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WrestleMania V (1989)

State of the Squared Circle: By WMV it has been over a year since Hulk Hogan has held the WWF championship. The WWF is on a slow decline since the height of Hulk-A-Mania and the year long story of the Mega-Powers (Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan) has now come to its climax. Following Hogan's assistance in Savage's WMIV victory the two mega stars formed the tag team "The Mega Powers" with the lovely Elizabeth as their manager. After the inaugural SummerSlam victory over "The Mega-Bucks" (in which WWF produces their most shocking display of skin ever: Elizabeth takes off her skirt to reveal a bathing suit bottom...Well it was big at the time...) and another win at the Survivor Series, tensions mount between the egos. They finally split at a Saturday Night's Main Event when Elizabeth is injured and Hogan ditches Savage to take Liz to the back. When he returns an angered Savage slaps the Hulkster and walks out. In the back we see Savage challenge Hogan and attack him with the belt...Setting up the main event at WrestleMania.

(EDITOR'S NOTES: UB Watched this WM at the Worcester Memorial Auditorium via closed circuit broadcast. Seems like forever ago that you could fill an arena with a big screen TV and a cable line. Also, even as a kid UB thought the WMV promo poster couldn't have looked worse. Savage looks completely different and Hogan couldn't look more bald...)

Venue: Trump Plaza, Atlantic City. For the 2nd year in a row the biggest show of the year is held in AC, in front of Donald Trump.

The Card:

Hercules def. King Haku w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan

Interesting to note, Haku became king after defeating "The King" Harley Race, and although he lost several times while "King," Haku doesn't lose the crown until being beat by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.

The Twin Towers w/ Slick def. The Rockers

Note: This is the first WrestleMania match for Shawn Michaels, who has not yet told Vince of his "boyhood dream."

“Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase w/ Virgil vs. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake ended in a double count-out

A year after participating in the main event of WrestleMania, Ted DiBiase and his "Million Dollar Belt" are stuck with a mid card match with Brutus Beefcake.

The Bushwhackers def. The Rougeau Brothers w/ Jimmy Hart

This might be the only win ever for the Bushwhackers. These guys were like the retarded offspring of Carl Spackler and "Crocodile" Dundee.

Mr. Perfect def. Blue Blazer

A Mr. Perfect-Owen Hart match could have been a classic...Instead Vince's Blue Blazer does a job for Mr. Perfect whose career is being ignored.

World Tag Team Championship Handicap Match: Demolition def. Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji to retain

The two biggest Road Warriors impersonators lock up in a crap fest full of muscle bound, face painted stiffs. Though Demolition did have a cool song:

Here comes the Ax
Here comes the Smasher
The Demolition, Walking disaster
Pain and destruction are our middle names

Search and destroy you
Run and we'll find you
There's no place to hide
The Demos will get you
Pain and destruction, are our middle names

Dino Bravo w/ Frenchy Martin def. “Rugged” Ronnie Garvin

Whenever wrestling friends as a kid, UB always called on the "Garvin Stomp," still a favorite when really drunk...

The Brain Busters w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan def. Strike Force

The Brain Busters, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, were as close to the Four Horsemen invading the WWF as you could get. The "Spike Piledriver" was another great finisher...

Jake “The Snake” Roberts def. Andre the Giant w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan by DQ (Big John Studd was special guest referee)

This was the return of Big John Studd after a long break from the WWF. Andre-Studd rematches soon followed...

The Hart Foundation def. Honky Tonk Man and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine w/ Jimmy Hart

Ugh...Bret wasted again at WrestleMania...

Intercontinental Championship: “Ravishing” Rick Rude w/ Bobby "The Brain" Heenan def. Ultimate Warrior to become new champion

This was a shocker. The Warrior seemed unstoppable when Bobby Heenan tripped him, giving Rude the cover and win. Rude should have gone down as one of the greatest heal champions ever, but never really got the chance to do much more than help promote the Warrior. Once in WCW, Rude got a good run with Ric Flair..."Atlantic City sweat-hogs..." Classic.

Bad News Brown vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan went to a no contest

If they forgot to have this match no one would have noticed.

The Red Rooster def. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan

After getting his ass kicked by the Warrior, Heenan rolled up in about 2 minutes to lose to the Rooster. Ah, the Red Rooster...Perhaps Vince's dumbest idea...

