Irrational Zags Fans: YOU MAD
Posted: March 25, 2013 Filed under: NCAA Basketball | Tags: #1, Bulldogs, fans, Gonzaga, Hart, kelly, Mad, Mike, NCAA, Olynyk, seed, shockers, state, tournament, upset, wichita, You, zags Leave a comment »I heard a lot of chatter from the irrational Gonzaga fans before the NCAA tournament that Mike Hart and the #1 ranked Bulldogs were going to have no problem running through The Big Dance. There was the non-stop “Mike Hart has so much hustle!” or the “Long hair don’t care, Kelly Olynyk can’t be stopped!” Saying a guy has a lot of hustle without mentioning any other part of his game is the same as saying an ugly person is nice (trust me I know, I am really nice). Good players don’t get mentioned with the word hustle, because it goes without saying. All of this, of course, was based on the Zags wrecking the WCC. I know, I know, the WCC is terrible but Gonzaga fans were serious with the WCC talk. I am not even going to get back into how terrible that conference was.
The wheels almost came off in the first game against Southern. As RJ stated in the previous post, that game didn’t have any affect on the next game, which is true. It was merely just a sign of what was to come. Southern exposed Gonzaga for what they were, which is a below the rim team who relied too much on jumpers. That works fine against the crappy WCC, but it doesn’t work against the best teams in the nation. Wichita State put the nails in the coffin on a familiar sight for Gonzaga, putting the Bulldogs out in the Round of 32.
Now that we have seen Gonzaga go do the same ol’, same ol’ in the tourney, all you irrational Zag fans can zip it up with all the “we deserve to be #1″ talk, forever. Gonzaga is a very successful program and what has happened in Spokane fan should be proud of. However, they are only the best of the second tier. Your blind fandom as irrational fans makes for a great atmosphere in The Kennel, but makes it impossible to tell you about the flaws of your team. No matter how many times you were told your team lacks depth, back-court size, they hadn’t played a decent team in almost three months, or the lack of athleticism, you wouldn’t listen to the rational folks of the world. Maybe, you will start to listen after another bad showing on the big boys’ stage.
Irrational Zag fan you have once again been humbled by the poor play of your team against tournament teams. I have used my “Jump to Conclusions” mat to notice that your lack of Facebook, Twitter, texts and other social media mean…
Gonzaga Won’t and Shouldn’t be #1
Posted: February 27, 2013 Filed under: NCAA Basketball | Tags: #1, blue, Bulldogs, butler, conference, devils, duke, Golden, Gonzaga, gophers, Hoosiers, hurricanes, indiana, miami, Michigan, Minnesota, number, ranked, rankings, rpi, state, strength of schedule, wolverines, zags 2 Comments »By now, I am sure most of you have heard the Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the #1 Indiana Hoosiers, last night at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. This has fans in Spokane getting really excited at the chance at having that “#1″ next to Gonzaga in Monday’s rankings. I am here to tell you Gonzaga not only doesn’t deserve to have the top ranking, but they won’t be sitting on top come Monday.
Let’s first start with the last time Indiana lost as the top ranked team in the land. They lost at Illinois, 74-72 and won at Ohio State, 81-68, before the next poll came out. At the time they held 58 of the 65 first place Associated Press votes. After the loss, there was a four-way split for the first place votes between Indiana (26), Duke (20), Miami (17) and Gonzaga (2). This will most likely be the case again. With Indiana holding all but one (Gonzaga) of the AP first place votes in the current poll. The votes will again be split between multiple teams come Monday, which will likely include: Indiana, Read the rest of this entry »
Mike Leach Isn’t Changing For Anyone
Posted: November 9, 2012 Filed under: NCAA Football | Tags: conferences, Leach, Mike, press, speeches, state, truth, university, videos, Washington 2 Comments »The newest coach at Washington State University has come under some scrutiny as of late. This isn’t the first time Mike Leach has been criticized for his comments in press conferences or for his speeches to his team. I say get used to it, because the way he is has made him successful every where he has been. To be honest everything he says just makes me laugh. He is one of very few coaches that actually tells you how he is feeling. The media is always begging for this type of person who tells the actual truth to cover and now when they get it they want him to reel it back? That makes no sense. I say appreciate the honesty you are getting, because the same old cliché comments from other players and coaches, who have been coached up by public relations specialist, are just lame, boring and bring no entertainment to the table. If you want to see true entertainment, watch all these Mike Leach videos.
