Archive for November, 2007

30
Nov

What would Jesus say about this?

By Doc Hancock 0 Comments
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Being at a small school like Crichton has its perks and its flaws.

The perks of being at Crichton would be free pool games, trips to one-horse towns, flag football games in which you can be a hero or a goat, and of course, free wireless Internet service.

And the flaws would be lack of free computers in the library if you don’t have a laptop (I’m one of them), large speed bumps when you come off Highland Avenue, and having half the school know about your crush on a random hottie and the identity of the girl.

For the last few months or weeks, if you’ve been keeping score, my attention was grabbed by a random hottie that ironically was sitting a few yards away from me when I was on the short end of one of the biggest upsets in the history of pool at Crichton the day we closed out the first part of the fall semester.

And in the following weeks, everyone from your favorite cashier in the student center to the basketball program spent little time scratching their heads to see who the random hottie I talked about in my column on October 22nd.

That is, until I sat down and interviewed her for a story on the day prior to the infamous “Battle of the Sexes” on November 15th, the same day I became student manager for the basketball team.

A story, that wound up being run on TNB during the Thanksgiving break, which was relief on not only the blog’s brass, but maybe the people of North Highland Avenue.

But that’s just the beginning.

The weekend that Mizzou played Kansas State, I wrote a story about how a cutie wearing old gold and black was a good omen.

Oddly enough, the cutie I mentioned in my column turned out to be the girl that I made a cheesecake for on her birthday back in September.

And now with two weeks to go in the semester, I find myself trying to talk to a friend of a friend.

Which isn’t a bad thing given the fact that the last time something like that happened, it resulted in one of the cutest baseball stories in the history of this fair city I live in.

And a book that will be out in the spring of 2008.

Obviously, there’s a lot more to leak out when the semester reaches the final week.

And maybe, just maybe, Mizzou could be one step away from a national championship when the smoke clears.

Then again, I might be pushing a bit too far.

29
Nov

These are not your daddy’s Knicks

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Growing up, the Knicks was the embodiment of intelligent, well-skilled, well-played basketball.

There was Ewing, the fearless leader, John Starks, who poured his heart into every game he played, and Allan Houston, who played a key part in the Knicks’ 1999 NBA Finals run by hitting that three-pointer in Miami to win the fifth and deciding game of the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.

Being a Knick fan meant that you stood for something, that you gave 110 percent.

But that was before the train wreck that is the 2007-08 season for the Knicks, who got blown out by the Boston Celtics 104-58, the third-worst loss in franchise history tonight to put an end to their winning streak.

The sad thing about this is that this franchise, despite all the rich history they’ve had, has sunk to depths deeper than the Mississippi River. I don’t squarely place the blame on Isiah Thomas’ shoulders because he doesn’t shoot a jumper, slam a ball, or any of that stuff.

He’s a damn coach.

However, I do put some blame on him because he was the architect of the train wreck in New York City. He put together a team of prima donnas that cared less about winning and more about causing drama, which would be the other half of the blame game.

Good thing about this is that there is still time for them to turn it around. But the way things are as I write this, I don’t think it’s possible for them to make a turnaround and make the playoffs.

They’ll just have to wait until next year.

27
Nov

Waiting game for Tide and Cocks

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Categories: college football
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It was only a month ago that I as well as everyone in the South was giving the Gamecocks the SEC East after they vaulted #6 in the AP polls, beat Georgia, and ended world hunger.

And it was also a month ago when Alabama on the third Saturday in October, laid the smack down on the Vols and earlier in the month defeated Georgia in an emotional win at the Capstone and started work on a Saban statue for rescuing the Tide out of the muck that it’s been in for the last 25 years.

But, as we all learned from this college football season, the Tide and Gamecocks would be victims of upsets as South Carolina would lose to Vanderbilt and Alabama would lose to of all teams, Louisiana-Monroe.

And both teams, filled with promise in October, are waiting patiently to see whether or not will they get a chance to continue their season after finishing with identical 6-6 marks.

With 10 of the 12 teams in the SEC being bowl-eligible and two probably heading to BCS bowls, someone is bound to be left out because for starters, the conference has only eight tie-ins.

So who will be left out in the cold?

The Tide for the most part, has a strong reputation for fans traveling well to any of their bowl sites. Not only that, the Tide has impressive wins over Georgia and Tennessee at home, teams that could be headed to the BCS or some big-name New Year’s Day bowl.

Alabama’s only drawback was their unimpressive showing against La.-Monroe on Senior Day in which the Tide for all intents and purposes, looked unprepared and out of sync with what was going on.

On the other hand, the Gamecocks have a history of traveling well, something I saw firsthand when South Carolina played in the Liberty Bowl last year and like the Tide, they have a couple of wins that stand out among the six, Kentucky at home and Georgia on the road. The only problems that the Gamecocks had was their defense, who couldn’t find any rhythm in games against Florida and Arkansas-teams that can have fleet-footed athletes.

If South Carolina goes bowling, my guess would be a return trip to the Independence Bowl against Oklahoma State or Texas A&M. I could also see a possible trip to the Liberty Bowl against Tulsa or Central Florida, but that might go to Mississippi State or Arkansas.

But my money’s on the Independence for the Gamecocks.

Alabama could be looking at another trip to the Independence Bowl as well for the second year in a row. I can’t see them headed to Memphis for any reason besides this being the 25th anniversary of Bear Bryant’s last game, which was the 1982 game against Illinois.

Should Tennessee win against LSU a space will probably be freed up in the bowl picture for one team.

It’s just the matter of which team will be the lucky one.

26
Nov

I’m going to rely on the gang from College Gameday for this

By Doc Hancock 0 Comments
Categories: school

If you’ve been to college or in my case, still in college, you know how the home stretch of the semester goes.

You have sleepless nights and loads of caffeine.

With this being two weeks left to go in the semester for me at Crichton, I am now dealing with the same pressure that some of the teams in the NFL are dealing with if they want to make the playoffs.

Except, instead of playoff glory, I’m looking to do something that I couldn’t do in my first year at the school I was previously at-finish strong and pass all my classes with flying colors by finishing projects for three of my classes.

Yesterday morning, as I was gathering up stuff for my project in one of my classes, I quickly thought about involving the gang at College Gameday with the tunes of Talib Kweli or Lupe Fiasco blaring in the background.

“Not so fast my friend,” Lee Corso would say about my four-page paper in Fine Arts Appreciation, “This kid’s paper has to be detailed to the core. He’s been very good at doing that in the past with his other papers.”

“He had a great comeback before the Thanksgiving Break by turning in a paper that was due on October 18th,” Kirk Herbstreit would say, “Talk about being calm under pressure.”

“So we’re expecting another stellar performance from Doc Hancock on November 29th,” Chris Fowler said.

That is if I don’t do something similar to what Michigan State did last year against Notre Dame and have the cackles of Desmond Howard as a recurring laugh track.

25
Nov

Grace led to historic win for Mizzou

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Three hours before yesterday’s “Border Showdown”, I was resting well in the comforts of a friend’s house in Carruthersville, Missouri checking Facebook as a way to kill time before the game.

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