Fender, you're a good man

"Besides I would take my ring that says Benedictine Military School over a Single A state championship ring any day."- Robert Fender, class of 2007.

Brilliance.

Too bad we are still going to beat the shit out of Alabama when they come to Athens.

BC Basketball Top 5

Top 5 basketball players at Benedictine from the classes of 2001-2007:

1: Brady Cannon

2: Franky Jackson

3/4: Pierce Cannon/ Travis West

5: Shane Murray

Honorable Mention: Keenan Summerlin & David Barker

1. Brady played three years of varsity basketball. He came off the bench as a Sophomore on a team that won only 5 games. However, he would go on to average double figures as a Junior and be named the team's MVP. Senior year, he would average double figures, win his 2nd MVP award and be named to the SMN 3rd team.

Total wins as a member of the varsity team which he contributed to: 29(5, 7, 17*- missed one of the Windsor games for family reasons)
Region wins " ": 9 (0,1,8)
Significant wins: soph year- at Johnson,junior year- St. Pius X and Bradwell, senior year- Camden, at Glynn, Sav High, at Groves, Johnson

Legacy: Brady was the man down low for the best team BC had in this 7 years. His shot to beat the buzzer at Groves will not soon be forgotten.

2. Franky was one of the best point guards to ever play at BC.

Total wins: 29- missed the Johnson game soph year and the Windsor win and one of the Jenkins wins senior year
Region wins: 14
Significant wins: soph year- Bradwell; junior year- see Brady's senior year; senior year- @ SHS, @ Groves

3/4 Travis and Pierce were dominant players while at BC. I do not know a lot about these guys, but I know that they could hold their own on a court with the 10 best guys to ever play at BC. They had no region wins senior year and only 5 wins total, but I remember going to a lot of close games that year which they could have easily won. Who knows what could have been if Matt Phillips hadn't been kicked off the team their senior year. Basically, these guys could be the stars on their team or could accept a supporting role. Travis and Pierce could contribute on any of BC's teams.

5: Shane Murray really only played two years of varsity basketball but he would star as the 2003-2004 team's captain and best defensive player. I think Brady won the Captain's award but I distinctly remember TC appointing Shane the captain after a game in Effingham. Curley likes to talk about how Shane barely made the team his freshman year, and I would argue that no player has ever improved as much as Shane did from freshman to senior year while at Benedictine. He brought effort and enthusiasm to ever dreaded practice, and I would guess that he is unique in this sense in Benedictine basketball history.

Wins: 25
Region wins: See Brady
Significant wins: See Brady


Hon. Mention:
Keenan Summerlin was the 3rd leading scorer in his junior and senior seasons. He was a natural shooter, and he was a much better defender than some like to give him credit for. Why is Shane, not Keenan in the top 5? I am quite sure that David Koncul, Pascink, and Kieffer are better shooters than Shane and Keenan. However, I think Shane's defense and leadership abilities would help a team of the best 15 or so guys to ever play at BC while Keenan would offer little to a team with better shooters.

Barker was a part of the varsity team for 3 years. His soph season he contributed as a great defender in practice. His junior year he was instrumental in wins over Windsor, SHS, and Groves. That team also won a total of 5 region games which is 4 more than when I was a fresh and soph. Then, as a senior, albeit in aaa, he was a constant force on a team that won something like 15 games.

Sorry this was so long Shane.

They're Everywhere...

Present honoring...

Four Horsemen fans that is. The Gym Dogs won another National Championship, their fourth in a row, and decided to honor the greatest wrestling faction of all time. I guess it makes since though. Ric Flair is a 16 times World Champion and the Gym Dogs are NCAA Champions now for the ninth time. I think it was a real classy move on their part to honor past champions like Flair, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson and the countless others from over the years. Congratulations girls and maybe one day the Gym Dogs will be 16 time champions as well.

