The Promised Land
by Nestor on Mar 23, 2007 3:01 PM PDT
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PrintWell boys and girls. Mrs. N and I are heading up to NYC early tomorrow am.
We are taking the train up to Penn Station for a little get away to the Big Apple. Oh yeah we are going to watch AA, DC, Luc, Shipp, Mata and rest of our Ben Ball warriors.
We will be at Professor Thoms' to take in Ben Ball with hundreds of other fellow alums, doing our eight claps, losing our voices, as Howland and his boys continue to drive towards the promised land:
Let's hope the Boss and the Bruins karma continue to roll through San Jose this weekend.
I am sure A, T, M, and rest of the gang will keep this place rocking. If you are watching the tourney tonight enjoy the games.
Consider this our Friday night Madness open thread.
GO BRUINS.
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OJ Mayo article
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_ylt=AjsnN_YGyXX.J9O.jLKx5h85nYcB?slug=aw-east2007ojmayo032307&am p;prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Pretty much puts into perfect words on how to describe this kid.
p.s. Hope you guys have fun watching the games tonight. It's my mom's bday....hopefully they can give her a belated present with a W tomorrow.
by bruin06 on Mar 23, 2007 3:19 PM PDT reply actions
Need to work on
by bruin06 on Mar 23, 2007 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
What a powerful article
What the article doesn't do is quote Mike Garrett who says something like "OJ is the best kid to ever sit in my office. Better than Bush and Leihert (sp?).
I don't doubt that. I really don't.
He's never had a kid like Aaron Afflalo in his office and I doubt he ever will.
Players and parents who value character will not send their kids to sc.
What a game, Roy.
These ragtag players thought they belonged in Elite Eight. Too bad Roy said no way. If I were the ref, I would call another technical on Floyd when he ventured on the court again after play resumed following the TarHeels' technical shots.
Wait till next year when their Mayo kid start causing problems for them.
My questions to Tim Floyd
- Did you need a police escort after you were ejected from a game?
- Were you ever pulled over for marijuana possession?
by bruinbabe2000 on Mar 23, 2007 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaron Gray is a puss
The highlight video has slowed the play where Shipp missed the 3 with the shotclock down to 2, missed, Mata (the Man!) rebounded, quickly passed to Shipp who cut in and scored over Gray, who able a feeble attempt at contesting the shot.
The guy was a big load of soft goo, and I think it was us and him. I read before that he either rocks in a game or gets dunked on all the time by guys as big as him. And last night, the Pitt blog was saying that he may have lost millions from his performance last night.
Love how Enberg ends the highlights "Keep Afflalo away from the carnival cause he'd shoot the lights out." Hope that rings true tomorrow for all his shots.
Noah's Elbows
But, Noah has pissed me off and I'll cheer for Butler.
IIRC, Noah took a cheap shot at one of our players last year.
Within minutes of the start of the Butler game, he put an elbow in the face of a Butler player. Donovan took him out and talked with him.
I'm surprised that no one smacks him back.
He better not try that on Mata or Aboya. They could both break him in half.
amen to all of that
by boston bruin on Mar 23, 2007 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Pontiac commercial
haven't seen that
I've seen the one for Kentucky
by bruinbabe2000 on Mar 24, 2007 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Prove it ALL Night
And thus, my brother Bruce fan, I submit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUn94zZFOs
Go Bruins!
by ythefnot on Mar 23, 2007 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
Butler playing Florida close....but
So.... annoying....
Let's hope Butler doesn't make my prediction come true.
Holy Poop!
by thzone1986 on Mar 23, 2007 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
They are too fast for NC
Hoping NC regains poise and plays like a #1 seed.
Tonight's games giving me confidence. When we play the way we have been playing, we can play with anyone -- Georgetown, NC -- don't look as good as I thought they were.
And, I didn't think Fla looked all that great either.
NC has better talent and coaching than sc. Let's see how good their coaching is. Let's see howthey adjust.
Oregon playing well. Unlike sc, I can cheer for Oregon. Quack Quack.
Even if you wanted to, how would you cheer for a Trojan. Burst, Burst?
Lol
Even if you wanted to, how would you cheer for a Trojan. Burst, Burst?"
AHHAHAHAHAHAH. Omg laughing my ass off
by thzone1986 on Mar 23, 2007 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Oregon is okay by my book too
I have USC beating UNC
How?????
by lil eg not cs on Mar 23, 2007 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Oregon
The most impressive teams in the tournament so far have been UCLA. And I hate to say it but Justsc.
Let's hope North Carolina comes back, but I don't think they will.
by abby8065 on Mar 23, 2007 8:12 PM PDT reply actions
I agree completely
We are.
NC is soft.
sc throwingthe ball away a bit, but NC can't score.
sc owes BH some props.
