Cold without snow is like the movies without popcorn. What's the point? As I type this my phone says its 16 degrees outside. Yikes.
Every time I see one of these commercials with a "message" from the Foundation for a Better Life, I swear it's going to be fake. I keep waiting for it to be a spoof for some terrible beer like Miller Lite, but it seems to be a real foundation. Maybe it's just a really elaborate setup, with the punch line coming during the Super Bowl. *fingers crossed*
So tonight's US National Game is on a Telefutra (spanish), in standard definition, and features lesser known (upstarts if you will) players. Wow. What's not to love?
Around 30,000 morons dressed up in orange had their weekends ruined today by about 2pm today. That makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
I mean at least when Georgetown loses a home game you can walk outside the arena and, you know, do stuff. And by "do stuff" I mean go from bar to bar arguing about the Princeton Offense and Vee Sanford's lack of playing time. Look I've been to games in the Carrier Dome and that's not the case. You have to wait in a Kings Dominion type line to board a shuttle bus back to where your car is parked. Then you have to drive for awhile before you see a person as opposed to a polar bear.
There was a basketball game from JMU on one of the ESPN channels today for the first time since Lefty was the coach. They lost but it was kind of cool to flip to it and see the Electric Zoo on TV. Of course it would have been a lot cooler if it were in HD. I wonder if one day I will complain that stuff isn't always in 3D? I doubt it.
Ok there is a graphic in the bottom right corner with the Telefutra logo and the letters "HD" next to it. I'm not sure what else that could be trying to say other than High Definition. The problem is that it's not in High Definition.
Look it's always a big deal to be in HD but even more so when all of the players are new to most of us. I mean I'm familiar with their names but not with their faces. It's almost as if US Soccer doesn't want me as a fan. It's hard to think of a worse way to present your product than on a Saturday night in SD on a Spanish channel.
When does Roddick come on anyway? I'm out.
Peace brah
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday Jan 18
I joked about the Christmas Tree still being up today. Twice actually.
Look who's kidding who here? Is anybody really dying for the room to go back to the way it uses to be pre-tree? I don't think so. It's not as if the couch lights up. The only plus is that Rocky can actually sleep on the couch. Not so much sleeping on the tree. At least I don't think he sleeps on the tree.
I made some tacos but I bought the wrong seasoning and they were terrible. If I wanted bad tacos I could have gone to Carlos O'Kelley's. They looked so good yet tasted like bad. What a cruel dining experience.
I've been up to my neck in the tennis over these first three days of the 2011 Australian Open and I love it. Nobody does sports like DirecTV. NOBODY.
I'm pretty jealous of Chris Fowler. He goes from covering college football to Grand Slam Tennis.
You know I bet I've watched more tennis in the last three days then I will watch of baseball and hockey for the rest of the year. COMBINED. And it won't even be close.
My NHL and MLB knowledge is really stuck in the 80's and 90's. I was questioning my hockey knowledge earlier tonight and, as I suspected, it has really slipped. So I tried to name as many players in the NHL as possible. I got 9 Capitals and 12 guys on other teams. That's it.
By comparison I was able to rattle off 40 high school seniors before I got tired of doing it. The pathetic part is that it that doesn't include juniors or sophomores. Hey high school basketball recruiting is kind of important to the future of the Hoyas program. Why wouldn't I be up to date on it?
Australian Open Day 3
Roddick: He got into the 3rd round without any real problems. Straight sets. He aced out the last game to kill it off. That was pretty fun to watch.
Venus: She was up 4-1 in the first and blew it to go down a set. Even worse is that on the last point during the tiebreaker she looked to have torn her groin. I really can't believe that she came back out to play, let a lone win the last 2 sets. Well she did both. She was in obvious pain but played smart and just got it done. I can't imagine she gets past the 4th round.
Future: Oh where oh where have the young American tennis players gone? Venus, Serena, and Andy are all on their last legs. Are we just waiting for the offspring of Agassi and Graf to grow up? I guess that's not the worst plan I've ever heard. It just seems kind of lazy.
