Very interesting guy

link

Nicely done Matt!

Awe Yeah.

Matt you da man.

Thank you for your effort and courage. It aint easy but well worth it.

Go Colonials!

I'll admit that I could only get to about the part where he was contemplating the bible before I figured I needed to get on with my life. Matt-- I hope you turn out to be a great player, do well in school and enjoy the GW eperience not matter how hethenistic it may be at times, but sorry, I am not a big fan of those who wear their religion on their sleeves (this applies to all religions, not just Christians, could also apply to politics as well). I'll let you be you if you let me be me. (Sorry about sounding pissy but I was accosted by two Mormon missionaries on the bus this morning who wanted to tell me about their religion, this as I was on my way to the house of a dear friend who is sitting shiva!).

Good morals, strong beliefs and a great basketball player. Can't ask for more than that!!  Love it!

You can ask for a little tolerance from GW grads and peers. I hope Matt enjoys his time here, and has great success.

Haven't watched the video but all these new names responding to this thread beginning to creep me out.

Suspect they are not on here for GW basketball.

After having watched him play yesterday, Albritton (aka, Eli Sunday)  had better perform an eorcism on the game ball, the basketball court and his uniform if he epects to score with any regularity.  Who brought him into the program?  Collucci????  

I was ready to scold Florida Colonial for posting this, but Matt did put this video on an easily findable place on the internet.  If his faith is as strong as he represents then I would imagine that having people ridicule his beliefs is probably somthing he epects.

Still I don't like the hypocracy of this board where many posters scorn those who make remarks that could be seen as disrespectful to Jews, or Blacks, Gays, the desirability of having children out of wedlock, etc.  I don't like seeing those kind of comments either.  But bashing or ridiculing a kid because of his Christian beliefs isn't any different than making anti-Semetic, Homophobic, or Racist remarks. 

Please Herve, consider deleting this thread.

Thinker !! You were thinking about scolding me for posting the videos ?? I understand you didnt, but the fact that you considered it. Stop taking yourself so serious. I put these videos up because I thought they were pretty entertaining and spoke to his personality. I guess I overestimated the tolerance of my alma mater. I'm embarassed by some of you.  It didnt even occur to me that people would take offence to these videos. Think of all the worse things he could be doing  other than showing his faith.

BTW I was looking for youtube videos/highlights of our players and I just happened to find these

Why not leave it at this: Mockers, cut it out.  We are all entitled to believe as we see fit.  Matt (and defenders of Matt), believe as you see fit but do not attempt to preach or even subtly force your beliefs on anyone else.  When you post a video of this substance, you are dangerously bordering that fine line.  I'll assume it was meant as nothing more than a form of self-epression and leave it at that.

Matt,

We at home know that you are the real deal and Love the Lord.  It's not about religion, but about your spirituallity.  God has given you the abiity to be a great athlete and you have touched so many people at George Washington and the world.  Keep your head up, we at The Winners Edge Church are praying for you and lifting you up. 

In His Name,

Cindy

Here's something In My Name:  I wish this stuff was never posted. 

I wish this kid all the best, i really do.  But he wasn't brought to GW to shine the light for us wayward souls, nor is he a "great athlete."

To me, he seems to be simply a bright, talented kid who is entitled to his beliefs and I am happy for him that he possesses that kind of conviction. 

What I hope I don't have to hear is Matt or some of his followers using this "pulpit" to interject  their faith and belief on those of us interested in talking about BASKETBALL.

Matt didn't do it. So let's leave him alone.  And maybe the rest of the circus won't follow.

Dottie Bubble equates all Christians, Jews, Moslems and other of religious fate to simple minded believes in Magic.  Then he calls someone else a smug little horse' ass.  I fail to see the logic in that.

Here's what I take from this heated debate:

(1) Matt is a religiouse young Christian who CHOSE to post his strong beliefs in a very public domain. 

(2) I would guess that Matt sees this same kind of debate with others he meets and is accustomed to it. 

(3) Dootie Bubble thinks religion is akin to magic. 

(4) Some feel questioning the authenticity of religion very improper.  Several feel that saying this to a 19yo improper.

(5) Nobody that I ever met , or they ever met, "knows" the validity of relgion.  Period.  Even Mother Theresa wrote about her seriouse doubts.  But also about her moments of strong belief.  I do find this fact incredibly interesting.  Especially how fervent people get about something they just don't know and likely never will while on this earth.  In ANY other part of our lives this would be unacceptable and laughable.  This really says something, but  what that "something" is I can't answer.   When I've had a few free hours I've contemplated how we would all act if we knew for sure that there was no god.  Just how primitive we would all look to those many years from now who would mock us for devoting so much energy toward something we never could prove for good reason.  Or with an equally troublesome scenerio, if we found out for certain that there really was a god.  More etra time? What if it was the religion you beleived and talked about as silly.

(6) All of us on Herve's site either hope or pray that Matt turns out to be a good basketball player for GW.  B/c that is what this site is about.  Freaking GW college basketball. 

Is there a Winners Edge Church?

If so, would it be based on location (maybe there is a town of Winners Edge?)

Otherwise, it wouldn't sound like a long established house of religion.

Anyway, it is good to know Matt has  Winners Edge behind him.

His first shot certainly reflected that, though not the others.

I made a decision months ago to not respond to this board. But this is obviously a different matter. I will make a few brief comments (unknowing to Matt). I'm sure the board will soon get back to basketball.

Matt is a very quiet young man who spent most of his life doing missionary work in Africa, Asia and  in some 30 countries. The work included helping the poor and orphans with food, clothing, etc. Because of these travels, Matt was never on a school team until the 8th grade and never played a season of AAU. Because of our wok, Matt moved with us to various cities and countries. Matt played for 5 different coaches and teams in 5 years (including 3 years in Florida and 2 years in Teas.) In spite of these negatives, Matt managed to score 2181 points with 246 3 pointers. This got the attention of 27 D-1 Coaches who were constantly calling or emailing us regarding Matt.  Matt believes all of this happened because of God, therefore he always wants to divert attention from himself to the Lord. However, he was shocked to see his videos on the sports board.

Matt loves Christ, but also loves everyone equally, regardless of race, religion or background. He wants to spend his life helping young people reach and accomplish their dreams. He wants to teach basketball to 3rd world kids.

Matt is ecited to be playing for Coach Hobbs and GW. They're all hoping for a very eciting and successful season.

I hope each of you continue to enjoy basketball. It's a great sport and GW has a phenomenal program. And for you who believe in God, please pray for the entire team and the coaches. Also, pray for Matt's shooting hand, as he injured it yesterday in practice.

Thanks! The best is yet to happen!

David Allbritton

BIG FAN-The Winner's EDGE is in Dallas, T. and is a Multi racial, interdenomination Sports Bible Fellowship where High School, College and Pro Coaches and Athletes attend as well as people from all walks of life who enjoy God's Word.

Matt's dad,

Thank you for comming on to our board to correct the record. It's embarassing that some fans of the program would find anything wrong about a young man talking about his faith.  Matt seems like a good kid so credit goes to your family for his upbringing. 

Coach Hobbs said that Matt will be a fan favorite at GW since he can really shoot the ball. I think he's right as Matt starts draining long 3s from all over the court (of course he's going to have to play enough D for Hobbs to leave him out there but that will come with time).

Thanks for the reply, Dad.  Please make sure Matt NEVER reads this board.  Nothing good can come of it for players. 

can we get back to basketball now?   Uh, Duke played last night, and GU got its annual pat on the butt from the WPost today.  Later this week the A-10 will get the Professor and Mary Ann treatment from the WPost (i.e.  . . . and the rest).  Let's focus on that for a while.  Please?

Porter71, "god dammit?"  Really?  On this thread.  Seriously, poor choice of words.

It's not every day that a freshman player's dad comes on to the board to set a few rascals straight.  Thanks David.  Frankly- the only thing that concerns me on this thread is Matt's apparent hand injury.  The rest of this prose is mildly entertaining- with the natural schism between arduent intellects and arduent zealots.  IMHO-  Each one has the right to their opinion but neither should be tasked with eploiting their beliefs on the site. 

I'd like ot speak to a point that was previously brought up comparing this thread to a prior one regarding a fundraiser with a major scheduling conflict 

Mr. david Albritton- you are under no obligation to defend your faith or your son's history just because a couple of knuckleheads here do not share the same beliefs.  Frankly- they too have the right to epress themselves.  However- what gets lost in all of this translation- is that this forum is not the time nor place for a debate about religious beliefs.   Religion can play a role on this board when, say, the administration of this fine institution schedules a big fundraiser on the day of rosh Hashanah and/or a fundraiser on say, Palm sunday.  That is simply not acceptable and should be disussed by this community.  Notice how we aren't discussing the merits of a specific religion, but rather, the careless scheduling of a fundraiser that a significant portion of Gw alumni couldn't attend due to a major religious conflict.  we are not talking about Sukkot here folks, but New Years Day in the Jewish religion.  At no point in that thread did the issue of Christianity VS. Judiasm Vs Magic etc. come up.   

Mr albritton- all I ask is for you to give the long standing posters on this site and the various thousand who read it each year- the benefit of doubt.   Most of us would be suffice to see your son ecel in Buff and Blue and cheer him on as he represents our dear university in whatever future endeavors life may take him.

As for some of you peeps - and you know who you are- take a chill pill.  FC had the right to post the video here but what followed was as predictable as it was unfortunate.   The minute you introduce religion in a dogmatic way on a site like this- you run the risk of opening up both sides of the spectrum as it pertains to the actual belief in faith/religion.  When posters remain annonymous, you run the risk of threads like this one eposing the contrasting opinions of very educated but "devout" basketball fans

I promised to let you know about Matt's injury.  rays revealed no broken bones, only a badly bruised jammed finger . Should be able to play this week with taped fingers.  Should be an eciting game.  With that , I sign off permanently.  Thanks for the insights and I look forward to a lot of B-ball discussion.

