I suppose, since this is my maiden voyage with Sparty and Friends, I should introduce myself and explain a little bit about where I will be coming from. I chose the handle ‘HuskerDawg’ because I am a badass was born in Lincoln, NE, grew up going to Husker football games and continue to openly root for a sinking ship. The second half of my nom de guerre comes from the fact that I graduated from the University of Georgia. This means two things. First, I hate Auburn. Now, that does not mean that I will never give them props, nor does it mean that I will always hate on them. It simply means that when they do screw up—see: Chizik, Gene—I will laugh into the night as I know that they will always be a second tier SEC team. Second, this means that I feel the SEC is the Ubermensch of the college football world. Sorry, there is a mandatory class for all SEC students that essentially brainwashes this ideal into our subconscious. It’s not that we’re all douchebags—save for Auburn fans—it’s just that we have been around the goods far too long. Imagine dating Marissa Miller for four years and then ending up with Janeane Garofalo.  You’ve seen the best, but are now stuck with freaking Janeane Garofalo.

The problem with being an SEC fan as well as a Husker is that, come basketball season, I haven’t a team to root for. The SEC comprises of 11 teams that don’t give a crap plus Kentucky. Nebraska cares, I’ll give them that. Too bad caring hasn’t translated into any tournament wins (0-5 last time I checked). Seeing as how I don’t have a horse in the race, I feel that my job should be to tell it like it is to college basketball fans. You won’t find me coddling the emotions of Duke fans when they get bumped in the 2^nd round—again!—by a team that has athleticism at more than one position. Nor will I take is easy on UNC followers when they flame out in the Elite 8 due to the fact that Roy Williams is a terrible in-game coach. On a side note, does anyone else think that Williams is the Mack Brown of college basketball? He recruits his ass off every year but he only has one title to show for it. Remember when UNC was proclaimed the next great team in college basketball? I guess the pre-season prognosticators didn’t factor in defense. You know…the other half of the game.

Staying with basketball, I should also tell you that I am an avid NBA fan.  You can imagine my state of mind seeing as how the Atlanta Hawks are actually playing competent basketball for the first time in nearly a decade.  If only they had drafted Chris Paul insead of Marvin Williams.  Damn you Billy Knight!!  I believe LeBron is better than Kobe if I had to choose one player to have for an entire season.  I would, however, choose Kobe if I needed to win one game.  I believe that Shaq will be sorely missed upon his retirement.  Who else could refer to other NBA players as barbecued chicken?  I also believe, whether I like it or not, that the Celtics would beat the Lakers in a 7 game series this year should they meet again.  I have been known to get a little sensative when people argue that the NBA is the resident thug league in American sports.  Yes, Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson are still here, but I’m pretty sure the NFL has the NBA–and all other leagues combined–beat by a wide margin for that prestigious title.  But seeing as how Americans love us some football, we overlook the fact that many of the players are batshit crazy.  Don’t get me wrong, I love footbal as much as the next guy, but the players are totally insane.        

I suppose I have introduced myself enough. Hopefully in the upcoming weeks I’ll get to know you and you’ll get to know me and all will be right in the world. So with that I’ll leave you with the random YouTube video of the week. See you next Wednesday.

Holla.

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