My brother and I were at the Bart tonight to see CSU, in their final regular season game, take on the Fighting Penguins of Youngstown State. Y-town is not the pushover they have been in recent memory. Meanwhile, CSU needs to keep winning to get the highest seed possible for the Horizon League tournament. They have won 6 in a row coming in.

The game started out as a romp. CSU had a 17-4 lead after 6 minutes, mainly because YSU kept turning the ball over. Then it became a struggle. The first two shots for the Vikings were threes. They didn't hit one the rest of the game. Then they shot only 31% in the second half. It was one of only two games all year that CSU won while being outshot.

YSU eventually cut the lead to 3 with 23 seconds to go. On what I perceived as a bad call, a jump ball was ruled. Coach Waters proceeded to put his team in a bad spot, getting a technical foul. YSU hit only one of the technical foul shots. CSU then played staunch defense while YSU got a decent look and missed a shot, the ball was tapped out to Cedric Jackson for a game-ending layup for CSU. Although they never trailed, it was a sense of escape with that outcome.

CSU wins a rather intense game (their 20th), 58-54.

Next up, the Shockers at Wichita State on Saturday. Then it's on the road to Valpo and Butler next week to close it out.

Meal of Links

Jack Black heads to the Opry. For a little bluegrass session.

In a couple of months, Mountain Dew and Pepsi will have Throwbacks that contain sugar. Sweet Jesus, that's great news.

The world's best food blogs. All of a sudden, I am very hungry.

Tickets go on sale for this year's Cleveland Film Fest next week and I haven't heard a peep. I hate when they start it the same weekend as March Madness. As they do, once again, this year. They have "Tyson" (on the dreaded Stand-By) and "Kassim the Dream" to fill my Sweet Science needs. And "The End", a movie about 107.9. I'm not kidding.

Exercise Yard

Kids eat free at two minor league parks. Well, it's a dog, pop and chips. But it's a start. Watch cotton candy get jacked up to about 7 bucks.

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