Take your name off the list

No longer will you be associated with the likes of Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. You won't be looked at like Donovan McNabb, a talented QB that just could not get the job done. No, John Paul Losman, you my friend are a CHAMPION. After all the scrutiny and ribbing you have taken over the years you can finally turn it on all the naysayers and let them know that you have done the unthinkable!

Everyone was so impressed with the NY Giants taking down the undefeated Patriots in the Superbowl a couple years back. Big deal, they were undefeated in a weak AFC EAST and had Tom Brady as their QB. It was not that impressive of a feat for the Giants. Want to hear something impressive, JP took down the 6-0 Florida Tuskers in OT on the biggest stage in football. Not to mention going against a QB like Brooks Bollinger. All 15K in attendance were amazed as well as the countless home viewers who watched during Primetime (By primetime I mean a Friday noon game and probably not witnessed by any directv owners since the game I assume was on VS. and they are still blacked out). So my guess is really no one even knew the game was on, or hopefully had better things to do if they were even aware.

Jp had a very pedestrian game going 21/35 with 193 yrds no tds no ints. MVP went to Dede Dorsey, Who Dey Bengals cast-off who was a fan favorite from Hard Knocks. Lets hope JP can ride the moment from a UFL championship back to the NFL. If people are still crazy and don't pick him up, lets hope he can get back to back championships, and set massive records in the UFL the way Flutie did in the CFL and then come back to dominate one day.

JP. A champion.

Davidson/Fredonia St.

Game is tomorrow.

Davidson -41.5

***Edit in - Final Score:
Davidson 78
Fredonia St. 37


Someone inform Vegas that they need the Mulldog.

Bad Santa

Eric Wood aka the kid from Bad santa faces a tough break this season. Literally. This was shades of LT vs Theisman. Except people really care about those two players and no one cares about Eric wood and whatever scrub (Harvey?) for the Jags that cracked his bone like a peice of pasta out of the box.

At least Buffalo finally got its first break of the season.

Winners Weekend.

Big weekend for the millman in terms of Sports and winning.



1) Let's start with a Cuse coaches vs Cancer title! Huge wins over #12 Cal on Thursday night and #4 UNC on Friday. Though Cal was banged up and UNC is young, you can't discredit the Orange for going out and absolutely bangin two top ranked teams the way they did. Wesley J is a star in the making and this team just defends. Its only November, but two wins of this magnitude can't help but resonate on the committee come March. Who would have thought, but are the orange actually better after losing Flynn, Harris, and Defendorf?

2) Coach Miller takes his 12 year old B team McLean attack into a huge pre-thanksgiving tournament. Coming off an 0-3 weekend in the previous Coach Wooten tournament last weekend, they had some serious work to do. Last weeks tournament by the way was hosted by the Biship O'connel head coach who has coached the likes of Marcus Ginyard (UNC) and Summers (Gtown). He managed to offer me a spot instantly on his staff after seeing the way I coached my team to zero wins that weekend, but I refused to opt out of my highly paid contract with the Attack.

First game we gutted out a 45-41 victory and had our first win of the early season. Dropped the 2nd game by 12. Needed to beat the Great Falls B team in the nightcap to be eligible for the championship game Sunday. 37-37 with 19 seconds to play and we got the ball of the rebound. Coach Miller does NOT call a timeout as he sees the PG running down the court. First true test of Coach Miller's career. Not calling the timeout paid dividends as our PG who had about 7 turnovers on the day whisked by the defense for a baseline runner with 10 seconds to play. 39-37 Attack! After some smothering defense we got the ball back and executed an unreal sideline play that gave our big man the ball under the hoop off a back screen where he held on to the ball, and the game. Attack go 2-1 on the day, but unfortunately fail to qualify for the championship
game due to point tiebreakers. Tough break, but a great tourny for Coach Miller. Gutsy.

3) Sunday we had our Flag Football Playoffs. Da Misfits was my squad and we had the 2 seed going into Sunday. Speaking of "Misfits" who in this picture does not belong?

