Comments on: Rivalries are Fun ! http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christopher Siegert http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16112 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16112 When me and one of my best friends go out of town, everyone turns and looks and whispers, at least for a second. Alot of ppl will ask, alot of ppl straight up embarass themselves. His name is Matt, he plays bball at Western Kentucky University, he wears #41, he is the biggest Dirk fan there is…you have to check it out.

http://www.wkusports.com, click the bball page and then roster, Matt Maresca…

I completely agree though, I am an avid Houston Astros fan and I absolutely hate the St. Louis Cardinals. This isnt a huge rivalry yet, but yet is the key word b/c there has been a great 3 years between the Astros and Cardinals. I respect them and what theyre about, but I hate them. In HS our Warren Central/Bowling Green rivalry was like no other. Alot of us grew up together and went to the same elementary and middle schools, but once I stepped foot in Warren Central and they stepped foot in Bowling Green, it was over, our rivalry began. Of course, we dominated, took the state championship in bball and beat them like 16 straight games. In baseball they were dominating the series until my JR/SR year, where we even had a brawl my senior year and I went on to win 2 games against them even after getting my tooth knocked out…point is, animosity makes the rivalry richer, that more fun, and intense…

]]> By: Margaret Hudson http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16113 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16113 You couldn’t be more right about the exhilaration of great rivalries. I’ve enjoyed every minute of the Texas-OU weekends for the past six years. Even though as a Longhorn fan, I’ve been on the losing end of that rivalry for a majority of those years…it’s still been exciting to take part in it.

And you’re even more right about the Riverwalk. I am a native San Antonian and lived there for 28 years. I have exactly the same fear you described about being accidentally knocked into the water. I still to this day have no clue why so many tourists flock downtown to see brown water.

Red McCombs is nuts. People live in San Antonio because they can’t afford to live anywhere else. They become so accustomed to the dirt cheap cost-of-living there that to move anywhere else is too much of a financial shock.

Let’s go Mavs! Let’s go beat the Spurs on their home court!

]]> By: Juston Garland http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16114 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16114 Pop should be suspended he threw his water bottle on the floor in the second quarter. If the NBA commissioner sticks to his guns as he did with Jason Terry he will suspend. Their of said that anyone who punches or throws something on the floor will be suspended it is a clear rule. Let’s wait and see if he was just cheating the mavs or if he really meant what he said.

]]> By: Joe http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16115 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16115 IU sucks but their girls suck harder.

Joe

MAKE BOILER
UP YOURS!!!

GO MAVS!

]]> By: Mark Weiss http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16116 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16116 Marc you overstep,
Rivalries are great. Great rivalries are even better, but the Spurs Mavs have not yet come to being a great rivalry. You see rivalries only occur when both teams have successfully won a few of the encounters. Of course I don’t mean individual games, but elimination series. Bulls/Pistons: a great rivalry because the Pistons struck the first blow. Lakers Celtics: went back and forth for years. Spurs Lakers: 5 straight years the winner of their series went on to win the championship. But the Spurs and Mavs?? Not yet. Game 7 notwithstanding, the mavs haven’t proved this to be a great rivalry just yet. The San Antonio Spurs’ fans battle-cry was always that they choke in the clutch, can’t win a big game. We were all ready to eat our words at 3-1. But now were not so sure. This is definitely the best Mavs team in history and they have suprised everyone, but unless they can do in San Antonio what they couldn’t in game 5 or 6, it just goes down as another footnote in that eventual San Antonio dynasty video the league will put out in about 6 more years of Spurs’ championships. Spurs fans expected the Mavs to clank jumpshots and give up at the end of games, as has been the case in past years. What is happeneing is even better, Giving up at the end of the series itself. Yes, not until the Mavs can get over the hump and make up for lost opportunities, Steve Kerr’s famous game 6 (oh you remember) and definitely blowing a 3-1 lead, will the Spurs-Mavs rivalry truly be a great rivalry. Who knows? They may pull it out in game 7, but I don’t think so. Nevertheless, in the event that they do, best wishes. Make sure Dirk, AJ and Jason keep the trophy in Texas. Good luck to your team, but not too much luck.

Best Regards,
Mark

]]> By: Theresa http://blogmaverick.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16117 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:10 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/rivalries-are-fun/#comment-16117 Mark,
I completely agree! Rivalries are what sports is all about! I am not a football fan myself but give me a Browns-Steelers game and I am there! I love seeing how passionate people are about their team, even if I am on the other side of the fence. I am a bartender in a sports bar and it is a total blast when the Buckeyes are playing the Wolverines, or the Indians are playing the Yankees. Maybe if the Cavs keep it up one day we will have a great rivalry with the Pistons.
I thought it was completely ridiculous that a sports writer was complaining about the comment LeBron made to Arenas in game 6…”miss these and you are going home” these are comments that may fuel a future rivalry! I’m a Cavs fan first, but I love the Mavs! I hope there is a longtime rivalry with the Spurs…it just makes it that much more exciting!

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