Tomahawk Dunk FAIL

Anybody see this beauty from Hansborough on Sunday v. Oklahoma? He must not have depth perception or something

More important injury than Lawson's

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/23/cycling.armstrong/index.html

Ahh crap.  I really wanted to see him whoop up on some frenchies.  This is sad for America.

PS  In my professional opinion, I bet Lawson couldn't even walk on it today.

Thank you, Memphis...

for nearly putting me in an early grave. CS-Northridge?! Unbelievable. I should have known after you gave away that lead against Kansas in the Finals last year that you might pull another Sprewell-on-PJ-Carlissimo choke job again. At least you pulled through.

(Sorry about the poor analogy...it was first famous choking I could think of off-the-cuff)

The REAL Bracket

http://nameoftheyear.blogspot.com/

Stumbling, Bumbling Sled Dog: 'Sorry, This Is My First Iditarod'

From "The Onion". The visual of a husky giving an interview just killed me.

PUNTILLA LAKE, AK—After running directly into the grandstands during the Iditarod's ceremonial start and veering 55 miles off course late Tuesday to chase a marmot, Siberian husky and rookie sled dog Melvin apologized to his musher and fellow canines Wednesday for making a complete fool of himself in the early stages of the annual 1,150-mile race.

"First Iditarod jitters, I guess," the visibly contrite Melvin told reporters Wednesday at the Rainy Pass checkpoint. "I feel like such a moron. Here I am in the last great race on earth and I'm blowing it. I mean, 100 times out of 100, when my musher yells, 'Gee,' I turn right. But yesterday I go left down an icy slope into a bunch of evergreens and nearly break everyone's neck."

"I have to pull it together," added the dog, making a point of directly addressing his musher, two-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey. "I'm sorry, Lance. I'm acting like an idiot out there."

Melvin has gotten his squad into several embarrassing scrapes thus far, one of which occurred at Willow Lake when, in an effort to find a place to nap, he twirled around three times while still in full harness, fouling his lines and entangling his team in multiple snarls. In addition, as the team was on route to Skwentna, a child spectator threw an imaginary stick over the team, and Melvin chased it 300 miles back to the first checkpoint at Yentna Station.

Melvin's most humiliating experience, sources said, was a 20-minute period during which Mackey repeatedly ordered him to mush and the husky merely stood motionless, staring at Finger Lake.

"You look around and you realize that you are going up against your idols—Larry, Bronte, Salem, Handsome, Blue—and then it hits you: This is the fucking Iditarod," Melvin said. "It's not the Jack Pine 30 or the American Dog Derby. Out here, if you playfully root through your musher's sled basket and destroy his heavy parka and extra-warm sleeping bag, well, that's a mistake that could haunt you the rest of your career. Unfortunately, I'm learning that the hard way."

Melvin later admitted that he was overwhelmed by the pressure of participating in his first Iditarod and consequently had psyched himself out. Bouts of anxiety reportedly led to a stress dream Monday night in which he found himself standing on a calm, ice-covered pond for several tranquil minutes before the ice suddenly cracked beneath him.

"Instantly, I was treading in freezing water, and the more I struggled to get back on land, the faster I sank," Melvin said.

As he dreamt, the husky unconsciously gnawed through his team's snub line. Consequently, two point dogs and one wheel dog are still missing, and the sled can no longer go around corners.

Just five days into the race, the group is a projected seven days behind the rest of the pack.

"I'm too 'in my head' right now, you know? I have to remember my training from when I was a pup and just be natural," said the dog, adding that despite his most recent failures, he believes he was born for this. "No more stopping in the middle of a run to find a private place to go to the bathroom. Why would I even do that? I know I'm running in the Iditarod, for crying out loud. And I'm certainly not going to sprint into my teammates ever again, because that means I'm destroying our neck and tug lines, and I'm going completely the wrong way."

"I need to stay focused," Melvin continued. "Also, I think I'm going to go chase that big moose over there."

Despite the husky's shortcomings, musher Lance Mackey has stated that Melvin will remain in the lead dog position, mainly because Melvin bit the leg of fellow lead dog Sarah. Melvin was quick to point out, however, that at the time of the incident, he was suffering a panic-related delusion in which Sarah had transformed into his father, an Alaskan malamute who always told his son he would never amount to anything.

