A couple observations from last night...

[Knicks411]

bojangles is so good.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yea never had Chick-Fil-A either. Really want to try it though

Marsh... it will change your life.

Also, I forgot another chicken place that's solid. Raising Cane's. Your order is some combination of chicken fingers, fries, cole slaw and texas toast. That's the whole menu. Not a lot of thinking involved. It's beautiful.

 

[kuethstheman]

That wasn't close to Ennis's best pass of the night, imo. The best one, and it probably went un-noticed by many, was when he had the ball at the top of the key, and Trevor ran from the corner towards him, and he turned his body into Trevor's defender while also this dribble before dishing it back to Trevor for a three. Trevor was simultaneously the screener and got the assist.

That was great! When I saw that, I shook my head and said Yup. Just a freshman.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Yea never had Chick-Fil-A either. Really want to try it though

None of the aforementioned items will assist you in your long term weight goals.

 

[Marsh01]

None of the aforementioned items will assist you in your long term weight goals.

Yep I know. One can dream however!

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Yep I know. One can dream however!

Perhaps. I'm not a big fan of fried food (which is a great thing) or chain restaurants in general. I'd much rather have a really good sandwich at some local joint when I'm on the road. If I remember correctly, you've been known to find a decent place only the locals know when you're visiting clients.

Let the thread hijack, started by Otto I believe, commence.

 

[jordoo]

How can you be called for a moving screen when you have the ball? Ennis was fouled if anything. IMO

 

[Timonen]

These are all over the place so bear with me.

1) My favorite awful announcing moment of the night (and there were many) was when the announcer called Rakeem "rahim" and before the game called Trevor "terry". Loved it.

2) Second favorite: The announcers said at one point "Cassel Coliseum is an amazing and intimidating home court venue. Not just in the ACC, but in the country." They followed that right up with "the cold and students not being here really is hampering that atmosphere tonight." I found it particularly funny because they are announcing to a fanbase where it's ALWAYS cold in the winter, and we still draw 20,000 plus each night. Just a really lame, homer crew.

3) My favorite play of the game was Tyler Ennis threading the fast break chest pass to CJ Fair perfectly for an uncontested dunk. It was thrown diagonally across the court about 30 feet in the air, between three VPI defenders. It hit CJ in stride for an easy dunk. If you've never played basketball, you would have no idea how incredibly difficult that particular pass is to make. It looked so effortless, but was just a beautiful thing to see.

4) Found it odd Dajuan played in mop up time, but my thinking is they held him out of most of this game as a precaution, and then got him some floor time to start shaking the rust off. Better to do it now than in the opening minutes against UNC on Saturday.

another great announcing piece was when pbp asked color guy (because they said he'd seen us a bunch) how deep Boeheim went and he said "he goes 8 but isn't afraid to go deeper if he needs to." obviously, he hasn't paid attention recently when nobody beyond baye is getting any run at all!

 

[kuethstheman]

How can you be called for a moving screen when you have the ball? Ennis was fouled if anything. IMO

You're not supposed to be able to initiate contact, even if you have the ball. I think it was close as to whether you could call that initiating contact but even if it was, it wasn't serious enough to ever get a call. Awesome play.

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

They were not a homer crew. There was much much praise for Syracuse last night. They were in their arena so of course they are going to talk about it. Had it been in the Dome it would have swung the other way.

Dan Bonner went to Duke and Tim Brandt went to Maryland so I highly doubt they were rooting for VPI

I think Bonner went to UVA. And maybe "homer" wasn't the right word. Maybe "Not knowledgeable at all about Syracuse" is the better way to put it.

 

[Marsh01]

I think Bonner went to UVA. And maybe "homer" wasn't the right word. Maybe "Not knowledgeable at all about Syracuse" is the better way to put it.

Christ you are right. I am thinking of Jim Spanarkel

 

[OttoinGrotto]

None of the aforementioned items will assist you in your long term weight goals.

I'm not suggesting anyone maintain a diet exclusively of fried chicken or anything here. Some places do it really well though, even when franchised.

