SI.com Mark May will no longer appear on ESPN’s studio show “College Football Final,” reports John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal. The other two analysts on “College Football Final” also will be replaced. Lou Holtz and ESPN parted ways earlier this year, and Rece Davis will fill in for Chris Fowler as the host of College GameDay. Beginning this fall, Adnan Virk will host “College Football Final,” with Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway serving as analysts, Ourand reports. According to Ourand, May, who had been featured on the show since 2005, will become part of another studio show with ESPN’s John Saunders and Mack Brown. May joined ESPN in 2001 following a previous stint with CBS. He played offensive line at Pittsburgh and in the NFL for 13 years and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

*Technically he still works at ESPN but he’s clearly receiving a demotion with less TV face time and subsequently less time to make an ass of himself.

Ahhh ding dong the ding dong is dead.

No more tuning into College Football Final and hearing Mark May get paid to troll the biggest fan bases in the sport and bring shame to his Pitt degree. While he’s going to some other show with John Saunders and Mack Brown, I’m pretty sure that’s the random halftime show that everyone changes the channel for in favor of a different game so it’s a win.

This certainly cushions the blow ESPN dealt in April when they released Lou Holtz. They left us wondering who could go toe to toe with the Troll King but it looks like they fixed it putting the baby in the corner. Real good choices made by ESPN with this new cast. Joey Galloway served his time teamed up with Beth Mowins so he deserves this and when Danny Kannel checked in with SVP and Russeillo it usually made for very entertaining radio.

Ah feels good to get the art of the bat flip back on US soil. Yasiel Puig planted the Cuban flag in the show flipping his bat on triples. Just as Puig has curbed his enthusiasm to keep the old heads happy, Korea grabbed the brass ring.

Flipping the bat on a walk off hit by pitch is the perfect cocky touch only America could offer. Launching the bat into the outfield after you’re hit by pitch is strapping the “bar” to a rocket and setting it so high it will take Cuba and Korea years to get on our level.

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

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What an awesome, authentic reaction out of these two boys. They were Cutch’s number one and two fans all night and it was awesome to see Cutch recognize them with an awesome gift at the end of the game. 

It’s really unfortunate however that these guys have to live on the other side of the country. Kids their age at PNC hardly have their passion and are more likely to be at the concessions or playground than in the stands rooting for their guy.  If I’m the Pirates I’m putting them center stage in the series finale tonight and making sure to set an example of how to be a fan. 

Critics love PNC Park and some even suggest it’s the best. I can agree if we’re talking about empty stadiums but a full house? No way. Yinzers at PNC are WAY more concerned with everything there except the content on the field. If you find yourself in the wrong seat you spend an afternoon watching people walk up and down the stairs and miss most of the game. I need the ushers to usher. 

Sure fans in Pittsburgh aren’t getting stabbed like the fans in San Fran and they aren’t heckled like in Philly but in those places the fans at least demonstrate a reverence for the game. Fans wait for an at-bat to end for returning to their seat.

Be better Bucs fans. Be better. 

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This is fucking hilarious. Assuming a murder doesn’t take place when the camera cuts off I think I’m comfortable saying I like wealthy white people fights better that was Worldstar generally produces. 

You can only hear the sound of a punch or a limp body hitting concrete so many times before you’re ready to retire. I’ve seen enough sassy black girls to ensure I never live where a bus line runs and honestly what’s funnier than a pudgy white guy holding back a violent cry?

Out of the gate I was positive blue was gonna lay the smack down. Fired out of his cart with a purpose and when red retreated it was on. In typical white person fight however blue shows sympathy for reds scared ways and shows compassion. Granted the fight cuts off in act 2 but since they are likely pals I think it’s save to say the worse it will be is a severe father-like spanking from blue.

This is exactly while I’ll never get into a real fight. I’d be too afraid my lunch would murder the guy and I’d opt to cease fire before any punches are exchanged.  My luck the other guy would be a scumbag and sucker punch me when I let him get up.  That’s the real trick for white people fighting, if you’re going to have a heart you have to make damn sure you don’t turn around or else you’ll miss the bell for the start of round 2 and be down for the count. 

This video has been makings it’s rounds the last few days and it wasn’t until today that I realized I was irrationally mad at the wrong guy. Let’s break down the tape. 

At this point in the contest X had an opportunity, or so I thought, to set up an easy win. Upon first glance I thought he just needed to drop the X in the slot to the left of center. 

  
From there X would have a chance to win two ways, across the middle on down the left.  With such a layup, I never even noticed how easy O had it after X made his move. 

  
Out of disgust with how X played this I was completely oblivious to the wide open win O had on the right. So when he missed it playing on the left I had no idea that I should have been laughing at O the entire time. 

You cant teach stupid and today I felt victim of stupidity by association. These jagoffs pulled the same stunt asshole teachers threw at you when they gave you a cookie question on your test and trigger a panic attack when you second guess how easy it all seems.

TribLive Former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward keeps popping up in the oddest places on television. This time he’ll be part of ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap.” Ward’s wife, Lindsey Georgalas Ward, will swap places with the girlfriend of Verne Troyer (“Mini-Me” from the “Austin Powers” movies). The show will air at tonight at 10 p.m.

I’m really impressed Verne Troyer has been able to take his “5 minutes of fame” as Mini-me in 1999 and continues to make prime time appearances on network television in 2015.