Peace brah
Look who's kidding who here? Is anybody really dying for the room to go back to the way it uses to be pre-tree? I don't think so. It's not as if the couch lights up. The only plus is that Rocky can actually sleep on the couch. Not so much sleeping on the tree. At least I don't think he sleeps on the tree.
I made some tacos but I bought the wrong seasoning and they were terrible. If I wanted bad tacos I could have gone to Carlos O'Kelley's. They looked so good yet tasted like bad. What a cruel dining experience.
I've been up to my neck in the tennis over these first three days of the 2011 Australian Open and I love it. Nobody does sports like DirecTV. NOBODY.
I'm pretty jealous of Chris Fowler. He goes from covering college football to Grand Slam Tennis.
You know I bet I've watched more tennis in the last three days then I will watch of baseball and hockey for the rest of the year. COMBINED. And it won't even be close.
My NHL and MLB knowledge is really stuck in the 80's and 90's. I was questioning my hockey knowledge earlier tonight and, as I suspected, it has really slipped. So I tried to name as many players in the NHL as possible. I got 9 Capitals and 12 guys on other teams. That's it.
By comparison I was able to rattle off 40 high school seniors before I got tired of doing it. The pathetic part is that it that doesn't include juniors or sophomores. Hey high school basketball recruiting is kind of important to the future of the Hoyas program. Why wouldn't I be up to date on it?
Australian Open Day 3
Roddick: He got into the 3rd round without any real problems. Straight sets. He aced out the last game to kill it off. That was pretty fun to watch.
Venus: She was up 4-1 in the first and blew it to go down a set. Even worse is that on the last point during the tiebreaker she looked to have torn her groin. I really can't believe that she came back out to play, let a lone win the last 2 sets. Well she did both. She was in obvious pain but played smart and just got it done. I can't imagine she gets past the 4th round.
Future: Oh where oh where have the young American tennis players gone? Venus, Serena, and Andy are all on their last legs. Are we just waiting for the offspring of Agassi and Graf to grow up? I guess that's not the worst plan I've ever heard. It just seems kind of lazy.
Peace brah
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Doing the Talking and the Walking
There seems to be a lot of complaining going on about the Jets. Most of it is centered around the fact the some of their players and their coach engage in the fine art of talking trash.
So what?
They won the game. They went on the road and beat a team that had beaten them like a drum a month earlier to the tune of 45-3. Had they lost again after running their mouths they would have been a joke. But they didn't. They won. End of discussion.
What's the saying? Don't talk the talk unless you can walk the walk right?
I think Rex Ryan does a good job of deflecting a lot of the attention away from his team and on to him. It would have been very easy to lose that locker room after that 45-3 drubbing to a division rival. It could have killed their season but it didn't. Instead of fielding questions all week about having their lunch money stolen the last time they were in town, most of the buzz was about Ryan vs Belichick.
So far Ryan is 4-1 in the playoffs with back to back wins over Manning and Brady. That's not bad. And don't look now but Belichick has lost 3 straight playoff games including back to back at home. I don't think they have won a post season game since the 2007 AFC Championship game. Of course that's kind of deceiving because they had byes the last two seasons and the season before they were totally screwed by not making it at 11-5. But find me a stat that isn't deceiving right?
I also think that trash talk is great for the NFL. It's especially great in the playoffs because most of the fans watching the games have already seen their teams eliminated. The fact that I think that two teams genuinely hate each other makes me really want to watch the game. I mean these guys aren't out there curing cancer or breaking atoms. They are playing a game of "controlled" violence. I don't know how classy they have to be really. They are paid huge sums of money to knock the snot out of each other. I want my guys a little insane in the membrane.
I mean for example the last thing in the world I want to see immediately after a Redskins loss, and there are far too many of those unfortunately, is for Chris Cooley to be smiling and hugging Eli Manning like they are best friends forever. At that exact moment I'm probably pretty upset so I would appreciate it if the players acted like they cared. At least until they take off their pads. That's all I ask for really.
