uaap + hoops sub cult

IF THIS ISN'T SOME SORT OF BASKETBALL record, then I don't know what is...

Sunday. Aug 6. Ateneo vs FEU

THE FACTS:

• Score: Ateneo leads 51-42 with more than 6 minutes left in the game
• Ateneo PG Emman Monfort was dribbling the ball down court when he was fouled by Terrence Romeo
• Romeo gets a technical for "pointing an accusing finger at the ref"
  
• Monfort makes both free throws
• FEU head coach Bert Flores gets pissed with the call... hence another effin T
• Monfort makes one more free throw. Score to 54-42
  
• Ball possession still goes to Ateneo... and Kirk Long hits a three pt. shot. 57-42
• At the exact moment, FEU's Escoto was caught with unsportsmanlike foul on Greg Slaughter.
  
• FEU gets another effin T and Slaughter makes both free throws. 59-42
• Of course Ateneo gets ball possession once more... and Long hits another killa 3 [get this: from the same sweet spot] 62-42
  

THE "RECORD" RESULT

• 11 points in 19 seconds
• 11 points in what seemed like one possession
  

Only in the Pines. Only in the UAAP. Only by the Arrreneow Blue Eagles! [of course all the non-Blue Eagles fans now think that all the games are rigged in favor of Ateneo]

even this mall parking post is a fan of the ARRRENEOW BLUE EAGLES!

the unsubcultured guide to watching the uaap + blue eagle sub cult

My favorite basketball league is back. The question is, will my team, the Arrrreneow Blue Eagles win their 4th straight? It will be tough. They lost key man Ryan Buenafe to rumor-mongering.

First you gotta have tickets. Scalpers? They're out there. Or you can do it the legal way... line -up at the ticket counter. Luckily for me, I have connections [which makes me subcultured]

Anyway, here are pics of the two games I watched yesterday.

The 1st game was between our arch-rival DLSU Green Archers vs the FEU Tamaraws. The latter won over the former. Here are the archers singing their school song. It's tradition that the schools sing their alma mater song at the end of the game [with the winning school first.

Here's the DLSU team. I hate them [but only during the UAAP season].

Now onto the next game... Ateneo Blue Eagles vs Adamson Falcons ... blue and white vs blue and white... birdy vs birdy. It's halftime so Ateneo's Blue Babble Battalion strut their stuff. It's also tradition that the schools' pep squads perform at halftime, when most of the fans are smoking, buying drinks, socializing, smoking, etc.

I didn't have game pics. But here's the endgame, where again, it's tradition to shake hands with each other for sportsmanship sake. Yep, it was an ugly game. In fact I'll call it an ugly game of epic proportions. But at least my team won.

Here's a blurred shot of my co-fans singing our alma mater song.

Game thoughts...

• Our second unit needs offense.
• Ryan Buenafe is truly a big miss.
• I think every Ateneo game will be close.
  
• It will be hard. Ateneo needs to be epic to win the 4th championship. Good luck boys.

blue eagle sub cult

Even if the team lost 3 key players for controversial reasons [and a 4th player now is under scrutiny by jealous members of the uaap board], I am not scared. This will only make the 4peat even sweeter!

blue eagle + hoops + uaap sub cult

I'm ready for the upcoming UAAP season. With or without Ryan Buenafe [who is currently residing in rumor hell], we can do this shit.

atenista sub cult

I'm an alumnus of "the arreneow." There are lots of famous and infamous blue bloods - celebs, businessmen, sports stars and politicians - but these guys are my favorites.....

toy camera + biking sub cult

Doing the two things I love the most... biking on my folding bike and phototripping with my zumi...

Dahon Eco 3

pavement

The road more or less traveled [when jogging or biking]

My lane

This sign is bisexual


At the UP college of fine arts




Mr Ignacio de Loyola








Win or lose, I go here after the last game of the UAAP season

Oh shit, will have to pedal slower

I am home

This is the writing on the wall



My favorite zumi shot, ever [so far]

Avocado heaven

Sunken G


Giving my ass a rest

I want this too but I want to be rich first






I love this time of day



Call me Gab Van Gogh or Gab Cezanne or something haha

Going home in my "other" vehicle

blue eagle hoops sub cult

The name is Kiefer Ravena. He could help my favorite team win championship after championship. And when he graduates, he could be multi-titled in the pros too!

an unsubcultured sports fan's notes about "winning"

Everyone loves a winner. That's an established fact. In sports, the more wins, the more fans. 2 perfect examples are the Azkals and the Ateneo Blue Eagles.

AZKALS
The general Pinoy pop. didn't care about football. Didn't even know we had a team comprised of half-euros... that is until they started winning in the Suzuki Cup. Now, coupled with their poster boy looks, they have a screaming horde of fans.

ATENEO BLUE EAGLES
There was a time in the past Ateneans lovingly call "The Dark Ages." That was mostly the 90s until early 2k when the Blue Eagles sucked. Naturally, only the die-hards [this term is also relative] watched games live or on TV during that time. But ever since 2002, when the team had been winning again, more and more blue bloods have been riding the blue bandwagon.

Don't get me wrong, rooting for winners and jumping on the bandwagon is ok. In fact, it's great that the Azkals have been taking this supposedly basketball country by storm. And it's awesome that now, Pinoys are getting bit by bit futbol subcultured.

What I'm really trying to say is that being there even when your team was down, and then being there in victory makes the winning experience even sweeter.