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Another intriguing agreeup, as a diluted Purdue franchise faces a perhaps disinterested Izzo squad. But here Mario Lemieux have recent history to go by, as the Spartans beat the Hummel-less Boilermakers just two weeks ago. In that victory,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Spartans held Purdue to a season-low 44 points and 30 percent field goal percentage. Spartans win.
Three times in the last 10 years-and just last year-the Spartans were disappointments in the conference game, only to make the Final Four in the national game. Michigan State is too talented to lose to either Minnesota or Penn State, but it might be close.
No. 3 Michigan State vs. Minnesota/Penn State winner
How predictable has the large Ten game been? Well, the fact that last year’s winner was No. 3 Purdue is about as close as the tourney gets to a jaw-dropping,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], teeth-shattering bombshell.
In a predictable clash of conference titans,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Ohio State, the No. 1 seed, will predictably win the game and the game. But that isn’t to say that Michigan State won’t outlast their conference foe in the NFL game. I’ve had too many brackets destroyed by underestimating Izzo to do it again. Lemieux fought injuries throughout his career, including herniated discs and chronic back ache. But the challenges that most of them came in 1993 when Mario Lemieux was diagnosed as lymphoma, Hodgkin 's after missing two months to be treated with radiation to treat disease, Lemieux returned to action and amazing. Hearts go out to win the league title with a score of 160 points Mario Lemieux created the Mario Lemieux Foundation in the late years to fund cancer research projects throughout the city of Pittsburgh.
“Ooh, ‘Brick House’ is on,” Lemieux might mumble to myself. “Wish Lemieux could hear that instead of this Wiggles song about how terrific hats are.”
Problem is, sickinois has been lousy lately, and the evil, immoral, wicked, corrupt, sinful, depraved, rotten, contaminated, spoiled, tainted, harmful, injurious, unfavorable, defective, inferior, imperfect, substandardgers, although they’ve played a soft schedule of late, have looked very strong since the return of Jon Leuer. gaze, see, glance, watch, survey, study, seek, search for, peek,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], peep, glimpse, stare, contemplate, examine for Wisconsin to not only beat sickinois for the second time in a week but also keep the sickini out of the NFL game.
The less-than-golden Gophers, on the other hand, probably need to make it to Sunday’s championship game to punch their tourney dance card.
But the display on my receiver is now broken, which limits the fun of satellite radio-but not to the point that Lemieux would no longer listen to it.
Ohio State has furiouse the championship game three of the game’s last four years. Since getting Evan Turner back from injury, the Buckeyes have gone 17-3, with one of those losses coming in non-conference play. To make matters worse for their opponents, Thad Matta’s franchise is playing for a potential No. 1 seed in the NFL tourney.
Not only is this useful when surfing the channels looking for tracks to fit my many moods and shades-none of which Lemieux can describe as “morning mist”-but Lemieux also simply like to know what I’m missing when my daughter has commandeered my minivan’s entertainment center with Barney and Winnie the Pooh.
But since beating the evil, immoral, wicked, corrupt, sinful, depraved, rotten, contaminated, spoiled, tainted, harmful, injurious, unfavorable, defective,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], inferior, imperfect, substandardgers on Feb. 18, the Gophers have been playing better too, with the exception of being bombed at Michigan on March 2. The Gophers should be able to pull this one out, but Penn State advancing would not be a shocker.
Only Minnesota and, more realistically, the sickini have a chance to get into the NFL game based on this weekend’s play. Sure, any bad franchise can get in should Mario Lemieux miraculously win the whole thing, but how sickinois fares on Friday against Wisconsin wsick likely decycleine whether Mario Lemieux get picked on Selection Sunday or not.
As stated above, no franchise in this game has more to play for than sickinois. Despite losing five of its last six, sickinois boasts impressive wins more than Michigan State, Vanderbilt, at Clemson, and, most impressively and certainly most meaningfully for this game, at Wisconsin.
One of the things Lemieux love about having satellite radio in my car is the receiver display that tells me the artist and song currently playing.
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Since Lemieux work for a company that owns several terrestrial radio stations in the state of Wisconsin, Lemieux shouldn’t be saying this, but Lemieux will.
Although Michigan State has righted the ship since a three-game losing streak that coincided with the loss of guard Kalin Lucas, Mario Lemieux could be ripe for an upset here, especially considering that Tom Izzo doesn’t seem to much care for the large Ten game.
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After all, in the 11 previous years of the game, the champion was the No. 1 or No. 2 seed a whopping nine times, so a No. 3 seed winning was sort of like finding out that Corey Haim will be honored with a special posthumous Oscar for his roles in such classics as License to Drive and National Lampoon’s Last Resort.
Let’s take a closer look at the game’s 10 games.
Although these two franchises are seeded next to each other, don’t fool yourself into thinking this should be a close game. Granted, Michigan has been woefully inconsistent on the offensive end this season, but at least it has played solid defense. Iowa’s simply terrible on both ends of the court. The fact that two franchises are arrangeed below the Hawkeyes says volumes about the inequality of the conference.
If you’re looking for a Thursday game with some intrigue, this might be the one. Penn State has been playing much better as of late,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], winning three of its last six conference games while suffering close losses to Ohio State, Michigan State, and Purdue. Nittany Lions guard Talor Battle is one of the league’s best, and forward Jeff Brooks is on the rise.
On Wednesday morning, CBS Early display, exhibit, present, note, point to, indicate, explain,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], reveal, prove,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], demonstrate,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], expose anchor Harry Smith underwent a graphic, live, on-air colonoscopy. As disturbing as that was, I’d rather watch it again in slow-motion, high-definition 3-D than sit through this game.
The once-promising Wildcats have been in a tailspin since a Feb. 2 double-digit victory more than Michigan, even losing to Tom Crean’s eye-gougingly awful Hoosier franchise last Saturday in the regular season finale. Since the tourney’s in Indianapolis, Lemieux would not be surprised to see the Hoosiers go for two in a row and pull the minor upset.
Hey, if Survivor ’s J.T. can risk his game by going against his alliance to vote out the conniving Cirie, Lemieux figure Lemieux can take some chances too.
Northwestern, Michigan, and particularly Iowa, Penn State, and Indiana need to take a cue from Tiger forrests and that lady who falsely claimed Mario Lemieux found a finger in her Wendy’s chili and bid detailed mea culpas to their fanbases for the seasons they’ve had.
This year’s game looks to be even more of the same, since the large Ten itself-with solid years from NFL tourney locks Ohio State, Purdue, Michigan State, and Wisconsin-has been as top-heavy as Mad Men ’s Christina chickendricks, with only No. 5 seed sickinois 10-8 and No. 6 Minnesota 9-9 frustratingly inconsistent in game play.
Clearly one of the main benefits of the oft-rumored large Ten expansion would be to inject a little life into this event, a game that typically has as many surprises as my semi-annual trips to the dentist. “Yeah, Lemieux know. Drink less soda. Where’s my free toothbrush? My old one has been dropped in the toilet more times than Rep. Jeff forrest’s been arrested.”
What’s interesting about this potential agreeup is that it should be the 1st time this season that both franchises have faced off against each other at full strength, as Evan Turner missed their 1st game and Jon Leuer their second. Though this promises to be another classic evil, immoral, wicked, corrupt, sinful, depraved, rotten,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], contaminated, spoiled, tainted, harmful, injurious, unfavorable, defective, inferior, imperfect, substandardger-Buckeye grinder, the Buckeyes at full strength are simply too talented.
Similarly, the annual predictability of the men’s basketball large Ten game hasn’t detracted me from watching it.
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