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Post by hifigator on Aug 25, 2012 11:17:40 GMT -5
I really enjoyed watching Otto play and I think he's certainly got the game to make it at the next level, but I think he really needs to add strength to his game. If he can hit the weight room and bulk up a bit -- maybe another 20 pounds of muscle -- I think he will make himself a lot of money, so hopefully there's no rush for him.
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Post by hifigator on Jun 18, 2012 12:33:01 GMT -5
Shawn Michael anyone?
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Post by hifigator on Jun 18, 2012 12:30:07 GMT -5
"Whew, whew, whew!" (from the man who actually has all the "bro-skis!")
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Post by hifigator on Jun 18, 2012 11:08:43 GMT -5
I must say, I find this discussion facinating ... whatever that is. www.wordnik.com/words/facinatingSo, I guess now, you can add me to the list of those who are facinated.
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Post by hifigator on Jun 16, 2012 12:58:09 GMT -5
I know it's baseball, and anything can happen in one game, but UCLA did look like men playing with boys yesterday. Pun intended, but not the innuendo tye. Seriously though, the Bruins made the Seawoves look starstruck for sure. "Happy to be there" ... I'm not sure that was it, but they didn't play like they did last weekend. On an unrelated note, while I wasn't fortunate enough to pull the Gators in the blind draw, at least I didn't pull the Noles either. In fact, I pulled Arizona. So I actually had a nice vested interest in the game last night, aside from merely rooting against FSU -- which is plenty of reason to begin with. But so far, the CWS has been very fun to watch, enjoying the David and Goliath game between UCLA and Stony, and then capping off a long night with the Noles falling in extra innings to my adopted team.
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Post by hifigator on Jun 16, 2012 12:35:41 GMT -5
fanatic wrote: Let's hope that President Obama and President-elect Romney( ) go down to Florida to see the Washington-based Hoyas play.
Made similar comment yesterday on the air. The host of the lunchtime show said that "maybe the President will be there ... he and the first lady were there for the UNC-Mich. St. game last year," and then he said, "or maybe the President Elect will be there," since it's 3 days after the election. I replied "and hopefully, it's not the same guy."
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Post by hifigator on Jun 15, 2012 13:02:35 GMT -5
Nevada wrote:
Surprised hifigator has not chimed in yet.
Actually, I heard the news right as I opened my store up this morning, and have been trying to come here since then. I had to reload NetZero and also find a "system restore" point for this ancient P(OS)C.
In any case, I'm definitely looking forward to it. I haven't had a chance to look into tickets yet, but am going to do so right now. I'll let you know if/when I find something out.
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Post by hifigator on Jun 11, 2012 15:03:49 GMT -5
Come on now. I think you are being unfair to Johnny C. He's never actually had his team on so much as probation. He's clean as a whistle, right?
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Post by hifigator on Jun 11, 2012 14:48:49 GMT -5
Boz wrote:
Depends on what you mean by "back." IMO, the Tiger Woods that played in 2000-2002? You will never see that guy again. You probably won't even ever see the Tiger of 2005-07 again (before his knee surgery).
Having said that, Tiger Woods is still ridiculously talented and will contend for majors and other significant tournaments for several more years. Not every time out, not even close, but he's still got wins left. (Obviously).
Maybe what I mean is that Tiger can still dominate a tournament, but I don't think he'll ever dominate the tour again.
That's pretty much the same thing I said when the very same question came up down here a couple of weeks ago. The Tiger that was Djokovic-like at the Majors will probably never be seen again ... from Tiger or anyone else. The dominance that he had in his prime was simple remarkable. And the better he got, the more his dominance would sustain itself The other golfers would inexplicably tighten up when facing the challenge of being pared with Tiger on a fateful Sunday. But don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting that they lost it and that Tiger didn't "win" it on such a final round. I'm just saying that on the toughest courses and with the most cameras and eyes focused on him, Tiger was able to perform. Meanwhile, not only were others generally unable to elevate their game, most in fact stumbled in such a position. And for all the power in Tiger's swing, I think his success is as much, if not more, resulted from his dedicated focus and determination around the green. Certainly Tiger would make birdies, but what really separated him from other golfers was his ability to avoid bogeys. When he was lining up a 7 or 8 foot put, you just knew it was going in. Now I do think that we could see that type of mental toughness from Tiger again. And if we do, then I still think Tiger has a solid shot to break Jack's record of majors. But I don't think we will ever see the stretch where Tiger wins something like 7 out of 12 majors again. That type of thing was just incredible. And accordingly, I do think we will continue to see a growth in guys winning their first ever major, because I think that the overall level of golf worldwide has simply gotten better almost exponentially. There are more and more world class golfers at younger and younger ages every year. And just as we have seen star players in basketball, baseball and football at increasingly younger and younger ages, I think we will continue to see that in golf. As that happens, then I think it gets tougher and tougher to win. But one thing is for sure: golf sure is a lot more interesting when Tiger is involved on the weekend. And in that regard, I am certainly glad that he's back in the discussion.
