{"id":14844,"date":"2014-03-01T10:16:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=14844"},"modified":"2014-03-01T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T16:17:50","slug":"sat-update-weather-beer-dinner-basketball-why-you-should-always-order-the-larger-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/01\/sat-update-weather-beer-dinner-basketball-why-you-should-always-order-the-larger-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat update: weather, beer dinner, basketball, why you should always order the larger pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local beer dinner alert: The Flyer’s Hungry Memphis blog posted a list of Mardi Gras events<\/a>. Only one on the list is Downtown but it’s a good one: Local Gastropub is hosting a beer dinner with Wiseacre beers brewed locally over on Broad Avenue. It will be a 4-course meal for $35, reception at 6:30 and dinner at 7. Wiseacre beers will be paired with food you might find in New Orleans. Click the link to see the complete menu.<\/p>\n

Doubleheader at FedExForum today: Tigers vs. Louisville at 1 and Grizzlies vs. Cleveland at 8. The MBJ reports that you better be ready to spend some cash<\/a> if you want to go to the Louisville game and don’t already have a ticket. The Louisville game will be broadcast nationally on CBS. I have one bar opening to report: The Silly Goose will open early for people pre-gaming Tigers-Louisville.<\/p>\n

Also in the MBJ: An excellent guest article by Grizzlies season ticket holder Thomas Whitehead on his experience with the Let’s Move Down app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Around this time of year I make a prediction for the NCAA tournament, and my track record has been pretty good. So here’s this year’s prediction: The Tigers enter the NCAA tournament as a 9 seed, beat the 8 seed in overtime, then go on to play 1 seed Wichita State in the round of 32. Wichita State is a team much like the Tigers were prior to this year: Great win-loss record, but in a nothing conference full of cupcakes. I predict the Tigers will beat Wichita State to make it to the Sweet 16 for the first time under Josh Pastner.<\/p>\n

As for the American Conference tournament, I’m not going to make a prediction on it but one note: In the tournament quarterfinals, the 3 seed plays the 6 seed and the 4 seed plays the 5 seed. There are five good teams in Conference USA. Therefore, the Tigers need to aim for the 3 seed in the tournament so that we don’t have to play a good team until the semis.<\/p>\n

Oh, by the way, you remember Mike’s f’n run because f’n Cal won<\/a>? In 2012, my friend Mike said he would run down South Main in a Speedo and a tiger hat while sipping ranch dressing out of a straw if Kentucky won the national championship. He carried out his bet and turned it into a fundraiser for Wounded Warriors. He said he’d never make that type of bet again, but Thursday night he went and ran his mouth: He said he will repeat his run if Arkansas wins the SEC tournament.<\/p>\n

In other Memphis sports news, the Tigers baseball team is off to an 8-1 start, their best since 1994.<\/p>\n

Remember this the next time you visit Aldo’s Pizza Pies: An engineer explains why you should always order the larger pizza<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep an eye on the world news. Russia may take military action against Ukraine, against President Obama’s warning. I don’t think Russian president Vladimir Putin is Kim Il-Sung\/Jong-Il\/Jong-Un crazy, but he’s maybe about 70% of that. Which is still pretty damn crazy. And he has his hands on nuclear weapons. Not good.<\/p>\n

I led off at the Flying Saucer last night and could definitely tell the farm & gin show was in town. Lots of camo clothing, overalls, trucker hats, flannel, work pants, boots. Don’t get me wrong, though; those are some GOOD people. I kept hearing how they treated the servers well and tipped generously. I wish all convention attendees conducted themselves with as much class as the ginners.<\/p>\n

Starting off at Bardog at 11 as usual today. From there I will figure out where to watch the Tigers-Louisville game. I need to get by the Saucer at some point this afternoon in hopes of giving an update to one of my BBQ teammates. Tonight I will make a rare Saturday night appearance at the Silly Goose for a friend’s birthday party. Got an hour to kill before Bardog. so I guess I’ll put my WWE Network membership to good use and watch the little spinning “Loading…” icon for the next 60 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"