2009 NCAA Tournament Day 1 Open Thread
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:04 AM PDT
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PrintAlright guys, it's finally here, the Christmas day of the college hoops world. It's Madness time!
No more bitching about seedings and pairings, no more thinking about matchups and injuries and team colors and stupid mascots based on civilizations that lost ancient wars.
What do your guy's brackets look like? I'm in a pool where last gets money back and there's a lot of reward for upsets, so I have a super high risk/reward bracket with UCLA, Syracuse, Louisville and Memphis in the FF with Louisville taking it all.
Schedule
SOUTH (8) Louisiana State 75 vs. (9) Butler 71 - FINAL
WEST (2) Memphis 81 vs. (15) Cal State - Northridge 70 - FINAL
WEST (8) Brigham Young 66 vs. (9) Texas A&M 79 - FINAL
WEST (5) Purdue 61 vs. (12) Northern Iowa 56 - FINAL
SOUTH (1) North Carolina 101 vs. (16) Radford 58 - FINAL
WEST (7) California - Berkeley 71 vs. (10) Maryland 84 - FINAL
WEST (1) Connecticut 103 vs. (16) Chattanooga 47 - FINAL
WEST (4) Washington 71 vs. (13) Mississippi State 58 - FINAL
EAST (7) Texas vs. (10) Minnesota - Greensboro, NC
SOUTH (7) Clemson vs. (10) Michigan - Kansas City, MO
EAST (3) Villanova vs. (14) American - Philadelphia, PA
SOUTH (4) Gonzaga vs. (13) Akron - 4:25 PM, Portland, OR
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Sup bro
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
And lo, did Coach descend from the mountaintop into the valley of his birthright, to reclaim what was his
And with him came an army the likes of which the world had never seen before, to cast divine retribution upon those who had strayed from the path. Too long had their decadent furry orgies and meme sacrifices to the false idol known as “Recs” gone unpunished, too long had they unabashedly mocked He Whose Name Rhymes With Mon Soulofood, too long had they consumed libations of sinful nature and used the most cursed or words with reckless abandon. Tonight their reckoning would come, and he would make them see the wickedness of their ways with the last fleeting light in their dying eyes.
The denizens of the valley had grown weak in their time away from Coach; they took for granted the great gifts that had been bestowed upon them and were woefully unprepared as the horde of Owens filled their vision and their torches turned the Sun a blood red hue. All that now stood between the community and their most assured destruction was a small river betwixt the two enemies. In desperation, they burned the bridges over the gently flowing, moderately deep river, knowing that surely this would only buy them a day or two at the most.
It was at this time that Coach exclaimed that boats were “for pussies” and rallied his troops with the battle cry “let’s wade this bitch”. Unfortunately, due to the unneccessarily heavy weapons with which he had equipped his troops, the entirety of his force drowned in 4 feet of water. And there was much rejoicing.
Fin.
by OlSalty on Mar 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 17 recs
God bless you
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you scared him away.......
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I should have taken the day off from work. Fuck.
I have Wake winning it all. With the lack of a few true dominant teams, this could be a crazy tournament.
I have a document to get released them I'm out of here
I told my boss that and he was like “oh wait, the tournament starts today? Yeah, go on home!”
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
which sucks because he never brings food for the potlucks
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by pdb on Mar 19, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Long distance information give me Memphis, Tennessee
I don’t know why I think they’ll win it all, but I do.
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Let me please stress that it is very very important that in case we have a non basketball fan stumble into this thread
That we condense all our emotion into one easy to read post. Otherwise the very comedic foundation of this site will likely crumble.
I always pick brackets based on what I want to happen.
It’s not like picking what I think will happen has ever done anything good.
What?
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Win him mad props?
I’m still a bit fuzzy in the head after bowling last night, maybe that’s why I didn’t sift through that easier
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I figured as much
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Learn to use the correct words.
Do not expect other people to do the work of making your sentences comprehensible for you.
Are you using one of those speech-to-text headsets to comment on LL today?
That would be fun to do
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I do the same thing
and one year I actually finished third in my pool so it’s a guaranteed strategy for success!
