Tornado tourney has nothing on 'Tampa Turmoil'

TAMPA, Fla. — A week ago, I watched a tornado blow a hole in the side of the Georgia Dome.
Over the next 48 hours, I watched the SEC’s worst team (my alma mater, no less) win two games in one day and another the following day to win the SEC tournament.
Little did I know I was only getting warmed up.
Perhaps I should have known I was headed to even more dramatic developments in Tampa. Maybe I should have known when I sat down at a bar in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, ordered a beer and then realized Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher was sitting in the chair next to me, eating nachos and drinking red wine.
Because before Friday’s NCAA tournament games at St. Pete Times Forum, the most miraculous thing I’d ever watched was the Titans’ “Music City Miracle” finish against the Buffalo Bills in an NFL playoff game on Jan. 8, 2000. But not even Frank Wycheck’s lateral to Kevin Dyson for a 75-yard touchdown in the final seconds can match what I saw in Tampa on Friday.
Four games. Four upsets. Two overtimes. Two buzzer beaters.
Since the NCAA started to seed teams in 1979, never before in tournament history had there been more than two upsets in the first round in the same city. Tampa produced twice that many on a day college basketball fans will not soon forget.
“It’s incredible,” said Villanova coach Jay Wright, whose No. 12 seed Wildcats upset No. 5 seed Clemson 75-69 in the nightcap. “I’m sure this is going to be talked about. They’re going to have some name for this — the ‘Tampa Turmoil’ or something.”
Remarkably, Villanova’s dramatic comeback from an 18-point deficit was upstaged twice earlier in the day. No. 12 seed Western Kentucky started the madness by stunning No. 5 seed Drake 101-99 in overtime. Senior Ty Rogers, from the tiny hamlet of Eddyville, Ky., made a 26-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to win it.

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13 Responses to “Tornado tourney has nothing on 'Tampa Turmoil'”

on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:52 am 1Dom

Posted by ( lawrencetureaud ) on March 14, 2008 at 9:27 a.m. ( Suggest removal )She doesn’t need to mess around with high school kids.If I ever met her I would take her out to a nice steak dinner (or seafood if she prefers) and perhaps a bottle of wine and perhaps after a fine dessert of tiramisu I would take her back to my estate and offer her a fine silk kimono to wear while we drink a nightcap of champagne and then I would invite her to the hottub in the master bathroom surrounded with musk scented candles and rose petals before I show her my collection of exotic massage oils and then I would invite her onto the silk sheets. It is here where I will put my sting in her. I will hit it doggy-style and leave her breathless. I will show her how to freak-nasty all night long, and she will know love.Smoove out.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 3:42 am 2Crispian

They’ve been trying to build this for years. It’s a desperately needed, giant boondoggle that has already cost many millions more than it was supposed to and has yet to produce more than trivial amounts of drinking water. Now, there’s investigations into about a dozen or so people linked to the project. My prediction; nobody will go to jail.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 4:33 am 3Elwood

I wish we could come up with some new terminology for UFOs. When I hear “UFO” I immediately think aliens. This is obviously an Unidentified Object burning up in the atmosphere.I like stuff that burns up in the atmosphere, but hate sifting through the alien crap.How about UFO for the kooks who think they see aliens and S.B.U.I.T.S. for Shit Burning Up In The Sky?
on 22 Mar 2008 at 5:23 am 4Nidia

I can’t load the site any longer, opendns keeps complaining that it’s down. But I was able to load it first. Did anyone get to see the video? I couldn’t load that either.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 6:14 am 5Corey

Agreed, dammit, she’s even pretty cute. :/
on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:04 am 6Alycia

Too bad she couldn’t find a nice governor her own age.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:55 am 7Nowell

the video is on youtube.and this looks pretty neat.it might be the camera shake, but it looks like its not flying in a straight trajectory.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:46 am 8Love

Got to love that teacher’s union get a contract for allowing her to get paid lv for breaking the law and admitting it. And people wonder why the education system sucks in this country (no pun meant)
on 22 Mar 2008 at 9:36 am 9Oralee

Why didn’t I have female teachers like this when I was in high school?
on 22 Mar 2008 at 10:27 am 10Tabatha

Further info on this teacher has arisen. She lied on her application concerning previous arrests. She had assault, drunk driving, and petty larceny arrests in the past. The school system later found out about those arrests and kept her as a teacher anyway. When I think about having to hang out with middle schoolers every day I realize it must be nearly impossible to hire enough people.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 11:17 am 11Aida

Florida man makes comment on reddit article (with comment)
on 22 Mar 2008 at 12:08 pm 12Kailee

Could you give a link please? I searched for it on youtube but was unable to find.Here it it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVc8t18WWio

on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:52 am 1Dom

Posted by ( lawrencetureaud ) on March 14, 2008 at 9:27 a.m. ( Suggest removal )She doesn’t need to mess around with high school kids.If I ever met her I would take her out to a nice steak dinner (or seafood if she prefers) and perhaps a bottle of wine and perhaps after a fine dessert of tiramisu I would take her back to my estate and offer her a fine silk kimono to wear while we drink a nightcap of champagne and then I would invite her to the hottub in the master bathroom surrounded with musk scented candles and rose petals before I show her my collection of exotic massage oils and then I would invite her onto the silk sheets. It is here where I will put my sting in her. I will hit it doggy-style and leave her breathless. I will show her how to freak-nasty all night long, and she will know love.Smoove out.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 3:42 am 2Crispian

They’ve been trying to build this for years. It’s a desperately needed, giant boondoggle that has already cost many millions more than it was supposed to and has yet to produce more than trivial amounts of drinking water. Now, there’s investigations into about a dozen or so people linked to the project. My prediction; nobody will go to jail.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 4:33 am 3Elwood

I wish we could come up with some new terminology for UFOs. When I hear “UFO” I immediately think aliens. This is obviously an Unidentified Object burning up in the atmosphere.I like stuff that burns up in the atmosphere, but hate sifting through the alien crap.How about UFO for the kooks who think they see aliens and S.B.U.I.T.S. for Shit Burning Up In The Sky?

on 22 Mar 2008 at 5:23 am 4Nidia

I can’t load the site any longer, opendns keeps complaining that it’s down. But I was able to load it first. Did anyone get to see the video? I couldn’t load that either.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 6:14 am 5Corey

Agreed, dammit, she’s even pretty cute. :/

on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:04 am 6Alycia

Too bad she couldn’t find a nice governor her own age.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:55 am 7Nowell

the video is on youtube.and this looks pretty neat.it might be the camera shake, but it looks like its not flying in a straight trajectory.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:46 am 8Love

Got to love that teacher’s union get a contract for allowing her to get paid lv for breaking the law and admitting it. And people wonder why the education system sucks in this country (no pun meant)

on 22 Mar 2008 at 9:36 am 9Oralee

Why didn’t I have female teachers like this when I was in high school?

on 22 Mar 2008 at 10:27 am 10Tabatha

Further info on this teacher has arisen. She lied on her application concerning previous arrests. She had assault, drunk driving, and petty larceny arrests in the past. The school system later found out about those arrests and kept her as a teacher anyway. When I think about having to hang out with middle schoolers every day I realize it must be nearly impossible to hire enough people.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 11:17 am 11Aida

Florida man makes comment on reddit article (with comment)

on 22 Mar 2008 at 12:08 pm 12Kailee

Could you give a link please? I searched for it on youtube but was unable to find.Here it it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVc8t18WWio

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