Ok well it's time for me to get my first look at Satan's Army, I mean Syracuse, this season. It's a match-up of top ten teams as they take on Michigan State. I've seen State a few times and they aren't exactly clicking just yet but I'm sure that will fix itself as the season rolls on. Hopefully tonight.
Here are my thoughts:
**I didn't know Fab Melo was a starter. I should have seen him at the Capital Classic at AU in April but he was a no-show.
**Boeheim is about to kill Jardine for not sliding over in the zone. I wish the cameras hadn't had left him. Jimmy called a timeout and was using some of the most colorful words available right in Scoop's grill.
**State is making a bunch of typical mistakes against this zone - sloppy passes around the perimeter, bad 3's, not getting it to the foul line.
**We made it almost an entire 7 minutes into this game before Vitale had to start talking about Duke. He shouldn't still have this job. It's embarrassing.
**MSU should consider fouling Jackson near the hoop. He's pretty good at dunking and not so good at shooting free throws.
**I"m officially bored with this game. I know what is going to happen and I hate it.
**7-0 run for the Spartans and it's down to 4.
**Cuse up 9 at the half. A lot of their scores are coming off of bad shots by State. I'll see this game through but I'm not exactly thrilled about where I think it's headed.
**It's down to 3 at the under 12 minute TV timeout. MSU is doing a much better job of forcing Cuse to take jumpers. Free throws and turnovers are still killing Sparty though.
**Fab Melo sucks. The kid from Senegal is much more of a handful right now.
**You know I watched MSU in the Maui Invitational and I thought they played poorly. They almost lost to Chaminade in the first round - a D2 school. Well maybe they just aren't that great. They are getting a lot of love from last year's Final Four run but that was just 5 games. There's a reason they were a 5 seed in the tournament.
**Nice to see Derrick Coleman all dressed up with a front row seat. I'm pretty sure he filed for bankruptcy within the last year. What a great spokesman for the University.
**Syracuse has some of the fattest fans in College Basketball. I'm guessing it's a direct result of having absolutely nothing to do in Syracuse besides eating large quantities of high fructose corn syrup.
**Syracuse doesn't leave the state of NY until Jan 17, 2011. Pathetic.
**I just want to thank MSU for beating Maryland in last year's 2nd Round. A win by the Terps in that game and it could have been disastrous. I mean Northern Iowa and Tennessee were the path to the Final Four. Talk about a scary situation.
Peace brah
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday Dec 6
Lexus: So just like everybody else on the planet, I want a Lexus with a big red bow on it for Christmas. Well now there is a new twist - putting the gift in the house. This latest ad implies that you should have a house big enough to drive that baby in it. I love it.
The General: I had a craving for General Tso chicken tonight. Even after carefully considering the potential pitfalls with that choice I still had to have it. What problems you say? Well the first problem is that I always feel like I have a brick in my stomach after eating it. The second problem is that Hunan West gives you so much and its horrible to eat the next day. Rocky is totally down to finish off what seems to be like 2 more servings but I think that's probably a poor decision.
Redbox: I'm the kind of customer that Redbox loves. I rent movies on a fairly consistent basis but even better is that I return movies late on that same consistent basis. I've had Get Him to the Greek or whatever it's called for a few days now. Oh and I haven't even watched it yet. And it's a Blu-Ray. Your welcome Redbox.
MNF: Well since the team that I root for kinda sucks I have to rely on other games to get me going. I've been an admirer of the Colts forever but they also sorts suck this year. Not Redskins incompetence but not exactly what you would expect from the Colts.
So that leads me to tonight's Jets - Patriots clash. I was ready for this game to burn down my house. Well it's been a complete due through 3 quarters. Damn you MNF!
I hope Gruden takes a job in football again. Not because I think he's a great coach but because I think he's an awful announcer.
I like how the Patriots are continuing to score. Running up the score doesn't exist in pro sports. If you want somebody to quit scoring, stop them. It's that simple.
Peace brah
The General: I had a craving for General Tso chicken tonight. Even after carefully considering the potential pitfalls with that choice I still had to have it. What problems you say? Well the first problem is that I always feel like I have a brick in my stomach after eating it. The second problem is that Hunan West gives you so much and its horrible to eat the next day. Rocky is totally down to finish off what seems to be like 2 more servings but I think that's probably a poor decision.
Redbox: I'm the kind of customer that Redbox loves. I rent movies on a fairly consistent basis but even better is that I return movies late on that same consistent basis. I've had Get Him to the Greek or whatever it's called for a few days now. Oh and I haven't even watched it yet. And it's a Blu-Ray. Your welcome Redbox.
MNF: Well since the team that I root for kinda sucks I have to rely on other games to get me going. I've been an admirer of the Colts forever but they also sorts suck this year. Not Redskins incompetence but not exactly what you would expect from the Colts.
So that leads me to tonight's Jets - Patriots clash. I was ready for this game to burn down my house. Well it's been a complete due through 3 quarters. Damn you MNF!
I hope Gruden takes a job in football again. Not because I think he's a great coach but because I think he's an awful announcer.
I like how the Patriots are continuing to score. Running up the score doesn't exist in pro sports. If you want somebody to quit scoring, stop them. It's that simple.
Peace brah
Sunday, December 5, 2010
I think that's a wrap on the 2010 season
For whatever reason, I was feeling good about the Redskins today. Unfounded optimism is not one of my known specialties, but I had a big dose of it this morning. Of course if I had known that Haynesworth was out, I wouldn't have been feeling it so much.
The 'Skins were doomed early on with some of the worst tackling I've seen since their last game. I've been hating on the 3-4 scheme Haslett is going with but it is putting players in a position to make tackles. The problem is that the first guy to the ball hardly ever makes the play.
Offensively this team is just a nightmare. Penalties, drops, sacks, turnovers - they do it all. They don't look as if they practice in between games. Maybe Allen Iverson is consulting them from Turkey.
So they are 5-7 and I don't think 9-7 will get them in to the postseason. Of course the chances of going 9-7 are pretty slim.
28: In each of their past two divisional games on the road, the Redskins have been down 28-0 at one point. That's not bad. It's awful.
Capture the flag: It looked like Mike Shannahan was about to challenge a clear fumble by McNabb until his son, Kyle, dove on the red flag. I've never seen that.
Ga-won't: I know it didn't really matter today but I never have ANY confidence that Gano will make a field goal when he trots on the field. He went 0-1 today at a windy Giants Stadium.
Road Trip: As recently as 2 weeks ago I gave serious thought to going to this game. I like to travel for road games and I love to check out new stadiums. I'm really glad that I'm not driving home right now. Really glad.
Sellers: He had a pretty huge drop when the game wasn't completely out of reach. I guess you can't get too upset when your fullback drops a pass. Mike did his best to make up for that drop by coming through with his patented move of hurdling over a defender that is trying to take out his legs. It never results in a lot of additional yardage but it looks pretty sick. Small victories in times like these.
Favre: Brett came to FedEx last weekend and didn't commit any horrible turnovers. He only played 3 snaps today and threw an interception. All I needed was one of those last Sunday to see a victory from some pretty good seats. Figures.
The 'Skins were doomed early on with some of the worst tackling I've seen since their last game. I've been hating on the 3-4 scheme Haslett is going with but it is putting players in a position to make tackles. The problem is that the first guy to the ball hardly ever makes the play.
Offensively this team is just a nightmare. Penalties, drops, sacks, turnovers - they do it all. They don't look as if they practice in between games. Maybe Allen Iverson is consulting them from Turkey.
So they are 5-7 and I don't think 9-7 will get them in to the postseason. Of course the chances of going 9-7 are pretty slim.
28: In each of their past two divisional games on the road, the Redskins have been down 28-0 at one point. That's not bad. It's awful.
Capture the flag: It looked like Mike Shannahan was about to challenge a clear fumble by McNabb until his son, Kyle, dove on the red flag. I've never seen that.
Ga-won't: I know it didn't really matter today but I never have ANY confidence that Gano will make a field goal when he trots on the field. He went 0-1 today at a windy Giants Stadium.
Road Trip: As recently as 2 weeks ago I gave serious thought to going to this game. I like to travel for road games and I love to check out new stadiums. I'm really glad that I'm not driving home right now. Really glad.
Sellers: He had a pretty huge drop when the game wasn't completely out of reach. I guess you can't get too upset when your fullback drops a pass. Mike did his best to make up for that drop by coming through with his patented move of hurdling over a defender that is trying to take out his legs. It never results in a lot of additional yardage but it looks pretty sick. Small victories in times like these.
Favre: Brett came to FedEx last weekend and didn't commit any horrible turnovers. He only played 3 snaps today and threw an interception. All I needed was one of those last Sunday to see a victory from some pretty good seats. Figures.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
2026?
So America didn't get the 2022 World Cup. It would have been nice but I can deal with it. Qatar getting the World Cup is heavy stuff. I think it would have been cooler, literally, if it had gone to Australia.
To me the craziest thing to think about is your age in 2022. How old will you be in the summer of 2022? I will be one old dude. I get the feeling that if I don't get to the 2014 WC in Brazil, I'll probably never make a foreign based World Cup. That's what happens when you fake on Germany and South Africa.
I'm probably one of the only people on the planet that decorated their Christmas Tree with Ice Cube's The Predator blasting in the background.
I'm down to one final box of Pumpkin Delights for the 2010 Holiday Season. Somehow I haven't had any actual pumpkin pie yet.
I could eat Thanksgiving dinner every night and never get sick of it. I'm sure of it.
Aside from a Lexus with a big red bow on it, I don't think I need anything else for Christmas. Maybe a case of Celebration Ale before it goes out of stock. But still that's only a "maybe". Man it only takes a couple of those CA's before I start feeling the buzz.
To me the craziest thing to think about is your age in 2022. How old will you be in the summer of 2022? I will be one old dude. I get the feeling that if I don't get to the 2014 WC in Brazil, I'll probably never make a foreign based World Cup. That's what happens when you fake on Germany and South Africa.
I'm probably one of the only people on the planet that decorated their Christmas Tree with Ice Cube's The Predator blasting in the background.
I'm down to one final box of Pumpkin Delights for the 2010 Holiday Season. Somehow I haven't had any actual pumpkin pie yet.
I could eat Thanksgiving dinner every night and never get sick of it. I'm sure of it.
Aside from a Lexus with a big red bow on it, I don't think I need anything else for Christmas. Maybe a case of Celebration Ale before it goes out of stock. But still that's only a "maybe". Man it only takes a couple of those CA's before I start feeling the buzz.
Game 8: Don't sleep on USU
Next Up: Utah State. It just so happens that the Aggies scheduled a game against a school that plays the Princeton offense just a few days before showing up in the Nations Capital. What a coincidence. Well I'm watching a little bit of this USU - Denver game because we all know how important it is that I have a decent scouting report prior to Saturday. (Rocky is in his usual spot. Snoring. He couldn't even be bothered by last night's thriller. He said something about waking him up in March when the games really count.)
What stands out to me the most: Utah State is playing a zone. They are also showing a little bit of a press. I used to cringe when teams played zone against the Hoyas but those days seem to be in the rear view mirror. In fact Denver is doing exactly what I hated against the zone - needless passing without any penetration into the middle of that zone. You can't win that way. Chris Wright has been able to get Austin and Jason good shots against the zone recently. They also have been doing a good job of over loading one side.
Denver is breaking the press much the same way a Sapp-Wallace-Rivers backcourt would have broken it. I think it would be a major league brick to show this press against the Hoyas unless they are looking at getting into a track meet with RUN DMV. (That's the nickname I like the best for the 3 local guards.)
Denver is painful to watch. They can't get anything around the basket. So when they aren't taking bad shots they are committing offensive fouls and getting called for steps. I will say this, they have a better arena then I would have figured. And it looks like it's off campus because fans are drinking brews.
I can already tell that I'm going to hate it if #23 on USU hits any long distance shots on Saturday. I wan
I can't believe I'm watching this game. Even worse is that I'm admitting it to the handful of people that even know this blog exists.
What stands out to me the most: Utah State is playing a zone. They are also showing a little bit of a press. I used to cringe when teams played zone against the Hoyas but those days seem to be in the rear view mirror. In fact Denver is doing exactly what I hated against the zone - needless passing without any penetration into the middle of that zone. You can't win that way. Chris Wright has been able to get Austin and Jason good shots against the zone recently. They also have been doing a good job of over loading one side.
Denver is breaking the press much the same way a Sapp-Wallace-Rivers backcourt would have broken it. I think it would be a major league brick to show this press against the Hoyas unless they are looking at getting into a track meet with RUN DMV. (That's the nickname I like the best for the 3 local guards.)
Denver is painful to watch. They can't get anything around the basket. So when they aren't taking bad shots they are committing offensive fouls and getting called for steps. I will say this, they have a better arena then I would have figured. And it looks like it's off campus because fans are drinking brews.
I can already tell that I'm going to hate it if #23 on USU hits any long distance shots on Saturday. I wan
I can't believe I'm watching this game. Even worse is that I'm admitting it to the handful of people that even know this blog exists.
Game 7: Mizzou
First things first, I had the Hoyas winning by about 10. They won by 9 so I guess I nailed it. Well I'm not sure that accurately describes what went down last night. I did not have them winning 111-102 in OT. I did not have them up by 18 less than halfway through the first half.
