Archive for October 2009

 

Numbers Don’t Lie

There is an old saying that numbers don’t lie. The popular view on this is that they don’t lie because they can’t talk and don’t have blogs, but I prefer to believe numbers don’t lie because they are fundamentally good and lack any will to deceive. We’ll probably never know, because numbers can’t talk. But one thing you can be sure of is that the first round of the Old Spice Classic tournament will take place on Thanksgiving Day when Creighton plays Michigan, Marquette plays Xavier, Alabama plays Baylor and Florida State plays Iona.

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Old Spice Classic Tournament starts Thanksgiving Day

Oh man. I just got finished watching last year’s highlights from the teams that will play in this year’s Old Spice Classic. We are in for an action-packed weekend of basketball unless these players have totally let themselves go, or lost interest in basketball, or been hired by Hollywood to play basketball players in movies about basketball, or decided to quit the team in order to focus on their studies. Dunks, three-pointers and probably some incredible defensive plays too that will set your spirit soaring while your body relaxes on the couch. The action begins with four games on Thanksgiving Day.

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Old Spice Classic – Twelve games – Three days

It’s fall. The leaves have served their purpose, and the trees are getting rid of them like wrappers for snacks eaten long ago. As we all begin gathering around the hearth for warmth, college basketball players will be warming up their legs and other lower-body muscles on Thanksgiving weekend with the Old Spice Classic pre-season tournament. Twelve games broadcast over three days to help distract us from autumn’s haunting overtones of death and decay, and the fact that eventually we shall all fall to the earth like autumn leaves, and that we should watch as much basketball as possible in the meantime. To be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.

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The ‘Adventures Of Swagger Man’ Vaporizes The Competition in the ‘Swaggerize Your Wallet’ Competition

Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) October 9, 2009 — Just as summer comes to a close, so too has the Old Spice® “Swaggerize Your Wallet” competition -a user-generated contest that awarded thousands of dollars to consumers who went the extra mile to show off their Swagger® style. The contest ran for two months and in the spirit of Old Spice, all challenges relied heavily on a sense of humor while calling for the creative use of the brand’s popular Swagger logo.

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2009 Old Spice Classic Team Highlights

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