Step back from the ledge. Please, for my sake, for your sake, for your daughter's sake (name that movie), step back from the ledge. Matt and I are back in business on the Simple Plays blog. Well, basically only me, but nevertheless, after a long, tumultous, and overdue hiatus of posts onto this blog, I will begin to post again. I apologize for such a long hiatus, and I know most of you have been e-mailing me and posting on my Facebook wall, demanding that I continue to post. Some of you have even dished out some violent threats my way, clearly upset at my lack of motivation towards the blog. (Joking of course). Honestly, the REAL reason I haven't posted since December 8th of the last decade is simply laziness. Now I could go off on a tangent giving excuse after excuse as to why I haven't posted since then, such as finals week, Christmas vacation, not wanting to get out my computer, playing an excessive amount of Mario 64, and spending too much time basking in my glory about 40-minute sessions of strictly defense in practice where I continue to get through ball screens like Dwight Freeney gets around the left tackle, BUT I would be lying to you. And that I cannot live with. I can't lie to my devoted fans and I cannot lie to myself. I have too much integrity.
Ok, secondly, the REAL reason my posting has been resurrected a la Jesus Christ himself is because I have to continue to post. Not for my own personal pleasure or some voice deep inside the depths of my soul that cries out that I need to post to make myself feel like I'm contributing to society in some way. No. I have been resurrected because my Journalism 215 class here at Creighton requires me to write a blog as one of the semester-long assignments in the class. So Simple Plays has new life and I'm more dedicated than ever to the blog. Mainly because my grade depends upon it, but still, dedication is now in full effect.
As the title suggests, it is business time ladies and gentlemen. As DJ Pauly D once said, "I don't even know what that religion is and I don't care; I just wanna get down to business." So let's get down to business. First off, some of you may be questioning my motives and originality with this blog due to the extreme popularity of Ohio State's Mark Titus' blog, Club Trillion. So it is currently time to clear a few things up. I, in no way, copied Mr. Titus in the creation of this blog or used his blog as inspiration or a jumping point for my blog. As a matter of fact, I had decided to start a blog about the outrageous things seen in a college locker room and seen through the eyes of a walk-on the day before I even discovered Club Trillion. And while I think Mr. Titus and his blog are hysterical, Simple Plays is wholly original and has a personality of its own.
Many things have happened in the world of the Jays throughout Simple Plays' hiatus. We've struggled this year. I know that, you know that, and the rest of the fanbase knows that. I have complete confidence we'll be dancing this year. Yes, you read that statement correctly. We're just now starting to figure out all of our roles and are starting to get that we need to play hard on a consistent basis to be able to win consistently. But you don't want to hear me be Coach Altman's parrott. You want the good stuff.
Where to even begin? Since my last post on Dec. 8th, we beat a couple of cupcakes, had an awesome three day Christmas break, and I got another four day break on top of that due to the team traveling to Indiana to play Indiana St. and Evansville. All in all, a phenomenal winter break for myself. And oh yeah, Billy Walsh about had a brawl at halfcourt with SIU's Nick Evans, Wayne Runnels almost overslept our game with Northern Iowa, and we got a massive new transfer by the name of Greg Echenique from Rutgers. Billy's near brawl completely energized our crowd and energized our team as we ended up beating our rivals in what was, basically, a must-win for us at the Qwest. One second I'm watching Nick Evans turn the ball over, and the next second I'm watching Billy sprint after Evans at halfcourt, all while going wild in Evans' face. Evans was ejected for striking Billy in the face.
Greg Echenique entered this world ready to dominate you either through his bad-ass Venezualen roots, his Suh-like frame, or his basketball skills. Take your pick. Although I've never seen Greg play; judging by his stats and the fact that he told Coach K he's coming to The O and he'd better recruit another Brian Zoubek instead of waste his time with him, I'd consider him a bad-ass and a good basketball player. Gregory just boosted the hell out of our scout team, and now I have someone to double-team ball screens with me effectively, so I'm pretty pumped. (Not that I need the help, but I'll take it from time to time). The only thing Gregory needs to learn is Coach Altman's most famous and mind-numbing quote...Simple plays, fellas, simple plays.
Friday, January 15, 2010
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