Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
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Why is it that we like to make predictions for an upcoming sports season?
To sound smart? To say “told you so” if our guesses turn out to be right? To convince ourselves that our team has what it takes? To me, making predictions is about hope. Not necessarily about the hope of an individual team, just the hope of a new season.
In my opinion, each new sports season is great because it’s like getting your hands on the newest book in your favorite series of books. Major League Baseball has been around for a while, so this year’s book has got to be Volume 158 or something like that. (I’ll let my editor do the research)
(editor’s note: I have no editor)
Those of us who are baseball fans all read the last book that came out in the series called “The 2007 MLB Season”. It was a great book. There were good guys, bad guys, plot twists, historic moments, mysterious events that changed the course of the book (remember those flying midges on Joba Chamberlain’s neck in Cleveland?), and of course, a big finish.
Not everyone loved the way the last book ended of course, but that’s the beauty of a new season. There will be new characters introduced to go along with the ones we love and love to hate (world, meet Evan Longoria), there will be pages of comedy, tragedy, and plenty of moments that inspire (like on Page 1 of this year’s book when Ryan Zimmerman hit a game winning homer in the Nationals brand new park). Inevitably there will be plot twists we never saw coming and ultimately there will be a big ending that maybe, just maybe, will be the one you are hoping for.
With that in mind, I give my predictions for how this book, “The 2008 MLB Season”, will play out. While I’m not a baseball expert, the reality is I’m not much different than Peter Gammons, Jayson Stark, Buster Olney, or Atreyu. They don’t know how this book will end any more than I do. And even though they know the previous books in the series a lot better than I do - seeing as how it’s what they do for a living - in the end we’re all just guessing.
OK, enough with the overworked analogies and Neverending Story pics…here’s how I think this will play out
13 Predictions for 2008
1. The Yankees will win the AL East - do I really think this is going to happen? I don’t know. I’m torn between the Sox and the Yankees. While I’m not sold on Girardi as the right manager for this team, I do think the pinstripers are going to have another monster season at the plate. Cano might win the batting title, Giambi is in a contract year, Matsui and Jeter will be as solid as ever, and A-Rod will probably put up MVP numbers again. Most folks think it will come down to their young arms, and I tend to agree. So I guess what I’m saying is that Joba, Phil, and Ian might all be the real deal.
2. The Mets will win the NL East - Without Santana I’d be picking the Phillies or Braves here, but Johan will be strong in September when they need him most.
3. The Diamondbacks and Angels win the Wests - I see the Rockies regressing, and I don’t see the Mariners living up to the hype. If the Big Unit (worst.nickname.ever.) can get healthy and give the D-Backs 12-15 quality starts, he’ll be a great compliment to Haren and Webb. Over in Seattle, I’m with the chorus of experts who think the M’s won’t score enough runs to keep pace with the Angels.
4. Ryan Howard will lead the NL in homers this year - rounding out the top 5 will be Ryan Braun, Adam Dunn, Alfonso Soriano, and Matt Holliday. In the AL it will be A-Rod, Manny, Carlos Pena, Miguel Cabrera. and Big Papi who make up the top 5.
5. The Cubs will win the NL Central - and it has nothing to do with the 100-year anniversary thing. I’d consider picking the Reds as a sleeper over the Brewers to keep it close, but my buddy Geof would probably kill me. This is the one pick that most experts seem to agree on, which is probably bad news for the Cubs.
6. The Houston Astros will finish in the bottom 3 of their division - I only add this to the list because Cliff Young and Jeff Miller of Caedmon’s Call were adamant with me last month that the Astros had a shot at winning their division. I think they’ve been smoking some of their 40 Acres.
7 - The worst record in baseball will belong to the Orioles - Not only are they bad, but the rest of the division is great. I’m not as high on the Blue Jays as many are, but I’m predicting the Orioles will fare no better than a 6-13 record against any of their division foes this year.
8. The Tigers will not win their division - But they will win the AL Wild Card. Their lineup is great, and so is Verlander. But Bonderman, Willis, Rogers, and Robertson? I’m not ready to write them in for 100 wins yet. I’m going with the Indians in the AL Central, but I think it’ going to be close. These two teams might finish 1-2 record-wise in the AL.
