Through The Looking Glass: Pat Forde & Doug Gottlieb Speak Well Of Syracuse

by Sean Keeley on Feb 9, 2010 2:12 PM EST Comment 14 comments

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What the hell did you guys do while I was gone?

First, Purdue bloggers are attacking us (and graciously apologizing for it). Then, Doug Gottlieb talks glowingly about the team-first attitude of Syracuse basketball. Now, Pat Forde is calling Syracuse the best basketball town in the Big East (well, not him but anonymous voters). The end is nigh.

The epitome of Big East basketball -- a cold winter's night, 30,000-plus flock to the Carrier Dome on campus and ESPN trucks are parked at the arena loading dock. Brings back memories of what made the league so special. A stop at Dinosaur BBQ is a must before and even after the game. The threat of being buried by three feet of lake-effect snow just adds to the mystique.

Also receiving votes: Louisville, Philadelphia, Cincinnati.

Cincinnati? What lunatic voted Cincinnati the best college basketball town in the Big East? Out of a conference that includes Syracuse, Philadelphia, Providence, New York City, Louisville, Morgantown and Pittsburgh, just to name a few...

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yeah

bizzaro-world huh? Maybe it was the knowledge that everyone in America secured a Free (classic) Grand Slam breakfast from Denny’s. I know that brightened my day at least :-p

~Luke B.

by AZLK on Feb 9, 2010 2:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I wanted that Free (classic) Grand Slam

The line was absolutely incredible though…didn’t feel like waiting.

by KyleMcintoshStiffarm on Feb 9, 2010 2:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Best rivalry

Somehow Seton Hall (East Orange) and Rutgers(Piscataway) were worst basketball town and worst overall town. Good thing it has the Big East’s best rivalry or there would be nothing to do there.

by krackatoan on Feb 9, 2010 2:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

this is very true...

and especially when Seton Hall plays a lot (all?) of their games in Newark.

by sportzbelle on Feb 9, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i love paul rudd

by chrisbee13 on Feb 9, 2010 2:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i cant stop looking at that gif

hypnotiq

by goober112 on Feb 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

wet hot american summer = second best summer camp movie

sorry heavyweights is just too good with the blob!

by cuse4life44 on Feb 9, 2010 3:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Respectfully disagree

Case in point…

If you wanna smear mud on your ass, smear mud on your ass – just be honest about it. Look, Gene, I’ve never told anyone this before, but I can suck my own dick, and I do it a lot.

~The can of vegetables that talk to that dude from Law and Order:SVU

by Rocket Ship Science on Feb 9, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dumb comment

Best Town: Washington, D.C. (12)
Comment: “You can head over to Georgetown’s campus and hit The Tombs or venture to M Street. A quick Metro ride gets you to the Verizon Center where you might end up sitting next to the president.”

While I don’t disagree that DC is a great town, the fact is that there is no metro stop near Georgetown’s campus, The Tombs, or M Street. Closest one is Foggy Bottom. So it’s more like, “A 1 mile walk or cab ride gets you to the Metro and then it’s a quick ride from there to the Verizon Center where you might end up sitting next to the president, who quietly loathes your team.”

by DMF on Feb 9, 2010 3:08 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I was thinking the exact same thing!

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Feb 9, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately

Marshall St, what it once was is not

by YodaWore44 on Feb 9, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

how did NYC not win best town?

by MrPlow99 on Feb 9, 2010 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How am

I to know the good side from the bad?

by YodaWore44 on Feb 9, 2010 3:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Honestly, I can't see how it is not NYC

Between the magnitude of playing games in the famed MSG, to the awesome ness of the city itself, to the perennial host of the BE Tourney the only real reason I can see to not have NYC number 1 is that St. Johns has been a constant bust since Felipe Lopez graced SI covers.

Go Orange(men)!

by SUmonkey on Feb 10, 2010 8:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs