Let the Madness Begin Buff Bites
by Jon Woods on Mar 19, 2009 2:48 PM MDT
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So begins one of the two best days of the year. Non-stop basketball madness with 3 and 4 games at a time and upsets galore. The games have already begun (so I guess that Butler over UNC pick isn't going to happen...) and I sure most of you are having the least productive work day in a long time. As a reminder the tournament coverage here on SBNation will be fast and furious over at Searching for Billy Edelin, our general college basketball blog. There will be plenty of action on the open threads over there so head on over.
I can't start with anything other than this post from Peter Bean at Burnt Orange Nation. Anytime you can reference and discuss The Wire (aka the best show to ever appear on tv) then you have earned some points in my book. Nice work Peter.
It has gotten a ton of coverage for some reason so I am sure you have all seen or heard the big deal made out of Barack Obama filling out his bracket (he picks UNC to win it all), but did any of you see Coach K comment on it on Sportscenter this morning? Telling Obama that he should be worrying about the economy instead of talking about the tournament was just plain stupid. Don't worry Mike, I'm sure Barack didn't put more than two mintues of thought into his "picks" and the stock market shouldn't suffer too much.
The Buffs may have not been invited to any post season tournaments this year (hopefully for the last time in a while) but that doesn't mean that they can't stage their own version of "March Madness". We learned earlier this year about Hawkins dividing his players up into "accountability groups" so that the team could watch over each other in an effort to keep them from getting into the offseason shenanhagans happened last year. Well last night was the "final four" of a basketball tournament that they have been staging between the groups over the last few weeks. Any guesses on what players may have been on the championship team? I'd be willing to bet that very few of you mentioned Cody Hawkins, Jason Espinoza or Speedy Stewart but they were the leaders of the team who took home the title.
Tim Griffin of ESPN.com goes around the Big 12 looking at each teams quarterback situation. Man, do I hate when they do this like this for the Buffs. Calling Clark Evans and Austin Hinder...we are waiting for you! Bring us stability!
Some good news for the Buffalo football team. Fifth year senior cornerback Ben Burney will participate in spring drills when they start in 12 short days.
Finally, two Quarterback tidbits from our friends to the East.
- Former Miami QB Robert Marve has now declared that Nebraksa is one of the schools that he will consider transferring to and that he will be taking a visit to the Cornhuskers Spring Game. It seems like this kid is "considering" nearly half of the Big 12 but it looks as though the interest isn't being reciprocated nearly as much as he would like.
- Remember when Nebraksa fans were claiming former hotshot recruit Harrison Beck to be the next big thing in Lincoln? Well, he certainly sees the Russell Wilson writing on the wall and will be transferring to the University of North Alabama. Good luck with that.
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Two things...
I am with coach K on this one…factor in prep time, tv time, multiple cuts, etc and he should be focusing on why I can’t find decent job.
Second, I heard a rumor that Nebraska freshman QB Cody Green tore his groin and will be out until fall
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i could care less what the president thinks
about the BCS too
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I didn't vote for the guy
But I will bet you a paycheck that whole entire thing took less than 30 minutes. You think he’s sitting around watching movies and sports all day? A large percentage of all of this chit is perception and morale and if you take peoples minds off how much they suck for a few minutes then that’s a good thing. It’s the constant coverage of how “bad of shape we are in” that makes everything ten times worse and scares the crap out of middle America.
Enough of my non-sports rant. Morgan St is going to get slapped tonight.
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him picking the bracket doesnt give me
morale and the perception is “who cares”
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I did vote for the guy :-)
but it’s not so much that I think “he should be focusing on the economy” (because I guarantee he is) it’s just that I don’t care either. Way too much TV coverage about it, every time I’ve turned on ESPN the last two days they’re either showing him or some coach commenting about it.
Now, let me just say I LOVE how ncaa.com does the streaming video for March Madness. I remember a few years ago being stuck with whatever game they showed on TV, I haven’t even turned on my TV today! Seems like a few more ads than last year but the better video quality is worth it. They need to figure out some way to do this for NCAA football too where you can watch every game in high quality streaming video (I know that’s a pipe dream with all the networks involved, but it would be nice)
you're kidding, right?
his bracket was almost entirely chalk. If he spent more than 5 minutes on that thing, I’ll eat my hat. And just whose perception is “who cares?” Because here’s a dirty little secret about the media- they cover what gets them viewers, The end. Right now that’s the president, so obviously a lot of people care for whatever reason. If people didn’t care, no one would cover it. I don’t, so I change the channel or click over to my sci fi nerd websites. Ta Da!
Hell, I put in as much energy as any casual college basketball fan and degenerate gambler, and it only took me about 30 minutes.
I went to the president’s town hall yesterday, and I can assure you that the NCAA tournament didn’t come up once, but the economy did, so you can sleep soundly tonight.
by Hallux Valgus on Mar 19, 2009 7:45 PM MDT up reply actions
that came across as unnecessarily truculent
and I apologize for that.
I’ll just say this- when taking a photograph, regardless of where you focus, there’s still room in the shot for background. The same is true with people.
Also, I think we all know why Cody’s team one- NEPOTISM!!!!
And let’s go Ucla. That is all.
by Hallux Valgus on Mar 19, 2009 8:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Damnit UCLA!
I would be owning my bracket if VCU had pulled that off..
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For some reason i thought it was a good idea
to put UCLA in the final four. Just another reason why im in last place in my pool as we speak. Help me Eric Devendorf, your my only hope.
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two things.....
Coach K was actually complimentary in that interview toward Obama and never used terminology as harsh as “stupid”. The reporting of Coach K’s comments were blown entirely out of proportion.
On the other hand, if Obama had spent less time watching basketball or visiting Jay Leno he would have known that the AIG bonuses were submitted to his office with complete transparency and the treasury was the group that asked Dodd to put language in the stimulus package allowing for those AIG contracts to be honored. AIG’s core business involves insured credit default swaps that are derivative based insurance contracts. Those contracts needed to be unwound. In order to properly unwind those contracts AIG needed to retain their best people in 2008 to facilitate that work. Treasury made the decision to allow for AIG to entice those people to stay by compensating them competitively, the payments had nothing to do with AIG’s performance. Obama can pretend to be shocked all he wants but members of Treasury (his responsibility) and Congress were aware all along that the payments would be made, the contracts had to be honored, and the concept is not that complex to grasp. He’s just stupid. He’s lucky that we have lowered our expectations of leaders.
by BuffaloSoldier on Mar 20, 2009 4:38 AM MDT up reply actions
First off
I don’t think that this is the correct place for a political discussion, so i want you to know that htis post is not politically motivated.
But i think it is absurd to say that he should be focusing on the economy, not his bracket. I assure you that he is focusing on the economy. Dude has the most knowledgeable advisors in the US in his ear everyday, so he knows what is going on. In addition to that, this is the job he has been preparing for for his whole life. Pretty much everything political actors do in their terms is determined by how history would view it, and obviously he wants history to have favorable eyes to his years, so he surely is working hard to do right in history’s view. Finally i hate the notion that if he were just thinking about the economy for the 30 minutes it took to make that bracket, then it would change everything and we would be out of this thing. Its just not the case.
On another note, i’m wearing my go to hell Nebraska shirt today, and that is always a party. Go Buffs.
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