Vision Quest II

In a veritable coup of a cross-promotion not seen since Roy Hofheinz staged the Battle of the Sexes on Center Court-Astrodome, six astronauts will take BP at Minute Maid before some Marlins game.

Lance Berkman on the event-har-stunt: "I know that landing the space shuttle is difficult but so is hitting a baseball." He is wise. This would also be the moment to mention something about the diaper-astronaut-driver lady, if it weren't the oldest most played piece of news since Astronaut Nicole Smith.

the journey to bitter loss begins with one step

the best and worst thing about college basketball is that the regular season is about as meaningful as a free game of mini-golf you win by getting a hole-in-one on the 18th

any of 324 teams no what how bad can theoretically still win the National Championship (this would be like if the Royals or Pirates could theoretically win the World Series - which they can't no matter what Tom Verducci says)

this leads us to Elon who at 7-22 begin their quest to immortality tonight

to win the NCAA Mens Basketball National Championship Elon would:

-need to earn an automatic invite into the NCAA tournament by winning their conference tournament which would require 4 victories in 4 days (almost double their total since October)
-an improbable victory in the Southern Conference would mean Elon now with a record of 11-22 would likely be in the play-in NCAA tourney game (this game being a total sop by the NCAA to big money programs - more on this in 2 weeks) Elon would play another small school to earn the right to be in the NCAA field of 64
-if Elon wins the play-in game they will then less than 48 hours later play a No. 1 seed - a dominant team like Florida or Ohio St. - Elon would be a 16 seed - no 16 seed has ever won a game in the tournament - ever
-after posting the biggest upset in sports history Elon would then need to win 5 more NCAA tournament games - under increasing pressure and on bigger and bigger stages

All told Elon would need to win 11 games in a row starting tonight to win the NCAA tournament - a tall order for a team that hasn't won 2 games in a row all season -

stay tuned to P.T.G. for updates on Elon's vision quest

Dave Will Have Some Role on this Blog

Just as the San Francisco Giants announced their intent to include Barry Bonds in the All-Star ceremony, I will take this opportunity to announce that Dave will, in fact, have some role in this blog. The 50-yard dash, the buffet dinner, I'm not sure how. In fact, he may already have.

I also hope that Dave's godfather, Viggo Mortenson, will be able to take part, as well.

La Follette High School Basketball Update

The Lancers advance to regional play this week - tune in to P.T.G. for the latest updates!!

Essence

this more than anything encapsualtes what this blog will be about

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Pie Traynor

He received his nickname for a fondness for eating pie.