"It's a saying amongst us mushers that the dogs never make mistakes," Mackey said. "But it's not my fault that Melvin stops every 45 minutes to furiously dig in the snow. That dog's a wreck."

Mackey then sighed and added, "This is a terrible Iditarod."

Only in Cricket...

...would you get a headline like I just saw:

"Three wickets excite England before tea"

One of my longest-running self-debates is over whether or not I want to try and understand cricket someday. Jury's still out. Anybody made up their minds yet?

Greatest Bromances, According to Simmons

So Sports Guy finally did a mailbag...and hit the topic of bromances. I died laughing at his impressive list:

Q: Do you think the relationship between Rocky and Apollo could be considered the original bromance?
-- Kevin McB, Oakland, N.J.

"Seinfeld" was fueled by the funniest bromance of all time.

SG: No way. The original bromance was Lewis and Clark. I'd break down the others like this: Costanza and Seinfeld (funniest); Norm and Cliff (second funniest); Diggler and Rothchild (third funniest); Borat and Azamat (grossest); O.J. and A.C. (most controversial); the Rat Pack (most influential); Kimmel and Carolla (drunkest); Puffy and Biggie after Biggie died (most shameless); Flintstone and Rubble (best animated); Mike and the Mad Dog (most tragic); Kurt Warner and Jesus (most inspirational); Jules and Vincent Vega (most violently entertaining); McEnroe and Fleming (most one-sided); Kobe and Shaq (most destructive); Lincoln and Derickson (most suspicious); Damon and Affleck (wealthiest); Tom and Jerry (most psychotic); Cagney and Lacey (just kidding); Michael Jackson and Emmanuel Lewis (openly creepiest); Bob Crane and John Carpenter (secretly creepiest); Spade and Farley (best one-time chemistry that couldn't be recreated, even by them); King and Favre (most gushing); Lennon and McCartney (most successful); Parker and Stone (most creative); A-Rod and Jeter (most contrived); Clapton and Harrison (biggest backstab); Chuck D and Flava Flav (most unlikely); Siegfried and Roy (best romance bromance); McConaughey and Armstrong (most appearances without a shirt); Bauer and Almeida (most exciting); Wilbon and Kornheiser (most reliable); De Niro and Pesci (best mafia); Redford and Newman (coolest); Simon and Garfunkel, Malone and Stockton, Madden and Summerall (tie for "best fit"); Scottie and Michael (most titles); Hanks and Scolari (biggest disparity of talent); Rocky and Apollo, Daniel-San and Miyagi, Buck and Aikman (tie for "most uncomfortable"); Clooney and Pitt (most overrated); Kirk and Spock, Tango and Cash (tie for "most unintentional comedy"); McNulty and Bunk, Big Papi and Manny (tie for "most underrated"); T-Mac and Vince (least likable); Felix and Oscar (best contrast); and Red and Andy (the greatest bromance ever), with Red and Andy's beach hug in Mexico doubling as the single greatest bromance moment. Thank you and please drive through.

Nartker did this once, I think

As one of my friends here would say: "That was dirty stinky."

Funny Prank at U of Maryland

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/04/video-the-maryland-rigged-halfcourt-shot-prank/

The video is like 6 minutes long, but very funny.

A guy rigs a blindfolded half court shot contest, so that his friend is chosen, and he has all the fans at the game cheer once he shoots to trick the guy into thinking he won. The guy goes crazy, but then his friend deliveres the check and he realizes it's a prank. Too funny.

MWC proposal to BCS

http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/mwc/graphics/pdfs/mwc-09-proposal.pdf

This is the proposal that the MWC submitted to the BCS committee on how the BCS bowl games and national championship should be decided. I was very impressed with their ideas. I found them to be very logical and fair.

Take a look, and if nothing else, look at the numbers on the last page (page 4). It shows each conferences record against other BCS conferences. I'd never thought of it before, but what a great method of determining the strength of a conference.

Essentially, the MWC proposes a method similar to what international soccer uses, where if you can reach a certain winning percentage against the current BCS conferences, then you are a BCS conference.

Take a look at the numbers and tell me you're not impressed with the MWC, and it really shows how weak the really is.