Create The Caption #288

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

(Usually) Everyday I'll throw out a photo, you provide the caption, and then hilarity ensues. I'm also adding a handful of links at the bottom of the page that you should check out each day.

Yesterday's Winners....


"Hey, kicker, since you won the game, you get the invite...Party At the Moon Tower!"- MarkMc

"With an injury to an already inept offensive line, Big Ben prepares for the worst with a little Vulcon Mind-Meld . . . 'Remember!'"- Mitch

"Mmmm..is that Pert?"- Jared

"After Jeff Reed dies in a tragic postgame celebration, Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the Steelers hope their Weekend At Bernie's-style plan will continue to fool the media."- Tom Selleck
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Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of new Raiders Coach Tom Cable?


Daily Links:

The Many Faces Of Al Davis (The Sports Hernia)
NBA Media Day Is Craaaaaazy (Craig Sager's Suit)
The Sexy Sox Girls Are Back (Red Sox Monster)
About Those Offseason College Basketball Coaching Moves (Storming the Floor)
TBS "Dicked" Over The Cubs (Rumors and Rants)
Why Does Your Local Newspaper Not Cover Hockey? (Puck Daddy)
A Look At The Chase Daniels Viewmaster (Cleveland Sports Animal)
Your Year In Cardinals Fans (Joe Sports Fan)
The Headfirst Slide Debate (Randball)
If You Lose, Just Beat Up The Fans (Unprofessional Foul)

Also, I'm entered in Hugging Harold Reynolds' Iron Ref Competition for this week. I would ask for your vote, but Ryan Hudson from RCS definitely deserves the win. Check it out if you have a moment....

Game On: Iron Ref Round 10 - Hot Streak (HHR)

Posted by Awful Announcing- at 12:35 PM

76 Comments:

Oh sh*t.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 12:46:00 PM  

Dammit...that was the same thing I was thinking. I mean, that is obviously what he's thinking.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 12:54:00 PM  

What a bad dream, I left Notre Dame for......Al Davis!!!

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 12:55:00 PM  

I'm so excited... I'm so excited... I'm so, so scared...

foos said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:00:00 PM  

Dammit, I left my garlic and wooden stakes back in the training room.

BF said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:01:00 PM  

Tom Cable remembers his family one last time before leaving with the Angel of Death seated behind him.

Mez said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:02:00 PM  

Hmmm...how am I going to work in a Weekend at Bernie's quote here....

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:02:00 PM  

After accepting the interim head coaching position, Tom Cable mentally reviews his "To-Do" list:

- Stock up on garlic
- Get a few jugs of holy water
- Pick up wooden stakes
- Buy crucifixes
- Pray

foos said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:03:00 PM  

"How can I make this work? Hmmm... well, guess I could try staying at a Holiday Inn Express."

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:05:00 PM  

FUCK!!!!

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:05:00 PM  

Shit... my coaching career is officially over.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:05:00 PM  

Davis: "I really like the way this guy controls a locker room and his 'Git-R-Done' attitude. The next coach of the Raiduhs...Larry The Cable Guy. What? Oh. Tom? Really? Ok, Tom The Cable Guy? What? Seriously? Who's Tom Cable? Oh hell, get me Art Shell on the phone."

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:07:00 PM  

Al Davis is NOT in the background of this photo. Nope. He's just slowly shifting from this mortal plane to the next.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:07:00 PM  

"You know I don't get you Mr. Davis. You want something one day. The next day you don't like it. Come on man, make a decision."

TomahawkFlop said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:07:00 PM  

John Goodman ponders how in the world he finds himself working with someone crazier and more full of themselves than Rosanne.

dwhit said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:11:00 PM  

"Wait... that guy is Al Davis... oh damn."

Kyle Flanagan said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:15:00 PM  

If I don't look at him, maybe he won't call on me...

Crap.

