Hello all! Welcome back to... The Ultimate Truths, Georgetown Edition!!
First off, allow The Ultimate Lord to apologize, it has been a few games since The Truth was last shared. However, He hath returned, and with His Return has come Love of Pork, Love of D'Nika, and, of course, The Ultimate Truths!!
* Dear God, it is me, The Ultimate Lord. If you are listening, can you please have Greg Monroe slip getting off the bus and break both his legs, both his arms, three ribs, and his nose? Thank you in advance.
* No Zoubek to start. Not surprised. Let's see how K handles Gtown's size and speed.
* "You have to guard all five against Georgetown!" No prob.
* Duke is averaging 81 a game? Hm, not bad, it felt like less.
* GREAT pass by McClure from underneath to Nolan.
* Love the second unit! Run them into the GROUND; every guy needs to play HARD.
* K was PISSED at that shot clock violation. Marty had a nice pass to try to make up for it in the next possession.
* Maybe Zoubek is starting to rely on that tip-out rebound a little too much recently? Should he just be going up and getting it? Or is he smart and playing within himself?
* OH GERALD!! HOLY CRAP, BATMAN!! G is straight up NASTY.
* And Miles hits a 2! GOOD. Get the young guy some burn, three or four good minutes against a big time opponent early, when it matters, is a HUGE step for this young mans career. The kid is smart and athletic; let him prove himself.
* "He's a good man in there!" Hm. Sounds a touch gay?
* Great draw of the charge by Scheyer way out beyond the 3 point land; hold your ground, Jon!
* Summers is solid early. Watching a confident shooter hit shots is a scary thing.
* Gerald is not only Duke's most effortless-ever elevator, but he has to be our best shot blocking guard as well.
* Woof. Refs going through a rough streak starting with that B.S. Plumlee tie up. Really pissing the Crazies off.
* Nice charge drawn by Nolan to slow down the Hoyas.
* Ahh, and they are looking for Miles! Thank you K!
* Larry Fishburn is a POWERFUL actor! And The Ultimate Lord's neighbor.
* We really have hung with them, despite GTown having a HOT start, and you could feel our confidence growing, as silly as that sounds that we wouldn't have confidence to start.
* GREAT applause for Miles. See? That is a BIG moment for this guy and his development.
* Why did that GTown player get a waiver on his one year wait after transfering from FSU? Anyone know the story?
* Love this teams and the crowds reaction to this game. Nice to step it up.
* Kyle is a PREMIER rebounder.
* Their shooting is returning to earth. It always will, against Duke D.
* Crazies look great, and in real great form. Screw you, Greg Monroe. You could have had THIS, in Cameron. Instead, you have Georgetown. The Ultimate Lord pities you.
* Seth Davis is a man's man? Hm. Sounds a touch... gay? Glad you feel comfortable saying it though.
* Smouldering? Hm. Sounds a LOT gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
* WOW #3 on Monroe. Big. Also, totally telegraphed.
* Couldn't hear the chants real well; crowd have any winners? Was that a Greg Paulus chant? If so, GOOD; nice of the Crazies to shower some love on a real Duke guy who might feel a touch down.
* "He's human." Classic call to a missed shot.
* WOW... K REALLY gave orders to Jon before the half; like a little mini conference on the court. Never seen that before.
* Nice drive to start the second by McClure; very smart to go right at Monroe. Imagine if McClure became a real offensive option?
* "When you score the basketball it makes you a better player." Listen, The Ultimate Lord knows what you mean, but it STILL sounds kind of Captain Obvious, no?
* Remember how former Harvard President Larry Summers is tight with Obama?
* "Finishes, fills, finds?" Doesn't that make more sense if you reverse it?
* Hm, what's up with the Crazies/Coke Zero ad? Any info on when it was filmed?
* The Wake highlights from Puerto Rico are funny, because there were NO fans there; it looks like a practice!
* Like the -15 w/out Monroe stat. Go right at him!
* Wow, strange technical on Monroe. Would love to know what he said. Maybe "Damnit, I should have come to Duke?"
* The K/Olympic stuff never gets old.
* Speaking of K... is that a touch of gray hair The Ultimate Lord sees there?!
* Our D is awesome. Good defense is the best part of basketball.
* Love the Greg Paulus chants. Oh, and the Greg Paulus drive and teardrop too!
* That blond makes The Ultimate Lord want to have his OWN Big Bang Theory. Hey-yo!!!
* Hah, Greg with the bump after the steal. He plays so much better with a chip on his shoulder.
* That little puss was holding Singler's damn jersey!
* Smart; the small lineup creates a bad mismatch with Monroe when he has four fouls, because he has to be careful not to foul a Duke guy who is driving past him, and careful that a smaller Duke guy doesn't slip in to draw a charge.
* Smith talking to Summers at the line, and the ref came to check in. Awesome.
* Hm, Singler as a mix of Battier and Dunleavy? Sure, The Ultimate Lord can see that.
* Program your DVR from your PC or your phone? Neat.
* Hm... The Ultimate Lord totally wants to get it on with that sexy little peanut butter cup... hmmm, that's right, you slip that wrapper off slowwwwly...
* It it just The Ultimate Lord, or is that "Touch of Gray" guy going to bang his therapist? Questionable move, brother!
* Someone needs to invent a nap alarm clock that starts to count down to the alarm when it detects that you fall asleep.
* Amazing, the yapper from GTown making it interesting with a 3...
* ... but not that interest. JTIII telling Nolan "You are twice the man that I am" as the game ends.
Awesome game. Duke looked strong and in control the ENTIRE time... no big droughts, no slips. Loved to see Miles play and how K managed the rotation; one of the best rotation managements The Ultimate Lord can remember.
Now, let The Ultimate Lord go over to read HandsofStoneRonnieGarvin spew out homophobic slurs because another Heel fan says that Georgetown is in trouble! Ahhh... Inside Carolina, SUCH a classy place!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Ultimate Truth - Will Seth get a Tech-nical?
Ahhh! Had to order the sports package for a day to get the channel for the game, and also to watch the game a bit delayed tonight, and MAN isn't it a nice little treat to turn on ye olde DVR and find Cryolina losing! So much for them being unbeatable. The Ultimate Lord cannot wait to finish The Truths so He can log out and go check out IC! Which player will get tossed under the bus first?! Can't wait to find out!!
* While UNC losing is great, The Ultimate Lord has to admit He likes Ty Lawson's cute little beard. Get yo cheese up... but make sure not to get any in the beard.
* Good start, apparently; all things considered, don't mind missing it.
* Wooo they went to the low angle camera early. Not a great sign.
* A few trios of pricks in red scattered throughout the Crazies.
* Dammit, The Ultimate Lord wanted that Thomas walk to be a Thomas nice-and-1!
* Hm, looking at the Virginia Tech bench feels a lot like watching the first season of "The Wire."
* Why does that Blue Devils graphic look very Cryolina-blueish?
* Greg only gets 7 or 8 minutes a night? That can't be right. GoDuke has Greg at playing 11 games and 218 minutes, so about 20 minutes a game. Wait; is THAT even right?
* Kyle looks a bit more like Mike D. with the hair and the gaunt look now.
* Speaking of Kyle and his gaunt look, maybe the reason so many folks worry about him tiring out is just because he always LOOKS so tired?
* A lot of Crazies ooohing and aaahhing early on with some of the chippy V.T. play.
* The resevoir-tip sweatband style is just stupid looking. Who started that?
* Hm, is this sideline reporter a wussy guy, or a woman with Billy Jean King Syndome? Ahh... apparently a woman. Or a guy with a VERY womanly name.
* Physical game to start. Then again, what would a Virginia Tech game be without a few cheap shots and attempted muggings?
* Where was that "back from commercial" street shot from? Didn't look like 9th Street. It is rare for them not to use a Chapel shot or a Cameron shot!
* Did Thompson deserve a T for that stupid Tyler arm swing celebration? Ehhh...
* Speaking of fouls, how was there no foul called on that Scheyer 3 attempt when the Tech player pulled his arm half out of his socket?
* Vassallo looks like the killer dude from "Ghost."
* Jeez... if Hendo doesn't make it in the NBA, he should join Cirque du Soleil with some of these shots he has taken (and made) recently.
* Hm, seems like the Zoubek of old has shown up in the first. Oh well... 3 steps forward, one step back.
* "I'm Diakite Banana and I've come to say, I am super athletic but have very little in the way of basketball skills... a!"
* J.T. Thompson has a LOT of ink.
* J.T., A.D.... lots of initials on this team.
* Okay Production Truck... get the in-stand view blocked by Crazies once, fine. Twice? Time to switch. A THIRD time? Give The Ultimate Lord a frikking break.
* The nice thing about seeing zone lately is you know the team won't just settle for taking threes.
* Hmph, G has really stepped up. Good, because it makes Duke SO much better. Bad, because that stupid League will be calling...
* Ahh Smith and Paulus together. Neat.
* Love Singler's two attempts at the jump hook! Very Larry Bird/1970s/throwback.
* BTW, G-Man and Brando are a damn fine announce team. Professional, smart, and just the right amount of enthusiasm. You hear that, Dickie V? THE RIGHT AMOUNT. Enthusiasm is not like Medium Amber Grade A Vermont Maple Syrup, where the right amount is ALL OF IT.
* Speaking of maple syrup; The Ultimate Lord honestly likes B grade best. It is the most earthy and flavorful of the syrups.
* Jon Scheyer is a fantastic, loooong, heady defender.
* At the end of the half, liked seeing Kyle so pumped and ready to play D on the last possession against their point guard!
* Oh man... and the Tech player hits the end-of-half midcourt shot. Poor Virginia Tech; when they finally GET some mojo, they waste it after the buzzer!
* Man, there are a LOT of black coaches in the ACC! That has got to be some sort of record.
* You know... when Gary isn't frothing at the mouth and bathed in sweat, he actually can look rather... dignified?
* Does Fox run a TON of commercials at the half or what? Feels like there have been a lot of "And we are back... just in time for this commercial break!"
* No problem with Delany taking that 1-on-3 three pointer, to be honest; if he had hit it, it would have been a REAL momentum shot.
* HATE THE LOW ANGLE SHOT! Seriously, you cannot tell ANY depth from it. Enough already, Fox.
* In very fast forward, the shot of Ted Danson in the "Damages" ad is priceless.
* The Ultimate Lord liked to see Smith get knocked back and then go RIGHT back at the Tech players for the basket.
* Nice use of the body by the Duke players to keep the Tech shotblockers away in the second half under the basket.
* "Touch of Gray" sponsoring the K thing? Dammit, the Carolina fans will love that one. It is naturally black, dammit!!
* Just FYI, it wasn't all 12 medals.
* American Forces Network? Wasn't it the ARMED Forces Network?
* BTW, we should totally go back to the Department of War. Forget this "Department of Defense" nonsense. The world respect us more back then.
* Woof, if McClure didn't get that tip on D at the three point line, the banana guy would have had a monster slam.
* That Singler graphic was HUGE. You know a graphic is huge when it ALMOST completely covers Seth Green's head.
* Speaking of Seth Green, he is really funny in "Entourage."
* Hm, cheap little forearm to take Paulus down. Quick, get him the ball! Greg always plays best after getting wacked.
* Speaking of getting wacked, the finale to the Sopranos SUCKED. When the majority of viewers think that an ending was actually just their cable going out, that is not a good sign.
* Apparently, tonights Ultimate Truths are brought to you by HBO.
* Nothing will EVER surpass "Band of Brothers." Unless, POSSIBLY, it is "The Pacific," which HBO just finished shooting and follows a group of Marines through the Pacific Theater in WWII.
* The G-Man is a great announcer.
* OHHH sweet give and go, although speaking of the G-Man his telestrator picture looked a bit... well... phallic.
* BTW... remember how Jon is, like, the 2nd best free throw shooter in Duke history or something like that?
* Where have Miles and Elliot been?
* Love the ref patting the Tech player on the rump and telling him "Listen, the crowd might be annoying, but they are right; tuck that thing in."
* Speaking of the crowd; it is SO nice to have the REAL Crazies back!
* Tech has just given up. Look at the body language; they are done.
* Man, look at the Duke staff practically rush the floor to praise the players at that time out; nice stuff.
* The Ultimate Lord will close His eyes tight and believe beyond reason that HokieHigh was a real person who really believed what he typed; it makes it SO much more fun to laugh at!
* There is something oddly satisfying and Duke-like about looking in the crowd and seeing a young black guy with glasses and a decidedly nerdy air wearing a Jon Scheyer jersey.