After a close semi-final we narrowly escaped 18-13 after not scoring a td in the 2nd half. our defense led by yours truly was truly shut down circa Baltimore Ravens in the hay day. Championship game was a laugher as we blew them out of the water to the tune of 36-13. 3 picks and 2 touchdowns out of me wraps up the MVP. Best WR/Safety in the league....hands down. Also known in the regular season to play a little QB. Brady Quinn, Tom Brady, eat your hearts out...there is a new dreamboat in town.

Weekend Roundup

All sorts of action in all sports this weekend including NBA/college hoops. Instead of getting to all that I'm going to try to do a basketball roundup tomorrow - basically try to see where we're at with teams.

College Football:
For all the complaints about the BCS selecting the wrong teams to play in the championship game every year, the bigger problem with the system is really that no one wants to play anyone out of conference. That's why Alabama pounded the snot out of Chattanooga and Florida beat up on Florida International Airport. Teams are too afraid of scheduling someone that might actually beat them...I have not been the biggest BCS opponent but honestly the system has to go. For those reasons and for the fact that people talk about it more than the actual game of college football (myself included now I guess).

NFL:
-You know things are bad when the Lions and Browns play in the most exciting game of the week. Nothing like an old-fashioned Brady Quinn and Matthew Stafford shootout. Can it get any worse for Browns fans than to lose on a pass interference on a hail mary? I say we combine the Bills and Browns into one mega team - I say they win 4 games, maybe 5.
-The Giants got back on track with a win over the Falcons. Somehow, they managed to blow a 14 point lead at home before winning in overtime. This had huge playoff implications as it will basically be two NFC East teams, the Falcons and Packers fighting for the two wild card spots. The Giants now have a 1 game advantage and and the tie-break on Atlanta.
-How many people picked Kansas City to knock off Pittsburgh? How about Oakland over Cincinnati? I wouldn't be too alarmed, these types of off-the-wall upsets happen every year around this time. A team sleepwalks into an opposing stadium and the other team shows up. With that said, Pittsburgh severely out-gained KC and if not for a Roethlisberger overtime concussion, probably would have won. I'm sure everyone has seen the Caldwell fumble, but again, this is probably a game the Bengals would have won all things being equal.

As it stands however, the Patriots and Colts have opened up a gap between themselves and the rest of the AFC. No one appears to be quite on the level of either of these two and only Pittsburgh and San Diego probably have the talent to compete with them come playoff time.

On the NFC side, Minnesota and New Orleans have done the same thing (to a lesser degree). New Orleans is the league's most explosive team and Minnesota is the league's best. I'm not sold on any other team except maybe the Eagles and maybe the Giants. That said, this year's playoffs is shaping up to be a year of the bye week teams (at least on paper).

-Watching the Eagles-Bears game last night, one thing became clear: Lovie Smith needs to be fired. This is not a ground-breaking statement, but seriously the man is lose trying to coach an NFL team. The Eagles basically gift-wrapped the Bears the game with sloppy play all night but Lovie refused to get Bellichikian and try to put the game away, instead he was ultra-conservative and decided he wanted field goals, field goals and more field goals.
-Early second quarter, down 10-0, 4th and 2 at the Eagles 27, he opts: Field Goal. This is always a bad decision. Why make your kicker connect from 44 yards on a score that nets you less than half of a touchdown, when you probably pick up the two yards over 50% of the time. Simple math.
-Next possession they break off a 72 yard run to the Eagles 10. Fullback screen, run up the middle, incomplete. 28-yard Field Goal.
-Nearing the end of the second quarter, again, 4th and 5 at the Eagles ten...a chance to take a 13-10 halftime lead instead of walking into the locker room down 10-9, Lovie opts Field Goal.
-Third quarter, he was left no choice, 4th and 13 at the Eagles 31, he opts Field Goal.
-Teams exchange TD's, Chicago gets a 2-point conversion and go up 3 points.

