#NuAIDS Tuesday MOAR FLACCO Hoopsball Thread

True story – I had to take some Benadryl yesterday afternoon, fell asleep at the Niiiiiiiice Beaver half – and missed the rest of the evening.  I was suitably punished with some horrid, cold sweat nightmares at the end of my coma.

In the MOAR strange, yet still true category?  Should tonight’s favoUrites hold serve, this Chaos Maximus tournament…would send three #1s and a #2 to the Raging Semis.  And of course, no PAC-tion representation.  That seems wrong to me, yet I am powerless to stop it.

6W Southern Cal (+8.5) v. 1W Gonzaga (7:15, TBS)

I really like how the Troi Boiz play.  It took some time for the project to gel, but we can finally the free-flowing, fast-paced Credit Union teams of old.  Just with, you know, premium athletes.  Unfortunately, they are up against the runaway freight train Zags, who seem personally offended that Hippo had not selected them beyond the Flacco Eight in any of his brackets.

11E UCLA (+6.5) v. 1E Michigan (9:57, TBS)

Back across time zones in East Indy, their rival clan (not Klan, that’s just the FITBAW squadron) from Westwood takes on Juwan Howard’s Michigan.  UCLA is pretty successful at imposing their tempo on opponents, so I’d guess the odds of an upset here are greater.  It just ain’t quite as much fun, and still pretty unlikely.

Don’t forget Balls’ journey to Temptation Island, which continues later this evening.

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King Hippo
Reclusive, vulgar Broncos fan. Also a proud fookin' Evertonian. Likely dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. [Insert George Carlin quote followed by thoughtful nod.]
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yeah right

Back in the way before time when I was growing up in the high desert surrounded by snakes and Air Force bombs and earthquakes and lizards and shit my grandfather Pa told me that “Here in Southern California we route for USC football and UCLA basketball and I took that shit to heart and it still holds true.

UCLA won Pa! I would raise a glass to you but I know MeMe would give you the stink eye even in the afterlife.

Cheers anyway.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The Dr. Mrs. – who went to law school at UCLA – didn’t want to watch. I questioned the point of rooting for a team if you weren’t going to watch them play in important games.

Mr. Ayo

I’m sure that elicited a light hearted chuckle and nothing more.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

She was too busy steaming the floors. She thinks it helps them win. I guess she’s right!

Mr. Ayo

Never heard that euphemism, but congrats!

yeah right

Bruins!!!

Brocky

evening

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Mr. Ayo

They didn’t, but it still worked out.

TheRevanchist

When it gets down to UConn losing to Stanford in the final game, I’m going to be squealing like a pig.

litre_cola

*S Carolina

herodotus450

Turnover by Wagner? I haven’t seen a German drop the ball like this since Gerd Van Rundstedts handling of the Eastern Front!
/pushes WW2 history book under the rug

Beerguyrob

“Turnover” by Wagner was his worst opera.

TheRevanchist

Stanford up by 5. Now to keep that momentum.

litre_cola

Am watching 23 for Stanford is cold blooded.

TheRevanchist

She was kicking ass last game, too. That long 3 she hit was a fucking dagger!

litre_cola

Pretty stoned and very tired. Just realized I had the hoops on both my tv and my laptop.

herodotus450

On pace for a 44-16 game, how thrilling.

TheRevanchist

Check out Cardinal vs Cardinals for a better game.

TheRevanchist

Stanford is only down by 12 at the half. It’s going to be an easy climb once the shots start falling.

SonOfSpam

Matt Gaetz was interviewed by Tucker on “The Innocence Report” tonight, and he tried to drag Tucker into his mess…”like when we all went to dinner” and Tucker was all “I don’t remember anything like that” and dismissed Gaetz quickly and came back from commercial saying “Well that was the weirdest interview I’ve ever had on the show” so this is getting more fun than a G. Gordon Liddy death notification WHICH IS PRETTY FUCKING FUN.

