Once again, I am sorry that I am late with the previews. Homework and Jack Bauer get in the way of blogging from time to time.
Monday:
16. Villanova 77 Notre Dame 60- I cannot believe the Irish laid such an egg in a game of such importance. I realize they were only down one with 10 minutes to go but Notre Dame only scored 10 points in the final ten minutes. They now need a strong performance in the Big East tournament to make to the Big Dance.
Tuesday:
24. Florida State at 7. Duke- The Noles finally got a big win this weekend by beating Clemson and now head to Cameron Indoor to face the Blue Devils who beat them into submission in Tallahassee in January. I am becoming more impressed with Duke every time I watch them and all they have to do is contain Toney Douglas which they can do. DUKE 78-65
10. Wake Forest at Maryland- By the way, this blog post will have an ACC feel to it. I think this could be the Terrapins last chance to get their name on the bubble. They kept it close with Duke for awhile but they proved to be too much. I think Wake is way too tough inside. WAKE 83-73
Wednesday:
2. North Carolina at Virgina Tech- The Hokies were a bad start away from knocking off Duke on Saturday and now find themselves directly on the bubble in need of one more big win. Blacksburg is a tough place to play and with the Dukies on their mind, I expect this one to go down to the wire with the Tar Heels experience prevailing in this one. UNC 78-75
15. Marquette at 4. Pittsburgh- The Golden Eagles are in desperate need of win with Nova now a half game back of them in the standings. For the last couple of years, Marquette has had Pitt's number for some reason and I really like the matchups even with DeJuan Blair inside. Marquette wins this one in a tight ball game MARQ 73-69
5. Oklahoma at 12. Missouri- I think everybody saw the real Missouri on Sunday when they got rocked by the Jayhawks and now they get to face big bad Blake Griffin. Granted, they are fortunate that its a home game but still they cannot matchup with Griffin who will take over this one. OKLA 84-75
Thats all for the week.
-Charlie.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Denver and Cutler Need to Hug It Out
Denver and Jay Cutler are not happy with each other right now. This all stems from the Broncos new regime deciding to shop Jay Cutler in the last weekend.
There are two things that I will draw out of this, the first one is that Jay Cutler is acting like a baby right now. He is going "aw shucks, I am hurt by all of this talk about Denver not wanting me to play for their team anymore." Heres the deal Cutler you looked soft when Phillip Rivers punked your ass two years ago, granted it made Rivers look like a tool to most of us but still he had the confidence you want in a quarterback. I like Cutler's skill set as a quarterback and does some really nice things out on the field. But I really question his leadership ability and needs to be more assertive if he wants to succeed.
That leads to my next point which is Josh McDaniels was trying to make a big statement by saying well Cutler hasnt got it done for us in the past couple of years so we are going to listen to offers to see if anyone is interested. Which there was some interest in Tampa where there were rumors of a 1st and 3rd rounder offered for Cutler but according to Mike Lombardi of Pro Football Post via the BS Report the trigger wasnt pulled fast enough. This culminates in an awkward stage comparable to waking up with a three when you thought she was an eight.
Washington has been to me the most confusing team so far in the free agent season but Denver is a close second. I dont get the Brian Dawkins deal which I stated earlier and picking up guys like Jabar Gaffney/JJ Arrington really wont do much for their team with Oakland and Kansas City both making themselves better.
-Charlie.
There are two things that I will draw out of this, the first one is that Jay Cutler is acting like a baby right now. He is going "aw shucks, I am hurt by all of this talk about Denver not wanting me to play for their team anymore." Heres the deal Cutler you looked soft when Phillip Rivers punked your ass two years ago, granted it made Rivers look like a tool to most of us but still he had the confidence you want in a quarterback. I like Cutler's skill set as a quarterback and does some really nice things out on the field. But I really question his leadership ability and needs to be more assertive if he wants to succeed.
