By David Scott Boston Sports Media 11:00 • Looks like the failure rate on the St. Louis 2005 iron-on patch is better than one in three, as many of the patches were shown flapping in the wind on numerous players’ chests. Maybe Velcro would work better? Or just tattoos on their arms? • Sean May [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 10:03 • Does Izzo tell his assistants that he needs at least two redheads per recruiting class? “Okay, we need a two, a three and two reds – who should we be recruiting?” • Doug Flutie was featured in a one-on-one with constant (and annoying)-head-tilter, Karen Marinella at the [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 9:05 • In the interest of equal time for those non-college hoops fans (bite your tongue), the NFL Network is currently showing the Rhein Fire and the Amsterdam Admirals in NFL Europe’s opening weekend. It’s on tape delay and we’ll withhold the winner for those who may be watching [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 8:13 • At this point, you have to hope Illinois gets North Carolina – it seems like the match-up that would make more sense and have wider appeal. Still, we like Izzo and Roy is so much more bearable without the Ring. • Roger Powell, Jr.’s follow-up on his [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 7:21 • One Shots loyalist wrote in (from his Blackberry, no less) to comment on how “boring the court” is this year. Readers like this are what blogging is all about. My favorite Final Four court was the one Michigan State won its most recent title on: Izzo liked [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 6:49 • I’m fairly certain Eric Neel of ESPN.com would have been breaking all sorts of NCAA rules if he had blogged during the games (from within the arena) – so the guy gets the rest of the night (also known as THE GAMES) off with this line ender [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 6:04 • So it seems that Boba is a tapioca ball. I think I’m squirming with every swallow. The liquid is so good, but you gotta avoid tapioca balls, wouldn’t you think? • Vermont coach, Tom Brennan was misused by CBS in its Jump Ball segment where he, Lorenzo [...]

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By David Scott Boston Sports Media 5:07 If you happen to join in late, and care for a little “VH1: Behind the Words”, here’s the underlying belief of what this type of Event Blogging (which Scott’s Shots has been exploring in recent weeks) means in the current media marketplace. For those of you just looking [...]

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