Associated Dirk Top 25 Poll

Hey folks,

Everyone is back at school now, so I won't keep you long. I know you have more important things to read, so treat this as a break. I love playing old video games, especially sports games. I have a healthy stash of retro games ranging from 1997-2011. Some of my favorites are MVP Baseball 2005, NBA Live 2004 and NCAA College Hoops 2K5. My good friend Jack Cassidy and I would play hours upon hours of College Hoops last year. We would stay up 'til sunrise tirelessly recruiting computer generated student athletes. Just playing the game alone was a good time, but when you took a second to read the names of the recruits, it's so much more enjoyable. I decided to record the top 25 names and make a Top 25 poll. Instead of using the Blog title (Thoughts, Stories and Poems to Dye For) and turning it into an acronym, TSPTODF Top 25, I am gonna call it the Associated Dirk.


AD Top 25

1. Smackey Atkinson
2. O.J. Greenleaf
3. Happy Carpenter
4. Smush Lemons
5. Major Cooley
6. Reginald Dunleavy
7. Florentino Lovelace
8. Prosper Hancock
9. Antwan Grundy
10. Ugonna Crumbley
11. B.A. Knight
12. Linus Spaulding
13. Bingo House
14. Denver Blizzard
15. B.A. Buggs
16. Jerry January
17. Booker Cooper
18. Brandquinn Sessoms
19. Spanky McIntosh
20. Demon Cummings
21. Jesus Hinrich
22. Spanky Cox
23. LaForest Washington
24. Sylvester O'Toole
25. Odie Clifford

Also recieving votes:
Attarious Queen (45), D'Jamal Grochowalksi (41), R. Shimokawa (39), JB Luber (34), Smackey Roosevelt (27), Waitari Boner (18), Kenneth Police (1)

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Can you imagine watching a college basketball game and hearing the announcer say, "Ugonna Crumbley leads the break and pulls up for the contested jumper, it's off the mark to the right, rebound corralled in by Happy Carpenter".

Or how about this one, "What a freshman season it has been for Ball State phenom Reginald Dunleavy. He will face his toughest test yet when he brings his Cardinals into Lexington to face off with #8 Kentucky, led my upperclassman Spanky McIntosh".


O.J. Greenleaf













Who wouldn't recruit O.J. Greenleaf? A versatile true 7-footer that can play inside as well as out. Runs the floor like a gazelle, and doesn't take no for an answer. A relentless defender with upside unmatched at the collegian level. Orville Jarvis (O.J.) has waterbug-like quickness for his size. Greenleaf played in his high school band as well (drums). We have reports that he once scored 24 points in a first half, then conducted the pep band to a flawless performance on Bon Jovi's - Livin' On A Prayer. I'm not certain, but I believe he we quoted saying his favorite mixtape was Wiz Khalifa's "Kush & Orange Juice", for obvious reasons... Let me remind you, his name is O.J. Greenleaf.

Unwritten Rule

So Brink was on Disney Channel the other day, which is terrific, but there was a problem... Nobody told me! Which breaks Unwritten Rule #1.

Rule #1: If Brink is on TV, you contact 5-20 friends letting them know.

Brink is everyone's favorite Disney Channel original movie and it airs on TV at about the same rate as a shooting star does in the sky. You really can't prepare for it, I'm not going to be checking the TV Guide everyday expecting to see "Brink" starring Erik Von Detten's fine ass. Another thing that makes catching a showing of Brink so difficult is the time that Disney schedules for it, typically it's the 2am-5am time slot. The only reason you would venture to Disney Channel at those hours is if you have been drinking and came back to your room and flipped through channels until you see Team Pup N' Suds nailing a 720. Another reason why Brink is so hard to get your hands on, there are about 100 VHS' circulating in the USA, and about 0 DVD's. If you wanted to buy a new copy on Amazon, it would cost you $77.77. Not only does the individual VHS make your wallet skinny, but I think you are forgetting that you don't have a VCR in your house anymore. Remember last spring when your mom was cleaning out the attic and yelled down to you, "Hey, I have the VCR and about 31 assorted Disney movies... Are they salvageable?", and you replied with, "Nah, go ahead go ahead and toss them out, the only one I watch is 'Heavyweights' and I have that on DVD anyways". Yeah... you messed up on that one. VCR's are still a necessity in any household.

http://www.amazon.com/Brink-VHS-Erik-von-Detten/dp/B00005T5YJ/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1294337278&sr=8-8

Memorable Brink quotes:

"Baking a cake is a lot like friendship. You put a lot of work into it, and sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you thought it would, but it still tastes good"
- Brink

"That's how it all starts. You start doing something for love, then you start doing it for money and before you know it, you're just another sell-out"
- Gabriella

"Yeah, I wanna win, but no matter what, win or lose, at the end of the day... I'm not you... so it's still a good day"
- Brink dissin' Val

"When you woke up this morning, did you say to yourself 'Today, I'm gonna talk.' or 'Today, I'm gonna skate!'? "
- Brink

"We skate for fun. We're soul skaters."
- Brink


X-Blades vs. Pup N' Suds





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The most efficient way to spread the word is a phone tree. Phone trees worked great in childhood sports, why wouldn't they be functional now? Just print one off and put it right next to your desk. I would probably laminate it too, just to be safe.

Here is my proposed phone tree:

Derek Dye (309-558-8044)
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Jack Cassidy (309-256-4882)
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Max Tane (631-252-1734)
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Molly Orlowski (630-901-8745)
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Sam Welvaert (309-207-0123)
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Jared Dye (309-721-3813)
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Luke Wood (309-230-6417)
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Ryan Hendricks (309-236-0861)
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(This could be you)


There is a reason for every branch of the tree. With these 7 twigs of the tree, I have covered 7 representatives of 7 different cities, and 3 states. These Brink captains will then do their best to make the word of Brink viral by the time Brink is at its second commercial break.



Skate Better!

Now how cute was that scene 1-10?
Around an 8..?


* Same goes for Air Bud & Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver. Note: This not include Air Bud: Spikes Back. That movie was terrible, and we all know if you could train a dog to play a sport, you wouldn't pick Volleyball.