The season's over, unleash the highlights
by Joel Hollingsworth on Apr 6, 2010 7:05 AM EDT
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PrintTalking Points for 4/6/10:
- I'm not sure where to find the official version of One Shining Moment -- the official NCAA Tournament highlight video -- but millions of YouTubers are likely to post it all day as fast as the infringement patrol can disable them. If you find the official version, do us all a favor and post a link in the comment section. Why do we care? Because there are a couple of different shots of players in the right shade of orange, including Wayne Chism, J.P. Prince (salute!), Bobby Maze, and Brian Williams. Oh, and because that was one fantastic game last night. Who knew basketball was also a game of inches?
- Speaking of . . . you can now preorder the Vol Network Basketball Season Highlight DVD, which really should have a snazzier name by the time they actually press the thing later this spring.
- The April 17 Orange and White Game schedule has been set: Fans Day begins at 10:30 a.m. at Haslam Field with gates along the Pat Head Summitt Street entrance opening at 9:45 a.m. Neyland Stadium gates open at 12:30 p.m. for the 2:00 p.m. kickoff. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at uttix.com.
- Don't expect to leave the Orange and White Game knowing who our quarterback will be. We won't ($?). Yes, we've said this before, but the coaches keep saying it, so we'll keep repeating it.
- Coach Dooley is seriously serious about special teams. Seriously. He means it. Really.
- The Tennessee-Memphis game on November 6 is set for an 8:00 p.m. kickoff. It's currently the only game with a set start time, and it will be broadcast by CBS College Sports. Yeah, go check your lineup because that channel is probably not among the 1,000 Channel Digital Preferred Premier Package of Poo to which you are currently subscribed.
- Not Vols, but interesting . . . Florida's probably going to use two quarterbacks this year. One guy for first and second down and one guy to run to the left on third down, like they did with Chris Leak and Tim Tebow back in the day. It will be interesting to see if that's a good strategy or whether it only worked because Tebow was involved.
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The young lady in the picture
is doing what I did after our Elite 8 game against MSU. I sat there for a long time after the game. I walked out of the arena with Bernie Pearl, who was a very personable guy, as you might imagine. I also got to speak to John Prince, telling him how much I had appreciated getting to watch J.P. play over the last 3 years. He thanked me and his summation was “Well, he’s certainly had fun.” Really, seeing as how it’s a game, what more can you ask?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
was having this discussion with a friend
if that half court heave had gone in and won the game, it would have been the greatest highlight in the history of American sports, no?
algebraically:
(the miracle on ice – global impact) x (college basketball’s net popularity over hockey) + (laettner’s buzzerbeater x half court difficulty) = Butler’s (would be) Buzzerbeater
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
You left out 2 important factors:
Both the Miracle on Ice and Laettner’s buzzerbeater were in the Semifinal games. This would have been for the whole tamale. I agree, that would have been the greatest highlight in the history of American sports…shame it didn’t happen.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Apr 6, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Great, yes.
You’ll never get anything resembling consensus on greatest. I’d still hold things like Mary Lou Retton’s 10 up on that list for consideration.
by David Hooper on Apr 6, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
knowing you have to be perfect is pretty similar to knowing you have to hit a 50 footer.
the only problem w/ the 10 as a highlight is it’s pretty incomprehensible to lay viewers what was so special about her vault. i mean, all vaults look really cool, what made that a 10 instead of a 9.8? anyone who makes it out of that event alive and intact deserves a 10.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
Also: "The Giants Win The Pennant"
just another possibility. Of course, that’s not a single-moment highlight per se. And it takes remembering that the League pennants were once considered the goal, not so much the World Series.
Not to mention...
… “sports” that rely solely on judges’ scores don’t (or shouldn’t) count.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
Well, I don't consider gymnastics a sport in the first place.
There’s no element of direct competition, which is a mandatory part of my personal definition. It’s definitely a very athletic competition, but not a sport.
But for the sake of argument, it’s a great highlight moment.
I suppose...
I was watching it live and honestly had completely forgotten about it until you mentioned it. I certainly never think of it when I am thinking of all-time great sports moments.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
They gave out 10s like candy back then. ;)
In all seriousness, the judging then supposedly wasn’t as tough as it is now. Also, it’s inherently subjective.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Apr 6, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The official video
was available on CBSSports.com last night, but I can’t find it today. I assume at some point it should be available there.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
You mean....
putting in more UK? Parts of BBN are melting down because there was just one very brief shot of John Wall, while, as one Cat fan said “more shots of Tennessee than anyone else, even Duke”. They feel deeply wronged. I pointed out to someone that the John Wall dance was in there, but she was not amused!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
But they knew that UK fans would be watching either way.
What reason did they have to feature UK more often? ;-)
UK fans enjoy failure
How else can you explain a sold-out Rupp Arena during the Billy G. years?
I said it elsewhere and will say it again: Only Calipari the most ridiculous talent in the NCAA tournament (FOUR First Round NBA players) and not make it to the Final Four.
If BP had that talent, can’t you imagine him stepping in at some point to ask, “Say, fellas, we have a better chance of hitting the NBA lottery than these 3 pointers you keep launching – what do you say about penetrating against the zone?” That is, doing some real coaching on the sidelines during the game.
That should read
Only Calipari (can have) the most ridiculous talent in the NCAA tournament….
I have this:
From the Huffington Post. It embeds a youtube video, and I’m too lazy to go follow the link. But the video worked for me plenty well.
The video features a John Wall dance I can get behind.
Screw Miss Sue!! Screw Her With the Neyland Zombie Army!!
yep....
According to someone on CatsPause the punishment for that kind of disrespect is tearing your ACL….
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Haven't they learned from pro wrestling?
Your dance always gets mocked when you lose. Just like how the ref is always looking the wrong way at the critical moment in the match.
/kayfabe
Shouldn't you have done /kayfabe before that post?
::cough::
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Apr 6, 2010 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Not if I wanted to flesh out the other former geeks.
by David Hooper on Apr 6, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Odd one, that.
I grew up with my version, but I’ve seen yours quite a bit otherwise. I vacillate between the two. I think ‘flush’ is probably more correct, given that it makes a little more sense, but I kinda like ‘flesh’ for some reason.
by David Hooper on Apr 7, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, this one.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Apr 7, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Soo..
I got sick of having to log into yahoo to post here, and couldn’t figure out how to change that option or anything, so I made a new account. Proof that it’s me: bobo_the_vol will never post again. And it’s settled.
All that proves...
is that you’ve gotten rid of bobo_the_vol, but forgot to secure his password beforehand. You won’t get away with this!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Hah!
But the real bobo would have seen this coming…
by David Hooper on Apr 6, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
No
The real bobo will think this is happening next time we have a discussion about someone stealing an account. Or when we play Mississippi State.
by Incipient_Senescence on Apr 7, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
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