Alright, I finally have a good topic to blog upon. It's about time.
The big deal tonight is the NCAA Tournament's "Opening Round" game, between Morehead State and Alabama State, where the winner earns the right to get absolutely turned inside out by the overall #1 seed, Louisville (Rick Pitino has always had that freaky vibe around him). Besides the lack of blowjob jokes directed at Morehead (c'mon blogosphere, I had more faith in you), I've been disappointed with the overall "mehness" directed towards this game. People seem accepting of it now, which I don't like.
Obviously, it does well for two lesser-known teams in the arena of PR, but other that that, it's not very beneficial. These two teams are basically playing to see who gets the bonus for being in the field of 64 (from the concensus of what I've read, all 65 teams get a TV revenue share, but there's a specific bonus for being in the true field of 64 on top of that).
The one big "positive" for the game has been of that school of thought: this game will be "the only thing on tonight", so they'll get media attention up the wazoo.
Bull.
I say this because I'm currently watching DAVIDSON VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA, a much more interesting game, in the first round of the NIT. IT'S ON THE SAME FAMILY OF CHANNELS AS THE PLAY-IN GAME WILL BE, GUYS. JESUS CHRIST. The play-in game will start when there's about 8, 10 minutes left in the first half of this game. Meanwhile, on ESPN Deportes and MLB Network (the order of priority, take note), the World Baseball Classic is going to have a US elimination game (versus Puerto Rico), which I just flipped over to and caught the first pitch to... so yeah, that's on now as well.
I mean, what the hell? Everyone's slurping the NCAA right now, and I guess that makes sense, as they provide the most entertaining sporting event of the calendar year. But... c'mon. The play-in game has never been a good idea. The only reasoning anyone ever gives is, "It gives unapposed in viewership, giving these teams exposure". I just mentioned 2 big SPORTING ratings stealers there, and there's two post-season college basketball tourneys going on I haven't even mentioned.
If you want more teams in, expand the tourney. Don't give us one meaningless game that people will forget about in 6 hours. 64 vs. 65 doesn't guarantee a good game against Louisville. It guarantees a half-hearted attempt at making ONE MORE GAME important. Quit milking the teet before it goes dry.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
St. Valentine's Day
Ah, Saint Valentine's Day. The day where couples nationwide decide to, in a multitude of ways, to express their affection for each other. Whether it be by card, expensive dinner, expensive gift, or emoticon or cute text message, the romanticism is palpable.
What a crock of shit.
Side note, it took me approximately 2.2 posts to stop being family-friendly, although if memory serves correctly, I may have mentioned the word "whore" before, so who knows. I'll try to keep it clean wherever possible, but hey, this is the internet... if I'm the worst thing your kid read today, you should be eternally grateful.
I really don't have any new argument as to why St. V-Day is a horror - it's commercialized, awkward, insincere, etc.
All I know is, without fail, this damned holiday seems to mark a bad time in my life, and magnifies the utter sucktitude of life in general. Those who are coupled up are either flaunting their seemingly perfect relationships, or dreading the day with a passion that just doesn't seem to actually exist in their relationship itself.
Myself, I've never had a steady girlfriend... I've had unsteady girlfriends... that's always fun. But I've never had a significant other around this time of the year. Which, coincidentally, has its ups and downs.
Ups
No need to buy gifts
No need to be insincere romantically
No need to compare your happiness to those around you
Downs
No one to care for
No one to have a potential romantic interest in
No potential to even have a comparison with the happiness around you because O HAI YUR SINGLE
A little exaggerated, but it happens.
Honestly, I have a lot more reasons to be aggrivated besides the fact that it's one of my least favorite holidays today, but it seems to be the cherry on top of the "Pile O' Shit Sundae" that I've been forced to consume the past few weeks.
(Here is where I was going to put a picture of a shit sundae, photoshopped or otherwise. Luckily for all of us, my Google Image Search decided to keep the SafeSearch on, and I have thought twice about said picture. We are all better off for this.)
I like to think of myself as an average guy. A little more socially awkward than average, but I get by. It must be my good looks and my ability to follow up good first impressions (As we see here, it's obviously not my sense of sarcasm). But I've never seemed to be in the position to have a steady relationship, let alone one that would make it to Valentine's Day. Does that make me a bitter hater? Sure. But I would like to think that most people (especially guys) have grown out of this whole "Valentine's Day is a great day for loving" thing. If you truly love someone, you don't need a day. Especially one that isn't your anniversary.
Now get your cutesy ass relationship activities out of my face before I take that Build-A-Bear you made for your significant other, and I turn it into a diagram of what the upcoming crime scene will look like (Note: lots of plush, and complete seperation of limbs).