9. The Cy Young awards will go to Santana and Halladay - I like Roy and Johan to win 21 games each and walk away with some hardware. I was tempted to pick Kazmir in the AL, but his recent elbow issues scared me off.
10. The final playoff spots will be won by the Phillies and Tigers - the fightins’ will hold off the Dodgers and Braves for the Wild Card, and the Tigers will eliminate the Red Sox in the last week of the season.
11. The Yankees and Indians will meet in the ALCS - The Yankees will out-hit the Tigers and the Indians will out-everything the Angels to meet in the ALCS. Without the midges, I think the Yankees will come out on top.
12. The Diamondbacks and Cubs will face off in the NLCS - Unless the Mets can figure out how to clone Johan this summer, they will fall to the D-Backs in 6 games. Same goes for the Phillies, who will wish they had a few more Cole Hamels when they lose to the Cubs. I like the Cubs to take care of business in the NLCS, not because I think they have a better club than the D-Backs, but because I have no desire to see a Yankees-Diamondbacks matchup in the World Series.
13. The Yankees will beat the Cubs in the World Series - If you think this whole thing was me trying to jinx the Yankees, you’re crazy. (not that I would complain if that happened). I just think Jeter, Posada, and company have one more title run in them before they start to fade into Bolivian. I hope I’m wrong. Wicked wrong.
OK, one more creepy Neverending Story pic.
Falcor says, “Enjoy Opening Day, everyone!”
(I originally posted this piece on my personal blog)
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Reader Danny Bryant pointed us to a news story on GetReligion.org about how University of Texas Men’s Head Basketball Coach Rick Barnes has changed his cussin’ ways.
In a story originally reported on statesmen.com, Kirk Bohls tells of Rick Barnes’ recent vocabulary adjustments, which have him breaking huddles by saying things like, “let’s go out and kick butt!”
Not only has he cleaned up his speech, Barnes has cleaned up his iPod as well. In addition to sermons from his own pastor, Matt Carter, Barnes has been taking in wisdom from some more notable voices:
The coach also takes part with his wife Candy’s daily devotionals and reads from books she has given him, such as Billy Graham’s “The Holy Spirit” and Minneapolis preacher John Piper’s “Don’t Waste Your Life.”
“The journey’s real important,” one Barnes confidante said. “Having self-control is never a bad thing.”
Barnes, who’s Longhorns host play Stanford on Friday night in Houston for a spot in the Elite Eight, has changed his diet and fitness regimen as well. He even swears by Metamucil, pushing it on reporters every chance he gets according to the article.
(Did you see what I did there with the word ’swear’? Clever, no?)
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
As Awful Announcing pointed out today, ESPN’s choice of Dana Jacobson as the person to interview Tiger Woods over his poor word choices over the weekend seemed a bit “pot-kettle-black-ish” to me as well.
As you probably remember, Jacobson got into some trouble back in January when at a celebrity roast she reportedly said “Jesus” and the the F-word, but not necessarily in that order.
If you hadn’t heard about Tiger’s slip-up, he allegedly used some salty language when a cameraman snapped a photo during his back swing at Doral over the weekend. The sound of the shutter caused Woods’ ball to miss the green on the par-3 9th, and Woods eventually bogeyed the hole. The LA Times’ Rick Morrissey wrote today that Tiger said “The next time a photographer shoots a [expletive] picture, I’m going to break his [expletive] neck,”
Does Dana Jacobson have a right to interview Woods? Of course. Her past sins shouldn’t be held against her for the rest of her career. But ESPN had to know they were opening themselves up to this by choosing her to conduct the interview.
As for Woods and his cussing, I’d be lying if I said that I haven’t gotten very angry on the golf course a time or two. And when you consider that Woods was trying to do his job, well, I suppose I’d also get angry if someone was distracting me as I tried to circulate a critical TPS report. Please don’t misunderstand, I’m neither encouraging or excusing Woods for his word choices, but I won’t rake him over the coals for it either.
I can say for the record, though, that I’ve never threatened to break anyone’s neck, so yeah, Tiger should probably relax a little on the ‘threatening physical harm’ front.
