Duke Blue Devils (that rat faced scumbag)

[sepia5]

oddly enough, I liked St Johns once I read an SI story about Felipe Lopez when I was in 7th or 8th grade.

they were supposed to be rivals of Syracuse, but a 12 year old doesn't care about that.

I hated the fuck out of Michigan when I was 12.

 

[DZ83CK]

What's the consensus around here on Steve Lavin? I really like the guy, will I be shunned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Lavin

He was a really good analyst for ESPN, very fair towards OSU & the Big Ten, and entertaining as well. He does a great job recruiting - signed the #1 class in the nation twice at UCLA, coached a lot of future NBA guys there & has a top-5 class coming to St. John's next season. Coached UCLA for seven seasons, led them to five Sweet 16s in his first six seasons but only one Elite 8 and was fired after his first losing season. Interestingly, his teams at UCLA beat #1 ranked teams 4 years in a row, so his teams do have a penchant for pulling off big wins. But they lost too many games against teams they weren't supposed to lose to at UCLA, and he did some odd things that made him not appear fully committed to his job that put off alumni there (such as work out on an exercise bike on the side at AAU games while "recruiting"). Their loss to #12 seed Mizzou in the Sweet 16 in '02 was fodder for critics because that loss resulted in the only instance in history of a #12 seed making the Elite 8.

 

[Gatorubet]

I hated the [censored] out of Michigan when I was 12.

[BP] What took you so long? [/BP]

 

[Tonyank]

I hated the fuck out of Michigan when I was 12.

welcome to the club.

 

[3074326]

What's the consensus around here on Steve Lavin? I really like the guy, will I be shunned?

I've always liked him. Same with Bilas.

I think Bilas might be one of my favorite analysts from any sport, and I'm not even a big basketball fan (just OSU and the Cavs).

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

bottom line.... liking Duke makes you a dukebag

fify

 

[SloopyHangOn]

Isn't the correct form of hating Duke to always refer to them as "dook", or is that a lower tier of bashing reserved for the ignorant, the ugly and the wolverine?

 

[jlb1705]

I have found something worse than Dick Vitale calling a Dook game: Mike Patrick calling a Dook game.

Plus, he can't even be bothered to get Brad Brownell's name right - he keeps calling him "Brownlee"

Duke has had comfortable leads, but Clemson has fought back several times.

 

[jlb1705]

With 4:33 left in the game, Mike Patrick finally corrected himself on Brad Brownell's name.

 

[SloopyHangOn]

With 4:33 left in the game, Mike Patrick finally corrected himself on Brad Brownell's name.

He reads these boards you know.

 

[jlb1705]

He reads these boards you know.

Good, then he knows how much I think he sucks.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

He reads these boards you know.

?que?

 

[SloopyHangOn]

Good, then he knows how much I think he sucks.

Isn't that all we can really achieve as human beings, letting the pseudo-celebrities we hate know that we hate them?

 

[jlb1705]

Isn't that all we can really achieve as human beings, letting the pseudo-celebrities we hate know that we hate them?

Well, that and figuring out what Britney Spears is doing with her life.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Well, that and figuring out what Britney Spears is doing with her life.

nice reference of an absurdly surreal moment in game coverage.