The bad thing about being up 18 on the road early in the game is that you know the other team is going to make a comeback. Georgetown wasn't going to beat a good Missouri team by 70 points. Ok?
I loved how once Missouri finally got the lead back, Vee came in after being on the bench for about 20 minutes and just drilled a 3.
With the score 85-80 Missouri, I politely suggested to my TV that they let Freeman get them back into the game. JT3 heard me and it was 85-85 seconds later thanks to AF15.
The Hoyas are 2-0 when I give up on them. I gave up on them in Norfolk and I gave up on them last night with the score 93-89. There was only about 20 seconds left and the Tigers were headed to the line. I went upstairs to prepare for my walk around KP. As I walked back downstairs to see what was going on, I could hear that they missed the first free throw. I started to shuffle through my iPod and he missed the 2nd. Then it got better as they fouled Wright for some reason. Wright made both and it was down to 2 again.
Hoyas quickly foul but it's over if he makes both. Mizzou then missed 1 out of their next 2 FT's to give the Hoyas one last chance to tie the game. Hollis Thompson took a horrible 3 that, for some reason, Mizzou saved. It was a great save. It was just really, really stupid basketball. Wright hits a 3 and then Clark hits three 3's in OT and the Hoyas left the Show Me State with a huge non-conference victory.
Perfection: The Hoyas went 18-18 from the line. You don't see that everyday. In fact it was a Georgetown record.
Worst line of the night: The play-by-play guy said that at one point Freeman had 16 points - all coming on 3's. I'm still trying figure out what times 3 is 16.
Gottlieb: I don't like Doug. I love to joke about how he stole credit cards in college and subsequently was asked to leave Notre Dame. I think he's awful in the studio. I was prepared to hate him as the color guy. I loved him last night. He was outstanding.
ESPNU: Speaking of being awful in the studio, Miles Simon and Adrian Branch provide absolutely nothing in terms of knowledge at the half. Miles Simon actually said something about how Missouri would keep giving Austin Freeman open 3 pointers because he would eventually start missing. What?
Players Notes:
Freeman: I feel like he's the best player in the nation that nobody really talks about. His shooting %'s are insane. It's getting to the point where you are surprised when he misses. Under JT3 a player has gone over 30 in a game 5 times. Freeman has 3 of them and has now done it in back to back games.
Wright: Just another 10 assist game for this guy. Oh and there was that last second 3 to put the game into OT. I have no idea why you would press Georgetown with Wright pulling the strings.
Clark: He had way too many turnovers in the first half against the pressure but some of that had to do with Julian's hands of stone problem. Great decision to pass it out to Chris for the game tying 3. I would have probably broken my TV if he had just laid it up. It was nice of him light the nets on fire in the extra period.
Hollis: I think foul trouble had him out of sync. He played ok but didn't have a huge role in the win.
Vaughn: 9 minutes? JT3 had a good feel for what was going on and Julian was just off last night.
Sims: My man Henry. 31 minutes on the road in a crazy environment and Mr. Sims was doing a lot of positive things out there. 10 points and 7 boards is great from this guy.
Sanford: 8 points in 3 minutes. This kid is making shots even though he's not getting that much burn. I wish there were more minutes for him but there really isn't when Wright is playing the entire game.
Lubick: Guess who had the 2nd most assists last night? Nate with 4 would be the correct answer. Nate and Henry played the entire OT period.
Starks: Just not that many minutes available last night. It was nice to see him stick those 2 free throws. He also handled the press well.
Benimon: The box score has him with only 1 rebound. It seemed like more than that.
The bad thing about being up 18 on the road early in the game is that you know the other team is going to make a comeback. Georgetown wasn't going to beat a good Missouri team by 70 points. Ok?
I loved how once Missouri finally got the lead back, Vee came in after being on the bench for about 20 minutes and just drilled a 3.
With the score 85-80 Missouri, I politely suggested to my TV that they let Freeman get them back into the game. JT3 heard me and it was 85-85 seconds later thanks to AF15.
The Hoyas are 2-0 when I give up on them. I gave up on them in Norfolk and I gave up on them last night with the score 93-89. There was only about 20 seconds left and the Tigers were headed to the line. I went upstairs to prepare for my walk around KP. As I walked back downstairs to see what was going on, I could hear that they missed the first free throw. I started to shuffle through my iPod and he missed the 2nd. Then it got better as they fouled Wright for some reason. Wright made both and it was down to 2 again.
Hoyas quickly foul but it's over if he makes both. Mizzou then missed 1 out of their next 2 FT's to give the Hoyas one last chance to tie the game. Hollis Thompson took a horrible 3 that, for some reason, Mizzou saved. It was a great save. It was just really, really stupid basketball. Wright hits a 3 and then Clark hits three 3's in OT and the Hoyas left the Show Me State with a huge non-conference victory.