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Oh wait, this is supposed to be a sports blog, isn't it? O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT HAI GUYS DID U HERE JERMAINE O"NEAL IS A HEAT NOW
What a crock of shit.
Side note, it took me approximately 2.2 posts to stop being family-friendly, although if memory serves correctly, I may have mentioned the word "whore" before, so who knows. I'll try to keep it clean wherever possible, but hey, this is the internet... if I'm the worst thing your kid read today, you should be eternally grateful.
I really don't have any new argument as to why St. V-Day is a horror - it's commercialized, awkward, insincere, etc.
All I know is, without fail, this damned holiday seems to mark a bad time in my life, and magnifies the utter sucktitude of life in general. Those who are coupled up are either flaunting their seemingly perfect relationships, or dreading the day with a passion that just doesn't seem to actually exist in their relationship itself.
Myself, I've never had a steady girlfriend... I've had unsteady girlfriends... that's always fun. But I've never had a significant other around this time of the year. Which, coincidentally, has its ups and downs.
Ups
No need to buy gifts
No need to be insincere romantically
No need to compare your happiness to those around you
Downs
No one to care for
No one to have a potential romantic interest in
No potential to even have a comparison with the happiness around you because O HAI YUR SINGLE
A little exaggerated, but it happens.
Honestly, I have a lot more reasons to be aggrivated besides the fact that it's one of my least favorite holidays today, but it seems to be the cherry on top of the "Pile O' Shit Sundae" that I've been forced to consume the past few weeks.
(Here is where I was going to put a picture of a shit sundae, photoshopped or otherwise. Luckily for all of us, my Google Image Search decided to keep the SafeSearch on, and I have thought twice about said picture. We are all better off for this.)
I like to think of myself as an average guy. A little more socially awkward than average, but I get by. It must be my good looks and my ability to follow up good first impressions (As we see here, it's obviously not my sense of sarcasm). But I've never seemed to be in the position to have a steady relationship, let alone one that would make it to Valentine's Day. Does that make me a bitter hater? Sure. But I would like to think that most people (especially guys) have grown out of this whole "Valentine's Day is a great day for loving" thing. If you truly love someone, you don't need a day. Especially one that isn't your anniversary.
Now get your cutesy ass relationship activities out of my face before I take that Build-A-Bear you made for your significant other, and I turn it into a diagram of what the upcoming crime scene will look like (Note: lots of plush, and complete seperation of limbs).
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Oh wait, this is supposed to be a sports blog, isn't it? O SHIT O SHIT O SHIT HAI GUYS DID U HERE JERMAINE O"NEAL IS A HEAT NOW
Friday, February 13, 2009
So much for a preview
The Marist Red Foxes beat the Fairfield Stags last night 75-66 in Poughkeepsie, New York, largely off a career night by G Dejuan Goodwin, the co-top scorer for Marist, sharing that distinction with F Ryan Schneider. Both men were excellent from 3-point range, as Goodwin was 5 of 9 from deep, while the designated deep man Schneider hit 4 of 7 long balls. The Red Foxes jumped out to a 7-0 lead early in the game, and never reliquinished that initial lead.
As detailed in the broadcast of George Morris and myself for WMAR Marist Radio, rebounding was key. Starter G Kaylen Gregory grabbed a team-leading 10 boards as the Red Foxes outworked the Stags for a +18 rebound differental, going for 47 rebounds as compared to Fairfield's 29. This was the Red Foxes' best game rebounding since their January 15th battle against Siena.
Marist also gelled sharing the ball, dishing out 15 assists total, a top 5 performance on the year, best since their January 2nd game against Bucknell.
Marist never trailed in this game, albeit against a completely depleted Fairfield team that has lost three starters on the season, and lost a fourth before game time, as G Lyndon Jordan stayed in Fairfield for this trip due to illness. F Anthony Johnson has been deemed done for the season with an undisclosed medical condition, while F Warren Edney is also done for the season with a severely sprained ankle. G Jonathan Han, a member of the MAAC Preseason First Team, was suspended by the coaching staff five games ago for disiplinary reasons, and has forgone the rest of his season in lieu of returning to the team. As a senior, he has no further eligibility, so he will finish his colliegiate career with Fairfield.
Fairfield could not catch a break personnel-wise, as former starter F Greg Nero left the game after the first half. Nero has been coming off the bench due to a sore back, and shortly after returning to the court with his team at the end of halftime, he left the McCann Center. He returned a minute into the second half, in his team-issued sweatsuit, and did not return to action.
Despite all this, Fairfield forced 14 turnovers from the Red Foxes, while never committing a turnover themselves. Unfortunately for the Stags, some horrid shot selection put them on the fast track out of Poughkeepsie with a loss, only shooting 35.8% from the field while Marist shot an even 50%. Specifically for Fairfield, F Mike Evanovich went 2-13 from 3 point range, while hitting all five of his shots from inside the arch.
