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On The Plate ... 2/2/06

Thoughts From the Wednesday Night Belafonte

See "The Life Aquatic" if reference to the Belafonte leads to confusion. As compared to Big Mondays and Super Tuesday, I find it more enjoyable to sit back on Wednesdays, enjoy a few Dale Jr's, watch portions of 12 different games, soak in the chaos and then write about what transpired after some time reflecting on the "what the F's" of the night's action. Without further ado, here are the five WTF's of the night…

Duke (83) at Boston College (81) - Apparently the only people in the world that didn't see Sheldon Williams' body slam of Tyrese Rice were the officials. For God's sake even Vitale and his Duke-loving compatriot Mike Patrick thought Williams murdered Rice. But that's the norm when you play the almighty Devils. They shoot 37 free throws and you shoot 13. JJ Redick trips over himself and goes to the line, while Jared Dudley takes a forearm shiver to the chops and gets called for walking. Why the F do people like the Devils so much? Because they are so-called "classy"? Because they are "good kids"? Because they go to an "institution of higher learning"? F that xrap. My brother made a good point while watching the BC game (a gem of a game for the record). He asked…What's the real difference between Duke's "let's all hug it out, yell 'let's go' 421 times after every play, scream after every shot" woofing and BC's "get in a dude's grille, give him some lip and nod your head" woofing? It's just as bad, if not worse, right? Bro, there is no difference, and yes, it is worse. Why and why? Woofing is woofing. Retards like Vitale call Duke's woofing "intensity" because he's too dumb to know any better. (Sorry, V, the BC game broke my love. Homeboy couldn't get any further up Durham's arse if he tried.) Even though the Blue Angels aren't verbally saying "Yea, MF'er" after a basket, they're still saying "Yea, MF'er" and they know it, the other team knows it, K knows it, God knows it. And frankly, actually saying "Yea, MF'er" after a hoop ain't that big of a deal in 2006. That's the truth. What makes the Blue Angels woofing worse is that their little song and dance is considered to be "just some good kids out there having fun with class." F that xrap times 2. Because Duke is Duke and "is always showing so much emotion" it is OK to belittle the opposing team with hugs, kisses, screams, yelps, ass-grabs and the like whereas when a BC kid, or any other Duke opponent, reacts to a made bucket with a little jaw and jive the SOBs in the booth rip them and say "there is no need for that in the game." I loathe it. Duke's like that kid in your neighborhood that every Mom thought was an innocent sweetheart yet when the Moms weren't looking the kid was giving them the finger. In case you haven't noticed, this game drove me insane. 3 thoughts …1) BC is a dangerous team. Much like the Pitt L to UConn, I think BC made a bigger statement in this game than Duke did; 2) BC should not have fallen behind by 17. They could have and should have won this game if they hadn't taken the last four minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half off; 3) Duke better hope that they don't see anybody from the Big East or Big Ten in the tournament. Physical ball is not for them at all. Want to know how I know? Coach K got his rosary out with two minutes to go. I'm shutting up now.

Sweet sassy molassy that was aggressive.

Rutgers (84) at Syracuse (86) - Terrance Roberts saves the 'Cuse's season. The Rut's Quincy Douby drops 41, including 9 triples. Rutgers at Syracuse goes to OT. Back and forth huge shots made, not missed. What else do you need to make this a WTF game? Nothing. Man, this was an absolute gem of a game. And on paper, it looked like dog vomit. But it wasn't. Didn't I tell the Orange faithful not to sleep on the UoNJ faithful? Those kids are scrappy, and even though they are now 3-5 in the Big Feast, they are not dead in the water. And now, neither is the 'Cuse…just like that they're back to 4-4 in the conference with 8 games of new life to go.

St. John's (61) at Marquette (81) - Marquette is 6-3 in the Big Feast? WTF? Yep, and just in case your math isn't too sharp, that's 3 conference wins away from being 9-7 in the best conference around. Stop. Hammer-time.

Vanderbilt (62) at Tennessee (69) - I don't want to have to hate Bruce Pearl. But I already do. And his orange jacket. And his orange suspenders. And his orange tie. And the note that Pat Summit gave him that says "I'm glad you're here." And that he is packing folks into the Thompson-Boling Arena making it a brutal place to play. And his f'ing good team. The Dores had won 3 in a row against the Vols prior to this tough L. Now the Dores season stands fixed at a crossroads…Georgia in Memorial Gym on Saturday. If the mighty Dores don't win, I'm going to be saying WTF happened to this season a lot earlier than I expected to.

Alabama (79) at Georgia (88) - The only reason this donkey game makes the WTF list is that 'Bama killed a sweet ass parlay I had working. I had already hit Iowa, Temple, Charlotte, and Seton Hall. I needed 'Bama to win. They didn't. I lost. Didn't matter though because I also had Duke minus 5 ½ and…

Kansas State (70) at Baylor (72) - …the Wildcats of Manhattan who were giving eight on the road to the 0-6 Bears. Serious up congrats to Baylor for scoring their first W. I have big respect for the kids that take the floor for the Bears even though they got hosed by the GD fools at the NCAA who chopped their season in half for stuff they didn't do.

Side thought…

If you haven't looked at the list of the top 150 college football recruits in the country, get in the mix. Why? Not because these kids are money players, but because these kids have money names. For example…

Markeith = half Mark, half Keith
Toddrick = half Todd, half Rick
Antwine = half Antoine, half Swine
Adron = half Adrian, half Ron
Aleric = half Alex, half Eric
Toryan = half Tory, half Ryan
Deantwan = Either half Dean, half Antwan, or this is simply a camouflaged version of De'Antwan
Pha'Terrell = Terrell with a Pha in front of it

And my favorite… Knowshon. This name has so much potential it's not even funny…

Person 1: "Hey man, you know Sean?"
Person 2: "Yea."
Person 1: "You know where he is?"
Person 2: "Right here, man."
Person 1: "What?"
Person 2: "I'm right here man."
Person 1: "Yea, I know you're right here, but where be Sean?"
Person 2: "MF'er, I am Knowshon!"
Person 1: "What?"

CSG's first born son…"KnowRay"…no doubt about it.