Paula DeAnda???

So a few weeks back I was at Texans practice and each week we are introduced the artist who will be singing the National Anthem at the game. Well, that week it was some teenager named Paula DeAnda. I thought nothing of it and to be polite invited Paula to come on the Ken Hoffman show to talk about her performance. So I go about my day and when it came time to do show prep for the next day's show, I googled Paula.

Turns out that Paula DeAnda is pretty popular with the teenage crowd! I went home and got more information about this Paula chick from my younger sister. Soon as I told her that I will be interviewing Paula, she went all teeny bopper on me and was running around the house in excitement. I told her its just Paula DeAnda and she told me that Paula had a no.1 song on TRL. That's pretty big. The next day we interviewed Paula and she came off as a really nice person. I pride myself on being up to date with whats hot and whats not. This was the first time that I felt like I was out of the loop because I had never heard of this artist. God bless younger sisters who can update you on whats hot and whats not.

Here is the interview and a picture from the interview.


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Halloween and Jacoby Jones Halloween Catchup

What a great day! Halloween, Jacoby Jones catchup day and dressing up like Andy Bernard...

I dressed up like Andy Bernard from The Office because he is the best...here are some clips of the Narq-Dog.


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NBA Preview

Aight yall here it is, the BIG NBA PREVIEW PODCAST! All the divisions have their own podcasts so pick what you want! I have put my playoff breakdown as the last podcast entry. Enjoy!

*in the southwest breakdown I said the Spurs beat the Suns in the Western conf. Finals...correction, they beat the Suns in the Semi-finals of the West.


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Back in Austin for the First Time

This past weekend I went back to Austin for the first time since graduating to catch the Texas v Nebraska game. Coincidentally, Halloween weekend happened to fall on the same days! Let me tell you, nothing compares to Halloween weekend in Austin on a football game day! In fact, I am making Halloween weekend the unofficial official Alumni Weekend. It starts with the game and spills right over on to 6th Street. Here are some notes from the weekend:

• Matthew McConaughey is the unofficial mascot for UT...its a done deal. I think I saw the UT Co-op selling shirts with Matthew on it. During the game, I was sitting right underneath his box so we saw a lot of Matthew. In fact, at one point in the game, I proposed to McConaughey...he said no. Check pictures below to see Matthew.
  
• UT Football games, hell all college games, are the best. It felt so good being back watching a football game with passionate fans. Whoops, for the most passionate fans. UT fans are bandwagon fans to the fullest. UT v Nebraska is a big match-up regardless of records. The game did not sell out. Sad.
  
• College kids in costumes = pure entertainment. The best costumes that I saw were three kids dressed up like Tetris pieces, Chewbacca and The Wild Thing from Major League. I dressed up like a soccer fan aka a normal night out for me. I just put on my Aregntina Maradona jersey. Also, I really like the fact that girls can make any costume slutty! I saw a slutty nun, a slutty slut and a slutty Harry Potter...God bless Halloween.
  
• 6th street is still the best party scene. It was so good seeing people my age having fun!
  
• While out on 6th, a few people came up to me and asked me if I was the guy from Aaj Kal...that was really cool. I felt like a star. I told them that is me but I big timed by getting my entourage to beat them up...jp.
  
• Here are the pictures from the weeeknd....

The UT Marching Band
Matthew being the Mascot
The Defense going at Nebraska
I'm kicking it with high Homer
At the game with Aly, Sunail and Aly C.

Some New Music

From time to time I like to post about some new music that I come across. While in Austin, I was listening to my old station 91.7 and came across the artist Kenna. I'm into all types of music as long as it sounds good. Well, Kenna sounds awesome. Here is some back ground on Kenna. For all of you Houston folks, Kenna will be performing in Houston on 11/2. Here is some information about the concert. Enjoy the song...I'm linking to another blog that has the song on it.

Kenna - Baptized In Blacklight

Pictures from the MS150 SA-CC

Here are the pictures from the MS150! Before our final stretch, we stopped at a gas station to get some ice cream. I held on to my ice cream stick so I could chew on something during the final stretch.

Clyde Drexler is so awesome!

