UCLA ommitted from Dicky V's top 40
by bruin_nerd on Aug 5, 2009 9:14 PM PDT
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PrintWaiting for football season to start leaves me with some extra time and I end up reading articles I otherwise wouldn't (or shouldn't). so, when Vital's top 40 came out. iI figured i'd give it a look. I honestly can't believe he still has an income, other than residuals on replays of the most irritating catch phrase (ranked just above Janice from "Friends"). in any case, I digress. I know next year is slated for rebuilding and I don't have delusions of a final four run (although iI will hope). I figured UCLA would end up somewhere between 20 and 30. But, not even mentioned in a top 40 list? Come on - especially with two other PAC-10 schools at 14 and 16.
I can even understand an outsider picking ucla to finish third in the conference, but to rank more than 15 spots below washington Washington? , we have good talent even if they are still fairly young. AND, it's a Ben Howland team. it seems like coaches like Bill Self and Tom Izzo (no offense to either) get certain bonus points from him. in any case, here's the link if you feel compelled to read the nonsense:
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Sloppy post
Guys – if you are going to post over here for the first time – take a look around and see how others are blogging.
This is not a message board where people can just put up quick, sloppy posts with no para. breaks treating it like some kind venue for sharing a text message.
I get the emotion behind why you wanted fire this up over here. But the poor quality of your “post” made it seem like a rant from some kid who didn’t graduate from high school.
Think out a bit if you are going to put up something. Especially if you don’t have a track record here. We have put in a decent amount of work over the years to build this community. Please treat it with some respect.
Thanks.
by Nestor on Aug 6, 2009 4:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
And please, one more thing
What does this mean: “other than residuals on replays of the most irritating catch phrase (ranked just above Janice from ‘Friends’)”? I didn’t follow that.
I agree that any ranking that doesn’t have us in the top 40 is a little suspect, to say the least. At the same time, though, it’s just another pre-season ranking, and it’s by a guy whose opinion I don’t value. Frankly, if I never saw Dickie V on TV again it would be too soon, Bay-bee. (HIs only redeeming social value is that he’s a long-time Rays fan, which makes up for a lot, but not everything.)
Another redeeming factor
He is a staunch supporter of the V Foundation for cancer research. Other than that, I can do without him. BTW, back when I moved to Sarasota, my realtor drove me by Dickie V’s house. What a gaudy monstrosity.
Bob O. (Signholder #3)
Dicky V is such a hypocrite
He never mentions one word about what a corrupt pos John Calapari is, how he doesn’t graduate his players, paid for hookers and drugs for Marcus Camby, and who knows what he did at Memphis.
People like Dicky V who claim to “love” the college game but don’t call out sleezebags like Calapari are total hypocrites. He only loves his paycheck.
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Aug 6, 2009 9:23 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Just Ignore Him
It really doesn’t matter where Dicky V ranks UCLA or what he thinks of it.
The Bruins will climb or fall in the rankings based on their play on the court. Because of its reputation, it won’t take many victories to move into the top 10 quickly.
A Podium Does Not Make One a Pundit
The guy is an idiot and blowhard — not worthy of concern or commentary.
Our season will be what it will no matter what he says about us or fails to say.
Dukey V is the one microphone hog who gets me to follow Fox’s sage advice: on any game in which he is involved, I turn off the sound.
In my world, he is not relevant.
sjh
I don't pay any attention to him
Just not worth our item. Even when he says something nice about Howland …. or our hoops team … I hardly bother blogging about it. He just doesn’t interest me any more. I used to get upset over him but now I have become ambivalent. Perhaps because I have basically stopped watching ESPN, unless I actually have to when one of my teams are on.
I'd come to a similar realization just the other day
It has been a long, long time since I’ve watched ESPN. Granted, a big factor is that it’s baseball season now; and for a baseball fan, there’s no reason to watch anything other than the MLB Network (which is just freakin’ amazing) to get updates and commentary. With that said, I don’t think I’ve tuned my tv in to ESPN in over a month, and I can’t say that I’ve missed it one bit.
As for Vitale, he’s a lot like Gregg Doyel in my book- in that their schtick is so predictable that it has no authenticity and is easily dismissed, regardless of the content.
by insomniacslounge on Aug 6, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't he the originator of the terrible moniker "diaper dandies"?
Seriously… what on earth was that all about?
B.F.
I'm with 66
While I can appreciate Fox’s sentiments on turning the volume off on televised sporting events, I rarely do so because I like to hear the crowd noise, the bands (except for that one band which has only learned one song), etc. to give me more of the experience of actually being there.
However, like 66, I make an exception for Vitale and find him completely unlistenable. He’s a complete joke.
When you become a geezer, I think your patience with inanity gets a little shorter
There are just not that many guys I am willing to listen to. When something happens and I want to hear the noise, I turn up the volume, but invariably turn it down quickly because of the idiotic drivel.
And speaking of idiotic drivel, here’s a fun exercise to try. Listen to teenagers (now defined to be those people between 9 and 27), and count how many times they say the word “like.” This sort of “teen-speak” is as felonious as anything that Tim McCarver or Joe Morgan or even Dickie V have to say.
I was thinking of "I'm like"
but I couldn’t figure out the translation.
I’m sure I’ve told this story before, but it’s appropriate. I took a valley girl’s deposition. “Q. What happened next, A. Like, you know. Q. No, I don’t know. You have to tell me. A. I like you know, went into like the restroom. Q. Did you go into an actual restroom or something that was like a restroom” I thought I was caught in a scene from “Airplane.”
When do kids grow out of the “Like” phase?
I had it worse, Fox
On a plane, from NY to LA. Two “valley girls” (that doesn’t apply anymore, all girls pretty much talk that way now) were sitting behind me and discussing their recent trip. I swear to you, my neighbor and I counted how many times they said “like” in the span of two minutes. 42 times. I don’t even think I say “the” 42 times in two minutes.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
I think this is a cause Bruins can get behind
Like promoting world peace, or ending poverty. How about “Just Say NO to ‘Like’” – that has a nice ring to it. Or we could lobby the Santa Monica City Council to declare the city a “Like-Free Zone.” We have engineers and other smart people reading this. How about a “Likeometer” connected to a shock-collar, like those things to keep dogs from barking. Everytime a person says “like” he or she (yes, guys are guilty too) gets a shock. The tough part is filtering out the .0000001 times the word is used properly.
I’m glad to hear that a non-geezer notices this to. I’m like, you know, totally you know.
Dickie V
Killed sports broadcasting. It gives hacks like Lavin a model to base his own brand of terrible catch phrases creating a self-aggrandizing role in the game for broadcasters. If it is as much them as it is the players on the court, something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
Thanks Dick.
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