2007 March | Pickin' Splinters

Please pass the salt…. »

I need to finish the crow. Yeah, I need to publicly acknowledge that Wally picked three of the final four, and I managed only one. I know you’ve been gloatin’ Wally, so here’s your chance to make it public. After the Drew’s Revenge prognostication you were due.
This year’s final four has two [...]

March 30, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

20 Years Later »

It all started with those NCAA commercials. You know the ones I’m talking about. A few non-descript athletes on the television screen all participating in their particular sport. The commercial closes with those athletes saying: I’m going pro next year, but not in sports. The better half commented: “Yeah, what do [...]

March 30, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

In Tribute: Trent Jackson »

Trent Jackson, possibly the greatest all-around athlete from Rochester, New York, died suddenly this past weekend. The ‘Franklin Flash’ ran a 9.4 100 yard sprint in 1961. Thus tying the national high school mark established by none other than Jesse Owens. Jackson later made the U.S. Olympic squad for the 1964 Tokyo [...]

March 26, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

Great Broadcasting Calls »

“The scramble for Atlanta is on!”
“He must have gotten lonely. That’s the first open opportunity he had all night, and he drilled it.”
“He must have been trying to throw it off the back of a Washington State defender because he couldn’t have thrown that bad of a pass.”
“You’ve got to box out Tyler Hansbrough. [...]

March 23, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

Sweet Sixteen in Summary »

Now that sixteen teams remain, let’s re-shuffle the deck and take a closer look at the field.
Four #1 Seeds: Florida, Kansas, Ohio State, and UNC
Three #2 Seeds: Memphis, UCLA, and Georgetown (Yeah, throw a little salt ‘n’ peppa on the crow I need to eat. Boo hoo for the Badgers of Wisconsin).
Three #3 [...]

March 20, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

When is a foul intentional? »

Well … that’s a bit difficult to answer because you’d have to be a mind-reader to some extent. But it was absolutely criminal for the referees in Saturday’s Xavier vs Ohio St. contest not to call an obvious intentional foul on Ohio St. with about 9 seconds left in regulation. Greg Oden quite [...]

March 19, 2007 | Posted in NBA, Wally's World | Read more »

Results Are In For The Sweet Sixteen Challenge! »

And the winner is…a whole lotta people with ten correct answers: Aaron, JNuke, JFeola,and yours truly for the Premier Division. Wally picked ten in the Elite division.
Tidbits – Nobody picked Tennessee nor Vanderbilt. JNuke was the only person to pick USC. The Nukester was also the only person to pick the Ducks of [...]

March 18, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

ThIS IS WHY I HATE CBS!!!!! »

Reason #1 – The Vanderbilt / George Washington game is in the second half. I am getting a live feed of our local news!?!?!?!
Imagine me making a horse sigh.
Reason #2 – A timeout on the floor means an automatic commercial break. Instead of a timeout on the floor equals a switch to another [...]

March 15, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »

Final 4 and beyond … who will wear the crown? »

Okay, boys. This is the moment (okay, one of the key moments) we’ve been waiting for. It’s the opportunity to fill out those doggone brackets and figure out who’s going to the Final Four, and more specifically, who’s gonna claim that chan’ship. We’re gonna play “closest to the pin”, cuz nobody’s gonna [...]

March 12, 2007 | Posted in CBB, Wally's World | Read more »

Father forgive me… »

For I have sinned. I know not what is going on with me. I have been carrying this grief on my chest for a couple of weeks now. The weight is becoming too great. I have come to a realization, and I don’t want to admit this…, but…but…Mariano Riviera deserves all [...]

March 9, 2007 | Posted in Casey's Clipboard | Read more »