Once again the WWF takes advantage of a relationship with Arsenio Hall, having Savage on to promote the main event:

Main Event for WWE Championship: Hulk Hogan def. Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth in a neutral corner to become new champion

It's interesting to note that these two went at it in a series of matches just a few years earlier. Around 1986-87, Hogan and Savage traveled all over the country as Hogan carried the heavyweight title and Savage the IC belt. The two create a close bond and Hogan helps propel Savage's career to the WWF title. In the title match Hogan and Savage give it a good run for about 20 minutes, Hogan takes a blade job and Elizabeth gets booted by the ref. In the end Savage lands the big elbow and 1-2-Hogan kicks out so emphatically and pulls the blow fish face so hard that he Jumps the Shark. From this point on Hogan is never the same in the eyes of wrestling fans. He drops the leg on Savage, gets the win and his 2nd title run begins...

Don't forget...The Rooster says "NO" to drugs:

How did one of LSU's assistant coaches find out that head coach Pokey Chatman was in a relationship with one of her former players?

Because Chatman and her girlfriend had an absolute blowout fight in public about the head coach's relationship with a former player. In full view of several people connected with the LSU program. Which is never a good idea.

The story, which to Barstool's knowledge has not been reported anywhere else, goes something like this:

After a LSU game, Chatman's then girlfriend confronts her about the coach's relationship with one of her former players. Rather than retreat into a more private area, Chatman and her girlfriend proceed to get into a rip-roaring fight as numerous people associated with the LSU program look on. Chatman's girlfriend publicly reveals all the details about the coach's relationship with the unnamed player in front of stunned witnesses. The assistant coach widely reported to have first alerted LSU officials about Chatman's extracurricular relationship, Carla Berry, was in the area of the fight and later discussed the incident with other witnesses. Coach Berry then made the decision to reveal the contents of the fight to LSU higher-ups.

Maybe I've never coached a women's DI team to the Final Four and then had an affair with one of my players but I'm smart enough to know that when your current girlfriend confronts you about cheating in front of players, coaches and parents, you yank her into a closet or boiler room. That's just common sense. You never, ever, ever argue with your female significant other in public. It never, ever, ever ends well for you. You just don't do it. You wait until you get home, sit there and take it and fight back in the safety of your own home.

Pokey learned her lesson. The next time she decides to rob the cradle, she'll know better.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the ``Tonight Show'' and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.

Police found the 45-year-old comedian alive but gravely injured in a West Hollywood home when they responded to a call Saturday morning from Jeni's girlfriend, Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman said. Eisenman said the caller told police: ``My boyfriend shot himself in the face.'' Jeni died at a nearby hospital.

Don't recall anything comedian Richard Jeni did? Neither does UB...Yet the name rang a bell. Pick him out of a line up? Probably not. Recall any of his jokes? Nope. He was on Dr. Katz and was in "The Mask" according to IMDB.com. He also did some HBO specials...

He also apparently touched a lot of other comedians...Chris Rock, your thoughts:

Did Chris Rock just say that if his "friend" were still alive he'd be plugging "I Think I Still Love My Wife"? Damn that's cold...

In the Red Corner:

The current world record holder for the world's longest hot dog, which was created at the Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, in 2006. The hot dog, certified by Guinness as the record holder, was 60.3m in length.

Look at this freaking thing. As someone who had three hot dogs for lunch, this thing looks pretty nasty. There's more sausage there than the line outside the Cover Model of the Year Party. How about from now on the hot dog eating contests just give each guy one of these. Imagine Kobayashi eating this thing...

In the Blue Corner:

With all the hype surrounding Dice K, UB decided to pull out a tape from the vault yesterday and relive the greatest Japanese player moment in Red Sox history: Hideo Nomo's no-hitter in 2001.

UB was randomly in attendance at Camden Yards as Nomo threw his second MLB no-no and the first for the Sox since Dave Morehead in 1965.

Because of a crazy work schedule back in the day, UB and some pals got tickets on-line for the 2nd game of the season (Wed) and were able to get the tickets for the opener (Mon) at the box office. Of course after UB and his buddy Cam scored the tickets they headed straight to the bar across the street from O's Park and began drinking at 9am. By the time Pedro took the mound at 3pm, UB, Cam and Russ (who arrived by car around noon) were freaking hammered. Naturally UB got in a fight with the fans and after being pelted by ketchup covered French fries, security moved the boys to a box seat next to Cal Ripken's family! UB didn't know they were his family until he yelled out, "Get off the field you geriatric bum!!!"