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Why on earth is anyone watching basketball so early?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2009 9:27 AM PDT reply actions
I'm geniunely curious. I guess I meant "how" seeing as most people work.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not watching
I’m following on ESPN.
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This is the greatest sporting event in the US.
I love baseball more than basketball, but this is the greatest sporting event in the US. These first four days are twenty-eight kinds of awesome.
This is always a good weekend to go to Spring Training
Baseball by day, basketball by night. Awesome.
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but basketball by morning, noon and night?
versus spring training. hmm.
I don’t see what you did there.
What I did there was go to baseball games during the day
then go across the street in the 5th inning (leave the baseball when the regulars leave) and go across the street to the bar and spend the rest of the day watching bball. There’s no downside – get some sun, have some beers, watch a little baseball, then cave yourself in the sports bar that has 67 TV’s and people from all over the country in it.
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Cheech went to Cal St Northridge?
As if I didn’t need any more reasons to root against Memphis, YES!
Hey there he is
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone in my pool picked a final score of 98 for the national title game between Pitt and Kansas
I will commit suicide if this happens
Though cwel would give me an argument
I have to believe that 38-33 involves some absolutely awful offense, not good defense
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Because A&M isn't any good
and I trust consistent white guys over a team that just gave up 43 points to a Texas Tech reserve forward
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
'sokay
this is basically the “who wants to lose to Connecticut by 20?” game anyway
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I trust Connecticut like I trust whales.
Sure, they’re big and powerful, but you just know they’re going down without warning.
I can't believe I scheduled work for today
stupid work, ruining my holiday
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Just quit your job
that’ll clear up the schedule right quick.
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Has it always started this early
I didn’t think it started until 10
by JI on Mar 19, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, always.
It always starts a bit after noon eastern.
One one hand fuck Memphis
on the other I have them in the championship.
by JI on Mar 19, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I've been thinking
Better coverage: CBS Tournament or NBC Olympics because those two stick out in particular when it comes to stellar sports television coverage.
CBS tournament, easily.
Every Olympiad I get pissed off with NBC (and then I watch CBC and laugh my ass off). NBC tape delays a lot of awesome events, and while I understand why they have to do that, it gives a lot of their coverage a kind of packaged feel.
Stellar is used ironically here right?
CBS used to piss me off by not showing games on affiliates like USA when there’s more than one game going on and NBC’s Olympic coverage is crap.
Still no excuse in my book.
Though the MMOD is really nice.
USA is owned by NBC, so that'd be problematic
CBS’ deal is with DirecTV, which sucks, but NFL fans are pretty used to this type of shenanigans.
Their parent company owns Showtime but that's about it
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They used to be owned by Viacom which owns/owned MTV etc
but Viacom split off CBS into its own company a few years ago and also shed most of its TV investments except for Showtime. It kinda makes you wonder how CBS is still viable in this day and age – every other network has a ton of additional platforms, and there’s li’l old CBS, just plugging away.
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But both Viacom and CBS are owned by Sumner Redstone's Nat'l Amusements
So I guess you can argue that they’re somewhat affiliated with Comedy Central, BET, MTV, CMT, etc.
Did you do the 'HD' upgrade or whatever they call it?
Is that just silverlight?
Nice. I'm using the old-school version
and the A&M/BYU game looks like homemade ass.
The Memphis game looks a bit better, but it’s choppy. Pretty clear that they want you to upgrade.
and it has a boss button which is awesome.
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I just like the theory of it more than the actual use of it
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The admission that, hey, a good deal of our users will be abusing office time?
Yeah I like that as well.
exactly.
the NCAA first and second days are quite possibly the least productive days in the average office all year.
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Gonzaga - a lot , Akron - significantly less than a lot
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I love the Zaqs but I am a little worried.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
When was this?
In my eyes, they went from a few years as Cinderella to the burgeoning power that kept dropping out early.
Of course not
But these victories set unrealistic expectations for many people. If you look back the only really bad Tounrey loss in the one to Nevada. The smaller the sample size the more shit happens.
THAT'S the one bad tourney loss
that Nevada team wasn’t bad.
Yeah but you're assuming Gonzaga was really good that season
when they probably weren’t.