... the Past Champions

Best Bets: Week of March 24

5. Tavistock Cup: To boost ratings the Tavistock group invited the # 1 greatest girl to compete. TUESDAY- Golf Channel

4. Louisville vs. Tennessee: THURSDAY 9:57- CBS ( * On Monday, Katherine Dotson verbally comitted to play softball for the University of Tennessee. Tennessee finished the 2007 season ranked #2 in the country.)

3. #2 in AAA South Effingham @ Benedictine TUESDAY 4:30- No TV

2. Opening Night: Braves @ Nationals Sunday- ESPN

1. WRESTLEMANIA XXIV: The main event includes HHH, Cena, and Orton for the title. However, two of the greatest square off with HBK taking on The Nature Boy in what could be the final bow for Ric. SUNDAY- PPV

Living the Dream..

Enough with all this Irish mumbo-jumbo. Since Patrick is doing a fine job with the weekly Haiku, I have decided to bring back one of the past features of OIA in Living the Dream.

This week was no contest...


While teams such as Maryland, Tech, and Florida are at home or playing in JV tourneys, the Dogs are still rocking and rolling....





Honorable Mention

Every Mother's Son and Daughter will be Wearing of the Green

The grandest day of all is upon us.

ERIN GO BRAGH!

BC vs. Savannah Christian

I know some have obligations and plans for this Saturday. For those who don't or are looking for something better to do, the Benedictine Baseball program will be playing @ the ScPCSPS Raiders on Saturday at Noon. The Cadets are currently 2-2 with losses to Effingham and Etowah and wins over Groves and Glynn. SCPCSCCCS is currently 4-1. The Cadets won the last meeting 3-2 in 2006. This meeting will most likely be the most competetive and anticipated game of the Savannah high school baseball season with both teams having high expectations and region schedules not yet having an impact on either team's pitching rotations. BC will be home on March 12th against Windsor Forest for the other St. Patrick's Day week game. Erin go Braugh! Hut 1 Hut 2!

http://www.bcathletics.net/

Late Night Haiku

Ready for Friday
Schwarz will act like a damn fool
No love for Bar Stool?

LXA v. KA

So Orne made a bad decision. Who hasn't? I wish him the best and hope he doesn't have to go to jail or anything. More importantly, it needs to be emphasized that his poor judgement DOES NOT reflect on any of the LXA brothers, what they stand for, or what they believe in. They are a proud bunch and do not deserve such criticism. I mean, even members from the very best Greek organizations make mistakes...




Hey Sanders, where did you get that stuff from anyways?

Love is in the air..

The Legend Goes On

Slic' Ric lives to fight another day. The Nature Boy defeated Mr. Kennedy at last night's WWE pay-per-view No Way Out in Las Vegas. Flair made Kennedy tap to his infamous Figure Four Leglock, thus extending his glorious career for at least another match.


Mr. McMahon battles his bastard child Hornswoggle inside a steel cage tonight on RAW at 9:00 on the USA Network. Be sure to tune in...

Fire Felton?

Dennis Felton, I really don't like you. I have yet to say whether I think Felton should stay or go at the end of the season. Well, before we go up to Kentucky tomorrow and beat them and I look like a jackass, I'll go ahead and say it: Fire Felton!

To start, he just comes off as an asshole. And he surrounds himself with a few assholes as well. Desmond Oliver and Mike Jones can kiss my ass. They might be good guys, great coaches, and overall nice guys. But I only have one situation to judge each of them by, and they both left great impressions. I played against one of them at Ramsey one time and he was one of those guys who called tons of bullshit and was always right when it came to determining the right call. One student did call him out when he said, " Coach, I respect you and all but you full of bullshit, and I am just trying to play. " That a boy, Coach. Then for the other of the two. Ten of us choose up teams on the second court and decided to start our full court game. Well the jackass was obviously rocking out too loud on his ipod to hear the ball coming on a fast break, and he caused a screw up in our game. But instead of apologizing, he decided to bitch at us for not noticing him and letting him know that the ten of us were starting a game. McAuley is a prick too. Playing with him is not real fun due to his constant bitching and moaning. I think Raven, Herrman, and Robinson are great. I wish they well. To Hell with Felton, Jones, and Oliver, though.