Anyway, two nights after that embarrassing opening day loss to the O's, UB and the boys took in Nomo's masterpiece. So here is UB reliving the excitement: Enjoy!

March Madness. This is my favorite sports week of the year. From the moment they unveiled the brackets on Sunday, half the country, myself included, became obsessed with breaking down the tournament and filling out their pools.  If you walk into any random office, you will see a copy of the tournament brackets on everyone's desk, even those who haven't watched a single game all season (of course, they are the people who win these pools, typically because a school like Wright State, for example, makes a deep run, and they are the only one's who've picked them, usually because a third cousin went to law school there or they read some story about how the coaches grandmother died and he dedicated the season to her. Ridiculous) The best day of this first week of the tourney is Wednesday.  I usually haven't checked my email or voice mail since Monday. I'm frantically filling out my seventeenth bracket.  RPI , Power Rankings and pictures of Joe Lunardi are strewn all over my desk. I'm wracking my brain,certain the Southern Illinois/ VCU second round match up is the game that will make or break all my pools.  It's about then a government study gets released stating "NCAA office pools lead to a 33% decline in the national work force's productivity". I always find that funny for some reason.  
I watch a ton of college basketball, but since I'm usually eliminated from every pool by late Thursday afternoon, it's become painfully obvious I know more about Chloe than I do Creighton, and more about Bauer than I do Butler, so we are all better served by me breaking down the "Madness" that is "24".

Washington Region:
The Washington Region, historically one of the toughest and most compelling, is by far the weakest this year.  No one has stepped up and dominated.  Preseason favorite, Palmer A&T, never seemed to get on track while trying to escape the Wooden-like shadow of his brother. Just as his season seemed to be turning around, he got bombed at home, effectively putting an end to any hopes of cutting down the nets this year.  
While Daniel's University has an relatively easy path in the tournament, with Lennox College offering little or no resistance, clearly he is the most vulnerable of all the #1 seeds.  Although he has by far the biggest arsenal at his disposal, inexperience will most probably be his downfall come crunch time. I'm going to go with the University of Karen Hayes as my Cinderella out of this bracket.  After being stomped by Lennox in an earlier season match up, UKH threatened to leave and join the Pac-10, but a short sabbatical seems to have recharged her batteries.  UKH has been here before and although I've only seen her recently in short glimpses and previews, I have a feeling she is ready to make a magical end of the season run.
Prediction: UKH  

Middle Eastern Region:
When the season started, it looked like an epic battle between the University of Fayed@Beruit and Assad Terror Teachers College, with everyone else fighting for second place.  With ATTC's season coming to a explosive end( in a stunning loss to Hamilton that sent shock waves through the sport), and Marwan in the midst of a rebuilding year, UFB looks virtually unstoppable at this point.  His dominance is such that after having every early season tilt shown as part of "Big Monday" we rarely see any of his games televised anymore.  It's almost as if he was lost in the story-line while everyone's attention was diverted to tiny Gradenko College, the former D1 power, who for brief time shelved it's program due to severe economic issues and drastic changes in leadership ( many of Gradenko's faculty formed their own schools, making recruiting much more competitive. Case in point, the "Drones" haven't landed a " Mr.Moscow"  in the past 17 years.)  When they meet in the regional final, despite their experience playing under pressure filled, Cherynobl-like conditions , look for the much older, slower Gradenko to be terrorized by the younger, hungrier UFB.
Prediction: UFB

Meadow Creek Region:
Obviously the three top seeds, The University of Logan at San Quentin,  Martha A &M,(by the looks of her, much more "A" than "M", unless the "M" stands for Milky Ways) and Aaron Community College are the only schools with a chance of emerging from this bracket. Until last night, I would have had my money on ULSQ to represent Meadow Creek in the Final Four, but the Fighting Heffer of A&M, despite looking slow and out of shape, unleashed her  "40 minutes of Insanity" style of play and knifed her way for a key score down the stretch to take out the top seed in dramatic fashion(allow me a quick break from the brackets here. Before the show, they hyped this as being the most shocking moment in "24" history. Seriously?  Does Terri being killed in Season 1 and Chase having Jack chop off his hand in Season 3 ring any bells at all?)  I'm thinking once they decide to take off the handcuffs, Martha's offense will continue to improve and in the final, despite playing away from the friendly confines of "the Bungalow"  she will run roughshod over a star struck Aaron , who although looking very fit, has obviously lost a step, and most of his hair, this season.
Prediction: Martha A & M