That being said, there is no chance he doesn’t lose his girlfriend tonight to “Mr Smiles” Hines Ward. Given that “Wife Swap” is reality TV and I’m sure ABC is all over creating realistic situations, it is only going to take Ms. Troyer one night with Hines to see all the benefits of a full size (sex) life. If we’re being honest, I wouldn’t even be surprised to see the real Mrs. Ward join the party midway through. If ABC wants to win in the ratings tonight that’s what they would shoot for, just saying.

Then ABC can parlay Verne’s sadness into another drunk tirade that goes viral…

Cardiac Hill Pitt football head coach Pat Narduzzi has commented quite a bit on a potential extension of the Pitt-Penn State series. Last week at a function in Lancaster, Narduzzi made it clear that he wants the game to be played beyond the four-game slate:

“I think it’s an in-state rival,” Narduzzi said before appearing at the Manheim Touchdown Club banquet Tuesday evening in Lancaster. “It’s two Power Five conferences that can go head to head. … To me, why not keep the money in state and play (a game between) the two best schools in the state? I’m a firm believer that you keep those rivalries going as long as you can, especially in state.”

I’ll tell you Nittany’s the same thing I told WVU… Just bring it.

I’ve been high on Pat Narduzzi since he came on board in December. Unlike the last coaches who may have opened eyes with a season or two at their previous stop(s) Narduzzi is bringing in a whole new culture in addition to the X’s and O’s. He’s made his living turning 3 and 4 star guys into high round draft picks like Darqueze Dennard. Pitt has more or less stockpiled the same caliber player and if he can pluck an X factor recruit, Pitt can dominate the region east of Columbus. 

But of course this game is just a pipe dream so long as Jimmy Franklin’s heading up Penn State. This is the guy who, when at Vanderbilt, faxed Ohio State after they hired Urban Meyer backing out of their scheduled 2013 matchup. Karma caught up to his ass however and he will spend at least another year as Urban’s Big 10 whipping boy on the field and on the recruiting trail. 

  
Thus far, all the buzz up at State College revolved around his ability to bring in big time recruits. But much like how Narduzzi has made his living coaching up 3 and 4 star guys, Franklin is squashing the potential of 5 star recruits. 

Christian Hackenberg is running out of time. A former #1 recruit, he’s on the career path of a clipboard holder at best, Franklin cannot afford to lose to Pitt and allow the pendulum to swing in the Panthers favor. It would not surprise me one bit to see him bull some shenanigans to bait and switch the in-state matchup from his books and focus his attention on the mighty Temple Owls. 

From Pitt’s point of view I would love nothing more for them to be trailblazers in college football and take that next step to a legitimate out of conference schedule. More and more we are seeing teams schedule at least one, and in most cases two, matchup’s vs power 5 conference opponents. If Pitt could take the lead and add a nice “rivalry-trifecta” of Penn State – WVU – Notre Dame it’s bringing a lot more eyeballs to Heinz Field on fall Saturday’s.

Andrew McCutchen had a monster weekend, hitting three home runs in four games and helping the Pirates knock the Mets around en route to a series sweep.

McCutchen has added Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” as one of his walk-up songs and, finally empowered with a probably-Katy-Perry-bashing-feminist-ish anthem, his bat has come alive.

I hate, hate, HATED when Cutch cut his signature hair. Those locks earned him one MVP already (should have been two) and in a game where any and everyone has their superstition the Pirates franchise player went ahead and changed his entire look.

I was not a bit surprised to see Cutch with a slash line of .223/.331/.383 while only hitting 4 dingers and driving in 22 through his first 37 games. You cannot go and make that kind of drastic change and assume you wont anger the baseball gods. Andrew seemed to have served his penance and turned a corner since the Buccos returned to PNC last week hitting .375/.464/.833 while hitting 3 home runs in those 6 games alone.

Was his timing back? Was his dugout black magic finally paying off? Did his paystub going public alleviate the pressure of a franchise player? No as it turns out this weekend he debuted his new walk up song, Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood.”

Granted, Pittsburgh ranks as the whitest city in America, but does it really have that much of an effect to have Cutch cut his signature braids and adopt Taylor Swift as his walk up music?

I need my franchise player having way more attitude and way more swag. Bryce Harper isn’t taking anyone’s shit and he’s out there leading the NL in homeruns. Giancarlo Stanton takes on to the face, comes back with a sick facemask, and he’s still mashing and laying out for fly balls in RF. Mike Trout continues to steal headlines by channeling the matrix as he slides into third. All I ask is Cutch bring a little more fire to the batter’s box and come out and win that mental matchup with the pitcher before a ball is even tossed.

And that song? I pegged him more for a “Shake it Off” kind of guy…

I have always found it amusing when someone uses the wrong escalator. For me its an harmless and easy laugh.

For it to be an old woman with that “Little Engine that Could” mentality chugging down the up escalator I had to let out an audible laugh in a packed office in the early hours back from Memorial Day Weekend. Had I been drinking coffee at that exact second I would have spit it all over the screen.

Yes it was an old lady who technically fell but based on forensic video analysis she seems alright so laugh away. It is also sneaky hilarious that her little spill at the end cost her a step or two as the escalator takes her back up. All that hard work right down the drain.

Choo-choo the Kang hype training rolling right along. No suprise here from The Yuppie Yinzer…

We loved the K-Pop in Spring Training

We loved Clint Hurdle coming aboard the hype train

And finally,

We loved his Tinder game in Philly

Now this weekend Dejan Kovacevic and his new partner Benstonium dropped the next great viral Kang content, appropriatley named “Kangnam Style.”

Looks like the hype train is picking up new riders. Between Kangs production and Mercers inability at the plate we are far off from Kang sherseys sweeping the stands at PNC. 

Sound the #KangGong