Friday, December 26, 2008

Giving thanks


At the real risk of getting crossed off a WAC basketball holiday 'gift' list because we inadvertently left someone out, we offer hearty thanks to Sam Wasson, Chris Murray, AW Prince, Jason Groves, Darrell Moody, Jared Eborn, Shawn Harrison, Hurricane John, the Refractioners, Nick Jezierny, Chadd Cripe, Brian Murphy, Bryant-Jon Anteola, Jon Wilner, Dayton Morinaga, Brian McInnis, Ethan Conley, Ron Tyler, Jimmy Watson and everyone else for their 'contributions' that make Parsing The WAC possible.

Keep it coming.

Call it laziness (we prefer to hide behind the mantle of being terrifically busy) but here's a little WAC holiday ditty we composed last year. Time just ran out on us this go-around:

A WAC version of 'The Night Before Christmas'
(special thanks to Clement Clarke Moore for the inspiration)

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the WAC
not a team was a-playin' not even the furriest of gym rats
the coaches' stockings were hung by their chimneys with care
in the hopes that a WAC championship would soon be theirs

"On Jaycee Carroll" shouted Utah State's Stew Morrill
While Fresno's Steve Cleveland yodeled "Go Kevin Bell"
"Now Marcelus Kemp" uttered Nevada's mentor Mark Fox
While Bob Nash grabbed and guessed what was in his gift box
George Pfeiffer collected as many gifts as he could carry
Greg Graham offered blessings for having forward Reggie Larry
Kerry Rupp's simple warning was "just wait til next year"
"I'm not Reggie" Marvin Menzies stated without fear
George Nessman had alread" received his very own Adrian Oliver
"Please ESPN, please ESPN' begged Karl Benson the Commissioner

The jolly red fat man stopped at the house of each WAC coach
Drank the milk and ate the cookies offered by each host
Ol' St. Nick shouted as he drove his sleigh out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"

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