Through all of the nonsense on this thread, we were at least able to ascertain the nature of Matt's injury as well as an update on said injury.  Thank you LFO for having the good sense to ask Mr. Albritton about the injury, and thank you Mr. Albritton for providing us with the update.  Matt, GW fans hope to see you pain-free and knocking down threes as quickly as possible.

Because Mailvan, like others, stupidly suggested that Matt ought to limit his self-epression when the young man had not posted anything on this site in the first place. So now he's backing off what he said, like he often does.

 You,  Alum, saw that Matt had not posted his video here and is blameless even for a perceived slight. Good for you. The guy who posted Matt's video clearly meant no harm in doing that either -- just giving us some insight into a new GW player, nothing more. It's not much different than pointing out that this player does charity work, or Mike Hall did inner city tutoring, or maybe some other GW athlete helps out at nursing homes. So what?

But it looks like some of our educated and otherwise reasonable buddies get all medieval when it comes to religion, and absolutely Palinesque when it comes to self epression. When we act like this, it sometimes makes me wonder what century and what country we're living in.

I'm not keen about religion myself, and dislike being preached to by any sect. But it's an easy enough thing to walk away from or otherwise ignore, and it's absolutely no threat to me.

It's a shame the way Matt was scapegoated here, when he did absolutely nothing. 

So as to hope that mailvan and LFO don't retaliate in such a manner that could further disgrace this board-  please reread this thread an dtell me just how you could possibly come to that conclusion by what was ACTUALLY written here and by whom! 

I find myself lost in the centrist Gwhoops world...with only my recaps and close friendships with other alums to keep me visable....arghhhh.   These type of posts are why Recaps are in in business.  thank you

Oops...this post was by me....obviously...

So as to hope that mailvan and LFO don't retaliate in such a manner that could further disgrace this board-  please reread this thread an dtell me just how you could possibly come to that conclusion by what was ACTUALLY written here and by whom! 

I find myself lost in the centrist Gwhoops world...with only my recaps and close friendships with other alums to keep me visable....arghhhh.   These type of posts are why Recaps are in in business.  thank you

Levinator, thanks for trying to keep the peace.  The reason why Ziik could draw such a conclusion is because he is a total asshole.  Despite my repeated attempts asking him not to address me, this asshole just can't help himself, can he?  Believe me when I say that this asshole can read this thread and find that nobody posted anything inappropriate ecept for me.  This asshole is only happy when I'm firing back at him; why else would he continue to provoke in this manner?  I know I should be the bigger person and ignore this asshole.  Once again, Ziik, please stop addressing me in your posts.

Oh, ho, ho it's magic, you know
Never believe it's not so
It's magic, you know
Never believe it's not so.

I've only read the board a few times, but this is pretty entertaining.  Some very brave people when nobody knows who they are.  Just to change the subject slightly.  Does anyone have any info on Matt's dad and his BB career.  I know he was a big time scorer in college and that he did it with only 1 eye.  Does that make any sense at all?  How can you shoot and be a hotshot shooter with only 1 eye?  I've never met Matt, but in his picture he looks like he has 2 eyes.  Maybe he'll be able to shoot twice as good as his dad. 

Whiteboy

Great victory.  I predict GW will have a better season than the stock market.  I also agree that Matt played a good game and showed some good D against the BU's point guard.  I also enjoyed Matt's dunks and pregame razzle dazzle.  He's got a little Nash in his game.
I predict a GW loss tonight by 14, a loss net Wed, but some sweet victories after that.  Look for Hollis to come on strong!  Wilmore shoould start over ---to many missed FT

This will be an absolute classic.  i'm drooling over this thread's potential.  i just hope our "new" community gets my humor, .  or that it's simply that...an attempt at humor!  lol   we shall see....pray for me DM will ya!

Wow Tuna, that was a g-d damn awesome benediction!  

How ironic would it be if Matt Albritton turns out to be one injury after another and never does don the buff and blue in the manner in which his supporters suggest?  Will thid video be the last montage of Matty?  Net on GWHoops Hospital!

Calling all newcomers!  Any last words before this thread goes into Recap cue?

Rachel, Sharon, Rick, Lynn, T Man, Standing Strong, Ron, Cindy?    Anyone?  Get your final prayers in before the   RECAP !

May God bless and keep the Tsar -- far away from us!  (from Fiddler on the Roof if you don't remember)

Final thoughts and new insight.   Matt's passionate about Christ but does not consider himself religous.   Matt is simply a follower of Christ.   

Matt's grandfather fought in WW2 and contacted an incurable disease- a japanese blood disease and was given 5 months to live.  He gave his life to Christ and Jesus healed him completely.  Matt's mom was told by DRs. that she would never have children   The Lord also healed his mom as Matt and his twin and his older sister are all miracles of God.

  Like Tebow,  Matt is  an ordained minister and plans to play pro ball overseas where he  has already  drawn interest and hopes to someday teach BB to kids in Africa and Asia.  But more than anything, Matt plans to help GW get back to the big dance with his  athleticism and passing.  His 3's are a given and can shoot them off the dribble.  Matt never missed a game with an injury and looks forward to a great, healthy GW career.   

Family Friend, I have bit my tongue several times while reading this thread and I'll acknowledge that it has been several posters, not just yourself, who have caused me to do so.  I have no idea whether your remarks are sincere or whether the readers of this thread are being punked.  In either case, I've got to question your repeated remarks about Matt.  You've said on more than one occasion that Matt has never been injured yet ironically, he's already had two injuries prior to December.  You speak of his athleticism which, at least when compared to an average division 1 basketball player, looks to be etremely subpar.  You've commented on his passing skills yet all I've seen here is Matt passing the ball around the perimeter and nothing more.

You and Matt are entitled to your religious beliefs and I for one am not looking to change these (although I would call into question how often the subject of religion should be brought up on a basketball message board).  However, there is a difference between supporting Matt and wanting to see him do well as opposed to building him up for a big letdown. Maybe his game will come around to the level you're suggesting but personally, I do not see it.  What I do see is you and others portraying his game as something that it is clearly not.  Which in the end, does Matt a disservice.  Therefore, my unsolicited advice is that if you truly want to support Matt, cheer for him and the team, but stop making his game out to be something that it is not (at least on a Division 1 level).  

Something is drawing  all of  you to this thread....98 replies got my interest.  What makes each of you keep coming back??  Very interesting that you don't like it, but there you are making comments over and over.  HMMMM!

FF:

1) We are all so very happy for Longing for Oscar.  This goes without saying.

2) To answer your question, I have seen Matt play during Kenner league games as well as GW games.  Matt may very well have been a dominant player against his high school competition but this has not translated (yet) at the collegiate level.

3) If it is your goal to make Matt one of the most criticized and ostracized players in GW history, you're well on your way.

4) With all due respect, please stop pushing Jesus's name on this board. 

Judaism rocks.  Jews are the best.  All other religions suck.  Go, Jews!

Long Suffering Fan had it right!  Herve, please shut down this post.  It has gotten out of hand and is going to leave needless bad feelings.  It started out as a post calling attention to Matt's off-court, non-basketball, non-student activity of making a religious based video on U-Tube.  It was inappropriate to this basketball board at that time but the poster thought it was a harmless bit of non-basketball trivia on a new player appropriate of off-season banter/gossip.  In retrospect, this topic should not have been posted.

Matt's father and friends have found it necessary to go on this board to eplain or defend Matt's religious beliefs again and again.  Matt's beliefs do not need to be defended because there is no cause or need or right to challenge them by anyone on this board.  Matt's family and friends should not be put in this position.   On the other hand the thread also discusses basketball skills so MV as a poster might argue that he only calls attention to Matt's basketball prowess only and therefore are his posts are OK.  However, since the family/friends posts contain religious themes, MV feels he should argue that the religious minded posts do not belong here so he is within proper bounds to call them on it.  He is not entirely incorrect.

The result is that MV's posts end up partially on solid ground yet still offensive to some.  That is so because the post is intertwined with religion and GW basketball.   That is not MV's fault but the flaw in the post itself -- which is why it should be deleted as suggested by LSF.  I believe that you, Herve, thought the post would die on its own but it keeps being resurrected (not like Lazarus).   You could start a new thread on Matt without the religious references/discussion.  We could discuss simply his basketball petigree, prowess (or lack thereof) or his vaunted three-point shot ability (hey MV, the first shot Matt ever took in college basketball, during the West Georgia State-GW ehibition game, was a three-pointer: not many college freshmen can claim that kudos).  Also, we can all uniformily castigate any poster who starts prostelyzing or attacking religion on the post as inappropriate without that being construed as an attack on Matt or his friends or his family since the thread will be purely a basketball thread.  We cannot honestly say that about this thread because it is based on a religious event (Matt's U-Tube sermon).

We can all acknowledge that, in the past, the MV-Ziik-Blue Seats posting controversies got incredibly acerbic: all over T-shirts, schedules, Kvancz /Penders and JR's kids.  Now just think how nasty, rasty, dirty and downright hateful a religious controversy would spiral into eventually, what with the "players" on this no-holds-barred board.   This board is a forum on basketball discussion with Fight Club rules.  Matt and Dad, the gladiators in Rome's Coloseum didn't have it as bad as some of the treatment meted out to hapless posters here.  Herve, drop this post.

