#1 or One #?

My Philosophy is: You never know what one is capable of, until that one has done it.

Heisman jinx, Jamarcus Russell comparisons, and all of the negative press you can throw at Carolina's new adopted football son. Who is this manchild? Cam Newton that's who. His father took full responsibility for possible commitment to NCAA rules violations, and was banned from his sons biggest game, the NCAA National Championship. To show that he's a man of integrity (said with heavy sarcasm) he shows up abruptly on National Television to give Cam a hug after he and his team win. So, this goes to show you how much his father cares about his son. Hmmm be selfish and turn this into an all about me event and help scar my sons reputation a bit more, yeah the run down to the field is worth it. Sorry, I am just not a fan of greed, or stupidity. Most critics have said that Carolina has made a crucial mistake. The so called experts have rated Cam as a C+ pick. So did Carolina make such a huge mistake after all? Cam is no slouch, but is Coach Rivera the Cus D'Amato of the new era NFL? And can he fuel the fire in a QB that will have to be the Mike Tyson of the new era NFL to make Carolina a success? Charlotte is not NY, or LA, the fans won't pay top dollar in the Dirty South just to boo you. No instead they will stop going to games. So now Mr. Richardson did you indeed make the right choice? Back to our QB, Mr. Newton how do you silence the critics? The same way Cus and Iron Mike did... by swelling the mouths of the nay sayers shut by knocking opponents out! The only factor here is Cus dealt with a fatherless Mike Tyson like Mike was a D'Amato, like his own son. Cam on the other hand has a corrupt father that he is very close to. For the sake of the Panther Nation I pray that the Panthers have a game plan to sign that ego of Cams and a plan to keep daddy far, far away from the negotiations table. It's already evident that Cam's father is caring of one thing... money! How do I justify saying that? For grins and giggles let's say the money that he took costs Cam his collegiate career. Dad has a fist full of dollars and Cam has no shot at a Heisman or #1 draft slot. So, you tell me it wasn't 'bout the Benjamins! Cam I wish you well and to your father all I can say for him is that I'm praying!

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What Are The Odds Of A Threepeat?

Lakers - Hornets:
OK I picked the Lakers up big over the Hornets last night in Game 5. I like most just have a hard time going against talent, experience, size, and home cooking! So what are the Lakers odds at a 3peat? Better than the odds that the racist, or the extreme right, or the extremely stupid, and yes even better odds than the Don in trying to say that OUR President doesn't have a birth certificate! A picture is worth a thousand words so here ya go...

OK on to the next series.
Heat - Sixers: I missed the call on the blow out, because it didn't happen. I felt that Miami should have won by an average of 20 points and swept the series. Well they say the big boys get geared for the big games, and I guess a W is a W in the first or last round as long as it's in your teams favor.

Spurs - Grizzlies: I felt that the Spurs would rebound in Game 5 of their series with Memphis as well, but it will be tough to take 3 straight from a young unafraid Grizzlies squad. Wow, what a barn burner in SA! Just what a young team doesn't want to give a crafty veteran squad, hope, and confidence! The Grizzlies not only gave the Spurs one shot at OT, but two, and they took full advantage of it and live to see another day! Great overtime game!

Celtics - Anthony/Stoudamire I mean Knicks: The Celtics get the benefit of waiting for their opponent after sweeping the Knicks in the first round. Shocked, not really, but definitely didn't see the broom coming in this series. I am telling you now, that even without Perkins, the Celtics may be a mature team, but they are not a dead team!
Magic - Hawks: I did see a big win coming in this game as well. The drubbing that Orlando put on Atlanta at home, was a confidence builder, but will it lead to over confidence for game 6? Time will tell.

Bulls - Pacers: I really expected the Bulls to sweep the Pacers, but they were one game shy of that. Leagues youngest team in the playoffs, and best record in the NBA regular season, but will drive and youth allow them a title? I say not yet, but again time will tell.

Nuggets - Thunder: George Karl, Ray Felton, Ty Lawson, brotherhood! Other than saying that Durant is a  beast, nuff said!

Mavs - Blazers: That is the other match up right?

OK on to more important issues, here's some playoff look-a-likes for you kiddies:

Ashton K, and Kyle K...

Kurt Thomas now a Bull could be a bigger thug double for Dizzell!

And last but not least... Steve Urkel said that Shane Battier should yell, "Oh did I do that every time he gets an assist to Zach Randolph who looks just like his best bud Eddie Winslow...

So who else has an NBA look-a-like? Marc Gasol does not count, his brother is not a great actor because he flops well in Hollywood, although he and a few others are deserving of Oscars, but he is also a Laker!

Don't Mourn A Thumbnail, Celebrate The Masterpiece!

What is the Big Picture in all of this? The t-shirt says, "Carolina Victory," and the wine compliments it. I like the Scuppernong whether anyone else does or not. Many of y'all are probably guessing that I drank the entire bottle, all by myself, after the Carolina game against Kentucky, on Sunday. Well for the record I did not! I did have one celebratory glass, however. Celebrate a Carolina exit from the NCAA Tournament, you ask? Yes, celebrating indeed, and here's why...