Perfection: The Hoyas went 18-18 from the line. You don't see that everyday. In fact it was a Georgetown record.
Worst line of the night: The play-by-play guy said that at one point Freeman had 16 points - all coming on 3's. I'm still trying figure out what times 3 is 16.
Gottlieb: I don't like Doug. I love to joke about how he stole credit cards in college and subsequently was asked to leave Notre Dame. I think he's awful in the studio. I was prepared to hate him as the color guy. I loved him last night. He was outstanding.
ESPNU: Speaking of being awful in the studio, Miles Simon and Adrian Branch provide absolutely nothing in terms of knowledge at the half. Miles Simon actually said something about how Missouri would keep giving Austin Freeman open 3 pointers because he would eventually start missing. What?
Players Notes:
Freeman: I feel like he's the best player in the nation that nobody really talks about. His shooting %'s are insane. It's getting to the point where you are surprised when he misses. Under JT3 a player has gone over 30 in a game 5 times. Freeman has 3 of them and has now done it in back to back games.
Wright: Just another 10 assist game for this guy. Oh and there was that last second 3 to put the game into OT. I have no idea why you would press Georgetown with Wright pulling the strings.
Clark: He had way too many turnovers in the first half against the pressure but some of that had to do with Julian's hands of stone problem. Great decision to pass it out to Chris for the game tying 3. I would have probably broken my TV if he had just laid it up. It was nice of him light the nets on fire in the extra period.
Hollis: I think foul trouble had him out of sync. He played ok but didn't have a huge role in the win.
Vaughn: 9 minutes? JT3 had a good feel for what was going on and Julian was just off last night.
Sims: My man Henry. 31 minutes on the road in a crazy environment and Mr. Sims was doing a lot of positive things out there. 10 points and 7 boards is great from this guy.
Sanford: 8 points in 3 minutes. This kid is making shots even though he's not getting that much burn. I wish there were more minutes for him but there really isn't when Wright is playing the entire game.
Lubick: Guess who had the 2nd most assists last night? Nate with 4 would be the correct answer. Nate and Henry played the entire OT period.
Starks: Just not that many minutes available last night. It was nice to see him stick those 2 free throws. He also handled the press well.
Benimon: The box score has him with only 1 rebound. It seemed like more than that.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Dec 1 This & That
**I almost never preheat the oven. I preheated the oven today and burnt my pizza. Lesson learned.
**Vitale is doing the Duke - MSU game which makes the game impossible to listen to. I'll have to just jam out on iTunes while I watch some of this contest. I've been digging Ice Cube - The Predator recently.
**I've almost fixed the third bedroom upstairs. I got some junk last week about it. I pride myself on being organized. Welcome to Rick's is another story at the moment.
**I've had the tree up for awhile now but that's it. I just found the lights. I was worried for a second that somebody broke into the house and took them. It was the only logical explanation for days.
**Jeremiah Rivers made a really poor decision in transferring to Indiana. They are terrible and his game hasn't evolved.
**Memphis is OT with Arkansas St right now. What?
**Is Modern Family going to be new tonight? Man I hope so.
**In the Air Tonight is an awesome song but the video sucks.
**I feel like college might have been a waste of time. It seems that you can learn almost all of what you need in life from Bob Seger and Kenny Rogers songs.
**Tennessee touches part of Virginia yet my house finds itself about 14 hours from Memphis. That's a haul.
**Vitale is doing the Duke - MSU game which makes the game impossible to listen to. I'll have to just jam out on iTunes while I watch some of this contest. I've been digging Ice Cube - The Predator recently.
**I've almost fixed the third bedroom upstairs. I got some junk last week about it. I pride myself on being organized. Welcome to Rick's is another story at the moment.
**I've had the tree up for awhile now but that's it. I just found the lights. I was worried for a second that somebody broke into the house and took them. It was the only logical explanation for days.
**Jeremiah Rivers made a really poor decision in transferring to Indiana. They are terrible and his game hasn't evolved.
**Memphis is OT with Arkansas St right now. What?
**Is Modern Family going to be new tonight? Man I hope so.
**In the Air Tonight is an awesome song but the video sucks.
**I feel like college might have been a waste of time. It seems that you can learn almost all of what you need in life from Bob Seger and Kenny Rogers songs.
**Tennessee touches part of Virginia yet my house finds itself about 14 hours from Memphis. That's a haul.
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