He's forced the entire Pac 10 to learn and play D.
OK UNC, Let Me Help
Step up and play some.
Isn't that the lot in life
But don't worry. Just as no one paid attention in class, no one is reading your posts. (Except other washed up lawyers.)
But wait, both OJ's are coming into the game
Billy Packer, what are you talking about.
All angles show the foot off the floor.
What's his point?
Most likely, the officials didn't see it. That's ok. But, to say, in hindsight, it wasn't a travel not very bright.
It isn't over, of course
Going OT for a bit, wouldn't it be interesting to know (a) how much OJ will be paid for his year attending bball practice, and (b) how many classes he actually attends. Isn't there a whole semester or quarter before Bball season starts, so doesn't he have to have some sort of academics to be eligible? (Oh, wait, forgot what school I was talking about. He's already made Dean's List.)
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Mrs. Fox 71, a non sports person, said, "That was pretty stupid, wasn't it?"
It is just wonderful.
Who better to coach a 21 year old freshman
What a complete and total joke ffor a program.
Trojans burst under pressure.
Hahahaha stupid Timmy
And you noticed the NC guy
No, wait, he knew the game was won, so he didn't do that. He had character.
What a perfect match - OJ and justsc.
nice move by unc player
and tim floyd..what a stupid way to put the nail in your own team's coffin
by thzone1986 on Mar 23, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
With less than a minute
He took sc out of the game.
But they lost because the trojans burst -- they totally came apart.
A foul called on a trOJan
There is no way the refs could have looked the other way on that.
So the NC guy hits the two free throws for the technical, and NC gets the ball back.
It was something that no real coach would do.
Wow
Hate SC all you want, but a coach should NEVER put their kids in that position. What an asshole.
Respect?
Timmeh!
Oh, Good observation Class of 66
TIMMEH!!!
Given the way justsc folded and wilted under pressure, I think UNC should be the one with the motto FIGHT ON. But seriously, that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The choke job followed by Redneck TIMMEH's stupidity. Hilarious.
okay, sick to admit it, but . . .
Listen to your elders, please.
I just couldn't finish the sentence. I have yet to have my family held hostage, or to have God Almighty tell me that my immortal soul was hanging in the balance, but until those eventualities come to pass, I cannot and will not root for that team no matter what. Just can't do it.
Amen, brother
All pretty good razones, except for one thing: The 3 letters on the ketchup and mustard jersey's that kept hurting my eyes. I just kept praying that God would forgive him.... And that UNC would win.
Phew! SC had been a thorn in my side the entire freakin' tourney. Now I can relax and get PUMPED UP FOR KANSAS TOMORROW!! GO BRUINS!! ONE MORE TO THE 4!!
misplaced bitterness
. . . a rematch of a game earlier that season where the Bruins had won . . .
Still, UNC is hate-able because of how frequently the wags pile kudos onto Dean Smith - a fine coach, but (apologies to the late Lloyd Bentsen) he's no John Wooden.
who said anything about "rooting?"
I'll be honest
And BruinFan1
You need to either get your priorities in order, or re-name yourself to something like "I think Bruin Fan 1 is a neat name, but in reality I an a freshman liberal arts major at justsc, living at home, and getting driven to school every day by daddy's chauffeur."
Or in other words, there should be a modicum of truth in advertising.
Now now....
Unless it's USC, of course. Whenever I meet a "classy" SC fan, I just pretend their affiliation with the "university" doesn't exist. And I NEVER talk sports with them. It just leads to trash talk. Pulling for SC, bruinfan1? I think we need a confession. Are there any churches open this late?
THANK YOU FOX 71...
BruinFan1...you've been called out, boy. You were called out on the conquest criminals (oh, sorry, chronicles) site as well.
You may have been born at UCLA medical center, but you were raised a Toejam...sorry...a trojan.
What can he say ?!?
Floyd's lucky I wasn't the ref. I would give him a second technical without so much as a blink the second I caught him lingering on the court when play resumed.
Hey coach, next fall when your Mayo boy fouls somebody and you think the ref is wrong, you know what you need to do ? First you throw a chair all the way up the stand, not across the court. Then you pound your fist on the table to make sure it collapses. And if it doesn't make the ref buckle and rescind the call, grab the jersey of any of your player and make an example of him. That should do it.
Just took a quick run thru conquest chronicles
The story line over there is bad officiating.
Nothing about a major choke job, and only ONE comment on Timmeh.
Is there something wrong with those guys? Do they truly think there is nothing wrong with Timmeh's performance?
Of course.
Of course they did nothing wrong, all refs
That's the inevitable conclusion you reach when you've only watched 3 college basketball games your entire life.
That God SUC choked
Let them go back to being the University of Second Choice and let the rest of us focus on the task at hand.
