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March 24, 2012

College Hoops Smack Talk Thread
— andy

Some people apparently like this sport. Me? I'll take a sharp stick in the eye, thank you very much.

Today's NCAA schedule (times Eastern):

Ladies First

* Tennessee 84 def. Kansas 73
* North Avenue Trade School (a/k/a Georgia Tech) vs. Baylor @ 2:32pm/now
* St. John's vs. Duke @ 9:04pm
* South Carolina vs. Stanford @ 11:32pm

Did they draw these times out of a hat or something?

Games People Actually Care About

* Florida *spit* vs. Louisville @ 4:30pm
* Ohio State vs. Syracuse @ 7:05pm

Posted by: andy at 11:40 AM | Comments (314)
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1 hahaha @ thinking anyone cares about the girls games

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 11:40 AM (jUytm)

2 Foist!!

Posted by: Have Blue at March 24, 2012 11:41 AM (0dPUM)

3 Which I now see you made clear in your post.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 11:41 AM (jUytm)

4 Andy, This post sucks. Thank you for making it.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 11:42 AM (jUytm)

The Gators will win the championship. All of the other teams left have the Obama curse on them. So the Gators win making moron heads explode everywhere. Except in my house.

Go Gators!

Posted by: robtr at March 24, 2012 11:42 AM (MtwBb)

6 CT resident. UCONN guys knocked out first round. Heard the end of the game on the radio as I left work. Sounded like they were terrible, even the home town sports guys were saying they were playing like they did not care.

Posted by: Have Blue at March 24, 2012 11:42 AM (0dPUM)

Anyone else having touble loading the main page?

Had to hack the comments section to find this and the previous thread.

Posted by: Have Blue at March 24, 2012 11:43 AM (0dPUM)

8 You're welcome.

Posted by: Andy at March 24, 2012 11:45 AM (XG+Mn)

9 Is the sandwich making contest before or after the lady's games?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 24, 2012 11:46 AM (Sh42X)

10 Can I hang around here?

I'm not a basketball fan, but the other stories put a knot in my stomach.

Posted by: fluffy at March 24, 2012 11:49 AM (z9HTb)

11 Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo.

Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2012 11:50 AM (eS2w8)

12 I'll be wearing a hoodie over a Che t-shirt, but with an anti-Castro shoelace...

Posted by: Mittens Wants Florida's Votes at March 24, 2012 11:50 AM (FcR7P)

13 10 Can I hang around here? I'm not a basketball fan, but the other stories put a knot in my stomach --- We can hang out here and bitch about how stupid basketball is.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 11:51 AM (5H6zj)

14 Ladies!? Nobody watches that.

Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2012 11:52 AM (eS2w8)

15 If Louisville wins, I'm "citizen arresting" every member of the team.

Posted by: George Zimmerman at March 24, 2012 11:52 AM (Sh42X)

16 I'm only interested in the women's St. John's game because my daughter played AAU and HS basketball with one of the girls on St. John's team.

Posted by: Tami at March 24, 2012 11:53 AM (X6akg)

17 Did they draw these times out of a hat or something? Try explaining them to the Pentagon. "You need refueling because what?!"

Posted by: Air Force One at March 24, 2012 11:53 AM (FcR7P)

Can't believe BU men made it this far.

This far and no farther.

The girls are gonna take it all.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at March 24, 2012 11:55 AM (PjVdx)

19 Did you see this? Occupoopers "fish" for NYPD cops with doughnuts. And it's sooooo funny, too. http://tinyurl.com/6pkaakf The cops show amazing restraint and just look at them as if they were fucking chimps in a zoo playing with their own feces.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 12:05 PM (jUytm)

20 By the way, I hate fucking chimps.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 12:07 PM (jUytm)

21 Basket Ball = hockey.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:10 PM (YdQQY)

22 Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 04:07 PM (jUytm)

And they probably hate fucking you too.

I thought that the jokes about sheep were based on real experience: apparently a sheep's vagina is very similar to a woman's.

Oh...that's not what you meant?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 24, 2012 12:11 PM (nEUpB)

23 Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 04:10 PM (YdQQY)

Even worse!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 24, 2012 12:12 PM (nEUpB)

24 Take that back, Vic. I can actually enjoy watching hockey when I consume enough adult beverages. Basketball always sucks.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at March 24, 2012 12:12 PM (0d0K7)

25 I need a winner whose final score ends in 1 and a loser whose second digit ends in 2. I''m screwed.

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 24, 2012 12:14 PM (vpe0k)

26 The only thing worse than college basketball is pro basketball.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:16 PM (YdQQY)

27 I can actually enjoy watching hockey when I consume enough adult beverages. Basketball always sucks. --- Yeah, I gotta agree. Hockey is fast, unpredictable, and much more physical.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:17 PM (5H6zj)

28 I hate basketball. Anyone else seen Hunger Games yet?

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 24, 2012 12:19 PM (3jGS1)

29 You can hear one of the less insane protestors plead with the crowd not to mock the police. They laugh at her. Everytime I see this disgusting behavior by these lazy leftists I always think about that CNN segment with Susan Roesgen saying how that Tea Party protest was not "fit for family viewing." What wasn't "fit," according to Roesgen, was a calm man with his tiny little cute daughter sitting on his shoulders while he explained why he thought government's reckless deficit-spending was bad.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 12:19 PM (jUytm)

26The only thing worse than college basketball is pro basketball.

You got that right.

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 12:20 PM (ursbV)

31 I see Fox is touting a new "congressional report" that says tax breaks amount to a trillion dollars a year.

How long before they start calling these "loopholes".

When they "reform" the tax code it will be a tax increase. When Reagan supposedly decreased the taxes by eliminating a lot of deductions and reducing the rates it took less than a year before they raised the rates back up again.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:20 PM (YdQQY)

32 College basketball is like college football. Way too many dropped receptions. It's not always the receiver's fault.

The Pros really make it hard to watch the amateurs.

OK guys, bring on the hate.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:21 PM (O3R/2)

33 We don't have a tax problem, we have a spending problem.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:21 PM (YdQQY)

34 How long before they start calling these "loopholes". Subsidies. They like to use subsidies.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 12:22 PM (jUytm)

35 I thought that the jokes about sheep were based on real experience: apparently a sheep's vagina is very similar to a woman's.

True. Very true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMq8XS4LhE&ob=av3e

Posted by: fluffy at March 24, 2012 12:22 PM (z9HTb)

36 Jimbo clearly isn't from the Deep South, where college football is a religion.

Posted by: Andy at March 24, 2012 12:22 PM (XG+Mn)

32College basketball is like college football. Way too many dropped receptions. It's not always the receiver's fault.

The Pros really make it hard to watch the amateurs.

OK guys, bring on the hate.

The difference is that college basketball actually follows the rules while pro basketball is merely football on wood with palming, charging and traveling required.

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 12:23 PM (ursbV)

38 When Exxon pays, I dunno, 20% taxes instead of 35%, the government is "subsidizing" the firm.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 12:24 PM (jUytm)

39 College football is the only "sport" worth watching on TV. Baseball is OK in person but sucks on TV.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:24 PM (YdQQY)

40 So, you can generally count on a baseball or a football game starting on time.

What the hell is it with professional basketball? Shaq or Koby are running late? Is that joke about "black time" vs. "white time" real?

Call me a cracker. I don't care.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:24 PM (O3R/2)

On line like the Serch in the woody with a hoodie

Get a disc or tape at Sam Goody

Why'd you run through the doors they left open?

Ropin off the scenes like the crimes smokin!