* A bit sorry we saw none of the frosh until it was over... although we DO go like 8 deep, so maybe that is fine. As long as Kyle doesn't get any more exhausted looking...
* Speaking of the frosh; Email has some SERIOUS eyebrows. Has he been taking lessons from Wojo?
* Seth Greenberg would have been excellent in "John Adams." Slap a wig on that fellow!
* McClure is starting to love that little circus reverse layup!
* Greg was last in the handshake line again... is this done on purpose? Honestly, The Ultimate Lord would like that, for the senior point guard the be the final word.
* Kyle with 19/8/7/2... JEEZ what a line. That is insane.
* Whoa, did The Ultimate Wife just make a ball handling joke?!
* Does everyone else laugh at that Steve Wallace "I drank that there stuff, and next thing you know we are out at like five in the morning and we're just fishing!!" ad? This is supposed to make The Ultimate Lord WANT to drink this crap? If anything, He is staying the hell away from it thanks to that. What do they think, this is an N.C. State game?
* And finally, on a somber note, it took almost until the end of the game before The Ultimate Lord remembered the mess at Virginia Tech. A real shame that happened.
All in all, a VERY satisfying day of basketball. This next few weeks is intense, and it was nice to see the guys come out and play really effective, unselfish basketball and intense defense. Go Duke!
* While UNC losing is great, The Ultimate Lord has to admit He likes Ty Lawson's cute little beard. Get yo cheese up... but make sure not to get any in the beard.
* Good start, apparently; all things considered, don't mind missing it.
* Wooo they went to the low angle camera early. Not a great sign.
* A few trios of pricks in red scattered throughout the Crazies.
* Dammit, The Ultimate Lord wanted that Thomas walk to be a Thomas nice-and-1!
* Hm, looking at the Virginia Tech bench feels a lot like watching the first season of "The Wire."
* Why does that Blue Devils graphic look very Cryolina-blueish?
* Greg only gets 7 or 8 minutes a night? That can't be right. GoDuke has Greg at playing 11 games and 218 minutes, so about 20 minutes a game. Wait; is THAT even right?
* Kyle looks a bit more like Mike D. with the hair and the gaunt look now.
* Speaking of Kyle and his gaunt look, maybe the reason so many folks worry about him tiring out is just because he always LOOKS so tired?
* A lot of Crazies ooohing and aaahhing early on with some of the chippy V.T. play.
* The resevoir-tip sweatband style is just stupid looking. Who started that?
* Hm, is this sideline reporter a wussy guy, or a woman with Billy Jean King Syndome? Ahh... apparently a woman. Or a guy with a VERY womanly name.
* Physical game to start. Then again, what would a Virginia Tech game be without a few cheap shots and attempted muggings?
* Where was that "back from commercial" street shot from? Didn't look like 9th Street. It is rare for them not to use a Chapel shot or a Cameron shot!
* Did Thompson deserve a T for that stupid Tyler arm swing celebration? Ehhh...
* Speaking of fouls, how was there no foul called on that Scheyer 3 attempt when the Tech player pulled his arm half out of his socket?
* Vassallo looks like the killer dude from "Ghost."
* Jeez... if Hendo doesn't make it in the NBA, he should join Cirque du Soleil with some of these shots he has taken (and made) recently.
* Hm, seems like the Zoubek of old has shown up in the first. Oh well... 3 steps forward, one step back.
* "I'm Diakite Banana and I've come to say, I am super athletic but have very little in the way of basketball skills... a!"
* J.T. Thompson has a LOT of ink.
* J.T., A.D.... lots of initials on this team.
* Okay Production Truck... get the in-stand view blocked by Crazies once, fine. Twice? Time to switch. A THIRD time? Give The Ultimate Lord a frikking break.
* The nice thing about seeing zone lately is you know the team won't just settle for taking threes.
* Hmph, G has really stepped up. Good, because it makes Duke SO much better. Bad, because that stupid League will be calling...
* Ahh Smith and Paulus together. Neat.
* Love Singler's two attempts at the jump hook! Very Larry Bird/1970s/throwback.
* BTW, G-Man and Brando are a damn fine announce team. Professional, smart, and just the right amount of enthusiasm. You hear that, Dickie V? THE RIGHT AMOUNT. Enthusiasm is not like Medium Amber Grade A Vermont Maple Syrup, where the right amount is ALL OF IT.
* Speaking of maple syrup; The Ultimate Lord honestly likes B grade best. It is the most earthy and flavorful of the syrups.
* Jon Scheyer is a fantastic, loooong, heady defender.
* At the end of the half, liked seeing Kyle so pumped and ready to play D on the last possession against their point guard!
* Oh man... and the Tech player hits the end-of-half midcourt shot. Poor Virginia Tech; when they finally GET some mojo, they waste it after the buzzer!
* Man, there are a LOT of black coaches in the ACC! That has got to be some sort of record.
* You know... when Gary isn't frothing at the mouth and bathed in sweat, he actually can look rather... dignified?
* Does Fox run a TON of commercials at the half or what? Feels like there have been a lot of "And we are back... just in time for this commercial break!"
* No problem with Delany taking that 1-on-3 three pointer, to be honest; if he had hit it, it would have been a REAL momentum shot.
* HATE THE LOW ANGLE SHOT! Seriously, you cannot tell ANY depth from it. Enough already, Fox.
* In very fast forward, the shot of Ted Danson in the "Damages" ad is priceless.
* The Ultimate Lord liked to see Smith get knocked back and then go RIGHT back at the Tech players for the basket.
* Nice use of the body by the Duke players to keep the Tech shotblockers away in the second half under the basket.
* "Touch of Gray" sponsoring the K thing? Dammit, the Carolina fans will love that one. It is naturally black, dammit!!
* Just FYI, it wasn't all 12 medals.
* American Forces Network? Wasn't it the ARMED Forces Network?
* BTW, we should totally go back to the Department of War. Forget this "Department of Defense" nonsense. The world respect us more back then.
* Woof, if McClure didn't get that tip on D at the three point line, the banana guy would have had a monster slam.
* That Singler graphic was HUGE. You know a graphic is huge when it ALMOST completely covers Seth Green's head.
* Speaking of Seth Green, he is really funny in "Entourage."
* Hm, cheap little forearm to take Paulus down. Quick, get him the ball! Greg always plays best after getting wacked.
* Speaking of getting wacked, the finale to the Sopranos SUCKED. When the majority of viewers think that an ending was actually just their cable going out, that is not a good sign.
* Apparently, tonights Ultimate Truths are brought to you by HBO.
* Nothing will EVER surpass "Band of Brothers." Unless, POSSIBLY, it is "The Pacific," which HBO just finished shooting and follows a group of Marines through the Pacific Theater in WWII.
* The G-Man is a great announcer.
* OHHH sweet give and go, although speaking of the G-Man his telestrator picture looked a bit... well... phallic.
* BTW... remember how Jon is, like, the 2nd best free throw shooter in Duke history or something like that?
* Where have Miles and Elliot been?
* Love the ref patting the Tech player on the rump and telling him "Listen, the crowd might be annoying, but they are right; tuck that thing in."
* Speaking of the crowd; it is SO nice to have the REAL Crazies back!
* Tech has just given up. Look at the body language; they are done.
* Man, look at the Duke staff practically rush the floor to praise the players at that time out; nice stuff.
* The Ultimate Lord will close His eyes tight and believe beyond reason that HokieHigh was a real person who really believed what he typed; it makes it SO much more fun to laugh at!
* There is something oddly satisfying and Duke-like about looking in the crowd and seeing a young black guy with glasses and a decidedly nerdy air wearing a Jon Scheyer jersey.
* A bit sorry we saw none of the frosh until it was over... although we DO go like 8 deep, so maybe that is fine. As long as Kyle doesn't get any more exhausted looking...
* Speaking of the frosh; Email has some SERIOUS eyebrows. Has he been taking lessons from Wojo?
* Seth Greenberg would have been excellent in "John Adams." Slap a wig on that fellow!
* McClure is starting to love that little circus reverse layup!
* Greg was last in the handshake line again... is this done on purpose? Honestly, The Ultimate Lord would like that, for the senior point guard the be the final word.
* Kyle with 19/8/7/2... JEEZ what a line. That is insane.
* Whoa, did The Ultimate Wife just make a ball handling joke?!
* Does everyone else laugh at that Steve Wallace "I drank that there stuff, and next thing you know we are out at like five in the morning and we're just fishing!!" ad? This is supposed to make The Ultimate Lord WANT to drink this crap? If anything, He is staying the hell away from it thanks to that. What do they think, this is an N.C. State game?
* And finally, on a somber note, it took almost until the end of the game before The Ultimate Lord remembered the mess at Virginia Tech. A real shame that happened.
All in all, a VERY satisfying day of basketball. This next few weeks is intense, and it was nice to see the guys come out and play really effective, unselfish basketball and intense defense. Go Duke!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The Ultimate Truths; This guy is frikking CRAZY!
Hello all, and an early Happy New Year to the Blue Devil world!
In a fairly quiet, empty campus game today the Blue Devils welcomed Loyola Maryland to Durham, and wackiness ensued! Wackiness, and coaching anger unlike anything we've seen since Angry Gary.
* The Ultimate Lord hates anything with the name "Maryland" in it. This includes "The University of Maryland - College Park," "Loyola College in Maryland," and "Maryland Crabcakes."
* To the home of the Crazies... except these aren't crazies. That will always anger The Ultimate Lord. Maybe they should not schedule games when there are no students around.
* Hm, Loyola is confident, eh? You know what usually happens to confident teams when they play Duke? They get whipped. Just ask Xavier.
* Patsos is a former Maryland assistant for ol'Sweaty? Well, he should be fine with the Crazies; he clearly has had more obscene things yelled at him before.
* The home whites look REALLY white, especially around the shoulders. What is different about these unis?
* Jesus, Patsos yells like Sweaty too. Wow. He looks like an absolute crazy man. Coached from the stands? You know ESPN is going to be cutting back to him a LOT this game for Ye Olde Reaction Shotte!
* Love the full court pressure/double with Smith and Singler. Singler's smarts and length really help as the courtside help.
* Zoubek's height really alters shots and even prevents them from happening. Very nice to see.
* The Ultimate Lord wishes they would add a big screen TV someplace in the museum display that is the Cameron concourse now which would fade from an empty beautiful shot of Cameron to a rocking gameday shot.
* Gaylord Hotel Music City Bowl? Seriously? They must have very popular hats in their gift baskets.
* Capitol Bowl Week for the Outback Bowl... they sold sponsorship to the entire WEEK?! Why not sponsor each day too? Or the afternoon and the evening? "Welcome to the Outback Bowl, here at Capitol Bowl week on Tostitos Tuesday here at the Trojan Mid-Day Slot!"
* Nice to see Miles early. Nothing teaches like game-time experience.
* Holy Christ, Coach Wacko is ready to KILL that guy on the bench! Check out that Finger Point of Doom! It is like he is Harrison Ford or something, just a LOT angrier.
* Nice roll by G.
* The button on that coat was stretched to its limit. That dude is straight-up crazy.
* Len's teams that can take out UNC... Gonzaga? Seriously? Suck it, Len.
* Hell of a layup that Loyola player made over a skying Gerald.
* Oh Nolan... hope you are okay.
* When the ACC sends TEN teams to bowl games, there are too many bowl games.
* What a dick applause by Patsos.
* Great save by Paulus as he hopped out of bounds to save the ball and tossed it back in, and then came back in again.
* Of Len's Five Early Surprises, we play them five times, with a double against Michigan and no game vs. Illinois. We always play a damn good schedule.
* The Ultimate Lord heard that Patsos originally considered pulling the Curry-Double-Team on Briand, but then gave up on it when he realized even FIVE men couldn't stop ONE Zoubek!
* Only two Rookies of the Year at Duke? That is crazy! The Ultimate Lord supposes that must have something to do with K loving upper classmen.
* Man, the ESPN truck cuts to Patsos Reaction Shots a LOT... clearly they are hoping for a Faith Hill/Carrie Underwood moment.
* Why did they show that depressed emo kid after Hendo's basket?
* Who is the guy in the lime green shirt on the Loyola bench? He is awful dressed down...
* Man. Hendo is the easiest elevator in Duke history. And he doesn't even lead with one hand like most dunkers; he gets up there with both hands and his shoulders free and able to react in a way that few other players have ever been able to. Just totally effortless.
* Jon has played at the point a bit recently with Greg at the 2. This is okay with The Ultimate Lord.