As you know from earlier posts, Clyde coached the 1560 The Game basketball team to victory at the Rockets Media 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. We interviewed him about life after basketball. Check it out underneath.


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Brian Ching does it again

Brian Ching is awesome. He is always a good sport with all of our dumb questions. Well, this time he took on a 5th grader in a quiz competition. Find out he did. The segment is posted under in the flash player.


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Jacoby Jones sings Dancing Queen

This is the best catch-up with Jacoby so far...The King and Jacoby to a duet to Dancing Queen by Abba.


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Wings over Houston flight pictures and video

Here are some of the pictures and videos from my flight with the Greg Poe Air Shows team.

BCS Newscasters poll out!

The new polls are out and you can find it here on Pardon the Raheel Ramzanali!

Kicking it a World Cupper

I play soccer. Okay, I just started playing soccer three months ago but I like it! Well, I like the sport even more now that I met Brian Ching. Brian is one of the stars for the Houston Dynamo. He was on the USA World Cup Team and has been a staple in the USA soccer scene in the last few years. I first met Brian when he came on the Ken Hoffman show to talk about his charity and the team. Most athletes in the big three sports (NFL, NBA and MLB) are always busy and act like tools. Well, Brian is not like them. Brian acts like your average guy but has super human soccer skills.

It was only normal that Brian took a liking to Ken and myself. In fact he liked us so much that he came out to our lunch meeting before our big TASW wrestling match. Even though Brian ordered a salad at Hooters we still like him. The highlight of my friendship so far with Brian has to be when he texted me after my ass whooping in Humble at the TASW match with this:

Brian Ching: haha that beat down was awesome...your new nickname is bitch slap.

Thanks salad eater. All jokes aside, Brian is good people and I hope everyone supports him and the Dynamo.

Here are some segments from when Brian joined us on the show. He will also be on Oct. 24th at 1 p.m.


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Dating On-air

If you listen to the Ken Hoffman show then you know I went to dinner with Rebecca Spera from Great Day Houston. As yall know, I was the bachelor of the week and through that I got a date with Rebecca. She was the one on my left during the segment and asked me out. I thought this was her just being goofy on air. Well, turns out that it was not a fake date. We really went on a date and she is a really nice person.

The best part of the date was when Rebecca pulled out her day planner...when you think day planners you probably are thinking a Blackberry, a phone or some other wireless device. Well, not for Rebecca, she still rolls with the old yearbook style day planner! Here are some pictures of the day planner! I have also attached Rebecca talking about the date on the Ken Hoffman show.

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Rebecca penciled in our date.

Riding in the MS 150

I just finished my first MS150 from San Antonio to Corpus Christi this weekend and absolutely loved it! I really enjoyed challenging my body and riding across the beautiful state of Texas. Here are some of my observations from the weekend:

• Riding 150 miles on a bike is hard but not that hard! The hardest problem that I faced was that my ass hurt a lot throughout the weekend. I guess sitting on a small seat for 150 miles will do that to the ass. My legs never really hurt too much. I never felt like I could not get through a stretch because my legs were hurting too much. I play in basketball tournaments and my body is more tired after those than the MS150. But then again, I was riding about 13mph. Most of the hardcore bikers were going about 20-25mph.
  
• The best part of the ride was going through small Texas towns and stopping to talk with people. For example, I stopped at a Wal-Mart in some small town and talked football with a guy who has two sons on the high school football team. Football really is the only thing these folks have in terms of sports teams. It felt as if I were living out a Friday Night Lights episode.
  
• Some bikers take this sport too seriously. Most of the riders were part of some sort of team. These bikers ride 60 miles on Sunday mornings and enjoy it. They all wore matching bike shirts and looked goofy. Whenever these tools would pass us, they would get mad at Team Hoffman (Ken and me) for going to slow and taking up road space. They need to understand, its not a race! The only race we are part of is trying to find the cure for MS.
  
• Rest stops are a bikers best friend! I looked forward to rest stops because you get free Powerade and power bars. God bless Powerade.
  
• I was Mr. 3000! My riding number was 3,000! I was a legend out there.
  
