-UNC is not even close to the same without Ty Lawson in there running the show. I like Frasor and QT, but they just can't come close to pushing the tempo the same way. Between our lack of a transition game and OSU's choice to pack it in with a zone defense all game, the game itself really wasn't all that exciting.
-Bobby Frasor has a lot of work to do if he wants to get minutes once Lawson is healthy. I like the way he runs the offense, and he always looks cool and collected out there, but his individual skills just aren't that great. First off, he needs to improve his lateral quickness (think Wes Miller's improvement from '05 to '06) - there were far too many times when he got torched off the dribble in this game. Granted, he was guarding Jamar Butler, one of the better guards in the country, but a little improvement in quickness wouldn't hurt anyone. His passing is VERY hit or miss - it's either a sick pass that makes everyone go OHHHHH or it just goes right off the defender's foot. Also, his jump shot needs to start falling - he wasn't hitting early and he seemed reluctant to pull the trigger as the game went on. I criticize you because I love ya, Bobby.
-QT has impressed me when he's been in there. I have this strange feeling he's going to bail us out in some late-season ACC game with a big shot or two. Keep up the hard work, you'll get yours.
-Psycho T forced it a bit tonight, but he'll be alright. The zone was messing with him a bit I think, and Hunter is definitely no slouch on the defensive end.
-Why do we ALWAYS get torched by the obnoxious white guys? Tonight's offender? Freshman guard Jon Diebler. How did this guy not go to Duke? He had it all - the annoying mannerisms, smug look on his face, a knack for banking in 3's with perfect D in his face... whatever, he went cold in the 2nd half.
This guy WOULD torch us
-Ohio State will be one of those teams that will be perpetually ranked like #25 all year and lose in the second round of the NCAA's (think Alabama every single year). Sometimes you can just see it coming.
-Thoughts out to Sean Taylor's family and friends, certainly a tragic thing. A small story about this, though, as I think it's relevant. I seem to have a knack for saying wildly inappropriate things that always come back to bite me in the ass. Example #1: I'm watching Road House with some of my friends (always a good decision!), and they're showing the Jeff Healey band (if you haven't seen the movie, they're the house band for Patrick Swayze's bar). Now, Jeff Healey wears some sweet shades and tends to move his head around a lot while he plays guitar, so I made the comment that he "plays guitar like Stevie Wonder." Turns out he's blind, which I obviously didn't know. Motherfucker. Anyway, fast forward a bit to a few months ago. My friend Geoff goes to Miami, so he was telling me about this franchise he made on Madden that was based around all Miami players. For some reason there was a glitch in the game, and Sean Taylor was completely erased from his franchise mode. Now, I don't remember this, but apparently I said something to the effect of "he probably went and did something stupid like get shot!" When all the stuff went down a few days ago, Geoff called to remind me of this. Great, I'm a dick.
I swear I didn't know he was blind!
-Made this for dinner tonight. Now, we all know Tyler Florence is a pretty big douche (Applebee's? Seriously?), but that dude can put together a recipe. This shit was delicious.
-NC State got thumped by Michigan State tonight. Remember when Gavin Grant said they'd only lose four games all year? Halfway there, buddy. Look, I have nothing against NC State and I hope they do well so we can get a decent rivalry going, but when someone says something so outlandishly stupid as that they deserve to get called out.
-NoNo
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