BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — What a difference seven days can make, eh?

For those of you just joining us, last week’s chapter of “FTS” was entitled “Lost Weekend” and lamented the UD OT loss to X; watching the Celtics getting blown out by the Pistons in person and my spending the rest of the weekend scraping wallpaper.

This time around, UD unexpectedly destroyed UMass by 33; the Celtics couldn’t lose because it’s the NBA All-Star Break and I spent Saturday observing our contractor demo our powder room and then on Sunday, I cleaned, prepped and put the first coat of paint on the now wallpaper-less walls. There is something much more satisfying about painting, know what I mean?

Kinda like soundly beating an A-10 opponent on national TV.

If you ask me, the first order of business for Flyer Nation is to apologize to UMass fan and A-10 MB poster/prognosticator extraordinaire WH for the 18-0 UD streak at the end of the game. They really weren’t trying to run up the score on your boys — honest! Sorry dude!

Let’s see: UD destroys UMass: the Arena sells out in a sea of red; CBS College Sports Network televises the game and a CBS TV network crew is in town to film at Milano’s and UD Arena, for a feature they will air on the Flyer Faithful winning the “Best Under the Radar College Basketball Atmosphere.”

Coincidence?

I don’t think so.

Karma

Let’s see what’s in the “FTS Bag O Links”:

— Video highlights of the UMass blowout, courtesy of CBS Sports:

http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/videos/A3aV_bEGitNgJjC84li27KEvk3SqqVjw

You know it had to kill former Minuteman coach Steve Lappas to broadcast that contest.

— Everybody always wonders which recruits were in attendance at Flyer home games. Yesterday, it was this kid:

http://www.gclsports.com/bkPlayerStats.aspx?player=179809

— It would be nice if this guy could make it to the GW game this weekend:

http://www.sourcehoops.com/tag/kedar-edwards/

— “Live by the three, die by the three” as explained in great technical detail (including multiple graphs) by stats lunatic Ken Pom:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/the_3-point_line_is_a_lottery/

— Not geeky enuf for ya? How about a dissertation on the history and shortcomings of the RPI by John Gasaway of Basketball Prospectus:

http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2085

— The Supreme Court has decided to allow UC and X to continue to play each other in the Crosstown Brawl:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/allowing-the-crosstown-shootout-to-continue-is-the-right-decision/

— The 200 best college basketball players, according to “Cracked Sidewalks” and no, there are no Flyers included:

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2012/02/best-200-basketball-players-18-days.html

— Are you nomophobic? That’s the term used for the fear of being without your cell phone:

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-nomophobia-on-the-rise-20120216,0,2865154.story

— “The Joys and Perils of the Single Walk-on Golfer.” Been there, done that and never had a bad experience:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577229121982253092.html

— Check out “Rocky” the 27 pound Maine lobster:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-27pound-lobster-20120223,0,2182303.story

“Rocky” was subsequently released back to the waters near the aquarium.

— In years past, I have reprinted the supposed list of winners of the “Washington Post Mensa Invitational” in which entrants create a new word by altering an existing one. Turns out there actually is no such event, but someone took the initiative to keep the contest going, despite that fact. Here are a few of last year’s winners:

footbull

What sports announcers say to fill air time See also: basebull, basketbull

Twired

Really fatigued yet jacked up

Tweezers

Geezers who have twitter accounts

Internetient

A Blackberry genius

Elephont

Really BIG type

vignorant

Being vigorously stupid

Linky goodness to all of ‘em:

http://washingtonpostsmensainvitational.com/2011-submissions/

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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