The weekend has came and went. I finally came to grips with what I will remember from the Pitt basketball season. I will remember the Big East Tournament, not what could have been. You could dwell on the fact that Pitt was outplayed in their 2nd round game against Michigan St, but the Floss will not be. Even if Pitt wins that game, they would have lost to Memphis, who is playing the best basketball in the country right now, even better than Rock Chalk, UCLA, and UNC(but barely). Memphis is playing like a well oiled machine right now and is the Floss' pick to win it all at this point. So in retrospect, maybe WVU and 'Nova got one more win in the tourney this year, and Louisville 2, I'm taking our title and being happy with it. Next year, if Sam I AM comes back, we should make a legit final 4 run.
PIRATES SEASON OPENER
If you hear crickets, thats because no one is talking about the Pirates season opener. For the first time in the Floss' life, he didn't give a rat's ass about the Pirates season starting. I fully expect this team to lose 95 plus games this year, but I did think about a positive thing about the Pirates. This might be their best starting pitching rotation in a while. Snell and Gorzo are legit NL starters, Maholm and Duke have shown that they can be major league starters, and Matt Morris might have something left in the tank. If all the pitchers play well this season and the position players all have career years, theres no reason to think we can't win 84 games. My excitement for the season is currently at a 2 out of 10, hopefully that changes. Floss' prediction for tonight...I will be watching Pens-Rangers on Versus.
AND THEN THERE WERE 3
WOW. Last night was the best ROL all season. The drama really unfolded last night. Daisy proved her craziness again with her abortion, 2 year abstinence, dancing job, and her previous affairs with a guitarist from Poison. The most shocking part about last night's episode was that she didn't get the boot. Let me go one by one on the Daisy issues...
ABORTION- I felt legitimately bad that she had to reveal this on television. This may have been the first revelation of an abortion on a reality show.
2 YEAR ABSTINENCE AND DANCING JOB- These two are linked perfectly. Honestly, as a huge strip club afficianado, the Floss cannot believe this. Who would have ever believed that any stripper was abstinent? She's a liar. In the perfect world, strippers have sex every night with a customer. The Floss just doesn't have the funds. This is my theory, strippers have sex for money, dancing is just a cover. God damnit. Even if you don't believe my theory, just look at Daisy. In 2 years, a girl as trashy as that hasn't let a man get lucky. She also has plastic surgery and a boob job. I just don't understand how she could possibly keep her legs closed for 2 years. Why continually lie to Bret? It's like lying to God.
CC-Yeah, she never hung out with him. Good lie there. Bret could probably ask CC right now and he could out her lying ass. However, CC probably wouldn't remember one groupie from all the years of drugs and rock n' roll.
How about Bret also called her one of the hottest groupies he has seen? Bullshit Bret. She probably couldn't place top 5 backstage on any given night.
Onto the rest of the episode...Destiney is annoying and a big fat C word. She can't continually be that big of a bitch and stay high in the power rankings. I still like her as the winner though, sadly. She sucks. The Heather of season 2. Ambre is starting to show her tough side, and the Floss loves it. Her attitude is becoming sexier by the minute. The only problem with Ambre is that she originally lied to Bret and it is outed that she is actually 37. I couldn't get over that she was 32. Ouch, 37, that's old. The new fav.
Jessica...ah Jessica. It was really for the best that she didn't make it to the finals, but of all the weeks for Bret to do it, this wasn't the week. Jessica puts in her best episode yet. Who knew she was the next Anika Sorrenstam? It was also funny when she said she played four years of varsity golf in high school. The Floss was thinking that she graduated like 3 years ago and wouldn't be too rusty. On an episode where she showed her sanity, skill set, and sexiness, Bret gives her the boot. Honestly, the Floss was super disappointed in Bret for this, leading me to my next theory...
Bret doesn't want a non-violated girl, he doesn't want to be guy number 4 or 5, he wants to be guy number 2,246 or 2,247. The conclusion from this theory is that Bret doesn't want commitment from these girls. Another conclusion the Floss draws from this theory is that Bret reads the Floss and that we are on the same page. He saw my hopeful prediction that he will become the next Hef. He also saw that everyone wants more ROL's. Bret buddy, I got you.
POWER RANKINGS GOIN' INTO THE FINALS
24-Daisy
17-Destiney
1-Ambre
Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
FOLLOW UP: I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD (PART 2)
First, for the new fans of the Floss, stop reading right now and go back and read Thursday January 24th's blog entitled "I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD".
Well, today was another blood drive at the University of Pittsburgh. The Floss has been debating whether or not to try to donate at this blood drive, just for blog value. Forget the saving lives, the Floss wanted a blog. I mustered up my courage enough to go to the blood drive today. Immediately when I arrived, I saw 3 of the BSV's smoking cigs on the patio outside the Union. Great, more cigarette smoke. I really did almost walk away. They were actually what was described about BSV's, 25 to 45, definitely single, trashy, ugly, lung cancer, etc. Not a good sign. The Floss did not stop at the door, he made it all the way inside. First things first, sign in, say I haven't had sex with an African Male in the last 27 years, that I never had mad cow disease, never went outside of the US and Canada(what is so clean about Canada that it is on our level), and most importantly have not been pregnant in the past 6 months. After the preliminary screening, the Floss made the one on one interview. The BSV who interviewed me was one of the cigarette smoking BSV's. Not a good start for the Floss. Well the one on one interview could be compared to the NFL Combine. You had to pass their series of tests to make the cut for the blood sucking table. I passed the "Eyyyyerrroon" Test, gotta love the yinzer in this BSV. Next was the pulse test, rocked that one somehow in my nervous state. The last test was the one I was certainly going to fail, blood pressure test. First, the Floss has family history of high blood pressure, plus I eat everything greasy, cheesy, meaty, syrupy and haven't exercised since the Backyard Brawl. Compare the Floss in a blood pressure test to Casey Hampton in his first sprint test of the season. BUT, shockingly I passed again. Now it was no looking back, we were goin' to one of the tables, getting the blood sucked out...
