Oil Can's questions for Ivan Drago:
1) This will be a constant theme, but just so we are keeping track: Kevin Durant 06-07 Stats: 25.8 ppg/ 11.1 rbs/ 1.9 blk/ 1.9 stl/ 1.3 ast/ 47.3% fg/ 40.3% 3pt
Eric Gordon’s 07-08 Stats: 27.3 ppg/ 4 rbs/ .5 blk/ 2.3 stl/ 3.8 ast/ 55.3%fg/ 51.4% 3pt
Pretty good start....so are you on my Final Four bandwagon?
For the 8000th time, I like the Hoosiers. BUT I’m a born contrarian. And IU is going to have to beat a few Xaviers before I get excited. Plus, UNC and UCLA may be head and shoulders above the rest – a scenario that would leave solamente two slots for the Final Four.
Still slating the Hoosiers for the Elite Eight.
2) On a scale of 0 to infinity, how much more exciting are College Football Overtimes than NFL Sudden Deaths (i.e. UK vs. Tenn, LSU vs. Arkansas)?
Infinity and then some. Not to mention, college football overtimes = more air time for Erin Andrews and that = MORE COWBELL. So in reality college football is better by a factor of: (infinity + a bucket of BW3’s spicy garlic wings + a 12er of Bud Heavies)^2.
3) What in the hell happened to the Skins Game??? Stephan Ames, Zach Johnson, and Brett Wetterich??? Boom Boom is great, but ABC can't get anyone more exciting than those other three?
I can't imagine why anyone would watch this foursome do anything, golf or otherwise. Next year they should amend the rules and force players to carry three clubs: a driver, a sand wedge, and a putter. Then they should recruit John Daly, Bubba Watson, Rich Beem, and J.B. Holmes and play beer a hole (no problem anticipated). That would liven things up.
4) In 1988, were you on your couch watching this, as I was? Please note: Bill Raferty
Now THAT’s what I'm talking about (“Send it in Jerome!!!!).
Remember when Big Monday was Big Monday. Robitussin was a viable alcoholic substitute. And weekends were a lover's stroll at the beach.
Ah the good ole days.
Now think about our current lot in life: we're pond scum, counting down the seconds until we team up with PacMan Jones and Clifford Rozier for an eternity of janitorial services in hell. With that scorching prospect in mind, I say we go down swinging:
You know how bloggers try to get famous people to send in a picture or post a comment on their blog. Well fresh off our Cuban meltdown, I say we reante. I think we should make receiving a 2008 pic from Jerome Lane the NUMBER ONE PRIORITY of our blog. At the very least maybe we can find him and beg for a lowly comment.
How about THEM apples?
Ivan Drago's Question for Oil Can:
1) I think this is the best collegiate football season ever. That's right: EVER. The fact that 80,000 fans packed Arrowhead for #2 Kansas vs. #4 Missouri serves as another reminder of how improbable and incredible a season this is. Agree....or is my CFB toast merely overflowing with marmalade?
Well, you're notoriously overflowing with marmalade for all the wrong reasons, but yes, it's been ridiculously good season. AND it's the perfect example of why we need an 8 team playoff for college football. But to continue with your question, I've never seen so many good games and so many great overtime games. They have really been a pleasure to watch all season. You know it's a dream season when the Indiana Hoosiers make a bowl and Notre Dame looks like a high school football team. The stars have definitely been aligned.
Now for that playoff. An 8 team playoff, and then 15-20 stupid bowls. The NCAA would still get to have their lame bowls and would rake in MAD sponsorship dollars for the 8 team playoff. Plus the television audience for those games would be redonkulous. For once, we'd finally have a legitimate champion at the end of the season. This season has just been further proof that anyone can beat anyone, and I think if you took the top 8 teams this year, any one of them could win.
You'll probably dispute that idea, because that's how truly lost you are, but it is time.
2) There's nothing I hate more than watching NFL teams give up field position. That being said, can any team sanely kick to Devon Hester? Shouldn't every Bears' opponent aim for the sideline every single time and be done with it?
I didn't get to see the game, but after I read what Hester did, my first reaction was, 'No one will ever kick to this dude again'. And honestly, the Bears offense is so abysmal, I think opposing teams would be no worse off if they just took a knee on 4th down. I did a little statistical analysis and found that if teams did use that strategy, they would wind up forcing the Bears into an interception 84% of the time. Sounds like that is a pretty good option. With Captain Turnover playing QB, the only real shot the Bears have at scoring is Devin Hester. Although, with "my boy" Adrian Peterson running the ball, they may actually improve over the next couple of weeks....
And how can Hester not be a full time receiver???
3) Barry Bonds isn't making either of our Christmas card lists in this or any year. That being said, do you think MLB's investigation (which conveniently began after Mark McGuire retired) and the potential for a decent chunk of jail time is overly harsh? I get that it's perjury, and I'd love to see an asterisk by the HR record, but it's not like he's the lone cowboy sipping from the steroid soup.
It's been a total witch-hunt in regards to Bonds. You'd think he invented "The Clear". With that being said, he most likely did commit perjury which destroys the whole foundation behind our judicial system......I don't have any idea what that means. Basically, the dude lied under oath. Of course he should get thrown in prison. But I also hope that any of those other guys who "testified" in front of Congress and get named in the Mitchell investigation, share a cell with Barry.
My real hope is that in the future, the penalty for a failed drug test is a permanent ban from the respective sport. That would make it much easier on all of the commissioners,athletes, management, and fans. I think that is the only way to send a real message. Don't f'ing cheat. I'm no saint, but I just don't see this whole cheating ordeal. These guys are getting paid mucho dinero to do one thing, focus on their sport. That's it. Play the sport you've come to dominate, and work at it in the offseason to become the best player you possibly can. I'd give all of my teeth, excluding the front two, in order to trade places with any of these fools. This whole subject makes me want to vomit.
4) Your suggestion to have a reality show featuring every day yahoos (like yourself) wanting one more shot at becoming a pro athlete is the wurstest idea you've had in a decade. No one wants to see you work with the best trainers in the world, only to throw 65 mph beach balls as real hitters blast your best stuff to Neptune. I can't imagine something less watchable, other than Tyra Banks' model show. Please tell me you have a better idea for reality TV. Keep in mind, I'm already planning to dedicate an entire entry to destroying you on this topic.
And that, my friend, is why we should pull the plug on this Blog. The Red Sox dominated playoff baseball, Bonds has been indicted, A-Rod re-signed with the Yankees, the Pats are undefeated, college basketball has started with a bang, and terribly, Sean Taylor was murdered. Yet, you're couch potato butt wants to write about some stupid idea I came up with 2 months ago. That's really going to draw an audience, bro.
On a side note, what an awful tragedy in the death of Sean Taylor. It especially sucks when you hear the stories about him changing his lifestyle and becoming a better human being slash good father. He was living on the edge and getting into a lot of trouble in the past and he had finally gotten his life in order. For him to be murdered at the age of 24, and only a few feet from his 1 year old daughter, it's just really awful and a sad day for sports. It's another example that life is short no matter how you look at it. So enjoy it while you've got it.
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