<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849235888326881792</id><updated>2009-10-22T22:39:39.980-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Purple Reign</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>B</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17811471782145663804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849235888326881792.post-273102754535116186</id><published>2009-02-24T17:14:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T17:36:21.325-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='keeping my promise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='epic procrastination in the pursuit of sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clarity'/><title type='text'>Watching</title><content type='html'>I see you. I see everything you do. I see you lie. I see you cheat. I've seen you steal. I've even seen you snitch...but I won't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just watch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not even checking for you. You just make your nonsensical BS so blatant that a trained eye can't help but see the truth. We all err. It's a part of life. Most of us at least try to show remorse. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But you? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never. It's almost like it's beneath you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would've stunted a long time ago. Hard. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I reckon being fake is what's up. I'm far from a trendsetter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I live like I'm dying at the end of the day because the truth awaits us all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be back...I swear I'm serious this time...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5849235888326881792-273102754535116186?l=purpreign.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/feeds/273102754535116186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5849235888326881792&amp;postID=273102754535116186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/273102754535116186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/273102754535116186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/2009/02/watching.html' title='Watching'/><author><name>B</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17811471782145663804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06605414025332520909'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849235888326881792.post-8707092125704327867</id><published>2008-06-10T16:08:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T16:31:23.818-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purple pride'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Habit'/><title type='text'>What?!?</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFEaJZAeci0&amp;amp;hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" color1="0x402061&amp;amp;color2="&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*sees opening of video*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Tiger Woods fist pump*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've seen lots of positive things about '08, but just wasn't sure. I had just told &lt;a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;amp;friendid=46104888.viewprofile&amp;amp;friendid=46104888"&gt;P&lt;/a&gt; I was on the fence about buying this year. It seems EA has started paying attention to the little things. If they solve even half of the "stuff" from Community Day, it looks like I'll be coming out of my pocket yet again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NextGenSports"&gt;NextGenSports Youtube Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5849235888326881792-8707092125704327867?l=purpreign.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/feeds/8707092125704327867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5849235888326881792&amp;postID=8707092125704327867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/8707092125704327867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/8707092125704327867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/2008/06/what.html' title='What?!?'/><author><name>B</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17811471782145663804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06605414025332520909'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849235888326881792.post-1951329692123775630</id><published>2008-05-25T19:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-25T19:15:12.589-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Habit'/><title type='text'>Deep Pockets And Baby Nuts</title><content type='html'>Fellow Sports Gamers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't get &lt;a href="http://www.pastapadre.com/2627/1upespn-supports-roster-thief-profiteer#comment-22073"&gt;sucked in &lt;/a&gt;by this BS. Unless you're donating $$$ to charity or something, you should never get caught paying for rosters...If you'd like to just give away money, I can email you my Paypal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nerve of &lt;a href="http://http//www.operationsports.com/forums/ncaa-football/250276-espn-article-about-ncaa-2009-a.html"&gt;this dude&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$80,000???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You need more financial statements and more people. Sorry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=3373689"&gt;Zuniga&lt;/a&gt;...You're far better than that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5849235888326881792-1951329692123775630?l=purpreign.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/feeds/1951329692123775630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5849235888326881792&amp;postID=1951329692123775630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/1951329692123775630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/1951329692123775630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/2008/05/deep-pockets-and-baby-nuts.html' title='Deep Pockets And Baby Nuts'/><author><name>B</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17811471782145663804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06605414025332520909'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849235888326881792.post-846590441185673657</id><published>2008-05-18T18:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T19:06:38.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back at Last</title><content type='html'>I haven't posted anything here since October.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I can safely say that such a hiatus won't happen again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280518002"&gt;The Celtics close out the Cavs.&lt;/a&gt; Gotta be hard to get 45 from your star player in a deciding game and still get sent home. I'm not even sure how to feel about this...I'm just glad we &lt;strong&gt;don't&lt;/strong&gt; get a LeBoobie-Pistons series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The &lt;a href="http://www.wnba.com/lynx/index_main.html"&gt;Lynx &lt;/a&gt;host Detroit today in their home opener. &lt;a href="http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/seimone_augustus/index.html?nav=page"&gt;Seimone &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/candice_wiggins/index.html?nav=page"&gt;Candace &lt;/a&gt;= A trip or two to 1st Ave. this summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I shall Hit Stick an aggin before it's all said and done. We are &lt;a href="http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/"&gt;very&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.easports.com/madden09/"&gt;very &lt;/a&gt;close. Online gaming is the new trap, but that's another post. Get it right EA!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5849235888326881792-846590441185673657?l=purpreign.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/feeds/846590441185673657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5849235888326881792&amp;postID=846590441185673657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/846590441185673657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/846590441185673657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/2008/05/back-at-last.html' title='Back at Last'/><author><name>B</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17811471782145663804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06605414025332520909'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849235888326881792.post-6857372491288133393</id><published>2007-09-30T19:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-01T08:47:08.409-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purple pride'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I LOVE Kiln...really I do'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bring back the Majik Man'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seven hundred fifty-four aggins in army boots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='complete and total BS'/><title type='text'>Brad Childress Will Protect Your Son</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116157443265025138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6iyCNIP0jJc/RwA-FozIVHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/hDk1tzyJBVQ/s200/apad.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailynorseman.com/story/2007/9/30/182559/276#commenttop"&gt;That's all I've got.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been trying to figure it out...and that's the only conclusion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unless Brad Childress somehow thought that honoring the &lt;a href="http://www.nfl.com/players/brettfavre/profile?id=FAV540222"&gt;pride &lt;/a&gt;of Kiln, MS somehow meant that we were supposed to honor the entire state of Wisconsin -and by extension, Coach Bielema's safe and appropriate &lt;a href="http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/248601"&gt;injury management standards&lt;/a&gt;- there really is no explanation for this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adrian Peterson is not &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpxfI6xU5xw"&gt;Kyle Jefferson&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't recall Peterson getting injured.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He didn't get carted off on a stretcher...Didn't have to leave under the support of a trainer or teammates...Didn't duck out to catch the birth of his child...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpxfI6xU5xw"&gt;see &lt;/a&gt;why Kyle Jefferson wasn't allowed to continue on Saturday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I doubt if we'll ever hear any voice of reason on the subject of AP's involuntary disappearing act in the second half.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm Brad Childress DAMNIT!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You think I need 28."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Son, Look at my play chart. I've got everything I need right here."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, I'm from &lt;a href="http://www.bolivarcom.com/NF/omf/bolivar/sports_story.html?rkey=0028035+cr=gdn"&gt;Shaw-Town&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuck a "Kiln".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More on the Honorable Sir Bradley Childress later...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://proxy.espn.go.com/nfl/photos?photoId=1699718&amp;amp;gameId=270930016"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportsgamer.com/assets/images/05.31.07.12.12.43.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5849235888326881792-6857372491288133393?l=purpreign.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/feeds/6857372491288133393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5849235888326881792&amp;postID=6857372491288133393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/6857372491288133393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5849235888326881792/posts/default/6857372491288133393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://purpreign.blogspot.com/2007/09/brad-childress-will-protect-your-son.html' title='Brad Childress Will Protect Your Son'/><author><name>B</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17811471782145663804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06605414025332520909'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6iyCNIP0jJc/RwA-FozIVHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/hDk1tzyJBVQ/s72-c/apad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>