First Round Hopes. Many draftees saw their hopes and dreams of being a first rounder or even a first day draft pick disappear last night. Among those were quarterbacks Jimmy Clausen and Colt McCoy, but not Tim Tebow who looked as surprised as everyone else when he was drafted by Denver. Other notable prospects that were not drafted in the first round this year, ME. Goodbye Ginormous Signing Bonus! A box of tears for all the stuff I could have bought.
Games. Big Ben will be missing 6 games with a possibility to have it reduced to 4 while Edison Volquez, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, will miss 50 games for use of performance enhancing drugs. The difference between the two suspensions is that Ben will actually miss his games. Volquez is on the disabled list recovering from surgery and his suspension will be over long before he ever is ready to pitch again. So if your going to cheat kids, do it while your on the disabled list. Sad to miss games you won't miss?!? Ben can't complain!
Sweep. The two number one seeds: the Lakers & Cavs both had hopes of resting up for second round matchups after sweeping the eight seeds, but that was before the Bulls and Thunder came to play. Can these teams win more than one game and actually make it a series? Time will tell, but my money is on the Thunder to win at least one more game. As for the Bulls you better enjoy this one. One tiny tear is forming on the west coast of my face...never mind that is a bead of sweat.
Self Respect. In the middle of the night the Pittsburgh Pirates search for something they never lost something that somebody stole. That somebody was the Millwaukee Brewers, who beat every ounce of pride out of the Pirates with a 20-0 win (Yes, this is baseball). I know some like to be humble, but there is a difference between being humble and being humiliated. Sorry this was the latter. 20 tears of pain!
65. The NCAA has signed a $10.8 billion contract deal with Turner and CBS to broadcast every Men's Tournament game live. The Tourney will also likely expand for next year to 68 teams giving us not one, but four play in games. This expansion is better than the alternative of 96 teams which would have diluted the tournament and killed the NIT. The 65 format was foolish anyway having one of the one-seeds play a team that already played and the other three not. It was confusing who played it (it was not always the number one overall seed), when it was (Tuesday night?), and why? At least this will work equally in all four regions. A little nervous anytime you mess with perfection.
University of Arkansas School of Law. Third-year law students at this fine institution have attended their last classes EVER. Congratulations and good luck on Finals and the Bar or whatever else you will be doing! Buckets full of tears of joy, laughter and happiness.
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