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This One Ain't No Gimme
This One Ain't No Gimme
Jim Meadows
Published by Swampy Meadows
01-12-2011
This One Ain't No Gimme

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- By now, we have all heard Chris Wright’ s unfortunate post-game quote to Doug Harris of the DDN concerning the UMass debacle on Sunday:

“We thought it was a gimme.”

The thing that most people don’t understand about the concept of a “gimme” is that in match play golf, you don’t decide whether a putt is a “gimme” or not -- your competition does. Oftentimes when an opponent refuses to concede a putt the player forced to finish ends up missing the short stroke with the flat stick.

Sound vaguely familiar Chris?

Well, now that UD’s skirmish with Philly Phil, St. Joe Joe, that vampire Hawk and the SJU Greyhounds (they traveled to UD by bus because their flight was cancelled) is behind us, it’s time for the Flyers to turn their attention to more, shall we say, delicate matters.

It’s the 71 hours of Dayton vs. X! (formerly known as Xavier Week)

-- Let the “separated at Birth” thread on the UD Pride message board begin!

-- If CW would allow me to select a pre-game quote for his teammates’ contemplation, it would be this:

This one ain’t no gimme

-- It has been said that you should never risk the wrath of the Woof gods by predicting victory, but the Karma gods are the ones with whom you really don’t want to mess. The Karma gods may not always seek retribution immediately -- I’d say 30 years of this crap is long enuf wouldn’t you? -- however, when they do Karma is, indeed, a b*tch.

-- One little-known fact about the Karma gods is that they are particularly fond of porcelain. So, should you have a history of messing with bathroom fixtures -- say a poor, defenseless water fountain at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse -- then you better duck, sucker.

-- Who the heck is Kevin Feeney and why should we care?

-- Curious as to what Eggs wonder boy Brad Redford has been up to while he heals? Interviewing Bob Knight for one thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc4b8...layer_embedded

-- Here are the basic rules for the “Xavier Drinking Game”:

Every time an X player mouths off to an official after he makes a call, take a swig. Whoever is still conscious past the under 16 media TO in the first half wins!

-- This one you can take to the bank:

CBS College Sports’ coverage will join the contest late

It doesn’t matter if an infomercial, Collegiate Llama Riding or Intramural Tiddlywinks is on before the UD/X game, the network will pick things up at about the 15 minute mark of the first half, thereby denying fans the joy of seeing the pre-game handshakes and the exchanging of small gifts between opposing players.

-- How long has it been since UD won @ X? Jimmy Carter was President. ‘Velvet’ Chapman never won at Xavier. Neither did Negele Knight nor any of the guys that UD has sent to the NBA since him.

-- I really want to see Tu Holloway try to pull that “initiate the contact/fling an elbow/throw a punch” move he used vs. UC with the whistle-happy Atlantic 10 zebras monitoring the proceedings.

What’s the over/under on how many games Bernadette McGlade will suspend Tu Tu if he does try it? I say two.

-- The Flyer we should be most concerned about in terms of reacting to X’s predictable punkiness at the Sphinctas Center is Brandon Spearman. Spearman is a Chicago-tough kid used to battling on the basketball court and obviously this is his first UD/X experience.

Just remember Brandon: sometimes you just have to let your game do the talking.

In other words, don’t be like Dante Jackson.

Whatever DJ does, just do the opposite and you’ll be fine.

-- The key to the game for UD?

Place the spheroid in the cylinder
Put the biscuit in the basket
Shoot the 8 ball into the corner pocket
Take the rock to the rack

In other words, score more points than the bad guys. It’s that simple.

-- “From the Swamp” Prediction:

I want this edition of UD@X to go into quadruple overtime and take so long that the freakin’ San Diego State vs. New Mexico game which follows it will be well into the 2nd half by the time CBS College Sports picks it up.

Chris Wright’s Flyght Club 83

Tu Tu’s Tushies 82

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com
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