WOFFORD HATE WEEK: Wait... Wofford Hate Week?

Like many of you I look at Wofford on the schedule and immediately let my gaze trend southward to the next game, the bumbling Rockettes of Toledo. I mean, honestly, why do I give two poops about the mighty Terriers? We are, after all, RAWRCATZ! And no amount of terriering will ever scare a RAWRCATZ! emissary. Especially in the friendly confines of Peden Stadium. However, my humility, which my mom has told me is a great quality, tells me that we must treat all opponents equally. Never mind that I've been ramping up for Buckeye Hate Week for months, Wofford comes first on our schedule, thus is the first step towards a MAC East crown. With this in mind, I tried to dig up some dirt on Wofford College, and draw a true opinion of Wofford from there.

For one, Wofford has a history, albeit a slight one, with football. Legendary Air Force Academy coach Fisher DeBerry is an alum. He was an assistant coach at Wofford for two years, before moving on to Appalachian State and finally Air Force.

Nope, Fisher DeBerry seems like a stand-up kind of guy. No reason to hate them yet.

Also, the owner of the Carolina Panthers, Jerry Richardson, played for Wofford and in the NFL before making some sound business decisions that allowed him to bring the NFL to his home state of North Carolina.

Again, no reason for hatred. So we move on.

Wofford College is considered an arboretum with its lush and natural plant life and is a member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. There is nothing that RAWRCATZ! like more than wilderness. So I've got nothing so far.

Finally RAWRCATZRAWR! looked at Wofford's US News rankings and found... well some disturbing trends.

Average in state tuition for RAWRCATZ! U? $9,537
Average tuition for Wofford? $31,710

So these smug looking, snobby, East Coast dudes think that they are going to march into the Midwest and show us how to get dirty? Let me tell you something Wofford. RAWRCATZ! invented dirty. We eat, breathe and sleep dirty. You see a RAWRCATZ! who is not dirty, that means he just took a shower because he was covered in Terrier entrails. We will see you in the hollowed halls of Athens on Saturday you uppity punks, and you can bet that Rufus and a gang of 100 snarling RAWRCATZ! will be there to kick you all the way back to where the water is salty and where "men" own "yachts." You want class strife? RAWRCATZ! can bring the strife all damn day. Peden will be covered in your blood and the wind will pick up fractured puppy limbs for months to come.

RAWRCATZ! + 1: Michael Curtis

Over the weekend the RAWRCATZ! got even mightier with the addition of IN OL Michael Curtis. Curtis, who plies his trade in Mishawaka, becomes the 7th new prince of RAWRing for the 2011 class.

Curtis, who is currently unranked by Rivals and Scout, says that the RAWRCATZ! will start him out at tackle but will play both tackle and guard eventually. Hopefully once he gets on campus he will be turned into the mountain moving death merchant that RAWRCATZ! have come to expect out of their O-line.

Now is the Time for RAWRCATZ! to Rise!

This feels more like the RAWRCATZ! I know.

2010: The year of the RAWRCATZ!

Wipe the spit from your whiskers, wipe the Motor City tears from our eyes.

Frank doesn't cry, he feeds.

(Click the image for a larger version, you know you want RAWRCATZ! desktop wallpaper)

RAWRCATZ! + 1: Jacob Welter

Earlier today the RAWRCATZ! picked up their newest commitment in OL Jacob Welter. Welter is a 3 star guard who currently plies his trade for Monte Vista HS in Danville, California. While it appears that the RAWRCATZ! were his only offer he was receiving interest from a number of BCS level programs including Cal, Michigan and Nebraska.

Welter becomes the sixth member of the 2011 class (the things RAWRCATZ! miss while they go down for a long summer's nap) but the first non-JC player to commit from outside of the state of Ohio. Starting a runnin' RAWRCATZ! pipeline to one of the more talented HS football states sounds like a good plan to us, and we are happy to see some more kids from out west make their mark in the green fields of Athens in the years to come.

Update: In Which We Get NSFW

RAWRCATZRAWR! hopes that you all had a solid weekend. Me, I spent the weekend looking for a place to live and clawing the jugulars out of criminals. The streets are safer with RAWRCATZ! around.

So, a bit of news popping up on the interwebz on another happy Sunday in the land of RAWRnia. It seems our RAWRCATZ! are experiencing a bit of a QB duel, to which RAWRCATZRAWR! says: Good.

