Weekend Recap

Quite a weekend it was. And Purdue didn't even play.

IU did though. And they barely pulled one out against a Northwestern team that has not won a Big 10 game this season. I didn't watch a whole lot of the game, but I did catch about the last 5 minutes. Northwestern is atrocious. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. First, I couldn't believe that the game was that close. And second, I couldn't believe that the Wildcats didn't win. IU tried to hand them the game, and Northwestern wouldn't' take it. Not to mention Kevin Coble was unconscious with 35 points, so why get him the ball with the game on the line, give it to some freshman that sucks. That's a great idea. IU sure didn't look like the #12 team in the country.

And it was reported today that Sampson was text messaging some of the IU players after the game. Hey Kelvin, lay off the cell phone!!! Go away!!! You had your chance, twice, and you fucked it up!! Now please disappear, like Mark McGuire, Rafael Palmeiro, and the rest of the guilty roid users that "...aren't guilty..."

Speaking of lying scumbags, some kid that was 11 at the time of the now infamous "Canseco Party" claims to have a picture of Clemens at the party. Clemens is so screwed. If he would have just gone up there, in front of congress, and said that he did it, this whole thing would be over now. But, the egotistical jackass that he is, now faces prison time. All because he was worried about his rep. I wonder if he's going to "mis-remember" all of his drug use still?

Barry Bonds is still not signed. He can still hit. The HGH and roids have assured us of that. But nobody wants his ego in the clubhouse. Omar Vizquel, who is one of the top 5 greatest Indians by the way, as on TV saying that everybody is loose and enjoying spring training this year. I wonder if Bonds is going to get the MLB Extra Innings on cable this summer?

The NFL combine thing is going on this week. Apparently there have been all sorts of questions about Darren McFadden's character. And as a result he's dropped in many people's drafts out of the top 5. But, 2 days ago he ran a 4.3 or something ridiculous in the 40 and suddenly, nobody remembers that he's got character problems. Got to love the NFL. Not to mention, this whole combine thing really kills me. The top guys decide they don't want to work out. Ummm, how does this happen. I can't walk up to my boss and say, "... you know, I don't want to do that today, I think I'll do it tomorrow. I understand the customers are in from London and only here for a couple of hours, but why don't you tell them, I'M NOT READY." After all, it is my world and you all are privileged to be living in it. Brady Quinn didn't work out at the combine last year. I'm still convinced that he didn't work out because he sucks. But that's just my opinion.

Enough complaining. I'm sick of hearing myself too. Tennessee-Memphis was Saturday night. What a game. Everything a 1-2 game needed. Except free throw shooting. I don't know how Memphis hasn't lost shooting as horribly from the line as they do. Oh wait, I do, they're in Conference USA, which is worse than their free throw percentage. Anyhow, great athletes, and Bruce Pearl is a fantastic coach. I really like his intensity. He really cares about the guys he has playing for him, and it shows. Great game though, came down to the end. Great crowd. Very fun game to watch.

And lastly, Purdue is ranked #19 in today's poll. It's just great to see Purdue in the top 25 again!

I'll leave you with this thought...

Gauntlet III Update

There is no Purdue game this week, I don’t feel like talking about the IU game, and Kelvin Sampson’s ugly mug must be taken down from this blog. Given all of that, I think it’s time to discuss the Gauntlet III on MTV.

For starters, the “Real World Challenge” (I have dropped the Road Rules portion of that since they haven’t had one in a decade) is by far my favorite show on TV. Assume all the shows I watch in a week have been recorded and I can choose to watch them all in any order, I am picking the “Challenge” first.

Now, the Gauntlet is by far my least favorite “flavor” of the Challenges. The others being “The Duel” and “The Inferno”. The reason I dislike the Gauntlet is that the ending challenge always pins two people from the same team against each other rather than two people from opposing teams. What this leaves you with is off balanced numbers on each team and then the challenges get weird. The final challenge sometimes has 7 against 15, which is stupid.