Some on this Board, such as BM or Dottie Bubble, might question my sincerety in posting this idea: that I am the last one who can lecture posters on the benefits of avoiding controversy or strident arguments.  Well, the truth be told I have amended my ways.  The old CJS-Fan personna is gone.  I realized that my style was ruinuous to Herve's board.  Herve spends a lot of time and money on this forum and he lets people come on board without any controls, just on trust.  Neither I nor anyone has a right to use that trust to come onboard and ruin the discussion.  I finally "got it" so I do not post vitrolic, ad hominom  attacks anymore.

Herve, drop this post.   

Seriously, "Friends of Matt"..........your man would be be better off if you sit in the back pew and pray silently.  You know the old bible story about the people that need to be seen wearing religion on their sleeve.....?  Right.

By the way....if Matt's doesn't think his passion for Christ is religious......I guess maybe it depends what the definition of "is" is. 

Oh oh. 

You know guys- last night I spent a few hours prepping this thread for the Recap.

Today- I'm no closer to the finish line!  Sorry CJS-Fan...there is no shot herve will pull this thread now.  This became too delicious too quickly.  

This thread has jumped to the top of the cue and I pray, with all the devoted bones in my bones... that the Recap will be enjoed at some point later tonight!

-Lev

PS- I WILL UNITE US THROUGH THE POWER OF RECAPS. 

You just wait and see! 

-lev 

To cite that great religious philosopher, David Clayton Thomas..."I swear there ain't no heaven and I pray there ain't no hell".    If there was, Oscar, you and MV would go straight there for the way you treat my buddy ziik.  (I don't think this thread could survive the resumption of that feud).

Have I missed something?  Are we all talking about the same Jesus?

Oh my lord you guys are killing me!  I just can't keep up with you boyz.  everytime i'm halfway done...poof!  Thank g-d I never recap my own stupid shit or else I'd be here forever.    And now...with the possible reemergence of classic dark battles deep from within the GWhoops Universe...oh vey!  I still intend to get it out tonight.  But for now...dear lord...CONTINUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

a dishonest, racist anti-semite?

            With tremendous faith in all that is and all that will be, I submit this, my first in-season    Levinator Recap of the 2008-9 GW campaign.

            A lot has happened since we last met you know.  Outside our small and apparently newly “devout” hoops community, the world has taken a few turns south.  Ongoing financial crises are affecting growth and stability around the world’s most refined countries.  Nations are dealing with social and public unrest as they pump billions into their markets and industry with the hope that the greed of some does not cripple the dreams of many.

            With the recession fear a reality and the Ameros a distinct possibility, the G-7 nations and beyond are planning for the worst…a nuclear Iran, a revived Russian superpower, a Chavez regime until 2022, etc.   What role does religion play in the world’s uncertainty?  Are we facing the inevitable world war between the Judeo-Christian nations and the Fundamentalist Muslims with their Pseudo-Communist allies?

            If Jesus is here today…what is he telling all of our followers?  Would herve be commissioned to build a nuclear-safe website, capable of protecting GWhoops.com and its loyal posters?  Would Tuna be stockpiling Bumble Bee in an underground nuclear-safe enclave two miles deep into the surface of the earth?  Would Dootie blow Bubble balloons in support of our savior?  Well, frankly, we shall see in this thread!!  Personally, I really do wish for protection from the second coming NOW, at least to protect my 401k.  Damn it.  Whenever this board faces up against possible internal division…old nasty undertones resurface and the true sport of anonymity is tested.  No better eample then within this thread seemingly about Christ as a redeemer, freedom of speech, epression and Religion at its core but actually, so much more!  So, please, my dear congregation unite with me or simply indulge me with some moments of laughter, fun, ecitement, praise, laud, etol, ye unto thee, thine ye thine.)         

            So, what’s wrong with a little religion in sports?  We are seeing it more now than ever.  Every televised event ends with some group prayers from players on both teams, and then post game interviews filled with “thank the lord”, “Jesus gave me the ability to run” etc.  Top-notch athletes are even ordained these days before they reach 20. All- American athletes like Dootie’s Tim Tebow and herve’s Joel Penton have brought religion to the forefront of their lives and thus, to their college’s devout fan base. 

            So, without further ado, I bring to you all, my dearest anonymous friends of the world, the first edition this year of the Levinator Recap, sure to make you laugh or cry, praise or despise.  The thread, infamously entitled, “Check out these Matt Albritton videos”, and respectfully submitted by Florida Colonial has been recapped below for some quality shitter reading!

(To all newcomers, religious or not:  all previous recaps appear in the RECAPS section above.  Their purpose is not to offend in anyway, but rather, to enjoy, you know---laugh.  Hopefully!  Life is too serious.  Hook yourself and live a little)

1. Florida Colonial (the only place where a Bush still wins) - links us to one of our freshman recruits, Matt Albritton’s homemade video about Jesus and redeeming and etc.  If you want any proof that it’s really a video done at GW, just look at Matt’s bed for evidence. 

2. Rachel (and the lord has brought me unto thee) – Thinks this video is “awesome.”  No way!

3. Longing for Oscar (LFO, Coman, OBC, but never BS’s us) - apparently introduces sarcasm into the thread.  Matty reminds him of Eli Sunday, ecept that, of course, Eli Sunday is playing!

4. Dootie Bubble (ummm…possible antichrist?) – Reminds us all that he is unfortunately a Gator fan.  So, if you’re able to get by that and still respect anything he says, he opines that it’s a lot easier, based on “firsthand eperience”, dealing with the proselytizing when the wins start rolling in.   Either this is an indirect reference to Mr. Tebow or to that one random day when he banged that Jesus freak in the back of his Ford Taurus after a big day at the local OTB.

5. Sharon (like Rachel- new and not very outspoken) – inserts, “This awesome”.  Um, did we just see the same video?  All I saw was some tall white boy with a prayer book, using clips of Mel’s Jesus movie and some psalms from his belly to remind us that our redeemer lives.  Awesome, not really.  Nicely done…sure.  But awe inspiring?

6. Lynn (and you thought those who love Jesus talked a lot) – also credits Matt with an “awesome video.  A great reminder that Jesus loves us.”  Okay folks, enough is enough.  Is this video really awesome?    I’m glad you recently joined our community, and g-d only knows how much we need new blood around here, but, perhaps we ought to define the word “awesome” again.  Webster’s defines awesome as “epressive of awe.”  And then goes on to define awe as, “an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime.”  Wow.  Was Levinator wrong or what!  I guess if you consider Jesus to be an “authority” or “sacred” and you feel that Matt’s video made your veins run bloody with dread, veneration and wonder…than this video was “awesome!”

7. Rick (not slick but doing my thing) – Makes a more logical analysis my mind when he vents, “Nicely done Matt!.”

8. njspride (not really feelin’ the awe, more Jersey pride) – Wants to ask Matty boy for some editing tips.  Yeah that whole belly Psalm thing was just out of this world!         

9. Hatchet Man (burning out his a up here alone) – Clearly isn’t into the whole religion and sports thing.  With a show of disgust, “Ugh”, he requests that Matt “just play the game.”  This is the beginning of the thread theory that religion doesn’t belong in sports and that perhaps, the sport itself, just might be bigger than those that play it and their damn religions!   Discuss.

10.  steveg202 (that’s Stevie from my DC crew…to the newcomers) – what’s up 202?  It’s Lev from the 631 son!  What the hell did you say in this post?  I’ve tried to cap it baby…but I felt it best to give you a shout out instead!  I think you were referring to some possible GW game video where Matt actually plays against Div 1 and scores lots of pts.  Lol

11. T Man (and the converted prophetic masters of the Jewniverse, T MAN) – Is also awed!  He lets Matt know that he’s da man!  He thanks him for his effort and courage.  He knows it’s not easy…but…it’s well worth it.  He ends by giving a shout out to the Colonials!

12. GW Alum Abroad AKA GWAA (AKA Free NIT Ti for Levinator) – I love when a thread has GWAA in it.  You know it’s gonna have emotion and reason and always real.  First, he like I will now admits that the first time he watched the video, he didn’t actually finish it.  Unlike GWAA, I do believe, I did watch it thrice to produce this recap masterpiece for all to enjoy.  He then goes on to wish that Matt turns out to be a great GW-baller do well in school and enjoy the whole college eperience.  However, he is clear when he describes his lack of affinity for those who “wear their religion on their sleeves” and that that applies to all religions.  He apologizes for sounding pissy, but, “he was accosted by two Mormon missionaries on the bus” that morning who were proselytizing and all he wanted to do was get to “the house of a dear friend who was sitting shiva!”  Really…you just can’t make this shit up.  Let’s keep rollin’.

13. alum1 (DJ ALUMone and MC Levinator…flash up your lighter inside hey hey) – Responds, “Good lord!”  As opposed to BAD Lord!

14. gdubbnbc (works for GE, but loves GW) – Wow…was he wrong with this opinion!  “Nothing GOOD can come of this thread.  Let’s move on and talk about, you know, basketball.”  Ha ha.  Classic post.  Early nomination for post of the thread.  If only he knew then, what he knows now!  Lol.

15. crooked serpent (some may argue BS, some DB, some CJS-fan, some Ziik and some may even say Mailvan) – Wow.  This poster gets it going!  Yeah!  So much hate!  Yeah.  I love it…Levinator loves it.  So real!  Crooked declares that the video was “so awful.”  Now that the first derivative of the word awe in a negative light.  Filled with so much dread in a bad way!  No veneration or wonder!  He contends that Matty boy was crying like a baby and that he was not grounded in reality.  However, he does look on the bright side!  “when we get decimated in every game because albritton is too much of a jesus-wuss to play, we can just blame on the devil.”  Now that my dear friends, was “awesome!”