This seems like it might be a bit of a media hype job, seeing as how Phil Bates is trying to out duel Man Amongst Boys Boo Jackson (MABBJ? RAWRCATZ! love acronyms) for the starting position. However, we enjoy the spirit of competition. That is why we watch football, is it not? You see, Frank Solich hands nothing to no one. And while prying something out of the cold dead hands of someone who will never die is impossible, if you work hard, and practice hard, we believe in rewarding the guy who earns it the most. Or the guy who makes us the best (NSFW or children) spaghetti.

The nitty gritty about the QB race is that Boo Jackson is an amazing talent that is coming off of a gruesome injury that let Phil Bates get a lot of important reps in the spring. That being said, RAWRCATZRAWR! fully expects to see Boo get his reps this year. Bates is a solid player, and a solid option, but there's only one MABBJ (yeah that doesn't work) and if he's ready to go, we see a lot of good things on the horizon. You know, MACtacular things. And in a MAC that promises to be wide open, the best team in the state of Ohio knows that good things on the horizon are top notch.

Updates: In Which I Hypothesize Serial Killings

Pardon our rust while we yawn and stretch out after our hiatus. You see, RAWRCATZ!, if anything, enjoy a good nap. While slipping into a summer long coma was not in the cards, you'll forgive us if we take a little bit to get back into the face-clawing.

So, news of note since we've been AWOL:

- Taylor Price was drafted 90th overall by the New England Patriots after what is the culmination of one of the most decorated RAWRCATZ! careers of all time. He finishes 1st all time in receptions, 2nd in yards and 2nd in touchdowns. He'll probably displace Randy Moss as the go to guy in an offense that is full of them. By week 10 they'll be calling him "Touchdown Taylor Price" up in Beantown.


He'll look good in Foxborough, but not as good as he did rocking the dead sexy Green and White of his yesteryear.

- The mighty RAWRCATZ! basketball team won not only the MAC tournament title, but then eviscerated #3 seed Georgetown in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Nobody gave the hardcourt RAWRCATZ! much of a chance, but a pregame speech by none other than Frank Solich (we presume) spurred our claw-toed brethren to victory over the HoLOLyas.

- However, with his spate of legal trouble we are not surprised that Armon Bassett not only declared, but stayed in the draft, despite the fact that Chad Ford had him rated as the 93rd best prospect in the draft. Lesson, oh mighty RAWRCATZ! - Don't punch bouncers in the face. A) They are paid to hit back B) You know someone is going to catch it on their cellphone C) RAWRCATZ! are better than this. We prefer to think that Mr. Bassett was tainted by his time spent at Indiana, and that the more distance he gains from the incident, the better off he will become.

- Sticking with the theme of bummers. Melvin Payne was suspended from the team in early June for reportedly breaking into a house and getting himself all cut up on a broken door. We wish to hold true to the old adage that all are innocent until proven guilty, and will reserve judgment until everything unfolds.


- Hey, let's end on a happy note, shall we? The Sporting News has named LaVon Brazill (the ball of dynamite seen above) to its 3rd team All-America. This is great news because you want to see RAWRCATZ! in these types of scenarios, and now I won't have to rip Phil Steele's heart out (2nd team AA from him) and send it to press release style to reporters like the Zodiac killer.

I know what you're wondering, and yes, I'm far too young to have actually been the Zodiac killer. Geesh, ye have little faith. Now shut up and get in the basement.

There's a Thunder in our Hearts, and our Moves are Like Lightning

It's the power we feel when we get our taste of the glory.

Last year RAWRCATZRAWR! took you on a Homerian journey through the landscapes of MACland. Wherever RAWRCATZ! were RAWRing, we were there. Through the long and arduous winter known as the offseason your humble (and ultimately quite timid) narrator sought refuge in the comfortless comforts of academia. Attacked by Chinese spambots RAWRCATZRAWR! soldiered on, never wavering in its confidence that one day, I would return. And though it does not need me to retain its brilliance, I return once more to the base of the mountain that is RAWRCATZ! glory, with tales yet to be told, and a season of memories to incorporate into the annals of glorious e-time. So, brave RAWRCATZ! of Athens, please allow me to once more establish myself in your presence. Let the sun shine on your field of gilded artificial turf, and let RAWRCATZRAWR! be your home on the internet.

The Frank-Train is coming. Time to lay the tracks.