* Surefire sign of previous suck; every single time Zoubek scores the announcers rant about how much he has improved. Tho to be fair, he REALLY has.
* Scheyer is simply tireless. VO2 Max FTW!
* Loved watching those two Loyola guys run smack into eachother when Kyle threw it down.
* ... and Kevin Bacon went to Maryland too! Enough with the stupid degrees of seperation.
* Dude, Patsos LOVES to stick his finger in a guys face. Fifty bucks says someone goes Spree on his *** within five years.
* Our D looks great, but their O looks sloppy as all hell.
* Ahhh so glad the ACC season is coming! Fire it up!
* Winbush. Heh heh heh.
* Our bench is awesome. Thomas is SO improved, Paulus is an amazing backup, and McClure is solid as a ROCK. Add two pretty decent frosh, and you've got a good team. Too bad Marty still chucks up 3s.
* Look at K talking to Scheyer as Scheyer squats in front of him... sorry, but The Ultimate Lord would react a lot better to this than to the Crazy Gary Clone on the other side of the floor sticking the Harrison Ford finger in his face and spewing spittle.
* Speaking of Marty, he does look older.
* Love the high arc on Lance's shot. Makes it hard to block and more likely to bounce back into the hoop.
* Okay, that LL Cool J commercial is awesome. "Ahhh!"
* That PG, Harvey, who Greg gave that forearm shiv to, looks like a 38 year old accountant.
* No losses from '83-'95?! Jesus!!
* "(Curry) never took a shot except when he shot 3 times!" Right.
* "(Patsos is) till working that sideline." Yeah, like Hitler worked the crowd in Berlin in 1939.
* Nice giveback from Singler to McClure, telling him to shoot that open 3. Speaks for good chemistry and smarts by Singler to get the other guys involved and confident.
* Are the dorms closed over break? And what hotel are the guys staying at?
* McClure's father played where? Where did THAT graphic come from? It isn't like he was high school teammates with Wayne Ellington, after all.
* No on mentions Lawson and Smith were teammates. We hear about Gerald and Wayne seventeen times a game... why no Lawson/Smith connection?
* Len says keep the starters in until about 2 minutes left. K keeps them in for about 30 seconds more. K > Len.
* Their PG, that #31, is skinny as a STICK.
* Olek is dreamy.
* Ol'Captain Crazy is still pacing that sideline yelling like a Gary with 3:20 to go. Was it just The Ultimate Lord's imagination, or did a few of the players look like they were totally ignoring the guy?
* Looking forward to the NBA announcers doing a Duke game! Too bad the real crazies won't be back yet, right?
* Both Plumlee parents played college ball... what is with all the Parent Player graphics this game?
* Email is SO good at finishing within a foot or two of the basket; those long arms really help.
* And finally... what was that little Paulus/Crazy Coach exchange at the end, where Patsos seemed to say "Thank you?" Okay, The Ultimate Lord hates him a little less now.
And with that, allow The Ultimate Lord to wish everyone a very Happy New Years... next up? A real ACC game!!!!!!! WoooOOOOOooooOOO!!!!
In a fairly quiet, empty campus game today the Blue Devils welcomed Loyola Maryland to Durham, and wackiness ensued! Wackiness, and coaching anger unlike anything we've seen since Angry Gary.
* The Ultimate Lord hates anything with the name "Maryland" in it. This includes "The University of Maryland - College Park," "Loyola College in Maryland," and "Maryland Crabcakes."
* To the home of the Crazies... except these aren't crazies. That will always anger The Ultimate Lord. Maybe they should not schedule games when there are no students around.
* Hm, Loyola is confident, eh? You know what usually happens to confident teams when they play Duke? They get whipped. Just ask Xavier.
* Patsos is a former Maryland assistant for ol'Sweaty? Well, he should be fine with the Crazies; he clearly has had more obscene things yelled at him before.
* The home whites look REALLY white, especially around the shoulders. What is different about these unis?
* Jesus, Patsos yells like Sweaty too. Wow. He looks like an absolute crazy man. Coached from the stands? You know ESPN is going to be cutting back to him a LOT this game for Ye Olde Reaction Shotte!
* Love the full court pressure/double with Smith and Singler. Singler's smarts and length really help as the courtside help.
* Zoubek's height really alters shots and even prevents them from happening. Very nice to see.
* The Ultimate Lord wishes they would add a big screen TV someplace in the museum display that is the Cameron concourse now which would fade from an empty beautiful shot of Cameron to a rocking gameday shot.
* Gaylord Hotel Music City Bowl? Seriously? They must have very popular hats in their gift baskets.
* Capitol Bowl Week for the Outback Bowl... they sold sponsorship to the entire WEEK?! Why not sponsor each day too? Or the afternoon and the evening? "Welcome to the Outback Bowl, here at Capitol Bowl week on Tostitos Tuesday here at the Trojan Mid-Day Slot!"
* Nice to see Miles early. Nothing teaches like game-time experience.
* Holy Christ, Coach Wacko is ready to KILL that guy on the bench! Check out that Finger Point of Doom! It is like he is Harrison Ford or something, just a LOT angrier.
* Nice roll by G.
* The button on that coat was stretched to its limit. That dude is straight-up crazy.
* Len's teams that can take out UNC... Gonzaga? Seriously? Suck it, Len.
* Hell of a layup that Loyola player made over a skying Gerald.
* Oh Nolan... hope you are okay.
* When the ACC sends TEN teams to bowl games, there are too many bowl games.
* What a dick applause by Patsos.
* Great save by Paulus as he hopped out of bounds to save the ball and tossed it back in, and then came back in again.
* Of Len's Five Early Surprises, we play them five times, with a double against Michigan and no game vs. Illinois. We always play a damn good schedule.
* The Ultimate Lord heard that Patsos originally considered pulling the Curry-Double-Team on Briand, but then gave up on it when he realized even FIVE men couldn't stop ONE Zoubek!
* Only two Rookies of the Year at Duke? That is crazy! The Ultimate Lord supposes that must have something to do with K loving upper classmen.
* Man, the ESPN truck cuts to Patsos Reaction Shots a LOT... clearly they are hoping for a Faith Hill/Carrie Underwood moment.
* Why did they show that depressed emo kid after Hendo's basket?
* Who is the guy in the lime green shirt on the Loyola bench? He is awful dressed down...
* Man. Hendo is the easiest elevator in Duke history. And he doesn't even lead with one hand like most dunkers; he gets up there with both hands and his shoulders free and able to react in a way that few other players have ever been able to. Just totally effortless.
* Jon has played at the point a bit recently with Greg at the 2. This is okay with The Ultimate Lord.
* Surefire sign of previous suck; every single time Zoubek scores the announcers rant about how much he has improved. Tho to be fair, he REALLY has.
* Scheyer is simply tireless. VO2 Max FTW!
* Loved watching those two Loyola guys run smack into eachother when Kyle threw it down.
* ... and Kevin Bacon went to Maryland too! Enough with the stupid degrees of seperation.
* Dude, Patsos LOVES to stick his finger in a guys face. Fifty bucks says someone goes Spree on his *** within five years.
* Our D looks great, but their O looks sloppy as all hell.
* Ahhh so glad the ACC season is coming! Fire it up!
* Winbush. Heh heh heh.
* Our bench is awesome. Thomas is SO improved, Paulus is an amazing backup, and McClure is solid as a ROCK. Add two pretty decent frosh, and you've got a good team. Too bad Marty still chucks up 3s.
* Look at K talking to Scheyer as Scheyer squats in front of him... sorry, but The Ultimate Lord would react a lot better to this than to the Crazy Gary Clone on the other side of the floor sticking the Harrison Ford finger in his face and spewing spittle.
* Speaking of Marty, he does look older.
* Love the high arc on Lance's shot. Makes it hard to block and more likely to bounce back into the hoop.
* Okay, that LL Cool J commercial is awesome. "Ahhh!"
* That PG, Harvey, who Greg gave that forearm shiv to, looks like a 38 year old accountant.
* No losses from '83-'95?! Jesus!!
* "(Curry) never took a shot except when he shot 3 times!" Right.
* "(Patsos is) till working that sideline." Yeah, like Hitler worked the crowd in Berlin in 1939.
* Nice giveback from Singler to McClure, telling him to shoot that open 3. Speaks for good chemistry and smarts by Singler to get the other guys involved and confident.
* Are the dorms closed over break? And what hotel are the guys staying at?
* McClure's father played where? Where did THAT graphic come from? It isn't like he was high school teammates with Wayne Ellington, after all.
* No on mentions Lawson and Smith were teammates. We hear about Gerald and Wayne seventeen times a game... why no Lawson/Smith connection?
* Len says keep the starters in until about 2 minutes left. K keeps them in for about 30 seconds more. K > Len.
* Their PG, that #31, is skinny as a STICK.
* Olek is dreamy.
* Ol'Captain Crazy is still pacing that sideline yelling like a Gary with 3:20 to go. Was it just The Ultimate Lord's imagination, or did a few of the players look like they were totally ignoring the guy?
* Looking forward to the NBA announcers doing a Duke game! Too bad the real crazies won't be back yet, right?
* Both Plumlee parents played college ball... what is with all the Parent Player graphics this game?
* Email is SO good at finishing within a foot or two of the basket; those long arms really help.
* And finally... what was that little Paulus/Crazy Coach exchange at the end, where Patsos seemed to say "Thank you?" Okay, The Ultimate Lord hates him a little less now.
And with that, allow The Ultimate Lord to wish everyone a very Happy New Years... next up? A real ACC game!!!!!!! WoooOOOOOooooOOO!!!!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Ultimate Truths - RIP Kenny George
Hello all, and welcome back after THE DAMN LONGEST ELEVEN DAYS OF OUR COLLECTIVE LIVES!!!!
Well okay, maybe not THAT long, but man the exam period blows. The Ultimate Lord wonders if it is different at a place like Memphis, where they don't actually take exams? Zing!
Anyway... nice to be back, because such a long layoff after a loss leaves a LOT of empty time, empty time that is generally filled with booze and Grant Hill videos. But finally Duke is back, and so too are... THE ULTIMATE TRUTHS!
* Argh; hate the empty, Christmas Crazy section full of old people. Those aren't Cameron Crazies... those are straight up Alzheimers crazies.
* Speaking of hate; The Ultimate Lord HATES Len Elmore's tooth-filled mouth!
* Also speaking of hate; Happy Holidays everyone!
* No Kenny George sucks. No; forget this! The Ultimate Lord WANTS Kenny George, and The Ultimate Lord will have Kenny George!
* WHOA starters! Nice move by K to get them fired up after 11 days off. Wonder when he told the guys who was starting? Did he wait until game day to give the starters some real fire, or did he tell everyone early on, so they had time to get used to the idea? The Ultimate Lord would go with the "tell them five minutes before tip" move.
* Emails first move... yikers. Kid will be good.
* Nice block by Kenny George. GO KENNY GEORGE!
* Good spacing to start against the UNC-A pressure.
* Miles is quick on his feet for a big guy.
* John Williams; the best ever. Better even than Danny Elfman. "The Imperial March" is The Ultimate Lord's WWF entrance music.
* Love seeing Greg hit a few early 3s. Can't imagine he will match last years numbers, though.
* A few empty seats in the upper deck; it is too bad that more local UNC-A fans couldn't get in and use those seats last minute.
* Shame about Steph Curry and that junk defense from Loyola that kept him scoreless... just lowers his PPG, which we want NICE and high as he attempts to take that NPOY from Hanstravel.
* Nice to see Kyle hit his first 3 too.
* Jesus, Gerald's elevation is SICK. Might he have the best ups of any Duke player in history? He just gets so high, and his body stays so in control... between his two handed catch-and-dunks, and his crazy elevations for blocks...
* Dammit... seriously, saving the ball and nutmeging Zoubek with it right to an opposing player under the basket?
* Woof, scary dancing Medusa coming back from commercial. Will she join the Crazy Towel Guy and Viking Guy as a Crazy regular? Blech. Kentucky gets Ashley, we get... Dancing Medusa.
* You know, The Ultimate Lord wishes they would do a Duke alumn game. That could be SO much fun to watch. Maybe as a charity?
* Hendos midrange jumper is still MIA.
* The pretty back door pass is always a beaut. Right up there with the teardrop and the jump hook!
* A nice trick for those cold winter nights: fill up a long, hopefully unused tube sock with about 3 cups of uncooked rice, and a dash of lavender oil. Then rubber band it all up so you cannot have a spill. Twenty minutes before going to bed pop it in the microwave for 2 and a half minutes, and then put it under the covers where your feet go. Instant warm feet for bedtime!
