3:50 - Time to watch Baylor and Sam Houston St. Game is tied w 2:30 left. I have the Bears in the Elite 8, so now would probably be a good time for them to turn it around.
3:51 - Old English: Tastes Like Homelessness
3:52 - gotta love Baylor. Their 3 best players are named LaceDarrius, Tweedy, and Ekpe. SHSU commits 4 straight turnovers and Balor is up 6
3:54 - Rodger finds out that there is money in the $25 pool, so now he has decided to root against his bracket in the hopes of getting last-place money.
3:56 - Always nice to Rec Specs being rocked by a forward for Sam Houston.
3:58 - Baylor wins and I improve to 5-0. Huzzah!
4:06 - St. Mary's is up to an 8 point lead. More importantly, they have committed 0 fouls in the 1st 7 minutes of the 2nd half. That seems impressive...but I don't know what intern needs to look this up.
4:07 - Just like that - St Mary's commits an offensive foul. They were playing such "pure" basketball too.
4:08 - "St. Mary didn't approve of fouling. It was against her religion." - Rodger
4:16 - All of St. Mary's team looks like they are 16 years old. The team is flat out cherubic.
4:18 - The Award for unnecessary chasing of an out of bounds pass in the hopes of getting in the One Shining Moment video goes to......Oliver Samhan!
4:19 - "Garson correctly called all 5 games so far" - Jonny
"And he looks like he meant to get all right, too" - Hudson
Ladies and gentlemen, Alex Hudson!
4:24 - The dancing Richmond Spider mascot is horrifying. It's hardly a spider. http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/shohsei13/files/2009/12/rsz_img_0016.jpg
4:28 - Jim Nantz describes Amen Corner as the "place you pray to survive". That just sounds unnecessarily violent and ominous. Perhaps this is the subtitle for Saw 7?
4:31 - We leave St Mary's 15 point lead w 5 minutes left to watch K-State and their 21 pt lead w 4 minutes left. "Great time for a cut in" chimes in Rodger.
4:31 - If North Texas is the Mean Green, can other colors be mean? We decided that political correctness would stop any team from being the Mean Black.
4:34 - Rodger struggles to free his bottle from the bag. "NO! I'm not going to lose to a paper bag!"
4:36 - There have been a quite few players with the number 0. I'm not sure what that's about. A lack of self-confidence that they are worthy of a better number? Arrogance? A Free Gilbert Arenas movement?
4:37 - I thought I heard North Texas has a player named McGruber. It was just Collin Mangrum. WE WERE SO CLOSE!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
3:00 - I'm back. The weather is GOREGEOUS out in Evanston, IL right now. There are frat guys sitting on a porch, chilling. I don't entirely understand which is frattier: sitting and lounging outside on a hammock or sitting and lounging while watching the NCAA Tournament
3:10 - Why are still watching N Texas vs K State? K State is up 14 and pulling away! Baylor has only a 3 pt lead over Sam Houston St, Murray St has a 4 point lead over Vandy w 10 min left and St Mary's and Richmond are tied. This is the only game that isn't remotely interesting.
3:13 - Jacob Pullen's chinstrap is ridiculous: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1223/ncb_u_pullen_400.jpg
It's way too manicured to be an odd facial hair growth pattern.
3:15 Is Repo Men a horror film or sci fi? The political statement regarding the value of human organs and property rights is sci fi. But the whole gratuitous violence is clearly horror.
3:17 - We're all just waiting until halftime so we can watch the far more important Murray St-Vandy game.
3:19 - Rodger finally got onto March Madness on Demand so he can stream the Murray-Vandy game. He has Vandy in the Elite 8....Ouch Town.
3:10 - Why are still watching N Texas vs K State? K State is up 14 and pulling away! Baylor has only a 3 pt lead over Sam Houston St, Murray St has a 4 point lead over Vandy w 10 min left and St Mary's and Richmond are tied. This is the only game that isn't remotely interesting.
3:13 - Jacob Pullen's chinstrap is ridiculous: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1223/ncb_u_pullen_400.jpg
It's way too manicured to be an odd facial hair growth pattern.