(h/t: Awful Announcing)
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The PFB Sports Survey is a weekly feature here at Prayers For Blowouts where we throw a few sports related questions at some of the most notable voices among Christian authors, pastors, musicians, and ticket scalpers to see if they like sports as much as we do.
Today’s spotlight is on Travis Prinzi, who, unlike half the people at your church, does not think Harry Potter is of the devil.
Travis, a resident of Rochester, NY, has a wife (Tricia), a daughter (Sophia), and an M.A. in Theological Studies from Northeastern Seminary (unnamed). He is the author of a forthcoming book on the Harry Potter series (also unnamed at the moment) which will be published by Zossima Press. He also runs the ship at a few faith-related websites: The Hog’s Head and Restless Reformer . You can subscribe to his podcasat, The Hog’s Head Pubcast, on iTunes.
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1. What number best describes the role sports play in your life on a scale of 1 to 10?
TP: I’ll call it a 7. It’d be a 4 or 5 if not for hockey. Last year, I actually live-blogged the day of the trade deadline. On a theological blog. I hadn’t written much of anything for ages, but suddenly Buffalo Sabres news was taking over my blog, and the day of the trade deadline I started worrying about myself…It’s not normal to liveblog a trade deadline on your theology site.
2. Rank your 3 overall favorite sports.
TP: 1. Pro Hockey - We used to do whatever we could to pull in Hockey Night in Canada while we were kids. The picture was blurry and fuzzy, but we watched it anyway. I played youth hockey and street hockey (in organized leagues for both) growing up. It’s the scoring, the hitting, the talent demanded (they play the whole game on two thin metal blades!).
2. Pro Football - Well, let me put it to you this way: I lived through four Buffalo Bills Super Bowl attempts, and I’m still a fan. We were even at the AFC championship game for that fourth year. We chanted, “Four! Four! Four! Four!” Sadly, we were simply chanting the number of Super Bowls we choked in. But I keep watching.
3. Baseball - My sports insanity begins to calm a bit after Hockey and Football. I grew up a fan of the Evil Empire, and a fan of the Evil Empire I shall remain until I die. Go Yankees. Though, in reality, I don’t pay much attention to anything, and usually don’t even watch a full game, until the playoffs. I do enjoy a night out at Frontier Field here in Rochester, watching the minor league Red Wings.
3. What is the one team that you root for more passionately than any other, and is there a team that you hate, maybe a little too much?
TP: I root for the Sabres more than any other. I was at the 1999 triple overtime game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs in Buffalo, when Brett Hull scored that illegal goal to NOT win the Cup that year, NOT eliminating the Sabres, though the records books would take out both NOTs. We had stayed overnight in the parking lot of a local Tickets.com site to make sure we got Stanley Cup playoff tickets. The site was located at a grocery story service desk, so we spent all night playing hockey in the parking lot, tipping the shopping carts over for goals. We even brought down a little grill and had hot dogs. We were eighth in a line of a few hundred people, and the last ones to get tickets.
I really hate the Ottawa Senators. And the Toronto Maple Leafs. And the New England Patriots. And the Dallas Cowboys. And, of course, the Red Sox. I really, really hate all of those teams. They all need to just go and … how clean do you want to keep your website? I should probably stop right there.
4. Do you play fantasy sports?
TP: I play Fantasy Football regularly. I had two teams this past season, and I won the championship in both leagues. I tried playing Fantasy Hockey twice, but it doesn’t work as well as football. I did win the second time I play fantasy hockey, but that was mostly because all the other teams had quit paying attention halfway through the season.
5. What is the most memorable sporting event you have ever attended in person?
TP: Game 6 of the 1999 Stanley Cup finals, Buffalo vs. Dallas (see above), and the 1993-94 AFC championship game, Bills vs. Chiefs.
6. What is the best highlight and/or worst lowlight of your sports playing career as a child or as an adult?
TP: Highlight - Scoring a goal in my PeeWee championship game, which we won, and which would turn out to be the last ice hockey game I’d ever play.
Lowlight - Being lied to a bout the MVP award in my street hockey league. My coach had been told by the league commissioner that I’d be awarded the league MVP after the championship game. But we won the game, and the league disliked our team, so they gave it to someone else, last minute. The other lowlight would be when my junior high basketball coach told me, “You should just stick with hockey.”
