Locks of the Day

So Amit wants me to play more relevant games - not sure how since most of my games are either ACC (conference of the Superfans) and Big Ten (home to my alma mater) or ranked teams, but I'll give it a shot. Missed most of the early games but there's still plenty of college hoops left. Got three games for you guys today.

I realize Texas is the #12 team in the country but there's no way they should be laying 10 even at home to KState. KState had a pretty rough start to conference play but that should be expect, they have an extremely young team. I expect them to play competitive ball from here on out, including against #12 Texas.

Got a little Big Ten action in Northwestern. I realize I'm probably the only one that cares about Big Ten and actually watches most of the games on BTN but Northwestern is extremely fun to watch/gamble on. They have extremely tall white goofy guys that look like they have no business playing D1 hoops but they continue to be monsters ATS. Laying 1 at home is a no brainer against a struggling Wisky team.

And the last one is for Frank...BC BABY!!!! lay the 3.5 points.

Q Lock of the day #1: Kstate +10
Q Lock of the day #2: Northwestern -1
Q Lock of the day #3: BC -3.5

Sox re-sign Varitek

The Red Sox have officially re-signed Jason Varitek. Thank God. It looks like it's a 1 year, $5 million contract with a team option for a second year at $5 million, and a player option of $3 million for a second year, with incentives that can bring the total to $5 million. Basically, what this means is that after this season ends, if the Red Sox want to keep him, they'll just exercise the team option for 2010 and he'll earn $5 million the following season. If he sucks it up this season, the Red Sox can decline to pick up the team option, but Varitek can decide to play for the Sox in 2010 (player option) for a base salary of $3 million. He will then earn additional incentives for number of games played. Looks like a win-win for the Sox. We lock our backstop down for another year (maybe 2), and keep our pitching staff happy and comfortable. He might be an auto-out on offense, but pitching wins championships right?

Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber...

I'd like to congratulate Big Q for not only losing his 4th consecutive "Lock of the Day", but losing it in such a downright awful and pathetic fashion. The team he chose last night, Illinois, looked like me playing pick-up basketball (translation: not good at all). The final score was 59-36, NOT Illinois. How do you only score 36 points in an entire game? It's not like they were running the Princeton offense and waiting until under 5 seconds on the shot clock to shoot. They were just absolutely terrible. And the reason why? Because Big Q picked them. It's getting to the point where I might start gambling again. I'll just wait for Big Q's lock, then bet my entire life savings on the opposite team. This can't fail right? Only problem is, he lost 3 (not counting the push), won 3, then he lost 4. The pattern seems to suggest that he will win the next 4 picks and TOTALLY REDEEM HIMSELF. I don't see it happening...

So it looks like I got a fun-filled weekend coming up. After work today, I plan on going to Sidebar for Happy Hour. You can't really beat 10 cent wings and 2 dollar pints of Bud Light. Giddy up. After that, I think we're heading to Loews to watch that new movie "Taken". All the reviews say that the movie is an action-packed, edge-of-your-seat, and COMPLETELY IMPLAUSIBLE SCENARIO. This is perfect for me today. Sometimes you just don't want to have to think. If you are looking for an all around spectacular movie, however, then I suggest Slumdog Millionaire. Not sure if I wrote about it in a previous entry, but this is the movie of the year, hands down. STAMPED IT. Not sure what I'm doing after the movie, but since I'm starting to feel really old, there's a chance I might just call it a night and hit the sheets.

I got a pretty nice little Saturday lined up. We're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time.

In actuality, my real Saturday looks like this. I'm going to wake up early and hit the gym (still working out 5 times a week). Then I'm gonna come home, make some breakfast, then help my roommate fix the front door to the condo. Apparently it's loose (that's what she said) so we need to tighten it up a bit. Just so you can appreciate how truly "responsible" I am, I'm gonna follow that by ordering a new frying pan and cleaning up the place (vacuum, possibly attempt to corral all the wires hanging around, etc.). After that, I'm heading over to Franklin for our softball team get-together where we'll choose names, jerseys, drink some beers, and eat a bunch of food. Always a good time. From there, I'm heading to Sports Depot in Allston/Brighton to watch UFC 94 baby! What a fuckin card lined up. Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida, Karo Parisyan Vs. Dong Hyun Kim, Stephan Bonnar Vs. Jon Jones, Lyoto Machida Vs. Thiago Silva, and finally the MEGAFIGHT: Georges St-Pierre Vs. BJ Penn. This is two top 5 fighters going head to head in a battle for the ages. My head is going to explode just thinking about watching this fight card. I will also be really drunk when I watch this.

Super Bowl Sunday is going to consist of me rolling out of bed whenever my body feels ready. I'm not sure where I'm going to watch the game as of yet, got a few options lined up. I'm pretty sure I'd like to avoid driving because I'll most likely be hammered, but you never know with me. What are people doing for the Super Bowl? Leave a comment.

