I tweeted earlier Saturday morning that December 10th 2011 the Indiana Hoosiers have a great chance to shock the world. Shock the world they did, Christian Watford's 3 pointer as time expired was the dagger that did the job. The young Hoosier squad was in control for most of the game and if you follow the team, it was a sight we have become familiar with and also afraid of at the same time. Indiana was leading at the half in each of the last two meetings against the Wildcats of Kentucky only to fall apart in the 2nd half and lose the game.
The Hoosiers took a 1 point lead into the half only to see it slip away as Marquis Teague took over in the 2nd half, which was an unpleasant sight for Hoosiers fans as Teague was highly recruited by Tom Crean. Teague being an Indy kid decided to not go with the home state school and rather go with the hated rival Kentucky Wildcats. Just as the lead dwindled away and the energy was sucked right out of Assembly Hall, Doron Lamb stepped to the free throw line for two shots leading 71-70 with just 5.6 seconds left on the clock.
Lamb missed the first of the two shots and sinks the second to give the wildcats a 72-70 lead, with no timeouts left for coach Crean, Verdell Jones took the inbound pass and raced up the court. Jones dribbled to the left of the free line and looked back and found a trailing Christian Watford with his feet set and shoulders squared. Watford was ready to fire and as soon as he caught the ball, he did just that, Watford and the thousands of IU fans watched as the ball went through the bottom of the net as the game clock struck 0!
The Hoosiers beating the rival Wildcats and more importantly getting a big time win on a national stage, that will put them into the top 25. IU improves to 9-0 for the first time since the 1989-1990 and defeats a #1 ranked team for the first time since 2002 when they defeated the Duke Blue Devils 74-73 in the NCAA tournament. It felt great to be an Indiana guy yesterday and with Indy being my home state I can only hope the young men can grow from this experience and use it to improve themselves as men and as a team. Tom Crean getting his first Gatorade shower as the Indiana head coach and lets hope its not the last! Check out Overtime Monday night for a full game breakdown and much more, gomilehigh.com or livestream.com/gomilehigh 7-9 pm mnt time, or @JoshuaDover on twitter if you'd like to chat about all that is going on in the sports world. AAAAAAHHHH AAAAHHH I GOTTA GO!!! GO BIG RED!!!!!!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
How To Lose!
I wrote this in the midst of the Tim Tebow, Kyle Orton controversy here in Denver and was going to perform on Overtime (my weekly sports talk show on gomilehigh.com Monday nights 7-9 mnt) but turns out I'm a sports reporter and not a rapper. It is a parody of the Lil Wayne song "How to Love."
"You had a lot of teams try and test your arm, never really had luck cause you always figure out, how to lose... how to lose. Haven't scored in the red zone, it seems like forever, now your on the sideline, trying to put it together, how to lose... how to lose.
For a second you were a Bear but now you over here and it's hard not to stare, the way you settle for field goal's, you've made it clear that you know how to lose... how to lose. You had a lot of dreams you couldn't transform to visions so they sent to the bench, for making bad decisions. We know it wasn't your fault you probably had good intentions, now the media has questions and you don't wanna listen, now I admire you neck beard and Prius, just as much as you admire Tim Tebow and Jesus! So don't be mad ain't nobody else trippin, see you throw a lot of pics and them pics still hurtin. Cause you had a lot of teams try and test your arm, never really had luck, cause you always figure out, how to lose... how to lose. Haven't scored in the red zone, it seems like forever, and now your on the sideline, trying to put it together, how to lose... how to lose.
See I just want you to know, the deserve the bench your pitiful, your pitiful. That neck beard is far from the usual, yeah it's far from the usual. Cause you had a lot of teams try and test your arm, never really had luck, cause you always figure out how to lose... how to lose. Haven't scored in the red zone, it seems like forever, now you on the sideline, trying to put it together, how to lose... HOW TO LOSE!!!!!"
There it is, the first song I've ever wrote and when your reading this I encourage you to sing it and have Lil Wayne's " How to Love" playing in the background. Just wanted to have a little fun on this weeks blog and I would love to hear what you think about the song and the blog in general. Thank you for reading and look for me on twitter for updates on what I am doing and how you can find my sports talk show, @JoshuaDover
"You had a lot of teams try and test your arm, never really had luck cause you always figure out, how to lose... how to lose. Haven't scored in the red zone, it seems like forever, now your on the sideline, trying to put it together, how to lose... how to lose.
For a second you were a Bear but now you over here and it's hard not to stare, the way you settle for field goal's, you've made it clear that you know how to lose... how to lose. You had a lot of dreams you couldn't transform to visions so they sent to the bench, for making bad decisions. We know it wasn't your fault you probably had good intentions, now the media has questions and you don't wanna listen, now I admire you neck beard and Prius, just as much as you admire Tim Tebow and Jesus! So don't be mad ain't nobody else trippin, see you throw a lot of pics and them pics still hurtin. Cause you had a lot of teams try and test your arm, never really had luck, cause you always figure out, how to lose... how to lose. Haven't scored in the red zone, it seems like forever, and now your on the sideline, trying to put it together, how to lose... how to lose.
See I just want you to know, the deserve the bench your pitiful, your pitiful. That neck beard is far from the usual, yeah it's far from the usual. Cause you had a lot of teams try and test your arm, never really had luck, cause you always figure out how to lose... how to lose. Haven't scored in the red zone, it seems like forever, now you on the sideline, trying to put it together, how to lose... HOW TO LOSE!!!!!"
There it is, the first song I've ever wrote and when your reading this I encourage you to sing it and have Lil Wayne's " How to Love" playing in the background. Just wanted to have a little fun on this weeks blog and I would love to hear what you think about the song and the blog in general. Thank you for reading and look for me on twitter for updates on what I am doing and how you can find my sports talk show, @JoshuaDover
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