The Dawgs Ramblings

Today's Thoughts

Bobby Petrino’s leaving Louisville and the speed with which Steve Kragthorpe was hired demonstrates how both these deals were in the works for a while. Probably explains why Kragthorpe was hardly mentioned for an opening like Arizona St.

Old habits die hard. We all know what a precious commodity the remote can be when dealing with roommates. To this day, I still absent-mindedly carry the remote with me to another place in the apartment which leads to me looking around for it for a few minutes.

What is with all the athletic director’s hiring search firms for coaching candidates? Shouldn’t it be the top job of an AD to always have possible coaches in mind if one of their employees leaves? Why do they need a firm to say ‘maybe you should check out this guy’?

Anytime your football coach and basketball coach are fired in the same year that should mean an automatic firing of the AD. Minnesota athletics is just a mess.

I know the never graduate ads are humorous but lets get over the North Carolina – Duke and Michigan – Ohio St angles. There are other great under-publicized rivalries that would make that commercial funny and informative.

The best commercial on TV is the Manning family getting a tour of ESPN. The line about how you have to walk from the control room to the screening room is Niles Crane like understated humor. John Anderson simply has nothing to say. Cracks me up every time.

BC got a verbal commit from Chris Johnson – a dual threat QB from New Jersey. Think Jeff Blake for a comparison.

Have to give ND some props. Kicking McAlarney out of school showed the administration has their priorities straight also.

Kentucky basketball has officially fallen off the map. They have not competed for a title in years and are nothing more than a solid team this year. The press never discusses Tubby Smith as about to get the heave-ho though.

Many people know that Wisconsin guard Kammron Taylor looks like Chris Rock but he sure as heck sounds like him also.

The way Kevin Durant has been playing I would not be surprised to see a team take him over Oden.

Most raw, unheard of player that I have seen this year is Joe Alexander from West Virginia. Great athleticism and is just learning the game.

posted by oceanjay @ 2:56 PM