#dick vitale

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Dial D for Dick

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Dick Vitale from Dick Vitale's "It's Awesome, Baby" College Hoops?

Dick Vitale a.k.a. Dickie V has a Ryu Number of 3.

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Technically, there isn’t anyone named “Emeka Okafor” in NCAA March Madness 2004. There is, however, a 6′9″ center playing for the 2003-04 Connecticut Huskies with jersey number 50 who looks like this:

For comparison, here’s Emeka Okafor, who at the time of the picture below was a 6′9″ center playing for the 2003-04 Connecticut Huskies with jersey number 50 and looked like this:

(There’s technically a weight discrepancy: most official sources I’ve found list Okafor’s weight at 252 pounds, and the fella in March Madness 2004 is 240 pounds but, well, keep reading.)

What’s more, I feel fairly confident that the only reason the player in March Madness above isn’t named “Emeka Okafor” is because EA wasn’t allowed to do so. Because at the time, collegiate athletes participating in the NCAA were not allowed to receive compensation for the licensing of their likeness, as they were officially amateurs, not professionals. And using their names in the officially licensed NCAA games would probably undermine their amateur status and give them a decent case that they should be compensated for that.

(And it turns out that EA’s years-long practice of recreating the players in their NCAA games, even without the names, was enough anyway to be the basis of O’Bannon v. NCAA, an antitrust class action lawsuit that ruled the NCAA was in violation, made EA pay a forty million dollar settlement to former players, and effectively killed the March Madness video game series, so, whoops!)

In conclusion, it's totally Okafor.

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Bourbons Bracket Matchup 31:

Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Years vs. Michter’s

Song for the matchup: “No Excuses” by Thou

Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Years Bottled-in-Bond advances to the round of 32 in the 64 Bourbons Bracket. Michter’s was sort of like an underwhelming, completely unspicy rye. To be honest, Michter’s got the shaft on the randomized draw. Michter’s may have had a shot of advancing in about half of the matchups. But, honestly, Michter’s just isn’t overly complex. I would guess that it is a younger bourbon in a nice bottle. I would guess that Old Tub, Evan Williams BIB, Old Grandad 114, Cooper’s Craft, and many other budget bourbons would easily advance against Michter’s.

My brother-in-law graciously gave me this Michter’s bottle as a gift and my brothers and father-in-law have crowned Michter’s ass in blind bourbon tastings that we did. I didn’t crown it, but I likely picked something higher proof — or something ridiculous like Jefferson’s Reserve. Yes, I admit that Jefferson’s Reserve has kicked some ass in blind bourbon tastings for me. But I digress.

Let’s make another digression as I have a pinch of loser’s pour. I sip on a bit of post-matchup Michter’s. Let’s talk about tunes. _Jar of Flies_ is one of the most important albums in my autobiography. It was an important bridge out of metal exclusivity for me. That EP really resonated with me as I journeyed from 11th (12th) grader into bill-paying, full-time working Playboy buying adult.

And this Thou song is not Alice In Chains. The clean vox are more Cantrell than Staley, but the fucking dripped tuning and distortion of the riffs really really works! And the growling distracted me at first, but as bourbon kicked in the growls and Cantrell vox and brutal riffs blend together expertly. As I ride the aftertaste of Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Years Bottled-in-Bond and reflect on the emergence of cotton candy, cherry Tums... and no excuses that I know.

Michter’s isn’t necessarily bad bourbon. But it is bad rye. It’s kinda like rye mixed with a bit of clover honey. “And if we change, well I love you anyway,” they sing.

I must say that Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Years Bottled-in-Bond didn’t knock it out of the park. It’s age showed and there was massive oak, but there wasn’t the complexity of say Booker’s or OBC 11.5 Years, or novelty of Town Branch Cask Strength, or the absolute smoothness of IW Harper 15 Years. And that delights the fuck out me. My hands aren’t bruised from breaking rocks all day, but my suburban ass has golfer’s elbow. No excuses. I didn’t stretch and I have never gotten golf lessons or even watched a video or read a book on golf swings. I just do it. Raw. Like this past. So, what I was meandering around to is that I am pleasantly pleased that Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Years Bottled-in-Bond isn’t getting a bye straight to the title matchup. Yes, it’s allocated, old, and I traded a bottle of Very Special Old Fitzgerald for it... but it is going to have to show up matchup after matchup... or its ass will get bounced. If Dick Vitale were here, I would invite him to reseed the brackets. But let’s roll with what we have. No excuses! Bottoms up!

[zero2zedgaming]

Console Sports Games of 1994 - Dick Vitale's Awesome, Baby! College Hoops

Another college sports themed release in 1994, this time moving away from Football and to Basketball with Dick Vitale's Awesome, Baby! College Hoops. This licenced college basketball title was developed by Tengen and published by Time Warner Interactive for the Sega Genesis.

The game features 32 college teams as well as using the NCAA rules, the game features game modes such as Single Game, 2-on-2, Slamfest which is a slam dunk contest as well as a Tournament mode.

1. Intro 00:00 2. Gameplay 00:15 3. Outro 05:45

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Put this man on the CFP committee