* Nolan #1 on threes? No kidding. Honestly, The Ultimate Lord likes his stroke and stance, even if it is a little goofy footed.
* Speaking of threes... apparently tonight is a "live by" night.
* Wow, GREAT consecutive blocks by Kenny George! GO KENNY GEORGE!!
* Speaking of Kenny George... after he is done with school, could he find a job as Larry Fishburn's body double?
* A little between the legs showboat by Nolan. Good.
* What is with the one guy in the red shirt in the student section? Must be a Maryland prick.
* Into the bonus real early in the first.
* BTW, does anyone out there have any good punch recipes out there for a fruity, sherberty, extremely alcoholic holiday punch? And no, it does not need to include bacon. Anyway... please share!
* What is with the Pizza Hut Panourmous ad where they pass around the box but never show the pizza? Something is suspicious here... you never actually see the pizza next to anything you can judge its size by... The Ultimate Lord bets it is like six inch square. What crap.
* Oh no... it is Bowl time. Or should The Ultimate Lord say Lowe's Bowl Time? Brought to you by Tostitos! And brought to you by Mazda... zoom zoom zoom! And brough to you by Kay Jewelers... every kiss THE ULTIMATE ***!! ARGH!! It all started going downhill when the Bond films well total sponsorship.
* UNC-A seems very unsteady with their dribble tonight. Lots of bobbles by everyone... except Kenny George, of course, whose behind-the-back move was something else! GO KENNY GEORGE!
* The Ultimate Lord does not think the walk was the right call on that UNC-A guy who did that cute little spin.
* BTW, what is the UNC-A mascot? Hm. The Ultimate Lord will invent one. Go UNC-Ashville Powder Monkeys!
* Greg Oden cracks The Ultimate Lord up. He is very funny... for a 55 year old man! Zing!
* What do you mean that wasn't a zing?
* Jim Carey should just spare us all and kill himself.
* Nice seeing Email get some meaningful first half minutes. He can really rebound.
* Tyler might get the UNC-Chapel Hill record for "points in a career," but Phil will hold on tight to that "Coach's wives banged in a career" record like... well, like he holds onto a coach's wife. Zing!
* Ohh, The Ultimate Lord is feeling Zoubek's soul patch! And He will even avoid the obligatory Zoubek joke here, out of respect for Tedder and Zoub's improvement.
* In the world of Ghiradelli chocolates, the mint filled ones are king, but the raspberry ones are a close second. The peanut butter ones should be taken out to the lake and drowned.
* Lance's little poke-save with 40 seconds left is a great sign of how much better his hands have gotten this year; last year he would have either missed it or poked it out of bounds.
* Messy end to the half. Not counting Kenny George and his pretty reverse dunk. GO KENNY GEORGE!
* That guy waited until present exchange to whip out the sign of "Merry Christmas?" Must have been a thrilling few weeks beforehand, as his deaf girlfriend signed "Merry Christmas!" and he signed back "Eh, whatever." BTW, is the sign for "hand job" what The Ultimate Lord imagines it must be?
* Man, guys from opposite teams REALLY don't pick each other up anymore.
* The Big Four?! TELL The Ultimate Lord that DAVIDSON isn't being counted in there... surely they mean Duke, UNC, State, and Wake, no?
* Crazy charge call on Singler, although The Ultimate Lord admits He wishes that cheap-o lean in would be called a little more often... just not on Jon.
* So The Ultimate Lord recently got "Sports Night" from the Netflix, remembering it was an awesome show. No idea if that memory is correct, because the moment THE LAUGH TRACK kicked in, the DVD got kicked right back to Netflix.
* Love when the refs run up to the out of bounds line to point EXACTLY where the guy went out. Because, like, otherwise the players might not believe them?
* A lot of smiling tonight. Is that okay? Or should they still be a little pissed and focused after Michigan and 11 days off? Eh.
* Nice talk about legacy and your time in college ball. However, while time in college might not diminish your ability to play, it MIGHT wise the NBA up to who can and cannot play at that level.
* Lovely mid-court strip by Kyle.
* "A quarterback on the bench... except he is in now... but he comes off the bench... well, except tonight, when he started..." Oh Len, just shut that giant mouth please.
* YIKES beautiful move by Kenny George to recover his own block and then take it downcourt for the JAM!!! GO KENNY GEORGE!
* Mike Jarvis was a scary, scary looking guy... one step above Frank "I'm gonna shiv some motherf'er!" Haith.
* While the St. Johns loss sucked, it was nice to see Carlos and Shane and JWill and all them again.
* Ouch; why do color guys always get picked on? Stop picking on Len!
* Hm... what is up with the Greg Zoubek? You know what? Keep picking on him, please.
* Email has some showboat in him, and that is just fine.
* Kyle pulls a Tyler and loses his contact lense. Ugh... The Ultimate Lord now needs a shower.
* OUCH Elton. Dislocated shoulders HURT. Speaking of Elton, he has SO reshaped his body... he is just straight JACKED now, whereas in college he was more... round. And soft.
* Marty's three point shooting has SUCKED. What's up with that?
* Slick behind the back pass by Dickie... too bad the layup was flubbed.
* REAL slick behind the back pass TO HIMSELF by Kenny George. And then the three! GO KENNY GEORGE!
* Buses suck. The Ultimate Lord has spent MANY nights on those sleeper VanHools, crisscrossing the country... remind Him to tell the story of the night the driver fell asleep while crossing the Smoky Mountains, or the time the giant 100 lb, ice-filled cooler fell on His head while He was asleep.
* Ah! Question answered; Rocky the Bulldog!
* Seriously? Rocky the Bulldog?
* When did Jon pick up this "not necessarily a great shooter" label? The Ultimate Lord remembers not-so-long-ago thinking that Jon was a VERY good shooter.
* The Ultimate Lord finally agrees with Len "The Mouth" Elmore; Tyler will be a solid NBA player for ten years. Or in other words, until he is 47.
* Email seems very flexible and capable right around the basket.
* Go Gary the Camera Man! Even kept the camera on Marty while he went down. A good camera man is hard to find. BTW, those cameras do cost a pretty penny. Back when The Ultimate Lord was mortal and worked in sports on TV, He remembers a camera man over at Fox Sports calling his camera his "shoulder Viper" because of the cost. The man drove an '89 Tercel if The Ultimate Lord remembers correctly.
* Olek wanted to CRUSH that missed free throw. And then he follows up with a three attempt? Okay...
* Screw classy; score 100!
* And a magnificant move to end it by Kenny George, as he gets the rebound, dribbles out the door, down 15-501, into the Nose Dome, and THROWS it down on Tyler "Second Best Player in North Carolina" Hanstravel! GO KENNY GEORGE!!!!
* Yikes... clearly the students are gone... anyone hear that horrible trumpet at the end?
Overall a good recovery. Nice to see the 3s falling early, and nice to see Greg starting again, even if it is temporary. Good minutes tonight, especially in the first, which The Ultimate Lord hopes will continue... No one seemed to be on the floor too much. Perfect! The only downer was not getting to see Kenny; to be honest, The Ultimate Lord has always had a soft spot in His Gracious Heart for the biggest of the bigs, and it is a shame that George is out.
Next up... the X-Men, and dorky comic book jokes galore! To preview...
The preview for the new Wolverine movie
See you on Saturday! 'Nuff said!
Well okay, maybe not THAT long, but man the exam period blows. The Ultimate Lord wonders if it is different at a place like Memphis, where they don't actually take exams? Zing!
Anyway... nice to be back, because such a long layoff after a loss leaves a LOT of empty time, empty time that is generally filled with booze and Grant Hill videos. But finally Duke is back, and so too are... THE ULTIMATE TRUTHS!
* Argh; hate the empty, Christmas Crazy section full of old people. Those aren't Cameron Crazies... those are straight up Alzheimers crazies.
* Speaking of hate; The Ultimate Lord HATES Len Elmore's tooth-filled mouth!
* Also speaking of hate; Happy Holidays everyone!
* No Kenny George sucks. No; forget this! The Ultimate Lord WANTS Kenny George, and The Ultimate Lord will have Kenny George!
* WHOA starters! Nice move by K to get them fired up after 11 days off. Wonder when he told the guys who was starting? Did he wait until game day to give the starters some real fire, or did he tell everyone early on, so they had time to get used to the idea? The Ultimate Lord would go with the "tell them five minutes before tip" move.
* Emails first move... yikers. Kid will be good.
* Nice block by Kenny George. GO KENNY GEORGE!
* Good spacing to start against the UNC-A pressure.
* Miles is quick on his feet for a big guy.
* John Williams; the best ever. Better even than Danny Elfman. "The Imperial March" is The Ultimate Lord's WWF entrance music.
* Love seeing Greg hit a few early 3s. Can't imagine he will match last years numbers, though.
* A few empty seats in the upper deck; it is too bad that more local UNC-A fans couldn't get in and use those seats last minute.
* Shame about Steph Curry and that junk defense from Loyola that kept him scoreless... just lowers his PPG, which we want NICE and high as he attempts to take that NPOY from Hanstravel.
* Nice to see Kyle hit his first 3 too.
* Jesus, Gerald's elevation is SICK. Might he have the best ups of any Duke player in history? He just gets so high, and his body stays so in control... between his two handed catch-and-dunks, and his crazy elevations for blocks...
* Dammit... seriously, saving the ball and nutmeging Zoubek with it right to an opposing player under the basket?
* Woof, scary dancing Medusa coming back from commercial. Will she join the Crazy Towel Guy and Viking Guy as a Crazy regular? Blech. Kentucky gets Ashley, we get... Dancing Medusa.
* You know, The Ultimate Lord wishes they would do a Duke alumn game. That could be SO much fun to watch. Maybe as a charity?
* Hendos midrange jumper is still MIA.
* The pretty back door pass is always a beaut. Right up there with the teardrop and the jump hook!
* A nice trick for those cold winter nights: fill up a long, hopefully unused tube sock with about 3 cups of uncooked rice, and a dash of lavender oil. Then rubber band it all up so you cannot have a spill. Twenty minutes before going to bed pop it in the microwave for 2 and a half minutes, and then put it under the covers where your feet go. Instant warm feet for bedtime!
* Nolan #1 on threes? No kidding. Honestly, The Ultimate Lord likes his stroke and stance, even if it is a little goofy footed.
* Speaking of threes... apparently tonight is a "live by" night.
* Wow, GREAT consecutive blocks by Kenny George! GO KENNY GEORGE!!
* Speaking of Kenny George... after he is done with school, could he find a job as Larry Fishburn's body double?
* A little between the legs showboat by Nolan. Good.
* What is with the one guy in the red shirt in the student section? Must be a Maryland prick.
* Into the bonus real early in the first.
* BTW, does anyone out there have any good punch recipes out there for a fruity, sherberty, extremely alcoholic holiday punch? And no, it does not need to include bacon. Anyway... please share!
* What is with the Pizza Hut Panourmous ad where they pass around the box but never show the pizza? Something is suspicious here... you never actually see the pizza next to anything you can judge its size by... The Ultimate Lord bets it is like six inch square. What crap.
* Oh no... it is Bowl time. Or should The Ultimate Lord say Lowe's Bowl Time? Brought to you by Tostitos! And brought to you by Mazda... zoom zoom zoom! And brough to you by Kay Jewelers... every kiss THE ULTIMATE ***!! ARGH!! It all started going downhill when the Bond films well total sponsorship.
* UNC-A seems very unsteady with their dribble tonight. Lots of bobbles by everyone... except Kenny George, of course, whose behind-the-back move was something else! GO KENNY GEORGE!
* The Ultimate Lord does not think the walk was the right call on that UNC-A guy who did that cute little spin.
* BTW, what is the UNC-A mascot? Hm. The Ultimate Lord will invent one. Go UNC-Ashville Powder Monkeys!
* Greg Oden cracks The Ultimate Lord up. He is very funny... for a 55 year old man! Zing!
* What do you mean that wasn't a zing?
* Jim Carey should just spare us all and kill himself.
* Nice seeing Email get some meaningful first half minutes. He can really rebound.
* Tyler might get the UNC-Chapel Hill record for "points in a career," but Phil will hold on tight to that "Coach's wives banged in a career" record like... well, like he holds onto a coach's wife. Zing!
* Ohh, The Ultimate Lord is feeling Zoubek's soul patch! And He will even avoid the obligatory Zoubek joke here, out of respect for Tedder and Zoub's improvement.