Plus it’s not like they got run out of the gym.
They really were good that season.
- overall? Ehhh, but better than a 6 seed, and plenty good enough to beat Wyoming.
My memory is likely faulty
but I don’t remember them beating anyone that good that season.
I’m not saying they shouldn’t have won, but they had a bad day any lost by a possession or two. It’s not like they were blown out.
They beat Texas and St. Johns
Neither were world-beaters, but that was a very dangerous Gonzaga team.
Damn you SBN 2.0
Instead of a 1., that was supposed to be ‘number 6’ overall.
So I have to uninstall silverlight
while it makes the mlb.com player run more smoothly, it al prevents me from opening the Rays-Cards game in wmp
Religious arguments are not allowed.
We’re a little more lenient on jokes, provided they are funny and not one-sided or overused.
They're sure trying
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Memphis would be down by at least 8
If Roburt Sallie wasn’t shooting like a man possessed.
That’s not a typo.
Yes yes that seems like it is reasonable
I would also like to avoid a trip to Green Lake, So QFC, Safeway and Red Apple Market suggestions are most preferred.
Just buy a shit ton of cheap beer and drink 3 per hour at a minimum
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my friends would watch Cubs games with
this drinking game. He’d go through 12/14 beers over the course of a game. That was entertainment.
Nah, I think cheap beer has its place
And that place is day long sporting events like this, the Super Bowl, and the like. Much better for keeping a day long buzz instead of trying to put down 6 heavy beers before noon and being confined to the chair you’re in the whole rest of the day
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
False argument.
There’s no reason you cannot imbibe the same percentage of alcohol over time from better beers as you do from cheaper beers.
Believe me,
I prefer quality beers over the cheap stuff. But, if I’m looking to drink all day just for the sake of drinking, then I’ll stick to the inexpesive and go with as much of it as I can
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Apple juice
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Coach Calhoun won't be coaching UCONN today, huh?
Apparently he’s in the hospital. Hope he’s ok
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"its"
Don’t make people try to interpret your comments.
I find the UCONN = Whale analogy oddly hilarious, by the way.
Death rattle
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
About all I heard this morning around 6 am, as I surfaced to the evil sound of the the Fox Radio morning guy
was the tail end of his West predictions which included a whupping of Washington, and Gonzaga in the Final Four.
Oooooh Memphis
Does the entire second half of the game now count as ‘crunch time?’
They’ve missed 13 of 14 shots.
Well Memphis sucks.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 10:47 AM PDT reply actions
That guy from NCIS with the pedophile haircut annoys the shit out of me.
I will never watch that show and the previews do not entice me in the least.
That is interesting.
But fuck that show. There should be a moratorium on any new shows that have any combination of the letters C, S, or I.
BYU is a school of choke-artists.
Men’s volleyball is about the only program that lives up to the hype.
Robert
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Please t' meecha
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I've attended Men's college volleyball
but only because I was in the marching band and HAD to go.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
That's why I hated being in marching band in high school.
We had to attend all of the sporting events and our teams sucked.
Mine too
Baseball and wrestling were the only sports worth a shit, and they don’t get bands
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
In college I attended:
Football, Men’s and Women’s hoops, Men’s and women’s volleball (women’s vball is fun), women’s waterpolo (I saw boob), and baseball (woo Clement!).
I believe other’s also attended track, and tennis but usually only when we played ucla.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Well I only attended because I was obligated
for most of those, not because I really wanted too.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Well all of my brackets are going to be taking a beating if Memphis chokes this game away.
I didn’t pick Northridge in any of them.
Aside from Memphis choking
I’m doing all right, go Butler and ATM!
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
ATM = Automated Teller Machine
ATM != Texas A&M. That would be TAM.
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Or Cock College
as those of us from near Austin called it.
Coming from the town whose college mascot is a cow that's pretty funny
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This is how I know you didn't go to UT
because if you had I would have been on the receiving end of a long screed about how it’s a longhorn steer and not a cow, and not a truism about the deliciousness of said mascot.
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This is true.
UT is my 4th college team after my 2 alma maters and my father’s.
