hysterically and would have a crazy, far off look in his eye. Somewhere, Donald Trump is rubbing his hands together and laughing smugly.

…sort of. They’re holding their cheerleader tryouts for the upcoming season, and the NFL’s third-youngest franchise has loads of fresh-faced talent from which to choose. But I love how the judges for these things aren’t serious dance instructors, but typically radio DJs and semi-famous people from that city. I’ll know I’ve made it up to the F-list when I’m asked to sit in and judge one of these things. Yes, turn to right, please. Okay, and to the left. And back to the right for just a second. Okay, great. Do you know any showtunes? Look lady, I WILL DECIDE what’s part of the competition, alright? It’d be like a Miss America pageant on ritalin. More pics after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATE: Del Rio apparently is staying in Jacksonville. Until he gets fired next year, at least…

The former Southern Cal linebacker has about 15 million reasons to scoff at Southern Cal’s head coaching vacancy. That’s the amount of the buyout (over three years) from his contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, who finished 7-9 this year in a fairly competitive AFC South division. But the Turds In Teal only won lost five of their last six, and Del Rio was thought to be interviewing for his job this week, despite the hefty price tag. Turns out that he was–in LA.

Of course, Del Rio will deny everything until the ink on his deal with Southern Cal is dry, and that’s fine. Everyone can get all worked up about how dishonest it is to lie about taking a job when you already have one, but that’s the game. Because saying that you’re going to leave one job without having another one locked down is stupid. Do we really expect these guys–who earn their keep by outsmarting the opposition–to do anything less?

Now, why Del Rio would skip out on $15 million for a Pac-10 program that’s about to be fist-fugged by the NCAA is anyone’s guess. Yes, it’s his alma mater, and even if it came under sanctions, it’s easily one of the ten best jobs in college football. Just don’t expect him to spell out his intentions to anyone with a tape recorder. That’s not the way that this game is played.