16. Standing Strong (and united, is the greatest team of all) – Now that are socks and shoes are off: He reminds us all that some of the “best athletes in America are dedicated Christians, including Tebow of Florida State”.  Wait stop right there.  Isn’t that sacrilegious?  How could one confuse FSU with the Gators?  DB?  For amusement only, I will continue to recap this post.  S.S. finishes with, “The ability to get drunk, get girls preg and swear is not manhood.  I hope out of anger you will someday discover that love is the most powerful force on earth.”  Now I’m not certain if this was directed to Crooked Serpent or to all of us in general but, I always thought that my ability to get drunk WAS manhood.  Cause as a little tike, the bourbon just didn’t go down as well. 

17. Sign of the Times – (would that be NYT or perhaps WT) – This post really threw me for a loop.  He/She starts off my stating that he’s a Christian and that his brother is a priest.  Then he states, “What kind of person comes to play basketball at a nice respectful school like and makes a freak statement like this?”  I admit, it was at this point, that I stopped my recap analysis and watched the video again.  Freak statement?  Was I missing something?  The poster also suspects that if Matt isn’t amazing on court, people may suspect that he’s a religious fanatic and an insensitive creep.  What?  How was he being an insensitive creep?  Oh vey…  what is Lev missing?

18. Florida Colonial (like a schoolgirl who retracts from her comments about the bus driver‘s advances once she’s questioned by police) – Amazingly replies that he was sorry to post this thread.  Why?  This was delicious and in so many ways?  Well done my friend.  I commend you for your find.  He adds that he never thought people would take this so damn seriously and that he was happy to have a player like Matt who was dedicated to his beliefs.  I agree it was great fro you to post.  So stop apologizing...you damn apologist.

19. Ron (Ado ron ron) – Injects, “Good morals, strong beliefs and a great basketball player.  Can’t ask for more than that!!  Love it!”  okay folknuts.  This is what you call a LEVINATOR BREAKDOWN.   Ronny boy here has just about tested my patience for these do all say little Jesus nuts who obviously love Matt and all that Matt stands for.  Either that, or they are all members of his close family and friends who are pumping up his fame here with reckless abandon.  Let the boy play.  Let his skills speak for themselves.  Let us fall in love with him too.  Let us pray to Jesus for his safe return to the hardwood.  Let us all say, amen.

20. ziik- with a Russian accent say: (The infamous shirtmaker, but to our MV- a shirtmakin’ shittalker) – Implores our community to give a little tolerance here.  He hopes Matt enjoys his time here and has great success.  I agree. 

21. Bigfan (not to be confused with that little fan…little man) – Awesomely admits that he hasn’t watched the video yet, BUT all these new names responding were beginning to creep him out!  Lol.  How could you blame him?  You know with T Man and Sharon, Lynn and Rick…what da funk?  Right?  It’s like Jesus took the wheel and drove Matt and his posse to GWU to reunite the Jewniversity.  It’s pretty awesome shit if you ask me my friends.

22. Longing For Oscar (Not Gamble you Yankee fan Levinator…Oscar from GW silly) – After watching him play the previous day, recommends that Matt better perform an “eorcism on the game ball, the basketball court and his uniform” if he epects to score with regularity.   He jokes that it must have been Collucci who brought him into the program.  Meany! But true.

23. thinker (I think, therefore I am) – Admits he was ready to scold FC for posting the video but then realized that Matt put this up himself so it’s fair game!  Also, he does have enough insight into the inevitable that he requests herve remove the thread.  Haha.  Levinator always wins! He does point out that many on the site are quick to scorn those whose remarks can be seen as “disrespectful to Jews, or Blacks, Gays, the desirability of having children out of wedlock,” Sarah Palin, etc..  He compares bashing this video to being anti-semitic, homophobic and anti-Palinistic.

24. Longing For Oscar (AKA LFO) – Disagrees with his dear bids Thinker.  Matt put it up…its fair game!  Biatch!

25. thinker (where the only thing that doesn’t think is named JK) – reminds LFO that he realized Matt put it up.  But, one should ridicule him for his beliefs.  He contends that many a times, LFO would get defensive over things related to Judaism, Jewish holidays and GW events on certain threads but that thinker always agreed with him sticking up for himself.  Then he contends that this stuff probably shouldn’t be on the board. 

26. L.A. Fan- (Easily get the Best Humor award on the thread. Can’t recap it, so here goes, “Unless they are regular posters using different names, by my count I see 9 or 10 new GW basketball fans in this thread.  So M. Albritton is now more successful at marketing GW basketball than anything that has been attempted by D. Perno or J. Kvancz in the past 6 or 7 years (which is basically nothing).” Wow!

27. Free Quebec – (our own numbers man…always good to have him as an ally) – asks La Fan, “please tell me your last post was snark”?  The Urban Dictionary’s definition of snark:  Use of sarcasm or malice in speech. Commonly found in the LiveJournal community.  

28. LFO- (Don’t ya know) - Says blah blah blah to thinker.

29. Thinker (before you speaka) – Wants to be clear with Oscar.  He really agrees with him on everything.  He takes an epected jab on JK calling his decision to schedule fundraising golf tourneys on religious holidays stupid and insensitive.  He really just hates to see the board “condone anti-Christian commentary even if any one of us happens to be Jewish or Athiest or Dootie bubbled.  Does anyone see why Levinator was so enthralled to have this thread hit 30 and up!  Classic ridiculous unnecessary drama!

30. Florida Colonial (home of the hanging chad and the club Firestone) – Double posts.  One- to thinker.  Tells him to stop taking himself so seriously.  Amen brother.  He is embarrassed by some of the other posters.  It didn’t even occur to him that some posters might take offense to these videos.  By the Way, he was merely looking for you-tube video of our players when he stumbled upon this!  His second post was the revelation that perhaps some of the other posters saw something else in Matt’s video!  Net on GWhoops Hospital.  Scorpio tells Anna and Jack to replay the Albritton video backwards.  It would then reveal the Illuminati’s true identity and the actual location of Hagbard Celine in order to save Anna’s life.

31. LFO (Lucy in the Fridge with Opium) -- Thanks FC for putting up the video and thinks it’s very entertaining while speaking volumes about our new sharpshooter.  Sharpshooter you say?  Show me a GW highlight film please!

32. Dootie Bubble (when in double trouble, blow that dootie bubble and don’t forget to wipe!) – Welcome to the game changing moment on the thread folks.  The real dramatic discussion of religion begins here.  DB felt that thinker was directing his previous post to him and some of his previous questionable posts on religion.  He reminds thinker that he doesn’t make fun of people’s gender. Race, or seual preference because we can’t change (without major surgery) these things.  “Believing in magic (whether it be Christian, Jewish, Scientologist, or Copperfield), that can be ecised with nothing but a little logic”!  Wowza!  Kabaam! Shazaam!  Take that Jesus!  Hey Moses…gotcha sucka!  Tom Cruise…biatch! 

33. Heroic 7-J (really? R U from the Motel chain in Boynton Beach, FL) – He reveal that he is new to the board.  No way?  Really?  He defends Matty’s boldness in regards to his faith and opines that if this was Tebow, we would all be singing his praise.  Um really.  Enough of this Tebow guy.  Have you seen his girlfriend’s breasts recently?  Talk about the second coming of G-d!  On the eighth day, G-d gave her…

34. Porter71 (I ain’t holdin’ a door for you and I ain’t no chopped steak) – The first of many diatribes to bless this thread!  This one, my dear friends, was a beauty!  He goes after those middle aged male GWhoops alum posters who support mocking a college kid and his religious beliefs just because he put it up on the web.  It’s for this reason that he doesn’t check this site very often anymore!  Really/  I thought it was because our team sucked last year and now that our schedule sucks again, why really go out on a limb and hardcore support these boys en route to a fuckin NIT birth baby!  Yeah Levinator!  22 Wins baby! Oops.  Sorry folks, I got off on a tangent there.  Porterhouse goes on to say that he respects DB’s argument the least.  He labels DB as Mr. Logic (nope- the voice of reason is Mentz) and Mr. Intellectual (could be, but there are a few other here who could win that acclaim by vote) and that he’s seen his type before.  Tears down people’s faith so he can feel better about himself.  Actually, all in all pretty strong and dramatic tone here!  Like it!

35. dootie bubble (where the fart don’t pop) – Directs his Yoda voice to porter71.  “Self righteous much?  Read my comments why don’t you”?  He contends that he never “mocked” Albritton once and that this “religion is off limits” is foolish nonsense.  If ya know DB, you know where this one headed quickly…south!  He reveals that he’s more comfortable in world where people base their beliefs on science and not stories of “old time magic”.  Then he goes on to call porter71 with 100% certainty, a “smug little horse’s ass.”  How you doing? 

36. mailvan (AKA the MV or on the CB… its D-MV) – Here ye, here ye.  Mockers stand down.  Everyone may believe as they wish.  But you Matt, and your crusaders of the GWhoops Jewniverse, beware!  “Don’t attempt to preach or even subtly force your beliefs on anyone else.  When you post a video of this substance, you are dangerously bordering that fine line.”  Don’t make me direct my salad shooting mudslinging anti-AD rhetoric in your line of sight if you know what’s good for yas!  You have been warned!

37. Cindy (Marsha Marsha Marsha) – Welcome Winner’s Edge Church to our beloved GWhoops hospital.  Please send our regards to Pastor Eddie Trice and big ups to the South Plains Church massive.  We ask, no implore that you read deep into the myriad of thread subjects on this site in order to fully comprehend just eactly what’s in store for you before you make your presence felt more widely.  You WILL be met with sarcasm, humor, bigotry and crude commentary.  And that’s all just about our AD Jacky boy!

38. Alum1- (AKA Alum one) – He wishes this shit was never posted. He wishes Matt all the best but, he wasn’t brought to GW to, “shine the light for us wayward souls” nor is he a “great athlete”.   However, he appear to be a “bright, talented kid who is entitled to his beliefs” but not at the epense of using this site as a “pulpit” for his supporters to interject faith and belief on those of us who merely wish to talk about BASKETBALL. 

