Wednesday, November 28, 2012

You Shouldn't Give Up on Men's Basketball Just Yet

A 0-5 start to the season is pretty rough. Even if you're the most diehard Terrier basketball fan, not seeing a win yet makes you question the season. At the same time, we have to worry that if we don't have a near spectacular overall record, there isn't a shot in hell of us making the NCAA tournament (America East you suck). It's a little nerve-racking knowing there's no longer a superstar to carry us - John Holland is gone, Darryl Partin is gone. Even dearly beloved Jake O'Brien left us. And we can't forget about Patrick Chambers and the tiny part of our hearts that followed him to Penn State. I mean, sometimes it feels like the entire heart and soul of this team has moved on for one reason or another.

Alright, are we done with the self-pity now? Men's basketball takes on Coastal Carolina tonight and I've got a few reasons why there's no way I'm giving up on this team just yet.



Sunday, November 25, 2012

For Newton

We've come to that week. That one week we've had circled on our calendars since the schedule came out. That one week where we can face our rivals not once, but twice. Where we can stay home and get away. Where we hope to, once again, prove that Boston College sucks.

It's really never hard to get amped up for this week. You don't need to read this or any other blog to tell you how important this weekend will be. It's pointless to try and coerce you to show up to Agganis on Friday or head to Conte on Saturday - I know you will. It's pointless to try and tell you to scream louder than ever, be more proud than ever, and act like a Terrier more than ever - I know you will. It's pointless for me to even be writing a post about this week at all.

So, what the hell am I doing?


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

November 16th-November 18th

This weekend is going to be incredibly packed with Terrier athletics. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday can be spent enjoying a tropical vacation in the ever toasty Case Gym or a winter wonderland in either one of the hockey rinks. 6 games, 4 teams. And if you would rather have it any other way, you can get off my god damn blog.


Monday, November 12, 2012

Cheer Up Charlie, BC Still Sucks

A loss against BC in any context is always brutal. It's just one of those games you never want to come out of on the wrong end. Yet inevitably, we somehow often do. But rather than dwell on a hard fought battle, I'll give you some of my reasons to take this and get more angry for the next meeting in 18 short days.


Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Women's Basketball Opener

I'm glad we've all been having a dandy time with ice hockey and soccer and whatever else have you this fall. But this week marks the start of another season for women's basketball. Full disclosure here, I pretty much could care less about the NBA. But when it comes to collegiate basketball and BU basketball, I go crazy.

I know a lot of you may have some reservations about making it to women's basketball. For whatever reason, the games just "haven't work out" and you just "didn't get a chance to go." Well, now's the time to stop making excuses. This Friday night women's basketball takes on the number one hated rival across the board - Boston College. If you're on campus and don't make it out to this game, well, quite frankly, you suck.

If you want some more convincing, keep reading.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

MIH - North Dakota - 11/2-11/3


It doesn’t matter that we all left with Chelsea Dagger stuck in our heads. It doesn’t matter that we had to explore Grand Forks (and East Grand Forks) for eight hours. It doesn’t even matter that Matt Grzelcyk didn’t acknowledge me at all during warm ups (one day...). North Dakota was the place to be this weekend.


Thursday, November 1, 2012

RIP Bleed Scarlet, November 2011 - November 2012

The offseason is typically a time for athletes, coaches and fans to rest. To recuperate and get away from the game if only for a month or two. A time when we can all breathe and regroup.

I don't believe Boston University Athletics got a chance at its own offseason this year.

It seems like every which way the athletes turned they were thrown into more adversity. For some, it was getting their character questioned day in and day out. It doesn't matter if they were friends with certain people on their team, all that mattered was that they participated in the same sport. People even tried to test the judgements of our recruits and questioned why they would even want to come to this school anymore. For others, it was getting their hard work devalued. It didn't matter if they could, yet again, prove how dominate they were. They were going to have that ripped away from them no matter what. Even if they fought their hardest, won as many games as they possibly could, they would have extreme difficulty trying to earn the opportunity to represent their school in a national tournament. And for the rest of them - they're still fighting day in and day out to prove their worth.

Yeah - all of that sucked. Even for the fans. All the sudden we were in a position where the sports we love to support were being attacked on all different levels. It wasn't just about proving ourselves to our rivals anymore, we were being asked to prove ourselves to countless ordinary people who felt some sense of entitlement to judge us.

But the good part of it all was that nobody backed down from the challenge. People were outraged at the decisions of others. We all spoke out about it. All of the sudden there were Facebook pages popping up, petitions being started, articles being written - all in overwhelming support of our teams. We would gladly defend the right to play. It branched deeper than just the diehards, too. Anyone who wears Scarlet and White was part of this. It started last Winter and is still going strong now. It has never felt better to go to a men's ice hockey home opener than it did this year. The massive student sections spoke volumes as to how much we care about this place we've all decided was our home. That support speaks louder than any competition bans or character criticisms people will throw at us.

And that is by far way cooler than anything I could ever hope to put into words on this blog. For a year, I've tried to show just how awesome we are, but I just can't accurately do that. So it's with a heavy hear that I announce today the end. After a year of truly loving what I was doing, I will be doing it no longer.