I figured that my worst case sports scenario of the day would have been Delaware somehow beating Navy. I mean that would have been pretty embarrassing really when you consider that Notre Dame lost to the Midshipmen last weekend.
Yeah I was way off on that one.
As it turns out, worst case sports scenario was losing Robin Van Persie for an extended period of time. Did I mention that he was playing in a meaningless "Friendly"? Well I should have. Friendly? What a miserable way to describe a game where the object is to win.
Speaking of international games, the US lost to Slovakia this morning. Slovakia got the win under their coach, Coach Weiss. I couldn't help but think that it would be the only game I watched all day where somebody named Weiss, or Weis, would get the win. I was right.
ND: I'd like to thank Charlie. He's leaving the team in better shape then he found them. But it's a "gots to go" situation. He's in waaaay over his head and it's becoming toxic. It's unbelievable just how bad the offensive line is against mostly minimal pass rushes. I don't really even blame him. I blame the people who hired him.
South Bend isn't the place where you should be learning how to be a head coach.
OMG is it Tuesday yet?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
what to look for...
The first thing you want to look for in the Georgetown box score is the assist to made shots ratio. It was very nice tonight. 17 assists on 28 made shots. That is strong.
The 2nd thing you want to look at is the field goal percentage. Tonight it was 53%. That's a good number. If the first number you looked at was strong, it's very likely that the 2nd is strong. It was.
If you find yourself with 1st and 2nd numbers that don't really correlate, the answer can most likely be seen in the third column. So go ahead and check out how many 3 pointers the guys took. If they took a bunch of bad shots from downtown, it will throw off the overall field goal percentage even if the assist to made shots ratio is nice.
Disclaimer...you can throw everything out the window if they rebound like a girls jv team. And that was a major problem last year.
The 2nd thing you want to look at is the field goal percentage. Tonight it was 53%. That's a good number. If the first number you looked at was strong, it's very likely that the 2nd is strong. It was.
If you find yourself with 1st and 2nd numbers that don't really correlate, the answer can most likely be seen in the third column. So go ahead and check out how many 3 pointers the guys took. If they took a bunch of bad shots from downtown, it will throw off the overall field goal percentage even if the assist to made shots ratio is nice.
Disclaimer...you can throw everything out the window if they rebound like a girls jv team. And that was a major problem last year.
straight cash right out of the gate
College Basketball in early November will never be confused with a well-oiled machine.
Take tonight's Georgetown at Tulane contest as an example.
Remember how I said that for $9.95/month you could sign up for Tulane Green Wave TV and watch tonight's game? Yeah that was completely bogus. Fortunately for me I didn't sign up. But a bunch of people from the Hoya Talk board did.
Dagger.
Now they are stuck with a bunch of garbage video that they will never, ever watch.
The game was supposed to tip at 9pm tonight. Yeah go ahead and make that 930pm. Apparently the women's game went late.
Channelsurfing.net had the game available on their menu. Yeah that didn't work until the 2nd half. So even though it's the year 2009, you had a ranked team playing in a game that was only available via the AM radio dial.
Awesome.
Of course it did actually start working right before the half-time break.
Did I mention that twitter was way ahead of the video? Well it was. Not that money really.
All in all it's ok, college basketball. I missed you so much I can overlook your faults. Well at least for tonight anyway.
See you Tuesday at 230 in the Acela Club.
Take tonight's Georgetown at Tulane contest as an example.
Remember how I said that for $9.95/month you could sign up for Tulane Green Wave TV and watch tonight's game? Yeah that was completely bogus. Fortunately for me I didn't sign up. But a bunch of people from the Hoya Talk board did.
Dagger.
Now they are stuck with a bunch of garbage video that they will never, ever watch.
The game was supposed to tip at 9pm tonight. Yeah go ahead and make that 930pm. Apparently the women's game went late.
Channelsurfing.net had the game available on their menu. Yeah that didn't work until the 2nd half. So even though it's the year 2009, you had a ranked team playing in a game that was only available via the AM radio dial.
Awesome.
Of course it did actually start working right before the half-time break.
Did I mention that twitter was way ahead of the video? Well it was. Not that money really.
All in all it's ok, college basketball. I missed you so much I can overlook your faults. Well at least for tonight anyway.
See you Tuesday at 230 in the Acela Club.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
i dare you to not buy that
You know what's awesome? New beer.
You know what's not awesome? Warm new beer.
Ok so today I just couldn't walk by the Mad Elf Ale without buying it. It was physically impossible to do. Of course now I find myself just meandering around the kitchen taking it out of the refrigerator every 5 minutes or so and wondering to myself, "Is this what it normally feels like when it's cold enough to drink"?
It would probably be cold enough by now if I didn't keep doing that.
Thanks to Whole Foods for stocking so much Mad Elf at room temperature. I really appreciate it.
Did I mention it was 11%? Yeah. Well it is.
So the Hoyas open up tomorrow in Greg Monroe's hometown of New Orleans. It's such a big game that it's only being carried live on Tulane's website. Looks like you have to sign up for a month at $9.95. Sweet. If I had to guess, I would guess that I'll forget to cancel and just end up paying for about 5 months of Green Wave action.
