LSU fans flooded Tim Tebow’s cell phone

October 10th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

The World of Tim Tebow has not been quite as magical these last two weeks as Florida lost consecutive games. (I would have thought they would never lose with him at the helm.) But alas, we have had to deal with the fact that maybe Tebow is a mere mortal. However, that doesn’t been after LSU fans got his cell phone number last week and bombarded him with calls, he let it affect him at all.

“His friends took his cell phone and the calls and messages would come in faster than they could erase them,” said Tebow’s father, Bob. “How many messages can you erase in a minute? They came in faster than that.”

Tebow called the ordeal “an interesting experience, just handling it all,” Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

But he said it was not too much.

After scoring a touchdown in Baton Rouge, Tebow put his hand to his helmet and taunted the crowd, as if to say, “Call me now.” He said it was all in good fun.

“They were having fun with me, so I was having fun with them, too,” he said. “It’s what college football is all about. It’s just fun, and I had fun with it. I know it probably got under their skin a little bit.”

Asked what the messages from the fans said, he replied, “I don’t use that type of language too much, so I can’t tell you. Some people did take it way too far, farther than you should take it with sports. But I think for the most part people were just having fun.”

Some of the calls included threats.

“There was some stuff like that, but I didn’t worry about it or think about it,” Tebow said. “I didn’t even think it was that big of a deal.”

Remember last week when that high school quarterback got threats to his cell phone and the police got involved? Pssh. Tim Tebow does not roll that way. He merely sees it as fun and games, homie. If only we all had such an agreeable disposition.

{Via Fark.}

Billy Donovan gets it

June 1st, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

As I’ve said before, you certainly don’t top back-to-back national championships. That’s a damn near impossible feat, one even a stud coach like Billy Donovan probably isn’t up to task for.

So, he’s going to go take a fat paycheck in his current dwelling of the peninsula, coach the Magic and see what he can do. If he fails, like so many other college coaches have before, Donovan can come back to the collegiate ranks. He’ll start over at a new program and go back at it — most likely rather successfully.

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

(UPDATE: Clearly, this all changes now.) 

Greg Oden was not good enough to stop the Gators

April 3rd, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

Dude sure tried though, huh?

He had some haters, (I’m looking at you Bill Simmons) but Greg Oden singlehandedly kept the Buckeyes in that game. Or rather, tried to keep them in that game. Without him, Florida wins this game by 20 or more. No doubt about that one.

How about in the first half when, double-teamed, Oden threw a dunk in Noah’s and Horford’s face. Unreal. He also had some tremendous blocks on the defensive end. But, that defense is what we’ve come to know him as. And, this was probably also his best game of the year, on the highest stage.

In the end, Florida was just too selfless, too complete and too well, too good for the Buckeyes. From Brewer to Green to Horford to Humphrey to Noah, they simply possessed too many weapons operating as one unit to lose this game.

You know what I’d really like to see though? This Ohio State team aged a year or two, taking on this Gator squad of ‘06-’07. That would be a showdown for the ages.

I can’t imagine if I was a student at Ohio State right now. Florida trumped us in two National Championship games this year?

Um, any room left in those anti-Noah Facebook groups?

The Postmen’s NCAA TE Part 2: Tourney leftovers

March 15th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

With E firmly entrenched on the Left Coast for the IU-Gonzaga game tonight and me firmly entrenched on my couch, I’m just going to roundup some stuff for you because, well, I can do that if I want.

Obviously, the Spin is doing its fair share of live-blogging today, as is WBRS Sports Blog and Awful Announcing. Those are always fun to ride along with, so if you’re feeling lonely, go make Internet friends in the comments.

Oh, also, I never made my NCAA picks. So consider this our NCAA Tournament Extravaganza: Part Deux, minus that image in the post below.

Final Four: Georgetown, Ohio State, Florida, Kansas

Wow look! Three No. 1 seeds! So, right there I’m probably already wrong. And as I just realized, this is the same Final Four E picked. (We’re like the same person!)

HOWEVA, I’m going with a different title game and champ. I see Florida regrouping quite well for this tournament. They have good point-guard play with Green, can shoot the trifecta with Humphrey and the Gators’ bigs are solid, as we all know. So, sorry Bill Self.

Second, although Ohio State has been crazy dominant all season, I don’t see them getting past Georgetown. The Hoyas seem more mature and more of a complete package to me. I could also be dead wrong in that assertion though, who knows.

So, I have the Gators vs. the Hoyas in the final bout, with Florida prevailing. After the game, Joakim Noah will do some lame dance, annoying millions. He will then go on to enjoy a mediocre NBA career, averaging 4.8 points a game, until he’s out of the league in seven years.

If something particularly peeks my interest during the games today, or if I find a YouTube video (a nut shot, of course!) then I’ll blog again today. If not, don’t expect again. It’s a holiday today anyways, right?

(By the way, Friday is our one-year anniversary. Hooray! We’ll write more about that tomorrow, hopefully.)

Who’s going to win this thing?: An IM conversation

March 13th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

There’s really no better way of conversing nowadays than through IM. Seriously, it’s perfect. Say someone IMs you that you don’t want to talk to, why, just ignore them. When you see them in public or at work or in class next, just say your Internet was messed or you “weren’t by your computer.” And if they don’t live in your immediate circle, you don’t even have to worry about it!

