Starting this Saturday, there will be live blogs from certain IPFW sporting events on IAD's new page at: thesessions-iad.blogspot.com.
The first event will be Saturday's mens and womens basketball double header with IUPUI. The women start at 1:30, followed by the men at 4.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
>Time to fire your coach
Hey NFL owners (presidents, GM's, etc.)- it is time to fire your coach.
Longtime coach? Fire him.
Still alive in the playoffs? Fire him.
Just hired him? Fire him.
Why? Because Jon Gruden is back on the market.
Friday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired their coach and GM Bruce Allen, sending shockwaves through Tampa and even Gruden himself. Yeah, they haven't been the contenders yearly and never have they made strong draft day decisions. But let's not forget that before Gruden, the Buccaneers were seen only as that dreamsicle colored mess that resembled only present day Detroit Lions.
Jon Gruden, much like before Tampa with Oakland, made the Bucs winners. More importantly, he made them champions. He took previously all-talk, no-walk players like Warren Sapp and Keyshawn Johnson and combined them with never-quite-there vets like Derrick Brooks, Simeon Rice, Mike Alstott and Brad Johnson and won a SuperBowl with them. He even beat his old team, one that he put together.
Jon Gruden is cold blooded. He will win, he will run his mouth and he will drive his team forward.
He made Tampa Bay something that it never would have been without him.
And realize this: Gruden is the best coach in pro football right now. I hope that someone is smart enough to snatch him up in the big league. And if not, Gruden will go on down to the college level and make a team an instant contender. No other coach in the sport has the fire and inner-strength of Jon Gruden.
So go ahead, fire that new coach Detroit...boot that formerly waiting in the wings assistant Indianapolis. Jon Gruden is the only thing that any team needs right now.
Longtime coach? Fire him.
Still alive in the playoffs? Fire him.
Just hired him? Fire him.
Why? Because Jon Gruden is back on the market.
Friday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired their coach and GM Bruce Allen, sending shockwaves through Tampa and even Gruden himself. Yeah, they haven't been the contenders yearly and never have they made strong draft day decisions. But let's not forget that before Gruden, the Buccaneers were seen only as that dreamsicle colored mess that resembled only present day Detroit Lions.
Jon Gruden, much like before Tampa with Oakland, made the Bucs winners. More importantly, he made them champions. He took previously all-talk, no-walk players like Warren Sapp and Keyshawn Johnson and combined them with never-quite-there vets like Derrick Brooks, Simeon Rice, Mike Alstott and Brad Johnson and won a SuperBowl with them. He even beat his old team, one that he put together.
Jon Gruden is cold blooded. He will win, he will run his mouth and he will drive his team forward.
He made Tampa Bay something that it never would have been without him.
And realize this: Gruden is the best coach in pro football right now. I hope that someone is smart enough to snatch him up in the big league. And if not, Gruden will go on down to the college level and make a team an instant contender. No other coach in the sport has the fire and inner-strength of Jon Gruden.
So go ahead, fire that new coach Detroit...boot that formerly waiting in the wings assistant Indianapolis. Jon Gruden is the only thing that any team needs right now.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
>Is this a ReRun?
Let me be short and sweet.
If the Big XII was nonsense when Colt McCoy was jacked an All-First Team honor (even as the conference Player of the Year), then the NFL and the AP just got more nonsensical.
Days ago, Peyton Manning was named the NFL MVP by the AP. Ignore that his team suffered 2/3rds of the season and barely made the Playoffs. But don't ignore that two days later, the Saints' Drew Brees was named AP Offensive Player of the Year.
No, despite amazing numbers, Brees should not have been considered for MVP. But how is the league's MVP an offensive player but not the best offensive player? It makes NO sense.
Stupid AP, stupid NFL, stupid Big XII. Stupid football.
If the Big XII was nonsense when Colt McCoy was jacked an All-First Team honor (even as the conference Player of the Year), then the NFL and the AP just got more nonsensical.
