Cougars Lose to Davidson But the Cougs looked good!

Despite only shooting 25% from behind the arc and 37% from the field, the College of Charleston Cougars looked good tonight against the Wildcats. It seemed as though every time the Cougars started to get things going a media time out or an arrant foul would take place; thus ending our momentum. Did we get robbed by the officials with that last foul called by the zebras to send Steph Curry to the line? Yes, but the SoCon refs are part-time CofC haters and have picked our pockets more than once through the years. But let's be honest, the Cougars will beat Davidson later on in the season, all the Cougars need is for their legs to look a little more conditioned and the shots fall a little better. 

Free-Throw Juice

Regardless, the Cougars looked good. Jermaine Johnson(as Goldfinger would say) drank his "free-throw juice", hitting 10-12 from the charity stripe and 3-8 from the field notching 16 points for the game. Goudelock was 10-22 from the field and 2-9 from behind the arc (take the extra dribble before you pull up kid) as Andrew put up 22 points to lead the Cougars in the game. Tony White Jr looked great hitting 4-9 from the field and 2-5 from behind the arc. That kid has really come of age this season. Marcus Hammond did the Cougs a solid on defense and was 2-4 from the field and 2-5 from behind the arc. 

Ball Hawg!

Sure Stephanie Curry scored 29 points but he was off to a slow start in the first half and Davidson suffered trailing the Cougars until the 6 minute mark before the half. The next Wildcat even close to the young ball hog was Will Reauchambeaux (actually it might be Archambault-sorry my media guide is a bit blurred on that one) with 14 points. Stevie "Wonder" Rossiter put up 11 points to become the only other Wildcat with double-digit points. 

As we all watched Momma Curry nervously (albeit "she looked smashingly fabulous" as my non-heterosexual friends from Davidson would say) waiting for the time to expire as our beloved Cougars closed in on her son's squad. We also saw something else, North Carolina Hall of Famer and former Charlotte Hornet who kept the "Hive Alive" with one heck of a sweet shot, Dell Curry (aka: Papa Bear) shook his head in discontent as he saw his son's genetically inherited "quick and sweet" released shot over and over. You could read on the jumbo-tron his lips saying, "Pass the ball son, don't be a hog". But alas, his son (who had a few mentionable assists in the first half) was the ball hog for the kids in Davidson red. 

The Breakdown

Teams: 1st 2nd  Final

Davidson: 44 35 79

CofC: 33 42 75

Christmas Comes Late For the Carolina Panthers!

The Carolina Panthers won today against the New Orleans Saints by 2 with a game winning field goal, gaining a bye in the Playoffs and a NFC South Championship banner. As for Drew Brees, he came up just 12 yards short of the passing yards in one season record set by Dan Marino.

(Photo credits courtesy of SI.com/Bob Rosato)

Win It, and You Are In It! Dallas or Philly--Heads and Philly Wins!

Will the Dallas Cowboys win tonight against the Philadelphia Eagles to make the Playoffs or will this be Wade Phillips first and last season with (dare I say) "America's Team"? Sad isn't it? All season long the talking heads have basically been watching a dying man on life-support, anxiously wondering when Jerry Jones will pull the plug. For crying out loud man, let the guy coach a season first. And before all of you Cowboy fans get your proverbial panties in a wad, just remember this, the Cowboys are 0-8 in their final games of the season, since 2000. 

The Eagles are 8-6 and their Jim Johnson coordinated defense has only allowed an average of 11 points per game in the month of December. 

(Photo courtesy of SI's Peter Read Miller)

My First Pedi-Cure!

The girls (Sweets & D) surprised me with a pedi-cure today at the salon in South Windermere on Folly Road. I took this gift in remembrance of Bernie Mack who we lost this past summer. RIP Bernie Mack. 

All right, to make up for the Christmas Cats, here's RUN-DMC's "Christmas Time in Hollis, Queens"

Merry Christmas Everyone, And now what you all have been waiting for Jingle Cats

Merry Christmas from Cousin Eddie!

Hey Clark, the crapper is full! Merry Christmas everyone, from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation's Cousin Eddie. Be sure to friend Cousin Eddie on Facebook and play the Christmas Vacation trivia!

Celebrating the Holidays!

Tis the season of course to be stressed out, running from spot to spot for the best shop. But of course the best thing to do is relax and take it day by day, all the time taking a moment to hit the holiday parties: chowing down on your friends grub, telling tales and putting beers in the freezer instead of the fridge to cause a volcano-like reaction as the beer continues to release the carbonation all over a friend's new kitchen and stainless steel fridge. Uuuuppsss. 

Luckily, I wasn't the one who tossed the aforementioned beer in the freezer, nor did I pop the top on what was thought to be a gag, You-Tube video beer. Good times with the guys. 

(Photo credits: Erin Stricks-McCutch-after party the guys at Pearlz)

Friday Funnies: SNL Digi-Short, "I Jizzed in My Pants"

Tis the season for the folks at SNL (who brought you "It's My D*** in a Box") to give us another Yuletide ditty to sing in the shower or at the closing of a fun guys night at Gene's Haufbrau. Off the top, I'd love to see this gem on the iTunes but there's nothing yet. It's a winning formula they have over at SNL for their digi-shorts: Justin Timberlake (grocery janitor and dj, as well as having his fingerprints all over this track), add Molly Sims (sans bikini) and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (of "Sopranos" fame) and some clever underachievers (comedians), who seem to be way off their meds and you just know that it willproduce solid gold records-baby! Enjoy!