The Coffee Drinker's Thread - v2.0

THE ICEMAN · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:09 pm

Cloudy wrote:

This thread needs to go to diversity training... :lol:

How's this for diversity???

Here, have a cup of decaf before bed...

THE ICEMAN · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:16 am

The Day After...

Drowning my sorrows this morning in a kona blend, FRAVNS.

It starts again...

THE ICEMAN · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:44 am

Another Monday...

Congrats to liljol's Cal Golden Bears for dispatching the much loathed UofEh? mildrats this last Sunday. 8-)

Unfortunately my Sun Devils dropped the ball & let that junior university get by them. :evil:

Oh well.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

For the fourth Sunday of February 2012...

Wonder of wonders, my California Golden Bears men's hoops team have raised themselves into 4th place in the Pac-12, after getting a very rare sweep of the Oregon schools.

Meanwhile, THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils suddenly find themselves a game behind The Golden Bears, after an inexplicable hucking by those damnable seattle fuskies. :cry:

Those damnable tucson mildrats remain in a tie with The Ducks for 1st, with the southern campus bruins tied in the loss column and needing a win today over The Trojans to stay there. The race to the finish could be way more than a lil interesting, as The Golden Bears' last three games are in the friendly confines of Haas Pavilion, against Utah, Colorado, and that eternally damnable junior university. 8-)

Meanwhile, The Sun Devils' last three games are all away (Bruins, Trojans, mildrats).

Should The Golden Bears win out and either or both of the mildrats or The Ducks lose a game, The Golden Bears have tiebreakers on both. However, should The Golden Bears not win out and The Sun Devils tie The Golden Bears, The Sun Devils have the tiebreaker.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, hell, so this is way more than a lil early for the first Saturday of March 2012...

My California Golden Bears men's hoops team have raised themselves into a tie for 3rd place in the Pac-12, after Wednesday's expected win over the hapless utah utes.

Meanwhile, THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils are two games behind The Golden Bears in 6th, after a tough overtime loss to the southern campus bruins. :cry:

The Golden Bears are tied with those damnable tucson mildrats, however The Golden Bears have the tiebreaker due to their huge win in mckale hellhole. The Oregon Ducks remain in 1st, a half game ahead of the southern campus bruins. The Golden Bears have a huge game Saturday against Colorado, currently a half game ahead of The Sun Devils, who also have a big game against The Trojans, who are a half game behind The Sun Devils.

As for that eternally damnable junior university, they're in 9th, a half game behind those huckable fuskies. Unless that eternally damnable junior university should manage a deep run in The Pac-12 Tournament, IMO they deserve to be relegated to either the CBA or CIT, never mind The Big Dance or NIT. :lol:

tiefly · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:54 am **Posts:** 1665

I have succombed to the bean of coffee.

Drinking iced caramel macchiato...mmmm, sweet & creamy.

I guess that it's coffee

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

For the second Sunday of March 2012, Daylight Savings Time...

Despite horribly bungling away their chance to tie for The Pac-12 regular season championship by inexplicably falling to that eternally damnable junior university

, The California Golden Bears men's hoops team will be the #2 seed in The Pac-12 Tournament, facing the winner of Wednesday's game between USC-Utah on Thursday. The Golden Bears earned the #2 seed by sweeping The Oregon Ducks and those damnable tucson mildrats to break the three way tie for 2nd.

Meanwhile, THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils will hopefully end the wet dreams of that eternally damnable junior university to go to The Big Dance next Wednesday.

Assuming that The Sun Devils prevail, they will then face the #1 seed, the southern campus bruins.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

liljol wrote:

Meanwhile, THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils will hopefully end the wet dreams of that eternally damnable junior university to go to The Big Dance next Wednesday.

Assuming that The Sun Devils prevail, they will then face the #1 seed, the southern campus bruins.

WOO HOO!! WTG SUN DEVILS!!

TO HELL WITH THAT ETERNALLY DAMNABLE JUNIOR UNIVERSITY!!!

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

Well, hell, for The Ides Of March 2012...

What a godawful, horrible Thursday in The Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament for both THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils and my California Golden Bears. At least The Sun Devils kept their game close, though falling to the #1 seeded southern campus bruins.

