Time for Back Seat Drivers' new feature: Shut Your Piehole! In this segment, we call out sports personalities for saying really stupid things. Here's our first entry:
On SportsCenter this morning, Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debated exactly how good the University of Illinois basketball team should be considered. Bayless, in a rare moment of clarity, explained that he wasn't "sold" on the Illini because the Big Ten is a weak conference this year. Smith, in contrast, argued that he couldn't buy into Illinois just yet because the team lacks the "tradition" of schools like UNC, Duke, or even Michigan. If it were Michigan that were 29-0, he said, maybe he'd believe - but according to Stephen A., Illinois just doesn't have the history.
That's some of the dumbest logic I've ever heard. Should we mathematically alter teams' won-loss records to reflect their history? So maybe UNC at 25-3 is actually 27-1? Illinois' 29-0 is maybe 26-2? And what the hell do we do with Pacific?
If you're not convinced about Illinois due to the weaker Big Ten (especially compared to the rigorous ACC or Big East), that's perfectly reasonable. But because Illinois doesn't have a series of trophies sitting back home in Urbana? Totally irrelevant. Stephen A. Smith, once again you've shown that you don't have a frickin' clue - so SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE!
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Hurrah! Great new feature on the site. Anytime someone tells Stephen A. Smith to shut his piehole, I stand and cheer!
However, just to be a dick, I have to say that I'm thrilled that Hart's Illinois feathers got ruffled. Hart, you've been a Michigan fan your whole life. You've never once, in the nearly 10 years that I've known you, rooted for U of I in anything. Now all of a sudden you're bleeding for your home-state team? OSU pissed on your "team" (even more irritating, I'm sure since it was OSU -- a true UM fan's sworn enemy) and showed them to be vulnerable when their guards don't play well. We all know, of course, that this happened because they don't have the tradition to fall back on. Tradition goes a long way! HAHAHAHAhahahaha....
I can't wait until I see some Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley quotes on "Shut Your Piehole".
I bet Stephen A. Smith goes to new restaurants, has the best steak of his life, and then says, "You know what, there's no tradition here. This steak was terrible." And then he probably stands up and starts yelling at everyone.
Mo, I'm still a Michigan fan first...but I am a proud resident of the Land of Lincoln, and so long as the Illini aren't beating up on the Maize and Blue, I'd like to see them do well.
Goldberg - awesome analogy on Stephen A.'s dinner! :)
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