The End has Come

February 20, 2012 in New Media, Social Media, YouTube with 0 Comments

This blog has been an outlet for me to write. I don’t do it consistently. I do it sometimes. I’m not doing myself any favors by trying to keep it alive. It’s on it’s last breaths and I’m okay with that. I love college basketball and I always will. Maybe one day I will com back here and revive this thing, but for now the run or should I say crawl has come to an end.  I don’t like to half ass things and that’s what I have done for the last year here. I’m currently working on another idea that I have. That idea will be happening over on my YouTube page. I would love for you to join me over there. You can also find me on Twitter HERE.  the main reason for this is because I’m currently trying to brand myself rather than an idea or a logo. I will be posting things at johnwsnyder.me.

So, with all of this said it obviously isn’t goodbye, it’s more of a meet me over here type of deal. The other funny thing is that I know only about 4 of you will see this. Thanks for reading and lets hangout on twitter and youtube. Trust me, it’s way more fun over there anyways.

Kansas v. Missouri

February 4, 2012 in NCAA Basketball, YouTube with 0 Comments

How have I never seen this video. There were some serious punches thrown and landed in this fight from a 1961 game. Wow.

Ditched School For This

January 29, 2012 in March Madness, NCAA Basketball with 0 Comments

I ditched school 1 time in my entire high school career. Fortunately for me it was for this. So glad I had a ticket. Thanks BJ. Ole Miss fans were giving the middle finger to everyone who wasn’t an Ole Miss fan.

Iowa St upsets Kansas

January 28, 2012 in NCAA Basketball with 0 Comments

Here’s a very controlled and smooth rushing the court by the Cyclones of Iowa St.

January 27th, 2001 (Part 2)

January 27, 2012 in NCAA Basketball, YouTube with 0 Comments

Part 2 of this changed when I found this video replay. I was going to talk about my friend, Jared Weiberg, that I lost that night. Every Tuesday morning at the same I would ride my bike through the basketball offices parking lot on my way to class. And just about every Tuesday I would catch Jared as he was on his way into the offices. When I went to Jared’s memorial service in the gymnasium at NOC in Tonkawa there was only standing room to remember his life. I will never forget it.

I wanted to write about the emotions I felt. I wanted to write about how that night unfolded. How we lost to Colorado. How I’ll always hear Bill Teegins voice saying “He Got It!!!” anytime a Cowboy hits a 3-pointer. But I’m tired and I just don’t feel like writing anymore.

Besides, this video of the OkState – Missouri game that happened 9 days after that tragic night says more than I ever could. A team came together, a university came together and honored those 10 by doing what they would have wanted Oklahoma State to do. Play basketball. Not only did we play basketball, but we won. It was the loudest I ever heard GIA. The replay of this game says everything I can’t. If you are an OkState fans or a college basketball fan you will want to watch this. It’s hard to believe it has been 11 years already. It seems like it was yesterday.

Enjoy!!!

January 27th, 2001 (Part 1)

January 25, 2012 in NCAA Basketball with 0 Comments

Yes, there are 2 parts to this. As a college basketball fan this day was an emotional roller coaster for 2 very different and improbable reasons.

I was a student at Oklahoma State University working towards my degree in broadcast journalism. This day started out as any other day in Stillwater, OK. During this time I lived in a split level house on Cantwell Street just a few blocks north of campus. I had 3 roommates. For some reason I picked to live on the second floor where there was no heat or air. Not to mention it was in a sun room. I remember waking up the first morning after a cold front had come through and being able to see my breath while laying in bed. That’s a whole other story though.

What’s odd about this day is I can’t remember anything leading up to the whirlwind of a night it would end up being. I know I went to class. I know I had fun with my friends. I’m sure I played some basketball in the Colvin Center. And I know for sure I was home in time to eat some dinner and watch Duke play Maryland on ESPN. It worked out perfect being that we (OkState) were in Boulder to take on Colorado. I never missed a home game. When we were on the road we would either watch the game on TV or listen to it on the radio.

I talk about the Duke-Maryland game, because as a college basketball fan this was a game you don’t ever forget. I could bore you with the details or you could just watch this video to see how amazing of a game it was.

See, how could you ever forget something that amazing. Duke did go on to win the game by 2 in overtime, but the last minute of regulation is something as a basketball fan you love to watch and will never forget.

Well, I did forget. I’m sure a lot of people forgot. Until just a few weeks ago I forgot that it happened on the same night that Oklahoma State would lose more than a basketball game in Colorado.

Part 2 will be coming in the next few days.

 

Daily Cookies – 01.23.12

January 23, 2012 in Cookies with 0 Comments

This was called daily dishes. Just changing the name to Daily Cookies. In basketball Cookies is slang for steal.

Get you some cookies.

  • The top 150 players from the class of 2012 and where they are committed according to Rivals – Rivals
  • Former Oklahoma State guard enrolls at Arkansas. – Yahoo

 

 

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