Friday, April 08, 2016

What a Difference Six Homers Makes

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One of my favorite parts of the start of baseball season is when some young rookie comes up and gets off to a hot start and I get to go into...
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Mrs. Poop's Favorite Hockey Player

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Mrs. Poop's favorite hockey player used to be Hartford Whalers great Ron Francis, for whom she rooted (along with her French-Canadian gr...
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Thursday, April 07, 2016

All Work No Play Makes Master Bates a Winner

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For years Master Bates has been sending me his bracket just under (and sometimes just after) the deadline for our 3-man family battle royale...
Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Song of the Week

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"Kids" - MGMT

I Can't Make It Song of the Week Again

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I already made "Danger" by Blahzay Blahzay the Song of the Week back in March of 2009. Being a Syracuse alum of a certain age, a...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

It Was An Honor Just to Compete

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So the dream scenario did not play out the Syracuse women's basketball team got decimated by UConn, just like everyone else. It doesn...

So You're Saying There's a Chance

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Oddsmakers have Syracuse at +4000 in tonight's National Championship game against UConn. That means a $100 bet returns $4000. Also kno...

Payback's a Bitch

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All the North Carolina fans are bemoaning their bad luck today, losing the National Championship game on a buzzer-beater. How awful! And y...

That One Will Be Replayed Forever

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After Northern Iowa's amazing buzzer-beater from halfcourt beat Texas, Nails and I were talking about the greatest buzzer-beaters in tou...
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Monday, April 04, 2016

It Wouldn't Have Mattered

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Jim Boeheim was praised for changing his strategy against Virginia, shifting to a press and turning the game around. He made no such chance...
Sunday, April 03, 2016

2016 Baseball Season Predictions

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NL East: Washington Nationals NL Central: Chicago Cubs NL West: San Francisco Giants NL Wild Cards: New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals N...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Song of the Week

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"Award Tour" - A Tribe Called Quest Phife Dawg passed away last week at the age of 45. I was never a huge Tribe fan, but I ackno...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

It's Really Real

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Just because I was sure that I had fallen asleep on the couch when Syracuse trailed Virginia by 15 points with 9 minutes to go and dreamed w...
Monday, March 28, 2016

It's So Crazy I Feel Like It's Not Real

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I admit it. I gave up. And this wasn't one of my half-hearted, prepare-for-the-worst give ups, this was the real-deal, game's-over...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

What A (Bria or Briana) Day!

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Today has the potential to be a monumental day in Syracuse basketball history. By the end of the day, we could have not one, but two teams ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: #10 Syracuse vs. #11 Gonzaga

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What an awful start for the Orange. Gonzaga is made to attack the zone. They have good big men who can pass, and good outside shooters. An...
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Friday, March 25, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: Sweet 16 Friday

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#1 Virginia vs. #4 Iowa State So many games in this tournament have just been huge blowouts right from the very start and never really had...

Women Are Oranges Too

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While most of the Syracuse University community is thrilled, rightfully so, with the surprising run of the men's team to the Sweet 16, w...

Tournament Thoughts: Sweet 16 Thursday

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#2 Villanova vs. #3 Miami Villanova was probably the most dominant team throughout the first two rounds, and they came out like a house of...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Congratulations On Your Car Crash

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I don't know why this makes me laugh so hard but it does. Watch what happens during this car accident in Toronto.