The Bulldogs rolled to a 22-point blowout of Maryland in the second round of the Old Spice Classic, setting up a Sunday tournament championship showdown with Tennessee. The Terps couldn't get the 3-ball to fall like they did against MSU, and the Zags, for once, took advantage of their size and got a lot of easy buckets down low.
Finally, Josh broke out of his shell and delivered a veteran performance. Hopefully this game will give him the confidence to start dominating his opponents like he did against Tyler "spaz/turd/ogre" Hansbrough. The Zags are going to need an epic performance out of him again on Sunday if they are going to keep up with the Volunteers. I've done all that I can to erase last year's match up with Tennessee from memory, but the thrashing we suffered at their hands is hard to forget. It was a 40-minute lay up drill. If the Zags play like they did today, and can get a little more out of Bouldin and a few less bricks out of Gray, they should be in pretty good shape to be crowned the Old Spice Champions.
On a side note, you gotta love watching games on ESPN. The announcers, though still complete dunces, at least have an adequate handle of English. At one point, I'm pretty sure one of the them described Dirty Vasquez as "mercurial." I would love to see Ehlo try to work that into a sentence.
Go Zags.
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I watched the OK state game at my wife's uncle's house on Thanksgiving. He kept going on about how much he loved Micah Downs (who he continually referred to as Downey). For the longest time I couldn't figure out how anyone could like Downs. The guy looks like Beeker off the muppets, he shoots and clanks every time he touches the ball, and makes Adam Morrison look lightning quick. Then it occurred to me- both Downs and my wife's uncle at born-again types. I guess that is the only reason to have him in the game instead of my new man-crush Dimitri Goodsen.
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Explains the soft play...Micah has shown spurts of greatness, but hasn't really lived up to his potential. I'm hoping that both he and Gray will start draining the good looks they've been getting. Thankfully at least Micah got rid of the faux-hawk, hopefully Josh will follow suit. Seriously Josh, the prison-quality tribal tatts do enough to establish your unique identity--shave the hawk. Please.
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