This gallery may not appeal to the more Hot-Cheerleaders-In-Slow-Motion-inclined members of the With Leather readership, but don’t be afraid to enjoy it, because at some point during the 1970s the Walt Disney Corporation teamed up with Wonder Bread to give away pennant stickers with loaves of bread that are literally nothing but Disney characters destroying college names with puns. Yes, that’s a sentence I’ve written.

As I see it, there are two fine ways to enjoy this:

1. Flipping through and trying to figure out which school each pennant represents, because some of them are a stretch.
2. Losing control of your neck and bashing your head against the desk in a full-body groan when you realize “Mickey Can Skate” is Michigan State, or whatever.

A third way to enjoy it is through the absurdity of the illustrations, like Cinderella doing 2,000 pounds of laundry in her ball gown or Goofy with a broken leg because you can only make so many puns about Tulane. And yes, ACC fans, here is where you learn about how Disney preappropriated your “dook” joke for Duke and made it about fowl royalty a decade or so before you were born. I kept expecting to see a Virginia Tech pennant where Shan Yu from Mulan is holding up a castrated turkey.

Note: Full credit for these goes to Disney, I guess, but credit for putting them on the Internet goes to Jason Liebig.

[h/t Disney Food Blog]

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I guess Hurricane Someone is going through Texas right now, and apparently hurricanes bring a substantial amount of rain or something, because these are photos of Texas Tech’s stadium that were sent into Deadspin this morning.  The SMU-Texas Tech game is tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.  Could be the first college football game played in galoshes since

Or, given Red Raiders coach Mike Leach’s

Shaun Alexander capped five consecutive seasons of terrific production for the Seahawks in 2005, an MVP season in which he rushed for 1880 yards and scored a then-record 28 touchdowns.  After that, All-Pro guard Steve Hutchinson left, Alexander's running back shelf life expired at age 30, and he spent the last two seasons bouncing between injured and slow/ineffective.  The Seahawks finally cut him this offseason, and the former All-Pro still hasn't found a team.

One intrepid reporter, Shannon Owens of the Orlando Sentinel, claims it's not Alexander's age, deteriorating body, or two years of missed blocks, stone hands out of the backfield, and soft running that's preventing him from finding work.  Oh no: it's because he places Christianity before football.

Maybe if playing football was his only goal, some GMs wouldn't have called Alexander, 30, washed up. "He's never been known as a very tough player, and there have always been questions about his attitude," an NFC general manager said. "I'm not saying that because he's out there [unsigned] now. I would have told you the same thing four or five years ago. Basically I don't like him [as a back], and I don't trust him."…

[W]hat has a running back with nearly 10,000 career rushing yards, who never has been arrested or embroiled in law-breaking drama, done to engender mistrust? It's wrong for anyone to question Alexander's motives, given what he has accomplished, and this one reeks of a personal attack.

I think Shannon is maybe — just MAYBE — taking some liberty with that quote.  Everyone knows Shaun Alexander is nice.  I would trust him to take care of niece.  I would NOT trust him to catch a swing pass or convert a 3rd-and-1.  And I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that that NFC GM wasn't talking about my niece.

Some NFL comings and goings to get you by until the draft this Saturday…

SEAHAWKS CUT SHAUN ALEXANDER — As a 'Hawks fan, it's kind of a sad day.  He's the team's all-time leading rusher and scorer, and he's dedicated to keeping ties to the Seattle area after he retires.  He's an all-time great for sports in the Pacific Northwest… is how we'll remember him after he retires.  Because he has truly sucked ass for the last two years, and watching him miss blocks, drop passes, and fall down behind the line of scrimmage got real old real fucking fast.

VIKINGS ACQUIRE ALLEN FROM CHIEFS – Jared Allen, Shaun Alexander — what's with all the first names?  KC gets three draft picks, and Minnesota's nasty defense gets nastier.

DOLPHINS SIGN JAKE LONG — The 6'7", 315-lb. Michigan standout is now the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL, and he hasn't even been drafted yet.  In a related story, I've paid my rent on time three out of four months this year.  Winner: me.  Wait, no.  Long.  Definitely Long.

Friends, I won't lie to you: after Matt Hasselbeck threw his third interception 16 minutes into the game, I very nearly walked into traffic. Every time Hasselbeck dropped back to pass, I thought it was going to be intercepted. It's a sickening feeling. But now I know how Steelers fans feel. A mile in their shoes and such. People in Pittsburgh have shoes, right?

Anyway, thanks to the reappearance of 2005 Shaun Alexander (40 carries, 201 yards) the ol' Seahawks rallied to beat the Pack 34-24 despite Hasselbeck's four first half turnovers and about 70 dropped passes by his receivers. Not to be outdone, Monday Night Warrior Brett Favre (career Monday night record: 17-15) threw three INTs as well, out-Favring Hasselbeck late in the game to end the Packers' slim playoff hopes.

Oh, and it snowed, which made a bunch of very witty commentators think that it was more like Green Bay. I just thought it was pretty and put on my mittens.

Today may very well be the biggest lube-free blueball handjob ever in sports news. T.O. tried to kill himself! No he didn't! Bill Simmons is doing a four-hour chat! But he's being a douchebag! Shaun Alexander might play on Sunday after all! Or maybe not! Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. Stop it stop it stop it.

Let's focus on the NFL's reigning MVP and current Madden Curse victim: earlier today, Alexander cited the power of prayer as improving his health to the point that "Holmgren said Alexander reported for work on Wednesday 'feeling really good' and 'kind of frisky as a matter of fact.'" Well, that's just great, the veteranarian has upgraded Alexander's condition from "serious" to "frisky" and now I can't help but picture him fetching sticks and roughhousing with Matt Hasselbeck. And teaming up with Maurice Morris to kill a miniature horse.