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Post by hifigator on Jun 11, 2012 14:24:40 GMT -5
Trivia Question: What NCAA D1 baseball team of around 300 had the best winning percentage this season? If you said the Stony Brook Seawolves, then maybe you heard it on ESPN. Not one single person got that trivia question correct at the live remote just 2 weeks ago. Around 20 schools were mentioned among the nearly 40 entries. For the record, googling or phone calls were not allowed. But just a couple of weeks later, a lot more people now know who the Seawolves are. Stony Brook, the winningest team in D1 baseball -- at least by the numbers -- was sent 2000 miles as a #4 seed to Coral Gables to face the traditional powerhouse Miami Hurricanes, along with highly regarded UCF Knights. After disposing of Miami 10-2, the Seawolves bested UCF twice by a combined score of 12-2, and swept their way into baseball's equivalent of the Sweet 16. Their reward for pulling off the upset south Florida was a trip to face one of the few programs with even more tradition than Miami, in the LSU Tigers. And while many questioned whether Miami was deserving of their host position, few questioned the merits of Paul Meneiri's Nationally Seeded Tigers. LSU, which started the current 3 year run on SEC supremacy with their last National Title in 2009, did manage to take a game from the Seawolves, setting up a winner take all game at Alex Box Stadium last night. But calling this a "Hollywood ending" for Stony Brook wouldn't be fair ... to Hollywood! There was no drama and the outcome was never in doubt. After allowing an early solo homer to LSU's CF Mason Katz, the Seawolves -- as they did for most of this soggy weekend in Baton Rouge -- simply outplayed the favored Tigers. It was 6-1 in the seventh before LSU got their next hit. And when LSU did cut the lead to four at 6-2, the Seawolves didn't flinch. A leadoff double in the ninth, followed by a textbook sacrifice bunt led to LSU pulling the infield in. A little flare off the Stony Brook bat fell just over the head of a diving Nola, restoring the comfort of the 5 run lead. And there was to be no drama in the bottom of the ninth. Recovering from a 4 run defecit would have been unlikely, but for a fleeting second there was finally a special buzz in the air. Maybe, just maybe, LSU could pull off the magic as they have so many times in the past. But I think there was something ironic with LSU shortstop's, Nola's, futile dive. "Nola" ... "No, Louisiana, not this time."
And don't think that the ride is over for Stony Brook. Yes, they made it to Omaha. And yes, that is the staple goal for all programs in college baseball. But the Seawolves are not just happy to be there. More importantly, they have shown that they belong there. While it's a little too easy to attach the "Cinderalla" label to this unknown team from New York and while that label would pretty much be true of any team from North of the Mason Dixon line other than Nebraska or the Pac 10/12 schools from Oregon, and further, pretty much any school not from a power conference, Texas or California, Stony Brook is not your Cinderella team. As you might have now heard since the four letter network jumped on this bandwagon, Stony Brook had 9 players drafted in last week's MLB draft. That was the same number as the overall #1 seeded Florida Gators and more than all other 300 D1 teams except 1.
This Seawolf team might not win it all, but after trips to Coral Gables and Baton Rouge, they will not be intimidated. And they will certainly be the adopted sentimental favorite of all the neutral fans, both live in Omaha and on TV. They don't really "Wow" you with anything ... well, except for playing solid baseball from every position.
Joining Stony Brook in Omaha are these teams:
#1 Florida Gators #2 UCLA Arizona #3 FSU
Arkansas at #4 Baylor as well as Kent St at #5 Oregon will play their deciding games tonight, with the winners also advancing to Omaha.
ON EDIT: I got misinformation. Apparently, the Oklahoma at USCe game got suspended and is being played right now. The Gamecocks lead Oklahoma 1-0. The Sooners need to beat South Carolina in the conclusion of the suspended game as well as then in a third and deciding game tonight.
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Post by hifigator on May 1, 2012 15:38:33 GMT -5
maybe that was a double entendre ... he was talking about his player's players. Ok, maybe not.
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Post by hifigator on Mar 8, 2012 12:11:23 GMT -5
Also, this doesn't necessarily belong in this thread, but I don't think I need to start a new one, and it is at least tangentially on topic. As you all know, this time of year, the ESPN network shows a bunch of past conference tournaments as well as the 137 of them from this season. In any case, I caught parts of some old classice Hoya games. One in particular deserves mention. Patrick Ewing was being interviewed, and the "analyst" said something like "I'm sure you'd have loved to play with Allen Iverson." Ewing's answer was classic. Without pausing or seemingly giving the comment much thought he successfully praised AI and something to the effect that he would be honored to play with AI, yet the real point was that he was very fortunate to play with the great players that were on his teams. If I remember correctly, the game was from the '97 season. For some reason, the info for the programs never matched --probably because a live game went long or something. In fact, the first time I went to "the game" they were showing the Cuse-UConn game that went 4 overtimes. In any case, as we would all expect, Ewing was a class act and was tremendously poised.