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Why WSU Fans Should be Rooting for UW
Posted: September 6, 2012 Filed under: General Sports, NCAA Football | Tags: Baton Rouge, BCS, cougars, Huskies, Leach, Lousiana, LSU, Mike, new orleans, pac-12, SEC, state, Tigers, uw, Washington, WSU Leave a comment »This weekend, some of the team here at No Fair Weather Fans will be traveling down to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana for Brad’s bachelor party. Well most things we will be doing can be left to the imagination, one event that is very important is the University of Washington Huskies taking on the Louisiana State University Tigers. As a Cougar fan, it would be easy to root against the Huskies. They are our rival and no one roots for their rival. Well, I will be rooting for the Huskies on Saturday and so should you.
The reasons are really quite simple. A UW win only benefits the Cougs. If it helps you get past the fact you are rooting for UW, just think of it as your conference versus the best conference in America. Strength of schedule is a major factor in the BCS rankings. Not saying that WSU is going to be a factor in the BCS this year, but it will be in the near future. (C’mon Mike Leach!) You should want all PAC-12 schools to win every out of conference game. This benefits the whole conference which includes us, that’s right us, the royal us, the Cougar nation.
Big wins by PAC-12 schools against quality opponents brings more attention to the conference, which brings better recruits to the conference. Let’s face it, Mike Leach is hot in the recruiting game. We have all seen the interviews with Leach, he is hilarious and knows how to pad offensive stats. The PAC-12 being the best conference in college football will bring in the best players and WSU will be getting them for sure. It all starts with wins over SEC schools.
If the PAC-12 becomes a better conference, that means more bowl eligible teams. More bowls means more money. The PAC-12 splits bowl money amongst all the schools in the conference no matter which team goes. On top of all that, I am sure you’re just as sick of the ESPN east coast bias as I am. A win here can get more attention on the conference and let’s face it, the attention is way overdue.
It all starts with the game, Saturday. Look close on television and you will see a Cougar rooting for UW. Which looking at it all, I will actually be rooting for WSU.
Put your hate aside. It’s for your own good. Go Cougs!
Cougar and Husky Predictions
Posted: August 30, 2012 Filed under: General Sports, NCAA Football | Tags: cougars, Huskies, losses, predictions, schedule, state, Washington, wins Leave a comment »It is upon us! Its finally football season. College football starts tonight. The NCAA saves us from the NFL’s last NFL preseason game, which we all know is a joke. A lot of people have spent the last month staring at the schedule of their favorite school. Picking and choosing which games they can win and lose. We are no different at No Fair Weather Fans. There is two distinct teams we root for and here are the predictions our favorite team and their rival. Two of us are Cougs and two of us are Dawgs.
