> I'm very excited about the hiring of Anthony Grant to be the new Alabama basketball coach. He's young, he comes from a good coaching pedigree, he did nothing but win at VCU and perhaps most importantly, he's a no nonsense guy with an exciting style of play. The last item there is exactly what we need at The Capstone. Mark Gottfried did wonderful things here for our program, but his time passed and we needed a change. Grant's hire signifies that we are willing to do what it takes to build a contending basketball program here.
> My bracket was absolutely horrible this year. Not a single Final Four team made it. By far my worst year ever. That said, of the remaining four, UNC should win it. Before the year I said that if they stayed healthy, there's no reason that team shouldn't win it all. Ty Lawson has been incredible so far, and there's really no one who can stop him.
> OK, in an effort to start producing more content on here -- and to make my buddy CR happy, because I'm pretty sure he requested this some time ago -- I'm going to start doing wrestling reviews.
WWE Raw Review, 3/30
OK, the Raw before Wrestlemania. The final buildup for matches and feuds, meaning we should have a pretty solid show.
We begin with some huge Diva tag match, and while I normally hate this stuff, it does serve the purpose of building the Diva battle royal this Sunday. The Santino Marella bit was gold, because Santino is always GOLD. By far the most under utilized on-screen talent the WWE has. He is pure comedy.
Bleh, another vignette on the Randy Orton/Triple H. I don't think I've ever seen this many video pieces for a storyline before. While I think most of the stuff so far has been over the top, it is doing a good job of building the animosity between the two.
Next Chris Jericho is going to wrestle Jerry Lawler. The build up for Jericho's match against the Hall of Famers has been really good. Jericho is one of the best heels in a long, long time. He is absolutely superb in making the audience hate him. Obvious decision here to put him over Lawler, gotta build the heat going into 'Mania.
Oh joy, another commercial for 12 Rounds. God, how I already hate this movie and I haven't even seen it. A pity too, because I kinda like the premise and it has Tommy Carcetti from "The Wire" as the bad guy. This may be a DVD rental in the future. As for his match at Wrestlemania, I can't say I'm looking forward to it. Now, maybe if Vickie Guerrero would just go away...
OK, I get that The Legacy is part of the Orton/HHH match, and is fairly important to the build, but damn if I ain't sit of interviews and promos. Just show me a friggin' match already. However, I must say that I really like Ted DiBiase's potential on the mic, and as a heel. Cody Rhodes' lisp still cracks me up. I hope they make a run at the tag titles soon.
The commercials for Guitar Hero: Metallica are kinda chuckle-inducing.
I am sick and tired of Rey Mysterio and his David vs. Goliath shit. Seriously. We get it, he's the underdog. Everyone has two feet and 300 pounds on him. Good god, enough already. Look, I want a seriously rivalry for the Intercontinental Championship to develop, but not JBL/Mysterio. So, either have Mysterio win it Sunday as he did tonight and pit him against some high flier like Kofi Kingston or Evan Bourne, or have JBL win it and put him in a story against someone like William Regal or Mike Knox. Or, better yet, maybe since JBL calls himself "a wrestling god" you can pit him against some youngster like Sim Snuka. Whatever you do, no more David vs. Goliath.
Once again they are putting Big Show over as a dominant force, seemingly unstoppable. But they never put the belt on him. Maybe this time? Probably not, with the end of match beatdown by Edge, they seem to be playing the "John Cena overcomes all challenges" card again.
Another great promo for the Shawn Michaels/Undertaker match. Love the fact that they're hyping HBK's boldness, love the light vs. dark angle, ad love that Undertaker is getting frustrated by Michaels out-dueling him at mind games. Should be a great match.
I like what the WWE has done with the Money in the Bank participants. Now, maybe I would've had some individual matches to build some feuds, but they've kind of done that within all these 8-man matches (the MVP/Shelton Benjamin US Title rivalry). Also, I wonder if they're ot teasing a CM Punk heel turn with his recent disagreements with Kofi Kingston. Sure, he's immensely popular, but it could work.
Ugh, another promo to end a show. Really? You can't think of some match to end Raw with? Yes, at least it ended with some action, but come on. Nice touch with having the McMahons return, though. This should be the best match this Sunday.
OK, solid show tonight. They did what they needed to do by building all the Wrestlemania matches. Still, a little less talk and a lot more action, boys.
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