I felt it a must to listen to Happy Valentine's Day by Andre 3000. Of course after you listen to that you HAVE to skip ahead to Dracula's Wedding.
Another Celebrity Big East look alike: Two years ago it was decided that Syracuse Guard Eric Devendorf shows a striking resemblance to Cheddar Bob from the movie 8 Mile. Well we can add another player to this list. Notre Dame Forward Luke Harangody reminds of an older version of Buzz, the older brother of Kevin in Home Alone. Just another reason to hate the guy really.
So was Syracuse looking ahead to this weekend's game with Georgetown? I mean they did drop a road contest to South Florida last night. Not exactly something you want to do when you are fighting for your NCAA Tournament lives. I guess that depth problem is finally catching up with the Orange. So sad.
Speaking of sad, I am almost starting to feel bad for St. John's. I guess they will change coaches if winning becomes an objective. Right now it seems as if they are just happy not to be on probation.
I think Indiana should fire Kelvin Sampson's cheating ass and go back to the General. It just makes sense.
Yawn: I can't believe how much coverage the Roger Clemens hearing is demanding. Good luck getting some actual information from the bottom line on ESPN. All they do is give you meaningless quotes instead of actual scores. ESPN has really turned into a tabloid like news outlet. They rank games below everything in terms of importance. Rad.
Looking ahead to the weekend: Weather in Syracuse shows a high of 17 degrees on Saturday. I wonder how long I will get stuck in that glorified suburb of Canada. My guess is until Monday.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
the banana is the key...
Accept no substitutes for the Banana: My favorite morning juice is put out by the good people at Dole. Orange Pineapple Banana Juice baby. Wow what a beverage. Well problem is that they were out of it at Safeway this past Sunday Night. My brand loyalty came into play and I went with a very similar product by Dole. Orange Pineapple Juice. I figured it would be decent.
Wrong. I might as well be drinking water out of an ash tray. What a nightmare. Stay true to the Banana folks.
Speaking of my favorite fruit, what is the deal with the food manufacturers always wanting to include nuts with bananas? There are some pretty good looking cereals out there but they all include almonds or walnuts or some other similar garbage. Just focus on the banana. Pies, bread, milkshakes, puddings, etc that are banana centric need to relax on the nuts. We don't need the crunch.
Big East: Notre Dame @ Uconn tonight. The good news is that one of those schools will get a loss tonight. The bad news is that they both can't lose. I think it is about time the Fighting Irish take another loss. I'm really tired of Harangody getting all of this love. I guess people are forgetting how he looked against Roy at the Verizon Center.
Wrong. I might as well be drinking water out of an ash tray. What a nightmare. Stay true to the Banana folks.
Speaking of my favorite fruit, what is the deal with the food manufacturers always wanting to include nuts with bananas? There are some pretty good looking cereals out there but they all include almonds or walnuts or some other similar garbage. Just focus on the banana. Pies, bread, milkshakes, puddings, etc that are banana centric need to relax on the nuts. We don't need the crunch.
Big East: Notre Dame @ Uconn tonight. The good news is that one of those schools will get a loss tonight. The bad news is that they both can't lose. I think it is about time the Fighting Irish take another loss. I'm really tired of Harangody getting all of this love. I guess people are forgetting how he looked against Roy at the Verizon Center.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
my name is bobby and i went to james madison
So there I am sitting in the front row of the Coca Cola Theater at the Verizon Center. I never sit in the front row of things but I was lazy when it finally came to time to find a seat and listen to Georgetown AD Bernard Muir speak. He had been held up in traffic which left me out in th open to just mingle with my fellow Hoya Hoop Club members. Funny how the same few people keep coming to all of the events. I mean there are over 2000 members of the Hoya Hoop Club but it seems more like 50.
Mr. Muir recognizes that he is late and that there is a very small crowd for his annual meeting with the Hoop Club so he decides to go outside the box. He thinks it would be a good idea for us to just stand up and introduce ourselves by stating our year and when we started following the team. The last time I remember doing something like that I was actually back at JMU which is ironic as I was about to unload the knowledge to the rest of the room.