Ben Kelley
Washington State Cougars Washington Huskies
WSU at BYU – WSU Cougars win 38-31 SDSU at UW – Huskies win 45-17
EWU at WSU – Cougars win 52-17 UW at LSU – Tigers win 23-17
WSU at UNLV – Cougars win 45-24 Portland St. at UW – Huskies win 56-9
Colorado at WSU – Cougars win 31-21 Stanford at UW – Huskies win 27-21
Oregon at WSU – Ducks win 44-27 UW at Oregon – Ducks win 34-31
WSU at Oregon St. – Cougars win 34-17 USC at UW – Trojans win 38-24
Cal at WSU – Cougars win 24-21 UW at Arizona – Huskies win 35-20
WSU at Stanford – Cardinal win 30-21 Oregon St. at UW – Huskies win 27-14
WSU at Utah – Utes win 27-24 UW at Cal – Huskies win 21-17
UCLA at WSU – Cougars win 35-28 Utah at UW – Huskies win 28-27
WSU at ASU – Cougars win 37-24 UW at Colorado – Huskies win 34-14
UW at WSU – Cougars win 45-42 UW at WSU – Cougars win 45-42
WSU Overall – 9-3 UW Overall – 8-4
Brad Dobbs
Washington State Cougars Washington Huskies
WSU at BYU – WSU 27 BYU – 31 SDSU at UW – SDSU 20 UW 42
EWU at WSU – WSU 42 EWU 10 UW at LSU – UW 24 – LSU 35
WSU at UNLV – WSU 28 – UNLV 10 Portland St. at UW – PSU 10 UW 31
Colorado at WSU – WSU 31 – CU 7 Stanford at UW – SU 21 – UW 24
Oregon at WSU – UO 56 – WSU 21 UW at Oregon – UW 10 – UO 31
WSU at Oregon St. – WSU 20 – OSU 27 USC at UW – USC 28 – UW 24
Cal at WSU – CAL – 30 – WSU 27 UW at Arizona – UW 41 – UA 7
WSU at Stanford – WSU 17 – SU – 35 Oregon St. at UW – OSU 10 – UW 35
WSU at Utah – WSU 41 – UT – 28 UW at Cal – UW 10 – CAL 7
UCLA at WSU – UCLA 28 – WSU 30 Utah at UW – UT 10 – UW 35
WSU at ASU – WSU 24 – ASU – 35 UW at Colorado – UW 61 – CU 10
UW at WSU – UW 49 – WSU 46 3OT UW at WSU – UW 49 – WSU 46 3OT
WSU Overall – 5-7 UW Overall – 9-3
Ryan Johne
Washington State Cougars Washington Huskies
WSU at BYU – 35 – 31 SDSU at UW – 6 – 27
EWU at WSU – 10 – 49 UW at LSU – 15 – 24
WSU at UNLV – 30 – 27 Portland St. at UW – 5 – 35
Colorado at WSU – 33 – 42 Stanford at UW – 24 – 14
Oregon at WSU – 42 – 30 UW at Oregon – 21 – 42
WSU at Oregon St. – 24 – 21 USC at UW – 24 – 17
Cal at WSU – 27 – 20 UW at Arizona – 27-24
WSU at Stanford – 17 – 27 Oregon St. at UW – 14 – 30
WSU at Utah – 30 – 28 (last second Furney FG) UW at Cal – 28- 27
UCLA at WSU – 17 – 24 Utah at UW – 10 – 21
WSU at ASU – 19 – 27 UW at Colorado – 41 – 28
UW at WSU – 30 – 35 UW at WSU – 30 – 35
WSU Overall – 8-4 UW Overall – 7 – 5
Kristina Hloptsidis
Washington State Cougars Washington Huskies
WSU at BYU – 27-31 SDSU at UW – 15-35
EWU at WSU – 17-35 UW at LSU – 29-33
WSU at UNLV – 42-27 Portland St. at UW – 10-45
Colorado at WSU – 21-35 Stanford at UW – 28-21
Oregon at WSU – 55-28 UW at Oregon – 37-42
WSU at Oregon St. – 17-28 USC at UW – 24-27
Cal at WSU – 19-33 UW at Arizona – 17-24
WSU at Stanford – 10-17 Oregon St. at UW – 14-28
WSU at Utah – 37-18 UW at Cal – 21-33
UCLA at WSU – 21-31 Utah at UW – 14-33
WSU at ASU – 24-14 UW at Colorado – 28-17
UW at WSU – 48-45 UW at WSU – 48-45
WSU Overall – 7-5 UW Overall – 7-5





