“Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball” Wipes Out Viewers Too

By now we’re assuming that our regular readers are well aware of the fact that the majority of the JSF staff resides in the St. Louis area. For those not familiar with American geography, St. Louis is in the state of Missouri.

That means last night was a big night for those of us who pledge our allegiance to the Mizzou Tigers basketball program as they took down heavily favored Memphis and their slimy coach John Calipari.

By dropping 102 on the supposed best defense in college basketball, Mike Anderson’s team went from an also-ran in the Sweet 16 to a team who is pretty much capable of beating anyone in the nation on any night.

So the point of this rant? There isn’t one other than to say, forgive us if we’re short-winded this morning as its tough to type with our Truman the Tiger foam claws on.  

And please keep us in your prayers because, given MU’s opponent on Saturday, we’ve got a little over 24 hours of constant headlines like this:

Nothing can get you pumped for a game more than clever plays on the last name of UConn’s Tanzanian big man.

Mar. 27

1988 - Macho Man Randy Savage wins four matches in a grueling 14-man tournament to claim the undisputed title at Trump Plaza as part of WrestleMania IV. No, I did not look this information up. It was embedded in my skull.

1991 - Scotty Bowman and Neil Armstrong are elected to NHL Hall of Fame. If you’re anything like me, you’re wondering why the dude who walked on the moon got elected to hockey’s hallowed hallway. But after further research, it’s not *that* Neil Armstrong. Apparently, there’s a former referee with the same name.  Strange.

1992 - The Brewers trade Gary Sheffield to the Padres for pitcher Ricky Bones and minor leaguers Jose Valentin and Matt Mieske. Sheffield looked back fondly on the era, saying “Fu*k that shit.”###MORE###

Mizzou forward DeMarre Carroll / The Predator

Okay, full disclosure: We’re scared of the picture and wanted to show it to all of you.

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