3:15 Is Repo Men a horror film or sci fi? The political statement regarding the value of human organs and property rights is sci fi. But the whole gratuitous violence is clearly horror.
3:17 - We're all just waiting until halftime so we can watch the far more important Murray St-Vandy game.
3:19 - Rodger finally got onto March Madness on Demand so he can stream the Murray-Vandy game. He has Vandy in the Elite 8....Ouch Town.
Couch Break #2
2:23 - I'm leaving the couch for the 2nd time. I'm going down the street and picking up some 40s. I gotta survive these late afternooners somehow...
2:03 The Blormans held on. Scottie Reynolds may have put a dagger 3 in Robert Morris and his supporters. Nova up 6 with a little more than a minute left. How old do you have to be before you can't be called Scottie anymore?
2:05 - We get a high class "BULLSHIT" from the coach of Robert Morris. It is clear, enunciated, and the camera captures all of it. No "-ullshit or "bullsh-" here. Gotta love HD.
2:10 - Robert Morris cuts it to 1 after a big steal and lay-up. Nova barely breaks the press and hits 2 FTs.
2:11 - Robinson notes that points are more important than time wasted. Redding misses the 1st FT, but hits the 2nd to go up 4. I hope he rues that point.
2:12 - START RUE-ING! A monster 3 from whereever Robert Morris is. It's down to 1. Nova gets FTs. Robert Morris will at least get a chance to tie it?
2:15 - Robert Morris' strategy was to dribble around the perimeter for 4 seconds and hope someone shakes off a screen? Crappy shot goes up to no avail. Nova survives.
2:05 - We get a high class "BULLSHIT" from the coach of Robert Morris. It is clear, enunciated, and the camera captures all of it. No "-ullshit or "bullsh-" here. Gotta love HD.
2:10 - Robert Morris cuts it to 1 after a big steal and lay-up. Nova barely breaks the press and hits 2 FTs.
2:11 - Robinson notes that points are more important than time wasted. Redding misses the 1st FT, but hits the 2nd to go up 4. I hope he rues that point.
2:12 - START RUE-ING! A monster 3 from whereever Robert Morris is. It's down to 1. Nova gets FTs. Robert Morris will at least get a chance to tie it?
2:15 - Robert Morris' strategy was to dribble around the perimeter for 4 seconds and hope someone shakes off a screen? Crappy shot goes up to no avail. Nova survives.
12:57 - Trolling on ESPN and run across this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2010/news/story?id=5005222
The headline is "Andrew Bailey of Oakland Athletics shut down". Apparently, he's out for a week. But that is a bad headline. I thought Bailey was done and starting immediately thinking of which person would step in to close for the A's...and my fantasy team.
I think it's Michael Wuertz and his 5 career saves.
1:01 - Rodger alerted me to a previous post when he "cryptically" typed in that I am gay while I was enjoying my frittata and salsa. Let the record show that I am, in fact, not gay. Whether or not I am a homosexual has been debated by friends and enemies. Rest assured, I am not gay.
1:03 - All three games are actually close. ODU-ND are tied, Flroida clawed back and cut it to 4, Robert Morris is still up 1. This might get interesting in 15 minutes when the games actually wind down to the final minutes.
1:05 - We're pretty sure that Kraken is not spelled like butt crack. Though Release the Butt Cracker makes for an inappropriate youtube clip.
1:07 - Rodger is taking far too long to find the "release the kraken" clip. I'm not sure what a kraken is. I actually am totally ignorant of what Clash of the Titans is about. I remember from my Classics course that Titans are like super people, or something. This is the extent of my knowledge of mythology.
1:08 - Jason Dong shows up. He's Canadian, so the idea of ice-less sports is fascinating him.
1:08 - Nobody has ever confused our very own Jonny Gomez for middling outfielder Jonny Gomes. This is stunning.
1:09 - NUSports is proudly advertising the Women's NIT game. Who the hell would schedule it against tonight's NCAA tournament games? Nobody in their right mind would pick Women's NIT over the first night of the Big dance. Welsh-Ryan will be packed with 15 middle-aged pedophiles...probably.
1:15 - Notre Dame goes for the tie down 3 with 20 seconds left. Missed dunk and then a tip-in to go down 1. ODU has the ball w 13 seconds left. Let's. Go. ODU!