I read something today where Deion Branch was upset at the way some of the Jets celebrated after their win. Is this guy for real? I know a way to make sure that somebody's celebration doesn't make you sad. It's called winning the game.
You know New England was winning 31-3 in the 4th quarter the last time they played the Jets. They kept in their starters and they scored two more touchdowns to push the final tally to 45-3. One of those touchdowns was through the air. Some people might say that that was an example of being classless and running up the score. I wouldn't. I don't believe that there is such a thing as running up the score, especially in professional sports. If you don't like somebody scoring on you, stop them. Just like the celebration thing. It really is that simple.
I do know some Pats fans out there so please don't take offense to this entry if you somehow miraculously find yourself reading my blog. I just don't think the Jets should be getting criticized after backing up their talk. If they had lost they would be getting killed in the media.
And I really don't care who wins the Super Bowl. I just care who doesn't.
Peace brah
So what?
They won the game. They went on the road and beat a team that had beaten them like a drum a month earlier to the tune of 45-3. Had they lost again after running their mouths they would have been a joke. But they didn't. They won. End of discussion.
What's the saying? Don't talk the talk unless you can walk the walk right?
I think Rex Ryan does a good job of deflecting a lot of the attention away from his team and on to him. It would have been very easy to lose that locker room after that 45-3 drubbing to a division rival. It could have killed their season but it didn't. Instead of fielding questions all week about having their lunch money stolen the last time they were in town, most of the buzz was about Ryan vs Belichick.
So far Ryan is 4-1 in the playoffs with back to back wins over Manning and Brady. That's not bad. And don't look now but Belichick has lost 3 straight playoff games including back to back at home. I don't think they have won a post season game since the 2007 AFC Championship game. Of course that's kind of deceiving because they had byes the last two seasons and the season before they were totally screwed by not making it at 11-5. But find me a stat that isn't deceiving right?
I also think that trash talk is great for the NFL. It's especially great in the playoffs because most of the fans watching the games have already seen their teams eliminated. The fact that I think that two teams genuinely hate each other makes me really want to watch the game. I mean these guys aren't out there curing cancer or breaking atoms. They are playing a game of "controlled" violence. I don't know how classy they have to be really. They are paid huge sums of money to knock the snot out of each other. I want my guys a little insane in the membrane.
I mean for example the last thing in the world I want to see immediately after a Redskins loss, and there are far too many of those unfortunately, is for Chris Cooley to be smiling and hugging Eli Manning like they are best friends forever. At that exact moment I'm probably pretty upset so I would appreciate it if the players acted like they cared. At least until they take off their pads. That's all I ask for really.
I read something today where Deion Branch was upset at the way some of the Jets celebrated after their win. Is this guy for real? I know a way to make sure that somebody's celebration doesn't make you sad. It's called winning the game.
You know New England was winning 31-3 in the 4th quarter the last time they played the Jets. They kept in their starters and they scored two more touchdowns to push the final tally to 45-3. One of those touchdowns was through the air. Some people might say that that was an example of being classless and running up the score. I wouldn't. I don't believe that there is such a thing as running up the score, especially in professional sports. If you don't like somebody scoring on you, stop them. Just like the celebration thing. It really is that simple.
I do know some Pats fans out there so please don't take offense to this entry if you somehow miraculously find yourself reading my blog. I just don't think the Jets should be getting criticized after backing up their talk. If they had lost they would be getting killed in the media.
And I really don't care who wins the Super Bowl. I just care who doesn't.
Peace brah
Rankings Monday January 17
Well the new polls came out and the Hoyas still find themselves in both of them. To be perfectly honest, I find that pretty shocking. I thought there was a slight chance that they might cling to the bottom of the Coaches Poll but that they would definitely be in the "others receiving votes" part of the AP Poll. I was way off as they comfortably made both. They are #23 in the AP and Coaches Polls.