Nevertheless, who cares about the format because we really watch this to see the drama surrounding these horny job-less 25 year olds who have emerged to D-Level celebrities. It’s the best.

I want to discuss this week’s ridiculous episode and then in a future blog, I will comment on several of the characters.

The Veterans are kicking serious ass. In fact, it occurred to me this week that we might see the entire format of the show blow up in the producers face and that has intrigued me. You see, the Veteran Men cannot lose. So….each week we keep seeing a Rookie Male get eliminated. After this week there are NOW only FOUR males left on the Rookies. There are four episodes left until the final challenge. We might very well see 0 men remaining for the Rookies. That would be fantastic. Preceding that event, would be a Gauntlet where the losing Rookie male would have NO ONE to go up against.

I am sure the producers figured both teams would “at least” lose 2-3 matches so this would not ever be a problem. Well. Nope. It is.

Things were made even worse this week as the Rookie’s top male Derrick was eliminated in a hysterical series of events. I will recap. The Rookies still have ONE useless male on their team. Ryan, the homosexual, who weighs a 125 pounds soaking wet and has no business on this show with the rest of the beefcakes is terrible. He was unable to be protected, so he became the logical choice to take on Derrick (who was sent to the Gauntlet by the Veterans).

As I am watching this, I say to my wife Polly, “wow….Ryan is going to get his ASS KICKED unless the challenge is a puzzle”. This is a factual statement as Derrick would destroy him in Ball Brawl (a football like challenge) or in the reverse tug of war thing or any other physical event.

Ryan’s only hope is a challenge that involves brains rather than physical size. Re-read that sentence.

So they spin the wheel and it lands on the puzzle. Oooooooooh, we are indeed going to have a match. But wait, the best part of the entire season ensues. The camera turns to Ryan and he is pissed.

He comments to the camera “Anything but the puzzle….I am terrible at puzzles”.

After I picked my jaw up from the ground I tried to comprehend this statement by this moron. The only fucking chance this dude has is a puzzle. I would pay $300 to know what the hell event he was rooting for, AND how the hell he thought he would have a chance in said event? This ass clown should have been jumping up and down.

Nevertheless…..Ryan wins. Wow. The Rookie’s best player sent home. They have 4 males (really 3.5 if you accurately assess Ryan’s value). And this is when it occurred to me that with 4 episodes left, the Veterans will now be winning every challenge due to the depleted rookie team….potentially leaving them with no males.

Not much to comment on the females. It was Coral versus Beth. They both are annoying. Beth went home. She’s terrible however, I did feel sorry for her for the first time ever. I did not know this but she is 39 years old. Shitballs? Anyway, the other 22-25 year old losers on the show are always calling her “grandma” and “fat”. Well….if she’s 39, she’s actually not fat. I would not call her skinny, but she sure as shitfire ain’t fat for someone who is 40. Think of all the 40 year olds you know? Anyway, she should bring that up the next time these 22 year old idiots call her fat.

Awesome stuff. Let’s continue to watch.

Getting Ready For Tuesday!

Well, it's Sunday morning and I'm having my morning coffee, and I can't wait for Tuesday night! Purdue and IU are going to battle for the top spot in the Big 10 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. This is going to be a great game.

There are about 8 different storylines going on.

First, the whole Kelvin Sampson saga is unfolding. This has the possibility of being his last game at IU. After watching IU and MSU battle it out last night, and hearing Moron Vitale tell me about 5 times that Kelvin is a really good guy and he really likes him. But on the flip side, Dickie claims that not only should Sampson be fired, but the AD, who hired Samson, should also be fired. I just don't understand this. I don't think hiring a known cheat was the best idea for IU, but Sampson apparently, "...gave his word..." when he was hired to coach the Hoosiers that none of the problems from OU would ever happen again at IU. Sampson had some success at OU, took the Sooners to a final four, and made a few mistakes. Call me crazy, but I think people do learn from their mistakes and generally, become a better person from the lesson learned. If I was the AD, giving Sampson another chance, to coach at a place like IU, I think you have to believe him. But, obviously Sampson didn't learn from anything in his past and pretty much just gave the NCAA a big, fat, middle finger. Sampson should be let go, immediately if not sooner. He obviously didn't learn from anything he did at OU, and he deserves to be punished. And I can't think of any other way than to take his livelyhood, college basketball, away from him. Maybe now he'll learn something???