Fairfield does have much to look back at positively, though, specifically from their ironmen F Yorel Hawkins and G Herbie Allen, both of which played 37 minutes. Allen had a game high 21 points with 3 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, while Hawkins had 10 points, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.
For Marist, the big men asserted their dominance, a welcome change from their previous 8 game losing streak. They outscored Fairfield 28-14 in the paint, and 16-7 on second chance oppertunities. The three big men down low, F Korey Bauer, F Alex Vouyoukas, and F Lawrence Williams, combined for 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots in what has to be considered a solid effort inside.
Marist, now 8-19 with a 4-11 record in the MAAC, will go and face St. Peter's Monday, February 16th at 8 PM.
Fairfield, meanwhile, will have a quick turnaround. Now 15-11 with an 8-7 record in the MAAC, they return home for a Saturday, February 14th game against Niagara at 9 PM.
- Z.L.
As detailed in the broadcast of George Morris and myself for WMAR Marist Radio, rebounding was key. Starter G Kaylen Gregory grabbed a team-leading 10 boards as the Red Foxes outworked the Stags for a +18 rebound differental, going for 47 rebounds as compared to Fairfield's 29. This was the Red Foxes' best game rebounding since their January 15th battle against Siena.
Marist also gelled sharing the ball, dishing out 15 assists total, a top 5 performance on the year, best since their January 2nd game against Bucknell.
Marist never trailed in this game, albeit against a completely depleted Fairfield team that has lost three starters on the season, and lost a fourth before game time, as G Lyndon Jordan stayed in Fairfield for this trip due to illness. F Anthony Johnson has been deemed done for the season with an undisclosed medical condition, while F Warren Edney is also done for the season with a severely sprained ankle. G Jonathan Han, a member of the MAAC Preseason First Team, was suspended by the coaching staff five games ago for disiplinary reasons, and has forgone the rest of his season in lieu of returning to the team. As a senior, he has no further eligibility, so he will finish his colliegiate career with Fairfield.
Fairfield could not catch a break personnel-wise, as former starter F Greg Nero left the game after the first half. Nero has been coming off the bench due to a sore back, and shortly after returning to the court with his team at the end of halftime, he left the McCann Center. He returned a minute into the second half, in his team-issued sweatsuit, and did not return to action.
Despite all this, Fairfield forced 14 turnovers from the Red Foxes, while never committing a turnover themselves. Unfortunately for the Stags, some horrid shot selection put them on the fast track out of Poughkeepsie with a loss, only shooting 35.8% from the field while Marist shot an even 50%. Specifically for Fairfield, F Mike Evanovich went 2-13 from 3 point range, while hitting all five of his shots from inside the arch.
Fairfield does have much to look back at positively, though, specifically from their ironmen F Yorel Hawkins and G Herbie Allen, both of which played 37 minutes. Allen had a game high 21 points with 3 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, while Hawkins had 10 points, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.
For Marist, the big men asserted their dominance, a welcome change from their previous 8 game losing streak. They outscored Fairfield 28-14 in the paint, and 16-7 on second chance oppertunities. The three big men down low, F Korey Bauer, F Alex Vouyoukas, and F Lawrence Williams, combined for 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots in what has to be considered a solid effort inside.
Marist, now 8-19 with a 4-11 record in the MAAC, will go and face St. Peter's Monday, February 16th at 8 PM.
Fairfield, meanwhile, will have a quick turnaround. Now 15-11 with an 8-7 record in the MAAC, they return home for a Saturday, February 14th game against Niagara at 9 PM.
- Z.L.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
An Auspicious Start
I doubt anyone of note will find this until well after this post (or not, depending on how much I whore this page out), but I'm essentially using this as a placeholder anyway, so whatever.
Tomorrow, I officially start my foray into the wild world of broadcasting, as myself and my friend George will be broadcasting the Marist Red Foxes basketball game (versus Fairfield) on Marist Radio (more on the sham that has been later). As I prep more for the game, I'll throw up a preview, more for my own benefit than yours, because, let's face it, this blog is for my amusement more than anything else. The day I get an audience is the day this world has officially failed in its purpose... and then I'm totally taking advantage of it. Mindless droans, assemble.
Tomorrow, I officially start my foray into the wild world of broadcasting, as myself and my friend George will be broadcasting the Marist Red Foxes basketball game (versus Fairfield) on Marist Radio (more on the sham that has been later). As I prep more for the game, I'll throw up a preview, more for my own benefit than yours, because, let's face it, this blog is for my amusement more than anything else. The day I get an audience is the day this world has officially failed in its purpose... and then I'm totally taking advantage of it. Mindless droans, assemble.
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