39. porter71 (“Porterhouse, look at the wa buildup on my shoes?  Now get to it…chop chop!”) -  Directs to DB- “I don’t give a damn if you’re right about whether there is a g-d!”  Such dramatic tone!  “Comparing religion to magic was an attempt to insult”.  Um…yep.  Your point?  Oh, you’re calling DB out for not being an adult and acting like a hyprocrite.  He implores DB to show some self-restraint.  Umm...that’s pretty funny.  Looks like porter71 won’t be headed north up the charts on GWhoops board heavies list!

40. Bobo (Niece she Blows) – DB equates all faiths to simple-minded folks believing in magic.  Then he calls someone else a smug little horse’s ass.  Bob o fails to see the logic in that!  Me too.  Maybe I actually just don’t understand your point!

41. LFO- (Lucy in the Fryer with Onion Rings) - Reveals that if he hadn’t grown up in a very conservative Jewish family, he’d probably agree with DB a LFO 100%.  But, since he still practices, he can only agree with a LFO 85%.  Either way, he loved Matt’s video as well as Eli Sunday.  He concludes by chiding DB for being such a ghostly character.

42. steveg202 (offering mid-thread recaps SURE to be recapped by lev later) – Claims nails his 6 Thesis to the Wall after taking a shnizz.  He recaps the inevitable debate.  Matts a Christian, devout and now public about it.  DB thinks religion is akin to magic.  Some don’t even like questioning the authenticity of religion, finding it improper and unfair to do it to a 19yr old.  Nobody he ever met can 100% be certain about the validity of religion.  Perhaps they could be a LFO 100% certain, but not 100%.  Not even Mother Theresa, apparently.   Finally, that all of us really just want Matt to be a decent GW baller.

43. Bigfan (of what, I have no idea!) – Asks, “Is there really a Winner’s edge Church?”  Yes…bigfan.  There is.  It’s hard to get concrete details but it seems to be a Dallas based project of Pastor Shaw and his lovely wife Veta Johnson. 

44. DAD (Do you really think its Matt’s Dad?) - Perhaps he is.  He prefaces by stating the obvious, that he decided months ago not to respond to the posts on this board.  He must have read the site history!   He then decided to add a bit of commentary without Matt’s consent.  I have summarized it below.  Ironically, dad starts the post off with a phrase you usually here when you talk about a mass-murderer from the mid-west.  “Matt is a very quiet young man.”  He goes on to eplain that Matt has spent most of his life around the world doing missionary work.  He never was on a school team until the 8^th grade and never played a season of AAU.  Matt played for 5 different coaches and teams in 5 years.  PAUSE.  So what you’re telling me Daddy is that Matt has never jelled/developed for several years with the same guys around him.  Hmmm.  Dad goes on to contend that despite the negatives, Matt scored 2181 pts with 246 treys.  This got the attention of 27 annoying coaches who would constantly call the Albritton’s in an attempt to convert him to their squads.  Matt believes all of this happened because of G-d, therefore he always wants to divert attention from himself to the Lord.  Matt was apparently shocked to see his video on the board.  Dad, who goes by the name David, finishes his post with some thoughts and prayers for Hobbs and the players and then asks us (those who believe in G-d) to pray for Matty cause he just hurt his hand in practice. 

45. bobo (Skee whatin tatin ya ya ya ya) – Replies directly to David Albritton.  He

      thanks him for coming on the board to set the record straight.  He credits Matt’s        

      family for seemingly raising a good kid.  He also makes a good point that unless

      Matty plays good D for Hobbs, he likely won’t get the opportunity to drain 3’s all    

      over the court like we all would like to see. 

45. LFO (Lucy in France with Oysters) – What, Matt’s injured?  Asks Dad, what was the nature of Matt’s hand injury and how sever was it?

46. Dad  (Are we being punk’d ashton?) – Replies to Lucy that Matt’s at the Dr. now for -rays.  He will get back to the board.

47. Free Quebec (We don’t need no stinkin’ Frenchies) – Tells David Albritton the most truthful statement thus far on the thread, “Please make sure Matt NEVER reads this board.  Nothing good can come of it for players.”  I’m not too sure what good has come from it for me!  Lol.  

48. notta hater (but a lover) – Asks, “Can we get back to basketball now?”  Really?  It’s 11/11 and our site had seen absolutely no basketball talk for weeks…ecept if you count our schedule.  So, why not let this thread go off?  It’s certainly better than talking about Duke or the press that that school down the street gets from the WaPO!

49. LFO (Lucy in Florida with Octane) – Thanks Dad in advance for providing an update on Matt’s injury.  He reminds Dad that we’d all like to see him healthy and playing.

50. Dolphin Michael (Tuna mike on and speak up) – Tuna is somewhat amused by the thread.  And at the 50^th post guys- you ought to know why!  Tuna goes on to tell us a story about a good friend of his for 20 years who called him a tuna melt sandwich and threatened to eat Bumble Bee night and day if he didn’t believe in G-d.  He eplained that having a belief in G-d is personal to him and shouldn’t be confused with being an atheist.  Tuna has faith damn it!  Faith in what is and what will be!  His faith is, by “its very nature, it is a simple belief.”  He goes on to commend Matt and his Dad for all their missionary and volunteer work they did and will continue to do.  Further, he states that we all should consider thanking folks who give of themselves for charity and service to humanity just as we do for those who serve in our Armed forces.  He then makes a few edits to the post but we all knew what he meant. 

51. mailvan (delivering debates in the rain, wind, ice or snow) – Questions porter71’s usage of “god dammit” in his post scolding anyone for attacking Matt’s band of religious basketball fans.  I found it quite funny if you ask me. 

52. LFO (Lucy in Fort Bragg with Orange Crush) – Tells Tuna that he connected with much of what he wrote.  He only had one question though.  The question was suggested because LFO didn’t read the corrected post Tuna put up net.  When all is said and done, it appears LFO actually agree with much if not all, of what tuna said.

53. chrisW (not to be confused with chrisT) – gave a helping hand to Tuna by telling LFO to keep on reading Lucy!  (Levinator aside: G-d I’m getting crazier in my old age).

54. Long Suffering Fan (LSF on a bad LSD trip) – Argues that, “religion, like politics, does not belong on this board. “  He does admit, however, that the video link does tell us something about the recruit.  He ends with an appeal for the “amen chorus”, who would like to convert us all, to just go away.  Classic!  That’s like telling a Dolphin fan that Ricky doesn’t deserve to play again because he believes in a higher authority!  We all pray to different g-ds guys, some just happen to come rolled up in a blunt and allow for shotgun passes all night long!

55. Dolphin Michael (Delphinidae, who “resembles g-d”-- to the hebrews) - claims the “best way to have a civil entertaining discussion is to be civil and entertaining, when you discuss something.” Tuna gets a little deep here, so I’ll humor him…’cause I like him.  He directs it to LFO.  He eplains that there is something unique about a chat board that makes people say things that they would never say in person.  Right on Tuna!  It doesn’t hurt that we are an anonymous board at that!  He goes on to suggest that all he is pointing out is that Matty and family have been all around the world.  Do they really care about what some damned middle-aged alums say about their son or his groupiesque gang of “Amen Chorus” peeps, as LSF so delicately puts it? I mean, shouldn’t they of all people be able to put this in perspective?  Tuna goes on here to highlight the very many great outside shooters in our schools’ lore.  He points out that last year, we lacked a true threat.  Where is “Tallents, Magid, Holleran, and on and on….TJ” and “Rogers.”  Matt has a year to learn the system as Noel takes care of trey business this year folks!

56. Levinator (Recap this bitch!) – I don’t usually recap myself but this post was especially satisfying…so I will.  I said a whole bunch of nonsense to David Albritton about how we have this natural schism between ardent intellects and ardent zealots in this world AND in our little universe.  Both times I had spelled ardent wrong while mildly entertaining myself for a few minutes.  Truth was all I gave a shit about was whether his hand injury was serious.  I did also mention that this board has had religious undertones before that ran through certain threads that I fully deem to be appropriate since they were really about marketing and alumni gathering.  I actually have no problem with this thread.  Christ-all-Matty discourse at GWhoops is just another way of bringing us all together in perfect herve-harmony forever and ever as we continue down the path of terrible OOC’s and completely confusing substitution patterns.

57. Dootie Bubble (Hey DB, you know me.  I’m the guy from the U who likes to eat Gatorfood biatch!) – Assumingly directs his comment to yours truly.  He thinks the GW golf tournament was magic as well. 

58. LFO (Lucy in the Freezer with O.j. concentrate) – You just knew this was coming!  “Jack thinks he can walk on water.  Does god visit the Smith Center?  And, if he does, would he bother showing up for the OOC game?”  Nice work Oscar.  It only took yea long to twist this thread into to a jab on JK and his mind boggling approach to the advancement/success of GWhoops.  How could there be a g-d?  I pray every day and has he looked at our damn OOC schedule?

59. porter71 (nah, I prefer blonde ales myself) – directs to Mailvan (the MV) when he states that he didn’t realize he wrote “god dammit” in his emotional diatribe to our board heavies who tread deep within the waters of antidisestablishmentarianism.  I think.

60. Dad (Hello Mutta, Hello Fartha, we’re not praying at Camp Ramah) – Offers a pivotal moment in this thread’s history.  After revealing that Matt’s injury was just a “badly bruised jammed finger” he then signs off permanently from GWhoops...without once ever being pressured to do so.  One down with porter71 still coming on back for more despite his previous threats.  He loves us way too much to leave forever.

