Okay, so I am not sure how many of you play, or have played Halo 3. I recently got an Xbox and Halo 3, and I give it very good reviews. I like it as much as the next guy, but not as much as this kid!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Poll Closed
Well the poll closed and humor seems to be king. Not many comments though for me to go from... so I'll try to keep up the humorous posts.
Unwatchable (a rant)
Yes, I know today is Wednesday and the game I'm talking about happened on Sunday but better to rant late than never. Is it just me, or is Big Ten basketball just about unwatchable? I've been able to watch a fair amount of MSU basketball this year, which has been nice. Sort of. My biggest complaint is the officiating. So Sunday, I was watching MSU and Ohio State. The game itself was frustrating at first. When I tuned in MSU was losing to an OSU team it should have been working over. The Spartans couldn't catch a break so I thought, man the refs are not helping us here.
In the second half MSU controlled the ball better and started to look like they might actually want to win after all... and a funny thing happened. The calls worked in the Spartan's favor. I understand that games are sometimes called to "favor" a more aggressive team and I think this works to MSU's favor often enough. I can understand that part but my problem is with the number of calls. Sunday's box score shows 33 personal fouls called (split evenly betweent the teams) during the game... the 40 minute game. That's right nearly a foul every minute... every 72.7 seconds (of game time) to be exact. Why? Why is this necessary?
I know MSU has a reputation as being an aggressive team, but doesn't this seem excessive? I've heard the story how a few years ago Izzo had the team do a rebounding drill with football shoulder pads on... it seems to be brought up at least once in every game (I personally don't believe this happened, or if it did it was a publicity stunt. Would and Division I coach really put his players at that much of a risk for injury in a rebounding drill?) I'm sure the officials have intentions of "keeping games clean" and blah, blah, blah what ever cliche you want to use here... but I think they could maybe let a little more slide to help the flow of the game without anybody getting hurt or into a fistfight. I don't know the officials by names or follow this, but I will say one name that seems to come up a lot during the most frustrating games I watch (and the only ref I can name, I promise) including Sunday's gem* is Ed Hightower. Here it shows he calls the most fouls per game this year so far. But my point is not to pick on him, look at the list and nobody on it is below 30 fouls a game.
I guess I think it's too much, and they should back of for fan (at least this fan's) enjoyment. A novel idea, I know... call a game that makes it easier to watch and that fans enjoy by staying out of the way and letting players decide the outcome. After watching several MSU games I guess the Big Ten and its officials think I must be crazy.
*not really a gem
In the second half MSU controlled the ball better and started to look like they might actually want to win after all... and a funny thing happened. The calls worked in the Spartan's favor. I understand that games are sometimes called to "favor" a more aggressive team and I think this works to MSU's favor often enough. I can understand that part but my problem is with the number of calls. Sunday's box score shows 33 personal fouls called (split evenly betweent the teams) during the game... the 40 minute game. That's right nearly a foul every minute... every 72.7 seconds (of game time) to be exact. Why? Why is this necessary?
I know MSU has a reputation as being an aggressive team, but doesn't this seem excessive? I've heard the story how a few years ago Izzo had the team do a rebounding drill with football shoulder pads on... it seems to be brought up at least once in every game (I personally don't believe this happened, or if it did it was a publicity stunt. Would and Division I coach really put his players at that much of a risk for injury in a rebounding drill?) I'm sure the officials have intentions of "keeping games clean" and blah, blah, blah what ever cliche you want to use here... but I think they could maybe let a little more slide to help the flow of the game without anybody getting hurt or into a fistfight. I don't know the officials by names or follow this, but I will say one name that seems to come up a lot during the most frustrating games I watch (and the only ref I can name, I promise) including Sunday's gem* is Ed Hightower. Here it shows he calls the most fouls per game this year so far. But my point is not to pick on him, look at the list and nobody on it is below 30 fouls a game.
I guess I think it's too much, and they should back of for fan (at least this fan's) enjoyment. A novel idea, I know... call a game that makes it easier to watch and that fans enjoy by staying out of the way and letting players decide the outcome. After watching several MSU games I guess the Big Ten and its officials think I must be crazy.
*not really a gem
Friday, January 23, 2009
Sounds like black magic alright...
Here it is, the perfect crime. No one ever suspects the goat, except I guess the reporters... and even then they aren't likely to incarcerate the goat.
Woot
In case you didn't notice I put a little gizmo on here to show you the woot item for sale everyday. I put woot into my google reader because I like cheap electronics, and because the writers are funny. Here's a funny post from today. It's actually from a contest they held, so people put this stuff together and send it in. I liked the Pfizer one and the GM one was gross but made me laugh too.
Best Metal Band Ever
Am I the only one that listens to metal anymore? I am? Oh well...If anyone else wants to hear some awesome stuff that's not just screaming, goto my new favorite band's myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/mastodon
click on top pic for borat appearance
Comment for Previous Post
Okay, so they totally PLAGIARIZED the idea from Bond (quick Dino comic referrence (not that this needs to be noted for Aaron)). Uh anyone seen The Man with the Golden Gun??
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Back to the Future 2 here we come
After years feeling like I've been lied to the future is now. That's right everybody, all you need is $194,000 and you're on your way. Start saving now, who needs to retire anyway.
Congrats to everyone...
but especially me! This is the 100th post of The Music Snobs. Everyone gets congratulations for reading the blog, commenting, and writing the occasional post. Well, I hope people enjoys the blog and here's to another hundred posts to come.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Don't worry I'm not dead...
Faithful readers, I'm sorry for the lack of posts. Turns out applying for graduate schools is not fun, and takes a long time. I've also been busier now that the holidays are behind us. I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things with more regular posts, and thought...
now would be a good time for a poll question to help me get some new ideas for posts. Please vote, and provide details why you chose what you did, and ideas for posts in the comments.
now would be a good time for a poll question to help me get some new ideas for posts. Please vote, and provide details why you chose what you did, and ideas for posts in the comments.
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