REALEST OF THE WEEK

We came oh-so-close to handing this week's award to Tiga, Tiga Woods y'all but what does this look like - TMZ? We need to collect all the facts before we just hand you a Realest of the Week.

So while that gets sorted out, a heavy dose of kudos to Pete Carroll for pissing on the grave of UCLA head coach and Realests' nemesis Rick Neuheisel:

REALEST OF THE WEEK

Apparently word has gotten out about our comeback because people started acting a fool left and right this week.

A serious tip of the cap this week to Brad from "The Ruins" for completely losing his damn mind, Dunbar for screaming, "You're the one who wanted to play just the tip Kelly Anne!" and Les Miles for demanding a spike with 1 second left in a game.

But there was really no competition for Realest of the Week after Yale coach Tom Williams went for it on 4th and 22 from his own 25-yard line while up 3 over Harvard with 2:25.

The fake punt failed, Harvard scored 3 plays later and Yale lost.

Asked why he went for it, Williams responded "to keep our foot on the pedal and not play scared."

Because we'd rather lose like Tom Williams than win like Jim Tressel any day of the week.

UNREALEST OF THE WEEK

Any questions?

REALEST OF THE WEEK

Leave it to Nic Cage to bring us out of retirement.

That's right, kids. After a 5 month hiatus, we are so very, very back (and by back we mean doing the Realest of the Week, uh, weekly).

In an acting performance that rivals only his work in "The Wicker Man", check out Cage as a dope fiend cop in the upcoming "Bad Lieutenant".

Highlights include:

• Strangling a grandma by her necklace

• "What are these fucking iguanas doing on my coffee table???"

• "This is my lucky crack pipe... You don't have a lucky crack pipe?"

• (in Al Pacino voice) "'Til the break of dawwwwwwwn, Bay-Bay!"

• "Shoot him again.... His soul's still dancing.... Hehehehehe!!!"

Just roll the footage:

DOWN FOR THE COUNT

It's gotten so bad over here that like Mike Tyson at the end of his career, we're embarrassing ourselves and only in it for the money these days.

Of course we didn't realize the Google Ads were taken off over a year ago until just now.

But that's neither here nor there.

As of today, June 17, The Realests are officially retired from the blogging game.

If you still crave to read our twaddle, head over to Lost Lettermen, Lost Lettermen on Facebook or LL on Twitter.

Will we be back? Only time will tell.

P.S. Before you go, check out this charity auction for a very, very good cause in Ann Arbor.

FIRST GREG PAULUS, NOW KELVIN GRADY???

Apparently any former college basketball player has an open offer to join the Michigan football team, as former UM point guard Kelvin Grady has joined the football team. Take a look at the projected 2009 starting offense for our beloved Wolverines.

Look at those bookend tackles!!

QB: Chase Budinger
RB: Darren Collison
WR: Gerald Henderson
WR: Sam Young
WR: Kelvin Grady
TE: Taylor Griffin
T: Luke Harangody
G: Dante Cunningham
C: Jon Brockman
G: DeMarre Carroll
T: Tyler Hansbrough

UNREALEST OF THE WEEK

Lost in all the A-Rod controversy the last couple years is that Kobe Bryant was once considered the biggest fake in sports.

This doesn't help:



For one thing, that form is just a disaster. That looks less like the Roc Diamond and more like a female part of the anatomy.

Then again, maybe Bean is doing that on purpose...

REALEST OF THE WEEK

This isn't an LSD flashback: That's actually Mike "The Miz" in the ring at a recent WWE event trash-talking Alfonso Soriano and Soriano just takin' it.

Hey Alfonso: Go up there and smash a chair over his head!!

(Skip straight to 3:00...)

REALEST OF THE WEEK

This kid's an animal, folks:

IT SUX TO BE A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE

2,000 days - and counting - since Michigan last beat Ohio State...



On a side note, it's been 14,574 days since the guy who counted this up had a life.

REALEST OF THE WEEK

You know we love Bird.

But this is the first picture we've seen fully detailing his tattoos and all we can say is, "Wow."

"What would go well with Chinese symbols and a dog collar tattoo? How about bird wings coming out of my arm pits!"

Well, it could be worse.

ARE WE REALLY GOOD AT BASKETBALL???

Or has Andy Katz just lost it?

According to his most-recent 2009-10 Top 25, Michigan is #9 in the country.

#9!!!!

Our first reaction was:

- The John Beilein media hype machine has spun out of control

- We are getting way, way too much credit for beating a Clemson team that collapsed at the end of the year

And yet, when you look at the teams around us, it isn't that far fetched - which says more about the state of college basketball than how good Michigan will be next year. Though we will say that Ohio State and Illinois should both be ranked ahead of us since they went a combined 4-1 against us.

Think these seats are still available in Lucas Oil Stadium???

GREG ROBINSON PRAISE KEEPS POURING IN

Did you note the sarcasm there?

Found this excerpt interesting from an SI article on the Syracuse spring game. Said junior center Jim McKenzie after singing the school fight song with his teammates afterward:

"That was the first feeling of a unified team that I've had in a long time."

Uh, that's not a good sign when the Michigan defense was already pointing fingers at each other and taking swings at coaches by the end of last season.

REALEST OF THE WEEK: TUPAC SHAKUR

Man, who could foresee 2Pac's return coming at a Wizards-Celtics game? From Wednesday:


HT: Barstool Sports

AN ABSOLUTE MUST-READ

The story of wonderboy Todd Marinovich and his Daddy Dearest father, Marv.

This is some mind-blowing shit - and not just because Marinovich has been dropping acid for the last 20 years straight.

SPEAKING OF BALLS IN THE FACE....

This certainly won't help the rumors Anderson Cooper's hiding in the closet:

"It's hard to talk when you're tea-bagging."



I love Old Man River laughing his ass off as if to say, "Oh Anderson: You homo..."

MICHIGAN'S NEXT QB: GREG PAULUS???

This feels like our April Fools' joke, but we assure you it is not: Greg Paulus could be Michigan's starting quarterback this fall (FoxSports.com).

OK, it's definitely time for the Nic Cage Triplets Face:



So he's had more balls in his face over the last 4 years than Kobe Tai (as evidenced here, here, here and here).

And yes, we're already on the Tate Forcier bandwagon after one beautiful touchdown pass in the Spring Game.

But this is a GENIUS move by Rich Rodriguez. We don't have any more insight into Paulus' game than what you're already reading: He was unreal in high school and would be a perfect fit for the spread.

All we have to say right now is that it's about time Dick Rod started finding loopholes to exploit (seriously, what were we paying you for???) and we need all the QBs we can get when this dude's our backup.

Oh, and if this pisses off the rest of the coaches in the Big 10, all the better.

We are SO back.

OLD SCHOOL JAM OF THE WEEK

You gotta love Ludacris' message in this one:

"Something go wrong? Punch someone in the face!"

THE NEW HOTNESS

Yeah, this is gonna be funny:



We love that after Borat people were saying, "I don't think he'll be able to do another movie now that he's so famous." Hello, do you realize how many morons there are in this world???

Let's hope he was able to track down these dudes:

KANYE WEST DONE BEING A DOUCHE?

Well it only took Kayne West 5 years to realize his Monster Ego act had worn thin. After getting put on blast by "South Park" last night, he posted this message on his blog:

"AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE."

Easy on the Caps lock, 'Ye!

But seriously, it's quite refreshing to see a prima donna come out and call himself a douche these days. Maybe someone else can take Kanye's lead...