….. I watched, you watched ….. even AIG fat cats probably watched …. the First Weekend of March Madness. For many it was the first March Madness without Billy Packer but with a large screen “home theater”. BobLee shares his observations …..
….. On to Detroit. Another wonderful weekend to remind us that, for all its inherent peripheral yuckiness, pure sports competition when confined to the field/court can be really darned exciting. Me, my 40” HDTV, and my leather recliner enjoyed the heck outta Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight. ….. A high profile BB coach named Jim is in NCAA trouble and a former student manager is involved …. De je Valvano.
….. Latest Final Four TV commercial has Tar Heel Nation bumfuzzled. BobLee ruminates why Roy’s Mop Up Squad is like a Gallagher concert ….. The latest Dickie Extension has nothing to do with “that certain part of the male anatomy”. ….. and BobLee advises Norwood on his next VCU BB coach.
….. NASCAR calls it “the silly season” when a bunch of drivers change race teams. For sports league, it’s the same “musical chair” hysteria be it coaches or free agent players. NCAA BB Coaches are front and center right now. The dominoes tumble. New salaries make “last season’s’” look like chump change. Nutjob fans scream “LOYALTY” when their coach leaves and “HOT DAMN” when their school steals someone else’s ungrateful money-chasing no-good lying weasel ….. a year from now, it all happens again
Carolina – 89 / Michigan State – 72
Them Dadburn Youngsters Did It !
HARK THE SOUND of ANOTHER ONE !
….. Facing the world in the aftermath of “UNC winning a 5th NCAA Championship” ??? Had “the magical run” run afoul of Destiny’s Plan there would surely be no world left to even consider, but “run afoul” it did not. As ring salesmen scurry to The Legend’s Lair to pitch their wares, we ask “what now” in the great scheme of Life.
The Masters is The Sara Lee of Sports Events as in “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee ….”. OK, I’m on the cursed Internet enough to know that there is probably a “HateTheMasters.com” out there. But compared to the plethora of haters that hate everything else, The Masters is THE Most Loved Sports Event “By People Who Think Like BobLee Does”. ….. (and a Lee Fowler DeathWatch update).
….. I think Dan Jenkins woulda liked it. I’m not sure if author Dan Jenkins is dead or not. I don’t think he is. Dan referred to pro golfers as “those dogged victims of inexorable fate” and why he did was certainly on display on Masters Sunday …… and a goofy athlete named “Bird” is dead (not the one from last Monday).
….. For 99% of you – knowledge of South Dakota consists of “its just below North Dakota, isn’t it.” Well I know a whole lot more than I knew a week ago. My experience has made me a stronger, wiser BobLee. It is a very very cool (“neat”) place; …. and I escaped by the hair of my chinny chin chin.
….. Several small groups of students brought national attention to the storied campus just south of quaint Franklin Street in the month of April. Fans and foes of the institution all agree that “they” were “typical” of what one might expect of Carolina students …… depending, of course, upon which small group of students one might be referring to.
….. I knew “that Morehead column” would ruffle some feathers. View #s for that column were twice the norm. A handful of Take Me To Task e-mails were surely but a tip to the iceberg. The “beg to differs” were very rational and none resorted to dreaded ALLCAPS. I send the ALLCAPS ones to Janet Napoliatano. ….. and Little Johnny plays footsie with Congressional clowns.
….. It seemed like a good idea at the time. And, it WAS a good idea, but Lord Have Mercy it about “tore out my heart and stomped that sucker flat” (credit Lewis Grizzard for that line). Today is Kid’s 21st birthday! This is “one of THOSE columns” involving Perry Como, Beverly Perdue, Grizzard, and goodness knows who else by the time I’m done.
…… Lets take a break from Obama’s bowling and brackets. Today BobLee pays his sincere respect to quite a special place – The Greenbrier Hotel. The venerable 5-star resort in West Virginia declared bankruptcy last week. It was part of a young BobLee’s life journey in the mid 70s …..
….. Farrah Fawcett is in her final days from a several years fight with cancer. She is 62. The most recent Celebrity Death Trifecta included Jack Kemp, Bea Arthur and Las Vegas’ Danny Gans. I’m in a Dead Pool with my very very irreverent in-laws. I had Farrah in this most recent one. …. When Farrah does leave us, a significant part of Baby Boomerism goes with her.
Among the great phrases of history that morphed into our pop-culture was Horace Greeley’s “Go West young man”.” 99.99% of documented Americans have no clue who Mr Greeley was or why he said that. The remaining .01% think he was advising Walter O’Malley to move his Dodgers from Flatbush to Chavez Ravine.