I have very few rules, but one of them is that any time the so called Greatest Offense Ever gets their lunch handed to them, giving is 4 hours of Manning Faces at the halfway point of the NHIAA Basketball Season, I need to write a Top 10. So away we go!
 

10. FALSE START, ON THE FUR COAT GUY

Very few guys could’ve come back from trying to make out with Suzy Kolber on live TV with a B.A.L. of about a million, but Joe Namath is one of them. Overlooked on the coin flip heard ‘round was the sick mitts of Ref Terry MacCauley, who showed better Super Bowl hands than Wes Welker.

9. FLAPPY BIRD

OH MY GOD. This is the worst game ever that I can’t stop playing. My high score is 17- SEVENTEEN! And I
know people that are envious of that 17! Whatever you do, don’t download this evil thing.

8. BEDFORD’S BAD START

2 wins for the Bulldogs?! We all know they are better than their record indicates, and the schedule gets easier with Timberlane and West coming up, but MAN ALIVE! It’s possible they could finish as the 16 seed, which would set up the best 1 vs 16 game in history against Central, because…

7. AIN’T NOBODY BEATING CENTRAL THIS YEAR

This isn’t even a reverse jinx- I truly think they’re going to coast to the State Title. Who’s going to give them a challenge? They’ve already beat Trinity twice (once in a holiday tourney, but still), and the closest game they’ve had has been against Bedford… I will be genuinely flabbergasted if they drop a game. Sorry Doc!

6. SORRY PEYTON, YOU’RE OUT

You can’t be one of the best of all time with a sub .500 playoff record. You just can’t. Yes, football is a team game and it’s not all on the QB and all that, but when you have a loaded team as many times as Manning has, and have been a favorite in playoff games that many times, and you continue to spit the bit, you’re out of the GOAT conversation. Now go get your shinebox. But of course..

5. THE MANNING EXCUSE ARMY WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE

Because it’s never Peyton’s fault. ESPN and Fox and CBS build a narrative about Peyton being unstoppable, and when he takes a beat down like this, you’ll see Trent Dilfer & company telling you ad nauseam that it’s not the fault of the Fivehead.

4. SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS NEED TO STEP IT UP

Weak field this year! I had the Doritos time machine as my favorite, with Radio Shack close on it’s heels.
Other than the Tebow ads, there wasn’t really anything else that stood out. My children (who ONLY watch for the commercials) were displeased.

3. I WANTED TO DISLIKE BRUNO MARS LAST NIGHT

But I couldn’t. As long as he’s playing his up tempo stuff, I’m on board. Plus a Wikipedia search told me that his father nicknamed him Bruno after the legendary WWF wrestler Bruno Sammartino, and there’s no way you’re getting me to chirp a guy after that.

2. WHO THE HELL DID THE NHIAA PLAYOFF SCHEDULE THIS YEAR?!?

Girls D1 Hoops Finals. Boys D1-D4 Hoops Finals. Girls Hockey Finals. Boys D1-D3 Hockey finals. Unified Basketball Finals. ALL HAPPENING ON MARCH 15th
have a school with 2 teams in a championship game, flip a coin, student sections. Love HS Sports and
want to see as many title games as possible? TOO BAD. Run a HS Sports site and want to highlight the
accomplishments of NH’s best? WE DON’T CARE. Just a stupendously poor job. There should be more of
an outcry about this.

1. D2 IS WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE OPEN

It’s not going to be a Pembroke cake walk this year, after Portsmouth went into the Spartans’ gym and forced PA to play the Clipper’s game in a 53-49 win. You knew this was going to be an interesting one when Pat Welch was T’d up :21 in. There’s a number of teams that could win it all in D2. Hell, Windham would be the 10th or 11th seed if the tourney began today, and I think they have as good a chance as anyone.


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Justin McIsaac is the Award Winning Sports Guy at WTSN AM 1270 in Dover. Follow him on Twitter @Justin_McIsaac