Jason McGlone said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:17:00 PM  

Cable now has more head coaches than DirecTV!

testing thing said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:22:00 PM  

shortly after this Davis announced that he will no longer be paying his cable bill

W_Rabb said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:29:00 PM  

...That rug really tied the room together

Tepid Epics said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:29:00 PM  

we made this change because cable is so much faster than DSL

W_Rabb said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:29:00 PM  

My God, is that what happens when you get old? Kill me now.

E Buzz said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:35:00 PM  

Thinking to himself, "What did Davis mean when he said 'My, you look tasty'?"

pete said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:36:00 PM  

Wow... time has been very cruel to kd lang. Look at her!

Heef said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:36:00 PM  

I don't care if he is my boss, I'm not pointing my nose toward that smell of Brut and embalming fluid.

GMoney said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:39:00 PM  

"Al loves me....he really really loves me...hey, is that a cookie? I like cookies..."

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:49:00 PM  

Resume Update:
Raiders head coach October 2008-January 2010.

testing thing said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:53:00 PM  

Man, I really screwed up. Al's making me be the head coach.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:56:00 PM  

Homer Simpson could barely contain his excitement at being named head coach of the Springfield Atoms by new owner Monty Burns.

Credit to Deadspin for the spot on comparison

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 1:58:00 PM  

Al Davis prove his health is declining by hiring Larry the Cable Guy's cousin, Tom, to coach the Raiders.

Oct 1, 2008, 2:01:00 PM  

Dead Man coaching!

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 2:23:00 PM  

OK, if I sit here reeeeaaaal quiet like, none of the reporters will remind him that I went damn near winless at Idaho.

MDLindley said...
Oct 1, 2008, 2:34:00 PM  

Someone really needs to change Al's Diaper.

Unknown said...
Oct 1, 2008, 2:34:00 PM  

"Say what you want about the tenets of kicking a 75 yard field goal Al, at least its an ethos"

Unknown said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:12:00 PM  

Holy crap, the Crypt Keeper!!!!!

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:19:00 PM  

As the press conference drags on, Cable struggles to remember the password for his Monster.com account.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:24:00 PM  

What did I get myself into?

Steven said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:28:00 PM  

When you said Oakland, i kinda thought you meant the A's...

Frank T. Tank said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:37:00 PM  

good last week i was coaching pee wee football and now im stuck coaching the raiders. how did i fall so far so fast?

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:40:00 PM  

"I wonder if I can get free Cokes from the vending machine now that I am the head coach?"

Prowler said...
Oct 1, 2008, 3:53:00 PM  

Well Christ

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 4:21:00 PM  

"I'm one of 32 head coaches. Well, at least for four games, right?"

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 4:40:00 PM  

Death decides to let Peter Griffin have a try at it again...even after the infamous "Dawson's Creek kids" screw up.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 5:03:00 PM  

Wait - did he tell me it was lane.kiffin@hotmail.com or lane_kiffin@hotmail.com? Hopefully he can get me on the distribution list with Art, Norm, and the guys...

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 5:05:00 PM  

Tom Cable wonders that when he gets fired in 6 weeks, he can at least get one of those Al Davis sweaters!

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 5:07:00 PM  

I never thought Hell's Angels initiation would be easier than this.

Corn said...
Oct 1, 2008, 5:20:00 PM  

I knew I was meant to be the coach of the Raiders when I was visited by the ghost of Al Davis. Wait, what? Hes alive?

Unknown said...
Oct 1, 2008, 5:25:00 PM  

Cable: "Aw jeez, not this shit again."

JamesCraven said...
Oct 1, 2008, 6:20:00 PM  

Surprising everyone, a senile Al Davis introduces John Goodman as the Raiders next head coach.

Oct 1, 2008, 7:00:00 PM  

Davis: "Number 7? Who's got number 7?"
Cable: "Crap....Bingo"

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 7:14:00 PM  

Cable "I look forward to coaching the-"
Davis "You are fired"
Cable "Edmonton Eskimos"

Tim said...
Oct 1, 2008, 7:51:00 PM  

Madden gave me one piece of advice: sans-a-belt pants.

