Expansion Madness...

As the NCAA tournament has ferociously kicked off, there have been quite a few analysts and coaches talking about an expansion from 64 to 128 teams. I think this is exactly what college basketball needs to do. So many people are constantly arguing about the bubble, who deserved to make the tournament and who didn't deserve to make the tournament.

Its great that the NCAA provides an automatic bid for the winner from each conference, it needs to stay that way. If teams like Siena, Drake, Belmont, etc. weren't given a chance to be in the tournament then we would never have those exciting upsets, that everyone loves to watch. The tournament just wouldn't be as exciting. But on the contrary who's not to say that a 24-8 Illinois State team should have made the tournament over a 18-13 Oregon team? What about 19-12 Arizona State who had some big wins? If we expanded the tournament we wouldn't have to deal with so many of these questions. We could run the tournament exactly the way it is today, but we could eliminate the play-in game and play the opening round on that Tuesday and Wednesday, where the higher seed could host a home game. This would still give the teams at least a day to prepare for the opening round game, as well as the round of 64.

The expansion of the NCAA tournament would only enhance NCAA basketball. With the increase in teams, that would allow more schools the opportunity to make the postseason. That is ultimately the goal of the NCAA. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next five years, but I would guess that as each year goes by more and more people will be supporting the expansion of the tournament.

Projected top pick of the 2016 NBA Draft???

With the direction sports are heading in our current world recruiting is starting to become a bigger deal. Who would have ever imagined that we would be projecting the 2016 first pick in the NBA draft? Well its true...Check out this video:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/176625/

This young kid is a great athlete and an unreal basketball player for his age. How many kids do you know in middle school who can play basketball like this kid plays it? If this is what the young talent is like now a days, can you imagine what it is going to be like in 10-15 years? I don't want to imagine that. Its going to be wild...Kids left and right are starting to begin sports at younger and younger ages becuase every kid wants to be the next Tom Brady or Kobe Bryant.

Audi R8 Ad...(Required Blog)

The Audi A8 ad just BLEW me away during the Super Bowl. I thought it was such a great ad for so many reasons. Not only did Audi do a good job showing off the new wheels, but they did a great job setting up the perfect environment for the Audi A8 in the ad. Starting out with the old man in the bed who wakes up to a bad dream with a Rolls Royce front end in the bottom of his bed. Then right from that scene, BOOM!! The Audi R8 engine starts up sounding better than any cars engine ever has. The sounds of that baby starting was just beautiful and I am not a big Audi fan. A great one liner they had in there was "Old luxury just got put on notice," that is awesome! What a great ad! It seriously was one of the best ads I have ever seen, hands down.

The advertisement also has a great tertiary connection to it. On YouTube the ad is filled with comments below. There were a lot of comments referencing the ad to a take off from the movie Godfather, which I agree with. When the man wakes up in the bed in the Godfather he sees a horse's head at the bottom of the bed and in the ad it is replaced with a Rolls Royce front end. Many of the comments received were just references to how great the ad was in general. Many people commented that they thought it was a great advertisement and obviously they are impressed with the car. Another comment compared the Audi R8 to the great Lamborguinis, Porsches, Godfathers, etc.

The tertiary connection shown in the advertisement will have a direct impact on sales. The sales for this car will skyrocket. I don't know what the price was before the advertisement aired at the Super Bowl. I would assume though that the price has gone up because everyone who has the means to buy that car wants to take a serious look. The ad was an A advertisement during the Super Bowl. This ad helped give Audi a lot more credibility, as the ad in my opinion was nearly perfect.

Seeing the light...

I was sitting at the dinner table the other night and I came up with a great idea to benefit my Fraternity. That made me think about where that idea came from? What made my brain come up with that random thought about how to make my Fraternity better, while I was sitting at the dinner table eating.

Its like that commercial where the businessmen are trying to think of a great invention or idea for their company so they go huddle around in the shower. Well why did they go in the shower? Most of my best ideas for something are when I am in the shower or when I am sitting up in my bed about to fall asleep. I just find it so random that those are the times when most people come up with great ideas. Its makes you seriously contemplate leaving a blank notepad next to your bed at night, so every time you come up with a good idea you can just write it down.

Defining Evil...

Evil is a term for me that is not just something that can be used lightly. Evil is about as bad as you can get. There is nothing good that ever comes from evil. Evil is something that I never want to take part in. Evil in my own definition is something done intentionally to inflict injury or harm on someone or something. It is typically a corrupt action that is intended to make one one unfairly suffer.

Evil is something that in the future, I hope we can do away with. Unfortunately though, it won't happen. I wish it would. I wish we could block out evil and just think about the good things in life, but we don't always have that option. Someone taking part in an "evil action" is usually stretching the realm of society and decency. There are too many people in our world, who feel that harmful retaliation is the best way to counter back. The truth is responding back in a violent way, probably only makes a situation worse. Evil can't be stopped completely, but it can be contained. If people come to the realization that they really aren't profiting from evil, evil will become less and less evident daily. If the people who performed evil acts took the time to think about what they were doing and the consequences that will occur if caught, I think less people would commit sinful crimes. The best approach to stopping evil acts from occuring is to keep preaching to our young children that evil is not the way to go. Getting the point across to younger children that committing evil acts is wrong, is the best way to attack the situation in an attempt to eliminate evil qualities.

Performance Art...

Performance Art is a beautiful thing. Especially in a video like this one, where the performance is more or less completely random. There are four pieces to performance art: the performer's body, the performer's relationship with the audience, space, and time.




To the best of my knowledge I don't believe I have ever encountered performance art. Although, I think it would be something neat to see. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing Marisa Miller demonstrating performance art, like she has in the past in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Just imagine randomly driving through a remote town in Iowa and seeing Marisa Miller on the side of the street demonstrating performance art. Now that would be a sight to see.

But on the more serious side I think the purpose of performance art is to make people think. It puts a different perspective on art and on life. If you saw someone demonstrating performance art, it would definitely make you pause for a minute and think about what that person was doing and what he or she was trying to depict. Viewing performance art definitely has a lot of value. Refer back to what I said a few sentences ago, when I said it puts a different perspective on art or on a situation. I don't want to look for performance art, I just want to randomly run into it. I wonder what my reaction will be when I see it. I guess I will just have to wait until then...

The Power of Music...

The ability to download everyone of your favorite songs onto a small little audio player is one of the miracles of our current technological world. Who would have thought fifteen years ago, that they would have IPODs and MP3s that let you download mass amounts of media files onto the small machines like these portable music players.

IPODs have seriously changed the music society in many different ways. The IPOD has given the people of the world a chance to put a large amount of songs onto a pocket size music player, that can be used at all times. Think about the negative impact IPODs have had on CD sales or radio stations. I am not trying to undermine the job of the CD makers or the radio station companies, but right now they just can't even compete with the IPOD. The IPOD has literally dominated audio sales for the last five years now and they keep improving. I mean pretty much everyone has one! They can plug into the car, they can be used in the gym, they can be used for casual time, they can be used for Fraternity activities, etc. The uses for the IPOD are almost endless! They are a great deal that the current citizens of the world have definitely taken advantage of. I am interested to see what the next improvement to the IPOD is...