Here is where the worst decision of all is made. Up 3, with 12 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, the Chicago defense comes up with yet another turnover at the Eagles 37. Forte 2 yard loss, incomplete, 9 yard pass. 4th and 3 at the Eagles 31. 48-yard field goal after your kicker has already hit five to go up 6 points against an offense that has been on the verge of breaking through your defense all game (Chicago's defense did a nice job of collecting turnovers and had some timely sacks, but other than that the Eagles moved the ball pretty easily all game). It's so conservative to try to kick again there, of course, Lovie did, and it was blocked. The Eagles went right down the field and scored a touchdown. Then Cutler failed again to put together a game-winning drive and ended the game on a *shocking* interception.
Bottom line, when you have a team as explosive as the Eagles on the ropes, up three in the fourth at the 30 yard line on 4th and less than 5, there is no decision to be made - you go for it. Try to end the game like Bellichik would do (just not when you're at your own 30).

-Not sure how many people caught the MLS finals last night but I was cheering for the Galaxy. Devastating loss to Real Salt Lake in the penalty kicks. Have to wonder if the Glaxay pull it off if their starting keeper didn't get hurt. This game got me pretty fired up for some World Cup action (unexpectedly).

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.

24 Hours of College Basketball

For those of you living under a rock, ESPN is airing 24 hours straight of college basketball, starting midnight, about 9 hours ago.

Your boy the Mulldog has pulled an all-nighter and plans to threaten the Guiness Book of World Records in total coffee consumed by one man in a single day as I attempt to make it through every game.

Game 1: CS Fullerton 68 UCLA 65 2OT: Not a misprint on the score. An absolute thriller as Cal Fullerton beats UCLA in double OT. To call it a thriller is a bit of a joke to be honest. It was one of the worst combined shooting performances seen outside of a biddy league since Naismith invented the game. No, Cal State Fullerton is not that good. No, UCLA is not THAT bad. Before you go burying them realize that they are rebuilding this year and should improve as the year goes on. Dragovic is a very good shooter and he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn...he'll start hitting shots and their big men will develop. They still play excellent defense, rebound it and don't turn it over. They are going to have trouble scoring though and really won't be a national factor this year.

Game 2: St. Mary's A Lot - San Diego St. Not A Lot. This game was a bit of a snoozefest as they only switched to it after double OT and it was already Gaels 19-9. And it only got uglier from there. Mickey McDonnell made Gaels fans quickly forget about Patty Mills as he hit his first 5 three-point attempts including one that was actually registered as having departed from the Congo Republic. Here's the thing. Before you buy into the St. Mary's hype that we will no doubt start hearing...it's an impossible place to play against a team that is rebuilding (San Diego St) and beat up. Good team, but ultimately not that good.

Game 3: Northern Colorado - Hawaii: 4 a.m. Eastern and ESPN decided to try to put anyone attempting the all-nighter to sleep. Little did they know that I am a complete sicko. Watched the whole disgusting game. Northern Colorado won after a fairly tight game turned into a 17 point rout with about 4 minutes left, only for some kid on Hawaii (who I can only describe as Lil' Penny grows up and accepts a scholarship to Hawaii) gets blazing hot from deep and they cut the deficit to 4 points with less than a minute left. UNC held on however. This Hawaii team was a real miscast group of characters. They had some transfer from Providence with a mohawk who made an "And-1" lay-up on a big guy from UNC and decided to get in his face and pound his chest after he "lay-upped" on him.
Also would like to mention that a man on Hawaii got compared by the announcer to the one and only John Bryant. Normally this would disgust me, however this giant white stiff actually came in the game, had about 7 rebounds and 10 straight points in the span of 3 minutes erasing a deficit and giving Hawaii what would be their only (brief) lead of the game. He then got hurt. The comparison stops there.

Game 4: Getting to the good games - Monmouth 30 - St. Peter's 54. I made that score up, but I kid you not it's a lot closer than you would expect. Monmouth made 4 field goals in the first half and had 8 with about 5 minutes remaining in the game. I really don't know exactly what to say about this game other than Peter's gym was the most full I've ever seen it...which is kind of bizarre, considering it was 6 a.m. on a Tuesday. Sometimes I really miss college.

