RISE UP BELIEVELAND! YES!

The regular season in Cleveland is officially over with the playoffs only two mornings away. Some believe that the Cavs didn't play hard the whole year, or they underestimated their opponents, making many cavs nerd fans (realcavsfans.com) to actually give up. However, me and Juice NEVER gave up on the Cavaliers, and let us to question the loyalty of Cleveland fans as a whole, as giving up and booing seems to be the norm of the city.

Thus, we give a call to the city to STOP their silly booing of everybody and to RISE UP behind a team with a ton of talent. Their is so much more to post about the playoffs which we will bring later. Go Cavs.

Save me Sunday

This has been a terrible week in sports.

Not a great week in general for me either with classes and stuff, but enough about that.

It started Monday, as the Buckeyes lost in the b-ball title game. That was unbearable and tainted a great season mainly due to the fact that we lost to the Florida GAYtors and they now own us. And, I can't stand those cocky kids. I can't wait for them to blow in the NBA.

The TRIBE won two against the Sox to start the season, but then lost and now have had two straight games SNOWED OUT. How miserable is that? Not only is the snow after 80 degree weather terrible enough, but THE TRIBE isn't even on.

Then, the Cavs. Oh, the Cavs. They gave such a worthless, careless, and lazy effort against Miami that I quit on them. Unbelievable but true. I saw the end and then the tease in overtime, but it was a loss because they didn't care at all for the first 43 minutes. Terrible.

They have dropped from the 2 seed to the 5.

And, in the Masters, MY BOY Tiger is struggling, but still has a shot.

All I am asking, on Easter Jesus Sunday, is for this week to not have a bitter ending. It has been one of the worst sports weeks of the Hammy era, and now it is coming to an end.

Can the Cavs defeat the Pistons, leading to a relatively easy end to the season? Can they somehow win the 2 seed? Can the Tribe play a baseball game? Will it stop snowing? Will Tiger be on the prowl Sunday. Hopefully, on Easter, we can hunt down some W's.

SMOOGING!

Well, folks, we promised it, so here it is.

Steve and I want to introduce you to one of our good friends. His name is Chris Smugala, and he goes by the nickname "Smooge".

He is known and loved by millions. His presence evacuates presidents.

He even has his own facebook group.

Smooge is a worldwide legend, both in person and in name.

Smooge is not just used to describe him, but his actions have created verbs and adjectives to go along with his name.

The first use of Smooge is lying. Smooge is a great kid, but he lies a lot. Not big lies, just white lies, misinformation and Bullshitting. Put all that together, and you have a word: SMOOGING

Smooging (v)- The act of lying, making stuff up to trick your friends, talking out of your ass, misinforming people to sound better, and doing a really, really bad job of getting people to believe it.

Here is an example used in a sentence: "Hey Pete Rose, stop Smooging your way into the baseball Hall of Fame."

We want to get a petition out there to add this word to the dictionary.

Here is a real life story of Smooging from Smooge's life recently:

After not being involved for football for about a year, and getting into McDonald's shape, Smooge had a combine for the semi-pro football team in Cleveland. Recently, Smooge had been seen at the local b-ball stomping ground, The Brad, huffing and puffing after 2 minutes on the court. He looks two steps slower than he was at tip-top shape in high school.

But, Smooge said that he ran a 5.06 in the 40-yard dash, which is right about where he ran back in high school. He has put on pounds and lost speed since, but he held to that claim. Here is how the Smooging goes.

He tells us something, we don't believe him, and we say no way, Smooge, really. And, to try to convince everyone, he says "YEEAHH!! YEAH.....YEEEEEEEEEAH!!" in a very excited voice.

As if that was unbelievable enough, he said that he has a 36" vertical leap. What a SMOOGER!

36 inches??? Are you SEeeeeriouuuus? What a joke. I never believe anything that kid says.

That is all the time we have for today's lesson, GO TRIBE.

Tribe Suicide

BREAKING NEWS:

In this afternoon's Tribe exhibition game against the rival Blue Jays, ace and number one starter C.C. Sabathia got drilled in his pitching arm by a line drive. All Cleveland fans kill yourselves, the curse continues to live on.

C.C.'s scheduled start against the ChiSox is 5 days away. C.C. was nailed, and everyone scurried out to check on him. Apparently he yelled an obscenity directed at Matt Underwood, and was taken to the hospital where X-ray are reportedly negative.

It is just a bruise, but he still could miss that first start, as he is day-to-day.

SOUVENIER CITY

In a related story, Matt Underwood is just as bad if not worse at announcing on television as he was on radio. The problem now is that he still announces as if it were radio, saying exactly where and how the ball is hit, and trying to announce every single pitch even in the middle of an interview with David Dellucci.

Matt, you don't need to do that, this is TV. We can follow the action.

More Tribe updates as they bring the heat to Chicago on Monday.

Who Cares?

I have come to two realizations when watching the cavs, and was thinking about it where every person does their best thinking (shower). Whenever the Cavs win, I feel as if they can't be beaten, and will destroy everyone they play, which is the same feeling I had during that 8 win streak. However, after loosing 3 of 4 while Detroit is allowing us to gain ground, and the overrrrrrrrrated bulls are on our tail, I really have this feeling as if we would get destroyed by the local high school team.