That leads to my next point which is Josh McDaniels was trying to make a big statement by saying well Cutler hasnt got it done for us in the past couple of years so we are going to listen to offers to see if anyone is interested. Which there was some interest in Tampa where there were rumors of a 1st and 3rd rounder offered for Cutler but according to Mike Lombardi of Pro Football Post via the BS Report the trigger wasnt pulled fast enough. This culminates in an awkward stage comparable to waking up with a three when you thought she was an eight.
Washington has been to me the most confusing team so far in the free agent season but Denver is a close second. I dont get the Brian Dawkins deal which I stated earlier and picking up guys like Jabar Gaffney/JJ Arrington really wont do much for their team with Oakland and Kansas City both making themselves better.
-Charlie.
Free Agency Weekend Wrap-up
I think this will be easiest way because I know they are a lot of deals that went down and I dont think they all deserve their own separate post. So here we go....
WINSLOW TO THE BUCS- On Friday, the first big deal went down with Kellen Winslow going to the Buccaneers. I like this deal for the Browns because they get rid of a guy who I dont believe wanted to be in Cleveland and I truly believe you can find a reliable tight end pretty easily. It also helps the Buccaneers because they havent had much offense production especially at the tight end posistion but then again, you have to deal with a guy who proclaim himself as a solider.
DAWKINS TO THE BRONCOS- More articles on the Broncos to come in the upcoming days but they signed a thirty-five year old Brian Dawkins to a five year deal worth around 19 million. Granted, Dawkins is a beast and one of the best safeties in the league although I would be upset if my team gave a five year deal to a guy whose 35. Doesnt make sense to be at all and trust me, the Broncos are the most confusing so far in the Free Agency season.
BROOKING TO THE COWBOYS- Keith Brooking an 11 year starter and three time Pro-Bowl will now be a Cowboy. He inked a deal for three years and I am assuming he will be filling the role that Zach Thomas left when he retired after this season. Not a bad deal for the Cowboys, he had 100+ tackles last year and helped Atlanta get to the playoffs. He also is a good influence in the locker room.
CANTY TO THE GIANTS- Chris Canty got a huge deal from the Giants who are in need of third defensive lineman and with Osi Umenyiora probably going to retire soon, the deal made sense. He was rumored to go to the Packers so I am sort of sad we missed out on Canty whose a huge defensive end at 6'7
SCOTT TO THE JETS- Bart Scott followed his former defensive coordinator Rex Ryan to the New York Jets signing a six year 48 million dollar deal. It always seems the Jets do all the right things in the offseason and this is a great decision by them. Scott knows how Ryan's defense works and he is a good leader in the locker room.
TAYLOR TO THE PATS- Fred Taylor is know the newest member of "Running Backs ending their career in Boston." It seems every year the Pats bring in a new 30+ year old running back and usually he has great success. I hope Taylor does too, I have always been a fan of his and wish him the best of luck.
Thats all for now, the big deals will get their own articles but we will probably do this once every two weeks to keep everyone updated.
-Charlie.
WINSLOW TO THE BUCS- On Friday, the first big deal went down with Kellen Winslow going to the Buccaneers. I like this deal for the Browns because they get rid of a guy who I dont believe wanted to be in Cleveland and I truly believe you can find a reliable tight end pretty easily. It also helps the Buccaneers because they havent had much offense production especially at the tight end posistion but then again, you have to deal with a guy who proclaim himself as a solider.
DAWKINS TO THE BRONCOS- More articles on the Broncos to come in the upcoming days but they signed a thirty-five year old Brian Dawkins to a five year deal worth around 19 million. Granted, Dawkins is a beast and one of the best safeties in the league although I would be upset if my team gave a five year deal to a guy whose 35. Doesnt make sense to be at all and trust me, the Broncos are the most confusing so far in the Free Agency season.
BROOKING TO THE COWBOYS- Keith Brooking an 11 year starter and three time Pro-Bowl will now be a Cowboy. He inked a deal for three years and I am assuming he will be filling the role that Zach Thomas left when he retired after this season. Not a bad deal for the Cowboys, he had 100+ tackles last year and helped Atlanta get to the playoffs. He also is a good influence in the locker room.
