25 hr hoops marathon

The unofficial kickoff to the best "amateur" sport on the planet. ESPN's 25 hour hoops marathon begins at midnight et following MNF. The rundown of games can be found here
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5809267

If you can't catch all the games, here are some of the highlights of the series. The first game, Miami at Memphis features 2nd year coach Josh Pastner trying to get the tigers back to the top of Conf USA after their run as champs ended last season. The 2nd game is for the 30 somethings who remember the days of Steve Lavin at UCLA, he's back and leading St. John's as the go out west to play WCC front runners St. Mary's.

A noon et mid major battle between Oral Roberts and Tulsa is the first must see game on Tuesday. The appetizer for the 3 course meal Tuesday evening is the 4pm et tilt between ranked teams, #24 Va Tech vs. #3 Kansas State, followed by the main course #5 Ohio State vs #10 Florida and then topped off with dessert. Last year's runner up #18 Butler travels to Louisville to face "Quicky Ricky's" squad.

This is a warm up for the pre-season NIT and the Maui Invitational and should be enough to welcome the casual fan to the 2010-11 season. This is just the opening mile to the "marathon" that is college basketball that culminates with the final sprint that is the revamped 68 team tourney in mid March.

Ryno back to where it began

He didn't get the Cubs managerial job and as I have stated here before I am OK with that. The Cubs are not in good shape on the major league level and Ryno would have been yet another failed manager. His reputation tarnished within the structure of the organization.

The rumors of him being considered for other MLB openings never materialized but he felt like he was screwed over by Jim Hendry and didn't want to go back to Iowa as the AAA manager. Now comes news that he is headed back to where his MLB career started, the Phillies organization. He still doesn't have a big league job, he is the AAA manager for the Phils but its still a better place for him then on the bench in Chicago.

I wish him all the success and hope that he doesn't get scooped up before the Cubs can get through the Quade years quickly and then the new GM, Hendry will go when Quade goes, can build a winner with Ryno at the helm.

Bookieman Wk 10 recap

Sorry, with all the traveling the last 10 days I haven't updated much.

I went 3-3 in picks this weekend, NFL only. Never even looked at college picks.

Overall Record: 52-41-7

Bookieman Week 9 & Fantasy Week 9 Recap

NCAA: Michigan -4 vs Illinois - L, Nevada -13 vs Idaho - W, Stanford -10 vs Arizona - W

NFL: Houston +3 vs San Diego - L, New Orleans -7 at Carolina - W, Indianapolis +3 at Philly - W, Green Bay -8 vs Dallas - W

Weekly 5-2
Overall record: 49-38-7

Fantasy teams went 5-0 for the first time all year.
WPM: 5-4
Sweetness: 6-3
Wannabe's: 5-4
For the Cash: 4-5
Addiction: 4-5

Bookieman Week 9

Selections for week 9

NCAA: Michigan -4 vs Illinois, Nevada -13 vs Idaho, Stanford -10 vs Arizona

NFL: Houston +3 vs San Diego, New Orleans -7 at Carolina, Indianapolis +3 at Philly, Green Bay -8 vs Dallas


Overall Record: 44-36-7

Fantasy Football Week 8 Recap

Sorry the week has flown by and I am traveling tomorrow, last week's recap is in generic form.

WPM - QB 2 RB 2 WR TE K DST   4-3 Lost 47-52
Philip Rivers, Steven Jackson, Ronnie Brown, Chad Ochocinco, Kenny Britt, Zach Miller(oak), Matt Prater and Steelers.

Sweetness - QB 2RB 2WR TE K DST    4-3  Won 86-78
Kyle Orton, Derrick Ward, Cadillac Williams, Dwayne Bowe, Brandon Lloyd, Vernon Davis, S. Janikowski and Lions

FTC - QB  2RB  RB/WR flex  3WR  TE  WR/TE flex  K  DST    3-4  Lost 179-251
Donovan McNabb, Cadillac Williams, Rashard Mendenhall, Dwayne Bowe(wr), Greg Jennings, Hines Ward, Cedric Benson (rb/wr flex), Kellen Winslow, Jabar Gaffney(wr/te flex), Jeff Reed, and Patriots

Wannabes - QB 2RB 3WR/TE K DST    4-3  Lost 68-105
Jay Cutler, Ryan Torain, Darren McFadden, Dwayne Bowe, Hines Ward, Andre Johnson, Matt Prater, and Chiefs

Addiction - QB 2RB 3WR TE K DST     3-4  Lost 66.82- 97.74
Peyton Manning, Jahvid Best, Felix Jones, Greg Jennings, Reggie Wayne, Jabar Gaffney, Heath Miller, Jeff Reed, and Seahawks

Bookieman Week 8 Recap

NCAA: Miami, FL -14.5 at Virginia - L, Iowa -6.5 vs Michigan State - W, Oregon St -3 vs Cal - W, TCU -35 at UNLV - W

NFL: New England -5 vs Minnesota - W, Oakland -2.5 vs Seattle - W, Denver +2 vs San Francisco - L, Wash/Det Over 44.5 - W, Hou/Indy Over 50 - L

If I had to pick in a Survivor pool this weekend I'd feel best about New England < That was a winner!


weekly record: 6-3
Overall record: 44-36-7