7. If you could change one thing about sports, what would it be?
TP: Well, since Fox did wisely get rid of the glow-puck shortly after they foolishly invented it, I don’t have to mention that, so…
I’d want Congress to get the hell out of sports. They think they own everything these days.
Oh, and Gary Bettman, NHL Commissioner, should be fired.
8. Do you have an opinion on Christian athletes who, without being prompted, talk about their faith in post-game interviews?
TP: Just try not to sound too dumb, ok? Mr. Atheist Quarterback threw some great passes, too, and he didn’t pray at all.
9. High school gym class…your favorite 45 minutes of the day or the source of countless nightmares and embarrassments?
TP: Depended on what sport we were playing. Hockey, softball, handball, great. Wrestling, no thanks.
10. Sports are often the whipping boy of pastors and clergy because so much passion, money, time, and energy is poured into them. Do you think this criticism is valid, or are sports okay as a diversion from the stresses of life.
TP: Alistair Begg says Christians should be leading the pack when it comes to sports. We should be playing them, and we should be playing them the best. I think he’s right on the mark.
11. If you had to compete against other writers, in which of these 5 competitions would you have the best chance of winning? 5-mile run, 18 holes of golf, free throw shooting contest, arm wrestling match, or a game of bowling.
TP: I’d lose them all, but if I had to choose one, it’d probably be the free throw shooting contest. I was starting to get decent at basketball, despite my junior high coach’s disparagement of my skills before I got distracted by an entirely contrived crisis of unexplained teenage angst and started writing poetry and music instead.
12. What is your favorite sports movie of all-time?
TP: Can’t just pick one: Field of Dreams, Necessary Roughness, The Natural, Rudy
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You can click here for an exhaustive (but not exhausting) list of everyone who’s been featured as a PFB Sports Survey participant.
If you’d like to be considered for the PFB Sports Survey, or know someone who should be, send along a name and email address to prayersforblowouts(at)gmail(dot)com.
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
In a Good Friday NYT piece, Murray Chass asks if the reason that baseball organizations have faith nights is just to make money…or is it an evangelism tool…(or is it to make money to buy tools for evangelists)?
Over at Moderately Cerebral Bias, MCBias asks what exactly was Murray’s point, and why does he contradict himself in his own article?
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Did you catch any of yesterday’s Tournament action? #11 Ishmael over #6 Isaac? #15 Herod almost taking down #2 seed John the Baptist? #1 seed Moses destroying #16 Og?
No, I’m not flipping through my bible on an acid trip. Check out reader Danny Bryant’s Bible Brackets to see what on earth I’m talking about.
Hope everyone enjoys their Easter holiday. In between marveling at Tiger Woods’ greatnes and giving your not-so-perfect bracket sheet dirty looks, spend some time marveling at the love of God, and how in His greatness, he sent His son to live and die for our not-so-perfect souls. Happy Easter everyone!
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
A bunch of the Chicago Cubs players totalled their strength coach’s car the other day. Acutally, it was his wife’s car. And yes, they destroyed it.
Why such an act of destruction? Because earlier that day they had bought him a brand new Nissan XTerra.
(h/t: The Junky Car Club - where Jason Boyett discusses the honor of such generosity and the horror or ruining a perfectly good car.)
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Everybody getting buckled in and ready for 4 days of college basketball goodness? I am…sort of. I’m going on a date with my wife tonight, and I’m sure we’ll watch LOST when we get home…meaning the only bball I might enjoy today might be following the early games on my computer at work and watching the late games after I find out just how Michael got onto that freighter.
Tomorrow? We’re playing poker up the street at my brother-in-law’s, so I’ll have on eye on the games while I lose my $10 buy-in.
No matter how much or how little coverage you take in this weekend, one thing you’re sure to see is Clark Kellogg, CBS’ Studio Analyst who works alongside of Seth Davis and Greg Gumbel. If you’re interested in learning a little more about Clark, and I know you were, here’s a few links to peruse while your Elite Eight teams start dropping like flies.
PS…I’ve got Kansas over Memphis in our PFB Facebook Bracket Challenge.