Posted by: Pete Nice at March 24, 2012 12:24 PM (vpe0k)

42 Subsidies. They like to use subsidies.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 04:22 PM (jUytm)

Also "investments" that require your forced support via increased taxes!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 24, 2012 12:25 PM (i3+c5)

43 I live in the South, so I understand the situation. College football is for people who do not have access to pro football.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:25 PM (O3R/2)

44
...thought that the jokes about sheep were based on real experience: apparently a sheep's vagina is very similar to a woman's.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 24, 2012 04:11 PM (nEUpB)

When stranded on an island with a herd of sheep, the best rule of thumb is to pick the pretty one.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 24, 2012 12:26 PM (TkGkA)

45 The difference is that college basketball actually follows the rules while pro basketball is merely football on wood with palming, charging and traveling required. ---- Pro basketball seems to be overly influenced by the refereeing. And those last couple of minutes of the game, which always seem to be the only part that matters, are really boring with all the stoppages from fouls.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:26 PM (5H6zj)

41
On line like the Serch in the woody with a hoodie
Get a disc or tape at Sam Goody
Why'd you run through the doors they left open?
Ropin off the scenes like the crimes smokin!

Hey Pete, you're showing your age. Sam Goody went bankrupt years ago. There are no more record shops - Steve Jobs killed them all. Another murdering capitalistic white man.

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 12:27 PM (ursbV)

47 The Hunger Games movie == teh awesome. Go watch.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 12:28 PM (QTHTd)

48 Of course, I'm bitching about the NBA but I'm going to a Jazz game next week. They're going to be honoring PGA luminary, Billy Casper, at half time so we want to go to that. He's a cool guy - we got to know him when we moved here last year.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:29 PM (5H6zj)

49 Pro basketball seems to be overly influenced by the refereeing. And those last couple of minutes of the game, which always seem to be the only part that matters, are really boring with all the stoppages from fouls.
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That sounds like college basketball except with college it is the whole season. Nothing matters until you get to the 3 month long playoffs.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:29 PM (YdQQY)

50 but there ARE still hoodies, yeah?

Posted by: Pete Nice at March 24, 2012 12:29 PM (vpe0k)

51 47 The Hunger Games movie == teh awesome. ---- It looks depressing.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:30 PM (5H6zj)

52 Hey Pete, you're showing your age. Sam Goody went bankrupt years ago.

Lyrics. I remember that from Yo! MTv Raps.

Posted by: fluffy at March 24, 2012 12:30 PM (z9HTb)

53 btw, I didn't go to USC (not the real USC*) but I sure do have a couple of t-shirts to wear.

*The University of Southern California

btw. I would LOVE to see SC come in and stomp on USC, after the sanctions have worn off, lol.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:30 PM (O3R/2)

54 43I live in the South, so I understand the situation. College football is for people who do not have access to pro football.

One is on Saturday the other on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. College football is nothing more than watching which College has the best recruiting staff. Its just that simple. Recruit 3 super talents you have a killer college team. Do that in the pros and you get the first pick in NFL draft.

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 12:30 PM (ursbV)

55 Other problem with the NBA: the guys are ugly freaks. And those baggy shorts they wear and tats they sport don't help. I prefer the tight-panted sports. Or hockey.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:31 PM (5H6zj)

56
Some people apparently like this sport. Me? I'll take a sharp stick in the eye, thank you very much.
Posted by Andy

It's Saturday. Shouldn't you be out antiquing with the rest of the girls?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 24, 2012 12:32 PM (kdS6q)

57 Actually both college and pro football have the same characteristics for winning teams; good defense. These are also the most boring games to watch. 3 downs and punt.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:32 PM (YdQQY)

58 Your Chevy Chase and I don't give a shit

Posted by: Doom am I, full-ripe, dealing death to the worlds, engaged in devouring mankind. at March 24, 2012 12:34 PM (L3b/H)

59 The difference between college basketball and pro? One has young hoodlums playing while the other has older hoodlums playing.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:34 PM (YdQQY)

60 When I moved to SC, there was all this talk about how Steve Spurier was going to do great things. Six years later, I am still waiting.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:35 PM (O3R/2)

61 Six years later, I am still waiting.
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Not me, I'm a GA fan.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:36 PM (YdQQY)

62 Spurier is rebuilding and getting richer.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:36 PM (YdQQY)

63 Ay Yi Yi the shoes squeaking is nails on a chalkboard to me.

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 24, 2012 12:36 PM (vpe0k)

64 Vic,

I heard this comment 30 years ago.

"Your hirelings are beating our hirelings."

40 years ago:

"Their colored boys were better than our colored boys."

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:37 PM (O3R/2)

65 >> Recruit 3 super talents you have a killer college team.

As a long-suffering Georgia Bulldog, I can assure you that's not the case. We're where great recruiting classes go to die.

Posted by: Andy at March 24, 2012 12:40 PM (XG+Mn)

66 Yay Local Sports Team!

Posted by: nickless at March 24, 2012 12:40 PM (MMC8r)

67 Jimbo when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s both college and pro basketball was exclusively white. Things were bad then because sports and colleges were "segregated".

Today they are exclusively black. Still segregated but things are better somehow.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:41 PM (YdQQY)

63 Ay Yi Yi the shoes squeaking is nails on a chalkboard to me.

Thank you. ....I hate that too.

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 12:41 PM (dEMjC)

Well, KU still in the hunt. I watched the game last night, and I'm still not sure how they won. But there it is.

Next up, Roy Williams (former very successful KU coach) and his NC team.

Not really betting on KU to win that one tomorrow. But who knows?

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 12:42 PM (KB0hv)

70 Pro basketball seems to be overly influenced by the refereeing. And those last couple of minutes of the game, which always seem to be the only part that matters, are really boring with all the stoppages from fouls.Posted by: Y-not

Next to last minute in the game -> each foul results in 2 pts for the other team. Final Minute -> each foul results in 3 pts for the other team.

The problem, she is a'solved!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 24, 2012 12:42 PM (qOfw/)

71 I'm leading my office pool and am in pretty good position to win it all! And I don't know shit about college basketball.

Posted by: mugiwara at March 24, 2012 12:43 PM (KI/Ch)

72 Boulder my son loved it might take the rest of the kids tomorrow

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 24, 2012 12:44 PM (6jDtl)

73 I misspoke. The line about "our colored boys..." was from 1962. One of my older brothers attended the University of San Diego High School. California HS football was integrated by then.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:45 PM (O3R/2)

Well....Emperor Barky's first trip evah to Oklahoma didn't win him any fans here.

First off....Wednesday night he comes to OKC to settle in for the night at a downtown hotel. ....Trouble is, there was an OKC Thunder game going on at the arena downtown. ....When people came out to get in their cars to go home....they couldn't leave because all the streets were blocked off.

This was kinda funny....since so many of the leading Thunder players have gone on record to praise Barky in the past.

Then, the next day....people trying to get on the crosstown I-40 to get to work, couldn't because all the on-ramps and exits were blocked off for Barky's motorcade.

He get's up to Cushing for his photo-op.....and had to wait until the busloads of hand-selected people for his 'audience' to show up.

Don't ask me for any links about this. You have to live here to have heard about this.

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 12:49 PM (dEMjC)

75 Sorry, but basketball SUCKS.\

End of story.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 24, 2012 12:50 PM (TsNVA)

76 Yes, I denounce myself. And my brother and my father. It turns out that we are RACIST because were raised Catholic and believe in God and the rights of the individual conscience.

(Just joking about denouncing my father. He was a sinner. But he didn't have a hateful bone in his body)

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:50 PM (O3R/2)

77 But he did say once, the only time he ever mentioned it, that gays were so low that they could walk under the rug.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:52 PM (O3R/2)

78 Apparently I killed the thread. Please accept my apologies. I promise to shut up for a while and wait to make a comment until something really witty pops into my head. It could be a while.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 12:54 PM (O3R/2)

79 68 63 Ay Yi Yi the shoes squeaking is nails on a chalkboard to me. >>Thank you. ....I hate that too. ----- Me, three!