Well, today was another blood drive at the University of Pittsburgh. The Floss has been debating whether or not to try to donate at this blood drive, just for blog value. Forget the saving lives, the Floss wanted a blog. I mustered up my courage enough to go to the blood drive today. Immediately when I arrived, I saw 3 of the BSV's smoking cigs on the patio outside the Union. Great, more cigarette smoke. I really did almost walk away. They were actually what was described about BSV's, 25 to 45, definitely single, trashy, ugly, lung cancer, etc. Not a good sign. The Floss did not stop at the door, he made it all the way inside. First things first, sign in, say I haven't had sex with an African Male in the last 27 years, that I never had mad cow disease, never went outside of the US and Canada(what is so clean about Canada that it is on our level), and most importantly have not been pregnant in the past 6 months. After the preliminary screening, the Floss made the one on one interview. The BSV who interviewed me was one of the cigarette smoking BSV's. Not a good start for the Floss. Well the one on one interview could be compared to the NFL Combine. You had to pass their series of tests to make the cut for the blood sucking table. I passed the "Eyyyyerrroon" Test, gotta love the yinzer in this BSV. Next was the pulse test, rocked that one somehow in my nervous state. The last test was the one I was certainly going to fail, blood pressure test. First, the Floss has family history of high blood pressure, plus I eat everything greasy, cheesy, meaty, syrupy and haven't exercised since the Backyard Brawl. Compare the Floss in a blood pressure test to Casey Hampton in his first sprint test of the season. BUT, shockingly I passed again. Now it was no looking back, we were goin' to one of the tables, getting the blood sucked out...
To set it up for you, there are 4 tables and 6 BSV's. All tables empty, all BSV's un-occupied. The Floss had a BIG decision to make. Here's a break down of what the BSV's were lookin' like. We had 2 young, trashy, beautiful(in BSV standards), 20-somethings. Then there were 2 very trashy, goth looking, nose-ring wearing, black eye liner streaks, just nothing good about these 2 BSV's. Then we had a motherly looking woman, probably 40's, definitely the most experienced BSV. Lastly, there was a guy. If I'm getting my blood sucked, definitely going to be a girl BSV. The Floss had it narrowed down to 2 final choices, the mother woman and the cuter less-trashy 20-something BSV. Well we all know who I chose...
So, the woman about to suck my blood's name was Christina. She asked me if I had any problems giving blood before. Naturally I told her about how uneasy I was with the whole blood sucking thing. Naturally in her cute BSV tone, she said she would take good care of me. Christina reassured the Floss, the trust was unbelievable in our relationship. First she tried to find the vein in my left arm. All of her poking and prodding(hands not needle) at my fatty arm was to no avail as she could not find the vein, so she asked for my right arm. I was very nervous in the short run about her sucking blood from my right arm because I thought it would make my writing arm very sore for the day. But for Christina, I was down. After some more of her rubbing my arm(great foreplay), she found the vein and got rough with me. Christina started up my arm's iodine bath in preparation for the needle being driven in my arm. The time had come, needle time...
So the Floss closed his eyes as always with needles, and I felt the normal sting of a needle. This didn't hurt any more or less than any other needle incident. That was it, basically. It didn't hurt, the blood flowed out like a river, everything according to plan. She ended our relationship earlier than I would have liked, but Christina still has to be the MVP of BSV's. Now if there is one good BSV, does that mean there are more? No probably not, I'm just glad that I saved 3 lives.
ROL UPDATE
Since I have not fully grasped the magnitude or importance of the Pitt loss I will wait a little to write about it. I also can't talk about the team atop the Atlantic because we know how that goes. Since I haven't blogged in a while, I figure I can give a ROL update.
First off, a Happy Belated Easter to all. Since the Floss will be eating leftover ham sandwiches for at least a week, I'm still celebrating the bunny's arrival. Now for the episode. Personally, I wasn't impressed. The Floss was and still is a HUGE HEATHER HATER. She sucks. Period. I don't care if she combines the 2 fine arts of alcoholism and stripping, I just don't like her. I was sick of hearing, "I just wanna get the dirt on these girls". The only reason Bret brought her back is because he was sick of not having sex with the girls this season(Heather is definitely one of his go-to bangs when he can't score random play). Bret has refrained himself much more this season because of the heat he took last time. I think he may have only went past kissing with just Daisy(probably went all the way there). Maybe a little bj/hj action with Krazy Joe while she was still around. If he banged her, she would still be there. Back to the episode, the ex boyfriends were a terrible addition. They gave away nothing. The best was easily Ambre's weirdo friend. Honestly, if that is Ambre's best friend, how in the living hell could Bret date her? Seriously, unless Bret gives up rock and roll for Scrabble tourney's Ambre is dunzo. The other ex's just plained sucked. No big secrets came out other than Daisy's mild secret. Her secret wasn't nearly as shocking as Krazy Joe still being married. By Jessica getting blackout drunk, she ruined her chance too. Bret knows she couldn't handle partying on the road. I think last night's episode actually eliminated 2 contestants(Megan too) and left us with a 2 horse race. The 2 horses would be Destiney and Daisy. The Floss was on the Destiney bandwagon day one. I also predicted a long run for Daisy. Ambre and Jessica are going to provide a nice argument for cute vs. evil. I'm gonna say right now the finals are going to be Destiney and Ambre. Bret went with the sweet girl in season one, going with the crazy rocker in season two. Enough with the Floss' predictions. Here are the Power Rankings for the Final 4:
4. Daisy--don't like her, just don't really like her.
3. Jessica--I don't want her making the finals, would be a crushing loss. Trying to get off the drug that is Jessica.
2. Ambre--Too Old. Too lame. Still floats the Floss' boat.
1. Destiney--Many people hate her, I love her, and her cans.
First off, a Happy Belated Easter to all. Since the Floss will be eating leftover ham sandwiches for at least a week, I'm still celebrating the bunny's arrival. Now for the episode. Personally, I wasn't impressed. The Floss was and still is a HUGE HEATHER HATER. She sucks. Period. I don't care if she combines the 2 fine arts of alcoholism and stripping, I just don't like her. I was sick of hearing, "I just wanna get the dirt on these girls". The only reason Bret brought her back is because he was sick of not having sex with the girls this season(Heather is definitely one of his go-to bangs when he can't score random play). Bret has refrained himself much more this season because of the heat he took last time. I think he may have only went past kissing with just Daisy(probably went all the way there). Maybe a little bj/hj action with Krazy Joe while she was still around. If he banged her, she would still be there. Back to the episode, the ex boyfriends were a terrible addition. They gave away nothing. The best was easily Ambre's weirdo friend. Honestly, if that is Ambre's best friend, how in the living hell could Bret date her? Seriously, unless Bret gives up rock and roll for Scrabble tourney's Ambre is dunzo. The other ex's just plained sucked. No big secrets came out other than Daisy's mild secret. Her secret wasn't nearly as shocking as Krazy Joe still being married. By Jessica getting blackout drunk, she ruined her chance too. Bret knows she couldn't handle partying on the road. I think last night's episode actually eliminated 2 contestants(Megan too) and left us with a 2 horse race. The 2 horses would be Destiney and Daisy. The Floss was on the Destiney bandwagon day one. I also predicted a long run for Daisy. Ambre and Jessica are going to provide a nice argument for cute vs. evil. I'm gonna say right now the finals are going to be Destiney and Ambre. Bret went with the sweet girl in season one, going with the crazy rocker in season two. Enough with the Floss' predictions. Here are the Power Rankings for the Final 4:
4. Daisy--don't like her, just don't really like her.
3. Jessica--I don't want her making the finals, would be a crushing loss. Trying to get off the drug that is Jessica.
2. Ambre--Too Old. Too lame. Still floats the Floss' boat.
1. Destiney--Many people hate her, I love her, and her cans.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
FLOSS' FIRST ROUND SELECTIONS
EAST
North Carolina OVER The Mount
Arkansas OVER Eric Gordon and DJ White
Notre Lame OVER George Mason
Washington St. OVER Winthrop
St. Joes OVER Oklahoma
Louisville OVER Jared Zabransky
South Alabama OVER The Butler
Tennessee OVER America
MIDWEST
Kansas OVER Portland St. Pilots(great name)
Mike Mckee and Kent St. OVER UNLV(no more LJ)
Clemson OVER Villanova
***Siena OVER Vandy
Mayo OVER Beasley
Wisconsin OVER Cal St. Fullerton
Gonzaga OVER Andrew Davidson
Georgetown OVER UMBC Retrievers(great name)
DIRTY SOUTH(DIRTY B/C OF THE PANTHERS)
Memphis OVER UTArl
Oregon OVER Miss. St.
Michigan St. OVER Temple
PITT OVER ORU
Marquettte OVER Kentucky
Lopez Twins OVER Cornell Big Red(great name)
St. Paddy Mills OVER Da U
Texas OVER Stone Cold Steve "Austin Peay"
WEST
UCLA OVER Jerry Rice
BYU OVER TAMU
***Western Kentucky OVER Drake
UConn OVER San Diego
Purdue OVER Baylor
X OVER Georgia(still pullin for Dennis Felton)
Arizona OVER WVU(eff Thuggy Bear)
Duke OVER Belmont
OSU OVER MICHIGAN, PENN ST., AND OREGON
We all know that today, the nation's most hated high school athlete ever picked The Ohio St. Buckeyes over Michigan, Penn St., and Oregon. In other words, Ohio St. doled out the most money. I heard OSU offered the merchandising rights to the Columbus Clippers(AAA Baseball Team) and the Columbus Blue Jackets and a cool 500 G's. Seriously someone needs to point out that Maurice Clarett outted tOSU boosters a long time ago. You think Jimmy Sweater Vest doesn't know about this? Wouldn't it be great if Pryor landed in a huge scandal over this? That would be awesome.
Enough about Pryor. Test at 1 tomorrow. Back at the apartment at approx. 1:53. First Shot of Old Crow 1:54. Eighth shot of Crow, 2:03. PITT OVER ORU, approx 5PM.
Seriously everyone please enjoy the next two days. These are quite possibly the two best sports days of the year. Seriously, even women LOVE the NCAA tourney. Bracket Pools are seriously MOF(Mother of Floss' favorite thing in the World). She has Georgia in the Sweet 16. I didn't say she was good at it.
In being "giddy" over the NCAA tourney.
North Carolina OVER The Mount
Arkansas OVER Eric Gordon and DJ White
Notre Lame OVER George Mason
Washington St. OVER Winthrop
St. Joes OVER Oklahoma
Louisville OVER Jared Zabransky
South Alabama OVER The Butler
Tennessee OVER America
MIDWEST
Kansas OVER Portland St. Pilots(great name)
Mike Mckee and Kent St. OVER UNLV(no more LJ)
Clemson OVER Villanova
***Siena OVER Vandy
Mayo OVER Beasley
Wisconsin OVER Cal St. Fullerton
Gonzaga OVER Andrew Davidson
Georgetown OVER UMBC Retrievers(great name)
DIRTY SOUTH(DIRTY B/C OF THE PANTHERS)
Memphis OVER UTArl
Oregon OVER Miss. St.
Michigan St. OVER Temple
PITT OVER ORU
Marquettte OVER Kentucky
Lopez Twins OVER Cornell Big Red(great name)
St. Paddy Mills OVER Da U
Texas OVER Stone Cold Steve "Austin Peay"
WEST
UCLA OVER Jerry Rice
BYU OVER TAMU
***Western Kentucky OVER Drake
UConn OVER San Diego
Purdue OVER Baylor
X OVER Georgia(still pullin for Dennis Felton)
Arizona OVER WVU(eff Thuggy Bear)
Duke OVER Belmont
OSU OVER MICHIGAN, PENN ST., AND OREGON
We all know that today, the nation's most hated high school athlete ever picked The Ohio St. Buckeyes over Michigan, Penn St., and Oregon. In other words, Ohio St. doled out the most money. I heard OSU offered the merchandising rights to the Columbus Clippers(AAA Baseball Team) and the Columbus Blue Jackets and a cool 500 G's. Seriously someone needs to point out that Maurice Clarett outted tOSU boosters a long time ago. You think Jimmy Sweater Vest doesn't know about this? Wouldn't it be great if Pryor landed in a huge scandal over this? That would be awesome.