1:18 "Your children will also be monarchs. Unless there is an overthrow of your government" - Rodger's encouragement
1:19 - ODU hits 2 FTs to go up 3. We agree that the Kraken should be released. It plays great perimter D.
1:19 - ND's game-tying shot rims out. ODU gets a 1 point win! Let's. Go. O D U!
1:21 - We zoom over to the BYU-Florida game. Florida misses a shot for the win. BLORMANS FIGHT!
1:31 Overtime is actually kinda boring. Big block by Jimmer Fredette. Gotta love Jimmer Fredette. It's even fun to type.
1:32 - The Blorman hits 2 FTs to cut the Florida lead to 2. Always trust Blormans from the Charity Stripe.
1:34 - The Blorman ties it w 2 more FTs. Is it possible to win a game in OT without ever hitting a field goal?
1: 35 - The Blorman hits a field goal to tie it back up. He has all 6 points in OT. They go to a timeout where the BYU players celebrate Jesus being born in America...and their athletic successes.
1:37 - BYU gets a stop and then the ball gets stripped. Fucking ridiculous. Florida has a chance to win it.
1:38 - Rodger and Jonny debate the relative hazards of a Cuban prison. Presumably a lot worse
1:40 - Double OT after Florida couldn't get even a decent look. BLORMANS. FIGHT!
"Up until 1978, black people weren't allowed to be Mormon" -Rodger, after wikipediaing Blacks and the LDS movement
"That's because they are descendents of Cain!" - Jonny
1:42 - Jimmer Fredette gets fouled, hits the deck, and then waves at thecamera as it focuses on him. My dear friends wonder which wife he was waving to.
Jimmer Fredette hits a FT, becoming the first non-Blorman to score in over 8 minutes of play
1:48 - Robert Morris is tied with Nova w 25 sec left. It's amazing what one man can do. Mr. Morris must be very proud.
1:50 - Scottie Reynolds missed his chance to be a hero. He'll get another crack at it with .8 seconds. No luck there either, even though they did get a decent look.
1:52 - The Blorman is hitting his FTs and putting the finishing touches on a monster win by The Overachieving Mormons Who Are Named After a Mysterious Pseudo-Religious Leader (TOMWARNAMAMPRL, for short)
The headline is "Andrew Bailey of Oakland Athletics shut down". Apparently, he's out for a week. But that is a bad headline. I thought Bailey was done and starting immediately thinking of which person would step in to close for the A's...and my fantasy team.
I think it's Michael Wuertz and his 5 career saves.
1:01 - Rodger alerted me to a previous post when he "cryptically" typed in that I am gay while I was enjoying my frittata and salsa. Let the record show that I am, in fact, not gay. Whether or not I am a homosexual has been debated by friends and enemies. Rest assured, I am not gay.
1:03 - All three games are actually close. ODU-ND are tied, Flroida clawed back and cut it to 4, Robert Morris is still up 1. This might get interesting in 15 minutes when the games actually wind down to the final minutes.
1:05 - We're pretty sure that Kraken is not spelled like butt crack. Though Release the Butt Cracker makes for an inappropriate youtube clip.
1:07 - Rodger is taking far too long to find the "release the kraken" clip. I'm not sure what a kraken is. I actually am totally ignorant of what Clash of the Titans is about. I remember from my Classics course that Titans are like super people, or something. This is the extent of my knowledge of mythology.
1:08 - Jason Dong shows up. He's Canadian, so the idea of ice-less sports is fascinating him.
1:08 - Nobody has ever confused our very own Jonny Gomez for middling outfielder Jonny Gomes. This is stunning.
1:09 - NUSports is proudly advertising the Women's NIT game. Who the hell would schedule it against tonight's NCAA tournament games? Nobody in their right mind would pick Women's NIT over the first night of the Big dance. Welsh-Ryan will be packed with 15 middle-aged pedophiles...probably.
1:15 - Notre Dame goes for the tie down 3 with 20 seconds left. Missed dunk and then a tip-in to go down 1. ODU has the ball w 13 seconds left. Let's. Go. ODU!
