Say Hello To the New Boss,

Same as the old one. Another year another Mythical championship goes to the SEC. At this point even the most partisian non-SEC have to admit that the combination of demographics, resources, institutional advantages (over-signing, lower admission standards, medical hardship usage to free up roster spots,) gives the SEC an advantage that allows it to lord over the rest of College Football. Perhaps following the 2nd Northern migration things will change but until then all hail the next Southern denizen champion, Auburn.

Congrats Blackhawks

Congrats to the 2009-2010 NHL Champion...Chicago Blackhawks. An exciting end to an exciting Stanley Cup Championship.

Congrats UNC

Once again heaven is Carolina Blue. The team that was supposed to at the start of the season did it at the end. Somewhere between the humiliating 0-2 ACC start and the NCAA tournament Carolina learned how to play defense without their shutdown stopper (Marcus Ginyard). By the time they got to Michigan State, the machine was invincible. In the end they didn't need a crushing defense as their offense couldn't be stopped. A point guard that penetrated at will, a rotating slew of big men, and outside shooters that rained 3s....Michigan State which had shut down UConn and Louisville simply were over-matched against the UNC juggernaught. It was enjoyable to see upperclassmen take center stage at the NCAA tournament. Don't count on it again next year. Nonetheless as impressive romp through the NCAA as I've seen. Congrats Carolina.....

MMBSD: 7 Super Thoughts

Here are my Super Bowl thoughts in no particular order

1. Rally or not....the play of the game was at the end of the first half when known seal clubber James Harrison intercepted the ball in the end zone and raced 100 yards to complete the 10-14 point swing. Outstanding fake blitz although I still can't believe Arizona would call a throw over the middle of the end zone. Your begging for an INT.

2. Not to say.... that the refs blatantly made any bad calls but I can't remember a Super Bowl when the refrees were so ubiquitous. From the hoards of holding and personal fouls to the close calls/instant replays in many ways the game seemed to ebb and flow on the ref's calls.

3. Wide Receivers .... to quote Peter King's deep thoughts "Wow". From MVP Santonio Holmes to Fitzgerald's sprint down the middle of the field, to Boldin's solid hands, etc, etc. the hands team made it an enjoyable Super Bowl. Without going into hyperbole probably the best wide receiving exhibition in the history of the universe for all time.

4. Commercials.... were a little disappointing. Maybe it was the economy, or the cold winter froze the ad agencies' brains, or the newest ad research tells us drab monotone commercials work fine but I'm having a hard time even remembering any of the commercials save Ed McMahan's gold toilet (I think that was for Pepsi) and Doritos can help take off women's clothes.

5. Movie Previews.... came through nicely. Apparently the message came out that for the Summer Blockbuster its important to get your ads in early to build up the hype. I'm most excited for 1. Star Trek 2. Transformers and 3. Aliens v. Monsters.

6. NBC was high on the synergy cross-promoting itself and using the entire cadre of its staff to market itself. Luckily thanks to Al Michaels and John Madden I completely and totally tuned out whatever they were saying.

7. All in all fun Super Bowl, enjoyable game (despite the Yinzers winning). Nonetheless congrats to the Rooney's and their organization. Hopefully they catch on with the rest of the league as exemplars as the Mumbles clones seem to ruin everything they touch.

1/20

Its not often that BSD gets to comment on truly historical days but today is a marker for 2 very important reasons

1) Our long national nightmare is over.... BYE BYE Mr. Cranky Pants

and

2) Inauguration of the new President Spiderman Barak Obama. Whatever I voted for Spidey.

Florida Champs Again

Congrats Florida on beating an over-rated OU team. I believe I speak for the entire non-Sotuh when I say I hope you all go and fornicate yourself with wooden sticks

Congrats Philly

Your 2008 MLB Champs.....Here's hoping there's a city left on Thursday

Celtic NBA Champs

MJ upon hearing the news

Congrats Kansas

Rock Chalk Jayhawks (well the hell does that mean anyway?) defeated Memphis to win the NCAA Championship. Super Nintendo Chalmers hit a ridiculous shot to send the game into over-time where KU sealed the deal. An outstanding back and forth game. Kansas' comeback with about 2 and 1/2 minutes will go down as one of the better comebacks and certainly one of the more bitter bills for Memphis to swallow. That said I'm sure we will see at least half dozen of those players in the NBA at some point. I think Rose has certainly made the case as a possible number 1 over Michael Beasley for the draft. But that discussion is for another day, tonight congrats to KU (umm and hope you don't lose your coach to OSU (as in Oklahoma State)

Congrats to Uno

Congrats to Uno your new Dog Super Champion or whatever. (add joke about making the other dogs bitches here)