Common Man

O'S HON

                                                               The Bridge @ VT

                                                  Polo, Mid-calves, Snap back

St. Pattys 

Hokies, Terps, Lane

Asian Power hour

Tea house.

BK Lounge

                                                                    Wiz at VT

Flowman of the Week

CONGRATS BILLY BITTER

                     Some close 2nds but your showing at the Big City Classic in New York was niceee.

PREAKNASTY

The Preakness has unvailed this years mascot : Kegasus.

NO.

NBA > NCAA

THE STATE OF THE NBA is climbing.  For the past several years the popularity of the NBA has been consistently rising after it hit rock bottom with the championships of the boring Spurs and the number 1 overall pick of Kwame Brown.  I cannot remember a regular season being this hyped in a while.  This hype will hopefully lead to a postseason that will jolt the NBA back into complete mainstream.

With about 9 games left in the regular season the playoffs are mostly set with the exception being the 8 seed in the East, which Indiana and Charlotte are fighting for.  If the seeding stays as it is, there are a few interesting first round matchups.  2 vs. 7 in the East would be New York vs. Boston and although the Celtics and Knicks don’t consider each other rivals, their fans certainly do.  New York fans don’t like Boston fans and vice versa.  It will also be interesting to see the Heatles play in their first playoff series together because OBVIOUSLY the regular season doesn’t matter.  Just ask VCU.  Play close attention to the battle for the 6 seed in the West.  Currently the Hornets hold the advantage over the Blazers, if the Blazers can find a way to edge over the Hornets for the 6 seed I think they can give the Mavericks a lot more trouble than the injury ridden Hornets.

With the seeding for the playoffs basically set with the exception of the Pacers and the Bobcats (which quite frankly is irrelevant) and the 6 seed in the West, which I think the Blazers will eventually take, I’ll make my first round picks:

East:

Bulls over Pacers in 5 (Indiana gets one at home, but D. Rose is way too much).  Celtics over Knicks in 7 (Celtics never make it easy for themselves in the first round, which they’ve proved against the Hawks and Bulls in previous years.  In addition I doubt they want to go against the 2 and a half headed monster that is New York.  The Knicks have 3 guys that are capable of taking over a 7 game series, but in the end the veteran Celtics edge the less-experienced Knicks team).  Heat over 76ers in 6 (76ers give them a small run, but the Heatles will show up ready to go in the playoffs).  Magic over Hawks in 6 (Dwight Howard is too much and look for Hedo to get back to his old Magic ways).

West:

Spurs over Grizzles in 5 (A Rudy Gay buzzer beater will give the Griz one game, but too much experience on the Spurs). Lakers over Hornets in 4 (Kobe Time.).  Blazers over Mavericks in 6 (Mavs go to Portland in a must win game 6, but Portland shows up and steals the series).  Thunder over Nuggets in 5 (Durant and Westbrook are dangerous for anyone and certainly too much for the Nuggets).

End of Season Award predictions:

MVP: D. Rose

Defensive Player of the Year: Dwight Howard

Most Improved Player: LaMarcus Aldridge

Coach of the Year: Tom Tibido

-Legend

P.S. Kobe is getting his 6^th. Believe it. 

Wiz's Blonde Streak and Deacons

Wiz's Blonde Streak and Deacons

By Mike Maher

Wiz Khalifa’s new album “Rolling Papers” dropped yesterday.  The hype behind Rolling Papers was bigger than usual because it was not a mixtape, which is Wiz’s usual method of music.  Less than 24 hours after the release, sales seem to be promising.  On itunes Wiz has the number one single with “No Sleep” and the number two album behind Britney Spears (babe).

The album itself has a different sound than the music Wiz has put out in previous years.  There is a lot of singing, specifically featured on the hit single “No Sleep” as well as in songs “Cameras”, “Roll Up” and “Fly Solo”.  The songs also discuss different topics than the ones Khalifa got famous from, which include weed.  This could be very interesting because critics usually attack Wiz’s lack of diversity in songs, claiming that he only raps about “pot and partying”.  Although the album has its fair share of those topics, he also dips into other areas.

Another aspect that will be interesting is the radio.  In the past Wiz could rarely be played on the radio because of the contents of his lyrics.  With the new album comes an edited version, which I’m sure will get a lot of play on the local hip-hop radio station.  This could only mean one thing, teenage girls and wiggers (Deacon in high school) all around the country will get to hear the hits off the new album and fall in love with Wiz.  This will lead to the girls and high school Deacon’s believing they “discovered” the best new “rapper” out there.  It will be both good and bad for Wiz.  Good because it will broaden his fan base, but bad because the good songs will get way overplayed by high school Deacon’s and become bad songs because of them.

I think Wiz is about to blow up in the next couple months, through this album and his movie “High School” with Snoop (which should be hilarious).  It will be interesting to see if the main stream changes Wiz.  I do not think it will.  Dude’s real.

-Legend

P.S. I think the blonde streak is pretty fresh.

Wiz Khalifa-Rolling Papers dropped on iTunes Today

  

Here's a sample...

                                            

shannon brown gets nice

Short and Sweet

Flowman of the Week

Each week during the 2011 College Lacrosse Season we will name a Flowman of the Week.


This weeks winner goes to Notre Dame Midfielder Eric Keppeler

Looking good on and off the field Eric!

LT3: The Future of VT Football

Logan Thomas from Lynchburg, VA

Listed at 6ft-6in and weighing in at 245lbs, Logan is predicted by some to be the next Cam Newton.  Hype or no hype, he's a monster so watch for him next season...