I'm sure I will have the will power to just listen on the radio.
You know what's not awesome? Warm new beer.
Ok so today I just couldn't walk by the Mad Elf Ale without buying it. It was physically impossible to do. Of course now I find myself just meandering around the kitchen taking it out of the refrigerator every 5 minutes or so and wondering to myself, "Is this what it normally feels like when it's cold enough to drink"?
It would probably be cold enough by now if I didn't keep doing that.
Thanks to Whole Foods for stocking so much Mad Elf at room temperature. I really appreciate it.
Did I mention it was 11%? Yeah. Well it is.
So the Hoyas open up tomorrow in Greg Monroe's hometown of New Orleans. It's such a big game that it's only being carried live on Tulane's website. Looks like you have to sign up for a month at $9.95. Sweet. If I had to guess, I would guess that I'll forget to cancel and just end up paying for about 5 months of Green Wave action.
I'm sure I will have the will power to just listen on the radio.
Monday, October 5, 2009
goodbye to the SS2 for now...
27 days.
It felt like 270.
But after 27 days I'm out of the sling, or should I say the Sling Shot 2. I'd hate to see the older version.
My shoulder feels a lot better than it did last week, the week before, blah blah blah, but I'm still no where near where I need to be. They said I could drive, which I did after my appointment, but I'm not sure how "safe" I would call it. I mean I didn't use my left arm at all. Which meant I couldn't really use a turn signal. I guess it probably made me just blend in better with all the other incompetent drivers out there.
***So the Redskins won. They beat, in my opinion at least, the worst team in the NFL. At home. By 3 points. Not exactly awe inspiring stuff. It's amazing how. I'm glad that I have DirecTV coming soon. I need the ability to flip to other games.
***Shayne Graham ruined my day yesterday. I root for 3 things to happen each year.
The Redskins to win the Super Bowl.
A team to go 0-16.
A game to end in a tie.
Last year was incredible in that you had 2 of those things happen. The Bengals came dangerously close to going back to back years with a draw on their resume until a guy I went to camps with growing up just snuck one through the posts.
***This Vikings v Packers game is pretty entertaining. I hadn't watched a minute of MNF until tonight. For all the talk about Favre, the one thing that never made sense was why he "retired" two years ago. At that time he seemed as though he could go another 5 years and he still looks like that tonight.
ESPN has show a bunch of his throws from a camera hanging above his head so you can see what he sees when he releases the ball. Do you understand how sick you have to be to in order to make those throws? It's insane brah.
It felt like 270.
But after 27 days I'm out of the sling, or should I say the Sling Shot 2. I'd hate to see the older version.
My shoulder feels a lot better than it did last week, the week before, blah blah blah, but I'm still no where near where I need to be. They said I could drive, which I did after my appointment, but I'm not sure how "safe" I would call it. I mean I didn't use my left arm at all. Which meant I couldn't really use a turn signal. I guess it probably made me just blend in better with all the other incompetent drivers out there.
***So the Redskins won. They beat, in my opinion at least, the worst team in the NFL. At home. By 3 points. Not exactly awe inspiring stuff. It's amazing how. I'm glad that I have DirecTV coming soon. I need the ability to flip to other games.
***Shayne Graham ruined my day yesterday. I root for 3 things to happen each year.
The Redskins to win the Super Bowl.
A team to go 0-16.
A game to end in a tie.
Last year was incredible in that you had 2 of those things happen. The Bengals came dangerously close to going back to back years with a draw on their resume until a guy I went to camps with growing up just snuck one through the posts.
***This Vikings v Packers game is pretty entertaining. I hadn't watched a minute of MNF until tonight. For all the talk about Favre, the one thing that never made sense was why he "retired" two years ago. At that time he seemed as though he could go another 5 years and he still looks like that tonight.
ESPN has show a bunch of his throws from a camera hanging above his head so you can see what he sees when he releases the ball. Do you understand how sick you have to be to in order to make those throws? It's insane brah.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
living on a prayer
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
I'm obviously describing Notre Dame's defensive performance today. I mean they had 3 goal line stands but also gave up 30 points at home, including a last second field goal to force overtime. It sucks when you know that the other team has way too much time to score before the final whistle is blown. It sucks even more when you feel that way with only 60 seconds left.
Hey. 5 field goals? seriously?
It shouldn't be this stressful to watch college football on Saturday afternoons.
Hey does anybody else just love those Mums in between the 20's?
***Ok so I have Direct Kick, which is basically a season pass to almost every out of market MLS game. I think there are literally dozens of people across the country that have this sports package.
My complaint is that they are blacking out the DC United v Chivas game right now.
That sucks. What sucks is that I can't watch it Live because it's on delay locally because of the Caps.
Yeah I get it. All of a sudden everybody is a Caps fan. Rock the Red. blah blah blah. Look I like the Caps. If I see their score flash across the bottom of my screen I'd rather they be highlighted in yellow as opposed to being in white but can't VS pick up tonight's game.