Days ago, Peyton Manning was named the NFL MVP by the AP. Ignore that his team suffered 2/3rds of the season and barely made the Playoffs. But don't ignore that two days later, the Saints' Drew Brees was named AP Offensive Player of the Year.
No, despite amazing numbers, Brees should not have been considered for MVP. But how is the league's MVP an offensive player but not the best offensive player? It makes NO sense.
Stupid AP, stupid NFL, stupid Big XII. Stupid football.
Monday, January 5, 2009
>Undefeated? HA.
Oh no, the mighty Tar Heels have fallen. Like the big Oak Tree, the "best" team in college basketball comes crashing down with even the faint fight of a determined wind (i.e. Boston College.)
Maybe this will put all these pretentious Carolina lovers on notice. A perfect non-conference season means nothing when the real big boys come knocking. And in the big boy stage of things, BC (while talented) is still a little pre-pubescent. They are no (now number 2!) Duke and they are no Wake Forest. So how will the Heels fair once they have to play ACC games night in and night out?
My guess is, that big old oak is gonna fall again. The sad thing is that I know that UNC country won't get it; they won't take notice. Instead, that big brainless oak (no, not Tyler Hansbrough...well, yeah him too) will just keep trying to get back up, pretending it never got knocked down in the first place.
Does the loss send shockwaves throughout college basketball? Yeah. But only because college basketball was too deluded to see the truth anyway.
Does it change anything? No. It doesn't change how overrated they are, how bad they will crumble under the pressure and the smallness of the likelihood they will contend for a National Title.
Time to wake up, the Tar Heels are dying.
Maybe this will put all these pretentious Carolina lovers on notice. A perfect non-conference season means nothing when the real big boys come knocking. And in the big boy stage of things, BC (while talented) is still a little pre-pubescent. They are no (now number 2!) Duke and they are no Wake Forest. So how will the Heels fair once they have to play ACC games night in and night out?
My guess is, that big old oak is gonna fall again. The sad thing is that I know that UNC country won't get it; they won't take notice. Instead, that big brainless oak (no, not Tyler Hansbrough...well, yeah him too) will just keep trying to get back up, pretending it never got knocked down in the first place.
Does the loss send shockwaves throughout college basketball? Yeah. But only because college basketball was too deluded to see the truth anyway.
Does it change anything? No. It doesn't change how overrated they are, how bad they will crumble under the pressure and the smallness of the likelihood they will contend for a National Title.
Time to wake up, the Tar Heels are dying.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
>Resolutions for 2009
Unlike most people in the world, I don't like to make resolutions at the new year that I know I just won't keep. So instead, I like to make resolutions for others. So, in no particular order, here are my ten (sports related) resolutions for others as we get ready to ring in 2009:
A legit prospect for the Lions
Like everyone else, I feel for the Detroit Lions of 2008, aka the worst team in NFL history. They need a whole new team, but that trend needs to start with one great franchise player. Sadly, I don't see them getting that man with the first pick in the Draft. God willing, some player looking to make a big mark takes a chance and signs on to be the face of this crummy program.
Ring number 18 in Boston
Sure Christmas day was a hurter, but hardly a setback. Boston is still the best team in the league and nobody has proven that they can beat them consistently, which is what it will take in the playoffs. Sure, 73-9 would be a nice new record, but I want the big three to end up with three rings, so it has to continue sometime. Why not in 2009?
Dewitt Scott; IPFW's first NBA player
The Mad Ants had their first player worked out by an NBA team in their second season recently. And while his name wasn't Dewitt Scott, I hope the former Mastodon keeps putting up decent numbers and gets a chance either this season or if he decides to return to the D-League for 2009-2010. As it looks less and less like former IPFW standout David Simon will get to the league, Witt may be the schools best chance in the near future.
Brett Favre retires...for good
Get it over with already!
The Yankees still lose
I hate rich snobs, therefore I hate the Yankees. Here's hoping that hundreds of millions in free agency doesn't land them squat. Go Sox.
Stephon Marbury returns and wins a title
If anyone deserves good karma, its Marbury for all the crap he has put up with in 2008. While the Knicks keep fumbling around, I hope someone with half a brain is able to land this talent and take him to the promised land.
