Observations: Ohio State No. 1 in hoops (Say what?)
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after celebrating our anniversary with Nadine at the Oakwood Club, where I got French onion soup, fried onion rings and heartburn. —The NCAA has adopted a new system to rate college basketball teams, replacing RPI. It is called Net and the formula, which is heavy on […]
Observations: Is Michigan’s song now ‘Hail to the Victims?’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The man Cave with just a few random questions, sort of a quiz: —Should the University of Michigan change the name of its favorite song from Hail to the Victors to: (A) Hail to the Victims (B) Hail to the Vanquished, (C) Hail to the Buckeyes. Before Saturday’s game […]
Observations: Flyers lose twice but leave positive impression
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, more filled with college basketball than turkey and dressing. —If ever a college basketball team gained respect while going 1-and-2 in a three-day span, it was the University of Dayton Flyers during the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. After upsetting Butler in the first round, the Flyers […]
Observations: Big upset — yeah, Gonzaga — but UD, too
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wishing I had four TV sets in front of me to watch the pre-Thanksgiving basketball feast— Gonzaga-Duke, Dayton-Butler, Wright State-SMU, Cleveland Cadavers-Los Angeles LBJs. —The earth-rattling college basketball news emanated from Hawaii, a basketball earthquake. Gonzaga beat Duke, a volcanic eruption with no lava. Bigger news […]
Observations: Rams-Chiefs cover more ground than Russian army
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while applauding Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes for saying, “I put ketchup on everything.” So do I, Pat, so do I. Well, Mahomes doesn’t put ketchup on the football. He puts a lot of mustard on the football when he passes. —As expected, the Kansas City […]
Observations: Once again, UD or Wright State?
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer get more TV face time than Shaquille O’Neal and set an ABC-TV record from grimaces and grabbing the top of the head with both hands. His team needs to hold the football with both hands. —Let the heated […]
Observations: Some ‘C’mon’ moments from the sports world
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, anxiously waiting to see Englewood’s Ryan Roth do his award-wining Tribute to Elvis show Saturday night in Miamisburg. He promised to do my favorite, American Trilogy. —Pre-season prognosticators predicted that Eastern Michigan would be one of the Mid-American Conference’s best basketball teams this season and junior […]
Observations: Some ‘C’mon’ moments in sports
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICTED OBSERVTIONS from The Man Cave, anxiously waiting to see Englewood’s Ryan Roth do his award-wining Tribute to Elvis show Saturday night in Miamisburg. He promised to do my favorite, American Trilogy. —Pre-season prognosticators predicted that Eastern Michigan would be one of the Mid-American Conference’s best basketball teams this season and junior […]
Observations: Put Duke in NBA and be done with it
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave knowing that those three super freshmen at Duke will be in the NBA next year, so why not just replace the Cleveland Cavaliers with Duke right now and be done with it. —Ever wonder why the Mid-American Conference plays a lot of football games on week […]