End of year projects being rushed or made at the last minute. Having to buy presents. Kid’s school stuff. A flurry of various doctors’ appointments to make sure all the money is used from the benefits account before the end of the year. There is nothing about December that isn’t rushed, hurried or harried. Tonight it is my daughter’s holiday concert. I love her, but sitting through an hour plus of kids from 4-11 doing Christmas music has to at least hold a spot in purgatory.
The concert is — of course — set for 7 pm. Same as the game with the Hornets. It appears to be a game that can only be viewed via the Pitt website. Guess I’ll be surreptitiously checking my phone for updates tonight.
As for the Hornets. They are a MEAC team. A 5-6 record. No surprise they are renting themselves out for beatings. They are in the midst of a 6-game road trip. They are coming off an overtime loss that nearly had them knock off Penn State. Which would have still counted as beating a major conference opponent. They also beat Delaware (making the Blue Hens’ upset win over Virginia look that much more fluky and unhelpful for Pitt’s non-con SOS)
About the only intrigue in this game is that DSU features a center named Kendall Gray. In one player, it can evoke the frontcourt of the 2005-2007 Panthers.
Team we should be talking about more: Pittsburgh
No line on Pitt from Vegas.
Oakland getting 11 points from the very awful WVU team.
I’m 18 and dating a contestant in the Junior Miss pageant day after Thanksgiving. I am on my way out and new boyfriend on his way in.
Instead of watching football and eating cold turkey, I go to the damn pageant. Worse is that I have a blind pimple growing rapidly at the tip of my nose: even mire worse is the fact that new boyfriend is there too: worse yet is that hypochondriac grandma is present complaining about everything. Proving that God made me pay for sins I still haven’t committed (yeah, Catholic) my girlfriend wins the damn pageant.
You have not lived until you have seen the head of a 17 year old beauty queen triple in size in a matter of minutes.
So here we are at the damn winners reception; me, new beau, her brothers, parents, grandma whining and well wishers galore. God, my girls face almost cracked from smiling.
My nose is now ripe, redder than Rudolph and pulsating. My fate was sealed when, in the only 5 seconds of complete silence the entire night, the damn grandma pierces the silence by turning to me and saying in a clear, whiny voice “HEY SFPITT! WHAT’S THAT ON YOUR NOSE?”
Once my friends got wind if that scene I had to go into the witness protection program for 2 months.
Wait until your daughter gets older and boyfriends have to sit thru these things? I only hope out there tonight some poor SOB boyfriend can stand the pain.
Had to get that out guys!!
Back to hoops.
Gasaway finally waxing poetic about Pitt hoops, no longer f*rting around:
link to basketballprospectus.com
But I’m convinced he has yet to see the team play, nary a word about James Robinson.
To make a long story short, PITT game is scheduled to be on CSS (Comcast Sports South). So if you live in ths south or at least upstate SC check your TV guide. CSS is not a HD channel but in our basic tier,
It amazes my the Pony can walk. He had to get his jobs on his knees, praying of course
Way too many unforced errors for the entire team.
They better tighten-up in the 2nd half.
I agree Bowman is not good.
But Page talks about himself too much, I don’t think he would be better.
24 assists on 30 baskets.
DSU 10 rebs.
2nd half was a dunk-fest.
Bring on the Big East.
Comment by pitt1972 12.19.12 @ 4:20 pm
lol hope you put some coinage on the game !
Again a great 2nd half beatdown, held them below 20 points for the half. Pitt 40 -16
Other games of note:
Cincy beat Xavier 60-45 (good for us)
Notre Dame 85 Kennesaw St. (next opponent) 57
UTEP 91 Oregon 84 (OU was #26 in AP)
Wisky-Green Bay 49 Marquette 47
Hoopies 76 Oakland 71
Texas 85 #23 North Carolina 67
We might be Ranked Next Week !!!
HTP !
Veritas et Virtus !
Well it’s ironic for me, because the very 1rst basketball game I ever saw in my life was around 1968, my dad took me to see The Tarheels at Fitzgerald and Pitt actually won. Even though UNC had the great Charlie Scott (first black superstar of the ACC), George Karl from Penn Hills and Dennis Wuycich from Ambridge.
It was truly amazing PITT won this game considering the talent difference on the teams.
I remember we had Bill Sulkowski, Buzzy Hairston and that’s about all I can remember off the top of my head.
Allthough, maybe that’s what I like about him, doesn’t sound like a radio guy.
Very cool and very laid back.
Like Starkey too. Liked Seibel, he was kind of the straight man, and always had some good points.
I thought he was just on vacation.
Pony’s a jack ass, and so is that Colon Dunlap, he’s a jerk.
I also remember that Duquesne was really good back then with Bill Zopf, Jarret Durham, Moe Barr and Nelson Twins
Khem Birch will fail at life. I’m not rooting for it, but I just have a hunch
I also don’t understand why we don’t play schools like Kent St and Akron … like FB, many of these MAC schools play decent BB and they’re not that far away