Los Angeles Region:
Without a doubt the deepest region in the tournament.  It all starts at the top, with perennial #1 seed, Bauer University once again the favorite. The "U", shaking off the rust from being "yellow shirted" the past two years, came on strong after getting his door's blown in the previous week.  Despite a hostile road environment that caused severe communication issues, he was able to hold off a determined Markov, proving he still has a lot of fuel left in the tank.  The only question remaining is whether Bauer can shake off his nagging shoulder injury and get through the torturous road ahead. Time will tell.
Bauers toughest opponent will be the second seeded Chloe School of Computer Science & Modeling. CSCS&M is still, by far, the most visually pleasing team to watch in the region. Her style of play, while occasionally ambivalent, is marked by a beauty and gracefulness seldom seen in this sport, and she will prove a handful for any opponent. Many fans think CSCS&M has been under-utilized this season and believe she is capable of one more "Shining Moment" (Thank you, I had to work that in somehow.)
Buchanan, Morris, an injury plagued Milo and tournament newcomer Mike Doyle round out the field. In any other bracket, each would be a favorite to come out alive, but the Los Angeles Region is just way to strong.  Doyle, a bubble school who received the last at-large bid is the x-factor of this group.  From the little we've seen, he can definitely shoot, but can he control his emotions in a big spot, keep his hands to himself and avoid early the early foul trouble that hindered him against Morris.  We know he's been the "Champ" in other sports, and despite having the same haircut for the past 18 years, it remains to be seen whether he can throw any of his wrinkles at the top seeds.

Prediction: Heart over head on this one. CSCS&M slips past  Bauer U

(Now you see why I never win these pools)

Okay, here is my best transcript of this interview...

Dan Maloney: What was Wrestlemania 3 like?

Iron Sheik: "You ask me excellent excellent question Dan Maloney....It was a great feeling Dan Maloney. We wrestled that Jabroni, Brian Blair. Brian Blair you a fagot son of a bitch, no good low life, I want to let you know you are a punk, you are gay, you are a fag worse than Michael Jordan, I mean Michael Jackson. I put him in the camel clutch, break his fucking back, make him fucking humble and then fuck him in the ass, but I didn't do it because I respect my sport and the lord Jesus Christ. "

Man, tell us how you really feel Shiek. You know what the best part of this interview was though? The fact that the Iron Sheik still talks like he is being interviewed by Mean Gene. I love how he constantly calls the reporter by his full name when responding to a question.

"You ask me an excellent excelent question Dan Maloney. It was a great feeling Dan Maloney."

And what 80's wrestliing interview would be complete without at least one Jabroni thrown in there for good measure? It's wrestling interview 101.

Thanks to Bon for sending this clip

Tyus Edney is fast. Not as fast as me going end to end back in the glory days but still pretty fast.

Thomas Hill is such a crybaby. He was so lucky that there wasn't an Interweb back in his day.

The video quality is abysmal but I searched for almost three whole minutes and this was the only Bryce Drew video I could find.

The hits keep on coming Orange. Keith Smart. Ouch.

George Mason shocks a loaded UConn team in the Elite Eight. The Huskies have to rank among the greatest teams not to have won the NCAA's.

Bo Kimble and Jeff Fryer on Arsenio. Loyola-Marymount. Awesome. Was Jeff Fryer not way better than J.J. Redick? Jeff Fryer gets no love.

Princeton Tigers upset UCLA. And, of course, Gus Johnson describes it. Somehow during college, my friends and I ended up having a joint New Year's Eve party with the Princeton basketball team. I have no idea why it happened. I do remember that Steve Goodrich had a smoking hot girlfriend- I think she was a Senator's daughter or something- and I was just short of alcohol poisoning so I had to throw some game her way. Long story short, being an intramural basketball champion at a DIII school is considered less impressive than beating the defending National Champions in the NCAA Tournament. Her loss.

Metro.co.uk.com - In stunning news that will have wide ranging implications for many years to come, a man has been found who likes having sex with cars.  Mr Donald has also done the dirty with two boats and a jetski.