Someone gets off Sean Avery's back
Oh no, someone didn't like a Sean Avery comment! Is bad press better than no press for the faultering NHL? If anyone gets ragged on more than Marbury, its this poor guy. At least he is a character for your faceless league. Go ahead, be a non-hockey person and name 5 current NHL players that haven't been in the league 10-plus years...yeah, didn't think so. Wake up NHL, embrace him, don't discourage him.
A college football playoff
Do I really need to say more? I know Texas, Texas Tech, Alabama and Utah are with me.
IPFW goes dancing
The program is showing that they can kinda hang this year, even in several defeats. Usually teams that can "kinda hang" during the regular season make good Cinderellas come March.
Coach K gets #4
This has been on my resolution list since 2002 rolled around, Coach K is due and he has the right crop to win now. Waiting until next year is overrated and I am ready for this to happen. Not many people are with me, but honestly there are also way too many haters out there when it comes to Duke basketball. For all of you, focus your attention on the upside of a Duke title: it keeps Tyler Hansbrough's crybaby hands off a title for his college career so he can go flourish as a 12th man in the NBA.
A legit prospect for the Lions
Like everyone else, I feel for the Detroit Lions of 2008, aka the worst team in NFL history. They need a whole new team, but that trend needs to start with one great franchise player. Sadly, I don't see them getting that man with the first pick in the Draft. God willing, some player looking to make a big mark takes a chance and signs on to be the face of this crummy program.
Ring number 18 in Boston
Sure Christmas day was a hurter, but hardly a setback. Boston is still the best team in the league and nobody has proven that they can beat them consistently, which is what it will take in the playoffs. Sure, 73-9 would be a nice new record, but I want the big three to end up with three rings, so it has to continue sometime. Why not in 2009?
Dewitt Scott; IPFW's first NBA player
The Mad Ants had their first player worked out by an NBA team in their second season recently. And while his name wasn't Dewitt Scott, I hope the former Mastodon keeps putting up decent numbers and gets a chance either this season or if he decides to return to the D-League for 2009-2010. As it looks less and less like former IPFW standout David Simon will get to the league, Witt may be the schools best chance in the near future.
Brett Favre retires...for good
Get it over with already!
The Yankees still lose
I hate rich snobs, therefore I hate the Yankees. Here's hoping that hundreds of millions in free agency doesn't land them squat. Go Sox.
Stephon Marbury returns and wins a title
If anyone deserves good karma, its Marbury for all the crap he has put up with in 2008. While the Knicks keep fumbling around, I hope someone with half a brain is able to land this talent and take him to the promised land.
Someone gets off Sean Avery's back
Oh no, someone didn't like a Sean Avery comment! Is bad press better than no press for the faultering NHL? If anyone gets ragged on more than Marbury, its this poor guy. At least he is a character for your faceless league. Go ahead, be a non-hockey person and name 5 current NHL players that haven't been in the league 10-plus years...yeah, didn't think so. Wake up NHL, embrace him, don't discourage him.
A college football playoff
Do I really need to say more? I know Texas, Texas Tech, Alabama and Utah are with me.
IPFW goes dancing
The program is showing that they can kinda hang this year, even in several defeats. Usually teams that can "kinda hang" during the regular season make good Cinderellas come March.
Coach K gets #4
This has been on my resolution list since 2002 rolled around, Coach K is due and he has the right crop to win now. Waiting until next year is overrated and I am ready for this to happen. Not many people are with me, but honestly there are also way too many haters out there when it comes to Duke basketball. For all of you, focus your attention on the upside of a Duke title: it keeps Tyler Hansbrough's crybaby hands off a title for his college career so he can go flourish as a 12th man in the NBA.
Friday, December 5, 2008
>The Nonsensical Big XII
I really don't think that the Big XII tries too hard anymore.
Forget for a second their twisted logic in who they are sending to the Big XII title game from the southern division...no wait, don't forget that. They sent the team (Oklahoma) that beat the team (Texas Tech) that beat Texas, instead of sending Texas who beat Oklahoma. And why? Because the conference's fifth tie breaker is who is ranked higher in the BCS standings.