Can you do that if they’re standing right next to you? If they’re chatting their ass off in the break room, babbling on about Timmy’s soccer game over the weekend? Eff no. (Presumably, this some sort of logic could be applied to the telephone if you don’t answer, but for the purposes of this post, we’ll suspend that logic for now.)

Anyways, E and I conversed about what team might be crowned champion of the NCAA Tournament last night, and I’ve decided to republish it below for you. When Tim Hardaway doesn’t say he hates gay people, this is the kind of stuff I’m unfortunately going to have to throw at you. Apoligies. So, here’s the conversation, realitively the same way it happened live, minus all of E’s “LOLs” and “ROTFLs.” Man that stuff gets annoying after awhile.

R: if you’re going with a big ten squad, go with ohio state, not wisconsin
10:08 PM E: i have them winning it
i honestly think they can
R: yeah, i mean, they lost to florida at florida, nc at north carolina and wisconsin at wisconsin
that’s it
30-3
E: 30-3, all their losses AT 1 or 2 teams
GREG ODEN WITH ONE HAND
R: and lost arguably to the other three top teams in the country
E: yes
they are winning it
i’m convinced
10:09 PM R: i might go with them
but florida still intrigues me
10:12 PM E: yeah, it’s just hard man
i get the feeling they sort of lost focus down the stretch
10:13 PM R: but the can regroup and win
they won the SEC
E: and i’m (admittedly unreasonably) one those guys that sees the difficulty inherent in winning two straight titles and considers that to be more reason than matchups, etc
10:14 PM R: i mean, yes, that’s a good point
but at the same time, i’m of the mind where, if it hasn’t happened in awhile
then it could probably happen this year
what was it? 92-93 when duke won back-to-back?
10:15 PM it’s been a healthy enough amount of time in between for me, where, in my mind, it could happen again
E: yeah
that’s a good counterargument, and on the same terms
10:16 PM R: but again, that’s the same kind of rationale you could use with kansas
bill self hasn’t done dick in the tourney
he’s got a No. 1 seed now
they are a good team
who knows
E: right
R: so, they could maybe win too
E: damn
R: damn, this stuff is hard

Note: Expect a more coherent and complete set of picks later today. Actually, make that tomorrow.

The SEC will have none of your joyous celebrations

February 20th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

No, they certainly won’t. Mike Slive, the conference’s commissioner, fined Vanderbilt $25,000 yesterday for its students rushing the court after the Commodores’ upset victory against Florida over the weekend. This is Vandy’s second offense. In 2005, the school got hit up for $5,000 when students rushed the court after an NIT victory against Wichita State.

“This policy is designed to create a safe environment for everyone who participates and attends our athletic contests,” Slive said in a statement. “The security and protection of our student-athletes, coaches, officials and fans is our primary concern.”

I can relate to where Slive is coming from there, but howinthefuck do you expect schools to enforce this rule? Hire 40 cops with riot gear on the off chance your school happens to break the 17-game win streak of the No. 1 team in the nation?

Actually, that would be pretty RAWK. Cops with riot gear and tasers going to town on a bunch of kids looking for a good time. That’s safety, alright.

Your BCS National Champion by undeclared-ology

January 8th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

Have you ever heard of undeclared-ology?

Good. Because I just made it up. Although, if you have heard of it, you’ve somehow been inside my brain within the last half hour, which is a real possibility. I knew I felt some sort of odd scratching in there. Or was it those voices I’m always hearing? I can never tell.

Anyways, the theory goes as such: Whatever team has more players listed with an ‘undeclared’ major on its roster is the National Champion. How do I know this? Because it’s science. That’s why.

Ohio State has 41 undeclared players. (Well, 40. One is ‘undecided.’) The gators have…well I don’t know. Majors aren’t listed on their roster.

So by default, Ohio State is your National Champion. Just the facts, friends.

(I still believe in Tebow, however. Just look at that smile. That’s a champion’s smile.)

Weekend Fun: Tardiness is a warm gun

December 23rd, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

Hi, hello and salutations, everybody.

With E’s connection to the Internet tubes on the fritz, I am here to deliver you some Weekend Fun - albeit a day later than usual.

In just a few hours, the Ohio State-Florida BCS Championship game college basketball game will take place. Should be a real doozy. At this point, I wouldn’t bet against Ohio State, even if the tilt is going down in Gainesville. (Update: I was dead wrong about this one.)
Mr. Bob Knight, a favorite among these parts, is going for the illustrious title of most collegiate basketball wins ever by a men’s coach today at home against Bucknell. For as much ribbing as we’ve done in the past to the man, it’s a well-deserved honor.

Sure he’s a bit of a mean fellow, but he’s also a stellar basketball instructor. Knight lives and breathes the game. For as much ire as he directs your way when you play under him, the General is forever indebted to his players after graduation. Ever need a favor? Bob Knight is there for you. And, according to many knowledgeable sources, he’s about the only guy in the country running a 100 percent clean program. So, yeah for Bob Knight.

Also, don’t forget about all those awesome bowl games this weekend! Why, which ones you ask?

How bout the PapaJohns.com, New Mexico, Armed Forces and Hawaii Bowls all going down today!

I’ll leave you with this video, quite the awe-inspired holiday treat.

(If you noticed, we now have a new header created by yours truly. Just pointing that out. Also, I think all the tweaks are just about done to our new look. Again, just pointing that out. And one last note: we probably won’t start posting full throttle again till Tuesday, with Christmas falling on Monday and all. But perhaps expect a sporadic post or two before then. Perhaps.)