Best two weeks of the sports calendar

Not as good as an entire autumn of college football, but these next two weeks of college hoops -- featuring, gulp, weekday afternoon games are the best on the sporting calendar.

Louisville

Will be in deep trouble in March.  They don't shoot free throws well, and senior Peyton Siva plays like a freshman.

Not good...

Ugh...

Why don't fifth grade teachers teach multiplying fractions the way we all learned it growing up?!?

Their new method is stupid.

Utterly stupid.

Best we can do...

M

Memo to Michigan: Learn to hit free throws down the stretch.  Learn to not choke.  Ouch.

Wow...

Predicted to get 4-8 inches, some said 6-10 inches.

Easily ended up with 20 plus inches of snow.

Love it...

Close call...

Close call today.  Was waiting for The Keurig to finish making our cup of coffee and then we were going to head to school. Finally got text at 6:14. 

Snow Day! No School!

Let it snow...

Supposed to snow for the next 24 hours.

Suh-weet...

Love it...

The Natties tried to show their new found fake toughness today in spring training as Big Baby Strasburg hit Utley in the foot. One inning later Doc Halladay buzzed one behind some clown's head.

Classic...

Graphic designer...

We are now in charge of designing the Metro T-shirt for the team.

And it was good...

Tonight's dinner:

Steak tips and grilled shrimp.

Hard to believe...

But we took The Playmaker for an hour of batting practice down in the cages this afternoon.

Phillies

Caught three innings of the Phillies game today.  Saw Howard and Dom Brown go yard.  Both on two strike pitches from lefties.

Wow...

T-H-U-D...

Had a 13 point lead in first half.  Led by 10 at halftime.  Up 5 after three quarters.  Somehow lost by 7.  Season over.  We are beyond pissed.

Best we can do...

U-N-I-T-Y...

Just picked up BRIGHT (as in EFF YOU!!!) RED Under Armour sweatbands for the team to wear in tomorrow's playoff opener.

Best we can do...

Playoff seedings...

We landed a 7 seed (out of 12 teams) and play the 10 seed on a neutral court Thursday night. Win and advance. Lose and go home.

Some snow is better than no snow...

Champions!

We won our February Vacation Basketball Tournament tonight, with a 58-43 victory.  The Playmaker had 9 points (3-7 shooting, 3-4 from the foul line), 2 assists and 1 rebound.

W-O-W!!!

Best we can do

Breaking News...

The Playmaker made the AAU team.

Woo! Hoo!

February Vacation, 2.0

1. Bought two pairs of jeans (woo! hoo!).

2. Organized Tax Stuff for the The Tax Guy.

3. Made a fire.

4. Cooked pancakes for the kids.

February Vacation, 1.0

1. Cleaned the garage.

2. Organized basement closet (the new home for the Christmas stuff).

3. Ordered new replacement parts (covered by warranty) for The Elliptical.

4. Went grocery shopping.

Dinner: Pork chops and salad

Everyone know who we are...

Fresh off of last Tuesday's defeat of the first place team, we beat the second place team today, 49-46.  We are now tied for second place.  The Playmaker score all 6 of his points in the fourth quarter.  He took a 1-4 iso play, got a pick from his center and drove for a layup.  Two minutes later he scored on a give and go.  Later, he got fouled after grabbing a defensive rebound.  He hit both ends of the one and one.  For the game, he had 6 points (2-3 shooting), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover.  He was the starting shooting guard and also played 4 minutes at the point.

We'll see...

Had final AAU tryout today.  It was a grueling 90 minutes of 1-1 play, as well as full court 5-5.  The Playmaker was good for the first 45 minutes, no so good in the final 30.

We'll see what happens...

Best we can do...

Final Metro Practice of the Year...

And the final 15 minutes we had the dads and boys play knockout and shoot foul shots.  The dads and boys tied on free throws with five each. (The Playmaker and his Old Man each hit their foul shots.)  As for the knockout?!?  We made it to the finals where we squared off with the other assistant coach.  The result?!?

It's good to be The Champion.

Everyone know who we are...

Ouch...

R.I.P. Big O...

Yikes...

Actually have to go to school tomorrow.

How GREAT is this?!?

We remember this...

W-O-W...

Picked up about 24 inches of snow in last night's/this morning's blizzard.

Love it.

White Death ... 7 P.M.

Well, what do you know?!?

Just got the text.  No school tomorrow.  Already hit the market for: burgers, fresh chicken wings, dogs, cold cuts, steak tips, pork, cantaloupe and a fresh tank of propane.

Maybe the White Death will visit after all.

Hmmmmm...

Predicting 1-2 feet of snow?!?

We'll believe it when we see it.

Classic...

Best we can do...

 

John Harbaugh

Philadelphia Eagles

Super Bowl...

1. We're pulling for the 49ers tonight.  We love Jim Harbaugh.  We'd take him on the Eagles or at OU in second. Best coach in football.

2. We like John Harbaugh.  People forget he was the special teams coach of the Eagles a while back. Good coach.  Very good man.

3. We can't stand Ray Lewis.  Total fraud.  People singing his praises as a man should be ashamed of themselves.  Bad dude.

4. Prediction: 49ers 24 Ravens 20.

AAU...

Had AAU tryouts this morning.  There were/are 32 kids trying out for the 12 man team.  Final tryout two weeks from today.

Fingers crossed...

Next fall...

Downloaded an illegal bootleg of Chipper's spread offense that he ran for The Sons of Phil Knight.  Will water it down somewhat and use it next fall for flag.

Everyone know who we are...