Next, IU played their hearts out for that scumbag last night. I was surprised, DJ White gets hurt and they really responded. MSU may not be as good as we thought at the beginning of the week, but IU really played well after the slow start.

DJ White got hurt Saturday night. Tweaked his knee. He's second in the league in scoring and leading in rebounds. If he doesn't play, or isn't 100%, this is a huge break for the Boilers. Purdue really doesn't have anybody skilled or stong enough to guard the 6'11" center. JuJuan is going to need to play a solid game.

This is the only meeting between the 2 rivals this year. I really don't understand this?? Why, why, why do they only play once, and why do they play at IU?? This is like Michigan and OSU taking a couple of years off so they can get Iowa and Minnesota on their schedules.

The rise of Purdue's freshman. Never in my wildest dreams did I think these guys could be this successful this soon. They've got a team of guys that doesn't care who the high scorer is. One night it's Moore, the next it's Hummel, the next it's Keaton.... This is also the first team that's been able to consistently hit a 3 since Jaraan Cornell.

Matt Painter. 3 years ago, the Boilers won 9 games. I sent an email out to some guys wondering if we could get Painter removed. Don't think I could have been more wrong. What a job he's doing getting these guys to play like a team. There's excitement again in Mackey Arena. Students are camping out before the games to get their spot in the Paint Crew. It was painful the last couple of years to see as many open seats as there were in Mackey. The 5 years I spent at Purdue, I don't think I saw 1 open seat. Good to see things are back to the way they should be.

The last time that E'Tuan and Eric Gordon met? Last years' Indiana State Championship game. E'Tuan got the best of Gordon to take East Chicago Central to the title over Gordon's Lawrence North team. Revenge for Gordon?? Confidence for E'Tuan??? E'Tuan is playing some great basketball right now if you haven't noticed.

And the biggest of them all. The Purdue-IU rivalry is a big game again. This is the first time when IU and Purdue have been 1 and 2 in the league going into battle since I can remember. I could probalby look it up on the internet, but I'm lazy, and it's just not going to happen this morning. So let's just assume it's been a long time. Exciting!! Promises to be a great game.

And by the way, the Boilers smoked Northwestern. Another theme of this season has been the runs this team goes on. Purdue was down 48-50 and decided to go on a 27-5 run to close out the game. It was good to see Scott Martin back out on the floor also. He did look a little rusty, but I'm sure he'll be fine by Tuesday. E'Tuan put up a career high 28. Shot the lights out!



One last thing, remember when Chad Austin hit that jumper from the corner in Assembly Hall for the win?? That was cool!

The Burrito Mecca

After I left the place I go everyday, I can't call it work for a couple of reasons, but that's a column for another day, I had to stop by the bank. As I got closer to the bank I realized what was going to be directly across the street. LaBamba's! Burritos As Big As Your Head! Open until after the bars close. The greatest late night burrito place ever.

This was THE place to go at Purdue after Harry's closed. The line was always out the door, it was always a party. Much better than Garcia's pizza, and a thousand times better than Taco Bell. It's the place where I saw Brad Brown eat 3 super steaks. Yes, 3 Super Steaks! The painting on the wall of the basketball game that was 6 Boilermakers versus 4 Hoosiers.

And once we ventured out of the greater West Lafayette area we found out that there was a LaBamba's at just about every other Big Ten School. Bloomington? LaBamba's. High Street? LaBamba's. U of I? Bamba's. Broad Ripple? Bamba's. And after I moved to Chicago 6 years ago, I had the joy of finding a Bamba's just blocks from my house for every late-night craving.