Are they playing like one of the top 25 teams in the country right now? No. Do they have still have one of the best resumes in the country? Yes.
I think that their current ranking is more about the rest of the teams around them also struggling than it is about them standing out due to their own good play. In other words, the other teams around them didn't do enough to leap frog the Hoyas. They could have probably stopped this week's poll at 15 and it would have been very appropriate as the teams at the bottom just didn't seem to want it.
Whenever anybody says something like Team X shouldn't be in the tournament or shouldn't be in the Top whatever, I always ask them who should take their spot. You don't always get an answer.
So when the Polls come out I do three things.
1. Find the Hoyas
2. Find the rest of the Big East
3. Look at the bottom of the "others receiving votes" section and try and guess which schools were on Feinstein's ballot
We already have our answer to #1 above.
There are 7 Big East teams in the Coaches Poll and 9 in the AP. I think there is a real chance of 10 BE teams making the NCAA Tournament. That's sick.
Feinstein was very, very predictable this week. It wasn't even a challenge. I saw James Madison and Coastal Carolina at the bottom of the AP Poll and they had Junior written all over them. What's funny is that he wasn't the only one with JMU on their ballot. Even funnier is that JMU has more votes than UNC this week.
I know I give Feinstein crap for having such a crazy ballot but at least he isn't a mindless voter. For example, I hate it when a team ranked 17th loses a close game to a team and the Top 5 and then subsequently falls in the rankings just because they lost. If they are going to move at all after that loss, they should probably move up a little but the Polls don't work that way.
Luckily there is a tournament at the end of the College Basketball season so these Polls are really just something to talk about amongst nerds.
Peace brah
Are they playing like one of the top 25 teams in the country right now? No. Do they have still have one of the best resumes in the country? Yes.
I think that their current ranking is more about the rest of the teams around them also struggling than it is about them standing out due to their own good play. In other words, the other teams around them didn't do enough to leap frog the Hoyas. They could have probably stopped this week's poll at 15 and it would have been very appropriate as the teams at the bottom just didn't seem to want it.
Whenever anybody says something like Team X shouldn't be in the tournament or shouldn't be in the Top whatever, I always ask them who should take their spot. You don't always get an answer.
So when the Polls come out I do three things.
1. Find the Hoyas
2. Find the rest of the Big East
3. Look at the bottom of the "others receiving votes" section and try and guess which schools were on Feinstein's ballot
We already have our answer to #1 above.
There are 7 Big East teams in the Coaches Poll and 9 in the AP. I think there is a real chance of 10 BE teams making the NCAA Tournament. That's sick.
Feinstein was very, very predictable this week. It wasn't even a challenge. I saw James Madison and Coastal Carolina at the bottom of the AP Poll and they had Junior written all over them. What's funny is that he wasn't the only one with JMU on their ballot. Even funnier is that JMU has more votes than UNC this week.
I know I give Feinstein crap for having such a crazy ballot but at least he isn't a mindless voter. For example, I hate it when a team ranked 17th loses a close game to a team and the Top 5 and then subsequently falls in the rankings just because they lost. If they are going to move at all after that loss, they should probably move up a little but the Polls don't work that way.
Luckily there is a tournament at the end of the College Basketball season so these Polls are really just something to talk about amongst nerds.
Peace brah
Monday January 17
I thought about taking the Christmas Tree down today. I'm going to consider that a step in the right direction.
The Australian Open started Sunday at 7pm eastern time and I must say it was a pleasant surprise. DirecTV has the hookup for the first week of all of the Grand Slams with their mix channel and the ability to watch any of those 6 matches on it's own channel. All in HD.
I'm not going to lie when I say that the most interesting sporting event I saw yesterday was Monfils battling back from being down 2 sets to none and 5 to 2 in the 3rd to eventually win in 5 sets. It would have been a major bummer had he lost that early. He's pretty much the only non American I follow.
