I always feel like this part of the year is somewhat depressing. It’s (usually) cold outside, Saturday football has just ended, and we’re only a couple of weeks away from Sunday football being nonexistant as well.
Fortunately though, we’ve got college basketball heating us up with conference play and the NBA approaching the mid-point of its season and making playoff standings a relevant concern for fans!
So what’d we do today?
Mikey started us off this morning by inundating us with links about football…and I wouldn’t have wanted The Morning After any other way!
We all shed a collective tear for the final Monday morning college football recap of the season. Hugs all around!.
Sparty regaled us with stories of how…uuuuuh, vincible(?) the mighty and invincible Tar Heels have become. Hugs all around again!
Guyinthecorner baffled us some more with his NBA Studs & Duds. I mean, Dwight Howard!? Really? That d00d’s a joke.
Finally, sparty freaked out about the announcement of the newest class of inductees into beisbol’s Hall of Very Good.
There’s a bunch of college roundball going on tonight, but there’s two matchups to keep an eye on: Notre Dame’s visit to Louisville @ 7:00 in the PM and Texas’ visit to LoserSoonerville @ 9:00 in the PM.
The NBA only has 12 teams operating this evening. By the way, no team with a winning record is playing another team with a winning record tonight. In fact, two of the games tonight feature a matchup where both teams have a losing record…ssssssssizzling hot night in The Association!
And, if figure skating is your thing, there’s a couple of those competitions tonight as well.
Don’t forget to exercise that First Ammendment right to drop a comment or fifteen on us tonight. See you there!
Ed Note: I was emailed this link by a loyal reader/literary admirer of mine. You should check it out; there’s some pretty interesting tidbits in there including Vegas’ bet that Notre Dame > Michigan > Michigan State in ‘09 college football.
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Well it’s about time, I’ve been ready for a drink for an half hour!!
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^I see my typo
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sorry for the delay, jen. this homeless dude was asleep in front of the door and I couldn’t get him to move along so I could unlock it.
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glad i found the link to this post from that other site.
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there’s always a comedian…
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walka walka walka!
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I know you all were on pins and needles, but ESPN finally decided to give me the 6 points for Santonio Holmes’s punt return. Now I’m only 18th instead of 20th.
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DHoward is a joke?
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irish! welcome!
I was mostly bustin’ trey’s ballz. he’s probably as much of a Magic fan as you.
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it’s also a bit of a poke in the ribs to gitc. he’s got some wacky Newtonian formula he uses to determine his Studs & Duds that somehow is defaulted to Paul Pierce = Dud.
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I just chose every one of my top choices at every position for this week and still was 0.1 under the cap. I didn’t have to compromise at all. I think that might be a bad omen.
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Paul Pierce IS a dud miz.
/30-52
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I am parched (sp??) I need an ice cold brewskie.
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Irish! what is going on, man?
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kwsn–I’m still about 0.1 under cap as well and I pretty much have exactly who I want on my team…could change one person, but think I’m gonna stay set.
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rek-picking all eagl…i can’t talk shit….
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It’s smart to take players from the 2 teams you think will be there. rek and I may have the same exact players for all I know. It wouldn’t surprise me.
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jen-
Do you know anything about this 011809 thing and LeBron?
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Interesting. I’m maxxed to the top of the cap, although I did have to sacrifice one of my picks.
Of course, I’m nearly Dead Last. So don’t go by what I say.
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Well I’m not going to win, that’s for sure. It’s about maximizing position at this point. I have all Steelers and Eagles on my roster.
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Looks like Clemens might be pulling a Marion Jones.
Or is this old news?
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I had it earlier.
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Why would Clemens lie about it? I mean who did he really think he’d fool and now he sets himself up for worse trouble than if he took the Petitte route. After the Subway series when he fired the bat at Piazza in a classic roid rage incident, it was all over in the court of public opinion for him.