This is probably very wrong of me, but I did enjoy seeing several of their players cry at the end of the game.
I don't really give a crap that they had a big lead and blew it. The team with the most points wins and that is the only thing anyone will remember.
It's a long flight back from New Jersey, kiddies.
Oh for Christ sake, don't say you're wrong please
Fox 71
My fiancee is a Trojan. She told me that she wouldn't get excited about USC basketball until they made the Elite 8. Some of my best memories of us together surround USC and UCLA sports. I have a fantastic time tailgating with her, cracking jokes about how USC is full of criminals and she cracks jokes about UCLA being a basketball school. Our USC and UCLA friends get invovled too. Again, these are just some of the best memories I have.
I was looking forward to watching USC play Georgetown with my fiancee on Sunday. I love to see her happy. I love to see her cheer USC on. She doesn't love USC as much as I love UCLA, but I love her more than anything else. Her enjoyment is priceless to me.
That is the reason why I wanted to see them do well. I wasn't like this until she went to USC. I have to be a good sport about this, especially when we have kids.
What you did has me insanely pissed off. Since I was 17, I wanted to go to UCLA Law. I had little confidence in myself as a high schooler and didn't think I could get into UCLA right off the bat, so I didn't even apply. I worked my ass off at UC Irvine for the one shot at UCLA Law. I wanted to be a Bruin, and that's what I was working for. Thank God I did well at UC Irvine. Now I'm living my dream. Yes, my dream was to be a Bruin. It may sound silly to some, but probably not anybody here.
You seem to have confused hating Trojans for being a Bruin fan. My love for my Bruins is and always will be independent of USC because I will always know that we are the better school. My name is BruinFan1, not Trojanhater1.
You can disagree with me all you want, but I feel as though my reasoning is perfectly logical.
If you were some guy on the street, I would likely tell you to go fuck yourself. Seeing how I never had any problem with you before, I can withold such a statement. My point is saying this is that your questioning of how much of a fan I am will never go well with me.
As an attorney (I do believe you are), I would appreciate it if you asked me why I don't hate USC as much as others. You just accused me of being a half assed Bruin fan without asking me any facts. Maybe my answer is sufficient for you...maybe it's not. For something like this, I do think anybody here deserves at least an inquiry of, "hey, what's up with that?"
To end this, don't ever question how much of a fan I am EVER AGAIN. EVER.
stfu...
Now it's your fiancee's fault? Please.
And one more thing...I'd love to see you tell Fox 71 or anyone else on the street to "fuck yourself". Rude little trojan, aren't you. But, of course, Trojans are only good for fucking. (Damn...I make myself laugh sometimes!)
Anyhow, a TRUE Bruin will NEVER root for a trojan...it is as simple as that.
Just want to point out the obvious
I accept that explanation, although I truly do not
But with all that, I still question the strength of your UCLA passion. What happens when the kids get ready to go to college? Where do you send them, assuming they could get into either school? And what do you do when your wife puts her foot down and insists that they go to the other school?
Abraham Lincoln paraphrased the Bible when he said "A house divided cannot stand." There is also something in one of the Pauline letters about being unequally yoked. Although the admonition from Paul was in terms of marriage between a Christian and a non-Christian, it is not something to be ignored on any significant issue in a marriage. So what will you do? If, as I would do, you defer to your wife's wishes, then that's perfectly understandable and commendable. But then the name doesn't fit.
Look, I wish you well in your law career and with your marriage (which is by FAR more important of the two.) I applaud your desire to affiliate yourself with UCLA. I welcome your spirit and your passion for all things Blue and Gold. But you'll have to pardon me for quibbling about your choice of noms de plume. Just leave off the "1" and I can handle it. But the name "BruinFan1" doesn't mesh with what I saw on the trOJan blog.
My kids
I will raise my children to be good people. Even if they went to UCLA, they would be in countless positions where they will have to use good moral judgment (its fucking college). If they went to USC, I would hope my morals will hold true.
They will be 18. They will be adults. I can accept certain choices as long as they are good people. The world will not end if they went to USC.
If you preceive me as defering to my wife's wishes and then say I can't be BruinFan1 because of it, I think you are the one with messed up priorities. UCLA will NEVER COME BEFORE PEOPLE I LOVE. NEVER. To say that I'm knocked down a notch even though my family dynamics will necessitate such a position is insanity.
Additionally, its a fucking name I came up with. I just threw a number at the end of it. I'm sure I'm not the #1 Bruin fan without even having this conversation. I'm sure there is some guy or girl out there that does 100 x's the things I do for my school and knows 100 x's the facts I know about UCLA.
Oh, and bringing up Bible scripture to make an argument about this...not cool. Don't bring up the Bible to make any type of argument about school alligience. That's just wrong.
