All congratulations due and payable to my little cousin, "The Bracketologist" for dominating the first annual NickelPlatedBama March Madness Bracket Challenge (it's a working title). What can I say? The kid's got game and handled bitness with several upsets that no one else saw coming. Big ups Kris. Keep it funky. You'll be getting your shirt very soon.
Big ups to Knowledge from the ANATOMY BLOG for holding it down and coming in second, just 30 points behind the winner.
Drama the Koofie Smacker from Code2Ave.com came correct and held down the 3 spot coming in 100 points behind the winner.
I never mentioned whether or not there would be prizes for second and third place.
2nd place will get one week of praise here on the BAMA and will have their blog linked to, no less than 20 times.
3rd place will get a hand written letter that says "better luck next time" (haha) and a handfull of NPB stickers. Drama, hit me an email with your address (nickelplatedbama@gmail.com).
Thank you everyone who participated.
Code2Ave.com
UVTblog.com (US versus Them)
ANATOMY BLOG
eatmecalifornia.com
B the Heat Spitta
To those who were out of the tournament before the elite 8 (like myself) better luck next year.
Maybe now I can finally stop losing so much money betting against North Carolina.
While I'm at it I would like to address the absolutely AWFUL play on both sides of the ball by Michigan State.
I just want to point out a few key points that basically ensured UNC's domination over Michigan State.
1. Michigan State had more turnovers than field goals made.
2. When a team is down 20+ points, one would imagine the sense of urgency to play defense would kick in sometime before the last 4 minutes left in the game. I was completely blown away at how lazy and inefficient Michigan State played last night.
3. I still hate Tyler Hansbrough more than any other college player in the history of the sport, but, on this site, credit is given when it is due. Psycho T put in work. He flopped/flailed/and morphed his body into ridiculous contortionist positions to make every shot look deserving of sportscenter's top 10 plays, when in reality all he did was make a copule of layups.
4. Michigan State was flat out matched and got outplayed. Congrats to UNC, Ty Lawson in particular. Dude is a beast, and a definite first rounder in this years NBA draft. As for Tyler Hansbrough, he will go down as one of the best NCAA basketball players of all time, unfortuantely for him, he doesn't stand a chance in the NBA. It's just the sad truth of the matter.
The NBA playoffs kick off next week. I got alot of work to do to unfuck myself for all of those bets against UNC.
-Ollie the Defeated
Showing posts with label march madness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label march madness. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Dear Hip Hop:
FUCK YOUR SWAGGER.
Sincerely,
Young Ollie Da Don.
Also, Fuck Tyler Hansborough. He is the most awkward shooter/rebounder/all around basketball player I have ever seen. Look at this FLOP in super slow mo...
HAHAHA. My man Luke didn't come within 6 inches of Psycho-T.
Dude is going to be the biggest BUST since Sean Bradley when he hits the NBA.
While I'm at it, why is Scottie Reynolds (Villanova) spending so much time on the bench?
Big ups to Michigan State shittin on UConn. Your boy Ollie called that one. You're welcome BAMA faithful.
-Ollie
Sincerely,
Young Ollie Da Don.
Also, Fuck Tyler Hansborough. He is the most awkward shooter/rebounder/all around basketball player I have ever seen. Look at this FLOP in super slow mo...
HAHAHA. My man Luke didn't come within 6 inches of Psycho-T.
Dude is going to be the biggest BUST since Sean Bradley when he hits the NBA.
While I'm at it, why is Scottie Reynolds (Villanova) spending so much time on the bench?
Big ups to Michigan State shittin on UConn. Your boy Ollie called that one. You're welcome BAMA faithful.
-Ollie
Friday, April 3, 2009
Slackin' Off
Dear BAMA faithful,
It has been one of the longest weeks of my life.
Where do I even begin?
TBC is not happy with me.
I've been working hard at doing nothing, and I am really being a piece of shit.
Sorry for the lack of posts/updates. It's hard out here for a peeimp.
The final four is upon us. My advice has been pretty much worthless since College football ended, but if you want some touts, heres what I got:
Michigan State is currently a 4.5 point dog to UConn. Take the points. I don't have any faith in UConn and Michigan State is on fire.
On the flip side, The way UNC dominated the best player in the country and the rest of that squad known as Oklahoma, it's difficult to tell you to do anything but lay the 7 points and take UNC. I, of course will be on the other side of that because I'm an idiot and a glutton for punishment.