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:55 PM (5H6zj)

80 Jimbo, re Spurrier. As a Redskin fan I can say that he sucks. And blows. I gather he spends most of his time trying to dump assignments on assistant coaches and heading to the links.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 12:55 PM (5H6zj)

I'm 14/14 in my East bracket. I have 6 of 8 remaining teams correct.

And I'm not leading my bracket. wha?

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 12:57 PM (I2LwF)

82 North Avenue Trade School ... Heh, someone is from Atlanta *chuckle*

Good times, good times.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 24, 2012 12:58 PM (G8Q6x)

83 or pool, or whatever the contest thingy is

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 12:58 PM (I2LwF)

84 Steve Spurrier's base salary for 2011 is $2.8 Million.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 12:58 PM (YdQQY)

Me, I'm waiting for ace to review "The Hunger Games".

Hey, why are you all looking at me like that?

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 01:00 PM (KB0hv)

86 @84 College sports have really gotten out of control.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:00 PM (5H6zj)

The Hunger Games movie == teh awesome.

----

It looks depressing.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 04:30 PM (5H6zj)

I'd rather watch basketball. I hate basketball.

Posted by: ErikW at March 24, 2012 01:01 PM (MDyuS)

88 And my Lady Gamecocks have the most awkward nickname in all of sports. Go Cocks!!!

Posted by: JRussRhodes at March 24, 2012 01:02 PM (xuxXX)

89 I'd rather watch basketball. I hate basketball. ----- Yep. Maybe I'm missing the gist of it, but from the previews it seems to be a bad mix of emo teen flick and futuristic doomsday.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:02 PM (5H6zj)

90 O/T: @TabithaHale: Woah. "Nearly 1 in 5 drivers on North CarolinaÂ’s roadways are driving with out a license" http://bit.ly/H1UxxA

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:03 PM (5H6zj)

91 emo teen flick and futuristic doomsday.
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emo teen "chick" flick doomsday.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 01:04 PM (YdQQY)

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 05:02 PM (5H6zj)

All I know about it is that children are forced to fight to the death for the amusement of others.

Sounds pretty fucking sick to me.

Posted by: ErikW at March 24, 2012 01:05 PM (MDyuS)

93 Here they just get rid of their car and get a DUI bike. No license no insurance required.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 01:06 PM (YdQQY)

94 Speaking of college athletics: http://tinyurl.com/85ktajf More than a decade before former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with more than 50 counts of child sex abuse, a psychologist warned university police that his actions fit that of a Â“likely pedophileÂ’s pattern.Â” The finding by State College, Pa., psychologist Dr. Alycia A. Chambers, the therapist for one of SanduskyÂ’s alleged victims, was contained in the internal Penn State files of a 1998 police investigation of the former coach for showering and bear hugging her client and another young boy in the schoolÂ’s athletic locker room. *** I understand why authorities couldn't do anything formally (probably), but Penn State certainly had the ability to cut off his access to young kids at their facilities and events. That would have been easy to do by just rewriting a few general policies about volunteer programs involving minors.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:07 PM (5H6zj)

95 Shut up, eat wings, drink beer, pay attention to the game, and not what Obsama's boys are doing to the country.

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 24, 2012 01:08 PM (vpe0k)

96 Go Cardinals!

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:09 PM (ykSKg)

Omg. I just love Hunger Games. It was sooo real. I love Katniss. I want to wear my hair like her. I think I'll learn how to shoot a bow now. Katniss is also the name of an edible plant, you know. And I really love nature.

Posted by: emo teen chick at March 24, 2012 01:10 PM (dEMjC)

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 24, 2012 05:08 PM (vpe0k)

Sounds suspiciously like the plot of the movie we have been discussing...

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 01:11 PM (KB0hv)

99 @54 No, sub-tard. College football is about watching emotional young men playing mostly because they love the game (only your 3 superstars will ever play again), and seeing their emotions poured out on the files. The NFL is about watching a bunch of disinterested unionized journeymen...oh, hey...sorry...guess we were trying to avoid politics here....

Posted by: JRussRhodes at March 24, 2012 01:12 PM (xuxXX)

100 Windows are open b/c we're having some rooms painted. Naturally, that means neighbor decides to mow his lawn. NATURALLY, that means my collie feels compelled to "tell" me about it. She's so helpful.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:14 PM (5H6zj)

101 Penn State is going to get reamed with lawsuits.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:15 PM (5H6zj)

102 my collie feels compelled to "tell" me about it

I said, "Timmy is down the well", stupid human!

Posted by: Y-not's collie at March 24, 2012 01:16 PM (z9HTb)

103 Did you see this?
Occupoopers "fish" for NYPD cops with doughnuts.
And it's sooooo funny, too.
http://tinyurl.com/6pkaakf
The cops show amazing restraint and just look at them as if they were fucking chimps in a zoo playing with their own feces. Posted by: Soothsayer at March 24, 2012 04:05 PM

Obviously not one of those little turds has fished before. Fishing requires guile and a fair bit of intelligence. You can't just fling out the bait and expect to catch something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q74SBcYDw6A

Posted by: huerfano at March 24, 2012 01:16 PM (bAGA/)

104

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 05:15 PM (5H6zj)

Interesting choice of words...

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 01:16 PM (KB0hv)

105

... going to get reamed with lawsuits

Nice word choice.

Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2012 01:16 PM (eS2w8)

106 Fuckin' Gaytors.

C'mon Pitino, *abort* the Gaytors from the tournament!

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:17 PM (ykSKg)

107 I said, "Timmy is down the well", stupid human! Posted by: Y-not's collie at March 24, 2012 05:16 PM ---- OK. As long as I have your attention. Can you explain to me why you bark when I LEAVE the house, but not when I return? I mean, I KNOW I'm leaving the house.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:17 PM (5H6zj)

108 And as to Spurrier, in the last 2 years he has gone 8-0 against the division, with a division championship, an 11-win season, and a curb-stomping of Nebraska in a major bowl game. Oh and we're 3-0 against Clemson. I don't know how long you've been in SC; but that is quite a run. We'll gladly take it.

Posted by: JRussRhodes at March 24, 2012 01:20 PM (xuxXX)

109 Penn State? Aren't they giving an honorary doctorate to Holder?

They are clueless.

In professional football, yes they are hirelings, but the receivers catch the ball much more often. There is a skillset that the amateurs don't have.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 01:20 PM (O3R/2)

110

I said, "Timmy is down the well", stupid human!
.....Posted by: Y-not's collie at March 24, 2012 05:16 PM

I know, right? Humans never pay attention when we're telling them the important stuff.

Posted by: wheatie's beardog, who is quiet most of the time... at March 24, 2012 01:21 PM (dEMjC)

111 My bracket is broke, busted, and disgusted. I also forgot to write in the tiebreaker final score and the damn thing won't let me (even though both my picks are still alive). Oh well, it would only break me out of a tie for last place, anyway.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:21 PM (ykSKg)

112 OT: Amazing. The Zimmerman thread is still going.

Posted by: pep at March 24, 2012 01:21 PM (6TB1Z)

113 79 68 63 Ay Yi Yi the shoes squeaking is nails on a chalkboard to me.

>>Thank you. ....I hate that too.
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Me, three!

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 04:55 PM (5H6zj)

--I actually like it. It's part of the ambiance, like sticks hitting ice and puck in hockey.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:22 PM (ykSKg)

114 "USC" where is the SEC championship? Where is that National Championship?

