Random thoughts from Atlanta
Mar 11, 2009
Tags: ACC
First of all, be sure to check out the Jason Jennings/Ryan Craig collaboration above - it's top notch. If you want to get a feel for the work environment here at the Georgia Dome, look no further than the Jason Jennings walking tour.
And now for more random thoughts about the 2009 ACC Tournament:
- Here we are in Coca-Cola country, and yet the media compound is stocked with Pepsi products - someone in the Coke marketing department should be fired.
- Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe is here, and he has the worst sunburn I've ever seen in my life - it pains me to look at the man. I don't know if he fell asleep in a tanning bed or if he's allergic to suntan lotion, but his face looks like a tomato wearing white goggles.
- Apparently, Greivis Vasquez is pronounced Grave-is and not Greeevis. Either that, or one of the coaches for Maryland is playing a cruel joke on the people watching the Terps practice by yelling out the wrong name.
- I wonder if you can sue the Atlantic Coast Conference for the cost of dental bills incurred from eating from the media spread. There's free candy just sitting on a counter all day - I've had 25 pink starburst and seven handfuls of Skittles at last count, and my sugar high has security confusing me for someone having a seizure.
- The economy is so bad that apparently free is still too pricey. I'm shocked by the lack of fans that have shown up to check out their favorite teams take the Georgia Dome court for the first time on practice day Wednesday. I know the ATL isn't exactly ACC country, but I figured the people that bothered to make the trek to the Peach State would want to take in as many of the festivities as possible - I guess I figured wrong. There are more people working the carving table at the media meal than in the stands watching the players.
