New Orleans fans will be Pist-on

December 8, 2010

Detroit @ New Orleans

Official Attendance: 10,823

Game 1 for New Orleans under the thumb of david stern’s ownership, and the numbers were not in favor of helping the team.  This after pleas from the Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal for fans to fill the Hive.  The Hornets on the court beat Detroit, which may be part of the reason for the lack of fans.  The Pistons are 7-16 on the season, and they weren’t much of a draw even during their glory days of the early to mid 2000’s because they (gasp!) played defense in a league where offense reigns supreme. 

Up next (God, this still hurts) the okl… the oklah… eh, screw it, if you can’t figure out who they’re playing Friday here’s their schedule http://espn.go.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/no/new-orleans-hornets

If you can look at that logo without every hair on your body standing on end like a puffer fish, more power to you. 

What ELSE is On My Mind…

-I don’t believe Urban Meyer is officially gone until Thursday midday.  We’ll see what sort of presentation his Gator players come up with THIS year to convince him to stay.

-Good for Carl Crawford for getting his money, but I feel for the rest of the AL East and all ESPN viewers who are not Yankee or Red Sox fans.  Tampa is being raided, the Orioles are still pretty young, and the Jays are also more of a daycare than a major league baseball team.  Who will even challenge the terrible two this year with Tampa neutralized?  And will there be any coverage of any baseball teams not in the upper North East?  I know, I know, that’s the norm, but at least for a couple years the Rays MADE them look a little farther South.  Now with one of the big free agent fish already going to Boston when he was thought to be destined for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, of Orange County, of Southern California, of the West Coast, of ETC, and Clifton Phipher Lee expected to be a Yankee any day now, ESPN will have even less reason to show any other team.  They probably already forgot that Timmay and Co won the Series.

-The other day, Mike Gastineau said he thought the Dawgs could run the table in the Pac-10 this year.  I love you Gas, you gave me my first shot, but check out Pullman.  Is Gonzaga having an off year?  Or are the Cougs a team to reckon with?  Maybe neither is true, but you can’t overlook a team that beat the Zags 81-59.  We may have had crappy D1 football (Still got a bowl!) in this state this year, but the hardwood is gonna be fun to watch.

-Congrats to CWU men’s b-ball team jumpin up 12 spots in the National Association of Basketball Coaches D2 poll to number 12.  Off to their best start in 17 years at 7-0, they’ve already beaten two ranked opponents.  Power to the Wildcats!