Beating Clemson ain't jack shit.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 01:22 PM (O3R/2)

115 O/T: Cities leading in job growth http://tinyurl.com/89jvuhw Austin and San Jose led the United States in job growth last year, according to an analysis of the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by Aaron Renn, who blogs as The Urbanophile. Houston, Charlotte, and Nashville round out the top five. And both hard-hit Detroit and Pittsburgh make the top 10, along with Salt Lake City, Dallas, and Raleigh. The analysis covers the 51 U.S. metros with populations of one million people or more and covers the year 2010-2011, the latest period for which full data is available.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:23 PM (5H6zj)

116 Omg. I just love Hunger Games. It was sooo real. I love Katniss. I want to wear my hair like her. I think I'll learn how to shoot a bow now. Katniss is also the name of an edible plant, you know. And I really love nature.

Posted by: emo teen chick at March 24, 2012 05:10 PM (dEMjC)

i'm still holding out on my dream of marrying a vampire

Posted by: emo teen chick #2 at March 24, 2012 01:24 PM (ykSKg)

117

109 Penn State? Aren't they giving an honorary doctorate to Holder?

What? ....Is that 'Holder'...as in Eric Holder?

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 01:25 PM (dEMjC)

118 Go Cocks!!!

Posted by: JRussRhodes at March 24, 2012 05:02 PM (xuxXX)

http://tinyurl.com/85dt5pl

Posted by: The Dude at March 24, 2012 01:26 PM (M8yfa)

119 Today is my day to issue apologies.

I knew that USC* won a lot of games this year. Apparently I missed that SEC championship. I am deeply, truly sorry for any offense that you may have construed from my remarks.

South Carolina, not Southern California.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 01:26 PM (O3R/2)

120 OK. As long as I have your attention. Can you explain to me why you bark when I LEAVE the house, but not when I return?

Try knocking on your own front door, or ringing the bell, when you come home. I did it once to see what my dog would do. Boy was I surprised. The dog I was convinced would not only let the burglar in but show him where the silver was sounded like she'd be happy to take off one of my legs if I even thought about coming through the door.

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 01:26 PM (joSBv)

121 85Me, I'm waiting for ace to review "The Hunger Games".

Hey, why are you all looking at me like that?

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 05:00 PM (KB0hv)

It is awesome. I'm 42 and I may see it again. As for Ace's review, the movie is 2 hours 22 minutes long. I can't Imagine how long the review will be.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 24, 2012 01:27 PM (3jGS1)

122 117 109 Penn State? Aren't they giving an honorary doctorate to Holder? ---- Was it Holder or Chu? I think Chu. Bear in mind that I think he sucks (and blows), at least Chu is an accomplished guy in his academic field, so there's some sort of justification outside of the usual lefty pandering.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:28 PM (5H6zj)

123 114 "USC" where is the SEC championship? Where is that National Championship?

Beating Clemson ain't jack shit.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 05:22 PM (O3R/2)

--Still good accomplishments when haring the division with Georgia and Florida. If Lattimore rehabs well and the defense develops they may be able to scare the $EC West teams.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:28 PM (ykSKg)

124

True college nickname fact: the University of Arkansas-Monicello men's teams are nicknamed the Boll Weevils, while the ladies' teams are nicknamed the Cotton Blossoms.

Because cotton blossoms are the favorite food of the boll weevil.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 01:29 PM (I2LwF)

125 Our beloved Pit Bull would bark and sound as though she would be at our throat as I approached our door. As soon as she recognized me, she was a sweet as sweet could be.

We had a problem with visiting nurses. The dog would NOT let the nurse get near my disabled wife.

You go girl.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 01:30 PM (O3R/2)

126 That shark vid above is funny.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 01:30 PM (LVtr+)

127 OK. As long as I have your attention. Can you explain to me why you bark when I LEAVE the house, but not when I return?

I want to make sure you will come back and feed me.

Posted by: Y-not's collie is hungry at March 24, 2012 01:30 PM (z9HTb)

128 Everybody that I know that is a huge basketball fan is a douche. And I was sitting on my deck here in DFW last night and a local highschool basketball team did the hoodie march through the complex.

Posted by: Riding Through The Desert With A Cat With No Name at March 24, 2012 01:30 PM (Q5fHc)

129 Because cotton blossoms are the favorite food of the boll weevil. ---- lol!

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:31 PM (5H6zj)

130 Chu? Holder? Same difference.

But you are correct.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 01:31 PM (O3R/2)

131 If I had a son, he would play for the Lady Vols...

Posted by: Baraka Obama at March 24, 2012 01:32 PM (FcR7P)

132 If I had a son, he would be in Al Qaida.

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 01:33 PM (O3R/2)

133 Wasn't Chubama in Star Wars?

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 01:33 PM (NLH1M)

134 University of California-Santa Cruz has sports teams nicknamed the Banana Slugs. Not only are banana slugs native to area farms, but it is the only animal whose penis is longer than its body.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 01:34 PM (I2LwF)

135 Austin and San Jose led the United States in job growth last year What?! If that is true, I pity the rest of the country.

Posted by: t-bird at March 24, 2012 01:34 PM (FcR7P)

136 Read this guy's research bio and explain to me how he is qualified to be energy secy. www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/faculty/chu.html I met this guy when I was visiting Berkeley. Smart biophysicist, but not qualified for the job he holds.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:35 PM (5H6zj)

137 but it is the only animal whose penis is longer than its body.

Information to make a moron feel inadequate.

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 01:35 PM (joSBv)

138 Not only are banana slugs native to area farms, but it is the only animal whose penis is longer than its body. Funny, they don't tell that to freshmen, for whom the rite of passage is to lick a banana slug.

Posted by: t-bird at March 24, 2012 01:35 PM (FcR7P)

139

I can't Imagine how long the review will be.

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 24, 2012 05:27 PM (3jGS1)

5 bucks says it's 15,000 words before the jump.

Posted by: ErikW at March 24, 2012 01:36 PM (MDyuS)

140 I attended and graduated the Univ. of Calif. at San Diego. The Tritons. They didn't have a football team. But their baseball team has been on occasion adequate.

I always liked UCLA. Too bad that their academic standards preclude them from ever fielding a competitive team.

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 01:37 PM (O3R/2)

141 @136 The only explanation is that he was appointed by SCOAMF.

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 01:37 PM (joSBv)

142

Funny, they don't tell that to freshmen, for whom the rite of passage is to lick a banana slug.

Shut. Up.

Posted by: smiling banana slugs at March 24, 2012 01:38 PM (dEMjC)

143 biophysicist? wtf is that?

biochem I understand.

astrophysicist I get.

what the fuck is a biophysicist?

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 01:38 PM (O3R/2)

144 The Squeaky Sneaker Show Some girl in junior high called it that.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 01:39 PM (GcwH1)

145 The only explanation is that he was appointed by SCOAMF.

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 05:37 PM (joSBv)

That, and the fact that he is a liberal elitist with "credentials" (accomplishments are not needed for his job of destroying the energy sector)

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 24, 2012 01:40 PM (i3+c5)

146 140 I attended and graduated the Univ. of Calif. at San Diego. The Tritons. That's a new one. Some previous university nicknames: Maroons (U Chicago grad school), the Judges (Brandeis postdoc) My husband worked at a college that had a transgendered mascot. Well, not exactly transgendered. It started out "male" but they decided it should switch genders on alternate years. This was in California, naturally.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:40 PM (5H6zj)

147 I always liked UCLA. Too bad that their academic standards preclude them from ever fielding a competitive team.

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 05:37 PM (O3R/2)

--Really? What about Stanford?

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:41 PM (ykSKg)

148

"5 bucks says it's 15,000 words before the jump."

I'm so not taking that bet...

