"You Gotta Love It Here In PackerLand"

"Bring out the boxing gloves, this one's going to be tough." - Brent

Tonight's LavinBurger game was a good Big Ten match up between Purdue and Wisconsin. Wisconsin was coming off a 4 game losing streak; the 1st time the Badgers lost 4 consecutive games under Bo Ryan, and Purdue made it 5 games in a row, but Wisconsin kept the game close to the final seconds.

We got a few good Brent and Steve moments tonight, but I expected more crazy drunkenness from LavinBurger considering they were in Brent's favorite city. Apparently, Brent was hanging out in "town" all day listening to people. Brent mentioned how he heard somebody in town discussing how the Badgers are not making it to the free throw line as much as they used to, and how their opponents are getting there more. And Brent knows that Jordan Taylor is a good player because "everybody in town talks about his toughness." I would love to go to Madison on gameday and just see Brent wandering the streets.

Being in Madison for a Badger game, LavinBurger couldn't help but reminisce about the Polar Bear and the Iceman. No ice fishing this year, my friends.

"The bank is open in Madison, my friend." - Brent

I would love for Brent to describe me as a "dead-eye cold-blooded shooter" like he did to Etwaun Moore.

Later on we found out that Brent is on Mount Rushmore of Steve's mentors. That's dangerous. Steve should be more careful in picking mentors.
We also heard about how those "youngsters" really enjoyed Steve giving them a speech the night before. I guess Steve missed out on partying with Brent at the bars because he had to give a speech to the business club. That must be why Steve wasn't crazy during the game. At least he got good reviews from the business club.

Brent was really excited by the end of the game. You can tell he loves partying it up in Madtown.

64-63: Purdue over the Badgers

Brent and Bob

Thursday night Brent shunned Steve Lavin and announced the Minnesota vs Purdue game with Bob Knight. I was not able to watch the game, but supposedly it was not a disaster. Here's the link to Awful Announcing's analysis.

You Got That Right, My Friends

It seems as though Brent and Steve didn't get wasted on Saturday when they announced the Wake Forest vs Clemson game so they would have more to drink tonight for the Ohio State vs Illinois game. Lavinburger stayed in the new hotel in Champaign and Brent was excited about getting a wine guide at the hotel. This is the 2nd Super Tuesday in a row that Brent has mentioned wine.

Steve was missing Chief Illiniwek and was hoping he would come back from the dead and perform at halftime: "Hail to the chief. What better day than inauguration day."
Brent and Steve talked more about the inauguration:
"We have a new sheriff in town. Didn't you get the memo?" - Brent

"God bless America, Brent." - Brad Nessler
"You got that right." - Brent

Steve is very jealous that Bob Knight is announcing with Brent on Thursday and how much attention and promos they are getting. Poor Steve is heartbroken.
"Guess I'm on the JV, Brent." - Lav
Bob Knight is going to destroy the Lavinburger relationship!

"Pow!" - Steve

In other news, Thad Matta must have done something mean to Brent or Steve since he got neglected by Lavinburger compared to all the attention they usually give him.

Illinois beat Ohio State 67 to 49.

Barnstorming the Big Ten

It took a while for LavinBurger to warm up after the long off season, but we knew they were back in the game when Steve was singing.

"Oh this one must be a blowout. We're talking about Steve Lavin's diet." - Brent making fun of himself (perhaps unknowingly).
"If Steve Lavin wrote down everything he ate it would be like a Steven King novel." - Brent
That mention of what Steve eats came up because Brent and Steve are intrigued by Thad Matta's life (including his diet) and make sure they inform America about it.

Since it was a blowout, it's no surprise that there was no basketball talk for several minutes during the end of the game. Then Brent says, "Tom Crean is still coaching away over there." Brent acts like it is ridiculous that someone is still paying attention to the game that's going on.

As for the game, Ohio State dominated poor Indiana 77-53, but Indiana didn't look as pathetic as you would think they would.

Lavinburger Is Back Tonight

Super Tuesday is back with Brent and Steve announcing the 7pm Ohio State vs Indiana game on ESPN. Steve will be announcing Purdue vs Northwestern with Dave O'Brien on Thursday night, and Brent and Steve will be back together on Saturday for the Wake Forest vs Clemson game. Unfortunately that game will be on ESPN Full Court.

In other Brent news, the American Sportscasters Association released a list of 50 top announcers and Brent came in at 44.