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The Drunken Observer

sometime in the early morning on 11/07/04

by OC Rambler

Ok, so let me tell you a story. It's about my little brother. And hot girls. We're all sitting around at Hamilton's, a couple minutes after the game ended this afternoon (and by a couple minutes I mean like 6 hours) and this really hot girl sits down a table away. Then my brother comes up, and we're like "Yo, that girl is hot!" And he's like "Yeah, she is. She's my next girlfriend!" And then, he goes over there. And he was right.

Loyola basketball returned today, and exhibited, well, Loyola basketball. It'd be sweet if we only played D2 schools all year. But, let's face it, Butler or Detroit are not going to be missing those kinds of shots. Parkside couldn't hit a $%^$&#* layup. They were not good at basketball. It's hard to be critical when we win by twenty something, but there you go. Gouard was perhaps our best guard option -- oh crap. Many of you remember my feelings on young Dajuan. I hope he's gotten better, but I fear, no. Lots of turnovers on both ends, pretty sloppy. Obviously, better than losing the whole time by twenty points, so I don't want to be too critical. This could prove to be a good stepping stone, hopefully the team treats it as such and gets better for Northern in 2 weeks.

And now the basketball segment of my ramblings is over.

When the hell did we get so old? There was a time when BigJoe, Nagel, Blksgirl, myself, and all the others out tonight could have closed out Roger's Park. As it was, Joe and myself were the last 2 posters to make it. Classless bailed early -- his excuse "She's got my balls" indicating the fiancée. Nagel, blks, and the one and only Don Coone left early as well. Luke left early, and kdiddy63 did too, thought he claimed to be heading to a party. Maybe.

Also, I'd like to bitch about the lack of hospitality at Loyola. I freaking bought season tickets -- $110! What the hell? That is an absurd amount of money for Loyola basketball, in my opinion. And they didn't even give me a magnet schedule, like everyone else. But if I'm going to be putting out that kind of cash, I expect some free booze. Let's face it, that's typically been the best part of our day as Rambler fans. But no. No hospitality room. This situation best resolve itself for the regular season. We can't be expected to be buying our own beer ALL day, can we? I mean, 10 hours is a long freaking time.

In other news, Notre Dame is #$%!@#& awesome. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Michigan who? Also, Tennessee. Rocky Top is a sweet freaking song. But you can't beat us. MY cousin Joe is on the phone with me right now from Tennessee, still tailgating. He's says those bible-thumper rednecks are pissed as @#$%. Direct quote; don't get mad at me.

Previous Columns:

Big Joe's Two Shots and the Ball - 12/29/03
Big Joe's Two Shots and the Ball - 12/22/03
Big Joe's Two Shots and the Ball - 12/15/03
Big Joe's Two Shots and the Ball - 12/08/03
Big Joe's Two Shots and the Ball - 12/01/03
Big Joe's Two Shots and the Ball - 11/24/03