Poll Results

The best place to eat after a tourney is Cici's. This fine eating establishment completely trumped all other challengers (20 votes). This domination is due to Cici's corporate strategy of making large quantities of pizza at a cheap price. The pizza is not the best tasting, but I would much rather a lot of something thats ok than a little of something that tastes great. Next in line is Arby's 5 for $5.95 deal (9), followed by Wendy's dollar menu (8) and then Olive Garden, Chiili's, and McDonald's.

As for the most hook-upable Boomlander there is a tie. I was not only surprised to see you voted me in the top two, but was also grateful. You guys make me blush. I am proud to share this title with Mr. Don Charles. For those rookies who don't know this man, ask a vet. I am sure that his tale of perseverance will inspire the most unambitious. Coming in next was Austin, but even though he has a full chest of hair, due to recent events he is now disqualified from the competition. Johnny Wego, Halvsies, and Mark are in the next tier. Once again though, Halvsies has to be disqualified despite him retaining the best qualities from his two ethnicities. Rounding out the field are Talon, Joe, Nascarm Gramps, and Somerfield (disqualified). Keeping all disqualifications in mind the final rankings are DCS/Me, Johnny Wego/Mark, and finally Talon/Joe/Gramps/Nascar. All good choices in my book.

Quick reminder that we will be having a meeting after the cross-fit on Thursday. Be there.

Fireside Chats With the Prez (Volume 1)

My fellow Boomlanders; This marks the first of possibly numerous conversations I will have dealing with yet to be determined topics.

This Week's Topic; the search for Scoring celebrations that are hilarious, while not making us look like douche bags, or upsetting the other team too much. This has been an ongoing topic of conversation amongst several Boomlanders with few executions. The shoe shine has made several appearances thus far in practice (and maybe once during a game), but we have yet to have a culminating team-wide score celebration.

With This in mind, I've come up with some preliminary ideas

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rR89YByD9LE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yRmqZRPgK1w

Check out the dudes in the yellow about 1:50 or so into it.

While These are enticing ideas, They lack the "spirit of the game" that many ultimate folks consider to be an important part of the game. Something slightly more low-key might be in order. With this in mind, incorporating the help of others will be key.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3pL7DiTPKcw

Also, a little something extra; A preview of the Chicago Invite (Hint: Boomland is not the Leopard)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YhtYvQOZO4U

Possible Topics for next week;

- A Theme Song for Boomland

or

-I did it BECAUSE MARK TOLD ME TO!!

Sarver's Searches

Google is probably the most well known search engine out there. And what are search engines for? They are for looking up stupid stuff like biographies of famous artists and the number of atoms in a mole and random stuff like that. But what they are also good for is seeing how cool you are compared to other people with your name. In this flagship edition of Sarver’s Searches, I will attempt to bring you the most ridiculous results Google comes up with when you type in a Boomlander's names.

This week we are honoring the eldest, wisest member of Boomland: Jordan ‘Grandpa’ Miller. Jordan has seen things we only read about in history books. Jordan lived through joyous events such as the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Windows 1.0 and the debut of the Mercury Sable and the Ford Taurus. He also had to endure such tragedies as the crashes of Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 and Arrow Air Flight 1285, both in late 1985. He can still remember the terrible shock of seeing the disastrous scene on the news as he told me in this interview, “I can still remember the shock of seeing the disastrous scene on the news, it was terrible.” So, to pay tribute to Jordan before he goes senile, I have chosen to do the first search on him.

Amazingly, when I searched for his name, one of the first searches I found was ‘U.S. Figure Skating Champion’, so naturally I went with that one. Jordan Miller (not to be confused with Jordan Miller) began skating at age 4. Skating was his passion, and he was often teased for wearing his skin tight Lycra unitard to class in high school. He didn’t let that shatter his dreams of ice dancing to the Footloose soundtrack though. In 2003 he became a member of the State Farm/U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team. He now judges U.S. Figure Skating competitions nearly every weekend. Jordan Miller’s interests include the television show ‘Lost’, Sprite, golf and cooking. He also has a strong passion for debate. He currently holds the title of ‘Apprentice Debater’ but he hopes to one day make ‘Master Debater’. Jordan lives alone with his 4 cats.