And let's be honest, the BCS is pretty reliable....right?
Now, the league has released their All-Conference teams in which Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was named 2nd Team All-Big XII behind Oklahoma's Sam Bradford. Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, while getting votes, wasn't good enough to make the cut. It's arguable whether Bradford or McCoy should be first team as the two are about to slug it out again for the Heisman very soon. But, if McCoy was only the second best quarterback in the league, then how exactly was he also named the Big XII Player of the Year?
ESPN.com says 'go figure'....showing even more that the entire world is giving up on the Big XII a little more everyday.
Nonsense.
Forget for a second their twisted logic in who they are sending to the Big XII title game from the southern division...no wait, don't forget that. They sent the team (Oklahoma) that beat the team (Texas Tech) that beat Texas, instead of sending Texas who beat Oklahoma. And why? Because the conference's fifth tie breaker is who is ranked higher in the BCS standings.
And let's be honest, the BCS is pretty reliable....right?
Now, the league has released their All-Conference teams in which Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was named 2nd Team All-Big XII behind Oklahoma's Sam Bradford. Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, while getting votes, wasn't good enough to make the cut. It's arguable whether Bradford or McCoy should be first team as the two are about to slug it out again for the Heisman very soon. But, if McCoy was only the second best quarterback in the league, then how exactly was he also named the Big XII Player of the Year?
ESPN.com says 'go figure'....showing even more that the entire world is giving up on the Big XII a little more everyday.
Nonsense.
Monday, December 1, 2008
>The Knicks' fantasy world
Someone please tell me- exactly what world do the New York Knicks' front office, coaching staff and roster live in where they believe that Stephon Marbury is the bad guy.
I agree, he's done some things that can make him A bad guy, but that doesn't make him THE bad guy.
He is not the bad guy in his current crazy situation with the Knicks. He, outside of his character, was ok with coming into this season in a backup role. Whether Marbury liked it or not, he was willing to come off the bench behind new guard Chris Duhon until coach Mike D'Antoni let him know that he wasn't in the new coach's "plans."
And then he was on the bench.
No playing time, not in uniform.
To trade, no release, no buyout.
Just sitting...on the bench.
And then when D'Antoni and his lead croonie, general manger Donnie Walsh, made too many moves too quickly and left the team shorthanded, Marbury agreed to but chose not to play. And how can you blame him? They only wanted him when they had no other options. He did the same last week in a loss to Detroit and got suspended for his decision.
Wait, isn't that what being de-activated (which he has been all season) pretty much is?
And now, teammates like Quentin Richardson are chastising him, saying Marbury wasn't a good teammate. But Marbury was basically told he wasn't a Knick, wasn't going to be a Knick...so why represent the Knicks?
And even after an attempt to reach a buyout today, no progress was made. Well, maybe it was made in their world of fantasy.
I agree, he's done some things that can make him A bad guy, but that doesn't make him THE bad guy.
He is not the bad guy in his current crazy situation with the Knicks. He, outside of his character, was ok with coming into this season in a backup role. Whether Marbury liked it or not, he was willing to come off the bench behind new guard Chris Duhon until coach Mike D'Antoni let him know that he wasn't in the new coach's "plans."
And then he was on the bench.
No playing time, not in uniform.
To trade, no release, no buyout.
Just sitting...on the bench.
And then when D'Antoni and his lead croonie, general manger Donnie Walsh, made too many moves too quickly and left the team shorthanded, Marbury agreed to but chose not to play. And how can you blame him? They only wanted him when they had no other options. He did the same last week in a loss to Detroit and got suspended for his decision.
Wait, isn't that what being de-activated (which he has been all season) pretty much is?
And now, teammates like Quentin Richardson are chastising him, saying Marbury wasn't a good teammate. But Marbury was basically told he wasn't a Knick, wasn't going to be a Knick...so why represent the Knicks?
And even after an attempt to reach a buyout today, no progress was made. Well, maybe it was made in their world of fantasy.
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