Matt Cooke. Until hockey players police this jackass, I’m calling ALL Hockey players out! That’s right, I’m pulling their MAN card! The time for talk is over - NHL PLAYERS NEED TO TAKE THIS DOUCHE BAG OUT AND IF THEY DON’T THEIR A BUNCH OF MOTHER-FUCKING SISSIES who are flat out AFRAID of Cooke! Either that, or opponents single out every Pittsburgh player for on-ice punishment. I just don’t get how NHL players haven’t already thrown the mother of all beatdowns on this guy. If ever a group of people could become united on something, taking out Cooke should be it.
I get the idea about fighting and being physical in the NHL and even have no problem with it, but when is this gonna end? Cooke’s already proven that he doesn’t care about the rules, nor about the players welfare in the league.
So the NHL has spoken and given him a vacation for the rest of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs, which all added up is anywhere between 14 and 17 games. Not bad, but it shouldn’t end there, Pittsburgh's ownership group, GM, and Coach should all be find, suspended, and/or warned that any further actions by this joker will result in swift and sure response from the league.
Oh yeah, on to the Penguins players themselves. Hey assholes, Matt Cooke has put a target square on your backs. Why the hell aren’t you regulating on him?
Damn, I just couldn't resist posting that pic above
March Madness. This past weekend was a sad time in Gab-land, what with Texas, Syracuse, Cincinnati, and Notre Dame all taking losses, while the team WE ALL love to hate, that no-good bunch of hypocritical scumbags known as THE Ohio State University absolutely worked one of our more favorite teams – George Mason.
The Big East only advanced two of 11 teams to the sweet sixteen. I still maintain that 11 teams was FAR AND AWAY too many teams. I will admit that I was wrong about Marquette, but that being the case, why was Villanova and Georgetown in the Big Dance in the first place? Both had four plus game losing streaks, and Villanova took a bad loss in the Big East tourney to South Florida. If that wasn’t a clue, I don’t know what was!
Tennessee you bunch of quitters, you are an embarrassment to the SEC! Not only did you not belong in the dance in the first place, you LAID DOWN against Michigan. That was a spot that could have went to a team who would have at least tried (Alabama, Va Tech, Colorado, and about 10 others I can think of would have killed for that spot)! I know you’re going before the NCAA infractions committee down the line, but your “performance” against Michigan was inexcusable. You only sent Michigan to the free throw line one time? I’ve never heard of that. You can bet that if I’m taking as ass-whoopin’ on the court, the last thing I’m doing is playing an “O-Lay” defense, somebody on the other side is hitting the floor hard!
Hey North Cack-i-lacky, talk no junk. Washington screwed up at the end, but that unbelieveably one-sided officiating in the first half is what kept your asses in the game when the Huskies were owning your ass. And yeah, that 10+ to two foul call differential WAS the difference in that game.
VCU has beaten a Pac-10 team (U$C), a Big East team (Georgetown), and now a Big Ten team (Purdue) but they didn’t deserve to get in now did they? Did somebody say this team didn’t belong? Look, for the last time, there is nothing wrong with “mid-majors” playing in the dance – in fact, more should get at-large bids, rather than scrubs from the Little Sisters of the Poor Conference (Err, Big Ten).
If I were to say ask you, which conference has the most teams remaining, would you believe that it’s the ACC? Yeah, the ACC, you know the “down” conference this year? They have more teams in the dance than the mighty Big East, and the seven that the scrubs from the Little Ten sent.
Before I go...But one thing that college coaches need to work with their players on is free-throw shooting, because it’s becoming abysmal and costing teams many games – I’m sure Pitt, Texas, and UCLA can identify with that..
Let's hope San Diego State, and one of the three double digit seeds in the southwest (Florida State perhaps?) can pull some stuff off!
My cousin has started a fantasy baseball league at Yahoo. I am in the league and we are inviting anyone who is interested in playing to join. I am in it as Scottjax. The league draft is March 28th at 6PM. Here is the info for joining the league:
How many of you are in the same boat as I am with your brackets? My bracket was shot to shit on the first day of the tourney, as soon as Morehead State took out Louisville. If that didn't blow it up enough, Syracuse had to finish the job by losing to Marquette (sorry Felber). In the two brackets I filled out, the two champions I picked (Duke and UConn) are still in the tournament (I probably just jinxed them), so I will try to take solace in the fact that I might at least pick the champion correctly in one of my brackets, even if the rest of the bracket is completely screwed all to hell.
Even though my brackets are now nothing more than wasted ink on dead trees, I have to say that this year's tournament has been exciting (at least the games I've seen have been), so even though I pretty much have no chance to win the bracket challenge, at least I can watch some great basketball for the next two weeks without having to keep looking at my bracket to see what I stand to gain or lose based on the result of the game I'm watching.
I think I'm going to jump on Richmond's bandwagon for the rest of the tournament. They have all the qualities you want in a Cinderella team (hardly anyone thought they would even make it past Vanderbilt, much less the Sweet 16), and it would be cool to see another no-name team bust open the tournament and make it to the finals again like Butler did last year. Plus, their nickname is the Spiders. How cool is that?
