Late Afternoon / Evening Open Thread: In Mourning

by Adam Jacobi on Mar 21, 2008 4:20 PM CDT in Iowa Hawkeyes News

With Drake gone, we have no more rooting in the NCAA Tournament. Sure, there's Butler (71-51 winners) and sure there's Austin Peay (sounds like pee), but it's just not the same without the Dawgs around.

Also of note: my two-day substitute teacher spot at EDSBS has landed safely at BHGP Airport. It's not an Iowa blog, but Orson was kind enough to grant me a Stuff Black and Gold People Like column, a way for the rest of the sports world to get to know the Iowa fan. Other than that, there's the Curious Indexes and the Friday Cheesecake, and that's about all you readers might care about. Give it a look if you're so inclined.

As for now, we've got action in Tampa between UConn and San Diego. It's a tight one--with under 9 to play, San Diego leads by only one point, but UConn hasn't led since early in the first.

As always, leave your thoughts and prayers here, and we'll be in and out to discuss them with you.

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Tailor-made for Awful Announcing

Tim Brando, during UConn-San Diego:

"This ain't Carmen San Diego!"

by Adam Jacobi on Mar 21, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions

No, THAT was tailor-made for AA

Tim Brando: "That was a lot of leather!"

by Patrick Vint on Mar 21, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Tennesseein' is Tennebelievin'!!

I still have the Vols to root for, but even that will be a rather impartial rooting. Now I jsut want to see upsets, upsets, upsets.

COME ON, TEXAS-ARLINGTON!!!! Wooooooooo!!!

Triscuit-Power!!! Booyaaa!!!

by Bucketochicken on Mar 21, 2008 4:44 PM CDT reply actions

it goes without saying

That we are rooting for every seed of 14 and lower.

by Adam Jacobi on Mar 21, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions

If you ain't Triscuit

You ain't shit.

by storminspank on Mar 21, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Incidentally...

If you've not yet clicked the link to OPS's EDSBS link above, do so now. You won't be disappointed. Makin' all those ZIP Codes that start with "5" real proud.

by Bucketochicken on Mar 21, 2008 4:54 PM CDT reply actions

San Diego

HUGE FUCKING BASKET!!!! SD up 1 with under 2 seconds left...

by Bucketochicken on Mar 21, 2008 5:08 PM CDT reply actions

Awesome.

Big Upset #1 in the books. I always love the look of shock on the higher seed players' faces. Comprehend, bitch.

by Bucketochicken on Mar 21, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Except, of course

When said look of shock appears on the face of a player wearing an Iowa jersey (see Greg Brunner, 2006).

by Bucketochicken on Mar 21, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions

tochicken

I fuckin hate you right now.

by storminspank on Mar 21, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeesh.

I'm about as successful filling out a bracket as Kruger Industrial Smoothing is at being an industrial smoothing company.

by Bucketochicken on Mar 21, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions

I got drunk after the Drake game

Am I going to hell?

by storminspank on Mar 21, 2008 10:13 PM CDT reply actions

Posted this over on EDBS ... discuss

I have to contend a couple of OPS’s (OPS’? OPSs’?) assertions.

"Hey Baby" is a song the Iowa marching band plays (stolen from another B10 band, as is anything they play that isn’t "Hey Jude," Journey or Styx) so it’s perfectly acceptable to play versions of it at tailgates. That isn’t to say that things don’t take a while to reach us, but that isn’t a valid example.

"Fried everything" may fly in most places, but around Iowa City itself it’s all about organic things bought in bulk from Pioneer Co-op and failed attempts at making authentic "ethnic" food (I learned recently that you absolutely don’t put okra in gumbo... who knew?)

And I’m not sure what Hawkeye tailgates you’ve been to, but the ones I go to usually have desserts in bar or ball form, and Hawks always make a concerted effort to grill something. This ranges everywhere from "a hamburger" for 11 AM kickoffs, to "whole hog on the spit" for evening kickoffs. And being such a big pork producing state, chunks of pig are usually very tasty... there’s one person at every tailgate who got his grillables from his father in law’s hog/cattle/emu farm, and it’s "always superior" to what they sell at the supermarket.

Also, I hate the Nadas.

by rocky on Mar 22, 2008 9:43 AM CDT reply actions