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 01:41 PM (KB0hv)

149 Remember SALAMI from the WHITE SHADOW?

Posted by: soothsayerwing player at March 24, 2012 01:41 PM (YO+5B)

150 Go Lehigh!!!

Posted by: west town at March 24, 2012 01:42 PM (V8Hba)

151 My husband worked at a college that had a transgendered mascot. Well, not exactly transgendered. It started out "male" but they decided it should switch genders on alternate years. This was in California, naturally.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 05:40 PM (5H6zj)

--Of course, Sycacuse decided not to bother with witching and neutered their mascot.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 01:43 PM (ykSKg)

152 Shut. Up.

Posted by: smiling banana slugs at March 24, 2012 05:38 PM (dEMjC)

--------

Must not read comments while drinking.

Must not....

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 01:43 PM (joSBv)

153 >>what the fuck is a biophysicist? Physical properties of biological systems, usually on molecular or atomic scale. So the folks who study muscle, for example, are often biophysicists. They determine how much force is generated per molecular event, for example. Also, people who determine molecular structures via things like X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and electron microscopy are biophysicists. If you look at Chu's research areas, he does things like probe ("atomic force") microscopies where they will measure physical properties on individual molecules.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:43 PM (5H6zj)

154 Together We Can Make Obama History

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 01:43 PM (YO+5B)

155 Long Beach State baseball are known as the Dirtbags. They used to be called the Lawyers, but they got sued.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 01:44 PM (I2LwF)

156 soothsayer AMEN

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at March 24, 2012 01:45 PM (PEw11)

157 Franklin and Marhsall of Pennsylvania are known as the Diplomats. Which makes them the only sports team whose stated goal is to tie every game.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 01:45 PM (I2LwF)

158

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 05:44 PM (I2LwF)

DAMMIT!

New keyboard...

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 01:46 PM (KB0hv)

159 GO SYRACUSE!

That is all.

Posted by: LadyLiberty1885 at March 24, 2012 01:47 PM (/R72w)

160 Hobart College (only D-I in Lacrosse) are the Statesman

Posted by: west town at March 24, 2012 01:47 PM (V8Hba)

161 Must not write comments while drinking. Must not write comments while drinking.

Oh shit. Too late.

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 01:47 PM (O3R/2)

162 160 GO SYRACUSE!

That is all.

Posted by: LadyLiberty1885 at March 24, 2012 05:47 PM (/R72w)

That's my "hometown" team. Go Syracuse!!!

Posted by: west town at March 24, 2012 01:48 PM (V8Hba)

163 Hey, sports fans! Who are we rooting for? I thought maybe Louisville, but every time I pick a team, they lose. Not that I care.

And that Fletch clip cracked me up. It was filmed in my old bedroom, many years ago (NOT my furniture, they moved us completely out for 3 months and turned it into Fletch's apartment). They were assholes but we made some pretty good money on the deal.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 01:49 PM (w407e)

164 Say what you will about GA and SC and the SEC, but the SEC is probably the toughest league in the country right now.

And the best post season bowl game last year?

GA v MI State. went to triple overtime 33-30 MI.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 01:51 PM (YdQQY)

165

Two college teams take for their mascot the lowly Duck. One you know: Oregon. The other is in Hoboken, NJ: Stevens Tech.

the same number of teams call their teams the Anchormen. Surprisingly, neither are colleges for media or communications.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 01:51 PM (I2LwF)

166 That's cool, Peaches. I love that movie. It's starting to feel a bit dated, but still very enjoyable.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:52 PM (5H6zj)

167 Think ace will like it?

The movie has Woody Harrellson (sp?) stealing the show, although not as much as he stole Zombieland. Maybe because the main characters were better-acted and more likeable than Zombieland's. Anyway if you like the book, the movie is for you.

I'd always thought that Katniss is a MarySue, so the skeptical moronettes have a point there. I could add some other critiques, like the obvious plot devices: genetically-engineered mockingjay birds and especially the tracker-jacker wasps that appear when the author has written Katniss up a tree.

Here's what's good about the *story*: The pacing of events is always good. The bad guys in the Capitol are overdressed hipsters - not your usual dystopian commies (1984) or conservatives (Handmaid's Tale). The protagonist, however MarySue-ish, fights for herself and for those who loves (not something we see from the Sandra Fluke Generation). The overall message is libertarian.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 01:52 PM (QTHTd)

168 How about those Cardinal?

As a private school, they are not bound to the admission requirements of the University of California.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 01:52 PM (O3R/2)

169 That's cool, Peaches.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:53 PM (5H6zj)

170 Is the blog acting glitchy all of a sudden?

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:54 PM (5H6zj)

171 hi Peaches hi Y-not watching hoops?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 01:55 PM (PEw11)

172 Truman's kicking ass up there

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 01:55 PM (QTHTd)

173 Is the blog acting glitchy all of a sudden?

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:56 PM (5H6zj)

174 ynot yeah I had a hard time posting

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 01:56 PM (PEw11)

175

"Is the blog acting glitchy all of a sudden?"

Yeah, it is for me. Refresh seems to be a prob.

Posted by: HH at March 24, 2012 01:57 PM (KB0hv)

176 Very glitchy.

Posted by: Ronster at March 24, 2012 01:57 PM (T1nDt)

177 Yes. The blog updates are dodgy.

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 01:57 PM (O3R/2)

178 Go Orange!

Posted by: Syracuse1989 at March 24, 2012 01:57 PM (OIIe6)

179 >>watching hoops? Nah, golf. Unfortunately, Tiger is doing well at Bay Hill. Going to a conference, chemjeff?

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 01:58 PM (5H6zj)

180 Perhaps another DOS attack.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 01:58 PM (YdQQY)

181 I don't mind seeing Tiger do well. After all, didn't he sell his soul to the Devil. Devil's gotta make good on the deal.

Posted by: OMuslim at March 24, 2012 01:59 PM (O3R/2)

182 Oh, phew, it's back. Right after I posted it went fubar. Thought, jeez, now the entire moron nation is thinking "fuckin' peaches broke teh blog."

It wasn't me, I swear . . .

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 01:59 PM (w407e)

183 ynot yeah going to ACS

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 01:59 PM (PEw11)

184 Maybe [redacted] is adding a "Pigeon Rides Scooter" vid.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:00 PM (KUrJA)

185 How much money does Rusted Root rake in by that annoying song of theirs being used all over the place? First, that Ice Age movie, now Enterprise. Damn, did they luck out.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:01 PM (ykSKg)

186

I gave up on Syracuse when they wen't from the Orangemen (a goot Scot-Irish Protestant name) to the Orange (a good butt of jokes for ESPN promos.)

Likeiwse, the Catholic-Italian St. John's Red Men became the Red Wave. What the hell is a red wave? Is that like a woman's monthly?

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:01 PM (I2LwF)

187 Peaches, you are not that powerful.

Yes, we love you and you are important to us. But, nothing you can do will break this blog.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:01 PM (O3R/2)

188 Who can tell me how to find Wyatt Earp's book on Amazon?

Posted by: lilredhen at March 24, 2012 02:02 PM (gAqop)

189 Hi, chemjeff! Hi, Y-not! Hi, Vic! Hi, BTH! Hi, Jimbo!

Chemjeff, you headed for SoCal? We have a "100% chance" of rain tomorrow. Welcome to Paradise.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:02 PM (w407e)

190 @184 San Diego? Try to get up to La Jolla if you haven't been there before. Really nice up there.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 02:02 PM (5H6zj)

191 187 I gave up on Syracuse when they wen't from the Orangemen (a goot Scot-Irish Protestant name) to the Orange (a good butt of jokes for ESPN promos.)

Likeiwse, the Catholic-Italian St. John's Red Men became the Red Wave. What the hell is a red wave? Is that like a woman's monthly?