1. Doubt is a sin. Never allow a the haters and naysayers influence your faith!
2. It's a really great feeling to see your squad advance beyond the enemies camp. (We usually do, but in the rare occasions that we don't you can hear from the obnoxious camp that needs a moment to cheer.)
3. Reaching new heights, and doing the unexpected, so later you can say, "That's my family!" and "I told ya so!!" is just priceless!

UNC had a great season, period! They manifested the essence of what it is to be a Tar Heel! The displayed heart! Heart that makes a unit beat as one! Heart that thrives on being resilient, strong, and not willing to accept wearing the badge of failure. 2011 is not 2010, it is a new year with a new team, and a new outlook on whom it is they need to be, and whom it is that they represent. And represent they did! The 2011 team knew that they were better than an NIT team, even when the media and naysayers tried to ingurgitate the fear of last seasons mediocrity into them at the beginning of this season.

North Carolinian's are a proud people. We excel in the heat of the battle. We dig in, and we give our all. So let me go back in time a bit, and divulge where THE University gets its name from, and how the most fierce rivalry in all of sports got started...

In Colonial days, North Carolina was a heavy producer of tar, pitch, and turpentine. It was nearly a century later during the Civil War that a fellow from a Duke regiment asked of a fine but battle weary UNC regiment, "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" Even in colonial times they talked trash, and tried to taunt us, and are not considered North Carolinian's just property holders.

A UNC man said unphased by his arrogance said, "Not a bit. Jeff Davis bought it all up."

The Dookie then asked, "How's that, what's he going to do with it?"

The UNC man replied with the final answer to the over confident and arrogant Dookie, "He's gonna put it on your heels to make you stick better in the next fight!"

Gerneral Lee, was so inspired by this story, that his said remark was: "God Bless the Tar Heel Boys."

When the non-believers taunted the Tar Heels this year, the Heels responded in a positive way unlike last seasons squad. Credit Coach Williams who made the appropriate changes, and saw his team turn a lackluster start into a marvelous season! The other kid (name unmentioned for obvious reasons) was given a chance to improve, and just was not the man to lead the point, so Coach Williams brought in Marshall law! So cut to the chase man! Why did you celebrate after the loss to Kentucky?

In a nutshell, a very good Kentucky team humbled, what will be not only, a good Carolina team, but if healthy and focused next season, will be a "great" Carolina team. The momentum swing and game changer for me was when the refs missed a travel call, and allowed John Henson to pick up his third foul at the end of that same play. Not to take anything away from Kentucky. But at that moment, I knew it was going to be a long day for my Heels. Kentucky won, no excuses, and our guys made a valiant effort to advance, we just came up a little short to a very good Kentucky team. Without questioning, Kentucky played well, they shot from the perimeter well. They hit key three point shots, and got the job done. Kentucky played the D they needed to, in order to win, and they did so in the round of the Elite Eight! And again cut to the chase and make your point please...

My point is: Carolina was there! Not only was Carolina there, in the NCAA Tournament, and not the NIT, they were there with a team that had two freshmen, and a Sophomore in the starting line up when only they felt like they belonged there! So, Mr. & Mrs. Naysayer from early November, how's your crow taste now! Well I have four words for you: "Get used to it," because Coach Williams and crew will have another batch ready for you this fall as well! GO HEELS!!!

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Blowout's & Comebacks

OK first things first, college hoops (Carolina basketball). I have to start by saying the Heels advanced. However, and I hate to point it out, it was a sloppy victory. They have proven that they can persevere and chip away at a huge lead. They have made some great comebacks this year. However, when you give a great team a huge lead, they can usually close even against another great team. Both Carolina and Washington played sloppy and turned the ball over way too much today. The long lead passes are wonderful, when you have an open man, but the great ones no when "not" to force a pass. Magic Johnson threaded the needle in college and as a pro, but understood what ball management was about. That's why he was a National Champion, an Olympic Champion, NBA World Champion and most of all a smart and legendary winner. The Heels must play with more discipline, fewer mistakes, and still have fun! Henson has to ditch the Garnett block the dead ball mentality! He must play bigger and stronger in the paint and he must play smart! Thomas' foot was on the line, so even with a goal tend it would have only been a two point field goal instead of a three pointer. One more time with my redundant word of the day; "However," Henson should have been nowhere near that last shot. He also took a major risk going after the previous shot. He didn't even have a player close enough to him to have to box out. The worse thing that could happen did. His hand-eye/foot coordination let him down in such a way that gave the opposition one last breath, and in doing so, almost took the last from his team. They are young and they are tough and get high on emotion, but that needs to harnessed. Self discipline will make or break you.

