My Ramble On columns have been few and far between of late but with Super Sunday and all, I thought it was time to bring it back and scribble some notes and type a few things that have been on my mind. Here it goes.
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| Tom Brady scores in the snow at Gillette |
Why does everyone make such a big deal out of the weather for the Super Bowl, complaining like little children if there is a snow flake in the forecast? Many of the same chronic complainers attended and AFC or NFC championship game two weeks earlier and crooned about the frozen tundra in the likes of New England, New York, Chicago, Green Bay or Pittsburgh. So, it's great and 'real football' when the snow is falling and the stands are packed in Foxboro (one of the great games vs. Oakland, remember?) or Lambeau or Soldiers Field, but the Super Bowl HAS to be 75 degrees and sunny in Southern Cal, Florida or Arizona. I don't get it.
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How come Villanova is always good?
Jay Wright? Yes, Jay Wright.
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Congrats to St. John's on the big win vs. Duke at Madison Square Garden. It is the first of many major building blocks that
Steve Lavin will put in place to re-build the Johnnies. The next huge step must be a St. John's run in the BIG EAST tourney, which promises to be a gauntlet of Top 20 teams for every game.
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| Big Bill Belichick |
Why, on earth, would
Bob Kraft throw
Bill Belichick under the bus with his "New game plan" comment? Face it,
Tom Brady had a terrible game vs. The J-E-T-S and that's why the Patriots lost. By the way, the second the Patriots lost, every media person in Boston checked the Red Sox training camp schedule and the Celtics and Bruins dropped a notch in attention. The coverage of a Red Sox equipment truck departing from Fenway to Florida will get mile-by-mile media attention while the Bruins scrap for relevance in the pecking order that is New England sports.
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Why hasn't Maryland's
Gary Williams been pursued by NBA teams from coast to coast?
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| Get your cold beer |
The PGA seems to be doing okay with
Tiger Woods regularly buried low on the leaderboard. You've got to love the new blood golfers like
Jhonny Vegas and
Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey. Even the best novelist can't make those names up. My guess is that Tiger fires up his engines in time for the Masters. Speaking of the Masters, the first sign of spring, for me, is a CBS Sports promo for "The Masters" and Sam Adams bringing out the Noble Pils.
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I get sick when I read about the shenannigans being performed by the lawyers representing Bernie Madoff's victims. Weren't we all victims? Didn't that ponzi scheme, which broke right in the middle of the financial crisis have a negative effect on the stock market and the overall economy? So, shouldn't I get a piece of the New York Mets?
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Cameron Indoor Stadium = Very cool. Pauley Pavillion = Very cool. The Palestra = Very cool. St. John's Alumni Hall/Carnesecca Arena = A dump. (But, at least the Johnnies have The Garden and they don't play in a Dunkin Donuts Arena).
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Memo to Ad execs and brand managers of Geico, State Farm, Subway ($5 footlongs), Taco Bell. I will never buy your product if you keep putting annoying commercials on my favorite sports programming. In prime time, I can TIVO you away but with ads on live sports, you've got me captured. My only recourse is to boycott your product. And, thank God Christmas season has passed so we aren't subjected to the annoying Hyundai commercials, featuring
Nataly Dawn and Pomplamoose. Nataly, have you ever heard of overexposure?
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New rule. Any
talk of a dynasty in professional sports must start with no fewer than five championships won in a ten year span. Three titles does not qualify. Here are some legit dynasties from recent times of yesteryear: The Boston Celtics (1957-69), The New York Yankees (1936-53), the Montreal Canadians and the Chicago Bulls (1991-98). The only college sports dynasties that I know of are Yale (1874-94) in the early days of college football and UCLA in college basketball.
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DiPietro is Italian for "Always Hurt."
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