Consider the amount of players who left the team during Felton's tenure by some way other than graduation or using up their eligibility.
Buzz Wehunt, Joey Waldrop, Steve Wolek, Marcus Sikes,Younes Idrissi, Channing Toney, Alex Evans, Sam Greavu, Blake Davenport, Matt Womack, Ronald Aguilar,Brad Brizendine, PJ Bullock, Rashaad Singleton, Suleiman Ndiaye, Josh Stephens, Takais Brown, and Mike Mercer. I think that's 18. Obviously, there are a few studs that couldn't follow the rules. But hey, he recruited them. I am more concerned really about the walk-ons. Why don't we have any walk-ons on the end of our bench? (I know that Butler is a walk-on but he is the exception for many reasons.) It seems like every team I've seen this year has at least a few walk-ons that sit on the end of the bench. My hypotheses are that Felton is such a prick that he doesn't want to be bothered by having to deal with them in practice (although getting a 5 on 5 scrimmage now requires assistant coaches and trainers) or that he is such a prick that none of the walk-ons want to play again after putting up with his shit for a year. See Suleiman Ndiaye and Ronald Aguilar for their thoughts.

Lastly, I think Felton is a good recruiter. I just think we could get someone in here that could do more with the guys we already have here, and maybe the next guy will have more "luck" with recruiting more quality guys.

Love you got to go.

A Career Gamble?

WWE's No Way Out will take place this Sunday night from the greatest place I've never been to: Las Vegas, Nevada. Those in attendance at the Thomas & Mack Center and the millions watching around the world on pay-per-view will witness a stacked card featuring a RAW and Smackdown version of the Elimination Chamber, 3 Championship matches, and career threatening match. Yes, the magnificent 35 year career of 16 times World Heavyweight Champion "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair could come to an end this Sunday at the hands of one of the more entertaining superstars of this era- Mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Keeeennnnneeeeeeeedddddyyyyyyyyyy...............(pause)..................... Keeeennnneeeeddddyy!!!!!!!!

From WWE.com:

One night after stylin’ and profilin’ his way to victory over United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter at Royal Rumble, Ric Flair accepted a challenge from Mr. Kennedy – and his seventh consecutive Career Threatening Match – at No Way Out.

As per WWE Chairman Vince McMahon’ s mandate last November, the legendary "Nature Boy" must retire following the next match he loses. Since then, however, Flair has defeated an array of Superstars, including WWE Champion Randy Orton, Umaga, Triple H, RAW GM William Regal, and most recently the loudmouthed MVP. Although Flair took care of business against the Franchise Playa, can he do the same against another competitor with a similar penchant for talking a big game?

But this Career Threatening Match against Kennedy is different than the others; Flair is coming into No Way Out wounded. MVP injured the 16-time World Champion's knee in a Royal Rumble rematch on SmackDown. Kennedy offered "Naitch" the opportunity to forfeit the match and essentially his career, but Flair knows no quit.

Surely, Flair knows Mr. Kennedy is no slouch. The laundry list of former World Champions and future Hall of Famers he has defeated reads like a Who’s Who in WWE. Kane, Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Batista and most recently Shawn Michaels, among others, have all tasted defeat at the hands of Raw’s outspoken Superstar. And now he is setting out to do what MVP couldn’t accomplish at Royal Rumble. After defeating Brian Kendrick on Raw, Mr. Kennedy proclaimed, "At No Way Out, I will do something historic, something that no one has been able to do – end the career of Ric Flair."

Now used to dealing with loudmouthed challengers looking to make a name for themselves, Flair interrupted Kennedy’s tirade, bluntly stating, "I’ll just leave it at this – at No Way Out, good luck! Woooooo!"