However, my California Golden Bears grievously bungled away a great chance to make at least the semi-finals by losing to The Utah Utes, whom they had beaten in both their prior games. :cry:

IMO, that loss, along with the inexplicable losses to that eternally damnable junior university, should be enough to relegate The Golden Bears to the NIT, where they could meet The Sun Devils again.

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

In an effort to help Liljol out, and breathe new life into what seems to be in danger of becoming a dying thread, I'll post something here. Not sure about all the posts that others have put up here, but it looks like you guys have been talking about college basketball lately, so I will try to stay with the topic.

How about the Big East Conference getting eight teams into NCAA basketball championship, and Louisville getting the top number one ranking in the brackets? I'll be rooting for the Cards, but I'm worried about that great big target that they all will be wearing on the backs of their shirts in the tournament. Yeah, I know that their seeding probably gives them two early wins, but look at the other teams that are in their bracket. Though the Cards are pretty good on defense most of the time, I'm concerned that their tendancy to go into long scoring droughts may be their undoing. I think the Cards, will have a tough way to go to make it to the Georgia Dome.

Good luck to the rest of you, who will be rooting for other teams.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

For the third Tuesday of March 2012...

THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils open their NIT play Wednesday, hosting The Detroit Titans. The other Pac-12 teams in the NIT play later today; those huckable fuskies travel to BYU, and that eternally damnable junior university will inexplicably have the chance to defend their NIT title against The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks in the friendly confines of maples hellhole. :roll:

Meanwhile, my California Golden Bears somehow remained in The Big Dance

, and will play Thursday in the only opening game rematch of the regular season, against The UNLV Runnin' Rebels at the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion in San Jose. Since The Golden Bears are a #12 seed, they're not expected to advance, but should they do, they would face the winner of Syracuse-Montana in the round of 32.

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

liljol wrote:

For the third Tuesday of March 2012...

THE ICEMAN's Arizona State Sun Devils open their NIT play Wednesday, hosting The Detroit Titans. The other Pac-12 teams in the NIT play later today; those huckable fuskies travel to BYU, and that eternally damnable junior university will inexplicably have the chance to defend their NIT title against The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks in the friendly confines of maples hellhole. :roll:

Meanwhile, my California Golden Bears somehow remained in The Big Dance

, and will play Thursday in the only opening game rematch of the regular season, against The UNLV Runnin' Rebels at the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion in San Jose. Since The Golden Bears are a #12 seed, they're not expected to advance, but should they do, they would face the winner of Syracuse-Montana in the round of 32.

Okay Liljol, I'll be rooting for the Golden Bears. Hope I don't jinx them, because the teams I root for often lose, when they shouldn't.

p.s. I rooted for the Kentucky Wildcats tonight in their opener in the NIT against Robert Morris. That should tell you something. :lol:

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

Sorry Liljol, damn the Orangemen. Syracuse started the season like gangbusters. When Louisville got ranked #1 The 'Cuse came down to the Yum Arena, and beat us on our home court. Ever since then Syracuse has had a up and down season. It's too bad that your guys ran into them on one of their up days. I have not liked the Syracuse baseketball team since 1965, when they came down to Colgate's gymnasium with Dave Bing and Jim Boeheim intending to walk all over us. Syracuse did win, but it took three overtimes for them to do it.

So far the Cards have been doing well, but the real tests are yet to come. I find it hard to believe that they can go the rest of the way without losing to someone.

p.s. It looks like the NCAA selection committee screwed up, when they invited eight Big East teams to the Big Dance. I believe it is either four or five of them that have packed their gym bags now, and gone home.

liljol · **Joined:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:41 pm **Posts:** 2497

For the fourth Sunday of March 2012...

Belated condolences to THE ICEMAN, as his Arizona State Sun Devils were eliminated by The Baylor Bears in the second round of NIT play Wednesday.

Meanwhile, those huckable fuskies were eliminated by BYU in their one and done game Tuesday.

Saturday started out as good as it could, with The Alabama Crimson Tide destroying the wet dreams of that eternally damnable junior university of repeating as NIT champions.