CANTY TO THE GIANTS- Chris Canty got a huge deal from the Giants who are in need of third defensive lineman and with Osi Umenyiora probably going to retire soon, the deal made sense. He was rumored to go to the Packers so I am sort of sad we missed out on Canty whose a huge defensive end at 6'7
SCOTT TO THE JETS- Bart Scott followed his former defensive coordinator Rex Ryan to the New York Jets signing a six year 48 million dollar deal. It always seems the Jets do all the right things in the offseason and this is a great decision by them. Scott knows how Ryan's defense works and he is a good leader in the locker room.
TAYLOR TO THE PATS- Fred Taylor is know the newest member of "Running Backs ending their career in Boston." It seems every year the Pats bring in a new 30+ year old running back and usually he has great success. I hope Taylor does too, I have always been a fan of his and wish him the best of luck.
Thats all for now, the big deals will get their own articles but we will probably do this once every two weeks to keep everyone updated.
-Charlie.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Starbury Back in Action
Stephon Marbury was waived by the Knicks on Tuesday and on Friday was in a Celtic uniform where he had six points in limited time. Well once again I made a prediction but this time I seem to be wrong so far although its only the first couple of days so we will see. I do believe its a better idea that previously believed.
The reason I think now this is a better idea in the last couple of weeks because the Celtics have proved that their bench is weaker than McLovin in the weight room. I mean Tony Allen is an awful option to have off the bench. He ruins the flow of the game and doesnt seem to have a clue what he is doing out there. The other guy who is horrendous for the C's is Glenn "Big Baby" Davis. I mean Davis believes he is some sort of mid-range jump shooter instead of just trying to muscle his way into the lane for some points. Davis single-handily cost the Celts the game against the Lakers. For all these reasons, this is why Boston went out and got Mikki Moore from the Kings who is a perfect addition to their bench.
In my opinion, I think Marbury will stay under control because he just wants to play basketball again. Marbury could care less about himself I believe right now and just the simple fact, he is playing basketball again is all that matters. I would be very surprised if he has any sort of outburst this year about playing time or anything closely related to that situation. Although I must say if something were to happened, wouldnt surprised in the slightest.
-Charlie.
The reason I think now this is a better idea in the last couple of weeks because the Celtics have proved that their bench is weaker than McLovin in the weight room. I mean Tony Allen is an awful option to have off the bench. He ruins the flow of the game and doesnt seem to have a clue what he is doing out there. The other guy who is horrendous for the C's is Glenn "Big Baby" Davis. I mean Davis believes he is some sort of mid-range jump shooter instead of just trying to muscle his way into the lane for some points. Davis single-handily cost the Celts the game against the Lakers. For all these reasons, this is why Boston went out and got Mikki Moore from the Kings who is a perfect addition to their bench.
In my opinion, I think Marbury will stay under control because he just wants to play basketball again. Marbury could care less about himself I believe right now and just the simple fact, he is playing basketball again is all that matters. I would be very surprised if he has any sort of outburst this year about playing time or anything closely related to that situation. Although I must say if something were to happened, wouldnt surprised in the slightest.
-Charlie.
I Called Matt Cassel to the Chiefs
I just wanted to say that before I got started... In this former post, I said the smartest move by the Chiefs would be to deal Gonzalez for Cassel plus some draft picks. Well the Tony Gonzalez part didnt happen but other than that, I look like the frickin man right now.
Cassel will do big things for Kansas City this year because they already have a pretty strong base of players with Dwayne Bowe, Larry Johnson, and Tony Gonzalez although I have expressed my feelings on the last two guys in prior posts I have done. In addition, now they feel no pressure in drafting Matthew Strafford/Mark Sanchez therefore they will go for defense.
Now I wonder if they are going to try swing a deal for Tyler Thigpen because he is probably an NFL starter I believe. They could probably get a fourth or fifth round pick to a team who could use a quarterback with some experience such as Detroit.