Speaking of Americans, I need Serena to get back in the mix by the next Slam. I don't just miss her singles, but she ruins the sister doubles as well. You know it's actually pretty embarrassing that her and Venus are the only good American women. They can't play forever.
I've watched a lot of college basketball in my life and I've never seen a game start the way that the Syracuse - Pittsburgh game did tonight.
Playing at home, the Panthers jumped out to a 19-0 lead. Syracuse then promptly responded with a 17-0 run of their own to cut the Pitt lead to 19-17. I've never seen that. I've never seen two teams take turns trading those types of blows to start a game. Never.
Besides the fact that both Pitt and Syracuse couldn't lose tonight, there was something else bothering me during the telecast. No it wasn't that I kept flipping the channel to see what was going on in the Australian Open. It was Dick Vitale. Dick doesn't the Big East game on Monday but since today was Gigantic Monday with games being played all day, I had he misfortune of listening to him run his mouth about evertying but the actual game going on right in front of him.
Example of Dick being Dick - late in the game with Syracuse trying to mount a comeback, he just keeps going on and on about how San Diego State has a chance to go undefeated before the NCAA Tournament starts.
I've been saying for awhile now that you can't win a Big East game scoring less than 60 points. Georgetown has failed to score 60 in all of their conference losses so far. Well earlier in the day both Connecticut and Villanova seemed really determined to prove me wrong. Connecticut went on to uphold my theory by just barely clearing the bare minimum hurdle in their 61-59 victory.
You know I love Jay Bilas and Bill Raftery doing games. I absolutely love them but I was pretty disappointed in them at the end of the UCONN game. Villanova got the ball with 2.5 seconds after Walker scored and had to go the length of the court. Jay and Bill went on about how surprised they were that Villanova didn't call a timeout. Well it wasn't all that surprising given the fact that they didn't have any. How was there not somebody in their ear telling them that?
And with that I'm calling a timeout. I have one left.
Peace brah
The Australian Open started Sunday at 7pm eastern time and I must say it was a pleasant surprise. DirecTV has the hookup for the first week of all of the Grand Slams with their mix channel and the ability to watch any of those 6 matches on it's own channel. All in HD.
I'm not going to lie when I say that the most interesting sporting event I saw yesterday was Monfils battling back from being down 2 sets to none and 5 to 2 in the 3rd to eventually win in 5 sets. It would have been a major bummer had he lost that early. He's pretty much the only non American I follow.
Speaking of Americans, I need Serena to get back in the mix by the next Slam. I don't just miss her singles, but she ruins the sister doubles as well. You know it's actually pretty embarrassing that her and Venus are the only good American women. They can't play forever.
I've watched a lot of college basketball in my life and I've never seen a game start the way that the Syracuse - Pittsburgh game did tonight.
Playing at home, the Panthers jumped out to a 19-0 lead. Syracuse then promptly responded with a 17-0 run of their own to cut the Pitt lead to 19-17. I've never seen that. I've never seen two teams take turns trading those types of blows to start a game. Never.
Besides the fact that both Pitt and Syracuse couldn't lose tonight, there was something else bothering me during the telecast. No it wasn't that I kept flipping the channel to see what was going on in the Australian Open. It was Dick Vitale. Dick doesn't the Big East game on Monday but since today was Gigantic Monday with games being played all day, I had he misfortune of listening to him run his mouth about evertying but the actual game going on right in front of him.
Example of Dick being Dick - late in the game with Syracuse trying to mount a comeback, he just keeps going on and on about how San Diego State has a chance to go undefeated before the NCAA Tournament starts.
I've been saying for awhile now that you can't win a Big East game scoring less than 60 points. Georgetown has failed to score 60 in all of their conference losses so far. Well earlier in the day both Connecticut and Villanova seemed really determined to prove me wrong. Connecticut went on to uphold my theory by just barely clearing the bare minimum hurdle in their 61-59 victory.