• Crossing the finishing line is the best part of the race. The people of Corpus lined up the finishing line and cheered us on. It was a good feeling being cheered on after a grueling bike ride.
  

the finish line

The Daily Catchup with Jacoby Jones

I've been getting a lot of requests to link up my Jacoby Jones catchup that I do for the Sean and John show here at 1560 The Game.

Here is how this segment started. I was talking to JJ and I started asking him dumb questions. Well, JJ was really cool about it so I kept coming back every day with more and more questions. The listeners found the segment to be entertaining so I created an intro for the Jacoby after the big Crank That Superman by Souldja Boy. I have linked up the last two segments below.


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Jacoby Jones 10/10

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Great Day Houston

So I just got off Great Day Houston as the bachelor of the week and here is how it went down:

• I come into the studios at 8:30 a.m. and hang around in the green with some models. Yeah I know, a bad day to start the day off!
  
• 9 a.m. rolls around and Great Day Houston is off and running with their programming!
  
• They do a three segments that go from a fashion show to chicken soup for the soul...
• 9:35 a.m. the stage hands pull me into the back and tell me how to walk in...
• 9:36 a.m. Cristina, Whitney and Rebecca do a quick intro of me and I walk out
• We all talk and im asked questions about what I want in women....and in a matter of 5 mins its all done!
  
• No numbers just yet but hopefully that will change! Anyways, all and all it was a lot of fun and I cant wait to work with Great Day Houston again!
  

The King is Back

It's been a while since I've posted but its time to get back on track. As most of you know, I graduated from UT last May and now I am at my dream job working in Houston for 1560 The Game. I am truly thankful for this job. I left college and am now working in my hometown as a sidekick for the Ken Hoffman show (12-2 p.m.) I am entering my 8th week at the station and I have done some truly spectacular things and I would like to share them with you. From now on, this blog will serve as some what of a recap of my experiences and opinions. I will now recap some of the things I have done in the last month and change:

• Bachelor of the Week?!: For some odd reason, I will be on Great Day Houston this Friday (Oct. 19, 2007) as their bachelor of the week...I was told by Cristina Terrill, the reporter and co-host for the show, that I could expect a surprise since Ken Hoffman has requested that I get a makeover of some sorts. This is just mind blowing for me because I am just a regular 22-year-old Pakistani kid from Sugar Land, TX. Cristina joined us on the show and my dating life came up some how so thats why I asked to do this! Cristina is one of the nicest people I have met so I feel confident that she won't embarrass me too much. This is why she is no.2 in the BCS Newscasters Poll that I put out every week. If you want to watch the show and you don't live in Houston then you can watch it on their website live Friday morning at 9 a.m.
  
• Getting an Ass kicking: I am now the manager of the new tag team champions! I managed Sean Pendergast and Ken Hoffman on their road to victory to capture the Texas All-Star Wrestling Tag Team Belts. I dressed up like a Sheik and came out in red neck country (Humble, at the Historic Humble Bingo Arena) yelling all sorts of non-sense! I grew up watching wrestling so this was a dream come true for me. I have always appreciated wrestlers but after getting a beat down like none other, I appreciate them much more. After Hoffy made the pin on Bones in the ring, I started to celebrate with them until Hoffy turned on me. After this turning, I was put into four finishers and had to be helped out of the ring since I think I had a mild concussion. I have attached some pictures from the event and the video should be up soon.
  
• We Are the Champions: There is one thing in my life that keeps me sane and that's playing basketball. So when I was told that the Houston Rockets were holding a media 3-on-3 basketball tournament, I knew 1560 the Game was going to win it. I guaranteed a victory on air for three weeks and when the day came, I felt good about it. When our team arrived to the Toyota Center we felt good about our chances since most of the media members are out of shape. I consider myself to be in good shape and a decent basketball player, plus it didn't hurt that I was the youngest player out there. Well, we started the day off by playing our rival sports station, Sports Radio 610! After a tough hard game, we came out on top and thus started our road to the trophy. The team went on to beat the Houston Chronicle in the championship game! We only lost two games and both were to the Rockets GM and scouting directors. Those guys have game. Some other highlights included me meeting Clyde Drexler! At one point, Clyde was coaching our team! A top 50 player of all time was coaching a bunch of scrubs like us! At one point, Clyde called me a half decent player, what a wonderful world!
  
