Rockies U to You Got Rocks In Your Head NFL Draft Choices

Baby girl almost got another goal again today! Goal of the day, however, goes to young John, who kicked the ball from midfield into our empty net! Hey we'll take a goal any way you want to serve it up! (Big smile)

Brian Abshire goes #1 to the Rams! He has to be the sickest player in the draft right behind the Raiders first pick Derrick Morgan DL from GT. The Raiders really needed to draft an owner, hey does anyone have Simon Cowell's number, perhaps he could do an Owner Idol, and get us an owner!? What will the Panthers and the Pack do now? Hmmm...

The favorites have all taken care of business in the NBA, oh wait DWade just said that he was the most complete player in the NBA, and that the Celt's aren't favorites so much anymore in the East! His Heat are looking to upset the Celts in the Garden! Number 3 first blocked P Squared, then raced to the other end of the floor to receive a lead pass from his teammate, and jammed the ball home with two hands! He had a wicked, bad put back over Perkins the Celtics big man, and another block! DWade props to you sir, even if your team fell short by falling apart in the middle of the 3rd! The Jazz and Nuggets square off in 3... I am thinking Denver will roll in this series, but we shall see. OK Magic and Cav's in the East? And Nuggets and Lakers (Defending World Champs) in the West. Although, if the Hawks get mean enough, they could make things interesting after they handle the Bucks! I do not believe they have the depth or experience to get past the Cav's or Magic, but a few moves from the GM, and they could be the team of the future in the East, they have the young talent to go forward if the right people put them in position to win at a higher level. As for the West, as bad as I hate to admit it, and do not care to much for the Jazz, I have to say as long as Jerry Sloan is coaching never count out his Jazz, but over my Lakers, I just don't have the heart to say they can win the West, ever again! Lol.

Back to soccer, Man U and the Premier league did their thing today, and what am I missing? Oh yeah! Larry Dixon ran a 3.91 @ 313 for the fastest pass today to hold the #2 spot at Vegas! His teammate Del Worsham is tops through today for Funny Cars.

Tomorrow I will look for the NFL picks of the Panthers, Packers, and hope for the Lakers to show out completely against the Thunder. Now did I leave anything out? Ubaldo Jiminez just no hit the Bravo's! That a boy U!!! Man get your Tourist tickets now, you never know who will be the next big Rockies star!!! Now if I have missed anything worth mentioning sports wise you can hit me back after church, and the cookout on the mountain tomorrow. From 3PM EST to 6PM I hope to be back home and glued to the Laker game, so you can inform me if I have missed anything worthwhile after that. Good night all.

Dayton defeats Carolina in NIT Tourney

The Dayton Flyers proved to be just a little more hungry for a title tonight. The Heels showed some promise, and persevered through much of the NIT. Tonight, however, they showed the vulernable side that they have manifested many times this year. They lost heart, and just did not battle with a team that was ready to run and play physical in your face basketball. Henson will have to follow the steps of one Lewis Alcindor, and workout during the summer, and add some muscle if he plans to be UNC's dominant inside force. Tonight on a dunk attempt he managed to push a ball over the rim for a weak jam, but was sent to the floor in the process. Alcindor later changed his name to Abdul-Jabbar, and endorsed the "Heavy Rope." Jabbar developed the "Sky Hook," and used his length and mental toughness to help him to several great achievements. National, and World Titles, and many MOP, MVP Awards. If Carolina can help both Zeller and Henson develope their bodies, and Coach Williams can help them in the develope their skills and killer instinct then they will have great careers and a few more NCAA Titles! So work on that lost post move, and bulk up gentlemen, and be ready to slay some devils next season! GO HEELS!!!

UNC advances to NIT final on what? a controversial call?

UNC advances to NIT final on controversial call

OK I watched the UNC vs. URI game, and was an eye witness. So here's what I gathered from game:

First and foremost, the number one (#1), numero uno, top of da list rule in any sport is to never ever, neva, eva, eva, put the game into the hands of the ref!

One of my favorite cliches is, "If, if's and but's were candy and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas!"

With that said let me walk you through the closing minutes of regulation, and focus on a couple of major factors.
1.) Both teams struggled with turnovers.
2.) In the Closing two minutes of the game, the University of Rhode Island missed four straight free throws! Four straight! "If" they were disciplined enough to hit from the charity stripe, things could have been different, "but" they did not!
3.) "If" I'm the URI coach and I know that UNC has scored 48 points in the paint up to this stage of the game, and both my team and theirs is shooting in the 30 percent range from the field, and the opposition is 1 of 15 from behind the arch then what do I tell my defense? I emphatically tell them to "CLOG THE LANE!!! Nothing in the paint, and contest the jumper loosely, we don't want stupid fouls, but a good hard foul in the paint rather than a layup is good. Why because neither team was shooting free throws particularly well either! So to conclude with regulation, "if" URI hits there free throws and disallows UNC to drive to the hoop, then it could be a different story. "But" they did not, and Coach Williams put his guys in position to win, and they executed the game plan to "near" perfection. The traps were beautifully executed, and they made the comeback that led to a tie, not a victory. Now for a UNC "but." "But" the game still went into OT, so it was not a completely perfect, "but" near perfectly executed game plan. I am sure Coach Williams would have liked to have taken care of the ball earlier on and would have loved to have sealed the deal in regulation himself.

And in the OT... should I even get started? Yes, I should! A jump shot, when Drew 2 had a high screen, and then a clear lane to the basket, and he pulls up for a tough jumper! Coach run that boy hard please! That horrid shot came off the rim long which resulted in a scramble for the rebound that could have been disasterous! Now on to the rules... when a player gains an advantage by placing another player at a disadvantage then a foul is committed. Will Graves chased after the long rebound, and was pushed into Ulmer the Rhode Island player. The URI player bumped Graves toward the second URI player, and caused Grave to fall. Graves fell near URI guard/forward Ulmer, but no one can say for sure that he hit Ulmer, and even if he did it was like he was blocked into the kicker. Different sport sure, but same principal, he was placed at a disadvantage before Ulmer tripped, and Graves was clearly pushed...

No matter how you look at it, it was an exciting game and one that the refs let them play for. Carolina Victory.