You know I love Jay Bilas and Bill Raftery doing games. I absolutely love them but I was pretty disappointed in them at the end of the UCONN game. Villanova got the ball with 2.5 seconds after Walker scored and had to go the length of the court. Jay and Bill went on about how surprised they were that Villanova didn't call a timeout. Well it wasn't all that surprising given the fact that they didn't have any. How was there not somebody in their ear telling them that?
And with that I'm calling a timeout. I have one left.
Peace brah
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
smoke 'em if you got 'em
Almost all teams, even the good ones, have their weak spots or their problem areas. Hopefully as the season goes on you will improve on those areas and take advantage of your strengths on your way to a successful season.
Georgetown is doing the opposite of that right now. They entered the season with two major weak spots:
1. Rebounding
2. Defense
Both of those problem areas seem to be a function of their 3 guard lineup.
So instead of improving on those weak areas, they have pretty much stayed the same while, at the same time, they have picked up other problem areas:
3. Outside Shooting
4. Turnovers
They are making it nearly impossible to win these close games. By not rebounding very well they are giving the opposition more chances to score. By turning it over they are giving themselves less chances to score. (Also remember that turnovers generally lead to easier scores for the other team.) Right now they are getting the negatives of playing small without the positives.
You can't win like that. And they aren't.
In their most recent loss their was a sequence where Vaughn and Benimon turned the ball over in the backcourt attempting to hand it off to a guard. The result? Back to back lay-ups for WVU. They just gave them 4 points. It was pure torture to watch. Not to be left out of the party Sims had a similar turnover later in the game.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the Hoyas, down by 3 late in the game, turned the ball over on their last 4 possessions.
FOUR.
It was so bad that I half expected them to drag out my dog after the final buzzer had sounded and have all of the players kick him while I was forced to watch. I wouldn't have been surprised.
Remember that whole not hitting jump shots thing? Well that was a large part of a 5 minute scoring draught in the first half. If you don't count free throws it was almost 7 minutes. 7 minutes is an eternity in a 40 minute games.
So even though I'm a little disappointed that the defense hasn't gotten better, I think they can survive so long as they start scoring more and giving it away less. It sounds simple but it's not.
Well it's almost time to see if they learned anything in practice since Saturday.
Peace brah
Georgetown is doing the opposite of that right now. They entered the season with two major weak spots:
1. Rebounding
2. Defense
Both of those problem areas seem to be a function of their 3 guard lineup.
So instead of improving on those weak areas, they have pretty much stayed the same while, at the same time, they have picked up other problem areas:
3. Outside Shooting
4. Turnovers
They are making it nearly impossible to win these close games. By not rebounding very well they are giving the opposition more chances to score. By turning it over they are giving themselves less chances to score. (Also remember that turnovers generally lead to easier scores for the other team.) Right now they are getting the negatives of playing small without the positives.
You can't win like that. And they aren't.
In their most recent loss their was a sequence where Vaughn and Benimon turned the ball over in the backcourt attempting to hand it off to a guard. The result? Back to back lay-ups for WVU. They just gave them 4 points. It was pure torture to watch. Not to be left out of the party Sims had a similar turnover later in the game.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the Hoyas, down by 3 late in the game, turned the ball over on their last 4 possessions.
FOUR.
It was so bad that I half expected them to drag out my dog after the final buzzer had sounded and have all of the players kick him while I was forced to watch. I wouldn't have been surprised.
Remember that whole not hitting jump shots thing? Well that was a large part of a 5 minute scoring draught in the first half. If you don't count free throws it was almost 7 minutes. 7 minutes is an eternity in a 40 minute games.
So even though I'm a little disappointed that the defense hasn't gotten better, I think they can survive so long as they start scoring more and giving it away less. It sounds simple but it's not.
Well it's almost time to see if they learned anything in practice since Saturday.