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 06:01 PM (I2LwF)

I thought that "Red Men" was offensive to indigenous people?

Posted by: west town at March 24, 2012 02:03 PM (V8Hba)

192 Red Wave? Sounds like a Red Tide. Not a good thing.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:03 PM (O3R/2)

193 so just saw on CNN here at airport apparently the Black Panthers put a bounty on Zimmerman's head that's sick

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:03 PM (PEw11)

194 I hadn't heard about those name changes. Dumb.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 02:03 PM (5H6zj)

195 Try to get up to La Jolla if you haven't been there before. Really nice up there.

Yup, go to the Marine Room and have a cocktail, at the very least. Dinner if you've got the time and the $$. It's my fave.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:04 PM (w407e)

196

I thought that "Red Men" was offensive to indigenous people?

If it is, they need to get a fucking life. Red Men refers to the elite armies of the various Papal States, not to be confused with the Pope's personal Swiss Guard.

I think it's more likely that guilty lefties in the administration and the mush-head students they egged on decided to neuter the term under false pretenses.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:04 PM (I2LwF)

197 Could be (unintentionally) setting up Obama for a sistah soldya moment.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:05 PM (GcwH1)

198
As a private school, they are not bound to the admission requirements of the University of California.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 05:52 PM (O3R/2)

--Yes, but they have high standards of their own. They don't just wink at students skipping class like most of the $EC schools do.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:05 PM (ykSKg)

199 La Jolla is really nice. Mittens is building a new home there. UC La Jolla (oops I mean UCSD) is there.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:05 PM (O3R/2)

200 well you know how these conferences are, sessions all the time, even in the evening but I will try to make it to La Jolla

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:06 PM (PEw11)

201 Some college nicknames' origins are shrouded in mystery. The Georgetown squads are known as the Hoyas. But no one is sure whether this refers to the cry that opens court in France ("Oyez! Oyez!") or a slang term from Greek for a rock-hard penis.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:06 PM (I2LwF)

202 She hath become Peaches, destroyer of pixys

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:07 PM (QTHTd)

203

Unfortunately, Tiger is doing well at Bay Hill.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 05:58 PM (5H6zj)

How does he look? Confident or mildly frustrated?

I'm not watching.

Posted by: ErikW at March 24, 2012 02:07 PM (MDyuS)

204 Come to think of it, a lot of college teams are named for penises or sex acts.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:07 PM (I2LwF)

205 Does anybody remember that? I don' t remember Clinton's sistah soldier thing when it happened but I know all about it. Weird.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:07 PM (052zE)

206 chemjeff, the drive along the coast (in La Jolla) is eye-poppingly beautiful. If you can possibly take the time, you will be glad you did.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:08 PM (w407e)

207 hi Zim Peaches you are breaking the blog?? it is only held together by hamster semen as it is

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:08 PM (PEw11)

208 Skipping classes? No. the professors don't take attendance. I got a A from Prof. Bowles in APIS 10 (Pascal). I attended 2 (count them 2 out of 30 lectures).

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:08 PM (O3R/2)

209 Like when Pres Bush yakked on that japanese guy -- that I remember seeing when it was news.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:09 PM (BUcLz)

210 Wyatt Earp's book is "Only Son" if you want to use Ace's link to Amazon.

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 02:09 PM (joSBv)

211 C'mon. except for the overly priced restaurants, La Jolla is no different than Pacific Beach, Solana Beach, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, etc.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:10 PM (O3R/2)

212 the Hoyas . . . a slang term from Greek for a rock-hard penis.

Well, there's a shiny new tidbit of knowledge I probably would never have learned anywhere else.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:10 PM (w407e)

213 187 I gave up on Syracuse when they wen't from the Orangemen (a goot Scot-Irish Protestant name) to the Orange (a good butt of jokes for ESPN promos.)

Likeiwse, the Catholic-Italian St. John's Red Men became the Red Wave. What the hell is a red wave? Is that like a woman's monthly?

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 06:01 PM (I2LwF)

--Tulsa used to be called the Golden Hurricanes. Ew.

AFAIK, the Lakota groups in ND are fighting UND changing their names from the Fighting Sioux. It's the admin that wants the name change --not the Indians! In fact, as I understand a part of the school's charter done in the '60s mandated adoption of the name and adopted it with pride.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:10 PM (ykSKg)

214

The Boston College Eagles got their nickname in 1922. Prior to that they were known informally as the Wildcats. But a Jesuit professor considered wildcats undignified, and pushed to officially rechristen them the Eagles.

Bonus: Their original team colors were pink and yellow.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:10 PM (I2LwF)

215 >>How does he look? Confident or mildly frustrated? He looks great right now, but in terms of demeanor I guess he is the usual pissed-off looking angry dude. One reason I vastly prefer Phil and a lot of the other guys is that they look like they are having fun. Tiger looks angry even if he's doing well. IIRC, the last few times he's collapsed in the final round or putted terribly. He's putting much better this week. Graeme McDowell is one back and Ernie Els made a move today and is a couple back.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 02:11 PM (5H6zj)

216 Thanks!

Posted by: lilredhen at March 24, 2012 02:11 PM (gAqop)

217 You can't beat our sensitivity. We went from being the Indians to being a fucking color. Cardinal. Not the bird, the color. And our mascot seems to be a gay tree.

Posted by: Leland Stanford Junior University at March 24, 2012 02:12 PM (FcR7P)

218 Contrary to common knowledge "La Jolla" doesn't mean "The Jewel" in Spanish.

It means "The Hole".

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:12 PM (O3R/2)

219 201 well you know how these conferences are, sessions all the time, even in the evening
but I will try to make it to La Jolla

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 06:06 PM (PEw11)

--I forgot the exact name of it, but there is a cool re-created settlement in San Diego that is neat to tour (adobe buildings laid out like they were by the Spanish). It's right on the light rail line, and even has a nice Mexican joint there after you're done sightseeing.

I till want to go back; the weather was blah and I did not get to see the zoo.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:12 PM (ykSKg)

220

One of the reasons I gave up on college basketball and football was the insidious imbecility of the NCAA. Here is an organization that purports to protect the academic athlete but spends its time punishing teams for their indian mascots. Has anyone ever noticed that the NCAA is headquartered in Indianappolis, Indiana? After Dexter Manley admitted he was illiterate after spending 5 years at Oklahoma what did the NCAA do about university's using non-academic players to fill their sports department's budgets? Nothing. They decided the money should be equally shared among women athletics. Anybody find this behavior annoying?

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 02:12 PM (ursbV)

221 Louisville ain't gonna do this.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:13 PM (8dspl)

222

That's true, Logprof. The Utah Utes are the same. The Ute nation is strongly in favor of the teams keeping the name.

On the other hand, South Dakota State University has come under fire as of late for keeping a live version of their mascot in a cage. Fortunately for them, the mascot is not a Native American.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:13 PM (I2LwF)

223 also on CNN : "gay married immigrant fights deportation in California" so my initial reaction was why would Cali deport one of their own?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:13 PM (PEw11)

224 The birds were named after the clerics.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:14 PM (O3R/2)

225

210 Like when Pres Bush yakked on that japanese guy -- that I remember seeing when it was news.

The media hated Bush of course....so they went on and on about it. ....If something like that happened with Barky, they wouldn't report it at all. ....We would have to learn about it from overseas news sources.

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 02:14 PM (dEMjC)

226 I wouldn't mind changing a name for cultural reasons, but the replacements are always so lame. Point Loma Nazarene University used to be the Crusaders, then they changed it to sea lions. Not the creature, but a lion by the sea.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 24, 2012 02:14 PM (tKFT6)

227 Basketball... I don't know

Posted by: Chico Escuela at March 24, 2012 02:15 PM (xKC/c)

228 a lot of college teams are named for penises or sex acts.