Enough about Pryor. Test at 1 tomorrow. Back at the apartment at approx. 1:53. First Shot of Old Crow 1:54. Eighth shot of Crow, 2:03. PITT OVER ORU, approx 5PM.
Seriously everyone please enjoy the next two days. These are quite possibly the two best sports days of the year. Seriously, even women LOVE the NCAA tourney. Bracket Pools are seriously MOF(Mother of Floss' favorite thing in the World). She has Georgia in the Sweet 16. I didn't say she was good at it.
In being "giddy" over the NCAA tourney.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
TUESDAY TITTIES
WOW. That is really the only way to start up this blog. I never thought the Panthers were in real danger of missing the NCAA Tourney, but I didn't reallistically see this coming. I predicted 3 out of the Final 4 of the BE tourney correct and accurately predicted the championship, but the Floss was just having a good day. Did I think the best might be yet to come for the Panthers? Yes, I thought this was possible, maybe a 10% possibility. Watching this BE tourney was like having Christmas 4 days in a row and getting your favorite present ever each day. FYI, Floss' favorite Christmas presents, SHAQ Mini-Hoop, Bike(what the hell was I thinking), and a WWF ring with the courtside press table(however, wrestling died a LONG time ago, sorry DDP(L) and PnR). This BE tourney has created some bandwagon jumpers for the Panthers, now if this only leads to some recruits(Dante Taylor, Kevin Parrom, Duran Scott come on down). Some Pitt thoughts.
APOLOGY
First off, the Floss would like to issue a formal blog apology to Ronald Ramon. However, if you go back and read the last post, I said he could completely reconcile with a good performance in the BE tourney and the NCAA tourney. I was not always a Ramon hater. I pushed for him to start at the beginning of the year when PnR was hatin' on Razor, but he just let me down. I have bought into the fact that Ramon needs to play off the ball, and when Fields sets him up, he can be that 45% 3 point threat that we all know and love. He also completely validated his career, no matter what happens in the NCAA tourney(Ron don't quit now though buddy). I will always remember this class of seniors for this BE title run(hopefully a deep NCAA run). Keith Benjamin didn't do much statistically in the tourney, but he was all over the glass in the title game and he had a few great assists. I will have to remember Mike Cook for being a glue guy, but it was great to see him hoist the trophy with the team and cheer after mostly every basket. So to you Mr. Ramon, I say sorry. To the rest of you seniors(Mo Polen, National Anthem and your 3 points against DePaul) I just say thank you for this memorable run to the BE title.
SAM I AM
I hate this nickname, but it fits and I love it. The Silent Assassin was a nickname of a few players before, but this nickname could also fit for Sam Young. He is always quiet when he puts in his 20 point games. He also doesn't get too fired up on the court. In the Floss' playing days, he was a fiery guy, but on this team of loud mouths(DeJuan and Levance), it is nice to have your best player be a quiet guy. I would also like to remove Chris Taft from my All-Time(er sort of) team and replace him with Sam Young. I never thought he was clutch or consistent, but I was wrong(common theme here). Sam I Am is ready for the L, but I want him to stay. Really, it isn't in his best interest to stay at Pitt for his senior season, but why not? Maybe, he is unlike selfish, greedy athletes and wants other things with his career. Maybe Sam wants another BE Title and MOP in the BE tourney, maybe he wants National POY or at least consideration, maybe he wants a National Championship(he wins it this year, he can bolt), maybe he wants the BE MVP next year? Hell, maybe he just likes playing with these guys.
B SQUARED
The B Squred refers to 6 and 7 on the Panthers, Brown and Biggs. Talk about bringing your A-Game, which all the Panthers did, but especially these two. Two of the more inconsistent Panthers much of the season stepped up HUGE in MSG in those 4 days. Brown provided scoring when needed, twice going into double figures. He also had the steal that locked up the Louisville game, when he ripped the ball away from Earl Clark under the Louisville hoop. If he plays like this in the tourney, I'm going to fall in love with him more. But maybe an even bigger hero in the Panthers tourney title run was Tyrell Biggs. He went from not being trusted, to being the end of game defender. He stays grounded and switches on ball screens much better than DeJuan. He finally realized that he is a wide body and should be a good rebounder. He was simply AWESOME in the title game versus Georgetown. He was a force on the glass. Biggs might finally have mastered his jump shot. Or at least figured that it is much easier to hit a 12 to 15 foot jumper than stepping back past 18 for a 3. I will never again call him Tyrell Littles.
BOBBY KNIGHT
While Knight's Insights is possibly the worst SportsCenter segment ever, him as an analyst is great. I predict his career as an analyst will last at max another year because he will either blow up on TV or take another coaching job(more likely). He knows more about the game than any other analyst ESPN wants to put out there(maybe outside of Bilas, Emmy Nominee, you know this if you watched any early game last week). He also puts Digger in his place enough that it gives him value. He literally frightens Digger Phelps. Digger waits for his turn to speak when Knight is on the set with him. It is awesome. What is Knight's best redeeming quality? Duh, He picked Pitt to win the National Title. If you could have seen the celebration in the room when he picked that. It was a 13-9 esque celebration between SpiderWeb(first ever shoutout for the biggest fan of Pitt hoops), FOF, B Man, PnR, and yours truly.
BASEBALL
Sadly, baseball is going to come and steal the spotlight from hockey in somewhere around 10 days. It's the least wonderful time of the year. Wake me up in October.