I have absolutely no chance at winning my bracket. Great.
I'm taking the rest of the week(end) off, and coming back harder than ever on Monday.
Some good news though:
Baseball season officially starts Sunday. Let's go CUBBIES!!! Let's win 100 games this year and get swept in the first round of the playoffs for the 3rd FUCKING YEAR IN A ROW!!
Sold my latest painting.
And that's about it for good news.
-Ollie
It has been one of the longest weeks of my life.
Where do I even begin?
TBC is not happy with me.
I've been working hard at doing nothing, and I am really being a piece of shit.
Sorry for the lack of posts/updates. It's hard out here for a peeimp.
The final four is upon us. My advice has been pretty much worthless since College football ended, but if you want some touts, heres what I got:
Michigan State is currently a 4.5 point dog to UConn. Take the points. I don't have any faith in UConn and Michigan State is on fire.
On the flip side, The way UNC dominated the best player in the country and the rest of that squad known as Oklahoma, it's difficult to tell you to do anything but lay the 7 points and take UNC. I, of course will be on the other side of that because I'm an idiot and a glutton for punishment.
I have absolutely no chance at winning my bracket. Great.
I'm taking the rest of the week(end) off, and coming back harder than ever on Monday.
Some good news though:
Baseball season officially starts Sunday. Let's go CUBBIES!!! Let's win 100 games this year and get swept in the first round of the playoffs for the 3rd FUCKING YEAR IN A ROW!!
Sold my latest painting.
And that's about it for good news.
-Ollie
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Final Four:
This will be my only post today as there really isn't anything of grand importance going on in the world.
I just wanted to ask a quick question...
Is it just me, or is the N.I.T. final four looking more interesting than the NCAA final four?
I mean seriously...
Catch me rootin hard for Michigan State and Villanova in the finals.
Sorry for the lack of updates today, I've been workin on gettin a bunch of other stuff done for the site.
NickelPlatedBama will soon be the proud owner of it's own personal domain, so the readers and fans will no longer be required to type in the .blogspot.com.
A new, improved interview with Makeshift will be up along with the "No Doze" mixtape available for free download exclusively on the BAMA.
I got alot of shit on my plate right now, but I'm keeping it under wraps for the time being.
I plan on going fishing in the morning, so if that happens, don't expect any updates unless I somehow manage to catch some fish.
I'm going to get shitty drunk right now for no good reason.
Enjoy your evening and fuck off.
-Ollie
I just wanted to ask a quick question...
Is it just me, or is the N.I.T. final four looking more interesting than the NCAA final four?
I mean seriously...
Catch me rootin hard for Michigan State and Villanova in the finals.
Sorry for the lack of updates today, I've been workin on gettin a bunch of other stuff done for the site.
NickelPlatedBama will soon be the proud owner of it's own personal domain, so the readers and fans will no longer be required to type in the .blogspot.com.
A new, improved interview with Makeshift will be up along with the "No Doze" mixtape available for free download exclusively on the BAMA.
I got alot of shit on my plate right now, but I'm keeping it under wraps for the time being.
I plan on going fishing in the morning, so if that happens, don't expect any updates unless I somehow manage to catch some fish.
I'm going to get shitty drunk right now for no good reason.
Enjoy your evening and fuck off.
-Ollie
Monday, March 30, 2009
Album Cover Of The Day:
While cruising the local flea market a couple Subdays back I stumbled across this gem in a stack of mariachi and techno records.
As of yet, I haven't listened to it (my turntables currently reside at Young Smalls' house) but, in my mind, judging by the cover alone, this HAS to be a classic.
Seriously, have you seen a better play on words in photo form in your life? I think not.
It was a fairly uneventful weekend.
Posts will be short and limited this week. There are HUGE thangs poppin. Currently, I can't go into detail, but just know, power moves are in the works.
On top of that, there is a cornhole tournament this coming Sunday (April 5, 2009) and I gotta get into fightin' shape, I need the scratch after Oklahoma shit the fuckin bed and cost me the rent money.
People always ask me, "how can you handle the stress of gambling for your income?" My response is simple, ice water in the veins.
