Thursday March 8, 2007

The Pre-Know-How: Thursday March 8, 2007

I better make this a quick because I have a ton of homework to do and if I don’t finish this in a half hour it will be midnight making it Friday’s blog not Thursday’s. So let's go…

The Washington State Cougars just got done beating the Washington Huskies for the third time this season and the fifth time in a row. It felt real good to knock those punk-ass bitches out of their chance to make it to the big dance. I think with the win the Cougs solidified the fact that they should be a number 3 seed in Sacramento for the dance.

UCLA lost to Cal in OT, that is right lost to Cal. I was shocked. Cal pretty much controlled the first half then UCLA came back in second half and then Cal took over in overtime. With UCLA out of the Pac-10 tourney I think Washington State are the favorites again unless we run into Oregon, they seem to really have our number. I wonder if The Washington State vs. USC match up will be a thriller like it was last Saturday night (that game went into 2OT that Washington State won, afterwards I could not speak because I was yelling so much).

I don’t wont to dwell on college hoops too long but Duke lost in the first round of the ACC tourney to NC State. The NC State coach has a very bright jacket he wears, it is pretty dank but I think Duke was distracted by it. I am a Duke fan (after WSU of course) but I will be the first to admit they are not that good this year. I really think McRoberts needs to step up he has so much potential; he was going to go pro last year, show that you can play up there and dominate some games. I’m not a big fan of Paulus he doesn’t seem to control the game that great when I watch. They will be in the dance but might lose in the first round, depends on who they play.

On to football. Is it me or has this offseason had some off the most movement ever? It isn’t just free agent signings but big name trades. Jamal Lewis went to the Browns which I didn’t see coming I thought they were going to try and get Adrian Peterson in the draft but now maybe they will try to get the “superfreak” Calvin Johnson. I don’t know what The Browns plan to do with Jerome “The Ghost” Harrison, hopefully he remains on the team and gets a shot, I’m telling you he has talent.

Baltimore quickly replaced the hole at running back with Willis McGahee. This is a big time trade. I think this makes McGahee a big threat next year in the real world and in the fantasy world. He is already skilled but goes to a better team that likes to run. Great things could come of this.

In the brief time that I was able to watch ESPN this morning I head that Buffalo is looking to replace McGahee with Corey Dillion who was released by the Patriots. I think if Buffalo gets him they need to have a solid backup because I doubt Dillion can still carry the full load. Last year they had Anthony Thomas play when McGahee got injured and he played well but he declared for free agency, so that ain’t an option right now.

Let’s see if I can find anything interesting from spring training box scores.

Bill Hall of Milwaukee hit his third homer of the preseason seeming to continue how well he did last year when he hit 35 homers and drove in 85 runs.

Jose Reyes is lighting up the basing stealing his forth of spring training. If you want steals in your league make sure to grab this guy, that would mean you need to be the within the top 3 or 4 picks in your draft.

Terrmel Sledge, very unique name, went 2-4, with 1 run, 4 rbis, and a homerun, which is his third of spring training. If he continues to look decent in spring training you might want to keep an eye on him for the season, could be a deep sleeper.

Chris Shelton hit a homer I think that is his first one in roughly a year, lol.

Well it is 12:04am so I guess I didn’t make it by 12:00am, I apologize and it won’t happen again. Back to designing steel beams….

-Erik