$$ Song of the Day

As we give a post-mortem salute to the San Antonio Spurs and a GREAT regular season of gambling and covers, we provide this undercover classic from 1992!

$$ Song of the Day

This money song of the day is inspired by MRQ, as we laugh at Tom Shatel's latest hyperbole from the OWH....

1. He can't wait to see the first "BIG DUAL-EVEN" clash at TD Ameritrade and the Qwest! Qwest! Qwest! center, as Bob Seger comes to town on the same night that two sub-par college baseball teams duel it out across the street. For real? A 20-year-out-of-his-prime singer and two shitty baseball teams means a tidal wave of traffic to deal with?

2. Now Niles Paul is a "steal" in the NFL draft? The guy was a horrible college player and singlehandedly lost his team three games in two seasons and will be a steal for someone? The fact that his physical traits and combine tests match or better AJ Green's are all the more reason to steer clear of this stiff. Oh yeah, but he has small hands so that's the reason he sucks!

We here at PYB measured our own hands, as we can catch the DAMN BALL just fine and ours are more than an inch smaller than Paul's, so please find another fucking excuse.

3. Best wishes to PYB favorite Dejon Gomes as he waits on this weekend's draft. His contributions in two short years in Lincoln cannot be underestimated---especially as he played out of position a lot this past season. He quietly went about his business and impacted games for NU, unlike the aforementioned Paul who was all bluster, constant drama and NO results. Nebraska needs more like Gomes.

For now, enjoy the tunes....

$$ Song of the Day - April 24

Here's the $$ Song of the Day in honor of Bomb Squad....PYB will try to post from the road again this week should anything of significance happen. NFL Draft does not count as such.

No Classic

Thanks to the Diggler for the photo of Citizens Bank in Philly, as we throw some randoms items from the road your way this morning....

--Carmelo Anthony's performance last night was memorable. It was nice. But save the exaggerations: it was no Instant Classic. Nor was it epic. But the fact that he's taking heat for passing to an open teammate under the basket on the game's final possession is ridiculous. Isn't everyone hammering Lebron James for not passing? Didn't MJ pass on many occasions? Yes and Yes.

--Nebraska baseball strings together a two-game win streak against sub-par opponents. The world rejoices.

--From the exaggeration department: Tom Shatel compares TD Ameritrade's views up a stupid footbridge that nobody will use, the Qwest Center, a toxic Missouri River and Council Bluffs to the views at Coors Field in Denver. Even for an Omahan, this is over the top.

--PYB remembers where we were the day that Brook Berringer died. Nine months after writing a feature for the football gameday program on Berringer, we were working late on the weekly edition of the College of Journalism newspaper. Halfway to completion, the news came through and student photographers/reporters were sent out to the scene.

From the back steps of Avery Hall, we could see the front door of the South Stadium--where all the football offices were housed. We could see all the hustle and bustle outside the building.

That night, we stayed until midnight re-doing the layout and printing the story. It was a strange and sad day, indeed. It was another in the long line of events, good and bad, that sculpted the face of the best era of Nebraska football.

$$ Song of the Day - April 18

Thanks to Diesel for his submittal, as we ponder the funniest part of this video:

1. The mustache
2. The backdrop stolen from Name that Tune
3. The audience's random clapping in unison at the 2:10 mark
4. The arm swing/knee buckle move to finish the song.

Enjoy here....

Sunday Mix

--Orlando: Still soft after all these years. Apparently, playing five small forwards doesn't work in the playoffs.

--Nebraska baseball won Saturday over Kansas State, but lost Logan Ehlers for the weekend series due to an MIP. An offense that was "early Friday morning" meaning late Thursday night. The things that ruined NU baseball under John Sanders and ceased under Dave Van Horn are once again present under Mike Anderson.

Looking the other way while the players drink away their chances at finishing anywhere but last in the Big 12 won't cut it. If they don't take their scholarships and opportunities to play at a great facility seriously, tell them sayonara. It's a lesson Van Horn taught early on, while earning respect and making the program a legitimate Top-10 presence. Now, it's a bad joke...again.

--Can Taylor Martinez be benched yet? PYB has not heard from any fans that like the tunnel-visioned QB and suspects his teammates feel the same. In viewing limited tape from Saturday's spring game, at least Brion Carnes moves like a QB, throws like a man and can avoid oncoming tacklers. We suspect we'll be disappointed this fall....

--So the new stadium sucks and they're eventually going to ruin the College World Series entirely? Is this what Tom Shatel is too nice/chicken to say in this column? It's inevitable...

--Sunday NBA playoff picks, while we wonder where pussy Dwight Howard will flee to in search of a gravy-trained title....