Game 5: Niagara - Drexel. NU overcame a typically sloppy, lazy start (what could you expect after all, with an 8 a.m. tip?) to take a 42-30 lead into the half. Who knows what to expect from this team in the second though, hopefully they keep rolling.

Niagara got the win, classic NU hoops. So talented, but can't stay focused for a game. When they want to they can be absolutely lights out. It all starts with the defense and boxing out for them and they don't always have it though.

So I am on my third pot of coffee, starting at 10 p.m. last night. I'm pretty sure the early stages of hallucinating have set in, I just walked out of the bathroom and knowing no one was in the house heard the music blaring from my room and thought a couple strangers were carrying on a conversation in my house. I have caught myself staring at the TV screen missing what I would approximate at 4-5 possessions in whichever game is on. Honestly, I'm beginning to think this is one long game that will just never end. UCLA, you still have time to come back and beat Fullerton! Monmouth, couple more hours and you'll reach 50 points! Speaking of zoning out, I just spent the past 5 minutes staring at the screen like it was the original Mona Lisa.

Game 6: Siena and Northeastern are underway. Throw out any praise I heaped on Siena. They are lifeless and garbage without Hasbrouck who I thought was a replaceable part. There was more to tell, but I must post this before I begin hallucinating. Back again at the conclusion of this Siena-Northeastern game. Also, the announcers just mentioned we are in hour 13 of the marathon. Past halfway. I think they also just called me a junkie.

Siena won by, oh who the hell cares, they won by less than 8.5 points. Northeastern couldn't make a shot all game and decides to know down three 3's in the final two minutes. Love it. I don't know how tired I am right now. I feel like it's a regular Tuesday afternoon, 2:00. Tulsa and Arkansas Little Rock just came in so the true test of how tired I am is underway. Seems like days, maybe even weeks ago when that UCLA/SF Fullerton game ended. I'm basically a geriatric. I move from the chair to my bed to the coffee pot and to the bathroom. That's it. I'm half waiting for a nurse to show up and ask if I want the meatloaf or the chicken pot pie for dinner tonight.

Game 7: This Little Rock - Tulsa thriller 25-20 has officially made me teary eyed. I never knew I could see the players in 3D on my 13" Magnavox. BTW, I perhaps should have mentioned that's what I am watching all of these games on. No HD, no big screen, no flat screen. Back to basics. So anyway, I just had some mail delivered, it's my retirement fund records. Apparently, your boy has racked up $5.62 in retirement lifetime. Looks like I'm on the fast track. Or maybe I'm just delirious. I'd also like to take this moment to call out those clowns they showed in the UCLA dorms saying they were "still watching, 24 hours of college hoops on ESPN" Where are they now? That's what I want to know. Did they even make it through the double OT? I know none of those fair weather fans made it through Hawaii and Northern Colorado, much less Monmouth and St. Peter's.
I just sat a solid ten minutes on my sent myself from my phone of my beautiful TV...just to look at my cell phone and realize email account waiting for the picture I
^Not sure what happened up there. What I meant to say is: I was waiting for this picture of my TV that I sent to my email from my phone for a while before I realized I hadn't completed the process of sending it.

Well Tulsa won by a bunch in a game that near rivaled Monmouth-St. Peter's in terms of ugly play. The Tulsa big man Jordan looks much improved. Decent shooting touch. Interested to see him play vs. a team with some size to see if he looks ordinary again or if he's truly improved.

Game 8: Goergetown vs. Temple
Yet again I'm not sure if I was seeing things but right after the tip I swear the score read Temple 6 G'Town 0. I like the Hoyas -10 here. Temple's strength is their big guy but G'Town has Monroe to counter with...the question is can this team find ways to start making shots. 5 minutes in the answer is no.
Also, I decided to make a Bloody Mary. I literally was going to make myself a virgin Bloody Mary except I realized I would have to blog about it so I made it legit. Let's see if this does me in. Plan on a pot of coffee after dinner and then trying to hang on for dear life until that TCU-Zona St. game is over. May have a nightcap with some knockoff Bailey's on the rocks and then sleep for I don't know - 2 days?
At least the good games have arrived.