61. LFO (Lucy in a Ferrari with Opium) – Gives a shout out to David and the Albrittons.  Sounds like a biblical music group playing Caesar’s.

62. Mailvan (the Enforcer of Postage) – points out, like me I might add, that this thread’s main juice is actually Matt’s apparent hand injury and updates. 

63. Alum1 (because Alum was taken) – Dares ask, “Why do we keep resurrecting this thread?”  He must have known that that question alone would drag us to the Levinator RED ZONE!!  Thus, I actually credit alum1 for allowing me the ability to recap this brilliant thread.  You win the LEVI for “Post most likely to result in the thread reaching the Levinator Red Zone.”  Well done!  Herve will send you your cash and prizes!

64. Ziik (Hey…buddy…I got shirts ova hea!) – And now the real fun BEGINS.  Ziik takes the bait from alum1 and suggests that the reason why this thread keeps resurrecting is because, “Mailvan, like others, stupidly suggested that Matt ought to limit his self-epression when the young man had not posted anything on this site in the first place.”  Further, “But it looks like some of our educated and otherwise reasonable buddies get all medieval when it comes to religion, and absolutely Palinesque when it comes to self epression.”  “It’s a shame the way Matt was scapegoated here, when he did absolutely nothing.” 

Perhaps it’s time during the Recap to take a stroll down memory lane.  For years, this site has been held hostage by the constant battles between the rival tribes; Ziikites and the Mailvanians.  Years of negotiations were lost when the Mailvanians joined forces with the rebel AAU leader LFO to defeat Commander Blue Seats and his terrible band of OOC’s.  King herve had done much to keep the Republic together, but the Salad Shooting Wars deemed to much for his Universe.  BS was banished forever from GWhoops, revolving around the earth in an unbreakable glass enclosed webcell.  Every now and then, the possibility of another Salad Shooting War presents itself.  Now, my friends just might be one of them.  So, let us continue.  As you may recall, I then wrote to Ziik asking him eactly how he arrived at his anti-Mailvan conclusion JUST from reading this thread. 

65. Mailvan (All postal workers, report to battle stations immediately) – Kindly responds to my post, “The reason why Ziik could draw such a conclusion is because he is a total asshole.”  He then goes on to use “asshole” more frequently then any conjunction words.  Truth is, this time Mailvan is a LFO 100% correct! 

66. Tuna then tells us that some of us need a nap followed by DB singing to us Pilot’s, “Magic.”

67. Longing for Oscar (Rebel AAU leader reporting to duty, sir) – Reveals that he finds Ziik’s post odd, particularly given his “many insensitive, racist and anti-Semitic posts during the past few years.”   

68. Whiteboy (So as to not be considered a Crackerjack) – Now this post is interesting.  He is entertained by the thread and does catch on as an apparent lurker that this kind of shit is eactly what we folks do around here.  He then points out that Matt’s Dad, David, was also a basketball player and was actually a pretty good scorer.  Apparently, G-d blessed David with the ability to score with only 1 eye!  You really can’t make this shit up!  I’m just recapping.

69. Maryland Fan (go home and clean your turtle shit off you fuckin’ Twerp) MF blesses us with his warm presence.  Then, after reading his post it appears that he’s actually a GW fan from Maryland?  Either way- change your moniker biatch...it’s deliciously misleading.  Anyway, MF sides with the camp that seems just fine with the religion thing so long as we freakin win dammit!

70. Long Suffering Fan (It’s like a Buffalo Bills fan married a Detroit Tiger Fan and they had a little baby who grew up to be an alumnus of our mighty fine GW) – Astonishingly continues his request for herve to remove the “hottest” thread this side of Purgatory.  He claims THIS thread is really “attracting some creepy participants.”  Nice. 

71. LFO (Lucy in the Factory with Oldsmobiles) – Comments that he thought Matt played fine on 11/19.  He was 0/1 but played with plenty of hustle. 

72. Wall Street (Bailout likely to included money for that NCState game we moved) – Speaks to our great victory against BU.  He agree that Matt played a good game and showed some good D.  The Street also enjoyed Matt’s dunks and pre-game razzle dazzle. He EVEN compares him a little to Stevie Nash.  LMAO.  He call out the future like he’s G-d or something and then claims that Noel should start over because let’s face it, can’t hit from the line. 

73. MOMOF4 (It may have been 8 but G-d tied up my uterus) – Gives us all the history on David Albritton.  David was selected in 1973 to the OCAA for scoring 34.9 pts. per game.  He had lost sight in one eye as a kid in an accident and still managed all this later success.  So, with that Levinator decided to delve deeper into David’s past.  They called him “the one” in college and then one-eyed Davie when ‘The Goonies” first came out.  BTW- if what momof4 is true, that’s pretty AWESOME! 

74. LFO (Lucy in the Fridge with Olive loaf) – LFO directs his comments to MOMO instead of MOM–OF- 4) which was pretty funny!  He asked what the nature of David’s eye accident was. 

75. Family Friend (FF Forever) – replies to LFO, “a stick with a nail in it hit pupil in first grade.  Lost 100% of eye sight.”  No folks this was not a LFO 100%.  FF continues, “Was a great outside shooter with 55 pts. in 1 game.  Went on to become an author of 29 books.  Taught Matt bball while doing Miss work in Africa, Asia etc.” 

76. ChrisW (okay, you can confuse him with chrisT, he doesn’t mind) – Asks a very interesting question.  “Do you know what’s up with Matt’s foot?  He was in a walking cast yesterday [11/26], and as reported here he turned an ankle in practice…Also, and I don’t mean to insult your Jesus loving ass or Matt’s, but is this awesomely amazing future GW basketball star susceptible to injuries?”  Thanks.

77. FF- (It’s like the SS only better) – Replies to Chris that he “found some info?”  Hmmm.  Found info?  If you’re a family friend, why wouldn’t you just ask?  Anyway, he claims they are separate injuries and will be out 2-4 weeks with an ankle injury.  Then, in a most amazingly bizarre statement claims, “Matt has never missed a game with an injury.  Should dress for MD and play vs. Harvard.” 

78. Tuna Melt, admittedly a huge fan of Recaps, makes an in-thread claim that ChrisW’s posts and responses pushed this thread into the Levinator Red Zone. Little did Tuna know, I had already “devoted” myself to this thread.

79. ChrisW (the Dubya stands for Witchcraft) – Tells Tuna, “don’t blame me for this train wreck!  Blame the 80 posts before mine!”  Come on boys, why do we have to blame anyone?  Can’t we all just get along?  This is not a train wreck!  It’s a wonderful opportunity to hear from the very many faces that make up our community.  What doesn’t divide us unites us!  This thread proves that no matter how we feel about Jesus, Religion or the GW Jewniverse…we can all unite in the hopes and wishes for a speedy Albritton recovery and some great outside shooting for several years to come. 

80. Tuna Melt tells Christopher that it all counts, man.  Then he wishes to point out, in all solemnity, “That this site is known for its sense of humor as much as anything else.”  So, in that spirit, bring on the damn recap!

81. Dootie Bubble states that “politics and religion are the best things to argue about.  Don’t think of it as attacking people’s sacred beliefs, think of it as pissing people off as sport.  The former suggests there are some absolute truths whereas the latter recognizes bullshit as king.”  Classic lines DB.  You have represented your side well and with an impressive arsenal of sharp wit to boot.  You may disagree with good ole DB and g-d only knows how much yours truly says Amen to that…but he sure does know how to epress himself anonymously.  It’s a talent.

ALERT…ALERT… POST OF THE THREAD AWARD…and the LEVI goes to…

82. Dolphin Michael (Put down that Sushi roll and clap for me) – Tuna blesses us with a wonderful benediction to short for me to ever copy, but too long for me to ever rewrite for you.  I ask you all to give another look-see to his award winning post and to all of the other winners as well.  Okay, a little recap.  He asks the lord to bless our community, GWU, our multi religions and even Notre dame football fans.  Oh wait, he then skipped them.  He asks the lord to bless us with the understanding of Hobb’s substitution patterns (yea right…not even g-d), the wisdom of Solomon or Feinstein to help eplain or OOC each year, he asks the lord to bless me and I second that my dear lord, for I will not speak your voice or walk within your shadows but do listen to Tuna and bless me.  I’ll even put blood on my lampposts dear lord.  Most importantly, tuna asks the lord to bless us all with a 22 win season so that Lev can collect on his most improbable and awesome bet with GWAA for NIT tickets. Amen. 

83. Alumnus (the man, the myth, the alumnus) – “May God bless and keep the Tsar – far away from us!  Then he put Fiddler in quotes because he probably thought that with such a large amount of gentiles on this thread, many probably wouldn’t know that it came from a Jew movie.  Classic.

84. Family Friend- responds to Levinator’s final call for thought and prayer.  He states that, “Matt’s passionate about Christ but does not consider himself religious.  Matt is simply a follower of Christ.”  WHAT?  I really can’t make this shit up guys.  FF goes on to eplain all the awesome miracles that Jesus bestowed upon Matt’s family.  His grandfather…SAVED.  His mother…SAVED!   FF contends that “Matt is an ordained minister and plans to play pro ball overseas where he has already drawn interest.”   WHAT?  Then how the hell can Matt not consider himself religious?  Ordained ministers are not religious?  This is silly if you ask me.  It really does bode well if FF and DB got into a one-on-one salad fest.

85. LFO (Lucy in the Fish tank with Oyster bait) – Seemingly mocks FF and his truly wild biblical interpretation of the Albritton’s family history.  Could you imagine if there is a Book of Albritton at the Winner’s edge?  That would be something.  Anyhoo, LFO tells the story of his uncle’s anal fissures and how he was in so much pain that he devoted himself completely to g-d. G-d healed his uncle so completely that, “the fissures never opened again, even when he passed stools that were almost as hard as rocks.”  Now this story I believe!!!! 