The Chiefs I believe you have to put them at the top of the AFC West right now with San Diego, and Denver kind of falling out of the picture. They have all the tools to shoot to the top of the AFC West and I really believe that Todd Haley was the perfect choice for the head coaching job too.
-Charlie.
Cassel will do big things for Kansas City this year because they already have a pretty strong base of players with Dwayne Bowe, Larry Johnson, and Tony Gonzalez although I have expressed my feelings on the last two guys in prior posts I have done. In addition, now they feel no pressure in drafting Matthew Strafford/Mark Sanchez therefore they will go for defense.
Now I wonder if they are going to try swing a deal for Tyler Thigpen because he is probably an NFL starter I believe. They could probably get a fourth or fifth round pick to a team who could use a quarterback with some experience such as Detroit.
The Chiefs I believe you have to put them at the top of the AFC West right now with San Diego, and Denver kind of falling out of the picture. They have all the tools to shoot to the top of the AFC West and I really believe that Todd Haley was the perfect choice for the head coaching job too.
-Charlie.
Your White Suit Sucks
As you know whenever you dont get the typical wrap-up title that means that Marquette lost which they did 62-58 and there were one big reason Marquette went down today... Jerel McNeal and also a few words about the officials that worked the game.
I hate to put a game on one player but really it would of been better if Jerel McNeal sat on the bench for a couple minutes at least. His state line today was.. 10 pts. 3/19 shooting 2/10 from three. Good lord that was probably my stat line on Friday afternoon when I got embarrassed on the courts. My statisician Mach calculated that Marquette would have shot 10% better if McNeal didnt shoot in this game and also suggested Buzz should have settled him down. He was trying to make up for James' absence today.
Before we get to our favorite thing the officials, Jimmy Butler is proving to the world why he is going to be a great player for Marquette. He grabbed 10 boards today and five of them were offensive. He is such a team player and does all the little things for Marquette.
Alright, I understand that complaining about the refs are the worst thing to do as a fan but this guys just sucked. The illegal screen called on Lazar Hayward in late in the game was one of the worst calls I have seen lately and then how did Wes Matthews not get fouled at the end of the game. He should have been going to the line for three shots but whatever.
On to Wednesday at Pittsburgh.
-Charlie.
I hate to put a game on one player but really it would of been better if Jerel McNeal sat on the bench for a couple minutes at least. His state line today was.. 10 pts. 3/19 shooting 2/10 from three. Good lord that was probably my stat line on Friday afternoon when I got embarrassed on the courts. My statisician Mach calculated that Marquette would have shot 10% better if McNeal didnt shoot in this game and also suggested Buzz should have settled him down. He was trying to make up for James' absence today.
Before we get to our favorite thing the officials, Jimmy Butler is proving to the world why he is going to be a great player for Marquette. He grabbed 10 boards today and five of them were offensive. He is such a team player and does all the little things for Marquette.
Alright, I understand that complaining about the refs are the worst thing to do as a fan but this guys just sucked. The illegal screen called on Lazar Hayward in late in the game was one of the worst calls I have seen lately and then how did Wes Matthews not get fouled at the end of the game. He should have been going to the line for three shots but whatever.
On to Wednesday at Pittsburgh.
-Charlie.
My 300th
Its not really like baseball but if I were a pitcher, this would be a momentous occasion. We have hit the 300 blog post to lead off the month of March. I am taking a vacation from the 15th-22nd during the NCAA first and second round so either I will write or one of my colleagues will do some of the writing for me during that time. I promise I will knock out a mock draft sometime this month and just keep reading, tell everyone you know this is the greatest blog not named Club Trillion.
My only plug right now is for Club Trillion. Read it and it will change your life. Also vote for "The Whitest Guy on Ohio State's Basketball team." I myself went with Mark "the Shark" Titus.
Keep reading...
-Charlie.
My only plug right now is for Club Trillion. Read it and it will change your life. Also vote for "The Whitest Guy on Ohio State's Basketball team." I myself went with Mark "the Shark" Titus.
Keep reading...
-Charlie.
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