At halftime 19-13 Hoyas. What did I do to deserve this? Seriously, why must the basketball Gods make this the most miserable 24 straight hours of basketball ever? Seriously, there hasn't been a well played game yet. No one can make wide open shots. This is absolutely terrible!!!!
Georgetown blew a decent lead, looked dead, then came back and won. New year, same old Georgetown team? This team can still get after it on defense, but they seemed to tire out and stopped boarding. Then they came through with a fury. I thought they were unbelievably good last year. At this point I'm about ready to hop off the bandwagon.

Game 9: Duke-Charlotte
Was eating dinner and missed the start and this one is already over. Do you know what it's like eating dinner with your parents without sleeping for 33 straight hours (forgive me if that math is way off)? Do you know what it's like eating dinner with your parents after getting absolutely blasted? Then you do. I was eating chicken and my mom was talking and I felt like it was 3:30 a.m. at Denny's. Somehow the conversation shifted to Jenna Jamison, which got me to up and leave and rush back for game 9 (apparently she was on Oprah today). This one looks to be in the books tonight and Duke is probably going to be very tough this season. I must admit, for the first time, I feel like I'm struggling. I feel kind of drunk, exhausted, my balance is way off (took about three tries to get the foot pedal on the garbage can) and I am fired up for more college hoops. I haven't had enough yet ESPN, keep feeding me. Anyway to schedule a 1:30 a.m. Hawaii jump-off?

We are approaching the 19th hour and I have a question. What is that crazy board they keep showing Rece Davis in front of with all sorts of team name's and numbers? At first (that is the first 15 times they showed it) I thought it was a scoreboard....but after the last showing I am fairly sure it's not. It really made no sense to me. Is this board real?

Happy 20th Hour! Duke 101 Charlotte 57. What did I do Basketball Gods? What?

Game 10: Gonzaga at Michigan St. I actually like Michigan St. -11 here. I can't see any way Gonzaga hangs with them as they really don't have much left. But as we begin to close in on the finale and as my eyes grow heavier and heavier, I have to sit here and hope a game draws my interest. To recap:
-We started with a double OT thriller of an improbably CS-Fullerton upset over UCLA (in a miserably played game)
-St. Mary's was up about 20 on SDSU before we even switched to it.
-North Colorado and Hawaii slugged it out.
-Monmouth got held in the 30's vs powerhouse St. Peter's.
-NU and Drexel played in the most entertaining and exciting (sloppy of course) game of the day. Thank you Purple Eagles. Thank you Dragons.
-Clemson destroyed Liberty despite an absurd line of -10 by Vegas.
-Siena and Northeastern played in a snoozefest at a dead silent, empty Times Union Center.
-Arkansas Little Rock and Tulsa played a miserable game where Tulsa was never threatened.
-Georgetown and Temple both got held under 50 points in at least a rare close game.
-Duke beat Charlotte by 50.
How miserable am I right now? Well at least I got some more coffee, let's hope these last three games cap things off with a fury.
I would just like to thank Michigan St. and Gonzaga for actually playing good basketball. Not only did it come down to the wire, but both sides played defense and solid team ball. Very exciting and enjoyable game to watch.

Game 11: Kansas - Memphis
At the half in a pretty competitive game 26-20 Kansas. I get the feeling that Kansas can't be beat here, the only question is will they run away and hide or will it remain close?
24 Hours of hoops in the books...going into bonus ball now with this ending and then onto ESPN2 to watch TCU-Arizona St.
There is 2:13 left in the game (Kansas 52-47) and I just realized Dick Vitale is announcing. It's not everyday you can say that. Can't say either team was impressive here, I was quite disappointed with the way Kansas played. They have some really good pieces, but they look underwhelming tonight. Memphis just looks like a much lesser version of last year.
I say this all before Memphis makes a serious run, they have just hit a three-ball to cut it to a 1-point game with 16.7 seconds left. The big games really showed up big. Honestly, I wasn't that attached to this game, I just don't have anything left, but an exciting finish has me rejuvenated.
57-55 Kansas as a Memphis player draws bank iron on a three-point attempt with time expiring.