LOS PENGUINOS
Way down on the Floss' list this week because they don't like the spotlight on here. Is there a hotter team in hockey right now than the Pens? Maybe the Rangers, who are going to get a wake up call in 15 minutes from the coolest team in the NHL. By the way eff Jagr, Geno and Gonch are my 2 favorite Russians. 14 goals in there last 2 games. Congrats to Hal Gill for being the man. Also congrats to Hossa for his first goal in black and gold. Think of the possibilities when Sid is fully healthy. Scary is the only word to describe this team.
ROL UPDATE
Hey your a krazy bitch, but you **** so good I'm on top of it. Just some song lyrics, since Krazy Joe has finally left the best show on TV. Thank God. Megan, your next, you awful awful person. I want to know if Bret put an act on to piss off the other girls and America with his known affection for Krazy Joe. I think yes, just because he loves none of them. Other thoughts from this week:
-Jessica in schoolgirl outfit, yummy
-Daisy, really you couldn't buy a better face?
-Destiney needs to drop the bitch card, remember when she was sweet and sexy for like the first 4 episodes. Still a Floss Fav.
-Bret knows Megan isn't in to him, great for everyone involved.
-Ambre, 32, really, a little too old for the Floss, and probably Bret. She looked bad this week too. :(
Power Ranking the Final 5:
1. Jessica--the hype is real
2. Destiney--still pulling for you, just leave the darkside
3. Ambre--32? Can't really get over that one. I just thought a mature 27.
4. Daisy--Too dumb, really can't get over that.
5. Megan--Somehow she is gonna cunt her way into the final 3, and it pisses me off.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
After almost backing out of St. Patrick's day celebration for the 3rd year in a row, the Floss partook this year. However, I would like to say I was not at full game level. The Pitt basketball win Friday night kept me awake way too long, which led to not enough sleep. The impending title game kept me thinking ahead. The crowd was a little old for me outside of B Man and COF(Really I heard about wedding plans, come on, not a drinking environment). The Irish Carbomb nearly made me vomit. All factors that led to a relatively average St. Patricks Day. Really the whole problem I have with the day is the fear of a UDA(Underage Drinking Arrest). Being a mature 19 sucks because I can function in a bar scene(laugh), but my age holds me back. Sadly again, the Floss will be a mature 20 next year, and again might not completely enjoy himself. :(. A big props to Aimin' for Failure and Jah Banni for a great party though. People do really like them.
LETS GO PENS
APOLOGY
First off, the Floss would like to issue a formal blog apology to Ronald Ramon. However, if you go back and read the last post, I said he could completely reconcile with a good performance in the BE tourney and the NCAA tourney. I was not always a Ramon hater. I pushed for him to start at the beginning of the year when PnR was hatin' on Razor, but he just let me down. I have bought into the fact that Ramon needs to play off the ball, and when Fields sets him up, he can be that 45% 3 point threat that we all know and love. He also completely validated his career, no matter what happens in the NCAA tourney(Ron don't quit now though buddy). I will always remember this class of seniors for this BE title run(hopefully a deep NCAA run). Keith Benjamin didn't do much statistically in the tourney, but he was all over the glass in the title game and he had a few great assists. I will have to remember Mike Cook for being a glue guy, but it was great to see him hoist the trophy with the team and cheer after mostly every basket. So to you Mr. Ramon, I say sorry. To the rest of you seniors(Mo Polen, National Anthem and your 3 points against DePaul) I just say thank you for this memorable run to the BE title.
SAM I AM
I hate this nickname, but it fits and I love it. The Silent Assassin was a nickname of a few players before, but this nickname could also fit for Sam Young. He is always quiet when he puts in his 20 point games. He also doesn't get too fired up on the court. In the Floss' playing days, he was a fiery guy, but on this team of loud mouths(DeJuan and Levance), it is nice to have your best player be a quiet guy. I would also like to remove Chris Taft from my All-Time(er sort of) team and replace him with Sam Young. I never thought he was clutch or consistent, but I was wrong(common theme here). Sam I Am is ready for the L, but I want him to stay. Really, it isn't in his best interest to stay at Pitt for his senior season, but why not? Maybe, he is unlike selfish, greedy athletes and wants other things with his career. Maybe Sam wants another BE Title and MOP in the BE tourney, maybe he wants National POY or at least consideration, maybe he wants a National Championship(he wins it this year, he can bolt), maybe he wants the BE MVP next year? Hell, maybe he just likes playing with these guys.
B SQUARED
The B Squred refers to 6 and 7 on the Panthers, Brown and Biggs. Talk about bringing your A-Game, which all the Panthers did, but especially these two. Two of the more inconsistent Panthers much of the season stepped up HUGE in MSG in those 4 days. Brown provided scoring when needed, twice going into double figures. He also had the steal that locked up the Louisville game, when he ripped the ball away from Earl Clark under the Louisville hoop. If he plays like this in the tourney, I'm going to fall in love with him more. But maybe an even bigger hero in the Panthers tourney title run was Tyrell Biggs. He went from not being trusted, to being the end of game defender. He stays grounded and switches on ball screens much better than DeJuan. He finally realized that he is a wide body and should be a good rebounder. He was simply AWESOME in the title game versus Georgetown. He was a force on the glass. Biggs might finally have mastered his jump shot. Or at least figured that it is much easier to hit a 12 to 15 foot jumper than stepping back past 18 for a 3. I will never again call him Tyrell Littles.
BOBBY KNIGHT
While Knight's Insights is possibly the worst SportsCenter segment ever, him as an analyst is great. I predict his career as an analyst will last at max another year because he will either blow up on TV or take another coaching job(more likely). He knows more about the game than any other analyst ESPN wants to put out there(maybe outside of Bilas, Emmy Nominee, you know this if you watched any early game last week). He also puts Digger in his place enough that it gives him value. He literally frightens Digger Phelps. Digger waits for his turn to speak when Knight is on the set with him. It is awesome. What is Knight's best redeeming quality? Duh, He picked Pitt to win the National Title. If you could have seen the celebration in the room when he picked that. It was a 13-9 esque celebration between SpiderWeb(first ever shoutout for the biggest fan of Pitt hoops), FOF, B Man, PnR, and yours truly.