I've seen guys dive over couches and fight for the Bamba's leftovers. I've had a bag of Bamba's ripped out of my hands only to be mistakenly dropped in the middle of a street. Both of these happened after the guilty party decided, "...I don't want a burrito, they're not good for you..." But both were unable to fight the craving for the sweet nectar that is a LaBamba's burrito. I once had a cab wait for me while I got a Bamba's on my way home one late night. Probably not one of my better decisions, to pay for a cab to wait for me while I got a 2am burrito, but if I remember correctly, he was gone when I went back out.

So, after I moved from Lincoln Park to Lakeview, it wasn't as convienent to stop at LaBamba's after a night of drinking, especially with the Tony's Burrito-Mex just up the street. A pretty good substitute, not great, especially the night I found a twist-tie in my burrito and the night I lost my wallet in a cab when I was getting out. But other than that, it's very convienent and generally pretty good.

Anyhow, back to yesterday. As I walked into Bamba's I thought to myself, "...where's the menu? I don't know what I want??? What do I get here????" Seconds after that thought went through my head, the guy behind the counter asks what I would like and I follow, without the least bit of hesitation, "...regular, steak, everything, extra sour cream, for here..." It just fell right into place. I didn't miss a step. It was like getting hot hitting 3's at the co-rec to win 15-13 after being down 13-7. It was like standing at the end of the craps table and perfectly throwing your C and E chips to the stickman and all 3 chips come to rest perfectly in his hand. It was amazing. No need to look at the menu, nothing.

Funny how things seem to work out when you least expect them to. I guess I should follow my own advice?? The burrito was excellent. I went for the regular because it has been a while and I've not put back a Super. As I sat at the booth I was wishing I had got the Super. It was very good. Just as I always remembered. Oh the memories!

Check out their website. Awesome!!!

Movie Quote Friday!!!

Since there wasn't much Big 10 action last night, no Gauntlet III, network TV is absoloutely horrendous right now, it's going to be negative temperatures in Chicago this weekend, again, and I'm just in a pissy mood I need something to perk me up. What better than movie quotes??

I can't really say that I have 1 favorite movie, but I can at any time give you a top 5, and it's generally a revolving door depending on what I've seen lately, usually whatever is on HBO this month. So here's a few that I've seen in the last couple of months.

Talladega Nights

Cal Naughton, Jr.: Ricky, if you turn on the stereo, how do you control the volume on the television?
Ricky Bobby: If you have the stereo on, why would you turn up the volume on the TV?
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Cause I like to party.

Ricky Bobby: Did that blow your mind, because that just happened.

Cal Naughton, Jr.: Remember that time in tenth grade when we got kicked out of class for playing with Matchbox cars? Who's the retard now?

The Big Lebowski

Walter Sobchak: You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.
The Dude: Yeah, but Walter...
Walter Sobchak: Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this
afternoon... with nail polish. These fucking amateurs...

Blond Treehorn
Thug: [holding up a bowling ball] What the fuck is this?
The Dude: Obviously you're not a golfer.

The Dude: Fuck sympathy! I don't need your fuckin'
sympathy, man, I need my fucking johnson!
Donny: What do you need that for, Dude?

Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong?
The Dude: No you're not wrong.
Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong?
The Dude: You're not wrong Walter. You're just an asshole.
Walter Sobchak: All right then.

Pulp Fiction

Vincent: Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face.

The Wolf: If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please... with sugar on top. Clean the fucking car!

Jules: Oh man, I will never forgive yo ass for this. This is some fucked-up, repugnant shit.

High Fidelity

Barry: Rob, I'm telling you this for your own good, that's the worst fuckin' sweater I've ever seen, that's a Cosby sweater. A Cosssssssby sweater. Did Laura let you leave the house like that?