So when you see Jordan at practice, take a minute to appreciate him and remember he’s not just some old dude that plays Frisbee with us, he’s OUR old dude

Chicago Invite

Alright guys, we are less then one month away from the Chicago Invite. There are going to be at least eight teams there from our sectional. This means that we will be getting a great chance to see some of our competition a month before sectionals. Of these eight teams, four out ranked us last year at sectionals with our tie for 11th: Loyola (4), Wheaton (7), North Park (8), and Chicago (tied for 9). Loyola suffered a huge loss as Denis now plays for us and I am not too sure about everyone else. Nevertheless, even if each of these retained all of their players from last year, Boomland has grown by leaps and bounds. We currently have a team full of guys who don't just dick around and play for fun. Don't get me wrong Ultimate is fun, but playing Ultimate and winning is even more fun. We have a solid opportunity this year to take a trip to regionals. We have been putting in the time running, pushupping, situpping, chinupping, and suffering through the process of getting better as a team. Each practice we are strengthening the bond that we have forged not through being born brothers, but through pushing each other harder than we could by ourselves. I hope that all of you out there feel what I feel.

In high school I came from a very tight knit and successful running program. I worked my ass off everyday not because I was told to, but because I knew the guy next to me was not going to give up so why would I? Last year, I didn't really feel that as an Ultimate player. I liked everyone, but that passion was missing. This is year has been completely different. I know that I am willing to sweat and bleed for each one of you and I can see that there are a lot of you who feel the same.

So lets keep working our asses off in the Armory and keep our heads and hearts in it at practice. I know that this team can accomplish great things this season, and I hope that throughout the season all of you will share that same vision. Always keep Chicago in the back of your heads, boys.

Newest Inductees

Last night was a great night as four more Boomlanders, one girlfiend, and one roommate maned up to rip some phone books. Austin rolled through his first, then Jon O answered the call, then I boosted my stats, then our first female finisher (Maggie), then Halvsies felt the need to not be too outdone by his girlfriend. Towards the close of the evening Chrysler joined the ranks of the rippers and James Macatangay, long-time friend and supporter of U of I Ultimate, took a personal vendetta against The Yellow Book Co. and it subsequent entities. At the end of the night it was Jon O with four, Austin and Maggie with three, Halvsies with two, me with two more and Chrysler with one. I put a call in to Yellow Book and left a message asking for some more books, so we'll see what happens.

McLain (7)
Somerfield (5)
Jon O (4)
Austin (3)
Cozza (2)
Halvsies (2)
Chrysler (1)
Team Total (24)











Maggie (3)
Kevin - Jon O's roommate (1)
Friends and Family Total (4)





















































Let's keep up the good work boys.

A Little Mid-day Present

The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom (1994)

New Traditions

As with any established organization, U of I Ultimate is a hot bed of traditions. I was just informed that until recently we had a tradition of not liking the women's team. We gather to game during Drinktionals. New players have to tempt the fates chugging a disc to prove the truth in one of our mantras: everything in excess. I wish to add phone book ripping to this list of traditions. Over the last weekend Cozza, Somefield, and myself decided to maul a stack of twelve phone books that Cozza somehow managed to steal. The outcome was Cozza with two books destroyed, Somerfield crushing four of them, and me rocking five books (I realize that doesn't equal twelve, we sadly lost one). The only reason more books were not torn was we ran out too quickly. So if anyone feels like bettering themselves not only as a man of Ultimate, but as a man of the human race by all means get a book, rip it, and take a picture so that your glory can be forever immortalized on this blog.

The Time Has Come

Gentlemen,

I was doing some reading on Rip's Blog and came to a realization. It's very much so geared not toward Boomland. Sure we have our little tourney summaries and other little nicknacks, but we, as Boomlandians, need to start to taking responsibility for producing our own brand of news. This blog is not an attempt to usurp Rip and his journalistic endeavors. It is instead a call to action for Boomland to reinvent itself not as the A Team's little brother but a team that is going to take sectionals by storm. The change train is gassing up boys, are you ready to ride it on the glorious path it was meant to take? Can I get a "Wayo?"

More to come...