March Madness 2009

Stone Is God

I will be starting my March Madness "Illness" soon enough. Start coughing on Monday, feeling more crappy Tuesday and Wednesday, out sick Thursday and Friday for the games.

Steve Dunne

ROCK Chalk jayhawk....game over. Baylor wins!

Indian Summer

mfc2006 wrote:

rock.
chalk.
jayhawk.

What the hell does that even mean anyway???

mfc2006

Steve Dunne wrote:

ROCK Chalk jayhawk....game over. Baylor wins!

yeah, yeah...they played like crap. the sooner they realize that in order to win they MUST involve Aldrich, the better they'll be.

i wasn't too mad to see them lose to Baylor, though. i went to KU for undergrad & now I'm a Baylor for post-grad.

at least Oklahoma lost as well!!!!

as far as the chant goes....

KU's world famous Rock Chalk Chant evolved from a cheer that a chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, created for the KU science club in 1886. Bailey's version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. The rahs were later replaced by "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus.

The cheer became known worldwide. Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he'd ever heard. Legend has it that troops used the chant when fighting in the Philippines in 1899, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, and in World War II. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell. The assembled athletes agreed on KU's Rock Chalk and rendered it for His Majesty.

Steve Dunne

mfc2006 wrote:

Steve Dunne wrote:

ROCK Chalk jayhawk....game over. Baylor wins!

yeah, yeah...they played like crap. the sooner they realize that in order to win they MUST involve Aldrich, the better they'll be.

i wasn't too mad to see them lose to Baylor, though. i went to KU for undergrad & now I'm a Baylor for post-grad.

at least Oklahoma lost as well!!!!

as far as the chant goes....

KU's world famous Rock Chalk Chant evolved from a cheer that a chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, created for the KU science club in 1886. Bailey's version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. The rahs were later replaced by "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus.

The cheer became known worldwide. Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he'd ever heard. Legend has it that troops used the chant when fighting in the Philippines in 1899, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, and in World War II. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell. The assembled athletes agreed on KU's Rock Chalk and rendered it for His Majesty.

excellent description - thanks for putting the time/effort into that post...never knew any of that!!!

and the huskies sucked ass last night - good win for the cuse.

pjsteelerfan

Sick games last night, but those losses by Pitt, Uconn and OU could also be helpful come next week with the added rest. UNC may fall today since Lawson looks like he is out.

Steve Dunne

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Sick games last night, but those losses by Pitt, Uconn and OU could also be helpful come next week with the added rest. UNC may fall today since Lawson looks like he is out.

Louisville/Villanova should be a good one too

pjsteelerfan

Steve Dunne wrote:

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Sick games last night, but those losses by Pitt, Uconn and OU could also be helpful come next week with the added rest. UNC may fall today since Lawson looks like he is out.

Louisville/Villanova should be a good one too

Louisville is in a good spot, but they were a 1 or 2 seed no matter what they did. Nova, WVU, and cuse can all help their causes though. Duke has a good chance to win the ACC tourney now as well.

Horos

South of Seattle wrote:

My Ducks are toast this year. I think this is the worst season they've had since I was in high school.

Right now I'm leaning towards Pitt making some noise.

Went to a couple of Oregon games this year and they were miserable :oops: . They've really only ever had a couple of good seasons so I don't find it surprising.

The Syracuse/UConn game was sick last night was hoping for a record tying 7th OT. That loss may have cost UConn thier #1 seed.

Pitt all the way!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

GO NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Indifference71

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

GO NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like someone has a different type of March Madness. I'm kinda digging the WBC this time around to be honest.

smithnic

I'm still worn out as hell from last night. That and Michigan (where I went) lost. Can't wait for the big dance

Steve Dunne

how uconn got a #1 seed i'll never know. 'overall body of work' was the prevalent theme of the committee. louisville will be tough, but as we saw in the conference championships, anyone can be beaten.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Indifference71 wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

GO NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like someone has a different type of March Madness. I'm kinda digging the WBC this time around to be honest.

i actually watched 4 innings of a WBC game yesterday.....Japan vs. Cuba...

i saw Fukudumbass strike out twice...
then i turned it off...

some things never change.....

as for March Madness......

first round....im gonna bet $3,567,823 that #12 Western Kentucky beats #5 Illinois

and i have already penciled in Gonzaga in my sweet 16

Indifference71

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

GO NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like someone has a different type of March Madness. I'm kinda digging the WBC this time around to be honest.

i actually watched 4 innings of a WBC game yesterday.....Japan vs. Cuba...

i saw Fukudumbass strike out twice...
then i turned it off...

some things never change.....

as for March Madness......

first round....im gonna bet $3,567,823 that #12 Western Kentucky beats #5 Illinois

and i have already penciled in Gonzaga in my sweet 16

Yeah, Fukudome is struggling still. I'm so happy the White Sox didn't get him even though they offered him more $.

I'm lovin Illinois to go down in the first round as well. They seem to fall apart without Frazier.

God I can't wait for Thursday.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

im liking #16 Radford over #1 North Carolina in the first round....

hehehehehehehehe.................

that point spread has to be 60...........

hehehehehe......................

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Will UCLA make its 4th straight trip to the final 4??????

fuck no!!!!!

Villanova is going to tear them up to get to the sweet 16..........

UCLA may lose its first rounder to #11 Virginia Commenwealth............

SPEEDY MCCREADY

and i have no idea what to think of any of The Big Ten teams......

wait a second....yes i do....

FUCK the Big Ten!!!!!!

pjsteelerfan

No chance any big ten teams make the sweet 16. And neither Arizona or Wisconsin should have got in.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

pjsteelerfan wrote:

No chance any big ten teams make the sweet 16. And neither Arizona or Wisconsin should have got in.

i had Pitt going all the way....

then they lost their first round conference game.....

so now its FUCK PITT!!!!!!!!!