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Sunday's List of 13: Random stuff on Selection Sunday..........(Author unknown)
13) I've been a Ram fan long enough that the great George Allen coached the team when I started, way back in 1966. Allen always traded his draft picks; well, the guy who just gave the Rams three picks to move down to the #6 slot in next month's dratt was Bruce Allen, George's son.
12) In other good news for the teams I root for, Yeonis Cespedes drilled a HR in his first spring training game; its only spring training, but its also better than making outs in spring training games. Looks like we may have found a #3 hitter for that new ballpark in San Jose (wishful thinking).
11) We need more MAC games on TV; great fun. Akron has now played in six consecutive MAC title games; they lost in OT in 2010, won in OT LY, then lost by a point last night. Highly competitive league. Lot of good athletes, more entertaining than watching 50-44 games.
10) "We had to overcome a lot of foul trouble, we had to fight through a lot of different things in the game, but our kids never quit. I just think of how proud I am of our guys. We've come a long way and we have gotten a lot better." NC State coach Mark Gottfried's tactful way of saying that they got hosed by refs and deserve to get into the NCAA tournament.
9) Michigan State's win over Wisconsin was their first win in a semi-final game of the Big Dozen tournament in the last decade (1-6).
8) Last time Duke didn't play in ACC final was 2008, when Blue Devils beat Belmont by a point as a 20-point first round favorite, then lost in the second round to West Virginia. Just a little historical perspective.
7) So Pat Knight's Lamar team wins the Southland tournament, then he's on TV saying "I knew they'd respond" to his throwing his players under the bus a few weeks ago. Coaches have to have their players' backs, thats their freakin' job. Knight has clearly shown that he doesn't, but just like his dad, winning makes everything better. Until you don't win, that is.
6) Dick Vitale was touting Duke assistant Chris Collins for the coaching job at Illinois; since when is a top 25 school an entry-level coaching job? Coach K's coaching tree isn't exactly filled with success stories. Let young Collins go win some games/make some mistakes at a mid-major before he is ready for the bigtime. Just like Steve Alford did.
5) Speaking of Alford, his New Mexico Lobos won the Mountain West tournament for first time in seven years, beating San Diego State. They're a good team that shouldn't be easily dismissed from your brackets.
5) I don't know Jay Bilas, don't know anyone who knows him, just hear him a lot on TV, but he comes across as a condescending, pompous guy who thinks he knows everything. He's much more likeable when he's on with McDonough/Raftery, but I won't miss not hearing him again until next basketball season.
4) Missouri has seven scholarship players; three of them got banged up in the Big X tournament this weekend; not serious injuries, but enough that they were limping around some. Caution is advised with advancing a very thin Mizzou squad to the Final Four, especially if they draw a Thursday first round game. They could use another day to rest up.
3) Long Beach State avenged a pair of losses to UCSB in the last couple Big West tournament finals, beating the Gauchos 77-64. 49ers have some seniors who have played lot of tough games over last three years. 49ers are in tournament for first time since 2007.
2) Bubble teams will be rooting like hell against St Bonaventure Sunday, as the Bonnies face Xavier in the A-14 final. Musketeers might already be in; the Bonnies definitely are not, so they could steal a bid.
1) Last game of night was WAC final from Vegas, where New Mexico St outclassed Louisiana Tech 80-57, getting back to NCAAs for second time in last three years- they scared the hell out of Michigan State in 2010.
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Sunday's six-pack
-- 2008 Davidson team is the only Southern Conference team to win an NCAA tournament game the last nine years, but SoCon teams are 10-2 against the spread during that time. Something to think about.......
-- Same thing for the NEC, which is winless in NCAA play for a long time, but they've covered six of their seven tournament games.
-- Shea Jones, the son of ESPN announcer Mark Jones, will play hoop at Presbyterian College next season. The elder Jones played college ball at York College in Canada.
-- ESPN needs more MAC games on TV; they're entertaining!!!!
-- Ricky Rubio tore his ACL Friday night, is out for the year, bad news for basketball fans everywhere. Kid is fun to watch.
-- If I ran the Arizona Cardinals, Larry Fitzgerald would've been at the airport to meet Peyton Manning when he flew in from Denver. Maybe he was; to me, Fitzgerald is Arizona's best chance to land #18.
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FROM ONION SPORTS
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-father-remembers-time-when-baseball-wasnt-so-g,27573/
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Vintage Commercial -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG1KiIw7PYk&feature=related
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Actual Headline -
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02...wers-after-lavatory-leak-from-overhead-plane/
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RETRO TV -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CICU8RHeRM&feature=related
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Video: Ex-Saints QB discusses 'BountyGate' -
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/a...10269382?linksrc=home_backyard_image_10269382
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“You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.”
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.)
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Bat invasion threatens Australian town -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17282168
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UFO Flies Like a Bird Over Germany (Video) -
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981177413
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Cat is watching Star Wars -
http://www.wimp.com/catstar/
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OUCH -
http://www.break.com/index/bad-karma-strikes-fast.html
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http://network.yardbarker.com/golf/...10215727?linksrc=home_backyard_image_10215727
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http://www.break.com/index/wedding-picture-fail-2306033
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IDIOTS -
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=085_1330972413
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http://killmydaynow.com/wp-content/...Lol58PICS_13D96/FunnySignstoMakeYouLol_20.jpg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpY8KkHurw&feature=relmfu
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgx9w515Bc&feature=player_embedded
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Omhkjne5A0&feature=related
.
