My sort of recap of nationals, because I want to be known as a type two poster (the bored guy who attempts comedy), and lets be honest how much fun could a paper on Appeasement in the 1930s be??
For those of you who missed it the top 25 (complete with terrible nicknames) were...
1. Jorge "That's George not Whore-Hey" Torres
2. Allistair "For the love of God never wear those spandex shorts again" Cragg
3. Grant "Sweet Socks" Robison
4. Mark "4th place mother f*****" Tucker
5. Louis "Italian Stallion" Luchini
6. Don "If I had run .3 tenths of a second faster in high school I'd have a shoe contract right now" Sage
7. Boaz "The Angry Kenyan" Cheboiywo
8. Tom Mc"hammer time"Cardle
9. Ian "Standard Stanford Guy" Dobson
10. Edwardo "I haven't eaten in 3 weeks" Torres
11. David "Keepin it real dawg" Kimani
12. Matt "I race once a season" Tegenkamp
13. Gavin "To lame for a nickname" Thompson
14. Daniel "Not your father's" Lincoln
15. Richard "I should drop the Richard and change my name to" Kip Lagat
16. Antony "British Bulldog" Ford
17. Mindaugas "I ran so fast it made me" Pukstas (worst one yet)
18. Seth "Laird, Sheikh and Anhstrohm pay their dues to me now" Watkins
19. Lyle "My name rhymes with mile" Weese
20. Jason "Ugly" Hartman
21. Isaiah "lets celebrate with a" Festa
22. Nate "Cannon" Brannen
23. Bobby
24. Adam "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM" Wallace
25. Westly "I ran home after the meet" Keating
The Top 15 Teams were...
1. Stanford - They'll probably never lose again
2. Wisconsin - How do these guys land recruits? It's freakin cold there. Solinsky & Spiker next year, and they'll still be 2nd.
3. EMU - And Scott Hubbard celebrates.
4. Colorado - Wetmore called out Slattery after regionals saying "he needs to get over his cold." Turns out Slattery had mono... I have no point
5. Oregon - Steve Prefontaine is still the best runner ever, cause he uh, had more guts than everyone else!!!
6. Arkansas - Program on the decline, not much depth, or young talent.
7. Northern Arizona - What happened to Laird?
8. Michigan - Just goes to show that they're better without Webb. Ewing theory anyone?
9. Central Michigan - I wonder if Wetmore knows where CMU is? I don't...
10. Iona - Having foreigners isn't cheating.
11. Montana State - Best team in Montana!!
12. Villanova - rough times, rough times
13. Providence - Did Adam Sutton have a chance to win it all? Nope.
14. William and Mary - How many people west of the Mississippi know where W&M is?
15. Weber State - Once again beating the message board trash talkers from BYU.
A few Awards...
Penultimate Award: Steve Sherer (Michigan State)
Most like to be accused of using drugs: W. Keating
Biggest Surprise: Mark Tucker (although apparently some people think its cheating to only go to school for one year)
Biggest Disappointment (team): Arkansas
Biggest Disappointment (individual): Tough call, I'm gonna give it to Boaz though for calling everyone out beforehand.
The We Got Last Award: UT, orange power.
Most Buzz Created on the Boards Award: Mark Tucker, as it sparked several threads on the ethics of Butler's recruiting.
The Evil Villain Award: Eastern Michigan University. Nobody likes them for various reasons.
The Hero Award: Jorge Torres, nobody ever says bad things about him.
The I Sparked a Disturbing Thread Award: Gavin Thompson, for that queer (strange) thread on his legs.
The We Could Have Had Two Teams Place in the Top 10 If They Let Us Award: Goes to Stanford, why would any kid who didn't finish in the top 10 at footlocker bother going there??
The I told you women are inherently evil award: Steve Slattery as no doubt his girlfriend gave him mono.
Also congratulations to Rojo's Cornell Team for winning IC4A's, which is sort of like winning the NIT - it's a decent acccomplishment but when it comes down to it, nobody really cares.
On another note, apparently Scrote is a 29 year old virgin, with a 4:29 high school mile pr. I guess thats why his poll's better than mine, I'm merely 20, tje closest I've ever been to losing the v-card is a hug, and I'm a 4:52 high school miler. Sigh.
Enjoy life.