We start with the guy to my left who quickily gives his name, class year at Georgetown and how long he has been a fan. Bam just like that I am up and I know I will get a few funny looks when I speak of my class year - mainly because it isn't what they are going to be expecting.
"My name is Bobby Bancroft - College of Business, James Madison University. Georgetown fan since 1988 and Hoya Hoop Club member since 2002."
I felt like I had just dropped an A-Bomb on the room.
"Oh my god I used to think that guy was cool but he didn't even go here." - Is what I felt they were all thinking in unison.
There were a total of 21 people in attendance and 19 of them actually went to Georgetown. Nobody every asks me when I graduated from Georgetown, as if it is a given. I think it is a pretty safe bet that the people in the athletic department that put together the numerous events and bus trips just assume I am one of them. I guess technically I am not (no degree with Hoya Saxa on it) but I'd like to meet somebody who follows as passionately or closely. I am sure there are some, but it's a small ass list.
19 and counting at home: Georgetown escaped with an ugly 55-53 win that included 48 total fouls, none more talked about than the one committed on Jon Wallace with .1 seconds left. I know I am biased but he was bumped and it resulted in him going out of bounds. If you watch the replay the ref waits almost an entire second to make the call. He isn't looking at the clock. Rather he is focused on the play and the out of bounds line. As soon as Jon crosses that line he blows his whistle. You have to. It is either Villanova ball or a foul on Villanova - those are the two options and since Jon didn't go out of bounds on his own....
Given the fact that they called every ticky tack foul all night, I'm not sure you can really argue against this one. The only reason this one is such a big issue is because it happened to be the last one.
I will have more later but I need to go to bed. I just wanted to make sure to get something out to you, my loyal readers, before this day came to an end.
Mr. Muir recognizes that he is late and that there is a very small crowd for his annual meeting with the Hoop Club so he decides to go outside the box. He thinks it would be a good idea for us to just stand up and introduce ourselves by stating our year and when we started following the team. The last time I remember doing something like that I was actually back at JMU which is ironic as I was about to unload the knowledge to the rest of the room.
We start with the guy to my left who quickily gives his name, class year at Georgetown and how long he has been a fan. Bam just like that I am up and I know I will get a few funny looks when I speak of my class year - mainly because it isn't what they are going to be expecting.
"My name is Bobby Bancroft - College of Business, James Madison University. Georgetown fan since 1988 and Hoya Hoop Club member since 2002."
I felt like I had just dropped an A-Bomb on the room.
"Oh my god I used to think that guy was cool but he didn't even go here." - Is what I felt they were all thinking in unison.
There were a total of 21 people in attendance and 19 of them actually went to Georgetown. Nobody every asks me when I graduated from Georgetown, as if it is a given. I think it is a pretty safe bet that the people in the athletic department that put together the numerous events and bus trips just assume I am one of them. I guess technically I am not (no degree with Hoya Saxa on it) but I'd like to meet somebody who follows as passionately or closely. I am sure there are some, but it's a small ass list.
19 and counting at home: Georgetown escaped with an ugly 55-53 win that included 48 total fouls, none more talked about than the one committed on Jon Wallace with .1 seconds left. I know I am biased but he was bumped and it resulted in him going out of bounds. If you watch the replay the ref waits almost an entire second to make the call. He isn't looking at the clock. Rather he is focused on the play and the out of bounds line. As soon as Jon crosses that line he blows his whistle. You have to. It is either Villanova ball or a foul on Villanova - those are the two options and since Jon didn't go out of bounds on his own....
Given the fact that they called every ticky tack foul all night, I'm not sure you can really argue against this one. The only reason this one is such a big issue is because it happened to be the last one.
I will have more later but I need to go to bed. I just wanted to make sure to get something out to you, my loyal readers, before this day came to an end.
Monday, February 11, 2008
final four my man...
Matchday 23: Villanova comes to town. The same Villanova squad that gave the Hoyas their last home loss some 18 games ago. There are only four home games left this season. I plan on enjoying every second of them before it is time to hit the road in March.
What happened last game?
Leaving Jesse's house I was left wondering if he had switched the game off at the half and put in a tape of the Hoyas circa 2002. No ball movement against the zone, no flashing at the free throw line, too much dribbling agains the press - who were those guys?