* In the world of Ghiradelli chocolates, the mint filled ones are king, but the raspberry ones are a close second. The peanut butter ones should be taken out to the lake and drowned.
* Lance's little poke-save with 40 seconds left is a great sign of how much better his hands have gotten this year; last year he would have either missed it or poked it out of bounds.
* Messy end to the half. Not counting Kenny George and his pretty reverse dunk. GO KENNY GEORGE!
* That guy waited until present exchange to whip out the sign of "Merry Christmas?" Must have been a thrilling few weeks beforehand, as his deaf girlfriend signed "Merry Christmas!" and he signed back "Eh, whatever." BTW, is the sign for "hand job" what The Ultimate Lord imagines it must be?
* Man, guys from opposite teams REALLY don't pick each other up anymore.
* The Big Four?! TELL The Ultimate Lord that DAVIDSON isn't being counted in there... surely they mean Duke, UNC, State, and Wake, no?
* Crazy charge call on Singler, although The Ultimate Lord admits He wishes that cheap-o lean in would be called a little more often... just not on Jon.
* So The Ultimate Lord recently got "Sports Night" from the Netflix, remembering it was an awesome show. No idea if that memory is correct, because the moment THE LAUGH TRACK kicked in, the DVD got kicked right back to Netflix.
* Love when the refs run up to the out of bounds line to point EXACTLY where the guy went out. Because, like, otherwise the players might not believe them?
* A lot of smiling tonight. Is that okay? Or should they still be a little pissed and focused after Michigan and 11 days off? Eh.
* Nice talk about legacy and your time in college ball. However, while time in college might not diminish your ability to play, it MIGHT wise the NBA up to who can and cannot play at that level.
* Lovely mid-court strip by Kyle.
* "A quarterback on the bench... except he is in now... but he comes off the bench... well, except tonight, when he started..." Oh Len, just shut that giant mouth please.
* YIKES beautiful move by Kenny George to recover his own block and then take it downcourt for the JAM!!! GO KENNY GEORGE!
* Mike Jarvis was a scary, scary looking guy... one step above Frank "I'm gonna shiv some motherf'er!" Haith.
* While the St. Johns loss sucked, it was nice to see Carlos and Shane and JWill and all them again.
* Ouch; why do color guys always get picked on? Stop picking on Len!
* Hm... what is up with the Greg Zoubek? You know what? Keep picking on him, please.
* Email has some showboat in him, and that is just fine.
* Kyle pulls a Tyler and loses his contact lense. Ugh... The Ultimate Lord now needs a shower.
* OUCH Elton. Dislocated shoulders HURT. Speaking of Elton, he has SO reshaped his body... he is just straight JACKED now, whereas in college he was more... round. And soft.
* Marty's three point shooting has SUCKED. What's up with that?
* Slick behind the back pass by Dickie... too bad the layup was flubbed.
* REAL slick behind the back pass TO HIMSELF by Kenny George. And then the three! GO KENNY GEORGE!
* Buses suck. The Ultimate Lord has spent MANY nights on those sleeper VanHools, crisscrossing the country... remind Him to tell the story of the night the driver fell asleep while crossing the Smoky Mountains, or the time the giant 100 lb, ice-filled cooler fell on His head while He was asleep.
* Ah! Question answered; Rocky the Bulldog!
* Seriously? Rocky the Bulldog?
* When did Jon pick up this "not necessarily a great shooter" label? The Ultimate Lord remembers not-so-long-ago thinking that Jon was a VERY good shooter.
* The Ultimate Lord finally agrees with Len "The Mouth" Elmore; Tyler will be a solid NBA player for ten years. Or in other words, until he is 47.
* Email seems very flexible and capable right around the basket.
* Go Gary the Camera Man! Even kept the camera on Marty while he went down. A good camera man is hard to find. BTW, those cameras do cost a pretty penny. Back when The Ultimate Lord was mortal and worked in sports on TV, He remembers a camera man over at Fox Sports calling his camera his "shoulder Viper" because of the cost. The man drove an '89 Tercel if The Ultimate Lord remembers correctly.
* Olek wanted to CRUSH that missed free throw. And then he follows up with a three attempt? Okay...
* Screw classy; score 100!
* And a magnificant move to end it by Kenny George, as he gets the rebound, dribbles out the door, down 15-501, into the Nose Dome, and THROWS it down on Tyler "Second Best Player in North Carolina" Hanstravel! GO KENNY GEORGE!!!!
* Yikes... clearly the students are gone... anyone hear that horrible trumpet at the end?
Overall a good recovery. Nice to see the 3s falling early, and nice to see Greg starting again, even if it is temporary. Good minutes tonight, especially in the first, which The Ultimate Lord hopes will continue... No one seemed to be on the floor too much. Perfect! The only downer was not getting to see Kenny; to be honest, The Ultimate Lord has always had a soft spot in His Gracious Heart for the biggest of the bigs, and it is a shame that George is out.
Next up... the X-Men, and dorky comic book jokes galore! To preview...
The preview for the new Wolverine movie
See you on Saturday! 'Nuff said!
Friday, November 28, 2008
The Ultimate Truth; HOW do you say that name?
Hello all!
Well, that most holy of Holidays, the provider of Turkey and Stuffing and Mashed Potato sandwiches has come, and with it has come... well, two things; an annoying cold, and BASKETBALL! Let's go to the video Truth!
* Grrr... The Ultimate Lord hates missing the opening tip and fanfare of a game; He feels like it is harder to get into the game halfway through.
* From The Ultimate Sideline Reporter; Scheyer with a nice three to start... Zoubek with a nice move inside as well... Duke man-to-man looking a bit weak.
* HOW do you say that name? Du-kain? Seriously? And how on earth does "Duquesne" translate into THAT?
* Tennessee looks llllloooonnnnggg and athletic.
* The Ultimate Lord was really praying for Tennessee to pour it on, so as to avoid that stupid time-out foul stuff. Come on ESPN, just cut away... it is a ten point game with 9 seconds left, and there is no Jason Williams in sight.
* Jimmy Dykes. Hee hee hee.
* That Jackson kid from Dukain... 17 pts, 7 assists, 7.5 rebounds?! That is SOME line!
* Duke is WHAT from February on?! Did he REALLY say 14 and 13? That cannot be. Unfortunately... it feels right
* While he is very much improved, Lance should get pump-fake tips from Dave McClure; he is really heady with them.
* "Duke will run it up your back side?" Seriously now?
* So the nice thing about cold mashed potatos and cold stuffing is that you can actually slice it carefully with a sharp knife to exactly the size of the bread you are making a sandwich out of. The Ultimate Lord is on sandwich eight. This is the only pork-free-and-feeling-no-guilt weekend of The Ultimate Lord's year.
* If Robert Downey Jr. doesn't do the Avengers movie, The Ultimate Lord will be PISSED.
* At least four future pros for Duke on this team; Hendo, Singler, Nolan, and, if they are smart, Jon. And it is too early to tell on one or two.
* Hm, for a guy with bum knees, McClure can get UP.
* Paulus is not a bad defender at ALL. Still isn't shooting much tho.
* Point guard at Duke is like quarterback at Not... at SOUTHERN CAL?! Oh man how the mighty have fallen.
* Hendo uses the bounce pass very, very well.
* Speaking of leftover sandwiches... has anyone ever tried that trick they talked about on "Friends," with putting a third piece of bread between the layers that has been soaked in gravy? A half pound of bacon sent express to anyone who can recall the name of that trick!
* 3 point shooting looks improved, but a lot of them have been wide open looks. However, we don't seem as live/die by the 3 so far...
* Kyle has a GREAT great handle! He will be a real good 3 in the League.
* Doocain is playing very physical down low; anyone else notice that nasty shove on Henderson that went uncalled?
* The Crazies don't sound bad for all being away on Thanksgiving break.
* Nice to see Singler using that in-between game; sure it is only worth 2, but getting close like that also puts the shooter in good position for a rebound.
* Gone the whole Bush administration without a loss at home? Jimmy my friend... hate to break it to you, but basketball notwithstanding, we've ALL lost at home during the Bush administration. Zing!
* Ha! Santa and the elf are still at Cameron! They've been there a few years now... The Ultimate Lord hopes that is a grandpa/grandson thing, and not something... awkward.
* We are using Kyle a lot as a screen when there is full-court pressure.
* Great recovery by Lance on that between-the-leg-bobble (heh... run it up their backside!) Last year he would have promptly lost that one out of bounds.
* Crap assist-to-turnover ratio by Nolan. Would love to see his steals though... does he have more than Greg so far this year? He really is more a scoring, Will Avery type.
* Vasquez looks to have put on a little healthy weight; he has less of the "drowned rat" look to him this year.
* Good ending to the half... some of our secondary guys have REALLY stepped up this year. We need Hendo and Greg now to do the same, and we are in GOOD shape!
* The announcers are talking about it a lot, but we are having troubles with the o-rebounding. We just look a bit out of place and awkward at times still.
* 42% vs 55% of points off turnovers? Hm, what do we make of this? Are we scoring more one-on-one this year, or are we not moving the ball well? Seems to The Ultimate Lord more the latter than the former.
* Duke shoots pretty well, it seems, from the corner for 3. Not sure why people tend to trash that shot as one we don't shoot well. Sure the rebounds are difficult, but...
* "I don't like the shoes Carrie Underwood is wearing." Hah! Good line.
* Speaking of Mrs. Ultimate Lord...
*The new scoreboard looks pretty nice from what The Ultimate Lord can tell. Big, but doesn't stand out.
* Wow that Singler offensive board a little ways into the second was awesome... he jumped up, and came down on top of ONLY players; he never hit the floor!
* Wow, Greg really TOOK that steal, and Zoubek really FINISHED! Nice!
* Heh... Duke the only team which wears sleeves for injury. The Ultimate Lord has had that same thought before.
* Nice to see GP hit a few 3s!
* Everhart looks vaguely like an ugly Mr. Big.
"DAMMIT CARRIE, I AM TOO OLD LOOKING TO BE A BELIEVABLE HOT ROMANTIC LEAD IN A MOVIE!! JUST LET ME GO COACH AT DU... DOOQ... wait, how do you say the name again? Really? Du-cain? But... why does it have an 's' in it? It is silent? Man, this is stupid."
* Greg is the best shooting PG that K has ever had? Huh? Do stats in any way, shape, or form back that up?
* Heh, elite programs don't have to promise minutes. What if they promise minutes AND shots, eh? Heh, it is almost too easy to mock Kentucky nowadays. Go eat a bloody booger, Patrick.
* Lance's hands have just improved SO very much... wonder if he did hand drills or something like that over the summer. The Ultimate Lord assumes there is such a thing?
* And cue Leftover Sandwich Number Nine.
* And speaking of sandwiches... the best part of Thanksigiving leftovers is stuffing. Annnnd... discuss.
* The nice thing about a televised ***-whupping; seeing a lot of Marty P.
* Speaking of the importance of the bench; it better stay important this year. You hear The Ultimate Lord, Coach K?
* GREAT steal and dribble/score by Zoubek! Where did that come from? Note the bench in hysterics.
* Did Zoubek try to dunk a few plays later when he got stuffed? It almost looked it!
* The guy in the commercial who plays his PSP EVERYWHERE, including in a club, is almost as annoying as the guy who uses his cell phone to play fantasy football on his honeymoon. Note; ALMOST.
* Hearing Kobe and Chris Paul and all the rest of them gush over Coach K never gets old. Neither does hearing Chris Paul call him simply "Coach."
* Nice Pocius-to-Plumlee look. However, Miles does look a bit lost out there right now at the end.
* Ahhh... glad to hear that Tyler still plays harder than anyone else.
* Speaking of Tyler... could he *gasp* NOT win NPOY this year? GOOOOO OKLAHOMA!!!!!! BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!
* WTF is with this extended, crappy play-by-play check-in with the Purdue-OK game? If they don't go back...
* Heh, anyone else notice that Doocain player throw the pass right off his buddy's face? Hah!
* Cue Leftover Sandwich Number 10... and The Ultimate Lord is having troubles getting up out of His Chair.
* Man, the announcers were really riding Plumlee. What dicks.
* Zone?! Ahhh, The Ultimate Lord loves blowouts!
* Ahhh... and apparently, General Grievous still looks like a drowned rat. Apparently that graphic was misleading.
All in all, a real blowout (not counting the last few minutes...) but still very interesting to see a lot of different players getting minutes. As long as K doesn't go shortening the bench too early, and as long as Greg and Gerald step it up a bit, we are going to be AWFUL good this year. Bring on Purdue!!
