JOTD = General Greivis Vasquez

The stories about my boy are legendary. The nickname is derived from him showing up the very first day on campus in Garys office and saying "Greivis Vasquez, reporting for duty sir" saluting him and then leaving. The start the game with 16 straight points and end up with a sick triple double to beat UNC and punch your ticket to the dance. The shimmy. Bustin up Duke for a near triple double in Cameron leading the team to a victory as a Freshman dogging the crowd the entire time. The no look passes. Leading the team in points rebounds AND assists. Giving your boy Shouldas dap for the Len Bias throwback at a tailgate. Saying he would take a bullet for Gary Williams and meaning in. What does this all add up to?

THE MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYER IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL!

And fret not Terps fans, we're winning 20+ games and dancing LATE into March this year to boot.

Like Pharoahe Monch so perfectly proclaims "Simon says GET THE FUCK UP!!!"

The Most Annoying People in Sports

One thing that I'm growing more and more irritated about is fans who complain incessantly about a player or coach on their team who is actually very good.

I'm probably particularly sensitized to this issue because I spent my first couple years in North Carolina hearing NC State fans gripe that Herb Sendek sucked and they needed to get a new coach. When you complain about a coach like Sendek, who had one losing season in 10 years and taken the school to five consecutive NCAA tournaments, you're essentially demanding someone who is going to put together a consistent championship contender - a Williams, Pitino, Krzyzewski, Calipari, Izzo, etc. There are not many of those guys, and it is insane to jettison a consistent top-25 coach because, as Maryland fans know, sometimes coaches make that jump from Sweet 16 to Final Four.

Fortunately, NCSU fans got what they wanted and, largely because of the incessant criticism, Sendek skipped town in 2006 for Arizona State. Now he's taken that once-moribound program to an NCAA berth. Meanwhile, his successor, Sidney Lowe was the talk of the town after getting State to the ACC Tournament championship in his first year, is facing being run out of town after this, his third year. Does anyone think they'll have better luck finding a good coach this time around, given their treatment of their last two coaches? Good luck with that.

A couple other examples:

• Terrelle Pryor. This kid, 6'6" and fast, was the top overall recruit in the country two years ago, compared at times to Vince Young and LeBron James. And Ohio State fans are talking about benching him halfway through his sophomore year. With virtually no one on the depth chart behind him. Yes, he was relatively effective last year as a true freshman, and has regressed somewhat this year. But he's also still a true sophomore, and the running game around him this year has not been at all productive. When you have a talent like this, you keep running him out there and build for next year and the year after. You do not complain if an athletic quarterback is ineffective passing in his second year (Vince Young's TD/Int ratio was 18:18 after his sophomore season). Grow up, fuckers - I know a lot of other teams in the country that would like to have him (though I'm pretty happy with my QB right now).
• A-Rod. This is the king of them all. No matter how obnoxious (or not) he might be off the field, he's one of the top 5 players in the game, and Yankees fans, based on a handful of at-bats, have been cursing him for years. The frustrating thing about this one is that now those same losers are cheering him like crazy as he leads his team to the World Series. And if he goes 2-12 and the Yankees lose, they'll all be cursing him again. I hate those fuckers. (David Wright is a similar situation.)

To summarize: Sports fans need to appreciate what they have when they've got something good. If you're a Redskins or Terps football or Orioles fan (more circa 2005 than now), complain away - you have every right. But if you're sick of being good but not great, think of these suffering Jackals and keep your frustrations to yourself.

Wedskins Fans Awe Scawed

Saturday night I attended an epic birthday celebration for one Voicemail Nuggets.

During said celebration I was fortunate enough to sit with Pontius and CCQQ99 problems. 99 was laughing at the awesomeness that was being gotten and exclaimed "I can't wait for football season!!" Apparently he is only allowed to get awesome for birthdays and football, but I digress...

Then unprompted he shouted "shut the fuck up Lee, fuck you!" At this time Pontius punched me in the arm and was all "Dont say anything"

SS "I didn't"

Pontius "I know just don't it's Voicemails birthday. Lets just agree to 'Go Terps'"

This we toasted too, before Pontius babble and pleaded more for me to not talk shit about his team.

Jesus the fear is pathetic, almost as pathetic as getting rolled up 23-0 by the Ravens while the drop 500 yards on your ass on national TV after all your dumb ass fans proclaimed you were headed to the Super Bowl and had a great defense.

You loser's watching Monday Night Football right now? You see how a REAL TEAM handles their fucking business? Panthers get the ball, 3 and out.

Giants get the ball and are driving to score and a BS penalty call takes it away from them.

1 first down and punt for Panthers.

Giants march down the field for a TD.

That's how you handle your business and put in work.

and Zorn is a gay clone if I ever have seen one.

BALEEVE IT!

ps any jackal that wants to put a bottle of black label on the skins/giants game week one, bring it on

This would be awesome....if BMore doesn't Fuck it up

Gratuitous Danica Patrick shot (Indy car racer...in case you live in a cave.)

Even if you don't know or care what Indy Racing is all about. 750hp race cars driving down the streets of the Inner Harbor would be awesome. Think Monte Carlo for the F1 racing series, but replace models and yachts with crackheads and Coupe deVilles. Let's hope Baltimore doesn't fuck this one up...


IRL Race in Streets of Baltimore

Greatest Sports Headline Ever: "Believe it: Orioles rally from 10-1 deficit, win"

"Believe it: Orioles rally from 10-1 deficit, win

Trailing Red Sox by nine runs in seventh inning, O's post back-to-back five-run innings, rally to win in biggest comeback in franchise history"

Sorry I missed it, sounds like it was an amazing game.

If only it mattered...

WTF?????

Who the fuck are these guys?

This is who they gave up their 1st round for? I am not going to pretend I understand or care about the NBA Draft, but if you were one of the worst teams in the league, wouldn' t you want to get some players that, I don't know, didn't get traded around the league for the past 9 years averaging 9 pts a game??