Sunday, February 25, 2007

Introduction to My Blog

Heymons!
Thanks for visiting my blog. This blog presents me the opportunity that no other journalist will admit; that they ARE biased. I am a HUGE Dallas Mavericks and Texas Tech fan and I will never make any apologies for my biased opinions in respect to these two basketball teams on this blog. There are biases all over the country in respect to sports journalism and I am sick of so-called journalists pretending otherwise. Whether it be the dreaded East-Coast bias, SEC football bias, or even the huge negative impact that ESPN's Sportscenter has made on my beloved sport of basketball (will explain in future blog), respected sports experts excert their will on an unsuspecting public behind the pretense of objectivity. Not me, not here... I will highlight the big games with my biased opinions supported by stats and hard core facts. I welcome all challengers and any debate regarding NCAA and NBA basketball. Furthermore, I am also an Ohio State Buckeyes fan for this season, and this basketball season only. Let me explain...
After watching Greg Oden play high school basketball for two years I was convinced that I was watching this next dominant center. Besides Shaq's glory days, which are way behind him, there has not been a real big man in the NBA for a long time. Oden is the missing link that joins players such as Mikan, Chamberlain, Russel, Jabar, Shaq etc. to future generations of game changing big men. So when I heard that Oden had signed with Ohio State, it was a no brainer. The Buckeyes will win the NCAA Championship this year and will continue to do so as long as he decides to stay in school. Even before last season was over I implored anyone I cared about to join me in putting money on OSU with Vegas to win it all in 2007. So this year I am a Buckeyes fan.
Big games this weekend in both the NBA and NCAA. Look for my breakdowns on of course the Mavs/Nuggets game and Texas Tech/Ok. State game. Also, ABC's Sunday doubleheader featuring the best of the least err East (Detroit vs. Chicago and Cleveland vs. Miami) and a huge matchup that could decide the Big Ten when #1 Winconson visits #2 Ohio State on Sunday. Big upsets including LSU over #4 Florida.