Gone like Zaga

I'm not going to go into great detail or give you a precise explanation of how it happened, but I'm about 75% sure I accidentally gave the nanny some extended full frontal nudity after I got out of the shower this morning. Lucky lady. The Bungle Bits.

Lots of exciting and frustrating NCAA action tonight. First off, my HD/SD trick worked like a charm. Ch. 702 was staying with the Gonzaga game so I went over to Ch. 2 to watch the end of the WVU game. Thrilling ending, nice to see Pittsnogle come back from that blow to the face to hit the huge three, and cowboy hats off to Texas for coming right back with their own three to win.

Once that game was over, I flipped back to Gonzaga in HD. Fantastic game, but Gonzaga really folded in just about every way possible at the end. Here are some things that annoyed me about this game:

1. Batista is like a big expressionless zombie out there, I couldn't believe how passive he was with the ball on the last possession. What a Suckerbutt.
2. Did Gonzaga have any timeouts after UCLA hit the layup to go ahead? Ravio or whatever his face is was dribbling up the court like a crazed dog, so I am thinking they didn't. If they did, he needed to fucking call one.
3. When he got stripped and there was a tie-up on the floor, at least a second appeared to tick off the clock after the whistle blew, from like 3.6 to 2.6 or something. A huge damn second and neither the refs nor the announcers took another look at it. Wtf?
4. That said, UCLA was getting ripped off by the refs for much of the game.
5. Morrison. Dude, there is no crying in basketball. At least not until the game is over. I really like a lot of things about this guy, but what a baby. There was still a couple seconds left and he's out there with the quivering lower lip and the defeated, glazed look on his face. And that moustache has ceased to be amusing. Dump it like the girl you made out with at summer camp. I was impressed that Morrison was able to get shots off down the stretch under heavy pressure, but they were bad shots and they didn't come close to going in. He needs to either create better opportunities for himself or kick it to someone else. And stop crying. After the game I guess it's OK to cry, it was a devastating loss. But until then, buck up. Did Larry Bird ever cry? How about Larry "Bud" Mellman?
6. Gonzaga played the last three minutes or so as if they had it won. Just settling for crappy shots and showing no killer instinct at all.
7. Morrison's tearfest was kind of Duke-like. Speaking of which, it was satisfying to see Duke lose, as it always is. This is going to sound weird, but I don't actually hate JJ Redick. I know I should, but the dude seems like a perfectly nice guy. Wonder what he'll be in the NBA.

I was thinking about how avidly I used to read The Onion, how proud of it I was, and how little I care about it today. It's like they settled on a formula, the Onion formula, and somehow that formula just stopped being funny. I don't exactly know why, maybe just overkill.

I was going to hit you with another installment of Trayline today (3:44pm edit: IS NOW UP). It's all typed up, just needs to be read over once or twice before I hit "publish." The only thing holding me back is that I might be giving a little TMI in this post. It's pretty rough in a number of ways. It might make you uncomfortable, so imagine how it'll make me feel -- I lived it. I might need to edit this one a li'l bit. Or just post it for like 6 hours and then take it down. Watch for it today or tomorrow.

Thanks for the ISguygiftdat suggestions. If I choose one the GP's will be deposited in the appropriate account. Also, very nice entries on NBAall-starweekendattractiondat. You have all been credited the points you're owed.

Since Adam Morrison will undoubtedly be shaving that shit under his nose now, we should come up with a name for it so we know what to write on its little moustache tombstone. For eight points each, one submission per person, please suggest a name. Example: The Anorexic Caterpillar.