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the recession of sports on television during the week is going to have profound efects on evening commenting
NBA and NCAA Hoops for the next three months
When do pitchers and catchers report again?
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16th of February
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mikey-it will be a two person commenting thread on here when Michigan State plays Purdue.
/looking at you, kwsn
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I can add a unique perspective by periodically adding a “Michigan State SUX!” here and a “Purdue SUX!” there.
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Purdue Sux would be fine. Don’t spread lies.
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Sure we can banter on February 17. I’ll go block that time on my appointment book so I don’t have an appointment then.
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Careful now Sparty, remember this delightful game when Purdue was up 16 at halftime?
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Here a SUX…there a SUX…everywhere a SUX, SUX?
/EIEIO
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i remember, cheaters.
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miz
you gotta be careful with that kid of banter though because you know that the BCSNCUF fans are going to be relentless with the kiffin & kiffin sucks thing
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BCSNCUFG…I like it.
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i like the added G….it is perfect now
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Actually the year before was even better. That was a beatdown of epic proportions.
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d00ds, if you guys start the kiffin & kiffin sucks thing, what am I supposed to say? maybe they do, maybe they don’t. how the hell am I supposed to know.
/Gaytors suck
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Consider the gauntlet to have been thrown down.
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miz
the kiffins will eventually be good…itll take a few years…but no matter what happens the BCSNCUFG will repeat with Pastor Tebow preaching every Saturday anyways….that goes for all fans of ll teams…not just UT
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we’ll see mikey…we’ll see.
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tebow will be “spreading” the word.
btw, i am watching raptors celtics at home.
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can you imagine if the Cubs ever win? Mikey would be really difficult to deal with. But, that won’t ever happen, no worries.
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well….seriously….who has UT recruited so far?
how do you feel about 09…you gonna have a dick rod year to start – or do you expect great things right away
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haha sparty….i wont be difficult….im just relishing the BCSNCUFG for a few days….itll slip away in a few days….
but i would watch out for trey…hes gonna be the difficult one
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You think the Kiffins will shower together like most coaching staffs do?
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we should check with our sec source to confirm
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mikey
did you ever mail out my trophy? just wondering (there was a trophy, no?)
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I definitely don’t expect great things, mikey. I’m hoping for a respectable year. I’m worried about it though that UT’s gonna be down for a while.
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Kind awkward as ol’ Monte walks in the shower with son Lane. Puts down his towel and bathe’s himself.
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the gift card is en rout…i think in lieu of the economy i decided not to do a trophy…but now things are picking up….so i will prolly get one now
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Hey now this is the year for the Cubs!!!!
It’s bound to happen sometime otherwise I’m just wasting my time…
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i think i jinxed the cubs with having a website called the 100 year itch….it will probably disappear from the blogosphere ….now that i have moved into the spare bedroom here at sparty and friends
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well…with kiffn sr. there – any D player worth his weight will wanna go get a jump on the Tampa 2….you guys atttract defense, its only a matter of time before you win and attract O….i think 2010 you guys will be on the cusp – definetly back to top 10
/hunch’d
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mikey-live it up man. enjoy the gators win for the next 12 mos.
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ill enjoy it for a couple of weeks….then put it away until september….ill pull it out when the preseason poll come out and you know who will be #1 and go undefeated
scary thing is that the BCSNCUFG schedule is sooooo vanilla next year
could be wire to wire
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cool….no worries about the trophy….thanks again
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It’s not quite as lame as the Texas Longhorns.
Yep. That’s my prediction.
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Great pic of Eli
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From the previous post:
Tommy John should definitely be in.
Hall Of Fame, not hall of best stats.
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Plus, 11 straight years of 13+ wins is nice.
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tommy john should be in for the surgery for sure….dude revolutionized all sports by being the guinea pig
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eggsactly
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Can I get the retard rundown on the gravatar joke?
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I hope its a shot at cumfast.
/double entendre?
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i missed the gravatar thing…wha?
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