Congratulations are in order

24+ hours of the college basketball marathon are now over and I hope the mulldog is sleeping well. What the man pulled of is one of the single greatest feats a human being can accomplish. Folks I want to remind you this was not March madness, or conference championship week...hell it wasn't even conference play. Mulldog put in 24+ hours of mostly sickening match ups, tons of mid-majors, tons of below mid-majors, and the occasional good team playing some realllll pewch.

Essentially you can claim there were only two marquee match ups on the slate yesterday and that would be zaga v mich state and Memphis v Kansas. I spoke with the Mulldog late two nights ago when the first game, UCLA vs Fullerton was about to get away. I don't even think he was fully aware that we were about to be handed 24 straight hours, but after we talked, he set his mind on one goal and one goal only: Making it to the end.

The best part of this story is the set-up and conditions Mulldog endured during this process. This was not a case of a man sitting in a huge living room, nice leather recliner chair, with a laptop by his side, and a 40 inch HDTV. Mulldog trapped himself in a jail cell, with a 1987 computer, folding chair, and 13 inch Magnovox. I would not have watched one game under those conditions.

I will no longer be astonished when I ask Mulldog...."what do you think of this cal st northridge vs Montana Grizz match up tonight?" and his response is..."Well I have seen this Cal St team play 3 times and they are okay but had a tough loss against Santa Barbara who isn't that good. Montana plays in a tough Big Sky, but their big guys Jenkins can't finish and their guard play is weak."

For him to know any information about either team is absolutely sickening, and impressive at the same time.

Rest up Mulldog. You deserve it.

On another note, I would feel remiss if I didn't make a statement about the Dick Jauron era finally ending. My only regret is that Alex Van Pelt was not given the interim title. Imagine the run he might have had. From two years ago he was in the booth calling games on radio. Moved up to Quality control coach, moved to Quarterbacks coach, promoted to offensive coordinator, and the next logical step would have been head coach which would have been the greatest promotion run in history.

Weird time to fire Jauron because no one even cares in Buffalo anymore. Why not fire him after the poor start? Why not fire him after the bye week? Well they fired him after all and let's see what Buffalo does this off season about bringing in someone new. Buffalo never brings in established coaches because none want to come, and ralph doesn't empty his wallet. So no ralph is on the hook for paying Jauron about $6M to finish his contract, and we can expect Raheem Morris Jr. to be our Head Coach next year.

Afternoon Notes

I get a call from Mulldog today who tells me as he posted earlier that he is at the local OTB and nailed 5 straight races at the track. He was confident he had the field down cold and was looking for the improbably 9 for 9 day. Just like you never mention a perfect game in baseball, Mulldog's phone call had done him in. Race 6 was a loser, and so is Mulldog.

Tatum Bell of the UFL's Florida Tuskers has come out today and said that his squad is better and could beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers! Let's get this game to happen! Bell predicted a 24-14 Tuskers victory, and watching the Buccs play this year, could he be that wrong?
Thought in all reality the Buccs would spank the Tuskers, can we get the UFL champions to play the worst NFL team in the pewchbowl at the end of the year? Tell me you are not watching it.

The article for the record, comes out and credits JP Losman as the best player in the league.

Sometimes Life is Funny

Seeing that I received something from Fredonia in the mail today, I had only one thought, "With one week until the completion of my internship and subsequently my degree, SUNY Fredonia has finally wisened up and kicked me out of school." Untrue, as it turned out. In fact, Fredonia was - yet again - praising the Mulldog. Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, today I accept Fredonia's selection of yours truly, the Mulldog, as Comeback Student of the Year:



"The Mulldog would like to thank his girlfriend (shocking to readers, the Mulldog knows). Funny how the Mulldog was a regular Dean's Lister for the beginning his collegiate career, collecting a cumulative 3.6 GPA. Then he broke up with his ex-girlfriend, became one of Fred's pewchest, never saw the Dean's List again and stayed on extra semesters. Low and behold, Spring '09, the Mulldog suckers a lady into dating him and there he is, cold lampin' with the SUNY Fredonia Humanitites Dean, Mr. John K-Something. Thank you and best wishes, may we never meet again."