Johnny Gilbert’s Perfect Sweet 16. Some 3.5 million people submitted brackets on ESPN.com’s Tourney Challenge game and after this weekend’s upsets only 2 had all the sweet 16 finalists (nobody has a perfect one). One of them was this young boy, Johnny Gilbert, a Ohio State fan who says he got all his picks from reading the morning paper and reading up online. Way to go!
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Connor rates his Pro Day performance as a 13 out of 10 (jokingly, apparently) and says in a Battle Royale of Penn State linebackers he would take out Paul Posluszny in the final round. Then again, if you read Hashmarks most recent post, maybe you would be feeling this good too.
For at least two years, Big House won’t be biggest. Who isn’t surprised that Michigan was trying to cheat at the ADA, by not making the stadium accessible. Now that the playing field is level though, maybe Penn State will expand to keep up with them. Generally I regard stadium expansions as the worst kind of pissing contest, but if Penn State wants to add seats so I can get tickets easier that’s alright by me now.
Media and Major League Baseball in New Photo Dispute. You’re allowed no more than 7 photos per game, remaining on your site for no more than 72 hours, and must not be included in a photo gallery. You must ask permission to use interviews for online audio/video reports and those reports can be no greater than 2 minutes. This makes DRM seem reasonable.
Yuckster Fricassee. The New York Times has an interesting piece about Rick Reilly and Dan Patrick switching outlets and how they’ve been brought in to contribute to the Web as much as print, TV, or radio. Also intersting to me, not only is Matthew Berry name dropped in the story, its not even the first time he’s been mentioned in the Times.
- Last year I felt a distaste every time I remembered the Super Bowl and that Peyton Manning won. I hate the guy. What a difference a year makes. Every time I look back on this game I’m going to get a smile across my face that Tom Brady and Bill Bellicheck lost and ended their perfect season. I’m a sadist.
- It felt uncomfortable rooting for the Giants, but my enthusiasm for them grew throughout the game. And to their credit, the Giants fans didn’t mind support coming from a guy decked out in Eagles gear. My justification is that rooting for the Giants over the Patriots is kind of like rooting for the Russians in WWII over the Nazis.
- I joked with some friends that I wanted Tom Petty to win the Super Bowl and his Heartbreakers didn’t disappoint. Personally I think it was my favorite post-nipple Super Bowl performance. Unlike some of the other classic rock bands called on to deliver good clean fun, these guys are still in their prime. I just wish they could have played Mary Jane’s Last Dance (or Dani California :))
- Eli Manning won the MVP because he’s the name brand of the bunch. But much of the credit goes to the Giants defensive line for pressuring Brady all night long: Umenyiora, Alford, Tuck, and the veteran Strahan all delivered and kept Manning’s offense in the game.
- One of the cool things about working with people from all over the country is that there’s always someone you know who’s a fan. And when there’s a championship that means someone you know is going home happy. The Giants fans I know were kids when they last won a Super Bowl. Of course I wasn’t even born when the Eagles won the NFL Championship (they’ve never won a Super Bowl). In fact no Philadelphia franchise has won a championship since I was born.
Inquirer: Outdoor game with Pens floated. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren wants to see his team play an annual outdoor hockey game with Pittsbugh at Beaver Stadium. IN. Of course there is that little problem of JoePa not letting anyone on the field (probably for fear of overshadowing football as much as protecting the field). Still, its an exciting idea.
The Sixers have no national TV games scheduled this year, excluding NBA TV. They are 1 of 3 teams in this scenario, the other two are the Pacers and the Hawks. Not only have the analysts written the Sixers off, apparently TV schedulers have too.