Well, that most holy of Holidays, the provider of Turkey and Stuffing and Mashed Potato sandwiches has come, and with it has come... well, two things; an annoying cold, and BASKETBALL! Let's go to the video Truth!
* Grrr... The Ultimate Lord hates missing the opening tip and fanfare of a game; He feels like it is harder to get into the game halfway through.
* From The Ultimate Sideline Reporter; Scheyer with a nice three to start... Zoubek with a nice move inside as well... Duke man-to-man looking a bit weak.
* HOW do you say that name? Du-kain? Seriously? And how on earth does "Duquesne" translate into THAT?
* Tennessee looks llllloooonnnnggg and athletic.
* The Ultimate Lord was really praying for Tennessee to pour it on, so as to avoid that stupid time-out foul stuff. Come on ESPN, just cut away... it is a ten point game with 9 seconds left, and there is no Jason Williams in sight.
* Jimmy Dykes. Hee hee hee.
* That Jackson kid from Dukain... 17 pts, 7 assists, 7.5 rebounds?! That is SOME line!
* Duke is WHAT from February on?! Did he REALLY say 14 and 13? That cannot be. Unfortunately... it feels right
* While he is very much improved, Lance should get pump-fake tips from Dave McClure; he is really heady with them.
* "Duke will run it up your back side?" Seriously now?
* So the nice thing about cold mashed potatos and cold stuffing is that you can actually slice it carefully with a sharp knife to exactly the size of the bread you are making a sandwich out of. The Ultimate Lord is on sandwich eight. This is the only pork-free-and-feeling-no-guilt weekend of The Ultimate Lord's year.
* If Robert Downey Jr. doesn't do the Avengers movie, The Ultimate Lord will be PISSED.
* At least four future pros for Duke on this team; Hendo, Singler, Nolan, and, if they are smart, Jon. And it is too early to tell on one or two.
* Hm, for a guy with bum knees, McClure can get UP.
* Paulus is not a bad defender at ALL. Still isn't shooting much tho.
* Point guard at Duke is like quarterback at Not... at SOUTHERN CAL?! Oh man how the mighty have fallen.
* Hendo uses the bounce pass very, very well.
* Speaking of leftover sandwiches... has anyone ever tried that trick they talked about on "Friends," with putting a third piece of bread between the layers that has been soaked in gravy? A half pound of bacon sent express to anyone who can recall the name of that trick!
* 3 point shooting looks improved, but a lot of them have been wide open looks. However, we don't seem as live/die by the 3 so far...
* Kyle has a GREAT great handle! He will be a real good 3 in the League.
* Doocain is playing very physical down low; anyone else notice that nasty shove on Henderson that went uncalled?
* The Crazies don't sound bad for all being away on Thanksgiving break.
* Nice to see Singler using that in-between game; sure it is only worth 2, but getting close like that also puts the shooter in good position for a rebound.
* Gone the whole Bush administration without a loss at home? Jimmy my friend... hate to break it to you, but basketball notwithstanding, we've ALL lost at home during the Bush administration. Zing!
* Ha! Santa and the elf are still at Cameron! They've been there a few years now... The Ultimate Lord hopes that is a grandpa/grandson thing, and not something... awkward.
* We are using Kyle a lot as a screen when there is full-court pressure.
* Great recovery by Lance on that between-the-leg-bobble (heh... run it up their backside!) Last year he would have promptly lost that one out of bounds.
* Crap assist-to-turnover ratio by Nolan. Would love to see his steals though... does he have more than Greg so far this year? He really is more a scoring, Will Avery type.
* Vasquez looks to have put on a little healthy weight; he has less of the "drowned rat" look to him this year.
* Good ending to the half... some of our secondary guys have REALLY stepped up this year. We need Hendo and Greg now to do the same, and we are in GOOD shape!
* The announcers are talking about it a lot, but we are having troubles with the o-rebounding. We just look a bit out of place and awkward at times still.
* 42% vs 55% of points off turnovers? Hm, what do we make of this? Are we scoring more one-on-one this year, or are we not moving the ball well? Seems to The Ultimate Lord more the latter than the former.
* Duke shoots pretty well, it seems, from the corner for 3. Not sure why people tend to trash that shot as one we don't shoot well. Sure the rebounds are difficult, but...
* "I don't like the shoes Carrie Underwood is wearing." Hah! Good line.
* Speaking of Mrs. Ultimate Lord...
*The new scoreboard looks pretty nice from what The Ultimate Lord can tell. Big, but doesn't stand out.
* Wow that Singler offensive board a little ways into the second was awesome... he jumped up, and came down on top of ONLY players; he never hit the floor!
* Wow, Greg really TOOK that steal, and Zoubek really FINISHED! Nice!
* Heh... Duke the only team which wears sleeves for injury. The Ultimate Lord has had that same thought before.
* Nice to see GP hit a few 3s!
* Everhart looks vaguely like an ugly Mr. Big.
"DAMMIT CARRIE, I AM TOO OLD LOOKING TO BE A BELIEVABLE HOT ROMANTIC LEAD IN A MOVIE!! JUST LET ME GO COACH AT DU... DOOQ... wait, how do you say the name again? Really? Du-cain? But... why does it have an 's' in it? It is silent? Man, this is stupid."
* Greg is the best shooting PG that K has ever had? Huh? Do stats in any way, shape, or form back that up?
* Heh, elite programs don't have to promise minutes. What if they promise minutes AND shots, eh? Heh, it is almost too easy to mock Kentucky nowadays. Go eat a bloody booger, Patrick.
* Lance's hands have just improved SO very much... wonder if he did hand drills or something like that over the summer. The Ultimate Lord assumes there is such a thing?
* And cue Leftover Sandwich Number Nine.
* And speaking of sandwiches... the best part of Thanksigiving leftovers is stuffing. Annnnd... discuss.
* The nice thing about a televised ***-whupping; seeing a lot of Marty P.
* Speaking of the importance of the bench; it better stay important this year. You hear The Ultimate Lord, Coach K?
* GREAT steal and dribble/score by Zoubek! Where did that come from? Note the bench in hysterics.
* Did Zoubek try to dunk a few plays later when he got stuffed? It almost looked it!
* The guy in the commercial who plays his PSP EVERYWHERE, including in a club, is almost as annoying as the guy who uses his cell phone to play fantasy football on his honeymoon. Note; ALMOST.
* Hearing Kobe and Chris Paul and all the rest of them gush over Coach K never gets old. Neither does hearing Chris Paul call him simply "Coach."
* Nice Pocius-to-Plumlee look. However, Miles does look a bit lost out there right now at the end.
* Ahhh... glad to hear that Tyler still plays harder than anyone else.
* Speaking of Tyler... could he *gasp* NOT win NPOY this year? GOOOOO OKLAHOMA!!!!!! BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!
* WTF is with this extended, crappy play-by-play check-in with the Purdue-OK game? If they don't go back...
* Heh, anyone else notice that Doocain player throw the pass right off his buddy's face? Hah!
* Cue Leftover Sandwich Number 10... and The Ultimate Lord is having troubles getting up out of His Chair.
* Man, the announcers were really riding Plumlee. What dicks.
* Zone?! Ahhh, The Ultimate Lord loves blowouts!
* Ahhh... and apparently, General Grievous still looks like a drowned rat. Apparently that graphic was misleading.
All in all, a real blowout (not counting the last few minutes...) but still very interesting to see a lot of different players getting minutes. As long as K doesn't go shortening the bench too early, and as long as Greg and Gerald step it up a bit, we are going to be AWFUL good this year. Bring on Purdue!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
The Ultimate Truths - WOLVERINES!!!
Whelp, welcome back Duke fans, to a SECOND night of The Truth! After UCLA failed to live up to its end of the bargin, would Duke roll over a game Michigan team? Or would the Wolverines live in the hills, striking from the hills and launching devasting ambushes, all after watching that science teacher get blasted the F AWAY? Only time will tell!!
And now... The Ultimate Truths for the Championship Game of the Coaches vs Cancer Classic!
*Jamie Luckie? Awesome name for a ref. Almost as good as that announcer whose name was Baller.
* Hmm... Nolan starts again? When Greg is 100 percent, will he take back the starting spot? Or will Duke get out to a good start tonight... finally?
* Good to see Gerald go RIGHT at it, first play of the game. Wonder if K set that up?
* Speaking of Gerald... he is really starting to look a bit G.Hill to The Ultimate Lord. When he isn't looking Kobe, that is.
* The "toss in the air" save, while it worked yesterday, makes The Ultimate Lord nervous. Do coaches approve of it?
* Why is Kyle guarding their guy who is bringing the ball up? Bad switch? Or using length to bother them?
* WOOF Gerald with an AGGRESSIVE block!
* Oh no... a missed goaltend? Let's watch the replay five different times! And cue the whiney ARGH they bought off the refs Duke cheats I hate them they only win because The Rat rides the refs!!!!" Carolina fans in 3, 2, 1...
* "Using your quickness" against Zoubek ain't saying that much. It's like using your wits against Sloth.
* So this might be taboo to say... but does losing Johnny hurt Duke recruiting African-American players? There are a lot of white coaches on that bench. Is Nate on the recruiting trail now? Or are going to see more Ryan Kelly/Mason Plumlee classes on the way?
* Alfred Aboya... great name. However, he better be careful... if his wrist doesn't heal quick, he might get adopted by Brad and Angelina.
* Nice to see GP hit the 3. He is always better A) when fading sideways and B) after getting wacked in the head.
* Singler ALWAYS looks exhausted to The Ultimate Lord!
* You know, it feels like we haven't drawn a lot of charges this year.
* Ohhh Dick... "Get me the ball, gimme the rock, OOOOHHHH Wolverines!!!!!" After hearing Bob Knight last night, Dick Vitale is a hundred times more annoying. And everyone knows that infinity times a hundred is... well, a LOT of annoying.
* Ugh. Lowes Feast Week. Stupid everything-is-sponsored world.
* BTW, this weeks Ultimate Truths are brought to you by Pfizer. Pfizer; when it's time for old folks to get it on!
* Great match-ups... like Kentucky/UNC? Jesus, who wrote THAT, a UNC fan who is convinced they play a DEVASTATING schedule? Yeah... not so much. But check out how much they ***** when we play Davidson and Air Force and...
* You know... for a white boy, Pocius is fairly jacked. And don't even start on his calves...
* Actually Dick; cutting down the nets ISN'T all that matters at Duke. Seriously.
* Jesus Mickie K... that jacket is straight up PIMPING. Is that blue pleather? With SPIKES?
* Zoublock!
* Heh, every time someone mentions Aminu, The Ultimate Lord can only think of that quote when Aminu said something about putting Wake on the map... and then The Ultimate Lord laughs, thinking about that scrub from the Virgin Islands who played there. What was that guy's name again?
* BTW... Randolph "Come and get me WHOOPS 3 eat it Jeff!" will always be The Man.
* Heh, that never gets old.
* Ugh. That Diaper Dandies graphic has GOT to go. What channel do they think this is, Lifetime? Show The Ultimate Lord Marissa Miller in a diaper and you've got a viewer for life!
* Remember St. Johns at the Garden a while back? Man, they were PSYCHED to play Duke... there were BEAT DUKE t-shirts on EVERY chair. Too bad they lost, like almost everyone else.
* Whenever anyone mentions Art Garfinkel, The Ultimate Lord always imagines him looking like this... just replace the fan brush and the burnt sienna with a basketball.
* Random thought of the night; naked and from behind, Digger Phelps and Winston Churchill would look like brothers.
* Commecials just suck nowadays. Hulu girls selling Subway? In what marketing universe does that make a BIT of sense? God... and people get PAID to make this crap.
* Blech. We check in on the NBA, and we see Jamison? *sigh* BTW... he was awesome. Him and Juan Dixon = favorite non-Dukies ever.
* Why the black unis? Why not the blues?
* So... which set of tens is the most succesful at Duke? The single digits? They did have J.J. and Los... the twenties had Christian and Trajan and Shel... the thirties had Battier and Hill... anyone wanna take a guess?
* The Ultimate Lord feels a little bad that Nolan lost Coach Dawkins so early in his career. Well, at least he got the support his freshman year.
* Jesus, there are a lot of logos on that floor. At least they don't seem slippery, as logos (especially over ice) tend to get.
* Is Zoubek going up a bit quicker with the ball this year, or is it The Ultimate Lord's imagination?
* Hah, Sir Charles is AWESOME. Great line about Vitale.
* Kansas City has awesome BBQ.