Peace brah
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday January 10
So tonight was the big night. The night of the "National Championship" game. Besides Rocky, I wasn't really sure who I was going to watch the game with tonight. But then the answer became very clear. Since football is so heavily tied to strategy and field position, I came to the conclusion that I should roll with somebody from the military. So I went with the General. I feel like I'm pregnant now. Thanks for nothing Gen. Tso.
I was on Oregon early as my number one in the KPI this past fall but I've been digging Auburn since the Cam Newton investigations started and then that comeback win over Alabama in the Iron Bowl.
If Valentine's Day were to be moved up from Feb 14 to Jan 14, CVS would have no problem accommodating anybody's needs for cards, candy, and over sized teddy bears. The CVS near my house is busting at the seams with red junk here, there, and everywhere.
And it's over in Glendale. Auburn wins on a kick. That's cool. I'm down with War Eagle. There is a pretty entertaining commercial out there right now with everybody saying "Roll Tide" after various types of everyday situations. I imagine that ad is pure torture for Auburn fans. I bet this moment more than makes up for it.
I guess I have to take down the Christmas stuff tomorrow. I feel like most people do that type of thing on New Year's Day and I get that. But I have a new policy half born out of laziness and half born out of a passive aggressive protest to Bowl Games. Basically I feel like as long as it's Bowl Season, it's still Christmas Season at my house.
All of the above being said, I feel like it might stay Christmas down at WTR's all year long. I mean it's an absolute given that the lights are staying up. The only real question is when, if ever, does the mini-tree come down. I kinda like where it is. Unless another TV replaces it, I think it stays.
Ho. Ho. Ho.
War Eagle brah
I was on Oregon early as my number one in the KPI this past fall but I've been digging Auburn since the Cam Newton investigations started and then that comeback win over Alabama in the Iron Bowl.
If Valentine's Day were to be moved up from Feb 14 to Jan 14, CVS would have no problem accommodating anybody's needs for cards, candy, and over sized teddy bears. The CVS near my house is busting at the seams with red junk here, there, and everywhere.
And it's over in Glendale. Auburn wins on a kick. That's cool. I'm down with War Eagle. There is a pretty entertaining commercial out there right now with everybody saying "Roll Tide" after various types of everyday situations. I imagine that ad is pure torture for Auburn fans. I bet this moment more than makes up for it.
I guess I have to take down the Christmas stuff tomorrow. I feel like most people do that type of thing on New Year's Day and I get that. But I have a new policy half born out of laziness and half born out of a passive aggressive protest to Bowl Games. Basically I feel like as long as it's Bowl Season, it's still Christmas Season at my house.
All of the above being said, I feel like it might stay Christmas down at WTR's all year long. I mean it's an absolute given that the lights are staying up. The only real question is when, if ever, does the mini-tree come down. I kinda like where it is. Unless another TV replaces it, I think it stays.
Ho. Ho. Ho.
War Eagle brah
Friday, January 7, 2011
Game 16: Georgetown v West Virginia
Nothing like a big home game at 11am with next to no students. Bring it.
Well if you can't win on the road, you better make damn sure that you win at home. The Hoyas are coming to Verizon for a nice two game homestand that they better take full advantage of if they want to make their lives a little easier come March.
The last time these two schools squared off it was for the conference championship at MSG last March. Now they both find themselves at 1-2 and desperate not to fall any further behind the pack.
It seems like every opponent in the league has guys that you swear must have used up their eligibility yet somehow still find their way on the roster every season. On WVU it's Flowers, Mazzulla, and Thoroughman that I'm talking about. I really can't believe Flowers is still playing.
My keys to the game:
**I believe that their shots will start falling at a higher percentage sooner rather than later. That being said, they have been making themselves too easy to defend. Clark, Freeman, and Wright are too good to just simply fade away with missed shots. They can all get to the rim or set up each other with better looks off the dribble.
**Vaughn needs to stay out of foul trouble and give a solid 25 minutes down low. He's all they have in terms of a low post scoring threat.
**More assists than turnovers. It's hard to score when you keep giving the other team the ball.
**Run, run, run. If you are going to be smaller, and quicker than other teams then you need to make the pay the price to go bigger than you.
