And by "enjoy it thoroughly", I mean I will trap myself in my apartment and stay out of the snow and cold. But that's not all that bad, it gives me time to catch up on my blog, acquire new music, clean my room (NOT!) and start writing a skeleton of my Thursday article which will preview the women's swimming MVC Championships which are going to be held Feb. 14-16 at the SIU Rec Center.
Well, at least that means I'll be busy on Valentine's Day. Ahhh, good ol' V-Day! It deserves a post of its own and will likely get it because there is nothing I like more than a good ol' fashioned blog bitching about Valentine's Day. Don't worry, I'll have something up my sleeve.
While it's freezing up here, I'm imagining warmer temps out in Arizona where the Cubs will be kicking off Spring Training in just a few days. Manager Lou Piniella is in his second year with the Cubs and will try to take another crack at ending the longest championship drought in Major League Baseball.
Hmmm, it seems as if a Cubs preview deserves a post of its own. I know I've been promising one for a while, but it will get done.
As for the SIU men's basketball team, yuck! They just can't win on the road and that just means it's a mental thing. 9-2 at the friendly confines of the SIU Arena, but only 1-9 on the road. Even if SIU is 4-5 on the road, they would be 16-8 and looking like a much better team.
12-12 is a looong fall from a team that was only a few buckets away from knocking off the Kansas Jayhawks in the Sweet 16 round a year ago. I knew the Dawgs would miss Jamaal Tatum and Tony Young, but without one of the most dynamic backcourt duos in SIU history, the Salukis look lost--especially on the road.
That takes us to a little bit of a preview of Wednesday's game (weather permitting, of course) against the No. 14 Drake Bulldogs. Drake, who was picked to finish 9th in the MVC according to the pre-season poll, is the class of the MVC this year and has shocked the college hoops world by winning 21 straight games.
That means it is up to SIU to A) stop the streak and B) not allow Drake to clinch anything at the SIU Areana.
Me thinks that topic deserves a post of its own too. Guess what, it will!
That's all for now, sorry for not keeping up, life is busy (to say the least). I'll leave you with some quality linkage:
- Fire Joe Morgan hops on my bandwagon, statistically proving why Ryan Theriot shouldn't be at the top of the batting order. Note: I really like Theriot, but the Cubs aren't going to win a World Series because of him, who knows if they can win one with him batting lead-off and playing 150 games at shortstop.
- I know we ridiculed Latrell Sprewell for rejecting a $21 million extension because he had mouths to feed, but now aren't we looking foolish? Sprewell's yacht is gone and his home might be next.
- Don't look now...seriously don't look. ESPN's got themselves another gimmick: "The Greatest Highlight." Don't you miss the days of Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick and "The Big Show"--friggin' SportsCenter you could watch all morning??? I know I do. This is gonna suck--and it's hosted by Chris Berman and he's a tool! (Not to be confused with Plies!)
- One of my favorite baseball blogs Bugs & Cranks has two pieces comparing the 2007 Patriots choke to not one--but two--different chokes!
- This high school girl is an absolute beast in the post. She's committed to Baylor's women's team--so look out for them in the future.
- SIU head coach Chris Lowery makes an appearance at deadspin.com, and it's not a good thing.
- Sometimes I have no sex life, but this guy has absolutely none...wow, that's all I can say.
I never thought I'd pull a quality quote from a site dedicated to the profiles of hot chicks on facebook, but alas:
“Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get the chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.”Here's the link, enjoy yourselves a pretty girl today.
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