The U. of Delaware Blue Hens? (No, it's not a women's team).
The Amherst Lord Jeffs?
The Swarthmore Little Quakers? (Penn had already swiped "Fightin' Quakers.")

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 24, 2012 02:16 PM (X8lJK)

229 Read "Two years before the Mast". Old Town San Diego is not a "re-created settlement."

The Mission San Diego de Alcala still exists. Small church. daily Mass.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:17 PM (O3R/2)

230 Tru, you are en fuego today. lmao @ 223

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:17 PM (w407e)

231 Obama went to S Korea today, I think. Maybe he'll bow and smash noggins with the Korean president.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:17 PM (LVtr+)

232 Fightin Quakers, isn't that an oxymoron?

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 02:17 PM (ursbV)

233 The Amherst Lord Jeffs? EoJ has his own team?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:18 PM (PEw11)

234 Fighting Quakers?

That is too funny.

That's like "Fighting Pacifists"

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:18 PM (O3R/2)

235 Evergreen State (WA) are the Geoducks. A Geoduck is a species of very large, edible, saltwater clam. It looks like a dismembered caucasian penis, and it's pronounced "gooey duck".

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:18 PM (I2LwF)

236 On the other hand, South Dakota State University has come under fire as of late for keeping a live version of their mascot in a cage. Fortunately for them,the mascot isnot a Native American.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 06:13 PM (I2LwF)

--What else you gonna do with a jackrabbit? let it tear all over the court and leave pellets everywhere? Kudos to teams (like Butler) who use live mascots --animal or human.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:18 PM (ykSKg)

237 Here comes Louisville!

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:18 PM (ykSKg)

238 Louisville within 3

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:19 PM (KUrJA)

239 South Dakota State's mascot: The jackrabbit

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:19 PM (I2LwF)

240

236 It looks like a dismembered caucasian penis, and it's pronounced "gooey duck".

Hell of a hard nutsack.

Posted by: Sub-Tard at March 24, 2012 02:19 PM (ursbV)

241 Oh Loiusville!

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:19 PM (OHhPo)

242 236 Evergreen State (WA) are the Geoducks. A Geoduck is a species of very large, edible, saltwater clam. It looks like a dismembered caucasian penis, and it's pronounced "gooey duck".

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 06:18 PM (I2LwF)

--They should be called the Pancakes.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:20 PM (ykSKg)

243 Then there is Colorado. The Fighting Jackalopes.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:20 PM (O3R/2)

244 Yes, they're selling the volt as a conversation piece now.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:21 PM (I2LwF)

245 230 Read "Two years before the Mast". Old Town San Diego is not a "re-created settlement."

The Mission San Diego de Alcala still exists. Small church. daily Mass.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 06:17 PM (O3R/2)

--Yup, been to the mission.

Is the place I referred to Old Town? Or something else?

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:21 PM (ykSKg)

246 244 Then there is Colorado. The Fighting Jackalopes.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 06:20 PM (O3R/2)

--That has to be another place (Northern CO?) --Colorado is the Buffaloes and Colorado State is the Rams.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:22 PM (ykSKg)

247 "--They should be called the Pancakes." I demand royalties!

Posted by: St. Rachel at March 24, 2012 02:23 PM (PEw11)

248 233

One would think so. FWIW, one of the Swarthmore cheerleading chants goes:

Fight, fight for the Inner Light!
Kill, Little Quakers, kill!

I dunno, maybe it's something in the Main Line water supply.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 24, 2012 02:23 PM (X8lJK)

249 Go, Louisville!!!

UC Santa Cruz's mascot is the banana slug.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:23 PM (w407e)

250 Old Town is at the base of the "Presidio" the old Spanish fort. The mission is inland about 3 miles up the San Diego River. Lots of people look at the Presidio and think that it was a church.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:24 PM (O3R/2)

251

When Oklahoma City was trying to come up with a name for their new team a few years ago....they decided to play it safe and go with "Thunder". Heh. ....You can't get sued by the weather.

But when it came time to come up with a mascot....that was a head-scratcher. ....So they settled on a Buffalo. ....So we have a dancing Buffalo, leading the cheers and keeping the crowd entertained.

If it weren't for Hurricane Katrina....we probably still wouldn't have a team here. ....OKC hosted the N'Orleans team for a while, after Katrina. ....And the overall community spirit and support for having them here....is what led to us having our team now, after they went back home.

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 02:24 PM (dEMjC)

252 Webster University is located in downtown Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, MO. Their mascot is the Gorlok, a mythical beast named after the intersection of Gore and Lockwood Avenues.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:24 PM (I2LwF)

253 wow Louisville might win

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:24 PM (PEw11)

254 logprof, I was just teasing. When I lived in CO, you could get postcards with the Jackalope.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:25 PM (O3R/2)

255

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 06:11 PM (5H6zj)

Yeah, Tiger let's his emotions get the better of him. If he does well through Saturday, he has a good chance to pull off a win on Sunday.

If he makes a mistake like a shanked drive it eats him up and he stews on it. It ruins his game.

I'm not making excuses for what he's done in his personal life but he's a hot mess. I still think he has it in him to beat Jack's record but he needs more self control. A LOT more.

Posted by: ErikW at March 24, 2012 02:26 PM (MDyuS)

256 the next Super Bowl will be in New Orleans

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:27 PM (oB2II)

257 Next up: a flame thread about baseball mascots.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 24, 2012 02:27 PM (X8lJK)

258 Tiger will be just fine. He just has to forget that she gets "HALF THE MONEY".

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:27 PM (O3R/2)

259

every super bowl should be in New Orleans

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:27 PM (I2LwF)

260 LOL, imagine a Louisville, CO basketball team.

-"The Hybrids"
-"The Field Mice"
-"The Nice People"
-"The Smug"

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:28 PM (QTHTd)

261 Actually, the smug here could kill you

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:28 PM (QTHTd)

262 also on CNN : "US aid to Mali at risk after coup" WTF are we doing sending money to fucking Mali?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:29 PM (PEw11)

263 he needs more self control

Nominate for understatement of the day

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:29 PM (w407e)

264 I like "the Jayhawks" and I think their little birdie, reminiscent of the racist stereotype crows from Dumbo, is darling. But what's a Jayhawk?

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:30 PM (I2LwF)

265 Cardinals take the lead!

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:30 PM (ykSKg)

266 Just saw the Hunger Games flick. The takeaway from the movie is pretty much the same as the book, and not what the author claims she was trying to do.

Very much an anti-authoritarian thread running through this one. Considering the fictional nation of "Panem" resembles where the left wants to take us, I consider that a good thing.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 24, 2012 02:30 PM (xKC/c)

267 holy shit, fucking Louisville

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:30 PM (I2LwF)

268 Watching the Gaytors melt down: Priceless

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:31 PM (ykSKg)

269 Looks like Louisville's gonna do this thing. Nice.

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:31 PM (w407e)

270 263 also on CNN : "US aid to Mali at risk after coup"

WTF are we doing sending money to fucking Mali?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 06:29 PM (PEw11)

--This week's Radio Derb has a great rant on that.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:31 PM (ykSKg)

271 Truman yeah they chant "rock chalk jayhawk" and I don't get it

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:32 PM (PEw11)

272 On the bright sidfe, my West bracket has comepletely collapsed already so I'm not losing anything either way.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:32 PM (I2LwF)

273 Mali was one of the non-jihad Muslim countries, like Indonesia. Also home to Timbuktu, which is to (Sunni) Islam what Ethiopia is to (Monophysite) Christianity. Happy hunting ground for historians.