• Flying HIGH: As part of duty to go out and cover events that don't get the coverage like the major sports, I went out and interviewed a few people from the Wings Over Houston Air Show! While I was there I had a chance to ride in a single-engine plane with the world renown Greg Poe Air Team. Lucky for me, I did not have to ride in the stunt plane. I was okay in the plane that has photographers and other pilots in it. But this plane was no joke because it had no door! The only thing from saving me from flying out was a yellow rope attached to my harness. Luckily nothing happened! This was a really cool experience for me because I love flying and anytime I fly on a commercial plane I always call window seat so I can look out. Well, this time I looked out felt the clouds over Galveston!
  
• Only 7 kolaches! About a month ago Sean Pendergast from the Sean and John show participated in the Kolache Factory I.F.O.C.E Kolache Eating Contest held at Minute Maid Park! Sean loves kolaches and Sean seems like a man who can eat with the best, well not that day. Sean was put up against one of the greats of all time, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut. The contest works like this, 10 eaters, 8 minutes and boxes upon boxes of sausage and cheese kolaches! Joey ended up winning the contest with 56 kolaches. Sean ate, well only 7. It was a let down but he put up a tough hard fight. At one point during the contest he was pointing at the 1560 The Game staff. We were on the field watching our boy! Leading up to the event, Joey Chestnut joined the Ken Hoffman show and I had a chance to talk to a world champion! Joey is the guy who beat Kobayashi in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey is a really nice guy and I had a chance to hangout with him before and after the competition. At one point I asked Joey if I could get his novelty check (see pictures) and he more than gladly gave it to me since he probably would have had to check it on his flight back.
  

Make sure to check King of Sports every week for a recap of my week and other stories from my job. Things to come, hanging out with an MLS All-Star, Catching up with Jacoby Jones and meeting the Rockets.

My Final Show on KVRX

Hey everyone,

So this is it, the final show for the King. Due to some technical difficulties, the podcast had to be recorded on my MP3 player and the sound quality is not too great. Nonetheless, you can still listen to the show and hear my recaps of my years at UT. I have also uploaded a video of the final segment to give yall an insiders look on how we do things. Thanks once again to everyone for listening and the whole KVRX Sports, current and present, staff for helping me throughout the years.

Enjoy the show, video and pictures from the final show.

Quick Hits on the Week

Due to giving everyone a week off, we did not have a show this morning! Next week will be the final edition of the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup with myself. Next week's show will be a recap of my three years at KVRX and UT featuring all of my past co-hosts and memorable stories.

NBA Playoffs

• Dallas up against the ropes! I would love to see the Dallas Mavericks and their crying owner get knocked out in the first round after posting a franchise, and NBA, best season. Dirk is not the MVP of the NBA and this series shows it. No MVP disappears in a first round series. We talked about this on the show and said that Golden State will give the Mavs troubles but never thought they would knock them out with such ease.
  
• Kobe vs. Nash...even though the Lakers will get knocked out, it has been fun seeing Nash and Kobe go at it once again. These two show what MVPs do. Kobe has tried to rally his team even with limited talent. Nash dishes out what seems like 900 assists a game and keeps playing exceptional basketball.
  
• Rockets on the Road...T-mac finally put the series on his shoulders, but at home. Tracy needs to play his best basketball at Utah and not shoot 30%. The combo of Tracy and Yao is like a poor man's Kobe and Shaq but it is getting the job done. If Gundy can rally his bench and get this team going, they could get to the Conf. Finals.
  
• Eastern Conference Sweeps...the Southeast goes 0-12 in the playoffs and shows why the Central is such a strong division. The Eastern Conf. is a one way road to good basketball! Cavs vs. Nets and Bulls (my pick to make it to the NBA Finals) vs. the Pistons!
  

NFL Draft

• 7 Longhorns get drafted and it seems like UT is now the new defensive back school! Mack can def. bring in the best talent and show them that they will get drafted.
  
• The Texans draft another D-line. Amobi Okoye should be a good fit in the system but at the same time can go the roads of Travis "Mr.T" Johnson. No one will remember this draft for the Texans, they will still talk about last year and the passing of Young.
  
