An Open Letter to Orso'Grande

Dear Big Scary Bear,

You are big and scary. Your photo proves it. Intimidation is part of your game plan. I know. It's like shooting hoops in the prison rec yard. Or, you know, at UNLV.

But seriously. What was up with your picks last week? I mean, sure, you picked the Hoosiers at Rupp Arena and the Spartans in the "duh" game of the young season (recall that MSU team was #4 preseason). You think it might be time, though, to start calling that Boston College squad a little overrated themselves? (Maybe even by you?)

Two of your picks last week - Alabama over ND and Texas over Duke - didn't pan out. In fact, two of your four winners - BC and 'Bama - lost BOTH of their games last week. (BC put on an embarassing performance in College Park for their ACC debut last night, and it was only Maryland's buffoonery that let BC stay in the game for so long.) Do we even need to get into the Dukies SPANKING the Longhorns? Sure, Brad Buckman went down, but Texas was doing a pretty poor job feeding the low block all game. Redick ran right over the Texas D.

So, I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I promise to follow your picks closely, and from now on, post a comment with my weekly picks in your featured games. (You, of course, get to pick which games to feature each week.) Then we'll see who's really Grande, and who's just picolino.

Hired Hand, out.

ps. I'll be watching. . .