tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665945255620498642.post3582125272574629666..comments2023-11-08T07:40:57.242-08:00Comments on The MMQ : So, After ALL That, Nothing Has Changed!MMQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765579375769394794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665945255620498642.post-46900381511116526042014-02-12T11:19:21.161-08:002014-02-12T11:19:21.161-08:00Amazing what can happen when you care and have pri...Amazing what can happen when you care and have pride Of course, we really played like crap in the first half, but at least it looked like we were trying. I fear that GRIII is going to make payne(in the ass) look like a first round NBA pick on the 23rd. How many 8 inch shots from above the rim can one guy miss???<br />So we only played 28 good minutes and still beat the suckeyes on their court. Of course, it was nice that they decided to start launching threes rather than jogging up to the hoop like they were doing in the first 10 minutes. Did we really close off the lane or did they just stop trying? I did not see much difference in how we were defending. There may be an affect similar to golfing with someone that is out driving you by 20 yards. Even if you are winning, it might get to you and cause you to try to over-hit. That may be what inspired the suckeyes to go long. After completely dominating us and scoring at will in the paint for the first 10 minutes, they look up and are only up by single digits because every third trip down we nail a three. That probably grates on a team.<br /> Switching to the cheeseheads victory over the slime; had the slime pulled it out it would have been yet another last second gift from officiating types to the slime. (State players of all sports should just assume that rules do not apply to them if the game is almost over. The Desmond tackle, the blatant holding on the famous one second left game, the tainted BIG hoops championship over Purdue as Steve Sheffler was just tackled in the waning seconds of the game and now the projectile shove of the would be cheesehead rebounder into the stands. That was the game right there, ending any chance of a miracle slime comeback, but NO CALL!!! If you have it on the DVR (ahem) re-watch it and see how obvious this shove was. Thankfully, the slime were unable to parlay this gift from the officials into a W, no pun intended <br /> I must also congratulate the cheesheads on a terrific sports weekend. The sweep of the #1 ranked skating Gophers was spectacular (and in stark contrast to our embarrassing 4-0 loss to the winless mountain lions.<br /> All Wolverines should send a little HATE to ESPN for the nice segment on “suckeye dominance of M” where they displayed the records of Football, Men’s hoops and WOMEN’s hoops for the last several years. Really, women’s hoops, not men’s Hockey, not baseball or softball, not wrestling or swimming or volleyball or gymnastics. Don’t try and tell me that women’s hoops is a bigger draw than hockey! But hey ESPN, don’t let facts destroy a storyline that you want to push. Also, I’ve about had it with the football dominance crap. I do not recall counting clocks and repeated hype by the general media when we were in the midst of the decade of dominance that immediately proceeded the decade of despair. It’s as if the 90’s never happened. Switching to hoops, while the suckeyes have a surprisingly rich basketball tradition, they were doormats for the bulk of a thirty year span that didn’t end until Thad showed-up. OK, they had a few good years in there but come on with the suckeye cheerleading. They have been VERY successful in football and basketball for the last decade, why can’t THAT be the story. <br />MsuperfanOrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917389201544493373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665945255620498642.post-30602791319748266512014-02-11T11:21:43.989-08:002014-02-11T11:21:43.989-08:00As a fan most likely to illicite a violent respons...As a fan most likely to illicite a violent response from an opposing player or coach (I tried my best back in the day) I will weight in on behalf of Smart (although the playing of the race card is disgusting). I heard of the incident prior to seeing it and I was underwhellmed after seeing it. It was a shove! Not even a double fist to the chest shove but a mild open hand shove with no leverage put into it. If the guy wasn't fat and old he probably wouldn't have even fallen, and he fell in a rather controlled way; further proof that Smart didn't really go after him. This is a perfect example of what is wrong with our culture. It sounds like the fan regrets whatever comment he made. So he should offer an apology to Smart and TT, and Smart should say, "Right back at ya"; and it should be done. Had Smart tried to hurt the guy or thrown a punch then all bets are off and the kid needs to be harshly repramanded; but that is not what happened.MsuperfanOrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917389201544493373noreply@blogger.com