• The Patriots become win hungry...who would have thought the Patriots would draft and trade on talent and not character? Are they going down the slow path of being just another team that will do anything to win? I think Moss will fit in just fine with the Patriots and Meriweather will not stomp on any other helmets.
  
• The Draft is boring...I could not watch the draft. Maybe I'm not one of the millions who wants an early Christmas. I think the NFL draft is long and boring. Please, make your first round picks and leave me alone. Don't force 100 rounds down my throat.
  

April 24th Show!

What up Everyone!

This week on the show we previewed the NFL draft with Dan "the man" Weiner and gave you our picks of best players in the draft based on names.
Also this week, we continued our Discovering New Sports segment with the UT Cricket Club Team. We talked to them about their upcoming match with the Baylor Cricket team this Sunday at 2pm at the Intramural Fields. Check out their website for more information. If you are a member of facebook you can check out the event from this link.
We also recapped the Eastern and Western Conf. playoff race. Listen to find out who The King picked to go from the East to the Finals and the rest of his predictions.


This weeks YouTube Pick comes from a mother and daughter who would do anything for some tickets.

April 17th NBA Playoffs Show

NBA Playoffs are here!

We broke down every single first round matchup on the show! Also, Aly Chandwany, the winner of the NCAA tournament Pool, joined us for the show! Check out his segment in SEX and his thoughts throughout the show.

We will break down second round matchups next week and also preview some NFL Draft.

April 10th Show!

What up Everyone!

This week on the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup we had a lot of MLB talk, Kevin Durant going to the NBA talk, the Coaching changes around the NCAA and we picked up our Discovering New Sports Series with the UT Kendo Team.

You can check out the UT Kendo Team at their website Once we want to thank Walter and Eric for stopping by to the show.

This week on Shan Entertainment X-change, we talked about my continued hatred of Wild Hogs and some two new bands from Shan's Underground Band Segments. Check out the whole show.





Some Kendo for everyone



Video from the Augustana concert in Austin...the band of the year.

April 3rd MLB Preview Show!

The boys of summer are back and the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup is ready to cover them! We had the big MLB Preview Show today and boy was it a blast! We also covered the NCAA Title Game and why this Florida team is one of the best repeat teams of all time.

Programming Note: Due to a problem on Odeo we were unable to bring last week's show to everyone. We will be featuring the UT Sailing Team once again for our Discovering New Sports Segment! Check out their website at www.texassailing.org.

Enjoy the show...The sound on the AL East segment is filled with static so if you cant hear it just know that the Yankees will dominate.

Check out the show every Tuesday morning from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org



YouTube Pick of the Week:

March 27th Mayhem show!!!!

Hows it!

This week on the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup we discussed the Final Four and gave our picks. Find out if Georgetown will continue their run thanks to the TMLR karma.

We also talked about the NBA and Kobe for MVP in the NBA Tie up Segment. Will anyone take over Nash for MVP?

Also on the show, We continued our 6-week long series Discovering New Sports with the UT Sailing Team. You can check out their website at www.texassailing.org. Listen to the segment for more information.

The YouTube pick of the week comes from Peyton Manning and his SNL debut.

Enjoy the Show and tune in live every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org

March 20th Madness Show!!!!!

What up!

This week on the show we recapped the NCAA tourney and our brackets. We also talked about who is leading the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup facebook pool.

In an exclusive to the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup, we had no.1 ranked NCAA Tournament pool player on our show Kiley Weidman. She leads all of Facebook with 61 points and hit 93 percent of her picks! Check out how fame has taken over her life since being No.1.

Starting this week the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup is hosting a six part series called “Discovering New Sports.” We will bring on club teams, teams and UT sports that do not get enough mainstream media coverage. This week we sat down with UT Softball play-by-play guy Austin Bush to talk about the current stage of softball and UT Softball.

Check out the show every Tuesday morning from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org







Youtube Pick of the week:

March 6 Madness Show!!!!!!!!!!!

How's It!
If you missed the big show you missed some great talk about NCAA basketball, the Big 12 tourney and the return of the monster Owl in SEX.

Check out Pass or Fail to see what we thought about Acie Law's future in the NBA...