Turnovers and the disapperance of Jon Wallace make it tough to win on the road against a quality team.
When the schedule came out for the season I went through each game and put a W or L next to each opponent. They play 29 games and I came up with a record of 25-4. So far they are 19-3 and I have nailed every loss. Sometimes it sucks to be right. I hope I was wrong about that 4th because it will make for a long drive back from the Carrier Dome.
Reasons why I love JT3: "We're a long way from where I want to be. It takes a lot to build a program. I don't want to have a good team. I don't want to have something that's cute and trendy. I want this program to be good, to be the best, forever. That's all encompassing. We are still in the infancy phases, literally and figuratively, of getting to where we want to be.
What happened last game?
Leaving Jesse's house I was left wondering if he had switched the game off at the half and put in a tape of the Hoyas circa 2002. No ball movement against the zone, no flashing at the free throw line, too much dribbling agains the press - who were those guys?
Turnovers and the disapperance of Jon Wallace make it tough to win on the road against a quality team.
When the schedule came out for the season I went through each game and put a W or L next to each opponent. They play 29 games and I came up with a record of 25-4. So far they are 19-3 and I have nailed every loss. Sometimes it sucks to be right. I hope I was wrong about that 4th because it will make for a long drive back from the Carrier Dome.
Reasons why I love JT3: "We're a long way from where I want to be. It takes a lot to build a program. I don't want to have a good team. I don't want to have something that's cute and trendy. I want this program to be good, to be the best, forever. That's all encompassing. We are still in the infancy phases, literally and figuratively, of getting to where we want to be.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
longest day ever...
See this is what happens when you do the practical thing instead of listening to your heart. Today has definitely been the longest day of the year and we still have two hours until Hoyas v Cardinals.
You get so used to going to all of the games and then you have to try and find a way to survive until 9pm. It hasn't been easy. Let me give you the rundown:
Started off with some Premiership soccer at little past 7am. Newcastle v Aston Villa and then Sunderland v Wigan. Switch gears to college basketball with a little Notre Dame v Marquette. After rooting against the once again victorious Irish, I had to get out of the house. Clocktower Gold's was my next destination. Some plyometrics and some cardio would surely make the day go quicker right?
WRONG.
Next up I find myself looking at bedding at Target. Yeah I know not real manly but whatever I need some new stuff. Anybody that knows me knows that I never just go and buy something. I have to look at the same product on at least 3 separate occasions before handing over my shiny red visa check card.
Alright finally it is 5pm and I'm at Church. This is guaranteed to take an hour. Ok now I'm walking Rocky around the block and waiting for my pizza to get out of the oven. Nothing better than a Tombstone brah.
Oh great we interrupt your normally schedule Saturday in February to break the killer news that Redskins just gave up on their coaching search and went with the guy they hired over a week ago to run the offense. Pretty normal. At least he has never been a coordinator before. I feel really good about his hire. I bet Zorn will have no problem doing things the way he wants to do them with Snyder around. Awesome.
Alright I'm gonna go eat this silly pizza and catch the game with the Thiems. Jacob is the ultimate good luck charm.
I believe in a thing called Roy.....
Peace Out Homie
You get so used to going to all of the games and then you have to try and find a way to survive until 9pm. It hasn't been easy. Let me give you the rundown:
Started off with some Premiership soccer at little past 7am. Newcastle v Aston Villa and then Sunderland v Wigan. Switch gears to college basketball with a little Notre Dame v Marquette. After rooting against the once again victorious Irish, I had to get out of the house. Clocktower Gold's was my next destination. Some plyometrics and some cardio would surely make the day go quicker right?
WRONG.
Next up I find myself looking at bedding at Target. Yeah I know not real manly but whatever I need some new stuff. Anybody that knows me knows that I never just go and buy something. I have to look at the same product on at least 3 separate occasions before handing over my shiny red visa check card.
Alright finally it is 5pm and I'm at Church. This is guaranteed to take an hour. Ok now I'm walking Rocky around the block and waiting for my pizza to get out of the oven. Nothing better than a Tombstone brah.