1:18 "Your children will also be monarchs. Unless there is an overthrow of your government" - Rodger's encouragement
1:19 - ODU hits 2 FTs to go up 3. We agree that the Kraken should be released. It plays great perimter D.
1:19 - ND's game-tying shot rims out. ODU gets a 1 point win! Let's. Go. O D U!
1:21 - We zoom over to the BYU-Florida game. Florida misses a shot for the win. BLORMANS FIGHT!
1:31 Overtime is actually kinda boring. Big block by Jimmer Fredette. Gotta love Jimmer Fredette. It's even fun to type.
1:32 - The Blorman hits 2 FTs to cut the Florida lead to 2. Always trust Blormans from the Charity Stripe.
1:34 - The Blorman ties it w 2 more FTs. Is it possible to win a game in OT without ever hitting a field goal?
1: 35 - The Blorman hits a field goal to tie it back up. He has all 6 points in OT. They go to a timeout where the BYU players celebrate Jesus being born in America...and their athletic successes.
1:37 - BYU gets a stop and then the ball gets stripped. Fucking ridiculous. Florida has a chance to win it.
1:38 - Rodger and Jonny debate the relative hazards of a Cuban prison. Presumably a lot worse
1:40 - Double OT after Florida couldn't get even a decent look. BLORMANS. FIGHT!
"Up until 1978, black people weren't allowed to be Mormon" -Rodger, after wikipediaing Blacks and the LDS movement
"That's because they are descendents of Cain!" - Jonny
1:42 - Jimmer Fredette gets fouled, hits the deck, and then waves at thecamera as it focuses on him. My dear friends wonder which wife he was waving to.
Jimmer Fredette hits a FT, becoming the first non-Blorman to score in over 8 minutes of play
1:48 - Robert Morris is tied with Nova w 25 sec left. It's amazing what one man can do. Mr. Morris must be very proud.
1:50 - Scottie Reynolds missed his chance to be a hero. He'll get another crack at it with .8 seconds. No luck there either, even though they did get a decent look.
1:52 - The Blorman is hitting his FTs and putting the finishing touches on a monster win by The Overachieving Mormons Who Are Named After a Mysterious Pseudo-Religious Leader (TOMWARNAMAMPRL, for short)
The Rise and Fall of Ben Ho
12:32 - Ben was upset that he forgot to send in his picks to the $25 entry pool. I told him not to worry because he can cross over his picks from the $5 pool and it shouldn't be that bad. We checked ESPN and he apparently entered two blank brackets to the $5 pool.
i am gay - garson
Best line that comes out of it "Some people were bold and decided to take Robert Morris over Villanova in an upset. Ben Ho was even bolder when he thought Villanova wouldn't even play in the first round!" - Rodger
12:33 - "Old Dominion fans starting to believe" - Dick Enberg. All 3 of them in the stadium? They're fucking stoked to be down 1 to a less-than-impressive Notre Dame team. That's one hell of a traveling fan base from those Monarchs.
12:35 - Kunal does his best Alex Liu and Glass impersonation. He's sitting in silence. But he has a red hoodie on and pulled the hood up. He looks homeless, like someone from an emo band, or possibly a serial killer.
12:36 - So Tik Tok is the theme song of a movie where JLo is preggers and dates a mediocre looking dude? Is this just a mad dash to get Tik Tok as the theme song? I'm curious if getting a hit song on a movie commercial actually helps at the box office.
12:40 - Ben Ho races downstairs and delivers a printed screen shot of his ESPN bracket. For those who aren't curious: his final four is Kansas over K-State, WV over Nova and Kansas getting the title.
12:43 - Watching the Bud Light bottle go out with the Wheat stalks is pretty awesome. I like to think that I'm too smart for that stuff, but I'm just not.
12:44 - the commercial with shirtless Southwest Airlines employees is also fun. I feel like I don't enjoy Southwest because they don't fly into Newark, so I try not to miss any opportunities. It's the airline for cool kids.
12:46 - Bet #2: Who was the guy who hit the 3 for Ohio St when they beat Xavier in their title game run? I went with "I don't know. Some guy named Lewis". Rodger took Jamar Butler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICZv1wh53c @ 3:41
12:48 - some commercial I wasn't watching made a CrazyTown Butterfly reference. It was playing in the background in all of its 90s music glory.