I really hope Mali hasn't been taken over by Salafis, because you just know those books are all going up in smoke if it is.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:32 PM (QTHTd)

274

Anybody else seeing this

wildfires : ecology :: islam : history and culture

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:34 PM (I2LwF)

275 logprof do you have a link for the latest radio derb podcast? I will download it for the plane

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:34 PM (PEw11)

276 Louisville's gonna win this thing.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:35 PM (ykSKg)

277 louisville wins, louisville wins

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:35 PM (I2LwF)

278 Wowzers

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:35 PM (dVBif)

279 Louisville CO?

I worked at STC for a year in 81-82. Got laid-off the quarter that they had "record" sales.

I have a story: The day I interviewed for a job there, the PATCO called a strike. I needed to get home to work the next day and had to pay for the upgrade to first class to do that. STC readily paid me for that. God Bless Ronald Reagan. God Bless STC.

Reagan fired the Air Traffic Controllers that did not return to work.. PATCO is no more.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:35 PM (O3R/2)

280 Wow Florida choked away that game.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 24, 2012 02:35 PM (tKFT6)

281

But what's a Jayhawk?

It's an old hillbilly term for a BlueJay....I think. ....Because I'm not aware of any real bird species out there that is a 'jayhawk'. .....The Bluejay will eat smaller birds sometimes, so that sorta puts them into the 'hawk' variety.

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 02:35 PM (dEMjC)

282 276 logprof do you have a link for the latest radio derb podcast? I will download it for the plane

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 06:34 PM (PEw11)

--It's in my nick. It's a pretty short one this week. Best part is the analysis of the Toulouse and Martin shootings.

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:36 PM (ykSKg)

283 The POPPINJAYS win! The Poppinjays win!

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:36 PM (vzLhi)

284 Haha, that was cool!

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 02:37 PM (w407e)

285 Thanks, wheatie!

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:37 PM (I2LwF)

286 Reading up on Mali here [remove my spaces]:
www.chicagotribune.com/ news/ sns-rt-us-mali-sahel- instabilitybre82n071- 20120324,0,1371622.story

It seems like some secular Tuaregs - who are kinda like Berbers - launched a rebellion. Mali's "coup" looks less like something organised and more like a breakdown of order.

Jihad is not involved, which is a relief.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:37 PM (QTHTd)

287 Louisville Slugs Florida

Pitino Aborts Gators from Tournament

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:37 PM (ykSKg)

288 But what's a Jayhawk?

"Jayhawk" is a back-formation from "Jayhawker," an anti-slavery guerrilla fighter who often got into brawls with pro-slavery thugs in Kansas in the years leading up to the Civil War. The word was later applied to any native-born Kansan.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 24, 2012 02:38 PM (X8lJK)

289 Now Go Jets Go!!!!

Posted by: logprof at March 24, 2012 02:38 PM (ykSKg)

290

Call me the bad guy, but I was rooting for Florida. I like Billy Donovan, and I have a great deal of goodwill for the uniform from Tim Tebow.

And their cheerleaders are the best in the NCAA.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:38 PM (I2LwF)

291 Hm. Stanford has good cheerleaders, too. Alll asians.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:38 PM (I2LwF)

292 The Tauregs are involved? Aren't these the same asswipes that used to work for Qadaffi?

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:39 PM (O3R/2)

293 wow, Basement Cat, that is amazing. Thanks.

Posted by: Truman North at March 24, 2012 02:39 PM (I2LwF)

294 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at March 24, 2012 02:39 PM (7W3wI)

295 go Jackinapes!

Posted by: soothsayer at March 24, 2012 02:39 PM (GcwH1)

296 It's an old hillbilly term for a BlueJay....I think.
-----------------------

Actually it comes from the "Jayhawker" guerrilla groups in bleeding Kansas in the 1850s. It has never had anything to do with ay kind of an animal.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 02:40 PM (YdQQY)

297 Jackinapes!!!!

I love it.

The Fighting Jackinapes.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:40 PM (O3R/2)

298 Well, I see I got beat.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 02:41 PM (YdQQY)

299 Jimbo, yep. The article says they include many of the *same people* who used to work for Qqaddapfhiy.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:42 PM (QTHTd)

300 294

You're welcome. Thanks for the ref. to the F&M Diplomats in 158 above. I grew up in Lancaster, so know the school pretty well. We used to call it "Farmers & Mechanics" because it had a reputation as a safety school for guys who couldn't get into the Ivies or the Little Three.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 24, 2012 02:43 PM (X8lJK)

301 That's pretty much how not to end a game. I love how the 5'8'' guy decided he was going to win the game by himself, rushed three, then has a guy open in the corner decides to shoot for two anyway. One dude gets the rebound suddenly starts walking like he's playing football.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 24, 2012 02:43 PM (tKFT6)

302 logprof thanx

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at DFW at March 24, 2012 02:45 PM (PEw11)

303 My great-grandmother, who lived in Arkansas her whole life....called Bluejays "Jayhawks". I never heard her use the word 'Bluejay', even though that's the bird that she was referring to. .....That's what I was basing my comment on.

Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2012 02:47 PM (dEMjC)

304 >>Yeah, Tiger let's his emotions get the better of him. I forgot to mention that yesterday he missed a drive (not all that badly) and he did his schtick of wacking at the fairway with his club, making a huge divot. Isn't that a penalty? >>I'm not making excuses for what he's done >>in his personal life but he's a hot mess. Yep, it really seems like he had a screwed up childhood or something. He's always looked like he has a chip on his shoulder. Most people have some good in them, so I assume that's true of Tiger as well. Billy Casper is a friend of his and he (Billy) strikes me as a good person who wouldn't associate with a completely lost cause. It's been fun watching some of the young guys come up. Rory McIlroy has been doing really well.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 02:49 PM (5H6zj)

305 I heard nothing but good things about Tiger's father. Too bad he didn't teach me not to cheat on his wife.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:50 PM (O3R/2)

306 A new h8ters thread up.

Posted by: Vic at March 24, 2012 02:50 PM (YdQQY)

307 "me" ? I have never cheated on my wife. I meant "him"

Posted by: Jimbo at March 24, 2012 02:51 PM (O3R/2)

308 306 I heard nothing but good things about Tiger's father. Too bad he didn't teach me not to cheat on his wife. ---- I guess you mean in terms of how he interacted with Tiger, not with Tiger's mom. But maybe he pushed Tiger too hard as a kid.

Posted by: Y-not at March 24, 2012 02:53 PM (5H6zj)

309

he needs more self control

Nominate for understatement of the day

Posted by: Peaches at March 24, 2012 06:29 PM (w407e)

I know. I'm just speaking to his athletic ability.

I don't know what's in his head. I'll leave that to the fucktard libs at ESPN, etc. to try and psychoanalyze him.

Posted by: ErikW at March 24, 2012 02:53 PM (MDyuS)

310 I know, Vic. There's not *much* that makes me think, "gee, this topic is bad news" but the Tr@yv0n fights passed longbow range some time ago.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 24, 2012 02:56 PM (QTHTd)

311 I know. I'm just speaking to his athletic ability.

He seemed to have plenty in the early years. Maybe the problem was when he'd earned enough money to afford hot and cold running bimbos.

Posted by: Retread at March 24, 2012 02:57 PM (joSBv)

312 Since I am guaranteed last place, I will save my smack for another time.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 24, 2012 02:59 PM (SuBE0)

313

Valu-Rite and Orangemen.

See you Sunday afternoon.

Posted by: BearMtnBob at March 24, 2012 03:17 PM (7A0m5)

314 That is useful information and its quite easy to come a croper if you are not vigilant.

Posted by: Lover Reborn epub at March 28, 2012 05:39 PM (VdybU)

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