Oh great we interrupt your normally schedule Saturday in February to break the killer news that Redskins just gave up on their coaching search and went with the guy they hired over a week ago to run the offense. Pretty normal. At least he has never been a coordinator before. I feel really good about his hire. I bet Zorn will have no problem doing things the way he wants to do them with Snyder around. Awesome.
Alright I'm gonna go eat this silly pizza and catch the game with the Thiems. Jacob is the ultimate good luck charm.
I believe in a thing called Roy.....
Peace Out Homie
Friday, February 8, 2008
Cry Freedom...
From the How didn’t I think of that File: Gilbert Arenas is blogging about a mixed drink that contains two of my all time favorites, Corona and Shark Attacks (well Shirley Temples for the non-Glory Days savvy types). I mean I already love to indulge in another Corona combination – Corona with a shot of Bacardi Limon. Free advice – go easy on them and don’t even think about driving. But back to Gilbert, he calls the beverage the Agent Zero and says it’s really sweet. I plan on trying this fairly soon so don't you go worrying your pretty little head off.
Pretty good timing: If you have to pick one night out of the week to stay later at work, I am going to go out on a limb and bet that Friday is at the bottom of the list. I’m still at work (obviously done since I’m writing you, my devoted readers, before I leave) but its getting pretty damn late. This no meat on Friday deal is already feeling like a house of a thousand daggers. I was thinking of grabbing a quick sandwich before heading off to Gold’s but that’s not an option. Awesome. Yeah a quick check of the fridge here at work showed nothing in the form of Fish Sticks. Seriously what kind(s) of fish composes the stick?
No Freedom for me: My inevitable visit to Freedom Hall isn’t going to occur in 2008 I’m sorry to say. Sometimes you just can’t pull the trigger. The key is making those “sometimes” few and far between. No word yet on the whereabouts of my game watch, but I can tell you this; Town Hall isn’t looking like the winner. Our 19-2 Georgetown Hoyas enter tomorrow night’s clash as a 2.5 point favorite underdog. Keeping the turnovers under control and my main man Jonathan Wallace finding his shot are my keys to the game. I am, of course, counting on Roy to be, well, Roy.
Gooners: No Arsenal tomorrow OR Sunday is really not helping this first weekend without American Football go down any easier. We don’t count the Pro Bowl as “real” football. I think it would be cool if the NFC defense goes out with only 10 on the first play in honor of Sean Taylor. It was cool when the Skins did it on the mainland and it will again be cool from the Island.
Skins Coaching Drama: Maybe Gibbs will come back and save this Titanic. Maybe he was tired of Williams and Saunders and this was the only way he could get rid of them without looking like an ass. He knows Holmgrem from their USC days so perhaps he tipped him off to Zorn being an up and comer. Look I’m grasping here but anything is better than going with reality when it comes to Operation Worst Front Office Ever.
Pretty good timing: If you have to pick one night out of the week to stay later at work, I am going to go out on a limb and bet that Friday is at the bottom of the list. I’m still at work (obviously done since I’m writing you, my devoted readers, before I leave) but its getting pretty damn late. This no meat on Friday deal is already feeling like a house of a thousand daggers. I was thinking of grabbing a quick sandwich before heading off to Gold’s but that’s not an option. Awesome. Yeah a quick check of the fridge here at work showed nothing in the form of Fish Sticks. Seriously what kind(s) of fish composes the stick?
No Freedom for me: My inevitable visit to Freedom Hall isn’t going to occur in 2008 I’m sorry to say. Sometimes you just can’t pull the trigger. The key is making those “sometimes” few and far between. No word yet on the whereabouts of my game watch, but I can tell you this; Town Hall isn’t looking like the winner. Our 19-2 Georgetown Hoyas enter tomorrow night’s clash as a 2.5 point favorite underdog. Keeping the turnovers under control and my main man Jonathan Wallace finding his shot are my keys to the game. I am, of course, counting on Roy to be, well, Roy.
Gooners: No Arsenal tomorrow OR Sunday is really not helping this first weekend without American Football go down any easier. We don’t count the Pro Bowl as “real” football. I think it would be cool if the NFC defense goes out with only 10 on the first play in honor of Sean Taylor. It was cool when the Skins did it on the mainland and it will again be cool from the Island.
