Random Thoughts...

[DonCornholeone]

- Slightly disappointed at the turnout.  Guess it's to be expected with school out, the weather, etc.

- Trend played like a man possessed the last 3 minutes of the game.  He was like a mini-LeBron out there!

- Christopherson is strong, has a great handle and a sweet little crossover.  Add the fact that he can stroke it from deep, he is going to be a very good one.

- Great game by DJ.  5 out of his 6 3s were within the offense and he was on fire.  6 dimes, no turnovers!  Great to see 43.5% from 3 as a team.  Also, we saw the much-hyped trey stroke of Lazar. 

- Wow, we are DEEP!  McNeal has the flu and Barro steps up with 14 and 9, Lazar with 17, Wes with 16.

- What is with the myriad of Weapons-of-Mass-TShirt-Distribution?  They had a crazy garbage can smart-bomb, a gatling gun...  and don't they sometimes float them down from the ceiling with parachutes attached?  I remember the days when the male cheerleaders would huck them into the crowd or they'd use wingers.  How far we've come... 

[rugbydrummer]

i thought jerel was a little off tonight--how did you know he had the flu?


also, what time did DJ get that ankle roll? anyone know? I am going to review the film tomorrow because i missed that (too much miller chill i guess!) 

[spartan3186]

Gross how can you drink that garbage. The only good thing about miller chill is the Miller Chill girls that go from bar to bar.

[thisists]

they're not bad for a power hour.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Does anybody think that the turnout was affected by the late starting time? I know that's why I decided not to go.

[threeofclubs]

It looked like a pretty good turnout, especially for a break game. The later starting time was good for the student section- more time to get everything coordinated for the kids coming in from off-campus.

[tower912]

I liked that nobody played more than 28 minutes.   Ooze was due for a breakout game.   That looked like his peak from last year.   I hope DJ's ankle recovers.   It is a pleasure to know that if he is somehow gimped by it, we have lots of depth to make up for it.   We need to stop scheduling these cupcakes.   A win at WVU would be a HUGE statement.

[TallTitan34]

We need to stop scheduling these cupcakes.

I don't think we have much choice in playing Providence ???

[Oldgym]

Attendance was reported at 17,000+.  As usual, that number doesn't reflect the actual, which in my estimate was around 15K, maybe a bit less.  To me, that's still an impressive crowd for a break game on an icy Thursday night with a late start. 

The crowd was mostly subdued, which a blowout will do...also, the flow of the game was disrupted every few seconds by a whistle.  What was it, something like 46 or 48 total fouls called?  So that quieted us down too.

I enjoyed every minute though.  Watching Ooze on a mission, and he was most definitely on a mission, was fun.  Trend too, when he got his chance late in the game.

[tower912]

Titan, sarcasm alert.

[🏀]

Titan, sarcasm alert.

Can we just create a sarcam smiley somehow?

[Nukem2]

The actual attendance was about 16,500 just by scanning the open areas upstairs and figuring a quick count of empty seats by section (sorry about my Murff-like accuracy ).  Was a good crowd for a weeknite during the break.

[spiral97]

Titan, sarcasm alert.

Can we just create a sarcam smiley somehow?

If you come up with one, let me know - I may be able to add it to the list.

[Pakuni]

Titan, sarcasm alert.

Can we just create a sarcam smiley somehow?

If you come up with one, let me know - I may be able to add it to the list.

Another forum I've frequented asks that sarcasm be written in teal.

That's a lousy idea.

[MUHoopsfan6]

Anyone know if Higgins was one of the ref's last night?  I really dislike him as a ref and I was hoping he had retired?  I know we won by a wide margin but I still thought the game was poorly officiated.

[spiral97]

Titan, sarcasm alert.

Can we just create a sarcam smiley somehow?

If you come up with one, let me know - I may be able to add it to the list.

Another forum I've frequented asks that sarcasm be written in teal.

That's a lousy idea.

That just makes me want to click on it over and over and over and frustrate myself. 

[TallTitan34]

Anyone know if Higgins was one of the ref's last night?  I really dislike him as a ref and I was hoping he had retired?  I know we won by a wide margin but I still thought the game was poorly officiated.

No but Jim Burr was.

I agreed I want a sarcasm indicator!

[NavinRJohnson]

No sarcasm designations please. If you can't recognize it when it comes, you deserve any embarrassment you may suffer. Likewise, if the sarcasm you post is poorly delivered, and not recognized by most, you deserve any shame that may be brought upon you as well.

[thisists]

agreed


but if you are really that bad, tag it.


[sarcasm] what an awesome idea [/sarcasm]

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I just assume that anybody claiming to have no problem with our nickname is being sarcastic.

[🏀]

Ask and ye shall receive.

How about this one?

[spiral97]

make it smaller somehow.. like the size of the current emotes.

[MUfan12]

The actual attendance was about 16,500 just by scanning the open areas upstairs and figuring a quick count of empty seats by section (sorry about my Murff-like accuracy ).  Was a good crowd for a weeknite during the break.

We must be using the same version of the Murff-meter, because I thought there was about 16,000+ in the house.

And props to the students, much larger turnout than I expected.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

just got these in an email....thought they were pretty funny.

Assicons.

> (_!_) a regular ass   
>   
>   (__!__) a fat ass
>
> (!) a tight ass
>
> (_*_) a sore ass
>
> {_!_} a swishy ass
>
> (_O_) an ass that's been around
>   
> (_x_) kiss my ass
>
> (_X_) leave my ass alone
>
> (_zzz_) a tired ass
>
> (_E=mc2_) a smart ass
>
> (_$_) Money coming out of his ass
>
> (_?_) Dumb Ass

[MarquetteVol]

I just assume that anybody claiming to have no problem with our nickname is being sarcastic.

I laughed out loud at that. Pretty funny stuff. For the record, my comments were not sarcastic but completely genuine.