When "Naitch" defeated MVP at Royal Rumble, he kept his career alive and looked more than impressive doing so. In Las Vegas, can he keep his "Space Mountain" running? Or will Mr. Kennedy’s gamble to topple of WWE’s greats earn him the biggest windfall of his career?

So as you can see, this year's No Way Out could be historical if Slic' Ric has to hang up the wrestling boots forever. I'm confident he will win because Flair's a big match kind of guy and this one is huge. It is very appropriate that this event is taking place in Las Vegas because I would say all the chips are on the table for Naitch.

Mr Kennedy
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If you cannot be their live at the Thomas & Mack Center or watch it on pay-per-view, ProWrestling.com will have live results streaming on the web at: http://prowrestling.com/ .

Best Sitcom EVER!!

As some of you already know I stumbled upon this show after christmas and have already watch all but about 5 episodes of it. I know some of you are saying 'but Shane is it funnier than the office or even family guy' (Donnie), and to that I emphatically reply YES.

Arrested Development may be the funniest show I have ever watched. If you find yourself bored one weekend I highly recommend watching all three seasons. The link above 'legally' (as I know most of you are concerned about) allows you to stream the videos through MSN's website.

Jimmy Gibberish

NASCAR Offense Races Into Colquitt Co.

Ex-Hoover coach to take over at Colquitt Co.Propst, star of MTV reality show, left Alabama power amid controversy

By Todd Holcomb

The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 01/29/08

Rush Propst, the hard-driving football coach from the MTV series "Two-A-Days: Hoover High," will be named the head coach of Colquitt County High in Moultrie today.
Propst won five Alabama state titles in nine seasons at Hoover, a school outside of Birmingham. The MTV reality show made celebrities of Hoover players and supporters and especially Propst, known for his salty pep talks and Southern drawl.

Propst resigned from Hoover on Oct. 31 amid controversy but finished the season, which ended in a second-round playoff loss."There's nothing more we could've done at Hoover," Propst said. "We took the school to the pinnacle of high school sports in this country. ... I wanted to get back to my country roots. I'm a country boy from Alabama, and I've coached and lived in rural areas most of my life."

Propst said he liked the challenge of Region 1-AAAAA, which he called "one of the toughest this country has."When you talk about Valdosta, Lowndes, Colquitt County, Northside, Warner Robins, they know where that is. That's what excites me about this job — the traditions of these South Georgia towns."

Definition!!!!

pal·in·drome
–noun
1. a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.

Just in Case anyone was wondering?

Superlatives!!

I got the idea of this from FB so thank them!



I realize that its been months since a couple of us graduated, and their are some that haven't yet but here goes nothing



Patrick M. - Most likely to wish death upon all GSU Eagles on August 30, 2008 as time expires a hard fought battle that ends EAGLES-64, DAWGS-9



Jack H.- Most likely to become president/principle of BC only to realize that from C-Wing to L-Wing would become perhaps the best and definantly the biggest Fuddruckers ever.



Rick S.- Most likely to turn down a job from TBS broadcasting Braves games because they only would pay $90,000 a year.

-Most likely not to be able to afford the gas for his personal jet.



Joey S.- Most likely to be Mitch's best man.

- Most likely to be a Gamecock fan next season.

Donnie B.- Most likely to become a priest move to Ireland and not ever lose his Southern accent.

Larry C.- Most likely to be as smart as Lee Corso someday.

Bryan S.- Most likely to be banned from Pinkey Masters for stalking the bartender that said hey to him 2 years ago.

Comments are welcome, except for Donnie's

Congratulations JJH4

So predictable... Congrats, brother. Hopefully The Babe won't be too hard on you. If you come up here anytime soon talking about wanting to drop down, then I might just have to drop you like I did about 5 years ago in Doraville. Jobs are good. I am glad you are doing better than your roomie, Rick. I look forward to watching the baseball team take the field amidst a big cloud of smoke. Go Cadets. Love you got to go. Big boy BC baseball due to Community Coach JJH4.