BASEBALL
Sadly, baseball is going to come and steal the spotlight from hockey in somewhere around 10 days. It's the least wonderful time of the year. Wake me up in October.
LOS PENGUINOS
Way down on the Floss' list this week because they don't like the spotlight on here. Is there a hotter team in hockey right now than the Pens? Maybe the Rangers, who are going to get a wake up call in 15 minutes from the coolest team in the NHL. By the way eff Jagr, Geno and Gonch are my 2 favorite Russians. 14 goals in there last 2 games. Congrats to Hal Gill for being the man. Also congrats to Hossa for his first goal in black and gold. Think of the possibilities when Sid is fully healthy. Scary is the only word to describe this team.
ROL UPDATE
Hey your a krazy bitch, but you **** so good I'm on top of it. Just some song lyrics, since Krazy Joe has finally left the best show on TV. Thank God. Megan, your next, you awful awful person. I want to know if Bret put an act on to piss off the other girls and America with his known affection for Krazy Joe. I think yes, just because he loves none of them. Other thoughts from this week:
-Jessica in schoolgirl outfit, yummy
-Daisy, really you couldn't buy a better face?
-Destiney needs to drop the bitch card, remember when she was sweet and sexy for like the first 4 episodes. Still a Floss Fav.
-Bret knows Megan isn't in to him, great for everyone involved.
-Ambre, 32, really, a little too old for the Floss, and probably Bret. She looked bad this week too. :(
Power Ranking the Final 5:
1. Jessica--the hype is real
2. Destiney--still pulling for you, just leave the darkside
3. Ambre--32? Can't really get over that one. I just thought a mature 27.
4. Daisy--Too dumb, really can't get over that.
5. Megan--Somehow she is gonna cunt her way into the final 3, and it pisses me off.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
After almost backing out of St. Patrick's day celebration for the 3rd year in a row, the Floss partook this year. However, I would like to say I was not at full game level. The Pitt basketball win Friday night kept me awake way too long, which led to not enough sleep. The impending title game kept me thinking ahead. The crowd was a little old for me outside of B Man and COF(Really I heard about wedding plans, come on, not a drinking environment). The Irish Carbomb nearly made me vomit. All factors that led to a relatively average St. Patricks Day. Really the whole problem I have with the day is the fear of a UDA(Underage Drinking Arrest). Being a mature 19 sucks because I can function in a bar scene(laugh), but my age holds me back. Sadly again, the Floss will be a mature 20 next year, and again might not completely enjoy himself. :(. A big props to Aimin' for Failure and Jah Banni for a great party though. People do really like them.
LETS GO PENS
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
MAILBAG: IT'S FOR THE KIDS
A first for the Floss. His first mailbag. The way this works is, I take e-mails from actual readers and I answer their questions as only the Floss can. Remember these are actual e-mails from actual readers.
(crying) Why do you hate me so much? Is it because of my ugly haircut?
--Ronald Ramon, SG, Pitt Panthers
Well Ronny, if you remember back to your sophomore year, you were my favorite player. The real reason was that my Jaron Brown jersey now could be played off as yours. I thought this was cool up til this season when you have completely insulted the number 4(church-league number of Floss). If you would just make one effing big game shot(WVU=blind squirrel finding a nut) or just play like you did as a freshman and sophomore, I wouldn't be so hostile towards you. The good news is, the Floss forgives, make some shots in the upcoming tourneys. We can re-evaluate where you stand after that. Your hair is embarassing however.
Where should I go to college?
--Terrelle Pryor
Since Tino the Dreamboat is on-board at Pitt for the next 4-5 years, you can take your talents elsewhere. I have said since day one that you were going to be a Nitter. I hope I'm wrong and you shouldn't let JayPa coach you. You also need to make a decision by April 1st. My best guess for what you should do, is enter the baseball draft. You need all the hype you can get.
Are you ever going to come and eat the 3LB burger? Clearfield, PA is waiting. All we have to wait for is the Floss and Penn St. football.
--Denny from Denny's Beer Barrel Pub
Honestly, friends/family of the Floss, if we can get you on board, I'm gonna take down this burger. I have never been so ready for something in my life. I'm in playing shape right now, we just need you, the fans to help me out here.
You drinking with me Saturday? Parade?
--St. Patrick
New Year's Resolution blog. The Floss will effin be there. All he wants to know is if the throwdown with Aimin for Failure and Jah Banni is happening. I wanna go up to Mt. Waershingtun and booze at 7AM, who doesn't?
Yo Floss, you wanna make a guest appearance on ROL 12? Hit me up. Ayo.
--Bret Michaels
(Crying) A dream come true. We both know there is no end to your groupie ass in the future. I would love to be there for ROL 12. Bret, we both know that you can slay any of the remaining girls. The key is to find the one who will not commit. You did it the first time, do it again.
My boobs are not real, but I love them just the same.
--Natalie(Girlicious)
Not a surprise here. The Floss loves them as well. Thanks for clearing that up.
Did you see the bottom line today on ESPN sweetie? San Antonio has signed me through 2011. Our love will have to wait 3 more years.
--Becky Hammon
For the first time ever, something in women's athletics was relevant enough for the bottom ticker. However Becky, by 2010 we can only hope the WNBA contracts and you can come be the trophy wife God intended you to be. Love, The Floss.
Remember to e-mail your questions for the next Floss.
(crying) Why do you hate me so much? Is it because of my ugly haircut?
--Ronald Ramon, SG, Pitt Panthers
Well Ronny, if you remember back to your sophomore year, you were my favorite player. The real reason was that my Jaron Brown jersey now could be played off as yours. I thought this was cool up til this season when you have completely insulted the number 4(church-league number of Floss). If you would just make one effing big game shot(WVU=blind squirrel finding a nut) or just play like you did as a freshman and sophomore, I wouldn't be so hostile towards you. The good news is, the Floss forgives, make some shots in the upcoming tourneys. We can re-evaluate where you stand after that. Your hair is embarassing however.