Sports News

• Celtics: How the FUCK is Ray Allen not an all-star reserve?
• Bruins: After playing like dogshit the first 2 periods last night, they made a valiant comeback, took the lead, then blew the game in the final 2 minutes and overtime. Hey, at least they got a point. I was chalking it up as a straight L after watching the first 2 periods.
• Red Sox: I guess we'll know later today if Varitek is going to be our catcher next year. I sure hope so, but if not, what can you do?
• Patriots: I can't wait for us to win another Super Bowl this Sunday! Oh wait, we're not in it? What, we had 11 wins and didn't make the playoffs? Well that's unfortunate.

Have a good weekend everyone! Stay warm, stay safe, don't drink and drive, and GO CARDINALS!

The Cardinals cheerleaders ready for the money shot special.

Big Q's Lock of the Day

Selina Miss Illinois thinks Illinois will win tonight and Big Q (aka Q mush) agrees. So if you like your money, fade away!

Q's Lock of the Day: Illinois -1

Things I don't understand...

It looks like the Detroit Red Wings just signed forward Henrik Zetterberg to a 12 year, $72 million contract. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the NHL, but what is up with teams signing these retardedly long contracts? 12 years, are you kidding me? I'm pretty sure that NHL contracts are GUARANTEED contracts so if he suffers a career ending injury next week, Detroit is still on the hook for all $72 million. Hey, it might work out in the long run, but as a GM, why even take that risk? I mean, obviously this is fantastic for the player, but it's just not a logical thing to do for an organization. This was almost as stupid as the NY Islanders signing goalie Rick DiPietro to a 15 YEAR contract a few years ago. Naturally, DiPietro has been shut down for the remainder of this season because of lingering knee problems from 2 SURGERIES IN 4 MONTHS. If this guy never comes back to full health and mobility, the Islanders will look really dumb. Almost as dumb as Big Q with his lock of the day picks haha.

Apparently, Kobe Bryant jerseys are the #1 selling NBA jerseys. Kevin Garnett is #2. This doesn't surprise me because everyone who bought a Kevin Garnett jersey also bought a Kobe Bryant jersey so they could wipe their asses with it or burn it. Seriously, the only people outside of California that are purchasing Kobe Bryant jerseys gotta be doing it as some sort of joke, right? I can see people from Denver buying them just so they can have an excuse when they rape someone. I've already discussed why the Boston fan faithful would do it.

Kobe Bryant's favorite song: "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy

I mean, c'mon now. This guy clearly raped that girl in Denver while he was "rehabbing" and somehow he got away with it. It appears that the same "guy" that killed OJ's wife was also the same "guy" who raped that girl in Denver. Yup, you heard it here first. Kobe Bryant killed Nicole Brown Simpson. What's worse than the fact that he got away with rape is the fact that his bimbo wife forgave him after he bought her a $4 million ring to patch things up. What a stupid fuckin materialistic whorebag she is and she ought to be ashamed of herself.

Let's move on to another topic: obesity in America. What the fuck is going on here? How are there so many damn fat people in this country? Do people not understand portion control, exercise, or the ability to not look disgusting? It's completely out of hand. I'm kind of glad that we're in a recession now so that all the fat asses in this world are forced to think twice about how much they will consume. Hey, guess what? If you don't eat as much, it won't cost as much. This isn't rocket science. Stop being fat. It all stems from laziness. And don't come at me with the "it's in some people's genes to be this way" line. That's a load of crap. Anyone has the ability to keep their body looking presentable. It just takes a little hard work and some discipline.


Moral of the story: obese people suck. They get in the way of everything and everybody. I'm proposing that we have a NATIONWIDE "Biggest Loser" contest, and whoever is still obese when the competition ends will be executed.

Q's Lock of the Day - Fear the Turtle!!!

Despite BC being on a modest 2 game winning streak, and despite Maryland losing 3 out of it's last 4 and despite almost getting doubled up by Duke, I like Maryland a lot here. Maybe I'm just bitter after they got completely blown out against Wake Forest in one of my previous locks but I really believe BC gets blown out here.

Q's Lock of the Day: Maryland Terps -5



And in case you haven't heard, Patrice Bergeron, Milan Lucic, and Andrew Ference will all play tonight against Washington. Let the 2nd half begin!

Q's 2nd Lock of the Day: Bruins PL +180

Go Rangers!

This is a picture of the new batting helmets that will be worn by the Texas Rangers this year. Having the ugliest helmets in the history of professional sports is actually a genius idea because pitchers will be so distracted by them that they won't be able to focus, thus causing an increase in walks and on base percentage. Although, on the flip side, the Rangers hitters might feel so self-conscious wearing them that they also might not be able to focus. Sad day for baseball.

By the way, this is not a joke. Those really are going to be the helmets that they wear for all 162 games.

This just in: Josh Hamilton took one look at the helmets and immediately started doing heavy drugs again. Sad day for baseball indeed...