WTF?! – The Week That Was
Earl Pitts: Uhmerikan
As a kid riding in the car with my dad, we often listened to 700 WLW, which meant I was exposed to the legendary “Earl Pitts; Uhmerikan” and his weekly rant otherwise known as “You know what makes me sick?” In tribute to those days, and to relieve some angst of my own, I present to you a few sports nuggets from the previous week that left me thinking WTF?!
All the hype Bo Ryan’s Badgers received this week for protecting their home court in a game they should have won against OSU was enough to trigger my gag reflex. Especially considering how poorly Wisky played in the final minute, giving OSU a chance to force overtime as time expired. They won at home, that’s what you are supposed to do in the Big11Ten if you want to win the conference. Let’s not wet ourselves over it.
Redshirt freshman and ‘07 QB hopeful Antonio Henton’s comments in Sunday’s Dispatch. I love players with confidence, but if you have yet to take a snap in college football then I would appreciate a little more humility:
“I think if I win the job and I have four years (to start), there’s no doubt that I (will) be the next Heisman winner at Ohio State,” he said. “That’s right, no doubt.”
Lastly, what the hell were Herbie, Fowler and company thinking when they all essentially agreed that Florida would beat OSU 9 out of 10 times? Look, I know we got donkey punched, but does anyone really think Florida is 27 points better than OSU or that we could only muster 1 win in 10 tries against them? WTF?!
So, what made you sick in the week that was?
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A couple of thoughts…
1. As a disgruntled CBJ fan, I wish I could punch MacLean in the stomach for not having at least one player on the NHL Young Stars All Star Game. I guarantee many of these players were available when we drafted in the top 5 picks in each year the CBJ have been in the league! http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=287353
2. Can Michelle Wie please win at least one LPGA event before she keeps pissing everyone off missing the cut for another PGA event?
One more…
3. This didn’t make me sick, but only made me sick that the Tribe didn’t come up with this: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/wires/01/11/2010.ap.bbn.all.you.can.eat.seats.0366/
Last one, I swear…
4. The Larry Hughes injury saga continued this past week for the Cavs. Now he has a “left thigh tendinitis”. Whatever the hell that is. As the Cavs are the #1 seed in the NBA (L)East at this point, how much better would they have been if Redd would’ve taken their offer rather than Hughes last year? The cavs are still exciting & could possibly go to the finals soon because the East is so weak, but they desperately need to get a better or more reliable shooting guard to lessen LJ’s workload as a scorer. Shannon Brown doesn’t seem to be the answer (so far) & Lord knows Sasha Pavs isn’t the answer either. As a matter of fact, Pavs is easily on my Top 5 least favorite Cavs players of all-time. And I have endured many sub-par to outright pathetic Cavs teams in the early 80s & mid to late 90s. Luckily, Gooden & Z have been doing some scoring lately. I know I shouldn’t be complaining too much about the Cavs right now because they are #1 in the East. But the Cav’s guards are sure to their downfall. I won’t even start about their PGs. Although I am happy with the progress of their 2nd round pick, (PG) D. Gibson from Texas. Hopefully he’ll keep developing & eventually take over for defensive-genius, but brick-laying Eric Snow at PG.
Wow, frosty – you seem a little bitter today!
Great points all around. Hughes is either a total wuss or one unlucky dude…he cant take a leak without hurting himself…No doubt the Cavs can’t win it all without a PG and Pavlovic/Brown are definitely pretty useless…I think Brown could stand to drop a few pounds and maybe he’d be a little quicker…
As for Wie — It does seem she constantly receives bad advice and is certainly outspoken considering the brat has never won jack squat…she has actually alienated herself from both the womens and mens tours and she is barely old enough to drive…nice work, skank!
Can’t help it…I’ve been a little bitchy since Jan. 8th.
I agree with Frosty, I am sick of watching bad hockey and we need a change at the top. Three years ago, we had the “2nd best prospects” in the minors, according to Hockey News. A quick check at the Syracuse Crunch’s record reveals a last place 12-21-1 record. Our draft picks have not made an offensive difference (minus oft-injured Nash) and our big free agent signings seem to fall into the offensive black hole that has developed here in Columbus. Maybe Dougie fresh needs to look outside his group of childhood friends for better scouts, Gm’s, and T.V announcers.
You wish, corey…
Doug is P.E.I. until he dizz-ies…
The more I think about it, the more I am hating the conventional wisdom that emerged from that Florida ass-whipping. How much different would the 2000 Sugar Bowl have turned out if Peter Warrick had turned his ankle on the opening play?
Spent the weekend in the hellhole that is Cleveland and learned two things:
1. Troy was apparently enjoying the rubber chicken circuit after the Heisman win and gained somewhere between 10 and 15 lbs. in the 51 day layoff.
2. Sources up there (where most of the playmakers are from) said that Tedd Ginn was going to be 35-40% of our offense in that game. They had designed several Shot-Ginn plays, a double pass from Troy to Ted to someone downfield, the Boise St. Hook and Ladder, and direct snaps to Ginn as he came in motion. With all that gone before the offense stepped on the field, it’s no wonder Vanilla Jim looked a little sick on the sidelines.
I heard Troy put on some weight, but hadn’t heard about Ginn being featured in so much of the offense. It makes sense, though.