* Jesus... end of the half, and Dick is just RAMBLING and rambling! He is an absolute car-wreck.
* Ahhhh... and there is K, teaching Nolan before they hit the locker room. K = awesome.
* Len Elmore would make an AWESOME post-apocolyptic zombie.
* Hm, super aggressive move by Gerald to start the half again. The Ultimate Lord likes that a lot.
* Beautiful pass by Singler to Nolan under the basket. What CAN'T Kyle do?
* WOW Gerald! What a block! He has SUCH effortless elevation... surely one of the most effortless, if not THE most, in Duke history.
* BTW, speaking of Gerald, whatever happened to that "exercise induced asthma/out of shape" thing. If only The Ultimate Lord were that "out of shape..."
* It is SUCH a relief to see Lance step up this year. The Ultimate Lord thinks most folks expect a guy to step up his junior year if he doesn't his sophomore year, but it was still nice to see.
* Can you imagine if there were trades in the NCAA? What trade would you propose? Maybe a guard-for-big trade with Wake?
* Looked like Lance got fouled on that nifty Jon no-look-save-to-the-post... and then they hit a 3? Goddamnit.
* New York Redbulls? This sponsorship stuff is just out of control.
* BTW, this weeks Ultimate Truths brought to you by Brother Jimmys BBQ; lighting bartenders on fire for 37 years!
* Amazing that there aren't more retired jerseys in the Garden, no?
* A side rant: Do you know who The Ultimate Lord hates? People who love vampires. Yes, with the opening of that teen vampire flick, it seems that there are nerdy, pale vampire lovers *everywhere* They are worse than Trekkies. At least Trekkies see SOME light, albeit computer screen light. Vampire lovers stay nice and pale by spending every day in their parents basement. Blech.
* Man... does Michigan REALLY not realize that the outside line is the NBA line? Because it really seems they are making that mistake. Is that possible?
* Email is LONG. Long long long; he can really defend and get up there for rebounds and passes over the D.
* If K hits #1 in wins, that will be pretty sweet. But honestly, hitting #2 might almost be sweeter.
* "Great spurtability." Uch. That sounds really, really gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
* Man. UNC is going to have a LOT of big guys next year. Is it possible that Zeller might end up playing... the 3?
* Hmmm... liked the rotation to start, but man it started to stagnate a bit into the second...
* Too bad Brockman didn't go to Duke.
* A "blender?" Dick, where is the stupid-*** graphic to go with it?
* Man, Greg's #s have really dropped. To be frank, The Ultimate Lord feels a bit bad about it.
* Manny Harris looks a bit like Benny the Cab Driver from "Total Recall." HEY BENNY... SCREW YOUUUU!!!!
* Whenever anyone mentions Bob Gibbons, The Ultimate Lord always imagines him looking like this... just replace the lychee nuts and flung monkey poo with a basketball.
* The Ultimate Lord has that same Santa hat as that kid.
* Heh... enjoyed Dick's NBA list and subsequent admittal he could never memorize that. However... seriously, are we calling him "(Josh) Roberts" again? Why not go back to Kyle Singular?
* Speaking of Dick... he is REALLY stuck on this "shortened season" thing. The Ultimate Lord loves when he gets on these crusades that go nowhere.
* You know... The Ultimate Lord is not that happy that Plumlee is not playing at all. And why did Brian not see any time in the second half?
* Jeez, did The Ultimate Lord just call for more Zoubek time?
* As good as he is at the 3 and on the drive, Kyle is REALLY money RIGHT under the basket.
* So... everyone already knows that Tom Krean looks just like Tom Arnold, right?
* Anyone else as annoyed by that tool sitting over Dickie V's shoulder?
* OUGHF Gerald with another NASTY block! He gets UP, and he is so damn strong... makes for some impressive stuffs.
* The Ultimate Lord hearts our ability to switch and still be effective; so many Duke defenders can defend 3 and 4 spots.
* Argh... another Dixon?! We should have recruited him.
* Interesting Michigan rant by Dick, and you know what? The Ultimate Lord finds Himself... agreeing.
* McClure missed a three, made up for it with a charge. To be honest, The Ultimate Lord likes seeing Dave trying to get more involved in the offense. While everyone says that having David in is like having only four men on offense, The Ultimate Lord isn't sure this is true, and so far may only be because McClure doesn't TRY to score. As a senior... why not step it up?
* Jon is 2nd in Duke history in free throw percentage? Man, playing so close to J.J. can really leave a guy overlooked!
* Ohhh GP got REALLY turned around on D at about the 2:00 minute mark.
* Disappointed we didn't see Miles until the end.
* Well, overall a real nice game after a good second half last night! Duke seems to be stepping it up quite a bit compared to the first two games. Gerald finally is hitting on all cylinders, Nolan looked much more comfortable, and Zoubek continues to *gasp* impress! Now Greg needs to get healthy and we need to start developing Miles... but so far, so good!
Apparently The Ultimate Lord was wrong to bet on cancer... apparently the safe bet was the Blue Devils!
Next up... Montana!
Go Duke!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The Ultimate Truths - SIU edition!
Hello all, and welcome to the 2008-2009 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball season... and more importantly, the return of...
...The Ultimate Truths!
Well, let The Ultimate Lord begin by saying He has missed you all. Talk of bacon and D'nika Romero aside, basketball season is where it is at. And what little The Ultimate Lord has been able to make out through squinting at a computer screen while DookSucksGoHeels! has been blasting away on the chat about **** buying off the refs led Him to believe it will be a very interesting season! Finally though it is time for ESPN... and let the games begin!
* Ahhh The Ultimate Lord missed the ESPN basketball music! It is like Pavlov's dogs... play the music, and The Ultimate Lord starts screaming obscenties and insisting K recruit a big guy!
* This will be a terrific test of SIU?!?! WTF is that crap?!?! A test of THEM? Seriously?
* Come on Gerald... we need you to really step up this game and get nasty here... otherwise we might start getting nervous.
* BTW, sorry to say it, but The Ultimate Lord's money is on cancer. Sorry, Coaches, but it's got a lot of experience.
* Wow. Bob Knight looks crusty and cranky. In other words, like Bob Knight.
* Kyle w/hair > Kyle w/out. The Ultimate Lord always hated the "concentration camp survivor" look that our skinny white guys seem to adopt sometimes.
* Doris > Erin in every way. Well... almost every way.
* Gerald jumping when we have 7 foot Zoubek in there never gets old. Or any less depressing.
* Speaking of Zoubek... goddamn it.
* Wow... MSG looks BEAUTIFULLY empty on HDTV to start! Where are all the Dukies?! Or did they all move back to New Jersey after losing their jobs on Wall Street?
* WTF is a Saluki, anyway?
* Thank god for Kyle this year.
* Love that clip of the '93 team. Seeing the 33 and the 11 out there is ALWAYS a treat.
* Wojo is going to have some SERIOUS "crazy old man" eyebrows someday. Think "Andy Rooney" eyebrows.
* Hmmm... so this is three Duke games, three Nolan starts, and three slow, disjointed starts by Duke. It is time to put Greg back in as the starting PG.
* BTW; a Saluki is maybe the oldest domesticated dog breed in the world, first being kept as a pet as long as 7000 years ago, and bred in Iraq. Not only does The Ultimate Lord socialize (and get frustrated with Brian Zoubrick) but The Ultimate Lord informs! (Thank you Dwight.)
* When Zoubek did the first right thing of the game (that reach in to cause a TO... which, in retrospect, may have actually been a WRONG thing with a lucky result) did you see the bench go nuts?
* The Ultimate Lord hearts Jon Scheyer.
* Man, Nate Dogg looks SHARP in a suit! Only thing he looks sharper in? A Duke uniform.
* BTW, speaking of Jon... don't let The Ultimate Lord hear another moron say Jon isn't athletic. He really, really is. Just because a brother is skinny and white and makes funny O-faces when exerting himself does NOT mean he isn't athletic.
* When Plumlee first came in the other guys really missed him a few times when he was open.
* BTW; The Ultimate Lord LOVES Bob Knight as an analyst. Just listening to him you can HEAR the years of experience... the philosophies, the play theory, how used he is to tracking numbers and trends... awesome.
* Heh, when Plumlee fouls they say Zoubek. Paging Dr. Freud!
* Speaking of Miles, they say he cleared 6'9 as a high jumper in high school. That is like Miles Plumlee jumping... well, over Miles Plumlee. That is very zen.
* Anyone else think Nick Evans looks a bit like a dopey Michael Rappaport?
* No Time Outs in the air anymore? Aw... man, that sucks. Those were always fun and exciting.
* The Frosh are showing up earlier this game. Apparently the 360 Doghouse only lasts a game.
* OHHHH!!! Fay HURDLED that family!! You notice how appreciative that Dad was? Man, that would have been UGLY... right into the boys in the front row. Awesome move by Fay.
* Oh baseball. Where else would a "20 win season" be a HUGE deal for a player (a pitcher in this case) when the team plays something like 3,000 games in a season? What a bunch of wussies.
* Ahhh nice block and recovery by Plumlee! Memo to Coach K: Please, sit Zoubek forever.
* Speaking of Plumlee, there were a few occassions where SIU players clearly passed out/backed off, respecting Plumlee's blocking ability.
* God these turnovers are BRUTAL. Some of our drives, it is like the Duke player is just putting their head down and GOING, and the resulting TO or charge is just SO predictable.
* The Ultimate Lord hearts the Jump-hook.
* Jon has got SUCH a nose for the ball.
* BTW, the "Talk about how good a free throw shooter a guy is and watch him miss the next one" Curse is TOTALLY real.
* Comment from Hal Steinbrenner; "My Dad, needless to say, is a hard act to follow." Not reported; the follow-up "So I fired his grandpa *** and had him dragged out by security." Ahhh those Steinbrenner genes! Second only to the McMahon genes in inhereted assholeishness.
* Beautiful fake 3/pass to Thomas by Greg. The Ultimate Lord hearts the faked 3.
* Email doesn't seem to have a lot of fear at going right at the D... sometimes a good thing, sometimes not so much.
* "None of them." God, The Ultimate Lord loves Bob Knight.
* Good things happen when Zoubek gets the ball? Seriously? "This is good, this is very good?" "Get Zoubek the ball?" Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
* Wow... Singler, Hendo, and Paulus with no points? Is that a GOOD sign, like "Oh look, even with our best guys struggling we respond and take the lead?" Or is it a crap sign, like "Oh look, our best guys are struggling?" The Ultimate Lord will let you know in March.
* Damn... turn down the music during the K & K talk!
* Len Elmore has the biggest mouth The Ultimate Lord has ever seen.
* And Steve Lavin has the biggest HEAD The Ultimate Lord has ever seen. Seriously, its like an old-school cash register.
* BTW... would you?
* BTW; The Ultimate Lord has always agreed with Knight that Zoubek DOES have a nice looking free throw stroke, especially for a big guy.
* "Not even Zoubek would have caught that one?" Seriously... that would make ANY Duke fan giggle like a schoolgirl.
* WOW Nolan! JEEZ. Angry, ANGRY! Expected the Gerald alley-oop, but GOD that was nasty nasty NASTY!
* The key is around the 10 minute mark in the second. If a team sticks with Duke until then, it will be a game. But often, that is where it all starts to slip away.
* Apparently the inverse of the "He never misses a free throw" Rule is true as well, as evidenced by the "Gerald hasn't scored tonight" 3 pointer.
* God, speaking of Gerald, look at those arms. Hard core NBA body. Hard core NBA game? We'll see.
* "A guy who is very effective, like Zoubek." Jesus H. Ultimate Lord, this NEVER gets old!!!
* Fay looks like he should star in High School Musical 4, after Efron leaves. Mannnnnnn-crush!
* Foul #3 on Fay was a pure frustration foul, through and through... nothing like that "I just screwed up, I'm going to grab a hold of an opposing player in a desperate attempt to make up for it now" foul.
* Oh man... look at the foul disparity. Cue the whiney ***** Cryolina fans in 3, 2, 1...
* Anyone catch that graphic for Mullins "-3rd in School History for Assists?" Negative 3rd? Seriously? Do you really need the dash in an isolated graphic like that?
* The Ultimate Lord doesn't adore Nolan's dribble when under pressure; he sometimes has this awkward skip-step that feels like a turnover waiting to happen.
* Wow, K got EXCITED over that multiple save, multiple jump play. Love that!
* Since the wrist injury, it seems like Gerald has lost that midrange pull-up shot and depended more on the 3 and the drive... it is a shame, because the midrange pull-up is a good weapon for Gerald, and leads to more "Troy" jokes for The Ultimate Lord.