Mr Donald apparently says that his sexual fetish may have been triggered by formative childhood experiences watching Knight Rider.

Mr Donald, according to The Sun, also maintains a website on which he writes erotic fiction about car-diddling, and has posted a manual entitled 'How to Make Love to a Car or Other Vehicle.'

Advice from the manual includes '

The tailpipe isn't the only option! If it interests you get hold of a silicon sleeve from Clone Zone or some other tool to make life easier on your tool' and 'Roleplay involving the car is another spice. Needless to say solo roleplay requires vivid imagination and the ability to suspend rational thought.'

This is stunning! If you’re like me I know what you’re thinking.  This has to be fake right?  At least that’s what I thought right up until the part when Mr. Joshua, I mean Mr. Donald said that Knight Rider was the reason he rapes cars  now. I mean you got to give Mr. Donald his due. Kit was one sexy car.

As a reminder, it’s not too late to take Friday off from work and join us for our 4^th annual March Madness Party at the Place.  It should be a doozy.   If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times.   This is one of my favorite days of the year.  There is nothing like showing up at a bar at noon, hunkering down for an entire day of drinking, gambling, eating pizzas and watching the first round of the tournament.   Maybe even one day before I die Michigan will actually be in the tournament which would be a nice change of pace.   Seriously, how does Tommy Amaker still have a job?   I honestly can’t believe Michigan hasn’t been in the tournament since Robert Trayler declared that he could leave school early for the NBA since he was leaving as a champion.  Michigan won the NIT! I actually wrote a letter to the school paper I was so pissed about that quote.  Anyway, I digress.  If you consider yourself a Stoolie than you really owe it yourself to show up for this thing.   

Now here are some of my tournament ramblings;

Rule #1 – Don’t get Cute

Now I know everybody loves picking upsets and shit like that, which is fine.   And I’ve heard all the “experts” talk about how this is such a wide open tournament and anybody can win it.  Well this is 100% false.   Florida is the best team in the country and it’s not even close.  It would take an absolute act of god for them not to win this thing.   To be honest, I’d be surprised if they even get challenged the entire time.    So what I’m saying is don’t get cute with your National Championship pick.  You generally need the champion to win your pool and this year it’s a lay-up.   Let all the fools who want to get fancy eliminate themselves by picking anybody but the Gators.    But if you want to stick around for awhile just pencil in Florida as your National Champion and move on.

Worst First Round Games:

It’s got to be the Superfans vs. Texas Tech right?  I mean you can’t draw up a more blah game than this.   They both are bad power conference schools with absolutely no story lines behind them.  Neither of them have a chance to do any real damage in the tournament.   The game is being played in Winston Salem where nobody cares about either school.   It’s just a sucky game.

Best First Round Games:

Villanova vs. Kentucky – Both of these teams are capable of beating anybody (except Florida) on any given night.   The winner of this game will set up a great 2^nd round match up against Kansas. 

Tennessee vs. LBC – I’ll watch any team that only shoots 3’s and that’s pretty much what Long Beach does.  They just sprint down court and huck a 3 and hope for the best.  It’s kind of like the Celtics in the old Jim O’Brien days. 

Marquette vs. Michigan State – I actually had Marquette as a final four team a couple months ago.  And then Dominick James went in the tank.  But I still think they are a sleeper team.  Don’t get me wrong they could get bounced in the first round, but if Dominick James can regain his shot than this team can beat Carolina.  

El Pres First Round Upset Special

New Mexico State over Texas (you heard it hear first)

Lets be clear about one thing- It's a joke that Syracuse was not selected as an at-large team for the NCAA Tournament. Cuse is, without question, one of the top 40 teams in America (34 at-large bids plus six BCS conference champs).

But since I'm just married to a Syracuse alum and didn't actually go there, I can find the silver lining in the committee's snub of the Orange. And the silver lining is that I get to laugh at all the Syracuse fans' lunatic fringe YouTube videos.

Lighting the bracket on fire. Which they do badly. Is lighting a piece of paper on fire really that complicated?

The sad montage video. Eddie Vedder is a big Cuse fan.

A DirectTV commercial which I just stumbled across but it's really funny because Jim Boeheim may actually try to pull this off and have Cuse play a first round game against nobody.

