WhirlyBall is easily one of the greatest drinking sports inventions there is. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a mix between the following sports:
- Basketball
- Lacrosse
- Bumper cars
Basically you get a little boozed up with your friends / coworkers, and hit the whirlyball court for a 5 on 5 bumper car battle. You have plastic lacrosse mitts and try to pass the ball around and score a goal on your opponents. The goal is a 1.5 or so foot hole in the middle of a basketball backboard.
Checking, ramming, and bumping of all sorts is allowed and strongly encouraged (especially as the booze starts flowing). Very fun place for company events and outings; i’d have to give the Chicago Lincoln Park location a 5 out of 5 on the drunken fun scale.. where else can you drunkenly operate heavy machinery safely and legally?
Kelvin Sampson, heralded Indiana basketball coach, has resigned amidst a NCAA scandal on allegations he violated recruiting rules….AGAIN. Sampson was initially on probation from recruiting violations from his 2000-2004 seasons at Oklahoma. Sampson knowingly and admittedly made 500+ calls over the limit to recruits. Most recently, Sampson was brought up on charges that he made an extra 100 calls during his time at Indiana, and participated in 10 3-way calls with a recruit and his assistant coach.
Sampson agreed to resign and accepted a $750 ,000 buy out with a clause stating he can not sue Indiana University. He has accepted this stipulation, but nothing is inked yet. Sampson says he is ready to defend himself in front of the NCAA as soon as he can.
Honestly, I called this from the start. Sampson had obvious problems at Oklahoma, and Indiana’s athletic director was taking a gamble when hiring him. I think a few inept years under Mike Davis really drove a “we want it now” attitude into Indiana’s decision makers, directly causing them to make a bad one.
Right out of the gates, Sampson lures controversial recruit Eric Gordon away from Illinois, a team he already verbally committed to. Hey Kelvin: did you know that the big ten coaches have a gentleman’s agreement to not go after verballed recruits? I guess that’s why Bruce Webber is so mad?
Sampson has set Indiana basketball back further than anyone can imagine; well worse than another mediocre year with Mike Davis. Save a national championship; this season is a black mark on Indiana’s almost squeaky clean (see bob knight vs Indiana) resume.
M. Night Shyamalan has done it again! Take a look at his new trailer for The Happening.
Teaser trailer for The Happening shows an unknown epidemic that cannot be explained, not by theory or science. The human race has begun to destroy itself. Mark Wahlberg plays a man who is forced to go on the run with his family in tow.
Wow, Eric Gordon is a beast. Hats off to Indiana, that was a very impressive win. Not sure what exactly is wrong with my Spartans, but the truly better team won.
Let me just say that the three point shooting from Indiana was just brilliant. They mirrored Tennessee-esque play with the accuracy and # of attempts.
Dreams of a Big Ten championship have left my mind, and all I can hope for is that Tom Izzo gets our guys to play hard during the NCAA tournament… Oh, and that we don’t have to play North Carolina in the second round!
Hey everyone, Project Elite is hosting another party and Blair was kind enough to keep me posted!
Be sure to stop by Enclave on Friday 02/15 and mention Project Elite at the door to get free cover!
Guys: don’t forget to bring some ladies with you.
So I stumbled on a new site today called rssHugger.com. This site promotes blogs and a blog community via rss feeds. A very cool spot where bloggers can get some serious exposure, and where visitors can have access to anything that they are interested in. I just signed up for an account, and hope to be listed soon, but had to post about how great I think this idea is.
The site is put together very nicely, and its extremely easy to use. Registration was simple, and I didn’t even have to confirm my username –> score! I hate doing that.
It seems like a very community oriented site, which is right up my alley. I look forward to being approved soon!
In the mean time, check them out!
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Yes folks, that’s right, the one and only Plaxico Burress is a Spartan. What better way to end the game by seeing Plaxico Burress catch the game winning touchdown to RUIN wolverine Tom Brady’s perfect season.
Sweet Sweet Justice 
