I am having a pretty good day so far. I was up late last night, I watched some “Arrow” and then turned over the Netflix to my wife and she watched “Gossip Girl” as I made fun of it for 2 hours. Woke up a little earlier than I wanted to today; but I got some groceries; had a good run where the music on my iPhone just found the perfect random mix for a run; made my wife some guacamole to surprise her when I got home; made myself a pretty solid chicken sandwich; and now I have to prepare for watching Mav basketball and Husker football at the same time, as well as listening to Mav women basketball on the radio, and allowing my wife to watch the Oregon football game. We’re definitely getting our money out of Cox Cable today. Oh, I feel sorry for any guy that has a wife that makes him go to Black Friday shopping. My wife watches sports with me and brings me Starbucks. Booyah!
- I am wearing an Omaha Mavericks short sleeve shirt over a Nebraska Cornhuskers long sleeve shirt. Admit it, I am your boss.
- I really feel like the Mavs can win this game. I don’t like saying it out loud because anyone will assume I am just bein a homer when I say it. Omaha is capable of winning this game, and South Dakota State is capable of beating Minnesota when they play them later on this season.
- Does Rick Pitino ever blame his son for the problems that the Boston Celtics had when he was running the team and ruining a part of my childhood?
- I really wanted to listen to the women’s game on the radio, but I could not understand one word that was said. It sounds as if the broadcast is coming from a shed 3 miles from the arena.
- Hey, ESPN3 froze on me at the first media timeout. I blame Richard Pitino for this.
- Is home court advantage not as big for Minnesota when Omaha has a few Minnesotans on the team, and they got a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of one of the players last night? They get the feeling of family on an away game, that cannot hurt, right?
- I do not think Minnesota is all that great. I find it offensive that they were preseason ranked higher than Nebraska.
- I’m drinking a delicious coffee from Starbucks at the moment. Their holiday cup fiasco was made up, right? Probably even made up by them. How can I prove it? Damn it, I cant.
- Daniel Meyer is looking really active in his short amount of time right now, and Tim Smallwood just looks intense.
- At the 8 minute media timeout, I can turn on the Nebraska game. I can definitely mute the Nebraska game as they put the worst possible group of commentators that they could find.
- It sort of sounds as if there are more Omaha fans than Minnesota fans at this game. You can hear them when Omaha does anything good, but you cannot find them.
- Jake White, Zach Jackson, Devin Patterson, and Tim Smallwood all have 2 fouls in the first half; and the Mavericks are ahead by 1.
- I am actually kind of angry right now because The Paul Finebaum Show is listed on ESPN3 that someone must watch and be entertained by. I’ve never tuned into the Paul Finebaum show, but I assume it’s just him in front of the camera constantly sending his meal back from Outback because his medium rare steak is too red. Then he spells out “SEC” in his ketchup.
- Over to the Nebraska game: Tommy Armstrong throws an interception on a play action pass. Never seen that before.
- I am pretty pumped for Nebraska and Oregon to play football over the next two years. One thing I am excited for is going to Oregon and seeing how many Nebraska fans buy up tickets from all of the Oregon bandwagon fans that usually just go for a free t-shirt or some crap. I brought this up to my wife, an avid Oregon fan, she actually thought that should play out to be an interesting scenario.
- My father-in-law is not a bandwagon Oregon fan. He is the guy that will set up an Oregon bar in Minnesota just so he could have a bar to guarantee himself a good place to watch an Oregon game when he is in town visiting family. If I ever somehow got him to go to an Omaha-North Dakota hockey game (he is originally from North Dakota), he would only go if the big screen in the arena had an Oregon game on the screen. He would somehow find his way to the arena staff and seriously demand it. My father-in-law currently resides in North Dakota…I send him tidbits of Omaha hockey to argue with North Dakota hockey fans at the local pubs there to anger them. You’re welcome.
- Earlier in the game, the commentators were commenting how great Omaha’s passing is. Every pass is a bounce pass, and not some pass thrown up at some guy’s face.
- Jake White hit his second 3 of the game. So far the only basket he has missed, he got the offensive rebound himself and put it back up for a score.
- Jake White picks up his 3rd foul, I am incredibly curious how long they can keep him on the bench with Minnesota picking up a little steam right now. He’s hot today, he’s needed out on the court.
- You know what is better than a Hollins-to-Thurman alley oop? Nothing.
- Jake White gets stabbed in the face. My wife drops the F bomb, and loudly. It’s an extreme coincidence though, she was just reacting to Oregon State being up 7-0 on Oregon. This reminds me: If anyone has Intro to Gerontology and your professor is a 5 foot tall 29 year old woman, can you just yell out “Mark Helfrich sucks” or “Chuck Bass has a douche face.” That professor will think you are the coolest student to ever take a class.
- I have the Nebraska game on mute, but I can tell the refs are messing it up.
- Are we sure Richard Pitino is the coach? His no tie or jacket look makes it feel like he’s the terrible cousin that no one likes that showed up to the family dinner when they were not invited. He wasn’t invited because of his love of strippers from Kentucky. Too far?
- The play with Hollins getting the ball to White near the free throw line and then White getting the ball to a cutting Thurman was fantastic. White and Thurman each only have one assist, but they are making some good passes today. Big men that can pass are never bad pieces to have on a basketball team. No one complains about it. It might really bum out Richard Pitino actually.
- Jake White hits his third three of the game, and Omaha immediately takes a timeout as they are down 78-80. The Gopher fans could not be more pissed right now. 4 1/2 minutes to go in the game and the commentators finally just put it together that White is from the state or Minnesota. White is the Gopher Killer right now.
- Jake White fouls out and you can tell he is just furious. He played with great intensity today. He was a warrior out there that put the Mavericks on his back when he was on the court today. This new Jake White 2.0 is fantastic. This is the version we were hoping for last year that was slowed down with every injury imaginable it seemed. White could have gone for 40 today.
- Two shirts for myself may have been a poor choice.
- The video quality turned to absolute crap with 45 seconds to go and the audio stopped. That’s swell.
- I think I may throw up from the stress.
- There were a few moments when the game was close in a few different situations where guys wanted to take poor shots and be the hero. It was just a few, but guys can learn from that…I hope.
- Tra-Deon Hollins puts this team on an entirely different level. He does not need to score to take control of the game. Hollins can give you 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals whenever he wants. The Mavs have not had a player like that yet. His 9 assists are the most for any Maverick against a power conference school.
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