In NCAA men's hoops, #3 seed Oklahoma made it to the Sweet Sixteen, and that's good news for Sooners' fans. The bad news is their team exhibited the post-game locker room mentality one might expect from a group of chimpanzees after too many hits from a crack pipe. These guys were OUT there with their babbling and gyrations. Truth is, they've won two games in the tournament, both against inferior competition. The first was against #14 seed Albany, followed up by #11 Dayton. Hardly murderer's row, so far. Next they get #7 Michigan State, who just knocked off #2 Virginia. Tom Izzo's Sparties always seem to have a way of rising to the occasion come tournament time. Never underestimate Yooper Tom and his greenies when the Big Dance starts. The Sooners might well become Laters when faced with a stern test next week. We'll see. But even if the Tokie Okies survive to move on, here's hoping they spare us another locker room spectacle like the last one.
That Buick car commercial never ceases to amaze me. They're offering over $8400 off in their version of a Sweet Sixteen special. Quick, buy one now, while the offer lasts. Just one question---- if they can give you over 8 grand off and still make a profit -- just how ridiculous was the mark-up in the first place? Hello?
Not sure what to make of the Oregon State ladies basketball team. They're really good, but have an identity problem. Other female teams around the country face the same dilemma when likened to their male counterparts. For example, Tennessee has their Volunteers and Connecticut has their Huskies. Logically, the fairer sex versions call themselves the Lady Volunteers and Lady Huskies.
But Oregon State's name for all it's teams, both male and female, is the same. The Beavers. Sure, that name can be taken different ways. It could conjure up memories of Jerry Mathers, Wally, June, Ward, and Eddie Haskell from the classic sitcom of yore. More likely it's intended to honor the furry critters with the paddle tails that can gnaw trees down and build dams that create ponds. There's lots of them in Oregon.
Yet put yourself in the place of a lady hoopster that plays for Oregon State. They were all stars in high school or they wouldn't be there. They not only made it to a major university on scholarship but played for a team that found itself worthy of a #3 seed in the NCAA tourney. So should such young ladies stand up and scream to the world that they're proud to be Beavers? Call me old fashioned, but somehow that doesn't sound quite right either.
Alas, the Beaves were knocked out by those pesky Gonzaga Bulldogs. And just what, pray tell, should a lady bulldog be referred to as? Cowdog? Do they go in heat every six months, grab onto your pantlegs, and won't let go? I dunno. Beats Horned Frogs or the dreaded Crimson Tide, I guess, and whoever heard of a lady's Trojan? But you'd think there would be a better way of doing this.....
What he should have said Dept.
This is another commercial showing Shaq, Dr. J, and a couple other NBA associated folks gathered around watching a game on TV which was evidently meant to advertise a major telecommunications network. Shaq goes into a Soonerish dancing routine in front of the screen. The dude with the nasally voice has a one word comment. "Impressive".
A much better comment might have been -- "Get yo big spaz butt out the way. Can't you see we're trying to watch the game, fool?"
There's probably a reason such companies don't reach out to the likes of yours truly to endorse them. Go figure, but what fun it would be.......
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