Not exactly
You’ve never seen Texas A&M referred to as ATM?
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
I see it in their logo but I've never heard it referred to like that
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Maybe its a generational thing
since it is so similar to ass to mouth etc.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
NEVER GO ASS TO MOUTH
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by pdb on Mar 19, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
DIRECTED PRIMARILY AT BYU, NOT OTHER PERONS OF THE MORMON FAITH
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure the Perons weren't Mormon though
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Honestly in my experience playing church basketball
Mormons can’t hit threes but they love to shoot them.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Anybody got Danny Ainge's career 3PT% handy?
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Honestly, Memphis. WTF?
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:11 AM PDT reply actions
they hate me and want my bracket to explode before Day 1 is even half way complete
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Same here.
I’m regretting picking UW over UConn, and Memphis over UW…
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Which I knew was stupid in the first place
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
C'mon, it'll kill everyone's bracket.
Viva Chaos!
If UW and UConn don't meet in the S16, it will be a crime against the humor of Robert.
I must watch that game with you if it happens.
My favorite part will be after the UW plane crashes
The NCAA will substitute Gonzaga into that game just to be fair to the fans of the PNW.
I don't care if it fucks my bracket
seeing them lose would be awesome, particularly if it was due to a missed free throw
It's hilarious watching the games online
because when they come back from commercial you only get half the audio.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Good while it lasted CSU.
Time to be forgotten.
9-0 run!
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Except Memphis looks like this
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Who would they play next round?
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I have decreed that you can not make these jokes.
by Robert on Mar 19, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was not even close to a joke
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I was providing a reference to my comment.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Good for you, Memphis.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 11:30 AM PDT reply actions
Because it's incredibly hard to play competitive sports without having a sense of hearing?
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There's a very large difference between Rick Reilly and a nice ovation for a deaf kid
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I'm retarded, huh
A&M has won four straight years in the opening round and I picked BYU anyway…
Butler was my medicine.
When I made the picks, I thought it was Baylor.
Next time I will pay better attention.
I think for irony sake no one should post a comment in the "OTFP: Abandoned Places Edition"
I fucking hate you Mariners
Cal looks horrible so far.
Missed lay-ups, throwing it away, not picking up the ball, etc.
They’re better than Maryland, but they may not win.
Not as bad as Oakland or Richmond.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Yes, that's true.
Maryland just can’t make shots, which is somewhat different. I don’t think they’re normally this bad, but they’re not all that good. If Cal got its head out of its ass, they could be up 15 right now.
I am not losing a Sweet Sixteen team on Thursday morning
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
I figure he’s got them in the final four, after beating UCONN by 30 and Memphis by 25.
I'm sorry, young man. I have every reason to be a Big 10 apologist, and I'm not.
Why make yourself look foolish in advance?
In other shocking news, sun sets in west
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That is the most inventive exclamation I've seen in a while
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OH GOD YOU FUCKS
I was so scared when I got back to my desk and this was the first thing I saw without seeing the rest of the subthread
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Everything they brew (that I've had) besides the Double Black is somewhere between mediocre and ass.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm firmly of the opinion that Red Hook is the most mediocre mass-marketed beer out there
the Blonde’s OK, but otherwise it’s all pretty average.
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Yeah, the blonde's not bad
and the ESB is not horrible. I’m not going out of my way to get anything they make, but it’s not gratuitously horrible.
To Aaron: I was wrong, sorry. From: Marc w.
So at the Sounders game yesterday, all they had at the food stand (that ran out of food about an hour BEFORE kick-off) was a couple of Redhook beers. I don’t even remember what.
The point is, they were distinguishable neither from each other or from a heady mix of bile and spoiled milk.
I was wrong about you, Redhook brewing. I defended you, and you basically tried to poison me. That was the only thing that went wrong on the night, of course, and the beer was free on the bus (when you make MGD taste good, you’ve done something wrong, Redhook), so I’m not too broken up about it. But damn, that was bad beer.
I developed my distaste for Red Hook at stadiums.
Everywhere else you go there’s bound to be better beer and if not, hey, vodka. But depending on the line you end up in and how badly you want to get back to the game, Red Hook or a shitty domestic might be your only options. I tend to go with the shitty domestics, because they’re cheaper.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 20, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why Safeco is a beacon of hope.
