Fuck SI On Campus

I was gonna send this to SI On Campus, but decided I wouldn't waste my time....

I am irate. I just read the most recent issue of SI On Campus, which I read every Wednesday, only to see that my beloved Maryland Terrapins were tabbed as one of the 10 teams to root for the least. And the reasons weren't because of players, coaches, or how the team as whole has performed or acted, it's because of the fans. Because of one incident that brought media attention to our school; because some idiotic fans started to chant, "Fuck you J.J.!".

I don't appreciate the bad rap that Maryland gets from the media. No one likes us, except for a few at ESPN.com, and it stings to see that a team that won the ACC Championship in Men's Basketball, can still be placed 6th in the conference, even though only 1 player left the team. It hurts to see every team from North Carolina (the state) get more respect than us. It hurts that the media can't give us the recognition that we deserve, because of one bad incident.....no, make that two.

Len Bias still haunts us. Many people probably wouldn't think that his horrible death would haunt the school, especially after we won the National Championship in 2002, but it does. It haunts us in the fact that we are still outcasts in a conference we helped create. It haunts us in the fact that our school's public image comes first, especially when dealing with athletics. It hurts us with the fact that tradition was killed when Leonard Bias died. The school's image was tarnished, and a lot of alumni don't want that to happen again, which is why one of the better traditions at our school, in recent history, got canned. That's why when our student section was named "The Red Army", something students got excited about, it was immediately taken away.

I will admit it, I'm embarrassed by our fans sometimes, and I know that incidents occurred that don't help our image (Carlos Boozer's mom, the J.J. debacle), but we're not bad fans. We love our team and that's why we chanted "Hey! You Suck! We're gonna beat the hell out of you and you and you and you!" I think our behavior is much better than fans who brought bags of "cocaine" to games and shoved it in DJ Strawberry's face, or yelled "Crack Baby" to him. Same thing happened to Juan Dixon, but no one gives a shit about that, they just give a shit when one of the perfect Duke players gets verbally abused.

Fuck SI On Campus.

Maryland students (at least some) have pride and we need to shut the douchebags up this year and show the world that we're the best fans in the land!


FUCK DUKE!

The Reason For This Blog/Everyone Shutup!

I have chosen to create this blog so that I can vent about many different things that I get frustrated about, and maybe vomit out some wisdom every once in a while. I'm warning you up front, I'm not the most eloquent writer, but I at least get my message across. So without further ado, welcome to my blog!

For my first official posting I've decided to vent about the insanity that has just engulfed our country. No, I'm not referring to the fact that Bush got re-elected, because I knew that was going to happen last year; I should note that I voted for Kerry. I'm referring to the insanity of my peers who believe that Kerry's loss has begun the downfall of our country. I've read away messages saying how our country is stupid, how we've failed, and how it's high time we move to Canada, and as much as I enjoy people's opinions, just please shutup. You voiced your opinion on who you wanted to win, and at this point in time, that's really all you can do. 58 million other people felt different than you, so their candidate won. THAT'S HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS FOLKS! Over 100 million people voted, the largest number ever, so you should be proud that the system works.

Now, I know why people are pissed that W. is still president of our great country, but they shouldn't be upset at that. They should be upset, and more worried, that in reality we have one major political party functioning right now. The Democratic Party has no platform, which is why they not only lost the White House, but major Senate and HOR seats. The Republicans will be running our country for the next 2 years, and it doesn't seem that it will change anytime soon, since they know how to get people to vote for them, since they have a platform based on morality and values, as well as American defense. The Democrats have no clear platform except to challenge anything the GOP does. So right now, the Democratic Party needs to realize that something needs to change, and quickly, because if they want to even think about controlling any part of the Federal Government in the near future, they will need a platform that is just as strong or stronger than the GOP and the Religious Right. Have I mentioned that I'm more or less a Democrat? Just wanted to clear that up.

Before I go, I would like to just make one last point. We are not in a dark time. What we're experiencing doesn't even pale in comparison to the Civil War and Reconstruction, or the Great Depression. Yea, we're in a deep hole internationally, and the Iraq conflict is gonna be around for a helluva long time, but we used to be an incredibly Imperialistic country that made many a stupid decision back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, overburdening our military, leading us into an isolationistic era. Yet, did our country collapse after these horrible tragedies? No. And on a final note, George W. Bush is not the worst president in the history of our country, nor is he the most evil. I'd like to point out that Andrew Jackson almost destroyed the entire American economy while almost killing off every Native American at the same time.

Pork pockets.