MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[woosterbooster]

[Does anyone know how common it is for one team to have the same referee for two straight games? Wooster had Izzy Santiago against both OWU on Saturday and Allegheny last night.]

I don't know but the Wooster announcers liked him because every OWU foul was a "hammer" and every Wooster foul was a "ticky tack" foul. 

Those CPI guys have no business sitting behind the mike in any sport.  Either they're relatives of some big shot or they're blackmailing one.  Now, Mike Breckenridge, the WQKT radio guy, is excellent.  He knows the game and can call one.  I'm surprised that he hasn't moved along to some larger and better paying position.

[ScotsFan]

[Does anyone know how common it is for one team to have the same referee for two straight games? Wooster had Izzy Santiago against both OWU on Saturday and Allegheny last night.]

I don't know but the Wooster announcers liked him because every OWU foul was a "hammer" and every Wooster foul was a "ticky tack" foul. 

That's how those two guys for CPI announce every Wooster game.  Did you catch the part in the broadcast where one guy actually booed?  That was classic. 

Almost as classic as when the Wabash radio guys were standing and cheering at the end of the Wooster/Wabash game in Timken...   

[wally_wabash]

[Does anyone know how common it is for one team to have the same referee for two straight games? Wooster had Izzy Santiago against both OWU on Saturday and Allegheny last night.]

I don't know but the Wooster announcers liked him because every OWU foul was a "hammer" and every Wooster foul was a "ticky tack" foul. 

That's how those two guys for CPI announce every Wooster game.  Did you catch the part in the broadcast where one guy actually booed?  That was classic. 

Almost as classic as when the Wabash radio guys were standing and cheering at the end of the Wooster/Wabash game in Timken...   

Completely unreasonable when their team pulls their season back from the brink by beating an undefeated, #1 ranked team on the road.  Part of the cost of winning so many games is that it's a big deal when somebody beats you and they may just react as such.  You should take it as a compliment. 

[seinfeld]

Almost as classic as when the Wabash radio guys were standing and cheering at the end of the Wooster/Wabash game in Timken...  

Sorry ScotsFan, I've got to correct you on this one. They didn't stand and cheer at the end of the game. They jumped up and down (and cheered), and along with the SID, who was sitting next to them, pointed to their bench in celebration. But more relevant is the fact that they were standing up and cheering DURING the game, from the end of the press table.

[David Collinge]

Re: the new poll.  I figure the lead-pipe cinches for first team are Franks, Sullivan, Black, and Smith.  Brady and Winters from OWU are both candidates, as are Balch and Wickliffe of Wooster, and maybe those seven are your first team.  But I expect at least one and perhaps two players from "bottom 5" teams to get on, and I think these are the leading choices from that group.  What are your thoughts?

[wally_wabash]

Re: the new poll.  I figure the lead-pipe cinches for first team are Franks, Sullivan, Black, and Smith.  Brady and Winters from OWU are both candidates, as are Balch and Wickliffe of Wooster, and maybe those seven are your first team.  But I expect at least one and perhaps two players from "bottom 5" teams to get on, and I think these are the leading choices from that group.  What are your thoughts?

Hale and Haddox would make good first teamers, IMO.  I'd take your four locks, Brady, Hale, and Haddox for my seven first teamers. 

[wally_wabash]

I can't even imagine how riled up y'all are going to get if somebody else winds up cutting nets off your rims on Saturday night.  The whole team, the fans, and even the students there to broadcast the game might all be out there going crazy.  The horror! 

[smedindy]

Almost as classic as when the Wabash radio guys were standing and cheering at the end of the Wooster/Wabash game in Timken...  

Sorry ScotsFan, I've got to correct you on this one. They didn't stand and cheer at the end of the game. They jumped up and down (and cheered), and along with the SID, who was sitting next to them, pointed to their bench in celebration. But more relevant is the fact that they were standing up and cheering DURING the game, from the end of the press table.

See, this is what happens when winning becomes 'old hat' - you tut-tut irrational exuberance. 

[woosterbooster]

I can't even imagine how riled up y'all are going to get if somebody else winds up cutting nets off your rims on Saturday night.  The whole team, the fans, and even the students there to broadcast the game might all be out there going crazy.  The horror! 

Should that happen, I for one will remain in the gym.  There's always the distinct possibility that a Witt or Wabash player might fall off the ladder.

[Pat Coleman]

Irrational indeed. That sounds excessive to me.

[seinfeld]

I can't even imagine how riled up y'all are going to get if somebody else winds up cutting nets off your rims on Saturday night.  The whole team, the fans, and even the students there to broadcast the game might all be out there going crazy.  The horror! 

I think what we are saying is that we would expect that the Men of Wabash would have higher standards for their conduct, or at least match the commonly held standards you'd expect out of media members on press row -- particularly coming from two guys who worked on press row at one time.

[ScotsFan]

I can't even imagine how riled up y'all are going to get if somebody else winds up cutting nets off your rims on Saturday night.  The whole team, the fans, and even the students there to broadcast the game might all be out there going crazy.  The horror! 

Yep.  I imagine that's exactly how it will go down?!     

Funny thing though.  I don't seem to recall seeing this reaction when OWU won the tournament on Wooster's floor when they beat Wabash in 2008?!  Or when Witt did the deed by beating Wooster in 2006?!  I'm sure Wooster fans weren't happy about watching another team cut down the nets at Timken, but to use the term 'riled up' seems a bit excessive.  But then again, excessive is something you're good at.  Especially when it comes time for the post-season in any sport in which your Wallies are involved...

And just for the record, you were the one pointing out how rediculous Wooster's local access cable guys sounded by booing (emphasis on local access cable guys; maybe the term don't quit your day job applies here for them which is why they sound rediculous?).  Well, I simply pointed out to you how equally rediculous Wabash's radio guys looked jumping up and down at the end of a regular season game against Wooster.

[David Collinge]

[wally_wabash]

Noted.  I'm sure they'll circulate a memo before the next Wabash/Wooster game at Timken...no celebrating.  Behave appropriately and apologize to those players for ruining their perfect season and apologize to those fans who paid ten bucks (TEN!!) to watch Wooster win as always...had only Wabash not screwed up and just stuck to the script.  

[Pat Coleman]

Your hyperbole and snark aside, I have been at schools where they actually do circulate a memo on press row reminding people what is considered professional behavior.