Join the Facebook NCAA pool...you can find it as "The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup"

Feb 27th Show! (Featuring Carlos Alazraqui)

What up everyone!

If you missed the show you missed out on some great sports talk and Carlos Alazraqui from Reno 911. He plays Deputy James Garcia and has done other well known work such as the voice for the Taco Bell Yo Quiero Dog. Check out Carlos on Saturday March 3rd at Alamo Draft House Lake Creek. The shows start at 7 and 10 p.m.

Make sure to listen to all the big time NBA and NCAA talk.

As always, the show airs live every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. (central) on www.kvrx.org.



YouTube Pick:

Feb 20th Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup

What a big show! We recapped the All-Star game, talked a lot of College basketball and Shan received a HUGE surprise during the show! Enjoy the show! Also, we need more people in the Facebook group so invite your friends!

As always, we are live on Tuesday morning 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org




YouTube Pick of the Week: Vince Carter's 2000 slam dunk contest recap


Pictures from the V-day Shootout!

Feb. 13 Show!

Valentines Day is upon us and so is the NBA All-Star game!! We broke down a lot of All-Star weekend events and also talked about the UT Men's Basketball team! Check out the show on the Flash Player or Odeo.com! Enjoy the All-Star weekend!!

----Valentines Day Get Together with the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup---

Are you a UT student and do not have plans for Valentines Day?! Well, join the Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup at the shooting range on the UT Campus for some free gun shooting! For more information, E-mail rramzanali@gmail.com. We will be meeting at the ROTC building (behind Gregory) at 7 p.m.! See you then and bring your shooting skills.

February 6th 2006 SHOW!!!

If you missed the show this is what happened…We recapped the Super Bowl and I bragged about picking the Colts margin of victory. Up next we talked about what’s wrong with UT basketball in the big losses…After a game of Pass or Fail and some Shan’s Entertainment Xchange we ended the show on some NBA All-Star talk.

In honor of Gerald Green making the NBA Dunk Contest and winning it (that’s right, I’m calling the win right now)…The YouTube pick of the week is Gerald Green’s dunk of all dunks. Enjoy the SHOW!!!!

January 30th SHOW!

Hey Everyone!

This week's show was rock solid! We had our big Super Bowl preview which included position by position breakdown and our picks!

We also had our first segment with Coach David Thorpe from the Pro Training Center and ESPN Insider with Scouts Inc. Coach talked about Kevin Durant and also the best player in the NBA! Check it out!

As always, you can listen to the show live every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. on www.kvrx.org

January 23, 2007 SHOW!!

As always, Pardon the Raheel Ramzanali is the exclusive home of The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup.

This week on the show, we talked about the playoffs, minority coaches in the NFL and how the NFL should not be tooting their own horn about having two African American coaches in the Super Bowl, UT Men’s Basketball and the NBA breakdown!

Due to technical issues, we could not get the S.E.X segment on the podcast but to make up for it, we put up the Intro for the segment.

On next week’s show, we will look at the line for the Super Bowl and give some free picks. In addition, we will also have pro NBA trainer Coach David Thorpe. He will talk about the best guards in the league, Kevin Durant vs. Greg Oden as the No.1 pick and much more! Enjoy the SHOW!!!!

T-mac Hater??

So after the Rockets dismantling of the Lakers, I got a few text messages depicting me as a T-mac hater. That is the last thing I am. In fact, I think T-mac is a good player but just think Kobe is a better player because he is more consistent. Many people also label me as a Rockets hater but that is not true. The Rockets have given me the happiest moments of my life. As a matter of fact, if you listen to the Tuesday Morning Longhorn at all, you know I picked the Rockets to make it to the Western Conference Finals with a HEALTHY T-Mac and Yao Ming. The proof is attached below in the podcast. I still stick to this because with a healthy Yao and T-Mac, the Rockets are a very efficient and dangerous team. So please stop making it seem like you need to rub it into my face every time the Rockets win or T-Mac does well. I am happy that the Rockets are doing so well right now without Yao because this is a tough stretch for them. If the Rockets even finish .500 in the games Yao misses, they will be okay.


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So Who Do You Root For?