However, my California Golden Bears were eliminated in their round of 32 game by The Syracuse Orangemen, after scoring an upset of The UNLV Runnin' Rebels at the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion in San Jose. :cry:

SoCal RHYNO · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:20 pm

Unfortunately my southern campus bruins disappointed after a great regular season championship. :cry:

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

SoCal RHYNO wrote:

Unfortunately my southern campus bruins disappointed after a great regular season championship. :cry:

Hopefully you are old enough to remember the days, when UCLA under John Wooden, would win just about every basketball game they played. The Bruins owned the NCAA tournament for so many years, that I thought they always would. It was a dynesty that I thought would never come to an end.

I still remember Wooden's last NCAA tournament in 1975. Kentucky and Louisville both made it the "Final Four", and UCLA beat both of them to win the championship again. Those glory days will probably never return as they were under Wooden, but I think the Bruins will cut down the nets after the championship game again, before too many years roll by.

(I do want to thank UCLA for Denny Crum, who won two national championships coaching the Louisville Cardinals. When Denny was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, it was John Wooden, who escorted him to receive the honor.)

SoCal RHYNO · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:23 pm

Cloudy wrote:

SoCal RHYNO wrote:

Unfortunately my southern campus bruins disappointed after a great regular season championship. :cry:

Hopefully you are young enough to remember the days, when UCLA under John Wooden, would win just about every basketball game they played. The Bruins owned the NCAA tournament for so many years, that I thought they always would. It was a dynestry that I thought would never come to an end.

I still remember Wooden's last NCAA tournament in 1975. Kentucky and Louisville both made it the "Final Four", and UCLA beat both of them to win the championship again. Those glory days will probably never return as they were under Wooden, but I think the Bruins will cut down the nets after the championship game again, before too many years roll by.

(I do want to thank UCLA for Denny Crum, who won two national championships coaching the Louisville Cardinals. When Denny was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, it was John Wooden, who escorted him to receive the honor.)

Unfortunately I was only six in 75 and have no memories of the great run. Oh well I' ll always have 95.

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

SoCal RHYNO wrote:

Unfortunately I was only six in 75 and have no memories of the great run. Oh well I' ll always have 95.

I don't think any team will ever come close to UCLA's record back in their glory days. Duke would like to, but as good as they might be, I don't think they can do it.

I hope that there aren't any Dukies here. Let's see how much trouble this gets me into.

I've got a feeling that if there was a polling of college basketball fans, asking them to name the three teams they hated the most, that Duke would show up on 90% of the replies.

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

I was worried that my Louisville Cardinals would have to play Duke to make it to the Final Four. The Cards have already lost to Duke once this year, and it will be a sad day in Louisville if the Dukies do it again.

Why am I worried...? Duke has an incredible team, and the Cards have a propensity to go on long scoring droughts. However, I am particularly worried about how the referees are going to call the game. Louisville plays a very aggressive defense, which they are allowed to in the Big East, but if the referees start blowing the whistle on every ticky-tacky foul, I can see a long night for the Cards, with their starters sitting on the bench.

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................................................................................................................... "Dang, I'm worried"

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

What do you West Coast guys think about Steve Alford being given the head coaching job at UCLA...?

p.s. I hope his increase in salary is big enough to take care of the significant increase in taxes that California will be deducting from his pay checks. :lol:

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

There's a cartoon from the 1940's that makes me think of a current college basketball coach.

Here it is:

What coach do you think looks the most like that?

p.s. There are no wrong answers. The nose, shape of the head, and eyes make me think of just one coach.

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................................................................................................ Goodnight I'm going to bed.

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

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Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

Son-of-a-gun... The University of Louisville won it all. They throttled Duke to get to the Final Four, and then squeaked by Wichita State and Michigan, after trailing by a lot in both games, to cut the nets down in the Georgia Dome. I've been waiting for this since 1986, and I hope to God that the Cardinals can do it again, before another 27 years go by.

p.s. As the Big East Conference is folding, it's nice that they bow out with two teams in the Final Four.

p.p.s. Look out the ACC is about to get a lot better.

Cloudy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:30 am **Posts:** 5277

The "ScaRatings" has decided to log me off once more, just as I was about to hit "submit" on a rather lengthy post, which was totally lost. As late as the hour is, I'm gonna say, "Screw it...!", and whisper these parting words:

............... Goodnight I'm going to bed.

THE ICEMAN · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:56 am

Someone here on this thread refuses to bring the coffee & posts that lame ass sleepy santa instead. Tell ya what... I'll bring the coffee...

(A nice Boyer's medium roast kona blend)

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