San Antonio -6 over Memphis..Grizz too cocky about taking on league's best team.

New Orleans +10 over LA Lakers...Lakers suck but will grind it out and loser movie stars revel in another "HUGE WIN".

New York +6.5 over Boston...Celtics win, but NYK keeps it close. Fat Shaq rakes in another million while watching from the bench. POS.

Denver +4 over OKC...Thunder better strap it up against a tougher Nugget team. Can Nene, Kenyon & JR show some composure when needed??

--Finally, congratulations to Eddie House for his contribution to the all-time annals of Allan Houston Award for his game line earlier this week: 14/27 from the field, 7/13 from downtown, one assist, ZERO steals, ZERO rebounds....35 points. And thanks to RunLike for spotting this one while we were on Tobacco Road.....

$$ Song of the Day

Enjoy with a tall can of Miller High Life!!

Money Monday

PYB offers up Monday's Money Song of the Day (don't get too hooked on this, but we're offering this up since we'll have another hiatus while on the road again this week). Another AM radio classic from the 1980s, for your listening pleasure while listing our thoughts on the Masters:



1. At age 21, Rory McIlroy can stand up and answer questions like a man after blowing the tournament and shooting 80, but Tiger Woods can't treat interviewers with common courtesy regarless of the circumstance. He's 35, by the way, and you'd figure he would be humbled at least a tad by being exposed as a fraud and a bad person. Guess not. It does, however, make his Sunday back-nine choke job sweeter....

2. Admittedly, Charl Schwartzel's victory was a bit disappointing, as we were rooting for almost anyone besides he and Woods to win: Cabrera, Choi, Scott, Day, etc. But if Eldrick didn't win....we are leaving happy...

3. Woods can't putt, and it cost him the tournament. He made a couple on the front nine, which proved to be blips on the radar. Maybe next year. And quit slowing up the whole fucking tournament by standing over every putt for two minutes.

4. Does creepy Jim Nantz like saying "Hello Friends" or "Welcome, Sir Nick Faldo" more these days?

5. Was there anything funnier than watching Master Chairman Billy Payne fake smile while Hideki Matsuyama interviewed with his interpreter in Japanese? Can't imagine the old guard at Augusta liked a non-English speaking Japanese player taking up their gestapo-run air time. Perhaps they took solace in the fact that Schwartzel hails from South Africa....

6. Apparently Logan Ehlers is not the remedy to cure all the ills for the Nebraska baseball team. He had a tough first outing at KU, but kept Mike Anderson's squad on track by helping NU lose two out of three games in a conference series for the umpteenth time in three years. Swing the axe, TO, or retire.

That's it for now.....we'll try to check in from the road. If not, hopefully RunLike provides you with some suitable songs of the day this week.....

$$ Song of the Day II

Thanks to RunLike for his idea of $$ Song of the Day. If you have a nominee, please send to PYB for review and POSSIBLE publishing....and now the Editor's first installment!


Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now by jpdc11

$$ Song of the Day

Glad to See Amare's Still Delusional....

In addition to what's said on this video & this link.....apparently Amare Stoudemire has amnesia concerning the 2010 NBA playoffs when Pau Gasol worked him over like a cheap whore, time and time again.....

Back with a Husker Recap

PYB left for two weeks, and it's good to come back and see that the NU athletic department is still mired in mediocrity.....The TO Era as an AD are not as prestigious as the TO Era as a coach....

--All we can say to this is WOW. When your MLB's lack of speed and playmaking ability is seen as a positive, it's time to close up shop....

--Hopefully, star recruit Logan Ehlers can help Nebraska lock down another 1-2 series loss in Big 12 play as the Cornhuskers try to keep their course to a third-straight last-place conference finish.

--What?!! NU's pipeline to the fertile Big 10 recruiting grounds is gone? No more Bear Jones-type studs coming to Lincoln? How will the program ever rebound? PYB says if you can't even get one good shooter in 15 years in a state full of white people, that this will be the least of Doc Sadler's worries.

--Coming to an ESPN2 channel near you....at 7:30 in the morning....on six-inch crabgrass....with a female announcer blaring about nothing.....enjoy....

--How the hell do games against 'good opponents' in Omaha or Kansas City benefit Cornhusker fans in any way? Can't wait for more epic matchups in Lincoln vs. SC Upstate...

Bikini Waxin' from Augusta

Thanks to The Diesel for his correspondence from Augusta...PYB promises to be back soon....

Nantz already called uconn top dog and said best in show. Great call.

Greetings from dallas. Pyb promises to get back to writing asap!

Cbb officially ruined. Horrible title game.