March 31, 2009

Steppin' Out, With My Wahoos

Well, at the very least the halftime entertainment should be better: UVA hires Tony Bennett as new basketball coach

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Washington State coach Tony Bennett, who led the Cougars into the postseason in each of his three years at the school, has been hired to revive a Virginia basketball program that just posted its worst record in more than 40 years.

And so when wise men say to me
That love's young dreams never come true
To prove that even wise men can be wrong
I concentrate on man-to-man defense and taking the open 3...

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 08:45 AM | Comments (2)

March 17, 2009

Later Leitao

Because the 'Hoos were sooper schtinky this year


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Dave Leitao has resigned as Virginia's men's basketball coach after the team's worst season in decades, according to an athletic department official familiar with the decision.

The person requested anonymity because the official announcement was to be made later Monday.

Virginia finished 10-18 this season, 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was the Cavaliers' worst record since they went 9-17 in 1967-68.

Wahoo Blah doesn't cut it.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 11:28 AM

December 26, 2007

The Pain Is Still Too Fresh

To my dying day I will remember the teaser from Frank Reynolds on ABC's World News Tonight before a commercial break: David 77, Goliath 72.

And there was no Christmas joy for me that year.

Thank you, Sports Illustrated, for twisting the knife in yet again.

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December 21, 2007

UNC Chapel Hill

Where women are men and men are nervous

Women Charged With Sexually Assaulting UNC Football Players

Hillsborough — Three UNC football players were the victims in a kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault incident involving two women, the university confirmed Thursday afternoon.

Chapel Hill police said the assault happened about 3:30 a.m. Sunday at an apartment complex where all three victims were bound with tape and then assaulted by the suspects.

At a bond hearing Thursday, Orange County Assistant District Attorney Morgan Whitney said police arrived at the scene and found two of the victims, tied up, in boxer shorts. The third victim was fully clothed with his hands tied.

At least two were sexually assaulted, Whitney said. He is still waiting on the final police report to see if the third man was also. None of the victims required medical attention.

I mean, I know the Chapel Hill crowd is always trying to one-up the Dukies, but this is a little ridiculous even by ACC standards.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 07:16 AM

September 27, 2006

"Anybody Moves, The Nigger Gets It"

Should we not allow Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor to run for public office?

The MSM has been all a-twitter about what George Allen did or did not say whilst at the University of Virginia in the 70s, and the blogs have been following this frankly ridiculous story.

Yes, ridiculous. It disgusts me to no end how all these people are primping and parading around saying "Ooh golly, I never said that word with these sainted lips!". Oh bullshit. I was born in 1964, and everyone said it at some point. To our society's great credit as the 60s became the 70s became the 80s people gained awareness of such casual racism and people who used it were mostly quietly shunned, and those who used it and meant it in its full derogatory nature more and more likely to be openly and publically shunned and dressed down. That's called progress, folks, and it's a good thing. Social change does not happen overnight, and frankly the change that I've seen in my lifetime over how minorities are treated by people in everyday life in our country is one of the things I'm proudest of as an American.

And I include myself in that change, as I certainly used all types of racial epithets growing up, as did everyone of my peers, in everyday normal conversation (to set the record straight, I've also jaywalked, smoked pot and run several red lights). But then the strangest thing happened: I grew up, as did my society. What was ok to casually say in 1972 was bound to cause some embarrassed looks by 1982 and would certainly cause problems by 1990 because people had learned that it was false in their hearts, regardless of its status legally; this change in social mores is far more important than any law could ever be.

I attended the University of Virginia in the early 80s, roughly a decade behind the folks embroiled above, and I certainly heard the word used by both blacks and whites, but I have to say that even by then most times the context was more Blazing Saddles than David Duke.

It's only a word, folks. A hateful word. A word that reminds us of the worst in ourselves and our country's past. Perhaps it should remind us of how far we've come from that shameful past.

Oh, I'm certainly not saying we should just casually toss it about (although any quick listen to the music blasting from many cars these days would lead one to assume that that is indeed the case), but for its useage thirty some-odd years ago to become a major issue in a political campaign without any indication of its relevance to Allen's current views seems rather assinine, at the very least. And for his attackers to piously claim never to have uttered it is beyond belief.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 08:28 AM | Comments (17)

October 01, 2005

Millions Spent

Same result.

It is disgusting how Virginia has bought into this "big football program" mentality.

UVa could field 6-5 teams before they wasted all this money; think how much better the academic facilities could be with those resources.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 05:13 PM

March 04, 2005

So Hoos Gonna Be Virginia's Next Coach?

Man, we stink. I mean, we've always sucked wind at football, but I could always count on the basketball team to get us through the winter.

But now?

Blech.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 09:29 AM | Comments (6)