Rob: I can't fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago.

Rob: What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?

Barry: OK, buddy, uh, I was just tryin' to cheer us up so go ahead. Put on some old sad bastard music, see if I care.
Rob: I don't wanna hear old sad bastard music, Barry, I just want something I can ignore.
Barry: Here's the thing. I made that tape special for today. My special Monday morning for *you*... special.
Rob: Well, it's fuckin' Monday afternoon! You should get out of bed earlier!

Spies Like Us

Russian: Every minute you don't tell us why you are here, I cut off a finger.
Fitz-Hume: Mine or yours?
Russian: Yours.
Fitz-Hume: Damn!

Fitz-Hume: I'm Sorry I'm late, I had to attend the reading of a will. I had to stay till the very end and I found out I received nothing... broke my arm.

Fitz-Hume: Are there any Paraguyans here? Well of course their requests for subsidies was not paraguayan in and of it is as it were the United States government would never have if the president, our president, had not and as far as I know that's the way it will always be. Is that clear?

Have a nice Friday. Go Boilers!!

Holy Last 24 Hours of Sports, Batman!!

Where do you start today??? Oh man! The Boilers win a great game against Michigan State. Clemens and McNamee in front of congress. Kelvin Sampson and IU caught with 5 major rules violations. Wisconsin beating IU. Purdue owning a 1 game lead in the Big 10. And another amazing episode of The Gauntlet III was on last night. Where to start???

I guess I'll start out with the MTV hit The Gauntlet III. I can't get enough of the people on this show. Last night was no exception. After getting smacked in the head with a wooden board Melinda was taken off on a stretcher to the hospital where she found out that she had a consussion and was dehydrated. Alright, that's tolerable. But when they came up to the next mission and she had to drop 20 or so feet off of a beam into the water, she came up with this little nugget, "...I have a concussion, if I hit the water the wrong way, I'm going to die..." That would have been something. And from Kenny, "...it was just mind over matter. I don't mind, and you don't matter..." I can't get enough of these people!

Next let's go to the IU mess. That scumbag coach IU hired just doesn't learn from his mistakes, and then lies about it to the important people he shouldn't be lying to. I don't even know what all he did, all I know is that he did much of the same things at Oklahoma and lost his job there. What a jackass. Here's a good article from ESPN.com about their options. IU being banned from the postseason would just be icing on the cake for us Boilermaker fans!

Last night's IU-Wisconsin game ended with a banked 3-pointer by Brian Butch at the buzzer. Great ending to a horrible day for the IU basketball program.

Next is the huge Purdue victory over MSU. What a game. Robbie Hummel played one of the greatest games for Purdue in recent history. He did it all, rebounds, points, hustle... Just a great performance. I know I've said it before, and I'm probalby going to say it again, but this is a real fun team to watch! 10-1 in the Big 10. Nobody could have predicted this!

Which brings us to the 1 game lead Purdue now has in the Big 10. They have a couple of big games left, at IU and at home against Ohio State, but they're clearly in the driver's seat of the Big 10 race.

And lastly, I saw things yesterday that I am sure I will never, ever, see again in my lifetime. Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee sitting at a table, Clemens saying:

"...I never took steriods or HGH or any other performance enhancing
drugs..."

And sitting 2 people down from Clemens you have Brian McNamee saying:

"...I injected Roger Clemens, his wife, his dog, and 2 of his kids, with HGH
and steroids..."

Then you have Clemens saying:

"...McNamee injected me with B12 on 2 occasions..."

Followed by McNamee saying:

"...I've never injected anybody with B12. I really don't even know what it is..."

Then Clemens retorts with:

"...I never went to Jose Canseco's house party..."

Followed by Clemens not-so-good-speaking-the-English nanny saying:

"...Oh yes, we were at Canseco's house, we spent the night, the whole family was there, even the dog..."