Ever since I started working at KVRX and hosting my sports shows, I learned the important lesson of being unbiased. After spending a year in San Antonio, I started rooting for the Spurs. But now when they lose, it does not hurt. (The only team I am bias for are all the Longhorns' teams...I feel like crap when they lose.) I do not have ONE team that I can make mine and that's one thing I hate about my job. I wish I could argue about my team with other passionate fans and be a homer. I love getting in sports debates for the sake of debate and trying to improve my skills but I never do it as a homer.

I root for a lot of players and don't mind it all when people call me a "bandwagon fan" because it is hard for me to be a fan. I love watching Kobe Bryant play because of his work ethic and his passion to win. I love AI because he never stops with the grind. I love seeing good basketball in the NBA. I think the NBA is the best league in the world and has the best athletes. I am a journalist at the end of the day when it comes to basketball so I try to be unbiased as much as I can.

Football Roundup

Never Doubt Them

I was one of those idiots that picked the Jets to beat the Patriots on Sunday. Boy did I doubt the Patriots. They dominated the Jets in every manner and showed the young Jets that they are still a few years away from making a strong run in the playoffs. Coming into the season the Patriots were getting cocky about their "team concept" and that they could plug in anyone into the system. I thought this was going to bite them in the butt this week but it did not. For crying out loud, the Patriots made Jabar Gaffney into a go to receiver. JABAR FREAKING GAFFNEY!! If you are a Texans' fan then you know how bad Gaffney is. Even though they beat the Jets and ManGenius, they will not beat the Chargers next week. This goes against my No. 1 rule in the NFL playoffs, A first time playoff QB's team will not win a game. For some reason (the Patriots are not fast enough on defense), I think LT will open up some easy throwing lanes for Rivers.

Tony OH-NO!!!

"Tony Romo will guide us to the playoffs...He is the greatest QB ever...yes even better than Troy Aikman"...That was Cowboy fan on Thanksgiving day when Tony Romo had a great game against the less than impressive Bucs. Now, Cowboy fan hates Romo because he blew the season. A first time playoff QB will not win a playoff game for his team! The rule holds up once again! How bad must it feel to have your season end on a botched snap! I really hate the Cowboys because I am a Texans fan but in all honesty, the Cowboys have a bright future. Tony OHNO will come in as the starter and get more time to get down routes with his players during camp. The Cowboys chances will only get better if Parcells and T.O. come back. If the Cowboys let Tony OHNO's number one weapon go, they will regret it.

Major Applewhite does it again

If you have not heard, UT legendary QB Major Applewhite was offered a job at Alabama to be on staff with new head coach Nick "Pack your things" Saban. There is nothing Applewhite can't do. People doubted his play when he was a QB here and he ended up being one of the greats in UT history. Now, Major is moving up the coaching ranks. He is the offensive coordinator at Rice and after one year has been given an offer at a big time program. He turned around Rice in one year and got them to a bowl game. Major Applewhite will be the UT offensive coordinator in three years and the head coach after Mack Brown. Mark my words.

NFL Playoffs

The Colts won with Peyton having a bad game. Next week's match up of the Ravens and Colts is going to be awesome. I am getting chills just thinking about the Ravens' defense taking on the Colts' offense. This game is very similar to last year's Steelers loss for the Colts. A tough and nasty defense is the Colts' weakness.

Farewell to Tiki Barber. It is sad to see such a great athlete and person leave the sport. He is one of the few true good people in sports. He left the sport in his prime because he knows there are more important things he can do. I would have loved to see him leave on top but sometimes fairy tales only happen for buses.

Buckeyes win BCS Title

I have the Bucks winning by at least two touchdowns. Florida is too young to upset this powerful monster. UT upset USC because that team had been together for almost three years. Florida does not finish the basketball and football sweep. Troy Smith will have a MONSTER GAME! final score: Buckeyes 31, Gators 17

NBA Round-up

Gilbert, Gilbert, Gilbert

Talk about a hot player. Gilbert Arenas is a kid and the League is his playground. For those of you who listen to the show, you know I am a huge Gilbert fan. RIGHT NOW, he is the best offensive player in the game. He is making shots from 40-feet out with ease and at the same time taking it to the hole. The best thing about Gilbert is that he knows he is this good but never comes off as cocky. He has a personal vendetta against anyone who doubts him. Even if your favorite NBA's water boy doubts Gilbert, he will come after your team and light them up. Gilbert is that kind of player. For the season, Gilbert is putting up 30.5 points, almost five rebounds and 6.6 assists. He is shooting 44% from the field and only getting 9 freethrows a game (making about 7.5 of them)...Those are MVP numbers. Gilbert Arenas is the MVP right now.

