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| I'm pretty pissed off at Jim Boheim right now. He
keeps going on all the sports shows explaining how it is absolutely
necessary to add more teams to the tournment because George Mason had a
good run this year. You know Jim Boeheim? I don't think this is about
George Mason at all! He states that he wouldn't care if they add
another round (making it 132 teams) or a more conservative 15 more
teams (making play in games for the bottom 4 seeds, 13-16). Of course,
there is no chance in hell that anyone would honestly want to add a
seventh round to the NCAA Tournament. Making the tournament would mean
nothing. Would anyone take a berth seriously if more than one (which is
too many as it is) Ivy League school was in the tournament? Any sense
of good competition would be ruined!
Several numbers have been thrown around, but I have
been hearing 16 the most, which actually means 15, since there is
already an "opening round," a play-in game for the crappiest conference
winners because the Mountain West Conference is full of pussies (but
I'll go in to that another time.) Basically, the bottom four seeds of
every region would have to play a game JUST TO GET IN to the already
enormous field of 64. These bottom four seeds would ALWAYS be from
small conferences, and almost all of them would be conference
champions. Yes, I know that George Mason was an 11 seed and was not a
conference champion. but the fact of the matter is that historically
cinderalla teams have been conference champions from lousy conferences.
Here is why an asshole like Jim Boeheim would want
these little schools to play another round: it's schools like Syracuse
who get beat by them. It's schools JUST like Syracuse who get beat by
them. Let's not even call Boeheim's team Syacuse, because they're
really just 'Gerry McNamara and the Orange(men).' Boeheim is so
defensive of George Mason getting in (who lost to the powerhouses of
the likes of Hofstra (TWICE), Mississippi State, and NC Wilmington)
because Syracuse probably shouldn't have gotten in. They got in because
they had to: they were conference champions, the very teams he is
promoting punishing with another game.
Most would say "another round of March Madness? What
could be better?" I'm sure Jim Larranga would have had an easy time
rallying his troops against the almighty Great Danes of Albany. That
wouldn't exactly be the David and Goliath match-up everyone craves so
badly. You know what would happen in quite a few of those games? The
worse team would win, because they'd be the ones with nothing to lose.
So, instead of having Cinderalla-worthy teams beating teams from the
power conferences, a lot of them would be going home pretty early.
These would be your upset games: nobody over nobody.
Yet, one would think Jim Boeheim would want a small
tournament, since his team nearly always makes it: the fewer teams, the
fewer to lose to. Not the case: the lowest seeded at-large team was
Xavier, at a 14. What has Jim Boeheim got to lose? Nothing. The lowest
Big East seed was a 10, Seton Hall. The Big East has everything to
gain, too. With 8 teams making the tournament, a new record, it seems
that they would be guaranteed teams late in the tournament. The best
the Big East could produce was two elite eight losers. The Final Four
consisted of two SEC teams, a Pac-10 team, and... a Colonial Athletic
Association team.
Jim Boeheim, America may have not caught on to your
scheme, but I sure have. You act as though you want to help those
little conferences, but really you're just helping yourself. In fact,
if the NCAA Committee had added another 16 teams, guess where they
would be from! Some examples: Maryland, Louisville, Colorado, and
Florida State. These teams wouldn't be taking any 16 seeds either,
because their RPIs are a lot stronger than most little conference
champions.Sure, they wouldn't get to play a play-in winner, but they
would be in the tournament, taking decent seedings from the little guys.
I think I have proven that the NCAA Tournament is
fine as it is. I want those magical Cinderella rides, because that is
the sexier side of the tournament. Sure, they never win the tournament,
but who wants to watch the big dogs play each other right off the bat
anyhow? The point is that Jim Boeheim can kiss my ass. That's for all
my cinderellas out there. They deserve a chance to play against the
power conferences, if only one game a year, in the most popular sports
championship on television (overall, of course. I'm not going to try to
challenge the Super Bowl.) Why ruin something great Jim Boeheim? Why
cover your own sorry ass (and Gerry McNamara's) by saying you want to
help the less fortunate? The rest of the world may not see what you're
doing, but I do. In closing, go to hell Jim Boeheim.
Go Patriots!
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| Today was by far the best Valentine's Day I have ever had. I spent a
good deal of yesterday and this weekend planning and it seems that
Whitney WAY beat that. I got up well before 5 to go jogging and found
that my car had been shoepolished with a lot of love. Then, I get to
school this morning and she's wearing a
"I (heart) JWJ" shirt, like the "I (heart) NY" shirts. Fantastic! After
third hour I offered her some delicious Valentine's Day fruit snacks,
which she declined.
After school I came over to her house. I brought her a dozen yellow
roses and she gave me my presents. First off, she got me this massive
card. Literally like 2 by 3 feet... maybe bigger. It's an enormous bear
hug. Fantastic! I opened my gifts next. She got me a photo collage of
us in a classy frame, my favorite caramel chocolate kisses, and a
coffee-table like book of us (photos and her own designishy stuff). I
love it all! Fantastic!
So then I told her we'd have to drive a long time to get to dinner,
because she didn't know where we were eating yet. She quickly caught on
that a) there was something under a BLANKET in the back of my car b) my
car smelled like delicious food c) the last 24 hours I had been
quizzing her on her favorite foods and what not.
So we drive across the street to that park at the church and have a
picnic by the pond. I brought a basket with all kinds of kickass picnic
foods - I'm quite the chef. Then I gave her the movie she told me she
wanted and a card - I have a reputation for picking out kick-ass cards.
Then we ate and hung out for awhile and went back to her house. She had
baked me a cake so we ate some of that.
It was a kick-ass day. There's still cake left if anyone wants some kick-ass cake. Fantastic!
Until next time dearest xanga,
- Johnny
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| As you all know, I lost quite a few pounds last year. I'm gaining them back. Anybody got any ideas?
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| I'm tired of people not having any replies to whatever I have to say.
So I'm just going to say it: I'm against abortion. Of all the political
issues that those on the Beltway futilely bicker over, I feel most
strongly about abortion. To put it simply:
I'M TIRED OF SELF-PROCLAIMED FEMINISTS TELLING ME THAT PREGNANCY IS A DISEASE.
Smiling, giddy NOW babes in New Hampshire after enjoying a night of unprotected, hardcore fucking.
It's as if I'm suggesting we deny treatment to cancer or the plague or
something of that matter, like they were unlucky enough to be struck
with it. You want my suggestion to the abortion question? (Yes, you
do.) Abort the parents! Sound good? All the pricks and whores who
decide that they're responsible enough to have sex but not in any way
responsible for the consequences become target practice for the
Marines, thus enabling us to send more skilled, experienced men and
women into combat. The child can then be adopted by homosexual couples!
It's a brilliant plan!
United States Marines kicking ass, as usual.
BUT WAIT! WHAT IF THEY'RE RAPED?!
Be my guest; have an abortion. This rare occurrence has little to do
with demanding drive-thru (incorrectly spelled for added tackiness)
windows at abortion clinics. It's almost like irresponsible women (and
men of the pussy variety) are taking advantage of other women's tragic
misfortunes!
More feminist beauties riding bikes (damn those sexist motor vehicles!) to get some tacos with a side of ABORTION.
My suggestions for improving the feminist movement:
1) Get a new cause.
2) Ditch the abortion bullshit. Why don't I hear any bitching about how
college-educated women aren't getting the same pay as equally qualified
men?
3) Hire supermodels to be your spokespersons, instead of large, burly women.
 
Current feminist activist; My proposed feminist activist.
That's all I have to say about that.
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