MaDnEsS!!!

I though I'd take a stab at my first quick illustration

for the new blog... ideas and critiques in this area would also be appreciated :)

Wow! It's begun!!! It's here!!!!! I'm increasing the amount of "!'s" every sentence fragment!!!!!!!!! Isn't that awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry, what was I talking about again, oh yeah! March Madness.

I can honestly say this is the first year that I've actually been able to watch a majority of the opening day of March Madness. If every year is as good as today's games were, I'm seriously going to be too sick to go to work every time it comes around. Aside from a few blowouts that weren't even shown on local network TV, and the fact that there was no "big" upsets... there managed to be a ton of great games today.

But I do have a bone to pick with the media... Maybe I'm watching the wrong sports channels on a daily basis, but I have heard of nothing but how O.J. Mayo can walk on water. Never have my local media personel given a one, Michael Beasley, any air time. This is a problem folks, let's do a little side by side shall we...

O.J. Mayo Michael Beasley
PPG 20.8 26.5
Intangibles 9.9 16.6
FG% 44.4% 53.5%
FT% 80.0% 76.7%
3pt % 40.8% 38.9%

And the most compelling stat of all, minutes per game. O.J. averages 5.3 minutes per game MORE than Beasley yet, scores less points, has less intangibles (my name for the total amount of rebounds, steals, blocks, and assists in a game), shoots 4 less free throws, and takes as many shots just to hit less. Did I miss something??? If more than like 3 people (and that's being generous) actually read this, I bet they would tell me I missed something, I hope they would tell me I missed something... Cuz all I saw in Mayo today, was a young guy who happens to be more athletic of a mediocre player, surrounded by less athletic mediocre players, coached by a great coach.

So that is my argument from the first day of MaDnEsS... Now for another poetic treat, from me to you...

I'm probably just bitter

because my bracket has flaws

I had USC winning

not taking a loss

there goes my perfect bracket

and the cool 5 Mill

that Yahoo! wanted to give me

but O.J couldn't fit the bill

so now I'm stuck in second

in my little Yahoo! pool

BYU didn't help me either

they made me look like a (obviously "fool" would fit nicely here, but I don't want anything that has to do with BYU to "flow" nicely since even though, as an avid University of Utah fan, I found myself trying to cheer on their abysmal field goal shooting despite the fierce rivalry within me just to be disappointed)...

The End