This Patriots offseason has gotten to the point where it's simply re-goddamn-diculous. Whoever they want, they get. They're strolling through the nightclub of NFL free agency, scoping out the one they want to hit on, pointing at them, and they simply follow them out of the club. "You're with me, Leather" and out they go into the Pats limo.

The latest pickup is Kelley Washington. Is he a superstar in the making? Not by any stretch. What I remember about him coming out of Tennessee in 2003 was that he was a bit of a curiousity; big at 6'3", but not real fast. He was projected to go anywhere from the mid first round to possibly even Day 2. He ended up going to Cincy with the first pick of the third round to give No. 1 pick Carson Palmer a big target to throw to. Since then Washington's career has been unremarkable due to mediocre numbers (22 catches in '03, 31 in '04), and injury (20 games missed in '05 and '06).

Ordinarily, Washington would be considered a consolation prize, the scraps left over after the top free agent wideouts were off the market. But the top WRs were Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker, so the Pats are feeding on their own scraps. The NFL equivalent of licking your plate clean. And to make this signing even more fun, the Dolphins were trying to sign Washington to replace Welker.

This is approaching "Embarassment of Riches" level giddiness.

Believe it or not, the talk shows continue to talk about Deion Branch like somehow trading him instead of signing him was a horrible, horrible mistake. Branch got a $7 million bonus from Seattle. His base salary last year was $2.1 mil. To sign Branch the Seahawks had to let go of All Pro guard Steve Hutchinson and WR Darrell Jackson (the same Darrell Jackson whose contract story inadvertently got Ron Borges suspended). Meanwhile, here's what the Pats 2007 signees will get:

• Adalius Thomas: $3.4 million
• Kyle Brady: $2.3 million
• Wes Welker: $1.7 million
• Sammy Morris: $1.83 million
• Stallworth: $3.6 million
• Washington: $300,000 bonus

All of which leaves the Pats $7.7 million under the cap, 13th best in the NFL. And with two first rounders. But on some level, I'm hoping they stop here. Any more of this and I'm going to have to call the doctor about treatment for a permanent erection.

Hate is a strong word but I hate this bracket. It's just so blah. Ohio State and Memphis are the two top seeds and despite both teams' regular season success neither fits the image of a March powerhouse. The best team in this bracket is probably Texas A&M. The Aggies play great defense and have an absolute monster player in Acie Law who could drop 40 a game in the tourney. The rest of the bracket- miserable. Virginia is a terrible four seed. Tennessee is a weak five seed. Louisville and Nevada could make some noise but they could also both lose in the first round and no one outside of Louisville or Reno would notice.

Overrated First Round Upset: 10 Creighton over 7 Nevada. Creighton can't stop Nick Fazekas. End of story.

Underrated First Round Upset: 14 Penn over 3 Texas A&M. For starters, anytime a NCAA tournament team is coached by a former Connecticut College head coach, it's a good bet to make some noise. That's just a scientific fact. So Penn- led by ex-Camels' head coach Glen Miller- has that going for them. But don't overlook Penn. Texas A&M should win this game and they very likely will. But the Quakers actually have some solid talent- a lot of Philly/South Jersey kids transfer to Penn from other, better DI schools because they're homesick for the Jersey Turnpike- and could put a scare into A&M.

Best First Round Matchup: 7 Nevada versus 10 Creighton. Battle of the midmajors. Two solid teams. I think Nevada has too much firepower for Creighton but this should be an entertaining, back and forth game.

Best Potential Matchup: 3 Texas A&M versus 2 Memphis. Acie Law could drop 100 in this game. This matchup would be an offensive shootout. I don't for one second buy Memphis' high defensive efficiency rankings; the Tigers haven't played anyone. The Tigers played three NCAA teams out of conference- Arizona, Georgia Tech and Tennessee- and went 0-3. They gave up an average of 82 points per game in those three losses. Honestly- Acie Law may drop 100 on the Tigers.

Team That Should Advance: 3 Texas A&M

Team Seeded Four Or Higher That Could Advance: 7 Nevada. The Wolfpack have top tier talent, lots of height and plenty of experience. They'll have to beat Memphis and A&M but since when is beating Memphis and Texas A&M really that difficult to imagine.