And all of this in front of congress. Now, I think McNamee is a complete scumbag, he's lied, made some horrible decisions, done some horrible things in the past, don't get me wrong. But I believe just about every word that came out of his mouth yesterday. I believe very little of what Clemens says. Not to mention he threw his wife under the bus the day before Valentine's Day and used the word "misremembered" far too many times. I can honestly say I have never in my life heard that word used in a sentence before yesterday, I'm not even sure that it is a word.

Anyhow, Clemens looked horrible. He lied, and he lied, and he lied, and then he lied some more. He deserves to be out of baseball and should not be voted into the Hall. I have to think, if he had come out after the Mitchell Report and said that he did those things, he made a mistake, he won't do it again, I love the game and I wanted to continue playing which is why I made the decisions I made... All would be forgotten, not a big deal, lots of guys were doing it, let's move on. But with all of what he has gone through, he just looks more like a dirtbag. He was one of the greatest pitchers of our generation, and he will now be remembered as a liar. Such a shame.

I still can't believe this Boilermaker team!!!

Boilers and Spartans Tonight!!!

Purdue and Michigan State face off tonight at Mackey Arena. The Boilers finally got some national attention by getting ranked on both polls this week, 19 on the AP and 23 on the Coaches Poll. They've been playing some fantastic basketball. Great defense. Great shooting. Great team play. They've been coming up big at the end of games. Huge win AT Wisconsin to give Bo Ryan his 3rd home loss in his tenure.

The Boilers have a tough schedule down the stretch with MSU tonight, IU next week, and OSU to finish up the regular season. I could have never guessed that this group of basically freshmand and sophomores could be in this position this late in the season.

Let's see what they do tonight? Let's see who's going to step up? Let's see if they can keep this thing going!!

There's alot of excitement surrounding this program in the present and the future. And much of the reason is Matt Painter. He's done an amazing job getting these guys to play as a team, he's learned how to win the close games, and he's done a great job getting prepared for each contest.

7 tonight on ESPN, which is probably a good thing, for once the whole country will be able to see how good of a team the Boilers are this season. Mackey will be rocking!! Wish I could be there!

Dickie V is Back In The Booth, Baby!!

And with exactly 4:06 remaining in the first half, I was completely disgusted that I would be forced to listen to him for the rest of the game. I don't know what he was talking about, I think it was something about him wanting a recipe for lasagna or something, but I had had enough. Not only this, but I learned that you can't win a game without a point guard, Tyler Hansborough "...just loves college basketball..." because he got excited after a foul or something, and I heard about 25 times about "...this is the greatest rivalry in the history of the world, baby!!!" I truly believe hell is watching great game after great game, and he's the only one doing commentary.

Apparently Brian McNamee has a secret stash of gauze bandages, syringes, blood and stool samples, and other concrete evidence claiming Clemens did actually take steroids. Of course Clemens' lawyers are claiming that McNamee "manufactured" the evidence. I truly believe that Roger Clemens is the only person in america that doesn't believe he took steriods. Does he really think we're going to believe that Petitte did the juice and good ole' Roger just stood there and watched and said, "...not me, I'm not a cheater..." Sure Rog, just come clean, it's going to be much easier in the end.

Oh, Duke beat Carolina in the Dean Dome last night. I almost forgot to mention the game, I think it's because of the nightmares of Dickie V I had last night. Anyhow, if Ty Lawson plays, I think it's a closer game, but Duke just shot the lights out. It's tough to beat any team that makes 13 3-pointers. Hansborough is tough, but that point guard, Thomas, was horrible. He was out there playing like every possession was 1 on 5. He destoryed the Heels. He went flying through the lane with nowhere to go more times than I care to remember, he was painful to watch. It must be quite a feeling to beat Carolina in the Dean Dome.

According to ESPN.com, Northwestern football has a better recruiting class than Purdue this year. Let me repeat that. NORTHWESTERN HAS A BETTER RECRUITING CLASS THAN PURDUE!!!!! Does that not turn your stomach?? I'm not sure how much stock you can put into this, after all, ND did have a top 10 recruiting class last year and look where that got them? But still, come on Joe, step it up a notch here!

