I just got in from the AAC tiebreaker scenarios and, boy, are my eyes tired.
Sometimes you just gotta take a leap. (Photo by Cara Litberg)
Sorry. Won’t happen again*.
(* Note: It will definitely happen again.)
It’s time for another Ask Me Anything, and y’all brought the heat with the weirdness and a li’l bit of Louisvilleness. We encourage that here at my apartment, where the Kix flow like wine.
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This edition’s questions range from Louisville basketball to drankin’ to cowboys and all the way back again. No squirrels were harmed in the creation of this week’s Ask Me Anything.
To your questions!
Bill and Tina: Can you give us an update on Kevin Ware? He has been missing from the bench recently. Is his injury healed? Can he practice yet? If not, when does he expect to return to practicing with the team? Interesting to note that if no one leaves early (I know Trez is likely gone), then the team only has five scholarships to give, yet has six commits already, and it looks like Pitino is looking at more. Any suggestion others might leave, voluntarily or otherwise?
Jeff Greer: We’re starting with a serious question, so enjoy this one because it’s entirely downhill from here. I did the math the other day, and assuming Montrezl Harrell leaves early for the NBA Draft, Louisville would have five players departing, one already open scholarship and six players coming in, which puts them at 13 filled scholarships for 2014-15, right on the money. As for the questions about players leaving, all I’ve heard are rumors. Kevin Ware is going to class and working out on his own, not practicing with the team, but he’s still at Louisville.
As for the recruiting stuff, yes, the staff is looking at a few more options, but they haven’t offered anybody yet. Staffs recruit all the way through and cover their bases. It’s always good to kick the tires.
@CrumsRevenge: Do you have a truly “Russdiculous” Russ memory BEFORE you became the UL beat writer?
JG: You know, it’s funny, I didn’t know a ton about Russ except that he was really good and I read the Sports Illustrated story on him. So I knew he was one of a kind, just didn’t know a ton about his quirks until I got here. He’s incredibly entertaining to cover.
@AmeliaRayno: Drink of choice?
JG: Once I found out I got the job to be the U of L beat writer, I started drinking Old Fashioneds. That’s my preferred cocktail. I do regularly drink beer. If I’m just having one, I love something from Schneider Weisse. I like beer because I know when I’m full. Keeping track of how many Old Fashioneds I’ve had is like keeping tracking of how many Junior Mints I’ve had.
George Bush and family were also at the Louisville-SMU game.
@Fischwick: Where have all the cowboys gone?
JG: Apparently all of them were at Wednesday’s SMU-Louisville game. I’m very proud of this one.
@MasterDroo: Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
JG: To answer this question, I Googled “sheep.” According to Wikipedia (this one has references, you guys), “Sheep have horizontal slit-shaped pupils, possessing excellent peripheral vision; with visual fields of approximately 270° to 320°, sheep can see behind themselves without turning their heads.”
Can you imagine if humans had this? Moreso if I had this. I would’ve missed most of the Louisville-Memphis game because I’d be watching that one guy who literally had a Rolodex of insults. He told bearded Rick Pitino that he looked like a homeless werewolf.
@_NickBurch: Do you think Bruce Wayne ever has one too many beers & accidentally signs his credit card receipts “Batman”? I know I do that.
JG: I think this question is like that one ant you see scurrying back to toward a hole with a crumb on its back. I PUT MY HILL ON MY BACK. CRUMB CITY. Anyway, this question, like that ant, leads us to a wealth of goodies. I wonder if TV show stars start thinking of themselves as their characters. Maybe not necessarily like Walter White or Frank Underwood, who we’ll get to soon enough, but like Jason Alexander or Cosmo Kramer or Officer Carl Winslow. I mean, Reginald VelJohnson, what have you done for me lately?
I saved this photo on my computer as “Thesaurus Rex” and it made me happy.
@ray_calhoun: What is another word for thesaurus?
JG: Tyrannosaurus.
@bradwolfe: If the black box is the only thing that survives a plane crash – why can’t they make the entire plane out of it?
JG: If Cap’n Crunch is delicious, why don’t they fill my entire apartment with them and let me eat my way out? I don’t know the answers to these questions, Brad. I’m just a man.
@CardDude25: What’s the most impressive thing you’ve accomplished while throwing up constantly?
JG: One time I continued a conversation after a mid-sentence puke. Like, ain’t nothin’ but a barf thang, baybuh. No, but seriously, it was awful and I hate throwing up and I also can’t believe Russ ate a breakfast omelette after throwing up the entire night before. SANTA FE OMELETTE, PLEASE.
Terry Rozier
@eldiablodubob: Jessica Alba or Jessica Biel? No, wait a minute. Better guard now: either Harrison twin or Terry Rozier?
JG: Biel. And I don’t think that second one is easy to answer. Andrew Harrison’s potential is great and the twins both have five inches on Terry. Terry Rozier seems to have a mental edge on both of them. He doesn’t get rattled by mess-ups.
@GoCardsGuy: Frozen just won an Oscar. This, of course, begs the question: Anna or Elsa?
JG: I’m more of a Despicable Me kind of guy.
@Chadinthe502: Would you offer the piece of gum in an unopened pack of ’86 Topps baseball cards to an unsuspecting individual?
JG: No, but I’d offer this hot dog. Interesting texture.
@Chuggernaut6: Walter White or Francis Underwood?
JG: In what context? In a vacuum, I’ll take Walter. I think Walter’s a much better person. Frank is dangerous. Walter is, too, but I was a Walter guy all the way until the end. I don’t like Frank and I want him to be defeated. How could he do that to Kate Mara?
Look at this tomato duck. (@FacesPics)
@JBDoes180: What’s the one thing you watch on TV, but hate admitting you watch?
JG: SportsCenter.
@Utterback13: How is the Gateway to the West located west of the Midwest?
JG: Not gonna let you just come in here and bash my lady’s home city like that, Scott. Not here. Not now. But I will say St. Louis, SCOTT, if that’s your real NAME, is actually east of Minneapolis. And I, quite frankly, consider Minneapolis to be the Midwest.
@MichaelGrant_CJ: What’s worse: Being water-boarded daily for a month or stuck on an island where broccoli is the only thing edible for a year?
JG: Um, you really don’t like broccoli, huh, Mike? VILE WEED! I like broccoli but wouldn’t I die only eating that?
@DSF456: Hi, do you think real-life aliens are more like the black oil aliens from the X-Files or the Biz Markie alien from Men in Black?
JG: I’m really worried that you watched Men in Black.