The Tables Turn

With the big win over the Spurs on Friday, the Dallas Mavericks have turned the table. Now they are the team that dominates opponents and wins the big games against their fierciest rival. I think the Spurs are a good team but they lack that winning edge at the end of games. The championship Spurs teams would be winning all the close games but now it seems like every close game goes agaisnt them. The Mavericks have more talent right now and have made more moves to upend the Spurs. The Mavericks are made to beat the Spurs and thats it (hence the horrible showing in the Finals)...The best move they made was signing Devean George. He is a finals tested player who can make big shots in the clutch. Dirk is playing his best basketball yet. Harris is panning out to be a solid NBA player and Jason Terry is still thanking the Houston Rockets for his coming out party two seasons ago.
---The X-Factor--- In the first meeting between the Spurs and Mavs, Coach Pop used Francisco Elson to keep Dirk in check and it worked. Since then he has not used Elson...He is probably doing this to leave the matchup for the Playoffs where both teams know they will face each other. I'm not saying Elson will shut down Dirk but he will give him problems like Haslem did for the Heat.

Shhhh Dont Jinx Him

This is what every Tracy McGrady fan is saying. If you have not noticed, T-mac is on a very hot streak right now. Since coming back from injury, he has lead his team to big wins against the Jazz and the Nets to name a few. During the team's five game winning streak, he is putting up 32 points, 4 assists and about 6 rebounds a game. He is taking the Rockets and putting them on his back while the best center in the league is recovering. The most impressive stat from this steak is that he has only shot 42 freethrows (making 31)! In a day where most stars get 15-25 freethrows a game, T-Mac is putting up 30+ points with about 5 freethrows a game. Now this is impressive to me but at the same time it says that T-Mac can get a lot more points from the charity stripe. It seems now that T-Mac is like a very hot girl that you have no chance with, he is a tease. Whenever he really gets going it seems like something bad happens to him. Now the only thing T-Mac can do for Rockets' fans is not get hurt while Yao is out.

T-mac vs. Kobe

Just to get the NBA season going, here is a poll about one of the most debated topics in Houston. Feel free to leave comments about your vote!

Who would you want to build your franchise around?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who would you want to guard the oppositions best perimeter player?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who would want to take the last shot?
	kobe
	T-mac
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Who has the most upside?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who do you want taking free throws at the end of a game?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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Who is the most prolific scorer?
	Kobe
	T-mac
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December 12th: The Final Show for the Semester

Hey everyone!

Thanks for listening all semester long. Thanks to Dan "the man, the true voice of the south" for being a great co-host. We wish him the best now that he is going into the real world, g'luck Dan! Please leave comments about Dan and your memories about him!

Listen to Dan's Farewell segments...here is the breakdown
part 1: fall 2002 until spring 2004
part 2: fall 2004 until spring 2005 with special guest Dan's Dad
part 3: fall 2005 until now

Betters Note: Listen to the Bowl Parlay segment to find out about our picks for the bowl season...guaranteed winners!

Shan and I will be back next semester for more of the Roundup and I will put up more information about show timings. Thanks once again and enjoy the Show and the awesome youtube pick of the week, Kobe style.

Come back to the Blog for my take on the NBA, NFL and college football...

The BIG December 5th show!!

What up peepz!
This is the second to last show of the semester! We talked about the BCS and I introduced my playoff system that would allow 16 teams to get in. Next week will be the final show and in it we will have Dan's Farewell show!

If you are not in the Facebook group (The Tuesday Morning Longhorn Roundup) please join it! If you are in it, invite more people! We need to get 1,000 members in before the last show so we can make Shan dress up like a girl! Thanks everyone!! Enjoy the show and Dan's YouTube pick of the week!