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Xavier fandom: Where insufferability and general douchebaggery somehow = "passion" and "loyalty". Thank God I'm a Dayton Flyer.

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My Father always used to say, "There are three types of lies in the world: lies, damn lies, and statistics".  This seems like a pretty good example of what he meant.

The Leno Dilemma

I'm sitting here right now watching Conan's last Tonight Show and thinking about the whole predicament.

When it comes to Jay Leno, I'm torn. I really like Jay Leno: car guy. Have you ever seen jaylenosgarage.com? It's AWESOME if you like cars. I've watched probably half of those videos and I really respect Jay's passion as a gearhead. But Jay Leno: comedian and talk show host? He's a douchebag. In my opinion, he's screwed over 2 superior comedians for the Tonight Show, and every major feature of his show seems to be stolen from someone else. As a TV personality he's so mediocre, but he has the tank car!

What a Predicament!

I'm going to admit 2 things right now that are both pretty embarrassing:

1) I enjoy watching Jersey Shore

2) I think "The Situation" is a fantastic nickname, and I'm jealous I never got a nickname that begins with "The".

So while I know nicknames should be organic, 2 of my friends, my Wife, and myself have decided that from now on I will adopt the nickname "The Predicament". The basis for this nickname is that when I open my mouth, I am known to create a predicament. I'm not taking it as my main nickname, (this isn't like Puffy changing his nickname to P. Diddy) but I'm assimilating it into my nickname roster. I am now Joe, aka JoBu, aka The Predicament.

What the hell happened last year?

I just noticed that in 2008 I posted a sparkling 504 times. Last year? I posted just a measly 159 times! PATHETIC! I'm figuring that number will pick up in 2010, especially in the 2nd half of the year when I turn into that parent and post update upon update of my firstborn child.

Stephen Colbert... always the man

How great of a sport is Alicia Keys to do this?

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Me So based on the early returns UC has to be the worst team in the BCS, right? Do you see them beating GT or Iowa? Not I.

The Definitive Dayton Flyer All-Decade Team.

I've seen 2 Dayton Flyer all decade teams, and I disagreed with both. The Blackburn Review left off Brian Roberts, which I think they did just to piss people off. Then, Tom Archdeacon included Brooks Hall on his team, which is fantastic if he was listing the top 5 overrated Flyers of the decade. Seriously Tom, when did you start drinking for New Years?

I haven't seen any other lists, but since I'm making the definitive UD all-decade team, it doesn't matter.

Without further ado...

F - Keith Waleskowski

On this team, I'm playing Keith at the 5 spot. About the only disappointing thing Keith did in his years in a Flyer uni is not get his brother Adam to come to UD over FSU.

F - Chris Wright

A healthy Chris Wright got the Flyers to the NCAA tournament. A healthy Chris Wright helped get UD a #13 ranking and would have gotten Brian Roberts to the Dance as a high seed. Chris Wright coming to Dayton started the trend of the top talent in Dayton looking toward UD. Sure, he has almost no mid-range game (I almost fainted when he buried a shot from the FT elbow against Boston) but his overall production and impact on the program guarantees him this spot.

G - Tony Stanley

This is the guy I'm least enthusiastic to put on this team, since he played the majority of his career in the 90's (which I think also disqualified Mark Ashman from consideration as well). He's a surefire all 90's pick, and if you'd confine me to name a traditional 2 guard 2 forward 1 center lineup then Sean Finn gets this spot. Stanley was one hell of an ego and one hell of a talent. I'll always like the guy because he went to UD the same time I did.

G - Ramod Marshall

If Brooks is the most overrated Flyer of the decade (it's a race between him and big Desmond Adedeji) then Ramod would be the most underrated. He had the funky looking shot, but he could score, run the offense, and lead. He'd be playing the point without a doubt.

G - Brian Roberts

The Flyer of the decade in my mind. The best player on a string of mediocre teams. Chris Wright gets to play with Chris Johnson and Rob Lowery. Roberts played with Jimmie Binnie. Trent Meacham transferring and Chris Wright's ankle essentially tanked B-Rob's chances to make the NCAA's, but that doesn't diminish his accomplishments.

So there you go, there are my 5. You can disagree with me if you want, but you're wrong.