Anonymous said...
Oct 1, 2008, 8:45:00 PM  

Does that old man think he can control me like a dummy by sticking his hand up my ass?

MMayes said...
Oct 1, 2008, 9:43:00 PM  

Cable: Yep, in a few years, I'll be back in college...

Justin F. said...
Oct 1, 2008, 10:39:00 PM  

Cable: "Hmmmm. Will I be better known as the guy who followed Kiffin or the guy before Schell's third try as coach of the Raiders?"

Mal said...
Oct 1, 2008, 10:44:00 PM  

Cable: "If I'm the head coach does that mean I can't paint my face silver and wear those black shoulder pads with the spikes anymore?"

Mal said...
Oct 1, 2008, 10:51:00 PM  

Did I really just take a job offered to me by the Crypt Keeper...

Mike Gill said...
Oct 1, 2008, 11:45:00 PM  

Why did I pass on running Tom Walsh's Bed & Breakfast? I'm fetching coffee & bran for some old geezer either way...

Oct 2, 2008, 12:16:00 AM  

MMMMM, Are those my donuts?

Qwagmire said...
Oct 2, 2008, 1:26:00 AM  

Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter. And may their first child be a masculine child

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 2:07:00 AM  

Let's see.. if I sell my house, sleep at the office, buy cases of Top Ramen at Costco, only wear Raider logowear, not spend my per deim on road trips, I should be able to save enough to retire after I'm fired.

Unknown said...
Oct 2, 2008, 2:47:00 AM  

Holy $hi! am I screwed...

Unknown said...
Oct 2, 2008, 6:21:00 AM  

As he's announced as the new Raiders head coach, Larry Cable could hardly contain his excitement...or should I say, sense of dread and impending doom?

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 7:35:00 AM  

MORT: "What did you just say, Tom?"

CABLE: "Dude, I sharted."

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 8:07:00 AM  

Coach Cable mulls over Lane Kiffin's final piece of advice - up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,B,A,Start

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 8:14:00 AM  

Cable: ..and I just wanna say that I tried my best and hope my replacement has more success.

Davis: Tommy boy, you're being promoted, not fired.

Cable: What? You're kidding right?

Lammy742 said...
Oct 2, 2008, 9:32:00 AM  

The Raiders are worried about inside information leaked to Mort, but they've got John Clayton on the podium in a Raiders jacket. There's your leak.

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 10:08:00 AM  

Tommy: "Hey, I'll tell you what. You can get a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it?"

Mort: "What? I'm failing to make the connection here."

Tommy: "No, I mean is, you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a butcher's ass... No, wait. It's gotta be your bull."

Al: Wow. . . .

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 12:52:00 PM  

I only thought the reference to Weekend at Bernie's was applicable to yesterday's Jeff Reed caption.....now it really makes sense for this one

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 1:54:00 PM  

Crap! My suppository slipped.

Dave Manney said...
Oct 2, 2008, 2:03:00 PM  

During the press conference, Tom Cable gets right to work as he considers which one of his chins he will hire for his staff

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 2:22:00 PM  

Damn. I knew that career builder site was too good to be true...

Frank T. Tank said...
Oct 2, 2008, 3:01:00 PM  

Geez what is that smell coming from Al? It smells like a used diaper...filled with indian food!

Jared said...
Oct 2, 2008, 3:36:00 PM  

yeah just like Stuart told me this morning...I am going to be a good coach...because I am good enough, I'm smart enough and dog gone it people like me.

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 4:13:00 PM  

After peeking over his left shoulder, Tom Cable can't remember if he is working with cadavers for Medical Investigations class or accepting a coaching position.

Anonymous said...
Oct 2, 2008, 11:32:00 PM  

He wants me to get Wayne Gretzky to coach the OL now? That's why he's got that Kings jersey on? WTF.

Anonymous said...
Oct 3, 2008, 6:30:00 AM  

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