I'm going to have to stop now because now I'm really fucking pissed and I'm just going to rant. Fuck. I'd never thought I'd be one of those freaking losers that gets all heated on a stupid blog, but I'm not used to being questioned about how much I love UCLA.
If you really think that I'm a half assed fan, don't fucking respond to my posts and don't fucking read them.
RELAX
by meow meow on Mar 23, 2007 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
dude...
I have two wonderful high school kids; one wants to go to UCLA, the other to Notre Dame. God only knows where they will end up...but my Wife and I will have our say. Yes, they will be 18, but we all know 18-year-olds are dumbasses.
Sure, they can do what they want, but it is our responsibility as a parent to assist them, to groom them, to guide them.
Knowing what you say about sc (not the best academics and morals...your own words) will you encourage them to go there?
Clarification
Even without my fiancee, I'm the type of guy that likes to beat USC when their good because it feels better. I bet most guys here will take any win against USC any day. I will too...I just like the victories to also mean something in a bigger scope. Part of me was hoping that USC and UCLA would meet in the finals whereupon we could demolish them and embarrass them on a huge stage (even though that was a million to one shot of happening).
My apologize for the F bomb. I don't usually do that and it usually isn't my nature. It won't happen again. I promise.
you know what...
I would LOVE to see the Bruins dominate SuC...but the only way that could happen would be to root for the ToeJams to make the final.
Sorry for the hate...do your best to help your future wife see the light!
I assume the apology
One note having nothing to do with anything but lawyering. It has been my experience that when a person is trying to write a convincing argument that it is best to leave out profanity (or even loaded words.) I confess I did that in my initial post and whether called for or not, it was ineffective. It only made you mad, and did nothing to convince you about anything.
For example - in a brief, it's rarely (I hesitate to say never) a good idea to say something like "Only a complete idiot would agree that Exhibit A is admissible." If the judge agrees that it's admissible, then you've just called him or her an idiot. Also, accusations (such as the one I made against you) are generally perceived as so strong as to be somewhat like profanity. Example: "Plaintiff's lawyer is lying about X Y Z." More effective, in my opinion, to say "Plaintiff's lawyer is wrong about X Y Z" even if he or she really is lying.
OK, enough law school stuff on game day.
Just a thought which you can take or leave as you choose.
Amen, brother
by southdakotabruin on Mar 24, 2007 12:00 AM PDT reply actions
you guys are lawyers... sheesh...
WE ARE BRUINS... WE DON'T CHEER FOR USC..
go bruins.... beat kansas!
71
As best I can tell, it was after 3am your time.
Next time, have a second glass of warm milk and count banners, not sheep.
Get your sleep.
Us old people will need to be ready to cheer our Bruins on to the next round.
Timmeh on PTI concerning OJ2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Pcjt7oJqc
Consider the Source
Of course, he can't see anything wrong with OJ2.
So here you hav it folks from Mark Schlabach
Jayhawks guard Russell Robinson said the Bruins would be ill-advised to try and play with them in a track meet.
"I hope they do run with us," Robinson said. "I think it would be great. I think it would play to our advantage because I just think we have more guys, our guys are better. I think we just have to defend. If they go up and down, I think it will be great."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney07/columns/story?id=2810365
Here's hoping that our Bruins will just suffocate the shit out of Kansas.
by bruin78 on Mar 24, 2007 8:20 AM PDT reply actions
That's some awful big talk
Pot, meet Kettle.
Way out of line
Everyone should be focusing on today's game and SuC's meltdown yesterday. All of this other stuff is just BS, 100% pure.
uclagradscdad
Getting ready to leave for the Arena
by ucla8 on Mar 24, 2007 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
The apology
I was hoping it was
For what it's worth, I played a quick round of golf today (one of the benefits of retirement), found a ball in the water, retrieved it, and it was a nice Nike that had the word "MOJO" on it. If that isn't a sign, I don't know what is.
Hey
WHERE'S THE MOJO GAME THREAD?
by bruin78 on Mar 24, 2007 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
Is this the game day thread?
== SLOW People SLOW the way it was done when those banners were won.
woohoo...it worked!
by bruin78 on Mar 24, 2007 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
FOR ALL YOU HOLD DEAR ON THIS GOOD EARTH
BRUINS OF THE WEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAME THREAD IN HERE, FOLKS!!!!!
DC ON A TICKY-TACK FOUL.
KS FOUL, COVERING SHIPP TO CLOSE.
KS HITS A BASELINE...
9-8, US!!!!!!
12-9, KANSAS OFF A JOSH TURNOVER
Luc getting lost on rotations -- not a good sign.
Can already tell we're rushing a little on O -- MUST BE PATIENT and take smarter shots.
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