 

[Timonen]

I'm not suggesting anyone maintain a diet exclusively of fried chicken or anything here. Some places do it really well though, even when franchised.

i'm not ashamed to admit that we have cfa every saturday morning. only fast food my kids (2 and 6) even know. divine.

 

[Knicks411]

Bonner for sure went to UVA.
And if you want to say they were more knowledgeable about Va Tech than Cuse, I think that is probably true.

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

Bonner for sure went to UVA.
And if you want to say they were more knowledgeable about Va Tech than Cuse, I think that is probably true.

Yeah, guess it's something I'll have to get used to this year with announcers who have mostly covered the ACC.

 

[Bayside44]

Yea never had Chick-Fil-A either. Really want to try it though

It's awesome. IF you like milkshakes you'll kill for it. And the customer service is really, really good.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

i'm not ashamed to admit that we have cfa every saturday morning. only fast food my kids (2 and 6) even know. divine.

As a grown man, I order the nuggets with pride. People that don't know question it. "Chicken nuggets? What are you, 8 years old?" they mock.

But I don't hold their ignorance against them.

 

[Hoo's That]

Popeyes is starting to expand a bit here in Utah. Basically, if you fry a chicken I'm a fan of your work, but I'd say the hierarchy goes Chik-Fil-A, Popeyes, Bojangles, KFC. The Chik-Fil-A nuggets are just hot, greasy heaven in a thin cardboard box.

Don't forget CFA's shakes and waffle fries!!!!

 

[RhymesWithOrange]

"the announcer called Rakeem "rahim""

 

[TheCusian]

I didn't think they were homers - more that they just had momentarily lapses where they forgot we were in the ACC. Happened in football too.

Seems like we get the OOC treatment - and then they remember randomly.

 

[SBU72]

Yes, that was a nice play as well. Not a better pass, but a great play. It's all gravy either way.

And yes, they were a homer crew. I don't really care, and expect it on the regional Raycom broadcasts because they get guys who are fairly local to do the games, but I would at least like them to be slightly knowledgeable about the game. I don't mind at all (don't get angry about it or anything) I just thought it was downright funny. Bonner is from right near where I live (about two hours from Tech) and he is a UVA grad, but a local to the Shenandoah Valley. I don't actually think he was that bad though. Honestly, I think both Brant and Bonner have more to say about ACC teams, as that's what they know. So the commentary kind of tilted towards VA. Tech. I just enjoyed the Cassel Coliseum remark more than anything.

Yes it is a Raycom broadcast but for the ACC network and SU is now part of the ACC so should not get the oursider treatment they got.

 

[victor]

I loved two parts.

The first part was when the announcer said "wow this place just turned into a library" after we made it a 10 point game. No, you could hear a pin drop almost the whole game. That place was deathly silent.

The second was when they said "Va Tech distributes over 3,000 student tickets which is why this place isn't packed". They have 25k+ kids and only give out 3k student tickets? Yikes.

Tech is up in the mountains in the middle of nowhere. Closest mid size city is Roanoke which I guess 50 is miles away. Basketball team sucks so that I am not surprised of the poor attendance when students are away. Why would anyone living in Richmond want to travel for 41/2 hours to see a 9 0'clock game when the temp. is in the teens and the team sucks. Football is a different matter. Tech is a football school and you have folks from all over the state going to the football games. U.V.A. has the bigger following when it comes to basketball.

 

[bnoro]

Chick fil A is very average from my experience. Popeye's is pretty good, I remember when I lived near 125th St in Harlem a few years ago no matter what time of day it was, there would always be a line at the Popeye's there. They do make good chicken though for a chain.

 

[orangefan13]

Ennis had a attempt at a pass that came off a dead ball, he had both hands and the ball in the middle of his back wasit line, and flipped the ball over his head for a oop pass if he ever connects on that in a real game everyone will lose it.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Ennis had a attempt at a pass that came off a dead ball, he had both hands and the ball in the middle of his back wasit line, and flipped the ball over his head for a oop pass if he ever connects on that in a real game everyone will lose it.

I saw that as well. Very cool play and I completely agree about how that would be received if it happened in live play. JB would probably bench him immediately, but that would be fine as well.