Quick check. VS is playing Oregon State v Arizona State.
Man some of these Direct Kick games tonight are extra grainy. I mean we are taking Setanta bad. It's like a bootleg of a bootleg to watch Columbus v Seattle.
Uh oh!
Goal for the Sounders. Not so great.
until next time
I'm obviously describing Notre Dame's defensive performance today. I mean they had 3 goal line stands but also gave up 30 points at home, including a last second field goal to force overtime. It sucks when you know that the other team has way too much time to score before the final whistle is blown. It sucks even more when you feel that way with only 60 seconds left.
Hey. 5 field goals? seriously?
It shouldn't be this stressful to watch college football on Saturday afternoons.
Hey does anybody else just love those Mums in between the 20's?
***Ok so I have Direct Kick, which is basically a season pass to almost every out of market MLS game. I think there are literally dozens of people across the country that have this sports package.
My complaint is that they are blacking out the DC United v Chivas game right now.
That sucks. What sucks is that I can't watch it Live because it's on delay locally because of the Caps.
Yeah I get it. All of a sudden everybody is a Caps fan. Rock the Red. blah blah blah. Look I like the Caps. If I see their score flash across the bottom of my screen I'd rather they be highlighted in yellow as opposed to being in white but can't VS pick up tonight's game.
Quick check. VS is playing Oregon State v Arizona State.
Man some of these Direct Kick games tonight are extra grainy. I mean we are taking Setanta bad. It's like a bootleg of a bootleg to watch Columbus v Seattle.
Uh oh!
Goal for the Sounders. Not so great.
until next time
espn2 live from fountain head
I watched some of ESPN2's fine Fishing programming this morning and I couldn't help but to be jealous. These guys go fishing, and, get this, they catch fish. Not just a fish or two, but a fish or two every 5 minutes.
Unbelievable.
I'd love to see them shoot one of these episodes at Fountain Head Reservoir with me and my friends. Now that would make some killer TV. It's about time America sees what really happens on the water.
Even more random stuff:
***Who are these people that gather for the Olympic announcements? I had no idea it was such a big deal. I mean it was absolute pandemonium when that nerd came out and read the card that said Rio de Janiero.
The only thing that would get me that excited is if the card had read Kings Park 2016.
***So yesterday was the last day I had to make my required seat donation in order to retain my seats at the Verizon Center for Georgetown games. I, of course, waited until the last day to fork over what might as well be a King's ransom.
I was surprised at how difficult it was to give them my money. It seemed simple enough really. Just go to the website and click a few buttons. Well I was able to successfully navigate through to the very end until the "Error" message popped up.
Awesome.
Ok no problem. Just call them up. Strike two. I keep getting this one guy's voice mail. The best part was that even though I was calling once every 15 minutes, his voice mail message kept fooling me to thinking that he had answered my call. Very clever, and, at the same time, very cruel.
I started to think about the horror that would be me without my seats of the last 6 seasons when I got a call back.
Phew.
I'm sure the problem was that too many dummies, like myself, just had to wait until the very last day to do what they could have done 2 months ago. Chalk another one up for Team Procrastination.
***Today's EPL games aren't that great. Obvious problem is that Arsenal doesn't play until tomorrow. Chelsea v Liverpool is also tomrrow. Aston Villa v Man City is, I think, Monday. Man Utd plays today but they are so boring and will just 10 minutes extra time if they are losing or tied so what's the point of watching that?
Unbelievable.
I'd love to see them shoot one of these episodes at Fountain Head Reservoir with me and my friends. Now that would make some killer TV. It's about time America sees what really happens on the water.
Even more random stuff:
***Who are these people that gather for the Olympic announcements? I had no idea it was such a big deal. I mean it was absolute pandemonium when that nerd came out and read the card that said Rio de Janiero.
The only thing that would get me that excited is if the card had read Kings Park 2016.
***So yesterday was the last day I had to make my required seat donation in order to retain my seats at the Verizon Center for Georgetown games. I, of course, waited until the last day to fork over what might as well be a King's ransom.
I was surprised at how difficult it was to give them my money. It seemed simple enough really. Just go to the website and click a few buttons. Well I was able to successfully navigate through to the very end until the "Error" message popped up.
Awesome.
Ok no problem. Just call them up. Strike two. I keep getting this one guy's voice mail. The best part was that even though I was calling once every 15 minutes, his voice mail message kept fooling me to thinking that he had answered my call. Very clever, and, at the same time, very cruel.
I started to think about the horror that would be me without my seats of the last 6 seasons when I got a call back.
Phew.
I'm sure the problem was that too many dummies, like myself, just had to wait until the very last day to do what they could have done 2 months ago. Chalk another one up for Team Procrastination.
***Today's EPL games aren't that great. Obvious problem is that Arsenal doesn't play until tomorrow. Chelsea v Liverpool is also tomrrow. Aston Villa v Man City is, I think, Monday. Man Utd plays today but they are so boring and will just 10 minutes extra time if they are losing or tied so what's the point of watching that?
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