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The PFB Sports Survey is a weekly feature here at Prayers For Blowouts where we throw a few sports related questions at some of the most notable voices among Christian authors, pastors, musicians, and manicurists to see if they like sports as much as we do.
Today’s spotlight is on Jeff Miller, who likes ketchup on his eggs and who almost left his bandmates over a Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings spat (ok, not really).
Jeff is the bassist for INO recording act Caedmon’s Call, who have sold over a million copies of their 14 studio albums to date. When he’s not on the road or in the studio with the band, Jeff gets the bills paid by putting his University of Texas MIS degree to good use as a computer/IT dude in Houston, TX. Jeff shares a birthday with yours truly (9/28), which, as a result, makes him unbelievably cool.
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1. What number best describes the role sports play in your life on a scale of 1 to 10?
JM: I’m probably right in the middle, maybe a bit further to the 10-side on this one…so, let’s say 5.1 just to be different. I’m one of those fans that is fanatic about “my” teams, but, with the exception of baseball and college BB (and golf when I have time to nap), I probably don’t follow sports in general as fanatically as some.
2. Rank your 3 overall favorite sports.
JM:1. MLB - I was not a BB fan all my life until about 8 years ago…now I count the days to the Astros season opener!
2. College BB - March Madness is the best sporting event of the year, hands down! Anyone can win on any given day and I love that about this sport.
3. Football (although golf and/or tennis comes in a REAL close 4th as golf/tennis are really the only sports I personally play that much anymore - besides being incredibly bad at “old guy” softball)
3. What is the one team that you root for more passionately than any other, and is there a team that you hate, maybe a little too much?
JM: Definitely the Houston Astros. And I think this year, if Tejada doesn’t get shipped of to a Federal Prison, and we have a surprise or two in the starting rotation, we will be “in it”! I’m also very passionate about Texas Longhorns sports - all of them! (since I went to school there and currently live in Austin) I try and catch a Longhorn football, baseball, or BB game whenever I can (which isn’t too often these days).
Along with being a Longhorn fan, I have to say that OU/OSU fans are absolutely the worst - any school/state that markets themselves (not only their sports but their entire institutions) as being “better than Texas” has some issues they need to deal with. I mean - walking through Hobby airport in Houston last year, there were ad billboards up all over the place on how OSU was “a brighter orange”?! How does that say anything constructive about why I would want to go to school there other than it is not Texas?
4. Do you play fantasy sports?
JM: I play fantasy football with the guys in my Sunday School class. That’s pretty much it (although my brother tries to get my into Fantasy gold, baseball, hockey, and probably soon-to-be curling every year)
5. What is the most memorable sporting event you have ever attended in person?
JM: When I was young (maybe around 10 years old) we went to Steelers Training Camp in LaTrobe, PA. While not really a sporting event, per se, I got to meet Joe Green and Jack Ham and Lynn Swann and Rocky Bleir, and see Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, etc. - that was definitely the coolest sporting thing that has ever happened to me. BTW - that Steeler team of the late 70’s was by far the best EVER (sorry Dolphins and Patriots fans!)
6. What is the best highlight and/or worst lowlight of your sports playing career as a child or as an adult?
JM: Highlight would have to be just playing tennis back in Houston - we would play every day for fun as well as play on the neighborhood team and enter in tournaments…it was the way sports should be played…for the love of the game. And I was pretty good too!
Lowlight would have to be playing softball last year on my work softball team - we were the worst team in the novice league and I was by far the worst player. Maybe I shouldn’t have quit playing sports when I picked up a bass guitar?
7. If you could change one thing about sports, what would it be?
JM: Definitely (get rid of) the DH…
Oh, and I hate the fact that it seems like most athletes these days are in it for the money and fame as opposed to the love of the game. I’ll watch Brett Favre or Craig Biggio (not anymore for either of them) or Hines Ward any day over TO or Kobe. If you act like a jackass everytime you make a tackle or hit a three-pointer you should get over yourself! I think professional sports has lost the “team” and “love/respect” aspects of the game and rewards athletes who showboat as opposed to those that just want to play the game because they love it!