86. Dootie Bubble replies for us all, “Sweet Jesus LFO!”

87. The MV – (to be confused with Mailvan) – directs his comments to FF.  It only took 100 posts or so for DMV to run his Van over a new found friendly.  FF’s last comment seemed over the top enough that I was certain DMV or DB would have a field day.  Boy was I right.  DMV questions FF’s sincerity after repeatedly making relatively outlandish statements about Matty boy’s bball prowess.  He points out the injuries, the apparent lack of athleticism against Div 1 opponents, his passing skills etc.  He then offers some typical Mailvanian advice: What I do see is you and other portraying his game as something its not.  Which in the end, does Matt a disservice.”  His unsolicited advice to FF, if you truly want to support Matty, cheer for him and the team, but stop making his game out to be something that it’s not.  Lucy, the rebel forces have been defeated!  FF, I can feel your anger.

88. FF- (oh no you don’t Mailman) – Replies, “Matt has a lot of people who have seen him play and feel strongly that”  Matt’s…the greatest ever…definitely NBA first round…friends in 46 states (we don’t like NY, NJ, Conn and Mass)…Jesus is very real…God heals, saves and delivers...thank you LFO for your wonderful testimony…Josh Hamilton…8 rehabs then became a born again…Jesus is and always will be the answer…regarding injures…Matt never missed a game until Auburn and daddy says he’s playing this week…Jesus bleed the buff and blue…amen.

89. New visitor (They come in droves) – Points out the obvious…Religion Sells baby!!!

90. njspride (A man who actually knows that GW has ladies hoops) – Ask Lev to “have mercy on us.”  Yeah right!

91. Mailvan (Reloaded and ready to Post) - Nails his 4 theses on FF’s wall: We all love LFO, he has seen Matt play at it was not up to par, If it’s FF’s goal to make Matt one of the most criticized and ostracized players in GW history then keep it up and to stop pushing Jesus’s name on this college board.  Take that Luther!

92. LSF (Tribal leader of the Ziikites) – Attempts to be sarcastic when he blasts back at Mailvan with, “Judaism rocks.  Jews are the best.  All other religions suck.  Go Jews!  Anyone who really knows LSF can read through this post.  The Great thread Schism is upon us!  This can lead to hundreds more posts and tons more sects!  LSF scapegoats the Jews because lets face it, Mailvan is all but one Jew and clearly speaks for us all!  Somehow, Mailvan suggesting that Jesus not be pushed on the board actually meant that Jews want Moses pushed instead.  It’s with that logic that I’m certain I’d never hire LSF to do any attorney work.  You actually appear to be a bigot and so this type of thread is difficult for you!  You can’t hide deep within that sarcasm my friend.  Old age just may have caught up!

93. CJS- Fan- (The bigot of all board bigots) – blah blah blah about how he has now changed and LSF was right when he called for herve to remove the thread.  He admits though that his persona as board bigot was “ruinous to herve’s board.” He, “finally got it” so he doesn’t “post vitriolic, ad hominom attacks anymore.”  Well that’s a relief.  You see CJS- I don’t see where anyone else has been bigoted in their views on this thread?  The difficulties you have had controlling your bigoted thoughts and epressions to our online community does not reside in too many others here.  So, although I certainly appreciate you changing your old ways, it really isn’t a cause or reason for this thread to be removed.  Bigoted comments do.  What you and LSF have wrong is that Jews and Christians can unite here because they both believe in a higher authority.  Sandy koufa and Shawn green are ecellent eamples of Jews who have ecelled in sport but always remained religious throughout.  Good try on causing a schism between the Judeo-Christian collective here for your own agenda though. 

94. alum1 (cause alumnus was already taken) – agrees with Mailvan regarding advice to FF and others about building up Matt’s play to unattainable heights.  This site wont be pretty if it continues and Matty doesn’t hold up.  If that does happen, think about the DB comments about G-d then!

95. ChrisW- makes an interesting final point that that actual video he saw was not about Christ redeeming but about Matt shopping with some female friends.  Levinator is looking into that…

96. LFO- (Lucy) Agrees with Levinator that he doesn’t see a train wreck here.  Then he goes off and possibly start one by doing eactly what I told CJS-Fan hadn’t happened.  The Great schism!  When the new Jews turn on old Jews! 

97. LSF- Direct quote here folks since it’s too delicious to recap, “I swear their ain’t no heaven and I pray there ain’t no hell, If there was, Oscar, you and MV would go straight there for the way you treat my buddy Ziik. 

98. DB – asks, “Are we all talking about the same Jesus?” Apparently not DB. 

99. LFO – Shoots back at LSF, “if you want to be buddies with a dishonest, racist, anti-semite, be my guest.  And, if you’ve accepted Jesus as your savior I guess you get a free ticket to heaven too.”  Just when I thought 2000 years of wars and salad shooting would end in our happy little community…along comes the band of board heavy misfits ready to take aim at one another and fight a fight that was never fought on this thread before them!  Ain’t that the damn truth!

100. Herve (our King, lord and savior) – Just reminds us all that he’s here, above the clouds and omnipresent for all to obey! 

101. LSF defends Ziik yet again calling him a “good and decent man whom I’m proud to call a friend, just as I suspect I would find you to be also should we ever meet. 

102. LFO- Replies, “I’ll be seeing them net Friday in philly.” 

             In conclusion, this thread actually proved to be quite “awesome.”  We heard from many new fans that are sure to continue popping up for the months to come.  Hopefully some even come with last names and the ability to learn from this thread! 

            GWhoops.com is above us all.  We are just mere pawns on this board and herve is our fearless leader.  I pray unto him like yesterday, when the server went down and I was working on this recap.  Herve heard my prayers and delivered.  So, to the “Amen Jesus” gang, I hear you.  I’m actually relatively religious and do understand in my own personal way, g-d importance to all his children.  However, G-d doesn’t just get pushed around on a brand new universe foreign to many of you and stranger than fiction.  We are a delicate group of rabid GW fans, devote to our team and to each other.  We are a community, not I.  We are not above this board so are own belief in G-d doesn’t come before the collective.  The collective voted in herve. 

            To MV, LFO and all other Jews on this board: you were doing so well up until the very end.  This isn’t a debate nor should it ever be, about Christ versus Moses, our community is beyond that.  The issue of religion is not something that should divide us, but rather, unite us.  Unite us against dogmatic posters.  It’s not fair game on this site.  IMHO.  This isn’t a forum to sell or espouse personal ideals.  However, at times, religion does play a role and its all in good fun.  Our “new friends” seem to enjoy the banter with Mailvan and DB initially.  It actually seemed to get very juicy once the board heavies went at it.  Nothing new here!

Well LSF- you probably got your wish.  With the Recap all but over, this thread will probably sink into oblivion, quickly replaced by a new one regarding Basketball and just maybe, religion.  

Good night all. And to all…a good night!

-Lev                            

Levinator, I applaud the effort.  As well as the Scorpio reference.  Talk about your GW memories.  I'll also agree that LA Fan's post was clearly the funniest on this thread.

I was a little baffled by your conclusion.  For starters, I agree with LSF that his Judaism post was by no means directed at me and was only intended to be amusing.  This whole sermon on Judao-Christian beliefs living in unison was a bit lost on me.  It's really very simple...I don't believe this is the correct or appropriate forum to espouse any religious beliefs unless you are proving a specific point (like why you don't throw a golf fundraiser on the Jewish New Year).  This is quite a bit different than grandstanding the virtues of Judaism and trying to get non-Jews to convert, which would be every bit as inappropriate.

Last point: LSF, I don't want to make a huge deal over this.  Let me just say that if you think the problem is the way I have treated Ziik and not the other way around, you have not been paying attention.  His post on this thread, featuring his misguided attempt to place blame on me, is just another eample within a long list of his spiteful posts.

Sorry if you feel put upon, Mailvan, but even with your new name, you still make some pretty inane comments. Telling Matt how he ought to epress himself was just another eample. Which is why I said "Mailvan, like others, stupidly suggested that Matt ought to limit his self-epression when the young man had not posted anything on this site in the first place."

As for my long list of spiteful posts, quit your whinning. My posts mirror yours, and it's pathetically disingenuous for you to pretend otherwise.

Rachel, Sharon, Lynn, Rick, T Man, Standing Strong, Ron, Cindy, or Family Friend:  Please help save Ziik from himself.  Please.

Insight:  I know that you have followed our program for years.  I'm so happy that you felt touched by htis thread to voice your opinions. 

I apologize if you view my use of "cuss" words as disrespect.  I am quite versed in my literature and am quite confortable with the way I present my posts.  I will not speak for anyone else. 

Rest assured, this thread has potentially the chance of becoming the "hottest" ever.  The diversity in which our community is compried is astounding. 

frankly, religion is being tested and many LARGE BCS colleges.  I don't mind it being tested here.  

But, as I stated in the Recap   , which I hope you spent 20 minutes reading, (wow was that long, lol), this site isn't to be used for bible class.   you know that!  

Most importantly, we need the many faiths of GWU to unite in hope that we can ride ou r #@@ rated RPI all the way to 22 wins and a NIT birth.  Do you hear me G-d? 

PS-  i'm quite certain this will be the first ever GWhoops.com thread that Levinator Recaps twice!!!!!!!

i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

come on DB take the bait!

I've read the Bible a few times and I wholeheartedly agree with Insight.  If you want to be a good Christian you've got to wear your religion on your sleeve and have a duty to convert all those who don't accept Jesus as God's messiah and only son.  Church isn't enough.  You've got to act crazy for Jesus in public as well.

