Mike wanna be

Ugh, why does CBS make me sit through Cornell getting drubbed by 12 when there's a 16 within one score of tying a 1?

If you make it through the stadium walls from the parking lot, you win.

Which games had Gus Johnson today? I haven't heard him yet.

I had Nova in the title game in this bracket. I'm fuuuuuuuuucked.

For those who didn't see it because I just googled it myself to reminisce: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x177t8_ec...-vs-batista-ecw And yes, he was legit pissed. The "you both suck" chant started shortly before the bell rang; the mutants weren't intent on giving them a chance. From there the top face on Smackdown received his share of "Same old shit", "change the channel", rampant booing of every offensive move by both combatants, a lovely "Boring" chant, boos of every kickout for making the match continue, and then booing the DQ finish. After they went off the air, Batista & Big Show hugged just to stick it to the ECW faithful.

If you're on good terms with someone, a good way to make those turn into non-speaking terms is to ask questions like "Hey did you rail a minor back in '90? Vince's kid, perhaps? Were you what they call the 'pre-Game show'?" If someone were questioning me about my brother possibly committing statutory rape you better believe if I had a single doubt on the subject I would deny or debunk it. The fact that didn't happen speaks volumes about the situation. If you honest to god had absolutely no idea whether any shred of it was remotely true, you wouldn't have that "single doubt" that would cause you to instantly deny it, and you'd be in the same situation as Lanny. Would you deny it and go through the gamut of "Are you sure? How sure are you?" inquiries that you have to answer "I don't know" or "I have no idea" to? Don't you end up looking like a jackass who's covering for his statutory raping brother when you make claims like that with no evidence? Sure there's no evidence to the contrary of your statement, but when you say stuff like "He's not guilty" the burden of proof is on your shoulders, not theirs. Obviously he'd like to outright deny it. Maybe Lanny figured it'd be a more prudent maneuver to just sidestep the question as much as possible (which I believe he did with his "I know what you're referring to, and I've never asked Randy about it" response).

Each team gets a possession starting at the 50, and if it's still tied after that you go to sudden death. Coin toss to start overtime lets you choose defense first, offense first, or defer to sudden death.

If you're on good terms with someone, a good way to make those turn into non-speaking terms is to ask questions like "Hey did you rail a minor back in '90? Vince's kid, perhaps? Were you what they call the 'pre-Game show'?"

He's not under contract, that's the problem. He's got the franchise offer and it's taking up cap space as a result (for reasons I do not understand, admittedly), but he hasn't agreed to sign it yet so Carolina can't do shit in the already weakened free agent market or make trades that bring in more expensive players. If he wants to leave, eventually he's going to get the opportunity to do so, and it's better to get rid of him in a trade and get something for it rather than getting 1, 2 years of lazy unmotivated play. Plus, the longer he plays like shit the harder he is to trade, as you lose out on some trade partners who think he's going to be lazy and contribute squat, and you lose out on leverage as everybody knows his value to you is far less than his value will be elsewhere.

Works better if we don't argue different things. I was arguing emotion through the intensity, you seem to be arguing that the NBA is the shit. College ball has more emotion because it's a more intense scenario; a smaller percentage of overall teams in a one-and-done, win-six-or-you're-another-also-ran setting with a cap of 4 chances you get in a lifetime is far more intense than the NBA system.

Austin/Jericho, Flair/Jericho, or my preferred choice Lawler/Jericho could go either way and be a competitive matchup. Jericho v. 3 legends will be obvious within 30 seconds whether they're going to push Jericho going over 3 legends or whether he's going to get squashed for the "Yay legends!" pop. Then again, maybe those 3 legends turn him down next week on Raw and turn Jericho into the hypocrite, as they all collectively decide to pass on the limelight and let Jericho wallow around begging anybody who's ever been somebody to give him a match so he can appear at Wrestlemania.

Garnett wouldn't have cried (let alone like a bitch) had the Celts lost at any stage of the playoffs. College ball admits 65 of 342, I think it is, to the tournament. Pro ball admits 16 of 30. College ball, you win six games in a row and you're the champion. Pro ball, win six games in a row & you're midway through the conference semifinals. College ball, you lose and you're finished. Pro ball, you lose and you can still lose two more times before you're even in danger of being done, and if you win four before you lose four those prior losses don't even count any more. College ball, you get 4 years of eligibility and then you're gone forever. Pro ball, you've got 15, 20 years depending on how banged up you get.

How sometimes the referee will count to four and begin wrestling the wrestler to get him to break the illegal hold, rather than just yelling FIVE and ringing the bell (or even calling for the disqualification and then trying to break the hold). Conversely, how hilariously inept the referee looks when he tries to call for a break in a no-disqualification match. CM Punk called one out on it when he wrestled Regal that one time. He told him "It's no DQ, I'm gonna break his arm" and both Regal & the referee had "oh shit we booked ourselves into a corner" looks.

I'd have settled for blue & orange for Peppers if it brought Cutler. I turned on Delhomme faster than he could turn it over to me if I had a Cardinals jersey on.

I just now remembered to look up the plot summary to the original on Wikipedia, a full 3 years after seeing the commercials for the movie and really wanting to see the movie. Weird.

[ape]But is the feeling mutual?[/ape]

I know Peppers wants out, but is there seriously nothing better out there than a high second for a former #2 overall pick?

Pacers move to Seattle & send New Orleans or Memphis to the Eastern Conference.

Likewise.

Man, give Michael Cole enough shit on the internet and he busts out the thesaurus. Classic Undertaker.

A mass invasion of Testicles.

Memphis doesn't deserve a #1, they don't play anybody in Conference USA. You could put anyone in the top half of the Big East in C-USA and they'd run the table for 4 straight years too. Come to think of it, C-USA is where the Big East got all their good basketball teams (Louisville, Marquette...and Cincinnati, Depaul & USF) after Miami, VT & BC jumped ship to the ACC. #1s are Louisville, UCONN, UNC & Pitt. Big East's grabbing 3 because there's nobody else to give them to, everybody else got punked out (Michigan State lost and Duke doesn't get a shot at UNC to steal their #1 spot with a what-have-you-done-lately statement win to wipe out the 2 losses) Memphis gets a solid #2 though. Play-in game should be Alabama State v. North Dakota State.

Indeed. I'd rather rake in royalties over the next 20+ years for having a jump-off-the-cage moment aired repeatedly than simply adding one to my number of title reigns. And to contribute, the fact that boots can easily be loaded in such a manner that a referee checking them will not find anything, and the loaded object will not move at all during the match...but by simply kicking the toe of the boot into the ground a couple of times, you can dislodge the object right to the point of the boot and turn a regular kick into the cause of several internal injuries.

Ted Dibiase Sr.'s dad dropped dead in the ring, IIRC.

You missed "Death by Jericho". I'll guess suicide via drugs, with accidental overdose being a close second.