Sunday's List of 13: Random stuff on Selection Sunday..........(Author unknown)
13) I've been a Ram fan long enough that the great George Allen coached the team when I started, way back in 1966. Allen always traded his draft picks; well, the guy who just gave the Rams three picks to move down to the #6 slot in next month's dratt was Bruce Allen, George's son.
12) In other good news for the teams I root for, Yeonis Cespedes drilled a HR in his first spring training game; its only spring training, but its also better than making outs in spring training games. Looks like we may have found a #3 hitter for that new ballpark in San Jose (wishful thinking).
11) We need more MAC games on TV; great fun. Akron has now played in six consecutive MAC title games; they lost in OT in 2010, won in OT LY, then lost by a point last night. Highly competitive league. Lot of good athletes, more entertaining than watching 50-44 games.
10) "We had to overcome a lot of foul trouble, we had to fight through a lot of different things in the game, but our kids never quit. I just think of how proud I am of our guys. We've come a long way and we have gotten a lot better." NC State coach Mark Gottfried's tactful way of saying that they got hosed by refs and deserve to get into the NCAA tournament.
9) Michigan State's win over Wisconsin was their first win in a semi-final game of the Big Dozen tournament in the last decade (1-6).
8) Last time Duke didn't play in ACC final was 2008, when Blue Devils beat Belmont by a point as a 20-point first round favorite, then lost in the second round to West Virginia. Just a little historical perspective.
7) So Pat Knight's Lamar team wins the Southland tournament, then he's on TV saying "I knew they'd respond" to his throwing his players under the bus a few weeks ago. Coaches have to have their players' backs, thats their freakin' job. Knight has clearly shown that he doesn't, but just like his dad, winning makes everything better. Until you don't win, that is.
6) Dick Vitale was touting Duke assistant Chris Collins for the coaching job at Illinois; since when is a top 25 school an entry-level coaching job? Coach K's coaching tree isn't exactly filled with success stories. Let young Collins go win some games/make some mistakes at a mid-major before he is ready for the bigtime. Just like Steve Alford did.
5) Speaking of Alford, his New Mexico Lobos won the Mountain West tournament for first time in seven years, beating San Diego State. They're a good team that shouldn't be easily dismissed from your brackets.
5) I don't know Jay Bilas, don't know anyone who knows him, just hear him a lot on TV, but he comes across as a condescending, pompous guy who thinks he knows everything. He's much more likeable when he's on with McDonough/Raftery, but I won't miss not hearing him again until next basketball season.
4) Missouri has seven scholarship players; three of them got banged up in the Big X tournament this weekend; not serious injuries, but enough that they were limping around some. Caution is advised with advancing a very thin Mizzou squad to the Final Four, especially if they draw a Thursday first round game. They could use another day to rest up.
3) Long Beach State avenged a pair of losses to UCSB in the last couple Big West tournament finals, beating the Gauchos 77-64. 49ers have some seniors who have played lot of tough games over last three years. 49ers are in tournament for first time since 2007.
2) Bubble teams will be rooting like hell against St Bonaventure Sunday, as the Bonnies face Xavier in the A-14 final. Musketeers might already be in; the Bonnies definitely are not, so they could steal a bid.
1) Last game of night was WAC final from Vegas, where New Mexico St outclassed Louisiana Tech 80-57, getting back to NCAAs for second time in last three years- they scared the hell out of Michigan State in 2010.
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Sunday's six-pack
-- 2008 Davidson team is the only Southern Conference team to win an NCAA tournament game the last nine years, but SoCon teams are 10-2 against the spread during that time. Something to think about.......
-- Same thing for the NEC, which is winless in NCAA play for a long time, but they've covered six of their seven tournament games.
-- Shea Jones, the son of ESPN announcer Mark Jones, will play hoop at Presbyterian College next season. The elder Jones played college ball at York College in Canada.
-- ESPN needs more MAC games on TV; they're entertaining!!!!
-- Ricky Rubio tore his ACL Friday night, is out for the year, bad news for basketball fans everywhere. Kid is fun to watch.
-- If I ran the Arizona Cardinals, Larry Fitzgerald would've been at the airport to meet Peyton Manning when he flew in from Denver. Maybe he was; to me, Fitzgerald is Arizona's best chance to land #18.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FROM ONION SPORTS
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-father-remembers-time-when-baseball-wasnt-so-g,27573/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vintage Commercial -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG1KiIw7PYk&feature=related
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual Headline -
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02...wers-after-lavatory-leak-from-overhead-plane/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RETRO TV -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CICU8RHeRM&feature=related
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Video: Ex-Saints QB discusses 'BountyGate' -
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/a...10269382?linksrc=home_backyard_image_10269382
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.”
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bat invasion threatens Australian town -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17282168
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UFO Flies Like a Bird Over Germany (Video) -
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981177413
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cat is watching Star Wars -
http://www.wimp.com/catstar/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OUCH -
http://www.break.com/index/bad-karma-strikes-fast.html
----------
http://network.yardbarker.com/golf/...10215727?linksrc=home_backyard_image_10215727
----------
http://www.break.com/index/wedding-picture-fail-2306033
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IDIOTS -
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=085_1330972413
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://killmydaynow.com/wp-content/...Lol58PICS_13D96/FunnySignstoMakeYouLol_20.jpg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpY8KkHurw&feature=relmfu
----------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgx9w515Bc&feature=player_embedded
----------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Omhkjne5A0&feature=related
.