Final Thoughts on the tournament

I definitely went back and forth before the game on whether or not to cheer for Florida. I mean come on, how are we going to deal with Florida fans now? When has a school won the national championship in both football and basketball in the same year - and both in dominant fashion. If that's not enough, add on the fact that their football team had the #1 recruiting class and then repeated as National Champs again. Has there ever been such dominance by one school in the major sports?? It's becoming quite hilarious now that Sports Illustrated decided to call Ohio State "the program" a month ago in light of their consistent butt woopings by Florida. How could they by any sense of the imagination make that claim? Thank you SI for proving to us once again...the big ten is a joke.

But more than that, it was extremely impressive What Florida did - they beat VERY good teams, and handily at that. It was easy to tell that neither UCLA nor Ohio State could match up with them. As I watched the game, these were some of the thoughts that went through my mind:

- SEC athletes are fast...especially the black guys

- How long are Corey Brewer's arms? Is he really only 6"9? Does Billy Donnovan have a 'go-go gadget arms' button for him?

- Why was Jokim Noah's dad walking up and down the aisle every time the camera was on him, was he going out for "smoke breaks" or just to play the bongo's? And was the Georgia dome lighting really that bright or was it the 'red-eye'??

- How old is Greg Oden?.....seriously

- Ohio State had no offensive game plan, what goes on in their locker rooms? Does Thad Matta do any coaching over on that bench, or is the strategy "Get it to the old guy, if he's not open...just jack it up!"...i.e...."throw it up B#%*&" (only Joel will get that)

- Billy Packer seems to be a sort of "Newman" character, no credentials for anything - but always there to correct you or annoy you.

- Also, Does Jim Nantz have a dream job or what? Let's see...last month i was at the Patriots/colts game then the super bowl, last weekend i'm calling the final four and what am i doing this week??...Oh yeah, I'll be heading up the broadcast for the Masters!!j

- Was this a boring tournament? Has there ever been a tournament with so few upsets? Good

- How many agents were waiting in the tunnel with contracts when both teams walked off the floor last night? I think it's safe to say that very few will be in class today....tommorow...or the rest of the semester.

- Was Billy Packer drunk when he asserted that Greg Oden was going to be final four MVP despite losing last night and only playing 20min saturday night, or was he just "fudging it"?

- Does Corey Brewer look like Tracy Morgan's twin?? Sure sounds like him.




- Gosh i hope Florida's football team doesn't do what their basketball team did, it may happen unless something strange happens to Urban Meyer...

- Something "strange" needs to happen to Urban Meyer

While it is the University of Florida, it still is SEC prominence. Congrats on pure domination. Basketball is over, we now suffer through the painful 16 round beating known as the NBA playoffs. Thank God the Masters is this week. I do suggest if your conscience can stand it, to put all you own on Tiger Woods to win...i don't even think that can be considered a gamble.