-Ollie
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Sweet Sixteen Begins Tonight:
As it stands right now (I'll just copy and paste becuase I don't have the slightest idea how to take screen shots):
RNK ENTRY, OWNER R64 R32 S16 E8 FF NC PPR TOTAL PCT CHAMPION
1 The Bracketologist, K. Shaw 280 240 0 0 0 0 1240 520 93.7 UNC
- kaylankusserow 1, K. Kusserow 260 260 0 0 0 0 1240 520 93.7 Pittsburgh
3 Drama the Koofie Smacker, B. Lava 250 260 0 0 0 0 1240 510 88.9 UNC
- Boratotology, G. Martin 250 260 0 0 0 0 1200 510 88.9 UNC
5 OliverWrist 1, O. Wrist 250 240 0 0 0 0 1280 490 72.3 Memphis
- FYE-Knowledge 1, C. Brett 250 240 0 0 0 0 1160 490 72.3 UNC
- B.Blair, b. blair 230 260 0 0 0 0 1120 490 72.3 UNC
8 El Capitan , B. Brooks 240 240 0 0 0 0 1280 480 63.0 Memphis
- DJfalcon24 1, D. Justice 240 240 0 0 0 0 1240 480 63.0 Louisville
10 JonnyDurango, J. D 230 240 0 0 0 0 1280 470 53.2 Pittsburgh
- UvTBrock 2, B. Hardon 210 260 0 0 0 0 1280 470 53.2 UNC
12 Ricablanca 1, J. Ricablanca 220 240 0 0 0 0 1280 460 43.7 Pittsburgh
- Lake of UvTblog.com, L. Arlington 260 200 0 0 0 0 1120 460 43.7 Pittsburgh
14 Royal, S. Blair 220 220 0 0 0 0 1240 440 27.5 Duke
- EatMeCalifornia, B. Horan 240 200 0 0 0 0 1240 440 27.5 UNC
16 Bzaster , B. Harrell 210 200 0 0 0 0 1280 410 12.0 Pittsburgh
That probably looks like shit. But the basic run down is quite simple.
The little cousin Kris is knotted up with TBC for first place. I am in a 3-way tie for 5th in my own fuckin bracket challenge. The good homie Bennet is really shittin the bed and bringin up the rear. And Royal, well Royal is out his damn mind with that DUKE pick.
Big ups to the whole squad from code 2 ave for participating.
Brock and Lake from uvtblog.com.
Knowledge from ANATOMY BLOG.
Brian from eatmecalifornia.com.
The homie from way back, Jason, writer of Taco Life.
And one more final shout out to the homie B. Check his myspace page B the Heat Spitta.
P.S. DJFalcon24, not sure who you are but thanks for participating and shout me a holla if you read this!!
Tonight's picks: Duke over Nova and UConn over Purdue.
-Ollie
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Misery Loves Company:
The last 4 days of my life have been pretty brutal...
St. Paddy's was awful. I started throwin back beers at like 9 a.m. and ended up at Froggies around 11:00. We strong armed Becks for the better part of 5 hours and I decided to go eat at Long John Silvers. WORST.DECISION.EVER. 20 minutes later, CODE 2. If you aren't familiar, that's a sudden, unsettling need to shit. So i head home, handle my B.I. and then end up throwing up for the next 2 hours. Bedridden at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the drink. What a failure.
I have been sleeping on the couch (well, more like rolling around trying to find a few minutes of shut eye like a crack head) so as to not disturb TBC while she gets her beauty rest.
I have been sick, but more importantly, my Dr. refused to refill my "medication".
Just know this, everything I write on this blog is tamed down with xanax, you don't want to know me on a 3 day withdrawl.
I finally got into the Dr. yesterday, layed the smack down on his candy ass (yes that is a reference to Dwayne "the rock" Johnson), and got STOCKED THE FUCK UP.
I'm back in good shape so things are looking up.
I've been hittin the twitter HARD.
follow me: Ollie on Twitter.
Also, show some love to the folks in my blogroll...
Big ups to Lake and Brock over at uvtblog.com for showin some love and joining the NPB march madness challenge.
Big shouts to JonnyD, Royal, ElCapitan, and Drama from code2ave.
Big shouts to the new homie/twitter follower/fashion blogger Cliff from Anatomy blog.
New throwback Thursday joints will be up later. I'm locked into the ncaa tourney right now and Memphis is down 6 to fucking Northridge. Talk about a bracket buster.
-Ollie
St. Paddy's was awful. I started throwin back beers at like 9 a.m. and ended up at Froggies around 11:00. We strong armed Becks for the better part of 5 hours and I decided to go eat at Long John Silvers. WORST.DECISION.EVER. 20 minutes later, CODE 2. If you aren't familiar, that's a sudden, unsettling need to shit. So i head home, handle my B.I. and then end up throwing up for the next 2 hours. Bedridden at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the drink. What a failure.