12:50 - Robert Morris is early leader for best player names. This is their starting lineup:
Karon Abraham
Mezie Nwigwe
Dallas Green
Rob Robinson
Rob Robinson
i am gay - garson
Best line that comes out of it "Some people were bold and decided to take Robert Morris over Villanova in an upset. Ben Ho was even bolder when he thought Villanova wouldn't even play in the first round!" - Rodger
12:33 - "Old Dominion fans starting to believe" - Dick Enberg. All 3 of them in the stadium? They're fucking stoked to be down 1 to a less-than-impressive Notre Dame team. That's one hell of a traveling fan base from those Monarchs.
12:35 - Kunal does his best Alex Liu and Glass impersonation. He's sitting in silence. But he has a red hoodie on and pulled the hood up. He looks homeless, like someone from an emo band, or possibly a serial killer.
12:36 - So Tik Tok is the theme song of a movie where JLo is preggers and dates a mediocre looking dude? Is this just a mad dash to get Tik Tok as the theme song? I'm curious if getting a hit song on a movie commercial actually helps at the box office.
12:40 - Ben Ho races downstairs and delivers a printed screen shot of his ESPN bracket. For those who aren't curious: his final four is Kansas over K-State, WV over Nova and Kansas getting the title.
12:43 - Watching the Bud Light bottle go out with the Wheat stalks is pretty awesome. I like to think that I'm too smart for that stuff, but I'm just not.
12:44 - the commercial with shirtless Southwest Airlines employees is also fun. I feel like I don't enjoy Southwest because they don't fly into Newark, so I try not to miss any opportunities. It's the airline for cool kids.
12:46 - Bet #2: Who was the guy who hit the 3 for Ohio St when they beat Xavier in their title game run? I went with "I don't know. Some guy named Lewis". Rodger took Jamar Butler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICZv1wh53c @ 3:41
12:48 - some commercial I wasn't watching made a CrazyTown Butterfly reference. It was playing in the background in all of its 90s music glory.
12:50 - Robert Morris is early leader for best player names. This is their starting lineup:
Karon Abraham
Mezie Nwigwe
Dallas Green
Rob Robinson
Rob Robinson
12:11 - took my first departure from the couch. I got my laptop charger and lunch.
12:15 - lunch: frittatas and hash browns? What is a frittata? It is a scrambled egg patty with stuff in it.
12:18 - Watching Robert Morris have a 9 point lead on Villanova. I figure it will be about 6 minutes before facebook explodes with "OMG RMU all the way! I totally had that picked! Haha aha!" status updates.
12:23 - Sonic advertises their hamburger as 100% beef. I'm not sure if that's a less-than-subtle dig at other fast food places or food quality has reached the point where that actually is a source of pride
12:24 -Lamar Odom gets a Samsung commercial. Rodger notes that fucking a Kardashian gets you to at least the D-list as a celebrity. With that, quick congratulations to University of Rhode Island, alma mater of Odom and my sister. They beat up on Northwestern in the NIT. Sad, but altogether unsurprising
12:25 - YouTube Clip #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxKrQNt5dMo
It's Lamar Odom dunking in outer space. The lovefest has already begun for Odom.
12:15 - lunch: frittatas and hash browns? What is a frittata? It is a scrambled egg patty with stuff in it.
12:18 - Watching Robert Morris have a 9 point lead on Villanova. I figure it will be about 6 minutes before facebook explodes with "OMG RMU all the way! I totally had that picked! Haha aha!" status updates.
12:23 - Sonic advertises their hamburger as 100% beef. I'm not sure if that's a less-than-subtle dig at other fast food places or food quality has reached the point where that actually is a source of pride
12:24 -Lamar Odom gets a Samsung commercial. Rodger notes that fucking a Kardashian gets you to at least the D-list as a celebrity. With that, quick congratulations to University of Rhode Island, alma mater of Odom and my sister. They beat up on Northwestern in the NIT. Sad, but altogether unsurprising
12:25 - YouTube Clip #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxKrQNt5dMo
It's Lamar Odom dunking in outer space. The lovefest has already begun for Odom.
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