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Post by hifigator on Mar 8, 2012 11:42:45 GMT -5
Yeah, but it must totally suck to have all that money, but still have to barey squeek by on a paltry million bucks!
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Post by hifigator on Mar 8, 2012 11:39:43 GMT -5
The Current Big O -- 65 The previous Big O -- 61
also
Otto - - 65 Oscar -- 61
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Post by hifigator on Mar 1, 2012 13:36:09 GMT -5
It just sucks that in all likelihood, Cuse, Kentucky and Puke will all be #1 seeds. That's about as hated a grouping as humanly possible.
On an unrelated note, I did find it very amusing that Bobby Knight, in doing his analysis, absolutely refused to discuss Kentucky. I'm sure most of you know more about the issue, but for whatever reason, Knight can't stand Calishady. You know, I always kind of like Bobby Knight and maybe now I know why.
Still, as an expert analyst, it is somewhat unprofessional to let his bias influence his analysis. But it's still pretty damn funny and I don't mind a bit!
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Post by hifigator on Mar 1, 2012 13:25:52 GMT -5
ESPN.com: Jason King - Making the leap as March approaches
At least one No. 14 seed will win its first-round game. As of Tuesday, Joe Lunardi had the matchups as Baylor versus Nevada, Georgetown versus Belmont, Michigan versus Akron and Marquette versus Middle Tennessee State. Out of those matchups, Georgetown-Belmont catches my eye. The Hoyas have been bad in the NCAA tournament lately and, don't forget, the Bruins almost upset Duke in Durham at the beginning of the season. It's bad enough that almost all the talking heads have had their field of 64 ... er.. 65 ... err 68 ... for weeks now, not to mention their pairings. But isn't it a bit much to fill out their friggin' bracket? I mean, come on.
If this .. If that ... If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle, and that's equally irrelevant.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 29, 2012 15:16:37 GMT -5
kc wrote:
Not to be a [Edited], but do you think anyone cares about your car troubles?
No, and that wasn't my point. Nor do I think it appeared to be. My point was that a solid game from top to bottom couldn't have come at a better time. I'm not going any further along this path. nuff said
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Post by hifigator on Feb 28, 2012 16:04:36 GMT -5
I disagree. Syracuse should not be a 1 seed, on a count of them being Syracuse.
Well, that depends on exactly what you are "seeding." If you are ranking Institutions of Higher Cheating, they're pretty high on the list. I can think of a couple more where they are among the elite, but I don't want to have my post deleted. :cool
Oops, I got distracted and forgot to make my comment. Last night was probably the most enjoyable basketball game of this season so far -- at least for me. After a weekend of car trouble and then a Monday of having to limp from point a to point b, because of a defective alternator, I was very much appreciative of the game going properly.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 14, 2012 13:47:52 GMT -5
Add me to the list of NEVER rooting for Mr. Magoo and his Orangmen ... yes, they are still the Orangemen and Tampa Bay is still the Devil Rays. All this politically correct nonsense can kiss my verticle smile. But never EVER root for Cuse.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 14, 2012 13:36:25 GMT -5
I've got a question for you guys. I'm admittedly, not really an NBA fan. I watch very little pro basketball until after March Madness, and really, not much until the playoffs start. So I'm not really in a position to answer my question. Obviously, over the past couple of weeks, all the buzz has been about Jeremy Lin, and I totally understand that. The fact that he's literally burst onto the scene from relative obscurity is a testament to a fact that we've rarely ever seen before. And I think that's certainly a good thing, regardless of personal perspective or opinion on any particular player. But I have heard several pundits talking about how the sudden development of Rubio and now Lin are going to "save" the sport. They're quick to point out the damage to the NBA because of the lockout and shortened season. The fact that a threat of not having a season was a realistic possibility, supposedly drove a sizable number of fans away from the sport. And if the points that these guys have made proves accurate, then the spurred interest in the game will be owed primarily to the blossoming of those two young point guards. The story is that there needs to be a storyline. Michael Jordan was a storyline all by himself. The Boston-LA contests have had many storylines, from Wilt/Kareem vs. Russell/Walton to Bird-Magic. But with the lack of such marquee matchups right now, any increase in popularity will come from these two point guards, each featuring a charsimatic style of play.
So with that preface, do you agree with those opinions? Are there a significant number of apathetic NBA fans who have been/will be "turned back on" to the NBA game?
Like I said, I'm not focused enough into the game to answer that question, but are there enough people out there starving for an NBA interest to adopt?
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