I have been sleeping on the couch (well, more like rolling around trying to find a few minutes of shut eye like a crack head) so as to not disturb TBC while she gets her beauty rest.
I have been sick, but more importantly, my Dr. refused to refill my "medication".
Just know this, everything I write on this blog is tamed down with xanax, you don't want to know me on a 3 day withdrawl.
I finally got into the Dr. yesterday, layed the smack down on his candy ass (yes that is a reference to Dwayne "the rock" Johnson), and got STOCKED THE FUCK UP.
I'm back in good shape so things are looking up.
I've been hittin the twitter HARD.
follow me: Ollie on Twitter.
Also, show some love to the folks in my blogroll...
Big ups to Lake and Brock over at uvtblog.com for showin some love and joining the NPB march madness challenge.
Big shouts to JonnyD, Royal, ElCapitan, and Drama from code2ave.
Big shouts to the new homie/twitter follower/fashion blogger Cliff from Anatomy blog.
New throwback Thursday joints will be up later. I'm locked into the ncaa tourney right now and Memphis is down 6 to fucking Northridge. Talk about a bracket buster.
-Ollie
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Get In Today:
You people are slackin on joining the inaugural NickelPlatedBama ncaa march madness bracket buster challenge.
CLICK HERE to create your free ESPN account.
Once that is complete, type in the group name nickelplatedbama. It is a private group so it will ask for a password.
Group name: Nickelplatedbama
Password: bama4life
Winner gets a t-shirt.
The group closes tonight, so don't waste anymore time.
Get in on the fun.
-Ollie
CLICK HERE to create your free ESPN account.
Once that is complete, type in the group name nickelplatedbama. It is a private group so it will ask for a password.
Group name: Nickelplatedbama
Password: bama4life
Winner gets a t-shirt.
The group closes tonight, so don't waste anymore time.
Get in on the fun.
-Ollie
Monday, March 16, 2009
So I Said Simple And Plain: Let's Battle.
Here's the scoop:
I challenge every reader of the blog as well as anyone else in the world who thinks they can beat my bracket.
The rules are simple.
Every person is allowed one entry into the group.
CLICK HERE to create an ESPN account.
After you've created you're account, you will want to "find group".
Group name: nickelplatedbama
password: bama4life
Enter your best bracket and ESPN does the rest of the work.
If you can beat me, I'll give you a t-shirt.
If you have any problems, holler at me in the comments section or on gmail. nickelplatedbama@gmail.com.
May the best man (or woman) win.
GAME UP BITCH!
-Ollie
I challenge every reader of the blog as well as anyone else in the world who thinks they can beat my bracket.
The rules are simple.
Every person is allowed one entry into the group.
CLICK HERE to create an ESPN account.
After you've created you're account, you will want to "find group".
Group name: nickelplatedbama
password: bama4life
Enter your best bracket and ESPN does the rest of the work.
If you can beat me, I'll give you a t-shirt.
If you have any problems, holler at me in the comments section or on gmail. nickelplatedbama@gmail.com.
May the best man (or woman) win.
GAME UP BITCH!
-Ollie
Sunday, March 15, 2009
March Madness: Teaser
I hinted at it last week, but I just wanted to refresh everybody's taste buds.
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME IN MY BRACKET, I WILL GIVE YOU A T-SHIRT!
Details coming Monday or Tuesday (tourney starts Thursday), so that will give you plenty of time to set up your brackets.
I will have a "private" group called "NickelPlatedBama" on espn bracket busters challenge. Everyone who wants to play will get anywhere from 1-3 brackets to fill out.
If you think you got what it takes, come get supper puppy.
-Oliver Wrist
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME IN MY BRACKET, I WILL GIVE YOU A T-SHIRT!
Details coming Monday or Tuesday (tourney starts Thursday), so that will give you plenty of time to set up your brackets.
I will have a "private" group called "NickelPlatedBama" on espn bracket busters challenge. Everyone who wants to play will get anywhere from 1-3 brackets to fill out.
If you think you got what it takes, come get supper puppy.
-Oliver Wrist
Friday, March 13, 2009
Hubert Davis: Bad Prediction
Georgetown is gonna be like a 2 or 3 seed in the fuckin' N.I.T. Good call Hubie!