I think the exact reason why this is happening is not my attitude, but the Cavs' attitude. In their most prolific wins this season, they came out with massive energy and try to destroy their opponent. During this passionate streak, they attack the hoop, don't settle for smooge jumpers (I know you don't get it but you will soon), Gooden runs around like a mad-man, and the team plays together on both sides of the ball.

On the other hand, when they decide to not show up against teams like Charlotte and Atlanta, they come out with the "We are waiting for the playoffs" attitude. They do the exact opposite of when they are playing well, the offense is all one-on-one, the defense is matador-like, and they settle for smooge threes (I know, I know).

Thus, as the Cavs head into the stretch run, keep an eye on their energy level early on. See if LeBron stares down the other team like he did against Detroit last year, and watch for that pep in their step. Because that pep could be the difference between a dissapointing or successful Cavaliers basketball team.

In honor of Bill Simmons

No, Bill Simmons isn't dead, but at Nosebleeds, you might be able to tell that someone (NOT ME) should be sued for plagiarism of his writing style. Thus, because of his dominance over thousands of people daily, we have decided to do a running blog of Thursday night's beginning games first-half because we have nothing else better to do (We need girlfriends).

1. I thought everything was positive for tonight when Clark "Cornflakes" Kellogg was not in studio, but of course, I get screwed by CBS again. Instead of getting the Memphis/Texas A&M game, I get Kansas' soon to be destruction of Southern Illinois.

2. Continuing on that thought, Dick Enberg is broadcasting the game with Jay Bilas. Did you know Jay Bilas is an attorney? So all you people who think he doesn't have any brains, don't sue him over basketball analysis, he'll chew you up in court.

3. There is NOBODY IN THE STANDS. Is this the women's tourny or a Tribe home game? If San Jose can get a regional final in a hockey arena, you better believe The Q will get one in the near future.

4. Southern Illinois leads the nation in Ronaldo Balkman look a-likes. They got two in the starting line-up. Remember when teams used to die their hair blond or all go bald to show team unity? I think everyone on SIU should go with the Ronaldo Balkman look, imagine the white guys.

5. Like any team who doesn't want to win a national championship, SIU decides to jack threes all game. I have a theory about teams like that in both the NBA and NCAA: you stand around and jack threes, you'll loose in the big time. There are sooooo many teams that have proven my theory: The Phoenix Suns, half of college basketball.

6. I also forgot one thing that has smeared the games: Media timeouts. It's all about money baby.

7. I didn't get the gift from God as CBS teased me about the Texas A&M viewers getting the game in 10 minutes. Still got stuck with this mismatch.

8. We have our first Masters ad. That music just makes me think of white golfers and members who disliked African American members getting destroyed by Tiger. Go get 'em Tiger! TIGER!!! WHEW!!

9. Man, attending Miami makes me really appreciate the women here. I state this after seeing the SIU cheerleaders who were recruited from the local cow pastures.

10. Wow, SIU is keeping the game close. Imagine if Randal "Meet the" Faulker would have made two of his dunks.

11. Nice Cavs possession by SIU. They have a chance for the lead, attack the bucket right? No, stand around and shoot a fade three that hits nothing by air.

12. Rush from Kansas is soooo close from having a flat-top hairstyle. Where's Hot-Rod when you need him?

13. SIU's offense: a guy dribbling, drives and the four other guys stand around the perimeter waiting for the kick. It's good to see the Cavs creative offense is spreading around the country.

14. I'm not the biggest supporter of college basketball (and never will be until UM starts winning more or they move the three point line back). But one category I give college basketball an advantage over the NBA is the ref participation. They stay out of the game and let players destroy each other. In the NBA, breathe on a player and the refs will give you a T.

15. Well at the half, we have Kansas winning 27-24. I really wouldn't be surprised if they wake up and run away.

Great Time of Year.

College basketball, NBA, football nerds talking about the draft: What a perfect time of year for sports. It's too bad baseball has to come around and ruin the fun. It's been a long time since I made a post, so here's one!

MIAMI REDHAWKS. Yes, those folks from Ohio stunned the rest of the MAC by winning the conference tourny on a "gift from god" shot by Doug Penno to beat the Akron "Zippity" Zips. The reason I bring this up is because by attending the miraculous tourny, I found a sense of pride by Miami RedHawk fans, one that can't even be found at our home games. Unfortunately, Miami isn't located near a metropolis to an extent where the citizens come out for the games, (usually old people are the main fans), and our student section is as good as dead, (as my prof put it, "it's not cool to show school spirit for Miami Students"). I found the lack of student support shocking from a University that has had basketball players like Ron Harper, Wally Scerbiakdskafjadkak (I hope you understood that), Wayne Embry and the great god-like savior Ira Newble.

However, that all changed when the RedHawks made their run into the NCAA tournament and almost defeated the Oregon quack ducks. You can see just by walking on campus the pride that Miami students are now showing with the success of the basketball program, and I hope that our student body and faculty catch on the support for future sports games. I'll be their next fall when the RedHawks open up, screaming like I did at the MAC Championships, but I have a feeling I won't be hearing my echo next year.

Thus, I have made a suggestion for Miami to get the student's more involved. Unless you live on the north quad of the campus, you'll never see pictures or ads about the players and athletes. The University needs to promote the players more, because the only time we hear the school talk about our athletes is a small post on the website that says "Good job team." Thus, if the school takes more visual pride in the athletics, the students would to.