Game 12: TCU-Arizona St.
A dozen games. What a day. Flip over from the Memphis-Kansas game and there is three seconds before halftime. A lesser man may pack it in here, but I am determined to watch the second half. In the meantime I think I'll cap some horse races from Aqueduct for tomorrow in case I wake up before the track closes.
12:38 a.m. - The second half starts. I'm really on my last leg here, I can feel my body starting to shut down...if it wasn't the last half my body would probably just knock me right out now.I actually came up with a horse race I like but I forget what it was.
1:02 a.m. - 25 hours of hoops. I'm watching this game, yet I have no clue what is happening. No way I could operate a motor vehicle right now. Can't believe there is another half-hour left...please no OT.
1:06 a.m. - They keep reviewing plays, they really don't want me to sleep. Me want me to sleep though. When I'm not typing my hands are on my cheeks like a bum asleep on a train. TCU just took a 4-point lead, this game literally might be headed to OT, which might put me over the edge. Who am I kidding? Give me 5 OT's, I'm ready for it.
1:19 a.m. - TCU extended it to an 8-point lead with under 4 minutes remaining. As I'm typing this ASU hits a 3 and calls timeout. This is never going to end. I've been very tired before after working overnights but this takes it to a whole new level. Think I am at my limit right here. 48-44 with under 3 minutes left and this is turning into a drag-out foul fest.
1:27 a.m. - This reminds me of the sleepover parties when you're younger when everyone tries to stay up all night, only I'm not with any friends, I'm watching my 12th college basketball game in just over 24 hours between TCU and Arizona St. because I'm a sickening human being with no life. ASU just tied it at 48 with 1:30 left. Seriously, OT may break me. Gigantic sequence, TCU makes 1/2 free throws, chance of OT just went down. 49-48 TCU, ASU ball 35.5 seconds remaining. I just looked at my backpack and it appeared to be expanding...come on gentlemen, let's end this one already. My eyes are opening and closing, announcers words are fading in and out, this is it, I've hit the wall and hit it hard, no fouls please. Miss. Zona St. should have it now.
1:37 a.m. - The buzzer sounded, ASU won, as I fade in and out, let's wrap this up, it's been fun.

Overall, this was a great run. It started with a bang, was pretty miserable (in a pleasing masochistic sense) and really only the big games panned out much. I come away knowing a decent amount about each team, but since it is so early you can't really tell how teams will gel and develop. I had some more thoughts but my brain literally feels like it has been replaced with a hunk of lead. I just looked in the mirror and I have full-blown shopping bags under my eyes. I may or may not be hearing laughing voices outside my window. I think it's safe to say that I've had enough...meanwhile, TCU looms ominously close to Zona St. trailing just 33-31...do I dare consider the possibility?

Most impressive Team: Duke - Far and away looked the most battle ready. Polished, good on both ends and already knocking down shots. Sure, Charlotte isn't as good as some of the teams the other top-ranked teams faced, but you simply can't look better than that. Duke is going to be a force this year.

Least Impressive Team: There were many, but Monmouth takes the cake. They actually have a big guy - Travis Taylor - who is very tough to stop, but their guard play is so bad that it's a miracle if he touches the ball. They were held in the 30's by St. Peter's and while maybe the 6 a.m. tip is an excuse, Monmouth looked ever so slightly worse than Liberty.

(refs are reviewing a call in this Zona St. - TCU game, you have to be kidding me)

As I wrap things up on the marathon I figured I would do what I should have done in the first place and show you the disgusting set-up I have now sat in for over 24 hours straight:
That's it, just a folding chair, old desktop computer and 13" Magnavox, lots of cups, mugs, glasses and my blood, sweat and tears. Until next year's marathon, stay pewch.