Boilers Win Another

The Boilermakers won their 8th in a row last night by beating up on Penn State. Although it was close at the half, Purdue took off in the 2nd on the shoulders of Marcus Green to win 67-53.

Robbie Hummel had another fantastic game with 17 points and 6 rebounds while E'Tuan scored 16 points on 4-6 shooting including 2 3-pointers. Chris Kramer again played some stellar D and Marcus Green played great off of the bench.

Keaton Grant had a tough night, but Hummel, Green, Moore, and the rest of the Boilers were there to pick him up.

These guys are really getting hot, but they have some big tests coming up. They've still got Wisconsin, Michigan State, IU, and Ohio State remaining. This is really going to be a good test for this young team. If they can stay hot, keep playing good D, and keep shooting the ball well, They're going to be in real good shape going into the Big 10 Tournament.

Nothing to do with Sports

This has nothing to do with sports, Purdue, or CTown. What is does have to do with is a hot, dumb, dumb girl who happens to sing country music. Kelly Pickler, had a monumental MS. South Carolina moment on "Are you smarter than a 5th grader." Ms. Pickler:

a. Thought Europe was a country
b. Didn't know France was a country
c. Astounded Jeff Foxworthy, the hick of all hicks, into almost dumbfoundness by her reaction to the question.

What's the question you ask: It was a 3rd grade question: Budapest is the capital of what country? Granted, I didn't have a clue what the answer is, but at least I know that Europe isn't a country. Her answer: France. She said Budapest, France. That's about 20 kilometers southwest of Paris right?? The correct answer was Hungary.

My point of this rambling: Why couldn't I find a girl who was this dumb, and wore a dress like this to prom.

What a Wonderful Sports Weekend It Was!!

I don't even know where to start??? The Boilers win another one against Illinois, IU loses it's 2nd straight, Michigan State loses, the Patriots lose the Super Bowl in dramatic fashion.... Oh man! What a weekend!

I guess the IU loss was on Thursday, so we'll start there. It may just be me, but there is just something just really satisfying about watching IU lose basketball games. Although they tried to make a run midway through the 2nd, it was to no avail as they lost their 2nd straight 62-49. After White and Gordon, their next highest scorer had 4. You have to see that as a problem IU fans.

Next on the list was the Purdue victory. Can you say E'Tuan Moore??? You should probably learn how to say it, because the last couple of weeks he has been playing some fantastic basketball. 10-12 from the floor, 24 points. After Moore it was Crump and Green adding to the scoring. It's always somebody different with this team! They're really exciting to watch!!

MSU loss. That puts Purdue up top of the Big 10 standings with Wisconsin. Yes, The Purdue Boilermakers are in a first place tie in the Big 10 race. This is the sort of thing you predicted in November only after about 14 Millers. Nobody predicted this. Nobody!

And finally, The Greatest Team In The History Of the Entire World Ever, lost! It doesn't get much more satisfying than seeing that f'n dirtbag Bill Belichick running off the field before it's even over. Remember when Randy Mosss did that?? He was crucified for leaving early. Why has this not happened to Belichick???? This is the head coach we are talking about leaving before the game is finished. Lose with dignity, dirtbag.

Eli Manning played an amazing game. He didn't make horible mistakes he did so often in the regular season. Receivers made plays. And the defense did an amazing job. I kept waiting for the Pats to just take over the game, but it never happened. I kept waiting for Brady to make a great pass and find an open Randy Moss for at big TD, but it happened too late. I kept waiting for Eli Manning to throw an interception in their final series, but it never happened. Simply an amazing Superbowl performance by the biggest of underdogs.

Hopefully Boston fans will keep their mouths closed for a while.

But now the bad news. Football is over until August.

And now the good news. Pitchers and Catchers report in 10 days!