Where should I go to college?
--Terrelle Pryor
Since Tino the Dreamboat is on-board at Pitt for the next 4-5 years, you can take your talents elsewhere. I have said since day one that you were going to be a Nitter. I hope I'm wrong and you shouldn't let JayPa coach you. You also need to make a decision by April 1st. My best guess for what you should do, is enter the baseball draft. You need all the hype you can get.
Are you ever going to come and eat the 3LB burger? Clearfield, PA is waiting. All we have to wait for is the Floss and Penn St. football.
--Denny from Denny's Beer Barrel Pub
Honestly, friends/family of the Floss, if we can get you on board, I'm gonna take down this burger. I have never been so ready for something in my life. I'm in playing shape right now, we just need you, the fans to help me out here.
You drinking with me Saturday? Parade?
--St. Patrick
New Year's Resolution blog. The Floss will effin be there. All he wants to know is if the throwdown with Aimin for Failure and Jah Banni is happening. I wanna go up to Mt. Waershingtun and booze at 7AM, who doesn't?
Yo Floss, you wanna make a guest appearance on ROL 12? Hit me up. Ayo.
--Bret Michaels
(Crying) A dream come true. We both know there is no end to your groupie ass in the future. I would love to be there for ROL 12. Bret, we both know that you can slay any of the remaining girls. The key is to find the one who will not commit. You did it the first time, do it again.
My boobs are not real, but I love them just the same.
--Natalie(Girlicious)
Not a surprise here. The Floss loves them as well. Thanks for clearing that up.
Did you see the bottom line today on ESPN sweetie? San Antonio has signed me through 2011. Our love will have to wait 3 more years.
--Becky Hammon
For the first time ever, something in women's athletics was relevant enough for the bottom ticker. However Becky, by 2010 we can only hope the WNBA contracts and you can come be the trophy wife God intended you to be. Love, The Floss.
Remember to e-mail your questions for the next Floss.
SOME HARDWOOD TO GIVE OUT AND THE BE TOURNEY
The Floss is in a good mood today, so an update is in order. The Floss had an interview this morning(Business Floss was in full gear), which basically ends all the important things he needs to do on Spring Break Murrysville. Now it's on to drinking, watching copious amounts of basketball, and eating so much food that the 3LB burger will be mine in the summer months. I couldn't think of a better update for today than to give my end of the year college basketball awards. These are actually national awards, I will focus on a team other than Pitt, shocker.
MVP: The Floss comes from the school of winning. This is a 2 horse race between Psycho T and Michael Beasley. Tyler Hansbrough averages 23.1 pts. and 10.5 reb. a game, while Michael Beasley averages 26.5 pts. and 12.5 reb. a game. Truly the numbers are quite similar with the difference being that Psycho T led his team to a number one overall ranking, while Ty Lawson was injured. Again going with the winner, even if he plays for Roy Williams(2nd least favorite coach to Calhoun for the Floss)
MVP: TYLER HANSBROUGH
COACH OF THE YEAR: Note: I did very minimal research and actually have no idea who will win these awards in the eyes of the media. To the Floss, this was a wide open race. I will give you a list of finalists and then break down who the winner and runner up is. The List(Top 5, no order)
Coach K--This Duke team lacks size and is definitely not as talented as their record.
Ron Everheart--I'm giving him some local love. This team had 3 wins 2 years ago. They also went through the tragedy of 6 players getting shot. He has 17 wins in a above average conference.
Keno Davis--Drake was predicted 7th in the MVC at the start of the year. They went 15-3 in league, won the conference tourney(champ game by 30) and finished a sizzling 28-4. (google "Drake Basketball Coach", it asks you if you meant "Duke's Basketball Coach", lol)
Bruce Pearl--The Orange suit went 28-3 this year and won the game at Memphis. One of the Floss' favorite teams. Final 4. Lock it up.
John Calipari--Some Pitt lovin', even though he did poorly at Pitt, Floss still respects the man, and his 30-1 record.
COACH: KENO DAVIS(His star player is Adam Emmenecker, and he wins 28 games)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: I'm not going to waste your time with this one. It's Beasley enough said. Does any stud player need a nickname more than Michael Beasley? I'm thinking something thug, because of him getting kicked out of Oak Hill and respecting Bob THuggins. If I was creative I would give him one.
ROOKIE: MICHAEL BEASLEY
1ST TEAM ALL AMERICANS: Unlike the Big East who announced 11 on their first team, the Floss will go with the traditional 5. As always, very biased picks.
C: TYLER HANSBROUGH
PF: BROOK LOPEZ
SF: MICHAEL BEASLEY
SG: CHRIS DOUGLAS-ROBERTS
PG: D.J. AUGUSTIN
Now on to some fun awards for the season.
BEST DRESSED COACH: SIDNEY LOWE. Bruce Pearl in a close 2nd for that orange blazer that he likes to don. Pitino should get votes, but since the Diet Pepsi ruined the suit for the 2nd half, he loses. When he puts on that big red sports coat, he looks like Clifford the Big Red Dog. I just love the jacket. I really do. I feel like if there was a Polish Day instead of St. Patrick's Day I would want to own that coat.
OLSEN AWARD: LOPEZ TWINS. I just really like the Lopez twins. I've even developed a mini-man-crush on them. Stanford is a team to root for in the tourney. They do not have much talent other than Brook Lopez. Twins are also the gayest story line in the NCAA tourney, barely ahead of cousins and brothers. Since it was so gay, and the Floss has a mini-man-crush, why not an award?
WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO AWARD?: TIE--RICK MAJERUS AND TOMMY AMAKER. Majerus was a good coach, so he figured he could take a team in a weaker conference and compete. Wrong. After watching them get run out of the gym by Duquesne, not too mention scoring 20 pts in a whole basketball game, Rick must wonder why he gave up on ESPN. Honestly, the buffets must have switched to the Atkins diet or something for him to have left. Tommy Amaker was a worthless coach at Michigan, who decided to try and make a name for himself at Harvard. Harvard? Really, come on. Then he locks up a top 25 recruiting class. Did he really not expect investigations? He is effed three ways til tomorrow when all his violations come out.