LemonJello

More/Most punchable face; Matt Gaetz or Tucker Carlson?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Left hook and right cross.

SonOfSpam

Let’s call it a tie.
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Game Time Decision

Yes

TheRevanchist

Stanford is only down by 9 right now. There is still time.

Dunstan

G. Gordon Liddy just died. It’s no Rush Limbaugh, but I’ll take it.

I have a working hypothesis that anyone who uses “First Initial, Middle Name, Last Name” is a douchebag. Liddy. J. Edgar Hoover. Some other public figures I’m forgetting, plus a few assholes I’ve met personally.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Adelson, Limbaugh, and Liddy. Nice trifecta of death for the first quarter of this calendar year.
Hope Liddy is having to hold his whole body over an open flame now.
(for those of you too young for that reference, just google “liddy hand over candle)

SonOfSpam

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herodotus450

J. Robert Oppenheimer.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Ok, hear me out–instead of working, we just hibernate

TheRevanchist

Stanford is trailing early, but no need to fret. They can score. And they will, damn it!

litre_cola

Need me some South Carolina magic for a gently used fleshlight!

TheRevanchist

That will be mine!

litre_cola

The NCAA should really just sweep these guys off the court after 5 minutes. Like the Oscars do with playing music. let’s get to the next game, keep it moving.

Redshirt

NCAA kicks Oregon State Beavers out of hotel in the middle of the night after Elite 8 loss (yahoo.com)

Another reminder that NCAA considers student athletes as indentured servants.

Dunstan

Eh, if you’re not going to be playing with a Beaver any more, you don’t want it hanging around your hotel room.

LemonJello

I hope they at least got to shower. Can you imagine the smell of all those sweaty Beavers on an airplane?

Redshirt

How was Gonzaga able to schedule a cupcake school in the Elite Eight round?

herodotus450

Classic West Coast favoritism in sprots, YET AGAIN.

Don T

Party at Weaselo’s! I can mail you a coupon for a sleeping bag HINT
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herodotus450

I upgraded my modem to a 28.8 and the site has been working fine, ya’ll should try it.

LemonJello

Can I borrow your AOL CD?

litre_cola

Oooh Mr Fancypants, I get my god damn interwebs from a floppy and I do just fine. Any day that Limewire porno will come through? Will it be good? Who knows? That’s part of the thrill! Maybe it will be a nubile Nina Harley?

LemonJello

I hope its done soon. I’ve got a couple Spin Doctors tracks waiting to download from Napster.

litre_cola

You think. Its probably some Nineh Cherry with a side of malware.

Gumbygirl

Just go ahead now.

Redshirt

My modem hasn’t failed me, yet.
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litre_cola

I’m in! I would hope this is rectified tomorrow.
Gonzaga is good at the hoopz.

herodotus450

Nothing worse than getting a cheese and not knowing if the rind is supposed to be eaten or not.

Redshirt

I thought driving 90 miles to get the vaccine was too bad, but I was mistaken; someone else drove 120 miles to get the vaccine.

Also, in addition to getting the vaccine, as an small, additional “go fornicate yourself” to the anti-vaxxers and pretty much the Republican Party AND in the spirit of baseball starting this week, I’m setting you up with a hanging breaking ball over the plate, the instrument of my COVID-19 salvation and a return to normalcy was given to me on Gay Street.

LemonJello

Fabulous!

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LemonJello

“What, do I owe you money or something?”
-Hippo’s Benadryl bottle

Mr. Ayo

Dead ref! Dead ref!

Redshirt

Do they have backups or do they continue with one less BLEERGH minion?

Mr. Ayo

They have an alternate.

Sadly, this one seems fully operational.

Horatio Cornblower

Pretty sure they bring in the crew from UConn-Baylor and just let everything go to hell.

The Maestro

We bacc??

Redshirt

Website still has to be reloaded when you post something, but it seems a bit faster. Other than that, they still have less than a month before the draft to finish debugging.