For the record, Hubert Davis bugs the shit out of me. The guy is without a doubt, ESPN's most boring analyst. I've seen more emotion and facial expressions from the statue of liberty. He is so monotone it makes me cringe.
Did anyone catch that ridiculous 6 overtime Syracuse win last night? If you're a betting man (or woman, I'm fair) take West Virginia and lay the 6.5 points. Syracuse will be running on rubber legs and should be happy to score 50 points tonight. West Virgina is riding the high of that 14 point ass whoopin they threw on Pittsburgh last night. This game should be a cake walk.
Selection Sunday is 2 days away. Once we get all the teams and the seeding, I will be building several brackets and sharing with the BAMA nation. If you think you can beat me, I will give you a free t-shirt.
-Ollie
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Saturday Morning: My Life
I don't know if it is possible to be this happy about losing a job, but I am literally cheesin' ear to ear about not having to go to work on Monday. But more importantly Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
I got alot of paint, and alot of canvas. I got enough "medicine" to get through the next 8 days or so. It's wierd, when I'm doped out of my mind, my creative brain really starts to click.
I got some action this morning...
UConn +4 vs. Pittsburgh. I got UConn and I parlayed it with Miami +9.5 vs. Cleveland.
My gambling/drug consumption/womanizing gets to an all time high when I'm unemployed.
The blog will be poppin a lot harder in the weeks to come.
Just want to address some shit real quick...
My commenters have seized to comment, and I haven't had any feedback in the past 10 posts. Get back on your game people, or I will punish you by not publishing for the next 5 days. Nobody wants that.
I cannot consider myself a man today because I watched the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" first thing this morning. Before checkin sportscenter, before checkin' the morning betting lines, just layed out and watched one of the chickiest chick flicks of all time.
I am so happy to have my laptop back in good working order. I can now post from home.
I got some new irons in the fire. For the time being, they will remain under wraps, but soon enough you will all know about my new money earning schemes.
I hate how companies are jumping on the "green" bandwagon. Just because your new compact car gets 2 more miles per gallon doesn't entitle you to stamp "greenest vehicle on earth" and add 5 grand to the price tag.
There will be a freely downloadable mixtape courtesy of my current favorite rapper Makeshift available (somewhat) exclusively on the BAMA in the weeks to come.
March Madness has set in. I will be covering the entire tournament and giving advice leading up to selection sunday. The NFL may have kicked my ass this year, but I've been cleaning up in college basketball. I fancy myself quite the authority on NCAA basketball.
The "no weekend posts" schtick has officially ended with this post. There will be updates every day as I deem them neccessary.
UCONN is down 10 right now. FUCK. Time to slow this game down and start passing the ball instead of jackin up 3's.
-Ollie
I got alot of paint, and alot of canvas. I got enough "medicine" to get through the next 8 days or so. It's wierd, when I'm doped out of my mind, my creative brain really starts to click.
I got some action this morning...
UConn +4 vs. Pittsburgh. I got UConn and I parlayed it with Miami +9.5 vs. Cleveland.
My gambling/drug consumption/womanizing gets to an all time high when I'm unemployed.
The blog will be poppin a lot harder in the weeks to come.
Just want to address some shit real quick...
My commenters have seized to comment, and I haven't had any feedback in the past 10 posts. Get back on your game people, or I will punish you by not publishing for the next 5 days. Nobody wants that.
I cannot consider myself a man today because I watched the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" first thing this morning. Before checkin sportscenter, before checkin' the morning betting lines, just layed out and watched one of the chickiest chick flicks of all time.
I am so happy to have my laptop back in good working order. I can now post from home.
I got some new irons in the fire. For the time being, they will remain under wraps, but soon enough you will all know about my new money earning schemes.
I hate how companies are jumping on the "green" bandwagon. Just because your new compact car gets 2 more miles per gallon doesn't entitle you to stamp "greenest vehicle on earth" and add 5 grand to the price tag.
There will be a freely downloadable mixtape courtesy of my current favorite rapper Makeshift available (somewhat) exclusively on the BAMA in the weeks to come.
March Madness has set in. I will be covering the entire tournament and giving advice leading up to selection sunday. The NFL may have kicked my ass this year, but I've been cleaning up in college basketball. I fancy myself quite the authority on NCAA basketball.
The "no weekend posts" schtick has officially ended with this post. There will be updates every day as I deem them neccessary.
UCONN is down 10 right now. FUCK. Time to slow this game down and start passing the ball instead of jackin up 3's.
-Ollie
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