Ten Hot/Random Alums From This Region's Schools:

1. Boxing referee Mills Lane- Nevada
2. God among men Scott Pioli- CCSU
3. Sugarbaker CEO Dixie Carter- Tennessee
4. Miss Utah 2006 Soben Huon- BYU
5. 40 Year Old Virgin sexpot Elizabeth Banks- Penn
6. SPF inventor William Akers- Louisville
7. Newly single Reese Witherspoon- Stanford
8. Headcase Chuck Knoblauch- Texas A&M
9. Post-It creator Kaitlin Quirk- Albany
10. Spousal abuser Stone Cold Steve Austin- North Texas

I saw this on deadspin. It's hilarious. I love the dad. He's got some great lines in this thing.

"The Wolfpack is going to be really good....someday right?"

"That's right the Wolfpack killed the Tarheels...about a month ago"

"But we'd like to kill them right?"

As a side note, what's the kid's name? Lars or something?

I don't know why, but I still get a kick out of listening to Donald bash Rosie O'Donnell. He basically says the same thing everytime which is that she's ugly, but it still makes me chuckle. I even found the last part funny about the upside down picture even though I haven't got a clue what he's talking about.

Can you believe that there 10 days left in the reign of Tara Conner as Miss USA?  Doesn’t it seem like just yesterday we were posting pictures of her on a daily basis?   Don’t worry worry though; I got a feeling about Conner.  I don’t think we’ve seen anything yet.  The sky is the limit with this kid.  Playboy?  Porn?   It’s all within her reach.   Also, I love the tattoos on her feet.   It just screams slut.    This chick is an absolute five tool player.

As a side note who are the two tool bags who managed to squirm there way into this photo shoot?   If I had to give out an award for the two most out of place guys of the year, I think they’d win.

If you're not watching HBO's Rome, you're missing out on some great Titus Pullo action. And if you don't believe me, fast forward to about the 1:30 mark of the above video.

I don't want to ruin the surprise but Pullo's move has to rank right up there with Dalton ripping apart Jimmy's throat as one of the best weaponless deaths in Hollywood history.

I mean, what Pullo pulls off in this clip, well, you have to be a little sick in the head to even try this. And Pullo definitely is a little sick in the head. But he's also the most moral character on the entire show. He has a code of ethics that he doesn't stray from and I don't know if I can remember an instance of him killing an innocent person. He's essentially a really, really old school Mafioso. Except with a thick British accent.

Lets enjoy some more Titus Pullo mayhem. Because on-screen violence makes me happy.

TMZ.com Former "American Idol" finalist Mario Vasquez is facing accusations that he tried to masturbate in front of a male employee in a bathroom on the set of the hit show in February 2005. Shortly thereafter, Vasquez mysteriously dropped out of "Idol," citing personal reasons.

In the lawsuit, Magdaleno Olmos claims "Vazquez stared lasciviously, smiled lasciviously ... and on one occasion followed him into a bathroom ... knocked on the door of the plaintiff's stall and made eye contact through the space in the stall door.” The lawsuit alleges that Vazquez "started to rub his genitals over his pants. Attempting to leave the bathroom, Olmos opened the door of the stall and saw Vazquez standing in front of him with his pants down masturbating."

According to the documents, Vazquez pushed Olmos "further into the stall and continued masturbating with one hand and trying to pull down Olmos' pants with another hand."

Olmos claims that he tried to "cover his body with his hands" but Vazquez touched his "chest and stomach underneath his shirt, and Olmos' "genitals" as Vazquez "attempted to unzip" Olmos' pants.

Vazquez then allegedly asked Olmos "if he wanted oral sex."

Ok, first question.  Who the hell is Mario Vasquez?   Are we even sure that this guy was on American Idol?   I wouldn’t recognize this dudette if he slapped me across the face.   Second of all, this guy Magdaleno Omos (the guy who got raped) must be the biggest whuss on the face of the planet.   He’s setting this whole “gays can be tough guys too” movement back light years.   I mean how do you get fondled by somebody who has their pants down and is in the middle of jacking off?   You just got to bowl his ass over or punch him in the face or something.   You don’t let the guy molest you with one hand!   That’s a disgrace.   I’m sorry, but you have no right to complain when you get raped by a one handed American Idol gay guy.  The “victim” had to be playing along.  Regardless, this story sucks.  Would somebody put some pictures of Kristin Kreuk on the website or something?   Where’s UB when you need him.

Thanks to Euphorix for the story.

Bonus pic with Angelina Jolie lookalike.

-unclebuck