Qwest’s deal with InBev really hurts. Or at least the way they’ve done it hurts. If micros won’t fit within the terms of their agreement, at least have an interesting imported option or three – Leffe, maybe, or Boddington’s. Then have a foreign inbev lager stand selling Staropramen and Tennent’s.
Having never been to Qwest, do they have all of InBev's brands there?
Stella and/or Hoegaarden would be solid enough options.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 20, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to my knowledge.
But I’ve never bought beer at Qwest.
I've never had a (non-Belgian) Blonde ale that I liked.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You clearly want something else from beer.
I understand, but do not share, that sentiment. RH Blonde is good, Fishtail Blonde is really good. Hale’s is good too.
Just don't much care for the style.
For the purpose it serves there are other beers I’d rather have. Haven’t had Fishtail Blonde though.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Red Hook Blonde
because it’s a step up from the Corona/MGD swill and yet light enough that it’s good when it’s hot out.
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I generally go for good Pilseners when that's what I'm after.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm Pilsener-ignorant
what are a few good ones?
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I love this question!
Domestic:
Victory Prima, Baron, Lagunitas Pils, Sierra Nevada Pilsener (Prima Pils is my favorite Pilsener that is widely available. Victory Sapphire is amazing but hard to come by.)
Imposrt:
Urquell, Trumer, Spaten, Bitburger, Golden Pheasant, Moretti
Apparently Oskar Blues makes one called Mama’s Little Yella Pils whichh I’d love to try because Oskar Blues is awesome.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Not missing much, in my opinion.
It’s not bad, but it’s not Staropramen or another decent Czech lager.
Good call on Victory.
Trumer is horrible, horrible, horrible. Gah.
Bitburger is OK.
Nice call on Golden Pheasant, that’s good Slovak beer.
Trumer is probably my least favorite on that list but it's in now way horrible.,
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
What pisses me off is that I keep giving it more chances, because it SHOULD be good.
One question – did you have the Trumer that’s made in Austria, or the one that’s brewed in Berkeley?
Any thoughts on Ur-Pils?
Like Pinkus-Mueller or Karlsberg (not Carlsberg)?
I haven't had an Ur-Pils because most of the places I buy beer don't carry them.
Pretty sure they have Pinkus at Bottleworks, so once it gets to be pilsener weather I’ll pick one up.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I like a good Pilsner, but there are times I'd choose a blonde ale
They’re pretty different, at least to me.
Q-Pon with 15. Awesome.
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
And Vanardo hasn't looked very good.
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
*Varnado
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
They are rolling now.
This Huskies have a great ability to recruit a ton of useful ballhawking guards and just throw them out as needed. The Will Conroy era was a great example of that too.
I'm mostly saying this because Robert was banned
but also because fuck UW
by JI on Mar 19, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
More LOLcats?
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he needs to do anything specific to get banned at this point.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 19, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably retroactive punishment for his 15,000 post celebration
and for making the JeffClown when he used to go by the SN of Last Fan of Jose Lopez
by JI on Mar 19, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm only at about 3,500
And I’m not falling for that.
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by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
He used to cause trouble when his SN was KinghtofKingK
by JI on Mar 19, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotcha.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
This is
and Ty Willingham has left the building.
by lemonverbena on Mar 19, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I was going to have kids because I would name at least one of them Quincy Poindexter
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
a postseason win!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i haven’t felt this way since sean taylor still had flesh on his rotting carcass
Congrats Smushkies
now please lose in the next round, kthxbye.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Yes, Jay Wright
It is a great idea to get into a shooting contest with American when we have a huge advantage in the paint
Go Nova
I'm not going to lie, I'm rooting for American
consider it a sign of respect rather than hating your squad
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice fadeaway Micah Downs
remember when he made the McDonald’s All-American team?
Man, American is fun to watch
And they are giving it to Nova right now.
It's weird to think that I was a sophomore in HS
when Gonzaga started their Run of appearances.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
I've got three teams failing me right now
Gonzaga, Nova and Clemson.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
And Minnesota seems to be racking up fouls left and right
Texas looks poised for an easy win at the moment.