On the topic of negative comments by atheists and Jews about Christianity, shouldn't ya'll be eating it up with a spoon?  Criticism becomes persecution because every Christian wants to be a martyr for their Lord, no?  WIthout Judas and the Romans, or whatever other naysayers are transformed into pure evil to avoid nuance or argument,  Jesus might have lived to the ripe old age of 45 and made some babies with Mary Magdalen.  That would have been seriously bad news for the movement.

Happy Lev?

Hold on a minute?!  DB are you saying that Jesus and Mary did not have children?!  Man, I need to sit down.

And the winner is...........Insight! 

One day, some kid is going to be thinking about going to GW.  A potential basketball recruit, perhaps.  He or she will read this thread, and shaking their head, cross GW off their list, and wonder what the f*ck is wrong with those people in Foggy Bottom.

I hope this was worth it.

Wasn't it just a matter of time before Biblical Scripture passages were cited on this thread?

enough is enough

I have to agree with  NJSPRIDE when he posted the following:

“One day, some kid is going to be thinking about going to GW.  A potential basketball recruit, perhaps.  He or she will read this thread, and shaking their head, cross GW off their list, and wonder what the f*ck is wrong with those people in Foggy Bottom.”

Somebody with the class of Dennis Rodman may turn us down, but he may choose to come just for the likes of uptown

Let’s get rid of all this religion on your sleeve business, after all who in the world would want a David Robinson on our team, or a lisa leslie on the women’s team.  Good thing we don’t do football or they would probably be after the likes of somebody like Reggie White, Sean Aleander or Roger Stauback.  Everyone knows how much trouble those guys were.  

Don’t worry, I think everyone knows were safe.  Just listen to the huddle at a time out in the game and everyone knows GW is high on se education and Biblical terminology.  don’t worry, NJSPRIDE, i doubt we will attract to many matts to ruin our rep.  If that's not enough we could replace "Hail to the Buff and Blue" with "Bad Boys, Bad boys, Watcha gonna do."

Isn't this just to much fun! At least more than  an ACL tear- (been there).

Certain people have been (ironically) praying for Herve to take down this thread and his response is to issue a 10 minute George Carlin monologue on religion.  I love this board!

Two men prayed in a temple.... One in front, loudly, so that all could see.  The other in the back of the temple, quietly so that only God could hear. 

I'm no religious zealout, find myself doubting often.  I don't claim a monopoly on "Truth", nor on the unknowable workings of the Creator.  I do however think people ought to be able to practice whatever the hell belief tradition they wish.  I do think that it's a fools errand to run around claiming to have discovered the way.

Those that say they "Know Truth", have "seen the light", have discovered "the ONLY way to salvation" need to focus more on their own hearts and souls rather than everyone else's. 

Oh.  And there's this.  Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPs63S1kkj8

You know Timeout?  I think your characterization of my thread is a load of horseshit. 

This is a message board meant for basketball, and, to be frank, I don't understand why so many regular posters on the board have elected to turn this into an assault on religion, on Matt Albritton's family, and his supporters.  I don't know why those supporters, or those members of the board disagreeing with everyone else's waing poetic, have decided to dignify these arguments with a response.  I have to commend people like Poog who have been conspicuously absent from this thread.

I'd rather talk about the matchup zone GW has been running more effectively than in the past, or about the upcoming Maryland game (the biggest game of the year, mind you).  The BB&T Classic is tomorrow night, you know.

What I meant before, and will say more eplicitly now, is that so often, folks on this board like to this play this game of resenting others, arguing over non GW Basketball related things, etc.  And when they do, and a potential recruit types in "gw colonials basketball" and sees "GWHOOPS.com - the Most Comprehensive Site for Colonials Basketball" comes up fourth on their google search, they'll click it.  And, instead of seeing discussions of players on the court, or recruiting or coaching, they will see a 154-post thread mocking, justifying, arguing over, and biching about videos about Jesus made by a freshman who's only played in 2 or 3 games. 

You think ANYONE would want to go to a school with THAT kind of campus "support"?   Because if you do, then I know for a fact that you're believing in the wrong things.

You're joking, right?  No other programs have dopey blogs?  Or ranters on talk shows? Or like Kentucky & Duke etc, where the pressure is so great, you're treated like professional athletes, replete with booing?  You think some marginal kid is sitting around deciding whether to go to GW because of this thread? 

Wow.  Thanks.  I only thought I'd heard it all.  Now I know I have. 

alum - a fair point.  My frustration turned into pretty over-the-top hyperbole.

Ever Think That Matt is entitled to some consideration here?  Someone found these videos and brought them to our attention, but reading some of these posts you'd think he came on the board to try to convert us. 2) Not good enough how about the fact that Matt by virtue of being a GW players is "ours" to some etent and this is how he gets treated? 3) We a tiny fragile BBall community with a fragile team and this is how we treat each other? 4) If by chance some of our most passionate beliefs at 20 were made public and got picked over by adults how would we fare?  How would we feel if some of those adults just blasted us? 5) How is the ugly tone of some of the posts for and against this and that helping anything?

Insight:

You wrote:  "I'm sure Matt's fans feel unwelcome and will probably one by one leave this post."

Here's hoping you're first in line.

"I give you my revised list of the two commandments: Thou shalt always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nookie and Thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than you.  Two is all you need; Moses could have carried them down the hill in his fuckin' pocket.  Then I wouldn't mind those folks in Alabama posting them on the courthouse wall, as long as they provided one additional commandment: Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself." - George Carlin

shit

piss

fuck

cunt

cocksucker

motherfucker

tits

OK, I've truly stayed out of this one for most of the thread.  I realize that religion is a very personal issue and a very serious issue to some.  I am always open to free echanges of ideas, do not ever try to "convert" individuals towards my religion, and am offended if and when others try this same tactic on me.  I fully realize that Matt did not post this video on GWHoops.com but the fact that it was posted anywhere and subsequently discovered by FC and brought here makes it fair game for discussion in my book.

As some of you have alluded, this is such a heated topic that there is likely to be a breaking point and I have now reached mine.  I am hopeful that I will only have to say this one time....Do not ever, EVER, speak badly of George Carlin.  Thank you.

George Carlin should have been jacked up on some of this Jesus juice!  Woohaaaaaaaaa

So this thread takes a 180...

as our team seems to have done so as well !!

Net on Gwhoops hospital...Hobbs decides to actually game coach..Carlin comes up with 7 new cursewords to describe Colonial basketball...and Joseph takes off his dreamcoat and actually plays in a  game! 

Go Christ! 

have mercy on moses!

Go dolphins...take no mercy on the 49ers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Amen Chris! Lev deserves to be forced to dine only at early bird specials for a month for making that crack.

Not that I much care as nowadays the Niners' seasons for me go like this:

Weeks 1-3: Wear good karma game jersey, sip chardonnay during the game, make a great buffet of snacks for watching, invite friends over

Weeks 4-6: Wear jersey, chug beer, eat cheap pretzels, no one will come over

Weeks 7-10: Maybe wear jersey, down copious amounts of cheap hard booze. Neighbors complain about yelling of Carlin-esque words.

Weeks 11-14: Watch other games if they are more interesting, paying more attention to college games to see if there are some players the team should pick up in the draft for net season

Weeks 14-17: Hard to stay inside watching this crud when the weather outside is so nice. 

Playoff:  sip chardonnay during the game, make a great buffet of snacks for watching, invite friends over, rela knowing no matter the game the Niners will be on the clock very early come draft day.

It's been nearly 24 hours since God posted here.  I don't know, I just thought he/she deserved a response.  May not help but it can't hurt.

When will herve get the balls to shut down this thread?

I guess only accusations from Blue Seats that herve made up the whole split personality phenomena can get anything taken down around here.  Clearly people on this board are crossing the line and one can only see this as being an uncomfortable discussion for the freshman Tean recruit with a sweet jump shot.

COME ON HERVE, DO THE RIGHT THING AND SHUT THIS UGLY THREAD DOWN!

2 KINGS 19:22

Who is it you have insulted and blasphemed? Against whom have 
you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One 
of Israel!

MARK 8:38

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me
and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; 
of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Danny boy replies, "I have nothing to contribute to this thread other than my sincere prayers that this thread can truly make Lev's christmas and and enable him to perform a double recap'

It will truly be my honor, to perform the first ever double Levinator Recap  for all to enjoy.  as I write this 200th post, I want to thank all of you for continued to be respectful regardless of your opinion and mindful that Matt's family and friends are reading this thread and do deserve our respect.  Religion is not all that we are.  For many, it is much of them.  For some, it is nothing at all.  We, as a community, must face these challenges and respectfully opine rather than censor as a vocal minority has suggested.

For most who know me, i usually have to say when i'm being serious!  Now is that time.  i ask all of you, our board heavies and our "new supporters" and all in between:  Pray for my grandmother who was so strong and so brave.  She passed on today at 6:26pm, to ascend toward the heavens to watch over her family.  G-d, please guide her back to us and show mercy on my family who has lost three of your children this past month.   I don't care who you are g-d, I don't care if it was actually Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Sabbeti Zevi, or Dootie bubble as your second coming:  we are all your children and all deserve your love if we follow your tenets and try our best to be good people.  amen.

Sorry for your loss, Lev.

Condolences to you and your family.

Levinator, please accept my sincere condolences regarding your loss.

Perhaps the last post, then for Lev to double recap should be this appropo mini-recap.

Bump and pray.

The first ever DOUBLE Levinator Recap  is well on it's way.  the worst part for me was...the fact that I ended up losing both grandmothers that year.  fuck me.  anyhoo...i can't wait to bring back some old memories to the heavies as well as "enlighten" the newbiews with just a bit of GWlore.   Be well all

 Šö gręæt

our matt albritton post was the most popular on firekarlhobbs.

great times