"1 efforts, 2 efforts, 3 efforts. Liberty is the little train that could. You've gotta love a train." I'm not sure who this color guy is, but he's fired up and ready to provide us with a few hours of material. He could have counted "efforts" in this living room a few hours ago: "one efforts, two efforts." But times have changed at 55. I just woke up from a two hour crash, and the Dans are currently down. Its Rob and Mike holding down the fort.
Clemson has come out very strong in this one. "The train is on the tracks, and the train is Clemson" according to our favorite ESPN color commentator. Oliver Purnell is one serious looking train conductor. You don't board the Clemson train without a ticket--that's for sure.
Sign Watch: Liberty is losing points for a sign that said "Heck Yeah!" Weak sauce.
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57 seconds left in the half, Clemson is winning 41-17, and the Liberty fans are loving it. I've never seen so much enthusiasm from a crowd down by over twenty points. Sort of like watching an expansion franchise's first game. The score doesn't matter, all that matters is that the team is playing. Kind of refreshing, but a little too creepy. I like a little disappointment from routed home crowds.
Liberty is giving us a few interesting dudes: a massive faux hawk being supported by about ten pounds of gel, a mop headed kid with shoulder acne worse than mine (that never happens), and a skinny Eminem looking guy. How'd you like to see this crew stroll into the campus chapel.
Jay Williams is now in the halftime studio. Digger Phelps is passed out snoringin a hallway somewhere in ESPN studios. Andy Katz is still kicking, but still talking about the Cal State Fullerton/UCLA game. I swear that game was forever ago. I think they're just showing a recording of Katz from 2 AM, and pulling it off as live.
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Who needs a shower more right now: Andy Katz, the shoulder acne kid on Liberty, or me? The case: Katz has been caked with so much make up over the past twelve hours that his pores haven't felt oxygen since UCLA was undefeated. The shoulder acne kid has a whole head of greasy hair, the obvious acne, and he's been sweating on the court--nothing good about that. Me...I haven't showered since Sunday night.
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Canadians have bought the Pontiac Silverdome according to Mike. I say they host an annual college basketball invitational. Bring in all the Michigan schools, and take it from there.
If attendance is low, just import Adrian Branch to do the play-by-play, he's been creating excitement in this dud of a game. And then fill a few bus loads of Liberty fans. They'd get fired up for a snail if it put on a Liberty jersey.
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Trevor Booker is fired up--doing everything he can to silence the Flame's crowd, a futile task. A 12 point, 11 rebound day looks pretty solid. Adrian Branch is a tough critic, Clemson missed an open three pointer and Branch twice declared "You gotta hit that." I remind you that Clemson has a 29 point lead.
We've decided that the wild crowd is a result of Liberty's strict student life rules. The sexual frustration on the Christian campus has resulted in, according to Dan, some very unwholesome behavior in the stadium concourses. "Heck Yeah!"
The faux hawk dude is also wearing some high socks that look stupid on the court. Its impossible to watch this much basketball without a quirky white guy or two surfacing. They're all over the basketball landscape.
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This game does not excite the minds of men. One of the worst games of the day. Despite Adrian Branch's cockeyed optimism and love for Liberty, they are crashing and burning on every play. Getting the ball across the court is a sysiphean task. Clemson is more athletic, more disciplined, not as faux hawked, and ripping Liberty apart.
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Liberty Lunatics are pretty lame. Lunatics don't ride tricycles.
A Liberty fan in the front row was banging thundersticks while a Clemson player hoisted a three. When the shot went in, the fan dropped his thundersticks and hung his head. They had a chance to make up a 35 point deficit, but that fan doesn't think they have a shot at 38.
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ESPN is pushing their encyclopedia hard. Dan asks: what's thicker, that book or the code of conduct for Liberty students?
Is Clemson the real deal? They looked good today. Strong defense, decent outside shooting, and they played with authority under the hoop. Holding an opponent to less than 40 points for 40 minutes is impressive, no matter the quality of that opponent.
That's a ball game folks. Thanks. We're going to pass off the blog to Dan.
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