Moving on to pro sports, not much has changed in the NFL front. There's still a lockout, and the millionaires are still pissed off at the billionaires, and the billionaires are still pissed off at the millionaires, and we the fans are still suffering with no NFL offseason to talk about except for who's appearing in court on what day, and who is suing who for an anti-trust violation. Franky, I'm so pissed off at the whole situation that the NFL is dead to me until they get this shit straightened out. Next topic...
I don't have anything to say about the NBA, but I would just like to put it out there that I'm still anxiously waiting for LeBron James to tear his ACL. I hate that motherfucker.
Baseball's Opening Day is right around the corner, and I am counting down the days until the first pitch is thrown. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the warm summer nights where I can sit back with a baseball game on the radio and an ice cold beer to waste the night away without a care in the world. That's what makes baseball so great -- the ability to just kick back and relax with the sounds of America's Pastime on the radio. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy watching baseball on tv, but there's just something special about listening to it on the radio that makes it so much more enjoyable than tv could ever provide.
One of the darkest aspects of the game of baseball is back in the news as the perjury trial of Barry Bonds is now in the jury selection phase. Let me make this a speedier process: he's guilty. Look at him now, and look at him back when he played for Pittsburgh. If you can't tell that he took steroids then you need to have your eyes checked, because he had to take something to grow as much muscle mass as he did when he went to San Francisco.
The thing that bothers me about this trial though is the fact that it has been so long since the steroid allegations were made that this trial really doesn't mean anything anymore. I mean, Bonds has been out of baseball for several years now, and it's not like he's going to come back any time soon. If you're worried about the home run record, don't be, because in 3-4 years the record's going to belong to A-Fraud anyway, and then whether or not Bonds took steroids will be a moot point. Of course, to me it's a moot point regardless, because I think that congress has way too much other shit to worry about than to involve themselves in whether or not any baseball player took steroids. But, that's another story for another day.
Well, that's all I've got for this week. As always, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Monday is here again, so it's time for the weekly dose of moaning...This weekend has been a real son of a bitch...My traditional Fish House Saturday double was brutal...Non-stop cooking from 12:30 PM to 9:30 PM...If that wasn't bad enough, my boss who is normally as cock-strong as they come, when it comes to bangin' food, was having an off night...There was a stench coming from his station that reminded me of my baby's diapers!
When I left the Fish House, I was in need of a drink or two...I said I was going to stop for a couple, then this one uber-douchebag server said, "dude I'll be there!" So instead I stopped at a Little Cesar's, grabbed a $5 "Hot & Ready" pie...Walked next door to the liquor store and got a 6-pack of Conway's Irish Ale...Then I headed home...
When I got there, the baby was still up, and gave me a huge smile...Everything was better than...Plus the wife was pissed...She's jealous of how much the baby love dad, and is always throwing smiles and giggles my way...
Sunday morning I checked out the NCAA_HOCKEY_BRACKETS... Yeah, I'm that guy...That's a bracket I could kick ass in...My Fighting Irish have a tough draw...They start with Merrimack, who has been tough all year...If they get past them, they'll have to take on the winner of the Miami/New Hampshire game...Two more solid teams...Miami knocked the Irish out of the CCHA tourney last week, and has gotten real hot at the right time...Is anyone one left out there? I'm picking Boston College to win it all...The Irish just don't have the goaltending this year...Okay, I'll move on...
Then I popped on the Rangers/Penguins game...The Rangers got a much needed win, which will always put a smile on my face...But it was the Penguins, so of course one of those douchebags would piss me off...Good ole Matt Cooke is at it again...Going after another head...Here's Cooke throwing an elbow at Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh...
Cooke has taken cheap shot after cheap shots at people...Going after knees, and heads for years...He's been find and suspended multiple times...The NHL needs to put their foot down, and bring the hammer down on this ass-hat!
Sunday evening I had my Fantasy Baseball draft...Our buddy Jeff is running the league, and it seems like a good group of smart guys...Half I know from the Gab...
The draft itself was, well how do I describe this without being a dick...It was brutal! There was a guy I don't know in the 2 hole...Puljos went 1st...I never thought I would see some one in the 2 hole take their full 2 minutes to make a pick...After all that waiting, he didn't do anything sexy...He didn't surprise anyone...He took Hanley Ramirez...The # 2 guy on the board...But that wasn't all...He ate the clock on every pick...And by the comment section, I wasn't the only one losing my mind...
It got worse...The Little Beeze was all hyped up, and overtired, and being a real pain in the ass...He kept pestering the wife, and getting crazy around the baby...Then his mouth wouldn't stop...So in mid-draft, as I was on the phone with my pals Sully and Steve, talking about how quickly the blind draft, I had to get in the boys face...Then the water-works started...Then more mouthiness, then he passed out on the couch...
From there, the draft dragged on...The commish adjusted the time limit as it progressed, but the damage had been done...I had to break out the charger to finish...
As I write this, Notre Dame is getting worked by FSU...I picked the Irish to win it...Why not, I don't know shit about Basketball! The team I had them beating in the Final, just got bounced tonight...Sorry Steve, I know watching Marquette take out your Syracuse Orange had to hurt...
Well, what are you going to? Cry? Sometimes you just have to have a little Blind Faith....
One last thing...Ohio State fans, please stop acting like Jim Tressel just nailed himself to the cross, and is going to wash away all of your sins...He's just doing his best politician spin, and you dopes are eating it up...
