What a great sports week-end for me. So great in fact, I’m glad I didn’t diminish my own blog writing something about Cari Lake or whatever her name is out there in the great electoral state of Arizona. maybe I’ll do that at a later time down the road after Mr. Pillow, Markwayne Mullin and Mo Brooks have been eliminated as possible Trump running mates for Donald Trump.
On Saturday…I attended the OU -Texas Tech men’s basketball game and it was a barn burner as the Red Raiders prevailed 85-84 in a game which was like a second round NCAA Tournament game.
OU had their chances and quite simply didn’t get it done. When you go 15-24 at home from the free throwline in a game like this that usually doesn’t bode well. That can’t happen for a team which has post season goal acheiving aspirations.
I think it was Abe Lemons who once said, ‘Teams which don’t make their free throws are like dogs who play in the street; They don’t last very long.’
You not only don’t get the bonus free throws, but on the misses you allow the other team to get out in transition in a hurry before the other team can get set defensively. Anotherwords, it can conceivably be a four or five swing on a missed first free throw in the bonus. That would be a metric I would actually consider in college basketball.
I wore my black fake ESPN pullover, my black Denver Nugget 2023 NBA Championship cap, and I fit in perfectly on the third row behind the Texas Tech bench. There was great Tech road turnout for this game. I told ’em I was doing some leg work for Fran, but that I was an OU fan. We had a great time and I even got some invites to visit them in Lubbock next year for a game even though OU’s SEC bound.
Life is good.
Now for metrics. Dan Campbell of the Detroit Lions…please stop being so metric driven, dude…because, my friend while I love your ‘Balls to the Walls’ mantra…you cost your team a chance to advance to the Super Bowl with three really boneheaded metric driven decisions in the NFC Chamspionship Game.
Dude, there are places, scores, situations, and times to make a metric driven situation, and you botched that axiom to the max against the Niners on Sunday. I wanted your team to win since my Packers were out, but you need to grow a little bit as game day manager next season.
Here’s my very simple take on the Super Bowl…as long as Patrick Mahomes is reasonably healthy and as long as has the time to throw to a reasonably healthy Travis Kelce….I’m picking the Kansas City Chiefs on a neutral field to beat any current team in the NFL in a big game.
The end.
As far as Taylor Swift. I think it’s great she and Travis have found true love and I can’t believe this is causing any real NFL fan to be upset. Get a life. I think it’s adorable. Good for them.
The OU men are on the road this week. They better at the least win one of these games is my only comment. Javian McCullum needs needs to step it up in a big, big, big way is my first thought beyond missed free throws.
But on Wednesday evening the red-hot women Sooners host the No. ranked K-State Wildcats in a game I feel like I have to attend.
This warm weather is great. Enjoy the sunshine.
MJ