I already hate my bracket
even if Nova pulls this out I’ve lost confidence in them. Ditto Purdue.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Gonzaga up 1 now
my bracket status improving. Too bad Clemson won’t come back.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
God Clemson just shit their pants against Michigan
how can you get a bajillion offensive rebounds and lose the game?
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
They didn't start hitting 3s
until the final minutes.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
9 out of 11
Will move to 10 out of 12 if Gonzaga holds on.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
Only teams I got wrong were Butler and BYU
I had neither past the 2nd round anyway.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I got Butler wrong as well.
Though I’m 11-12 so far.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Akron made things interesting for a while before Gonzaga went on fire....
At least my bracket is still safe. Nova is one of my Final Four teams, but I have a lot less confidence in them than I did earlier.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Thank God for that second half.
Props to American, they are a great team.
I hope we never have a half like that again
Go Nova
WTF
I’m watching the game and its tied. I wander off to make my dinner, return, and there are the Zags, murdering Akron. Awesome.
I must say, Clark Kellog is a huge upgrade over grumpy-old-man Billy Packer.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
USC USC USC
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You're even dumber than I used to give you credit for
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Aw, you're making me blush
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And I'm being sarcastic
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
However, let it be known that I would indeed like to attend that college.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
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by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I did indeed read that comment, thanks.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
/Kevin Harlan
OHHHHH RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
USC is an excellent institution
that if you attend you will come to both love and hate.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
"VCU has been in a 2-3 zone for most of this second half"
there’s 18 minutes left in the 2nd
Very good thing
this isn’t the Big Ten – it’s not the defense that’s stopping them
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Watch as he goes 15-18 or something insane
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I have Texas upsetting Duke, so he'd better.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
.
http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2004/10/13/1097648010_8735.jpg
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That was just the first thing I thought of.
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Well it IS Manly March....
Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?
by .Taylor on Mar 19, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
games are almost over i will get some later for tomorrow k because i have no work will drink all day itll be sweet
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no work, but I'm flying and the time difference means I leave at 10:45 and get in at 4:45
I’m going to miss all of hte morning games, and odds are I’ll miss most of the evening ones too :(
....
you are stupid, I am sorry, my friend
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That's why my med school friend at the game says
of course he went to UCLA and goes to Virginia Commonwealth for med school so….
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Illini need to wake the fuck up
their trademark defense is letting them down
SHITSHITSHITFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKSHITSHITSHITSHIT
NONONNONNONONOONONONONONONONONONONOONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONNONONONNON
God the miller lite triple hops commercial pisses me off.
It makes absolutely zero logical sense. They add hops a third time and that gives the head a hoppy flavor? The first two times did nothing for the head flavor? Only at the end?
YOUR BEER IS FUCKING URINE.
I've been saying "eff" more, too, actually
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been trying to cut back.
Got a couple technicals for swearing….at the refs…and if I don’t use explicit language they can’t understand me.
It's weird
they pissed me off all season and I hated them, and I didn’t even care what they did.
And then when it all comes down to it, when the season is on the line, you realize just how much you really care, and just how devastating it would be if they lost, especially like that.
They’re still here. Thank God.
by seattlebruin on Mar 19, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
So, only one upset today?
Though I don’t know if Western Kentucky counts as an upset, being that they dominated Illinois the whole game.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Frazier changes the complexion of that game if his hand isn't wrecked
But it is. No way I could have seen better odds for ’Nois than WKU without him.
No new thread? Some good morning games today
NDSU making things interesting vs. Kansas.
Utah St. woke up and is making it a decent game vs. Marquette.
SFA is not making it a game vs. Syracuse.
Tennessee and Ok. State in a fairly ugly game, but hey, it’s close.
I'd just like to say
I hate you seattlebruin for talking me out of that WKU over Illinois upset. Argh!
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
I hate myself for talking myself out of a WK U over Illinois upset when they were missing their clear best player
by seattlebruin on Mar 20, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Lesson learned for next year
shakey teams missing their best player are bad picks.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
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