Skins Coaching Drama: Maybe Gibbs will come back and save this Titanic. Maybe he was tired of Williams and Saunders and this was the only way he could get rid of them without looking like an ass. He knows Holmgrem from their USC days so perhaps he tipped him off to Zorn being an up and comer. Look I’m grasping here but anything is better than going with reality when it comes to Operation Worst Front Office Ever.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Town Hall or Freedom Hall?
Town Hall vs Freedom Hall.
Now this is a very big decision.
Georgetown plays Louisville at Freedom hall this weekend. Google maps have indicated to me that the drive from my house to Freedom Hall is roughly 9 and a half hours. Game time is 9pm seeing as it how it is the game of the weekend on ESPN. They even decided to send their GameDay crew down there, very nice of them really. So the late tip time doesn't require me to leave my house at some crazy hour.
Now there is obviously another way to get there. A flight to Louisville and a hotel for Saturday night is a little bit more than I would want to spend for a regular season game, knowing that March Madness travel is a little more than 5 weeks away.
What is Town Hall you ask? Well it is a place in DC that the Hoya Hoop Club uses as their away game Headquarters. I really don’t like to watch games out in public but I have this new problem: they suck when I watch from 2003 N Brandywine. From what I understand the place is pretty cool but my source was basing that on the fact that lots of guys went there. Last time I checked that is actually a negative from my perspective.
The wrinkle in this decision isn’t the fact that I would be going to Louisville by myself or the fact that the drive would make my Sunday totally suck. (I decided a long time ago not to let the lack of others stop me from going somewhere I want to go. Obviously I’d rather go with good friends, but sometimes you gotta just go for the gold by yourself. Oh and the drive time would just fly by with the proper amount of effort put into some killer playlists.) The wrinkle is that I need new front brakes pretty soon and that cost will come close to my travel cost.
What is a crazed fan to do? March Madness is looming. Next weekend in Syracuse will be my fifth roadtrip of the season. Should I make it my sixth??? Remember that I have a sweet spot in my heart for places I haven't been to yet. Freedom Hall has yet to make it on my Stadiums/Arenas that I have attended spreadsheet.
Do I have what it takes to make an adult decision and pass on the trip? Will the Peter Pan Syndrome come up and bite me in the ass yet again? That is the Million Dollar Question.
Watch this blog closely for all of your answers.
Now this is a very big decision.
Georgetown plays Louisville at Freedom hall this weekend. Google maps have indicated to me that the drive from my house to Freedom Hall is roughly 9 and a half hours. Game time is 9pm seeing as it how it is the game of the weekend on ESPN. They even decided to send their GameDay crew down there, very nice of them really. So the late tip time doesn't require me to leave my house at some crazy hour.
Now there is obviously another way to get there. A flight to Louisville and a hotel for Saturday night is a little bit more than I would want to spend for a regular season game, knowing that March Madness travel is a little more than 5 weeks away.
What is Town Hall you ask? Well it is a place in DC that the Hoya Hoop Club uses as their away game Headquarters. I really don’t like to watch games out in public but I have this new problem: they suck when I watch from 2003 N Brandywine. From what I understand the place is pretty cool but my source was basing that on the fact that lots of guys went there. Last time I checked that is actually a negative from my perspective.
The wrinkle in this decision isn’t the fact that I would be going to Louisville by myself or the fact that the drive would make my Sunday totally suck. (I decided a long time ago not to let the lack of others stop me from going somewhere I want to go. Obviously I’d rather go with good friends, but sometimes you gotta just go for the gold by yourself. Oh and the drive time would just fly by with the proper amount of effort put into some killer playlists.) The wrinkle is that I need new front brakes pretty soon and that cost will come close to my travel cost.
What is a crazed fan to do? March Madness is looming. Next weekend in Syracuse will be my fifth roadtrip of the season. Should I make it my sixth??? Remember that I have a sweet spot in my heart for places I haven't been to yet. Freedom Hall has yet to make it on my Stadiums/Arenas that I have attended spreadsheet.
Do I have what it takes to make an adult decision and pass on the trip? Will the Peter Pan Syndrome come up and bite me in the ass yet again? That is the Million Dollar Question.
Watch this blog closely for all of your answers.
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