Any energy in the crowd? I know it’s Stetson (where the hell is that? Is that a team Rick created for the first game? I mean, do you really graduate with a degree from Stetson and tell the person interviewing you that you graduated from Stetson??) but I’m hoping the drum had at least some energy for the opening game.

Ever!

I’ll add this as we wait for Twist’s write-up:

We seemed to take most of the first half to realize that we’re bigger than Stetson by a full head at every position except AJ… which is a position.

No one stepped up as the guy tonight. Everyone seemed a little off pace. Closest was probably Damion James, freak-meister.

Gary Johnson played very well, from what I gathered, and Varez Ward played a ton of minutes. I think he definitely got a little shaken up when he missed those free throws, but he has time to adjust before the important stuff comes around. Most of the crowd was supportive of him, with a few very douchebag exceptions (Yes, you, dude in the North O-Zone with the Saw ‘em off Aggie-dog shirt. I don’t understand why you think it’s cool or helpful to belittle a player on your own team for missing a few nothing free throws, but it obviously has something to do with the fact that you’re a complete jackass. Try making a freaking peep on defense and then work your way up to commenting on the game.).

Dexter SMASCH! That is all.

AW just crashed, exhausted. Much more, though.

Thanks for the quick thoughts MJY

…but I have a lot of comments over the game.

To touch on the non-game stuff from above…

1) Crowd was better than most season openers, especially in the student section, but the announced crowd of 11,000+ is dubious. It was a non-factor, even though they let people come down from upstairs.

2) They fixed the floor to the proper color of orange. This really bothered me last year, and I’m glad they fixed it.

3) The heckling was in mid-season form tonight. After the band played “Living on a Prayer”, I yelled to the Stetson bench to be thankful that we had played their theme song for the season. “2008-9 Stetson Basketball: Living on a Prayer”

4) Hook ‘Em was still rocking the Craig Winder #30 jersey in the first half. I’m not sure why they can’t get him a uniform that matches the team’s uniforms.

5) Speaking of uniforms, the cheerleaders also have new uniforms this season. I’m not going to comment on them, but they are very Oregon’esque…

I won a recliner tonight.

i thought he was supposed to be the next big point guard??? like dj or tj… or did i just hear wrong?