**Who is going to guard Jones? He should be able to get his shot off over Austin. Is Hollis up to the task? Will Vee can more run than usual?
Ok less than 12 hours away. I'm out.
Peace brah
Well if you can't win on the road, you better make damn sure that you win at home. The Hoyas are coming to Verizon for a nice two game homestand that they better take full advantage of if they want to make their lives a little easier come March.
The last time these two schools squared off it was for the conference championship at MSG last March. Now they both find themselves at 1-2 and desperate not to fall any further behind the pack.
It seems like every opponent in the league has guys that you swear must have used up their eligibility yet somehow still find their way on the roster every season. On WVU it's Flowers, Mazzulla, and Thoroughman that I'm talking about. I really can't believe Flowers is still playing.
My keys to the game:
**I believe that their shots will start falling at a higher percentage sooner rather than later. That being said, they have been making themselves too easy to defend. Clark, Freeman, and Wright are too good to just simply fade away with missed shots. They can all get to the rim or set up each other with better looks off the dribble.
**Vaughn needs to stay out of foul trouble and give a solid 25 minutes down low. He's all they have in terms of a low post scoring threat.
**More assists than turnovers. It's hard to score when you keep giving the other team the ball.
**Run, run, run. If you are going to be smaller, and quicker than other teams then you need to make the pay the price to go bigger than you.
**Who is going to guard Jones? He should be able to get his shot off over Austin. Is Hollis up to the task? Will Vee can more run than usual?
Ok less than 12 hours away. I'm out.
Peace brah
Not a great start in the Big East
It's hard to win games in the Big East. It's even harder to win games on the road in the Big East. It's next to impossible to win games on the road in the Big East when you score less than 60. Failing to hit the 60 point barrier has the Hoyas sitting at 0-2 on the road in the league. I hope the home rims are kind over the next couple of days. They need it. Bad.
Look it's pretty simple. This team isn't going to grind out results in a slow half court setting. They don't have the defensive presence to consistently win like that. Roy Hibbert isn't sitting behind the guards to block and alter shots anymore. They need to be efficient on offense, take and make high percentage shots, get some break points, limit turnovers, and play well enough on defense. They aren't doing those things. Wait that's not entirely true. They are actually playing well enough on defense to win games if they would stop turning it over and bricking shots all over the place.
Teams in the Big East are daring them to make perimeter shots and sagging back on defense to take away the close buckets that come off the backdoor cuts. I can't recall one fast break bucket in the St. John's loss. Unfortunately I can remember some turnovers on the break.
Even though Georgetown doesn't give up a lot of points, they seem to give up scores at the worst times. The last possession at MSG is a perfect example. Why in the world weren't they in a zone for that possession? Or better yet, why wasn't Vee in the game on the ball? He seems like he really gets after it on defense.
Things have to change or it's going to be a really bumpy ride for here on out.
Peace brah
Look it's pretty simple. This team isn't going to grind out results in a slow half court setting. They don't have the defensive presence to consistently win like that. Roy Hibbert isn't sitting behind the guards to block and alter shots anymore. They need to be efficient on offense, take and make high percentage shots, get some break points, limit turnovers, and play well enough on defense. They aren't doing those things. Wait that's not entirely true. They are actually playing well enough on defense to win games if they would stop turning it over and bricking shots all over the place.
Teams in the Big East are daring them to make perimeter shots and sagging back on defense to take away the close buckets that come off the backdoor cuts. I can't recall one fast break bucket in the St. John's loss. Unfortunately I can remember some turnovers on the break.
Even though Georgetown doesn't give up a lot of points, they seem to give up scores at the worst times. The last possession at MSG is a perfect example. Why in the world weren't they in a zone for that possession? Or better yet, why wasn't Vee in the game on the ball? He seems like he really gets after it on defense.
Things have to change or it's going to be a really bumpy ride for here on out.
Peace brah
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