Some Thoughts on Vampires and Florida Hoops

Florida tends to get down early in games, as it did with Alabama last night, starting out with a 22-4 deficit.  They came back, though, as they often do.  Now the Gators are on a 17-game win streak and far and away considered the best team in the country. 
 

But the Gators have a bigger weakness than their tendency to come out of the gates in an uninspired manner.  Yes, the sunshine state team actually fears the sunshine. 
 

They will also have a hard time closing out tourney teams that can produce garlic, crosses, wooden steaks, and beautiful mortals who ironically are the one chosen Slayer.
 

Said pretty boy Joakim Noah after the game: “We’re a team that we taste blood.  When the blood is out we’re like vampires. We’re going to get that. And I think that’s our mentality. We taste blood, and when we taste blood, that’s when it’s scary.” 
 

Creepers, that was a scary comment.  That was like a quote from an Anne Rice novel as paraphrased by George W. Bush. Yeah, scary.
 

So if you like your vampires with a pony tail like Tom Cruise and Joakim Noah, get Gators tickets at StubHub.com.
 

 

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Honestly, What Do You Expect?

Bob Knight got slapped with a reprimand by the Big 12 the other day for his comments about the refereeing in his double overtime loss to Oklahoma State.  According to Knight, a critical charging call made by the officials was “horrendous” and “as bad a call as I’ve ever seen.”
 

I really don’t get the logic of the Big 12.  If, say, I had a pet Taradactyl, and I caught it getting up on the bed when he’s not supposed to, I wouldn’t beat it with a rolled up newspaper.  You’ve got to let some things go when you’ve got a ferocious beast like Bobby cooped up all day. 
 

Why give the guy a “reprimand?”  You think that’s going to cool Bobby Knight down?  Honestly?  You’re going to wake the sleeping Texas Menace over this?
 

The Big 12 has to start picking its battles, or Bobby’s going to really let loose once March rolls around.  Now you’ve just made him angry. 
 

Knight had a “no comment” about the reprimand, and that’s the scary part, because when Bobby stops using his words he starts using his fists and his fold-up chairs.  
 

Let Knight have his comments.  It was a bad call anyways.  Just don’t make him angry.  You wouldn’t really like him when he’s angry.  
 

If you can keep your mouth good and shut around the bench, try getting Texas Tech tickets at StubHub.com.

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