Duke gave up a huge lead. Very uncharacteristic of a Coach K team. Congrats on win 900 Coach Ksnarls! Again that's all the good I have in me, and I don't know how long, if ever again I can say anything good about the bad guys.

Wisconsin and the Bucky-Bo express! Coach Ryan is going to find an athletic big man one day and when he does, Coach Matta, Coach Izzo lookout! He's already boasting one of the highest home game winning percentages in the land, so lookout if Bucky gets not only smart coachable kids, but athletic ones as well! Can you imagine a UW team with a dominant big man, a shooter, defensive stoppers, and a couple of leapers!? Yeah 100-0 at home again over the next 5 years, and probably close to the same record on the road! Seriously, trade one of his bigs for UNC's Zeller/Henson (a mature Henson), or OSU's Sully. Bo's guys would be where Thad's guys are... in the #1 overall!

Speaking of #1 overall, I was so disinterested in the thrashing that OSU put on George Mason that I did some research for NASCAR. Yes OSU is very deserving of the #1 overall and I have them taking it all. But I pray that my Heels prevail and shake up the college hoops world! Oh back to NASCAR, word on the street is that according to the experts the new Buick Regal is to heavy and a tad off pace with its competition, however, I say put her on the track, she's one fine ride! I think the Regal belongs! Hope Buick's back!

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Trevor "Big Bang" Bayne

Trevor said with his faith statement, (not really, the imperfect Christian did) about the evolution of his Daytona victory... "God clapped His hands, and "bang!" Trevor after a prayer was headed to Victory Lane. ;)

The imperfect Christian is not a Ford fan, and it's not that he dislikes the Wood Brothers (who have been racing since Moses introduced them to chariot racing), but the imperfect one is a Trevor Bayne fan now. The imperfect Christian, and family made it through Knoxville just before the city was covered in red and white confetti! We listened to the race via the radio on our way home from a nice road trip, and were blown away by Trevor's faith statement. Here's the link to the article in Autoweek:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110221/NASCAR/110229992

A co-worker turned the imperfect Christian on to this article, and used the last statement that Trevor gave to the columnist:

"One more thing: My faith is a huge part of my life. The biggest thing I've ever done and ever could do was find Christ. That's the reason I'm here; that's my whole platform. He's put me here for this reason. If it wasn't for that, there's no way I'd be here. These are great things, but they go away with time. My relationship with Christ is something that can never go away."

God bless the Trevor Bayne's of the sports world. Prayerfully more men will make this stand, and say, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ!" For that reason I pulled for Jeff Gordon after his first victory, and it would be nice to hear him glorify God again like he used to.

I Apologize King Rice

Dear King,

I the imperfect Christian apologize for calling you a bad point man. You at least through thick and thin, stayed on board. I think Coach Smith would say that although you were not Phil Ford, Ed Cota, Ray Felton or Ty Lawson, you were certainly not a quitter either! You worked hard, and made the effort to make our school proud, and make our squad a better one, so today I offer up my apology, and my earnest and most sincere thanks, for your hard work. The brevity of life says to me, "May none of us every get angry and quit again..." Drew II I hope that you are not as sick at your stomach nearly two decades after your decision, as I was! God bless the worst point guard UNC has ever seen.

Sincerly,

The Imperfect Christian
a.k.a. I Have Fallen Seven, Only To Rise Again...

DADT... Don't Assume Don't Touch?

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Justin Smith after the game was reported to have said that he didn't realize that he was pushing an official. "It was me and the tight end," Smith said to reporters, "and next thing you know it was an arm and it was just a reaction. But a rule's a rule."

A rule's a rule? OK not the guy that you ask to make split second decisions for you. He knew going into the game that putting your hands on an official as a player is a no - no. He knew that and did it anyway. Why? Because he has been told that he is the best defensive player on his team, or at least the best defensive lineman on the team one time too many. That in most egotistical minds says I have the right to do what I want, I am not the law, I am above the law!

Did people come to watch Rodman kick camera men in the midsection during Bulls games? Are they comparing the Black Mamba to the Worm? Sarcastically grinning, and shaking my head and saying: Noooo......! But to some it is a bonus feature. A great fan wants to see a great game, not a fool in a great game. He should be made an example of.

Ex-coach Alosi should be made an example and I believe the last word was that he has been canned, and banned. Good for the Jets, the NFL, for game. League owners, team owners, team coaches (props to Avery Johnson), team captains please, please, please bring more axes, and chop a few more heads and get the above the law players off of your fields, courts, courses, and tracks!

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Props to my wife's brother on the LeBron call, this video is dedicated to you. He made a comment about LeBron running around the court in the Knicks game like he was an airplane. Class Act or No Class? I have to say that Mike Tolbert... whom had his helmet ripped off, and played on is a Class Act! That my friends is a classy, and a manifestation of play that is worthy of "earning" a nice salary. In my book Mike Tolbert is a player that deserves both player, and fan admiration! I am not a Charger hater, but certainly not a fan. However, you Mike Tolbert, have a new fan in me.