8. Do you have an opinion on Christian athletes who, without being prompted, talk about their faith in post-game interviews?
JM: I probably shouldn’t be, but I guess I’m ambivalent about this question. I don’t go around and thank God publicly when I roll-out a successful new piece of functionality to my company’s website, so I wouldn’t expect an athlete to do so after winning a game. I think that if they play to the best of their ability and play professionally, with good sportsmanship and have fun doing it (no showboating!), that is the best example they can give of who they really are as Christians. Someone who does a crazy touchdown celebration and gets into fights on the field and then talks about God post-show comes off as a little strange to me…
9. High school gym class…your favorite 45 minutes of the day or the source of countless nightmares and embarrassments?
JM: I didn’t have to go to high school gym?! Since I was on the tennis and basketball teams I was able to skip gym. Of course, when I was in elementary school I hated gym because I couldn’t do a forward roll. That was embarrassing.
10. Sports are often the whipping boy of pastors and clergy because so much passion, money, time, and energy is poured into them. Do you think this criticism is valid, or are sports okay as a diversion from the stresses of life.
JM: For most folks I think this criticism is invalid. Sports can be a great way to fellowship with others and it can certainly be a diversion. Not to mention that exercise is good for the body…but that’s a whole other argument. For someone who spends more time watching or playing sports than spending time with their family, well then, that’s probably not a good thing. I don’t see how pastors and clergy can single out sports as a negative influence in general however.
11. If you had to compete against other musicians, in which of these 5 competitions would you have the best chance of winning? 5-mile run, 18 holes of golf, free throw shooting contest, arm wrestling match, or a game of bowling.
JM: Definitely Golf or Bowling.
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You can click here for an exhaustive (but not exhausting) list of everyone who’s been featured as a PFB Sports Survey participant.
If you’d like to be considered for the PFB Sports Survey, or know someone who should be, send along a name and email address to prayersforblowouts(at)gmail(dot)com.
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Let me be the first to say it: “Who is this year’s George Mason?”
What’s that? 814 people have already said it? Oh…okay.
Well, while you’re drinking your coffee and wondering how Tiger Woods can score so low, how the Denver Nuggets can score so high, and how the Houston Rockets can score more than their opponents 22 straight times, consider these odds and ends about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on this “post-selection sunday” Monday morning. (disclaimer: some of these may not be veracious)
- First off, you need to join our Prayers For Blowouts Facebook Bracket Challenge Group. The winner will get a free post here on the Prayers For Blowouts Blog about anything he/she wants, an autographed copy of my book if/when it ever gets published, and 12 months of bragging rights.
- The word “bracket(s)” gets spoken roughly 10.8 million times per year in the U.S., with a whopping 31% of those usages coming in the month of March. (source: my imagination)
- If Disney was paid a royalty fee every time someone said “Cinderella” during March Madness, they would have enough money to purchase Billy Packer’s soul.
- By the Sunday evening of the first weekend of the tournament, the most popular question in America as voted by Elle Magazine is, “Are you still watching basketball?”
- 82% of all folks who fill out brackets for the tournament have skipped out early on class or work to watch the first round games. Personally, I’ve skipped out on both. (source: thin air)
- There are two types of people: Those who wear green on St. Patrick’s Day, and those who do not. That’s right. Check your clothes and tell me which group you fall into.
- Everyone and their mom is going to have UCLA in their Final Four. What’s that? You’re not? Well, there’s a contrarian in every group.
- Want official odds from Vegas? Here you go.
- ESPN’s Joe Lunardi - their resident bracketologist - went 65/65 in picking the teams in the tourney this year. That’s pretty outstanding. Considering Joe Lunard’s sole job at ESPN is to predict the 65 teams, and the fact that he did it perfectly, what do you think he is doing this morning? Sleeping in? Soaking in a hot tub doing pretend interviews with pretend radio shows about how right he was? Rolling around naked in brackets he spent all night printing out on his Lexmark laser printer? Congrats, Joe! Now go get some clothes on and start prepping for 2009.
- Pastor CJ Mahaney disagrees that the best college basketball player of all time was Pete Maravich.
- Still havent joined our Facebook group? What are you waiting for, Gus Johnson to scream at you? Go make it happen.
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