THE ALL WHITE MAN TEAM: This team could take me to a title easy. I love this team with all my heart.
C: TYLER HANSBROUGH
PF: KEVIN LOVE
SF: CHASE BUDDINGER
SG: A.J. GRAVES
PG: GREG PAULUS
The best part about this team is off the bench we have Luke Harangody, Jon Brockman, A.J. Ogilivy, Kyle Singler, and Jon Scheyer. This was all off the top of my head. Props to the white man.
Enough with awards. Now it is time to show off the BE Tourney bracket that the Floss is taking.
FIRST ROUND WINNERS: CUSE, PROVIDENCE, MARQUETTE, PITT
SECOND ROUND WINNERS: GTOWN, UCONN, MARQUETTE, PITT
SEMI-WINNERS: GTOWN, PITT
CHAMPIONS: PITT
You would have to be high to think that with me in a good mood that I wasn't picking Pitt all the way in this one. Also notice WVU goin down tomorrow against Providence. I truly think that could happen.
MVP: The Floss comes from the school of winning. This is a 2 horse race between Psycho T and Michael Beasley. Tyler Hansbrough averages 23.1 pts. and 10.5 reb. a game, while Michael Beasley averages 26.5 pts. and 12.5 reb. a game. Truly the numbers are quite similar with the difference being that Psycho T led his team to a number one overall ranking, while Ty Lawson was injured. Again going with the winner, even if he plays for Roy Williams(2nd least favorite coach to Calhoun for the Floss)
MVP: TYLER HANSBROUGH
COACH OF THE YEAR: Note: I did very minimal research and actually have no idea who will win these awards in the eyes of the media. To the Floss, this was a wide open race. I will give you a list of finalists and then break down who the winner and runner up is. The List(Top 5, no order)
Coach K--This Duke team lacks size and is definitely not as talented as their record.
Ron Everheart--I'm giving him some local love. This team had 3 wins 2 years ago. They also went through the tragedy of 6 players getting shot. He has 17 wins in a above average conference.
Keno Davis--Drake was predicted 7th in the MVC at the start of the year. They went 15-3 in league, won the conference tourney(champ game by 30) and finished a sizzling 28-4. (google "Drake Basketball Coach", it asks you if you meant "Duke's Basketball Coach", lol)
Bruce Pearl--The Orange suit went 28-3 this year and won the game at Memphis. One of the Floss' favorite teams. Final 4. Lock it up.
John Calipari--Some Pitt lovin', even though he did poorly at Pitt, Floss still respects the man, and his 30-1 record.
COACH: KENO DAVIS(His star player is Adam Emmenecker, and he wins 28 games)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: I'm not going to waste your time with this one. It's Beasley enough said. Does any stud player need a nickname more than Michael Beasley? I'm thinking something thug, because of him getting kicked out of Oak Hill and respecting Bob THuggins. If I was creative I would give him one.
ROOKIE: MICHAEL BEASLEY
1ST TEAM ALL AMERICANS: Unlike the Big East who announced 11 on their first team, the Floss will go with the traditional 5. As always, very biased picks.
C: TYLER HANSBROUGH
PF: BROOK LOPEZ
SF: MICHAEL BEASLEY
SG: CHRIS DOUGLAS-ROBERTS
PG: D.J. AUGUSTIN
Now on to some fun awards for the season.
BEST DRESSED COACH: SIDNEY LOWE. Bruce Pearl in a close 2nd for that orange blazer that he likes to don. Pitino should get votes, but since the Diet Pepsi ruined the suit for the 2nd half, he loses. When he puts on that big red sports coat, he looks like Clifford the Big Red Dog. I just love the jacket. I really do. I feel like if there was a Polish Day instead of St. Patrick's Day I would want to own that coat.
OLSEN AWARD: LOPEZ TWINS. I just really like the Lopez twins. I've even developed a mini-man-crush on them. Stanford is a team to root for in the tourney. They do not have much talent other than Brook Lopez. Twins are also the gayest story line in the NCAA tourney, barely ahead of cousins and brothers. Since it was so gay, and the Floss has a mini-man-crush, why not an award?
WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO AWARD?: TIE--RICK MAJERUS AND TOMMY AMAKER. Majerus was a good coach, so he figured he could take a team in a weaker conference and compete. Wrong. After watching them get run out of the gym by Duquesne, not too mention scoring 20 pts in a whole basketball game, Rick must wonder why he gave up on ESPN. Honestly, the buffets must have switched to the Atkins diet or something for him to have left. Tommy Amaker was a worthless coach at Michigan, who decided to try and make a name for himself at Harvard. Harvard? Really, come on. Then he locks up a top 25 recruiting class. Did he really not expect investigations? He is effed three ways til tomorrow when all his violations come out.
THE ALL WHITE MAN TEAM: This team could take me to a title easy. I love this team with all my heart.
C: TYLER HANSBROUGH
PF: KEVIN LOVE
SF: CHASE BUDDINGER
SG: A.J. GRAVES
PG: GREG PAULUS
The best part about this team is off the bench we have Luke Harangody, Jon Brockman, A.J. Ogilivy, Kyle Singler, and Jon Scheyer. This was all off the top of my head. Props to the white man.
Enough with awards. Now it is time to show off the BE Tourney bracket that the Floss is taking.
FIRST ROUND WINNERS: CUSE, PROVIDENCE, MARQUETTE, PITT
SECOND ROUND WINNERS: GTOWN, UCONN, MARQUETTE, PITT
SEMI-WINNERS: GTOWN, PITT
CHAMPIONS: PITT
You would have to be high to think that with me in a good mood that I wasn't picking Pitt all the way in this one. Also notice WVU goin down tomorrow against Providence. I truly think that could happen.
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