Four Seventeen

It's the little things like this that makes so freaking happy we canned Brad Soderberg. God, I get goosebumps thinking about all the things Rick Majerus is going to do for our program that Brad never did. I pray every night for a miracle, and on April 17, 2007, we got a BIG FREAKING MIRACLE(that was five years overdue).

So I guess that was why Chris Duncan Donuts was in the bar last night. And yes, I believe he arrived home safely.

Thank God for that Zoom option.

I heard the water was running dry. They're on bended knee trying to save the place. God, Boys II Men...what an unstoppable 90s R&B powerhouse.

Can you edit the "albino" comment, please.

Thanks. I guess being politically incorrect is frowned upon. Go back to your Dennis Miller HBO Special...

I thought Husak was our highest rated recruit. Or perhaps Obi.

He's a dead ringer for that Drew Neitzel. Perhaps he can go to Gonzaga and bring a razor for Derek Rufio.

Class of 2005 got some Afro-American prof. from Duke that said "I know Fr. Biondi isn't going to be happy with me, but I'm going to keep my remarks brief." Typical. Class of 2007 gets a guy you might have to use a crane to remove from the podium: http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~class58/50t...%5Cber0-011.jpg I just hope we hear this about the new Chaifetz Arena: "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded!" -Yogi Berra I'll be there in Section 8 with my Yankees #8 Berra shirt and Yankees cap doing a roll-call "Yo-gi Ber-ra (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)!!!" GO YANKEES!

Yeah, but that question was posed to Tommie...they have to keep it simple, Doc. College athletes aren't the sharpest tools in the coloring box. I think nodding and smiling are good answers.

You would think Steve Fischer would have a shot then? With his old man being an Aztec. I guess not.

I wrote for the UNews for four years as an undergrad and continue to freelance for them, and let me tell you -- without Dr. Avis Meyer, the UNews would run itself into the ground. The current editorial board is incompetent, unprofessional and flat out bad at what they do. Take for example this week's paper. A sports writer (whose name I will not mention) wrote a column reflecting on his four years at SLU (which I am assuming is 2003-2007). He included Bush/Kerry in 2004, WMD, Iraq, etc., but he also mentioned 9-11, which happened my freshman year at SLU in 2001...not exactly four years ago. Now, the copy editors should have said, "hey, do you mean things that have happened POST 9-11, like the 9-11 Commission Report, or the 9-11 memorials they are building in NYC?" I know it's a student-edited newspaper, but they do a piss poor job in my opinion. As someone who has published bylines in a Copley-owned newspaper, the UNews needs all the help they can get. I hope they save the UNews, because without it, I would have never gotten a foot in the door at the PJ Star.

SLU's M&M Boys!

I was just making a comparison between the two hires. Excuse me. Go put your sausage back in your pants.

Excuse me, Froman, but where Ty failed (ala' Brad in recruiting), Weis has already established almost three top-10 recruiting classes. And we're talking about Notre Dame recruiting the top QB from southern California TWO YEARS IN A ROW. Clausen and Dayne Crist (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame)...ND is becoming Quarterback U once again. I think there is validity in the comparison. Hey, Ohio State lost in the BCS and they are an elite team...it's football, teams lose. You get outplayed, you go back to the drawing board. For Weis, it's firing Rick Minter (FINALLY) and bringing in Corwin Brown from the NY J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets and the 3-4. I am going into the 07 season with no expectations from ND...patchwork offensive line, new QB, and other than David Grimes and George West, have no Samardzija-like target to throw to. I'm going into the SLU season with no expectations either....just hoping Majerus can light the fire.

I like how Comcast got on board with the "We Believe" slogan t-shirts/signs, etc at Oracle Arena. "We Believe...your cable bill is 3 months overdue...but yeah, Go Warriors." -Love, Comcast

One ironic comparison with the Majerus hire is when Kevin White got Charlie Weis to return to his alma mater, knowing that Weis had and still has health-related issues. But given his track record of winning and building perennial championship-contending teams in the NFL, White made the move and so far, ND has climbed back to the elite in NCAA football -- where they always should be. Reward more than risk -- so far-- for Notre Dame. For Saint Louis University, the hire of Rick Majerus was like landing Charlie Weis and Red Auerbach rolled into one. Majerus is a proven leader at the D-I level, but with some notable health risks involved. Like ND, I expect the hire to pay immediate dividends to a program which has been (like ND in the late 90s, early 00s) stuck in mediocrity. And while I don't expect to be eating dinner on the Riverwalk in April before the Final Four with people asking me what a Billiken is, I expect SLU basketball to be an elite force in the A-10 within two-three years. With the addition of Porter to the bench, the sky is the limit for our recruiting success. Gone are the Vas'huwa'n Nueborne, Horace Dixson & Obi Ikea-for days. This is a new era.

I don't know about Mark Cuban and all his money, but unless there was some sort of internal feud with the coaching staff and a player by the name of Steve Nash, not matching the offer made by Phoenix a few years ago set the Dallas Mavericks franchise back to the old Reunion Arena days and those ugly-##### jerseys. Not having a guy who can distribute the ball killed Dallas in the series. Devin Harris is not a point guard.

I've never wanted to buy a pair of Asics shoes so much in all my life.

I'd rather schedule our cupcake games to be played at Scottrade before we open up the Chaifetz. You would be stupid to open it up against UMSL.

I just don't understand why they won't believe me. It's not like I'm trying to steal my own identity. I have a SSN card, an Illinois drivers license, a SLU ID, a Paycheck stub, a utilities bill, a library card, a credit card. It's a copy. Employers just need to see a copy of a birth certificate and then they start handing over money for you working there. With the DMV, YOU PAY THEM!

Ooooh. Avanti's. Hell, I might just drive up this weekend. Those gondolas and that warm, fresh bread. That tangy salad dressing/mayo concoction...that helps me hang on... Thanks, Dave. I'll probably end up having it done that way. Thanks guys.

All that's in Peoria, guys. Damn. Any other options?

Had a hard time getting through to the woman behind the counter that the "Customer is Always Right," showing her a copy of my birth certificate, as well as 6 other forms of ID. Knowing that I would NEVER want to steal my own identity, the woman did not accept my birth certificate, saying it has to be "the actual certificate," which is (because my family is SMART) in a fireproof safe in Peoria, IL. I don't think my parents want to come all the way down here just to hand me that. My question to the board -- what can I do? Are there any other options? I went to the AAA on Lindell to try to get this done yesterday. Any other places in the area?

Brian, I was on my way out of the Busch Center and was walking up the steps behind Frank Cusamano, and he was on his cell and I could perfectly hear him say "was he plowed?" followed by a "that's too bad." So my first impression was that they found out he had a little too much to drink at Shannon's.