* Amazing there aren't more strained backs in basketball when you see a guy go up for a layup and get hammered/held/pushed down by a foul.
* Oh JESUS Singler went down HARD. Arrrgghh! Right into the pylon! God that looked HORRIBLE. Just terrible. So glad he bounced back up. And cue the Tyler Zeller comparisons in 3, 2, 1...
* VMI 133, Stevenson 72?! JEEZ VMI scores a LOT.
* The Ultimate Lord loves the ref/coach relationship. We always just think it is yelling and fighting, but there is SO much more there. The Ultimate Lord would love to have them both miked during a game so we could hear them.
* Chris Paul... 12 assists a GAME?! Jeez. Wonder what his Punch-in-the-nuts per game average is?
* Great to see the free throws really improve.
* Wait; there are 3 ingredients to drawing fouls, and the third is being in a position to draw a foul? Uh... why bother with the other two? Isn't that third one enough?
* Carlton Fay totally speaks with a Scottish accent.
* OHHHH GERALD!! JEEZ!!! Seriously, two NASTY nasty dunks in a single HALF!! And both times, the Duke player gave a little stare-down... can't remember the last time we've had two such intense dunks in a single half. Anyone?
* Heh... love hearing Bobby K praise Coach K.
* Playing even with Duke for 25 minutes actually doesn't mean that much. Many teams do that. It is the playing-even-for-40 minutes that matter.
* BTW; just to reintroduce... Cameron W! Ahhh so lovely!
* Anyone else think that Kevin Dillard actually looked a bit like maybe Demarcus? Same angelic look. Not the same bowling-balls-for-shoulders.
* Jeez... NO ONE in Puerto Rico for that St. John's game. Never seen an arena so empty. What, was there a blizzard and no one could make it?
* Thank god Gerald really stepped up... The Ultimate Lord was getting very, very nervous.
* All in all, a good game. The first was bowling-shoe ugly, but the second was vastly improved, and it was nice to see Gerald really step it up... we will need him to be an All-Star if we want to make it deep into March. Kyle did well, Jon with his traditional nose for the ball... Nolan was a bit unsure at times, but he'll be fine. And the surprise of the game?
Brian Zoubek, who was praised the entire game by Bob Knight, who actually said that a player wasn't effective like Zoubek, that not even Zoubek would have caught an errant pass, and that it was good, very good, that Duke passed it to Zoubek.
Who woulda thunkit?
It is great to be back, and it is GREAT to have basketball start again!
Go Duke! And bring on the Bruins!
...The Ultimate Truths!
Well, let The Ultimate Lord begin by saying He has missed you all. Talk of bacon and D'nika Romero aside, basketball season is where it is at. And what little The Ultimate Lord has been able to make out through squinting at a computer screen while DookSucksGoHeels! has been blasting away on the chat about **** buying off the refs led Him to believe it will be a very interesting season! Finally though it is time for ESPN... and let the games begin!
* Ahhh The Ultimate Lord missed the ESPN basketball music! It is like Pavlov's dogs... play the music, and The Ultimate Lord starts screaming obscenties and insisting K recruit a big guy!
* This will be a terrific test of SIU?!?! WTF is that crap?!?! A test of THEM? Seriously?
* Come on Gerald... we need you to really step up this game and get nasty here... otherwise we might start getting nervous.
* BTW, sorry to say it, but The Ultimate Lord's money is on cancer. Sorry, Coaches, but it's got a lot of experience.
* Wow. Bob Knight looks crusty and cranky. In other words, like Bob Knight.
* Kyle w/hair > Kyle w/out. The Ultimate Lord always hated the "concentration camp survivor" look that our skinny white guys seem to adopt sometimes.
* Doris > Erin in every way. Well... almost every way.
* Gerald jumping when we have 7 foot Zoubek in there never gets old. Or any less depressing.
* Speaking of Zoubek... goddamn it.
* Wow... MSG looks BEAUTIFULLY empty on HDTV to start! Where are all the Dukies?! Or did they all move back to New Jersey after losing their jobs on Wall Street?
* WTF is a Saluki, anyway?
* Thank god for Kyle this year.
* Love that clip of the '93 team. Seeing the 33 and the 11 out there is ALWAYS a treat.
* Wojo is going to have some SERIOUS "crazy old man" eyebrows someday. Think "Andy Rooney" eyebrows.
* Hmmm... so this is three Duke games, three Nolan starts, and three slow, disjointed starts by Duke. It is time to put Greg back in as the starting PG.
* BTW; a Saluki is maybe the oldest domesticated dog breed in the world, first being kept as a pet as long as 7000 years ago, and bred in Iraq. Not only does The Ultimate Lord socialize (and get frustrated with Brian Zoubrick) but The Ultimate Lord informs! (Thank you Dwight.)
* When Zoubek did the first right thing of the game (that reach in to cause a TO... which, in retrospect, may have actually been a WRONG thing with a lucky result) did you see the bench go nuts?
* The Ultimate Lord hearts Jon Scheyer.
* Man, Nate Dogg looks SHARP in a suit! Only thing he looks sharper in? A Duke uniform.
* BTW, speaking of Jon... don't let The Ultimate Lord hear another moron say Jon isn't athletic. He really, really is. Just because a brother is skinny and white and makes funny O-faces when exerting himself does NOT mean he isn't athletic.
* When Plumlee first came in the other guys really missed him a few times when he was open.
* BTW; The Ultimate Lord LOVES Bob Knight as an analyst. Just listening to him you can HEAR the years of experience... the philosophies, the play theory, how used he is to tracking numbers and trends... awesome.
* Heh, when Plumlee fouls they say Zoubek. Paging Dr. Freud!
* Speaking of Miles, they say he cleared 6'9 as a high jumper in high school. That is like Miles Plumlee jumping... well, over Miles Plumlee. That is very zen.
* Anyone else think Nick Evans looks a bit like a dopey Michael Rappaport?
* No Time Outs in the air anymore? Aw... man, that sucks. Those were always fun and exciting.
* The Frosh are showing up earlier this game. Apparently the 360 Doghouse only lasts a game.
* OHHHH!!! Fay HURDLED that family!! You notice how appreciative that Dad was? Man, that would have been UGLY... right into the boys in the front row. Awesome move by Fay.
* Oh baseball. Where else would a "20 win season" be a HUGE deal for a player (a pitcher in this case) when the team plays something like 3,000 games in a season? What a bunch of wussies.
* Ahhh nice block and recovery by Plumlee! Memo to Coach K: Please, sit Zoubek forever.
* Speaking of Plumlee, there were a few occassions where SIU players clearly passed out/backed off, respecting Plumlee's blocking ability.
* God these turnovers are BRUTAL. Some of our drives, it is like the Duke player is just putting their head down and GOING, and the resulting TO or charge is just SO predictable.
* The Ultimate Lord hearts the Jump-hook.
* Jon has got SUCH a nose for the ball.
* BTW, the "Talk about how good a free throw shooter a guy is and watch him miss the next one" Curse is TOTALLY real.
* Comment from Hal Steinbrenner; "My Dad, needless to say, is a hard act to follow." Not reported; the follow-up "So I fired his grandpa *** and had him dragged out by security." Ahhh those Steinbrenner genes! Second only to the McMahon genes in inhereted assholeishness.
* Beautiful fake 3/pass to Thomas by Greg. The Ultimate Lord hearts the faked 3.
* Email doesn't seem to have a lot of fear at going right at the D... sometimes a good thing, sometimes not so much.
* "None of them." God, The Ultimate Lord loves Bob Knight.
* Good things happen when Zoubek gets the ball? Seriously? "This is good, this is very good?" "Get Zoubek the ball?" Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
* Wow... Singler, Hendo, and Paulus with no points? Is that a GOOD sign, like "Oh look, even with our best guys struggling we respond and take the lead?" Or is it a crap sign, like "Oh look, our best guys are struggling?" The Ultimate Lord will let you know in March.
* Damn... turn down the music during the K & K talk!
* Len Elmore has the biggest mouth The Ultimate Lord has ever seen.
* And Steve Lavin has the biggest HEAD The Ultimate Lord has ever seen. Seriously, its like an old-school cash register.
* BTW... would you?
* BTW; The Ultimate Lord has always agreed with Knight that Zoubek DOES have a nice looking free throw stroke, especially for a big guy.
* "Not even Zoubek would have caught that one?" Seriously... that would make ANY Duke fan giggle like a schoolgirl.
* WOW Nolan! JEEZ. Angry, ANGRY! Expected the Gerald alley-oop, but GOD that was nasty nasty NASTY!
* The key is around the 10 minute mark in the second. If a team sticks with Duke until then, it will be a game. But often, that is where it all starts to slip away.
* Apparently the inverse of the "He never misses a free throw" Rule is true as well, as evidenced by the "Gerald hasn't scored tonight" 3 pointer.
* God, speaking of Gerald, look at those arms. Hard core NBA body. Hard core NBA game? We'll see.
* "A guy who is very effective, like Zoubek." Jesus H. Ultimate Lord, this NEVER gets old!!!
* Fay looks like he should star in High School Musical 4, after Efron leaves. Mannnnnnn-crush!
* Foul #3 on Fay was a pure frustration foul, through and through... nothing like that "I just screwed up, I'm going to grab a hold of an opposing player in a desperate attempt to make up for it now" foul.
* Oh man... look at the foul disparity. Cue the whiney ***** Cryolina fans in 3, 2, 1...
* Anyone catch that graphic for Mullins "-3rd in School History for Assists?" Negative 3rd? Seriously? Do you really need the dash in an isolated graphic like that?
* The Ultimate Lord doesn't adore Nolan's dribble when under pressure; he sometimes has this awkward skip-step that feels like a turnover waiting to happen.
* Wow, K got EXCITED over that multiple save, multiple jump play. Love that!
* Since the wrist injury, it seems like Gerald has lost that midrange pull-up shot and depended more on the 3 and the drive... it is a shame, because the midrange pull-up is a good weapon for Gerald, and leads to more "Troy" jokes for The Ultimate Lord.
* Amazing there aren't more strained backs in basketball when you see a guy go up for a layup and get hammered/held/pushed down by a foul.
* Oh JESUS Singler went down HARD. Arrrgghh! Right into the pylon! God that looked HORRIBLE. Just terrible. So glad he bounced back up. And cue the Tyler Zeller comparisons in 3, 2, 1...
* VMI 133, Stevenson 72?! JEEZ VMI scores a LOT.
* The Ultimate Lord loves the ref/coach relationship. We always just think it is yelling and fighting, but there is SO much more there. The Ultimate Lord would love to have them both miked during a game so we could hear them.
* Chris Paul... 12 assists a GAME?! Jeez. Wonder what his Punch-in-the-nuts per game average is?
* Great to see the free throws really improve.
* Wait; there are 3 ingredients to drawing fouls, and the third is being in a position to draw a foul? Uh... why bother with the other two? Isn't that third one enough?
* Carlton Fay totally speaks with a Scottish accent.
* OHHHH GERALD!! JEEZ!!! Seriously, two NASTY nasty dunks in a single HALF!! And both times, the Duke player gave a little stare-down... can't remember the last time we've had two such intense dunks in a single half. Anyone?
* Heh... love hearing Bobby K praise Coach K.
* Playing even with Duke for 25 minutes actually doesn't mean that much. Many teams do that. It is the playing-even-for-40 minutes that matter.
* BTW; just to reintroduce... Cameron W! Ahhh so lovely!
* Anyone else think that Kevin Dillard actually looked a bit like maybe Demarcus? Same angelic look. Not the same bowling-balls-for-shoulders.
* Jeez... NO ONE in Puerto Rico for that St. John's game. Never seen an arena so empty. What, was there a blizzard and no one could make it?
* Thank god Gerald really stepped up... The Ultimate Lord was getting very, very nervous.
* All in all, a good game. The first was bowling-shoe ugly, but the second was vastly improved, and it was nice to see Gerald really step it up... we will need him to be an All-Star if we want to make it deep into March. Kyle did well, Jon with his traditional nose for the ball... Nolan was a bit unsure at times, but he'll be fine. And the surprise of the game?
Brian Zoubek, who was praised the entire game by Bob Knight, who actually said that a player wasn't effective like Zoubek, that not even Zoubek would have caught an errant pass, and that it was good, very good, that Duke passed it to Zoubek.
Who woulda thunkit?
It is great to be back, and it is GREAT to have basketball start again!
Go Duke! And bring on the Bruins!
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