PODCAST: March Madness, D-Rose, and Is "davissucks" trending?

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Coach Painter...are you serious?

PODCAST: Fab 5 talk and a bit of March Madness with Davis and special guest...my Bro

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Greatest College Team Ever....Yup.

The Fab Five.  The most exciting college team ever assembled.

Chris Webber (#1 prospect)
Juwan Howard (#3 prospect)
Jalen Rose (#6 prospect)
Jimmy King (#9 prospect)
Ray Jackson (#84 prospect)


The Fab Five documentary is airing on ESPN this sunday and will be amazing.  As everyone knows, the Fab Five never won the NCAA championship but they did play in two title games, losing to Duke and North Carolina.  Chris Webber chose not be interviewed in the Jalen Rose-produced (yeah, that's right) documentary.  Unfortunately he's best known for "The time-out", but he was a unique and dominant player for two years and maybe people should be talking about his most recent take down of the Heat:



WOW!!

Dot the "I" L-I....A-R

A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch noted that of the 12 previous head coaches who were caught and charged with the same allegations as Tressel, lying to the NCAA about ongoing investigations, 11 of them were fired or were forced to resign.  So I guess we'll see if Ohio State is anywhere near the level of prestige they continue to claim.  As usual, the cover-up is far worse than the actual crime - especially when at the center is a figure who prides himself on honesty, pride, and leadership.  What are the chances that there won't be anymore incriminating facts that appear in the next couple months.  Zero?  Thought so.

Tressel certainly is no criminal, nor are the "Tat-5" who sold Big Ten rings and other memorabilia.  It just sure seems like it will be difficult for Tressel to maintain respect moving forward.

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PODCAST: Tressel-Gate, Big Ten Hoops, Davis wants a LeBron Fat Head

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So, turns out the pristine, honest, good-intentioned, sweater vest-wearing Tressel is a fraud.  Stories are coming out that he was well aware of "tattoo-gate" months before he and OSU claimed.  If true, and we'll of course assume it is, this will carry with it severe sanctions and penalties.  What's even more comical is how Tressel tried to come across as if he were preempting the problem back in December when in fact he was manipulating the situation.  He conned the nation and the NCAA into allowing the 5 Buckeyes guilty of improper benefits to play in the Sugar Bowl by claiming that he was dealing with it ahead of the curve.  For the record, I don't think what the players did was even that bad, but this situation is certainly made much worse given Tressel's apparent disingenuous claims he is all about the team.  His lies will potentiallly inflict more damage to his team than the chump change a few players were given in the form of tattoos.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out of course, given the fact that the NCAA probably feels like they were played by Ohio State for giving in and oddly allowing players with suspensions pending to play in a bowl game.  I also can't help but laugh that Ohio State's two most heralded recent recruits, Maurice Clarett and Terrelle Pryor, will end up leaving two of the biggest stains.  Dirty.

Bulls took their talents to South Beach

There were a lot of things to take away from the Bulls-Heat game over the weekend.  I thought we saw perhaps the play of the year when Rose flew down the court and with Wade and LeBron closely trailing and eyeing a highlight reel block, Derrick found a gap-toothed size opening to lay it in.  Yes.  That play provided the front end of the 'Bron/Wade fail symmetry, as at the end of the game not one but both clanked would-be game winning shots.  It's hard to imagine two more contrasting teams.  An interesting nugget I picked up was in watching how each teams' respective stars interact with the rest of the team.  Rose gets as excited to chest bump, congratulate and pick up the guy at the end of the bench as he does his fellow starters.  LeBron and Wade on the other hand seem to be there for eachother but, unless I'm crazy, never seem to rush over to help up anyone else.  Also, I found it pretty telling how pumped up and excited Chris Bosh got after scoring on Omer Asik in the first half.  Chris, you're part of "The Big Three" and  making a layup in the first half against our backup center elicits a howl and inner-moment?  That tells me all I need to know about the mental make up of the Heat.  Can you imagine Michael, Scottie, or Derrick for that matter, making a layup over the likes of Tom Chambers or Jerome Kersey and freaking out?  Answer: No.