Cheers and Jeers: Vulcan Mind Probe Edition

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Ouzo
• 1/2 oz 151 proof rum

For those that haven't been following the new NBA rules there has been a change in regards to High School players. No longer will they go directly from the Senior Prom to the hardwood floors. No Kevin Garnett's implicit skills, no more Tracey McGrady's sleeping 14 hour a day, no Lebron soaring magestically, in essence the bowl has been cashed. Players must wait until the age of 19 now meaning they either have to sit around a year, play overseas or go to college. Of course going overseas means they are free agents which has its own risk (let alone playing in Europe I mean the taxes alone). This will fundmentally alter college basketball as well. For one, the Carmello Anthony phenomenon of the wunderkid for one year will be far more common. Fortunately or unfortunately UNC and OSU top the lists of those that would have turned pro. Greg Oden, the next David Robinson, is as dominating big man as advertised (I've seen him in person). OSU's super-freshman class, the so called "Thad 5" could be even better than the "Fab 4" and win a title. Of course UNC's fab 5 freshman catch could rival OSU's class. Add in Tyler Hansborough freshman of the year performance last year and UNC is a deep team. That said, Florida's championship team returns nearly its entire squad. The point, Dear Watson, is college basketball this year will be at a high of a skill level as we have seen in a long long time.

Cheers: To www.deadspin.com. Deadspin is the number one trafficked sports blog on the internet. Check it out. Very interesting. Although I think our posts as of recent are just as good.

Jeers: To injuries. Nothing really as big of a bummer as injuries to highly skilled college players that will be drafted. Mario Manningham, star receiver went down with some arthroscopic surgery this week. Mike Hart of that team up North will have to handle the slack. OSU's defensive tackle David Patterson, proving super string theories idea of symmetry, also went down this with a similiar knee injury. Here's to wishing they get well and soon.

Cheers: To Garrett Wolfe. The 5'7 running back from Northern Illinois is making a push for the Heisman. While the heisman is typically out of the reach of mid-majors, Wolfe's staggering 223.5 rushing average per game is garnering him plenty of attention. The little guy from the little school in the little conference now thats something to cheer about.

Cheers: To Borat the Movie. Sasha Baron Cohen, namesake of cheers and jeers, upcoming movie I predict will be a smash hit. Sasha Cohen's Borat character is some combination of Colbert meets JackAss meets Kazhakstan. If you like parody as humor go see the movie.

In honor of silly and frankly juvenile humor...

BJ Watch: Columbus' very own hockey team, The Blue Jacks (aka BJs), has raced out, grabbed their opponent's hair and forced their way into a the lead in the Western Central Division. The perennial receivers have become the givers. Hopefully more BJ success to shine down on Columbus.