What GrindsTheir Gears

For those of you unfamiliar with the hilarious television show that is Family Guy, you need to watch THIS. During one completely different and equally funny episode, Peter appears on the local news and becomes an instant celebrity for his commentary titled, "What Really Grinds My Gears." He basically rants on what irritates him the most. Who's Now wondered what certain people in the world of sports would currently say grind their gears...

Mike Patrick "Watching Duke lose yet another game to Boston College"
*ESPN college basketball announcer Mike Patrick is annoyingly obnoxious with his pro-Dukie comments when doing Blue Devil games. Therefore, Duke losing four of its last six and allowing eight-point underdog Boston College to beat them for the first time in 24 years would surely grind his gears.

Jeannine Edwards
"Interviewing Billy Gillispie"
*After not one, but two, halftime interviews with the Kentucky coach questioning her questions and making her job that much harder, sideline reporter Edwards will most certainly be dreading round three during the UK/Vandy game on Tuesday...

Dennis Felton and Mark Gottfried
"Being fired during the season before getting a chance to win a few games in a weak SEC"
*With Georgia beating Florida and Alabama leading for much of the game against South Carolina on Saturday, Felton and Gottfried are probably wishing they could still be coaching in a league where the bottom is a lot closer to the top than in the past.

Ben Howland
"Playing games in Arizona"
*UCLA will not return home with fond memories of the desert after losses at Arizona St. and Arizona. They seemed to be on track for a PAC-10 title and potential two or three seed in the tourney before the sun zapped their recent momentum. Maybe Howland played a round of golf to at least salvage something out of the trip.

Kevin Galloway
"Billy Gillispie's substitution patterns"
*While sitting and watching teammate Jodie Meeks go off at Bud Walton Arena on Saturday, KG was probably wondering why he didn't see a little more action himself after playing such a huge role in the Cats win over Florida.

John Thompson III, Mike Brey and the other fourteen coaches in the Big East
"Playing in the Big BEast"
*The rugged conference has devoured Georgetown and Notre Dame, and while the Irish kept their slim tournament hopes alive by embarassing Louisville, Georetown's loss at Syracuse following two losses to Cincinnati could shatter their hopes as well.

Javier Valentin
"Not getting to play for the Cincinnati Reds in 2009 and vault them to the postseason with my clutch pinch hitting"
*The 2009 version of the Cincinnati Redlegs are not expected to contend, but watch out for a Tampa Bay type run for this year's club. Valentin's bat will be missed, but hopefully someone will emerge as the new go-to hitter in the late innings.

Allen Iverson
"Practice and trying to shoot over Yao Ming"
In case you missed the (not so) exhilirating All-Star game, Iverson drove to the bucket only to shoot the ball completely over the goal. Maybe he should have practiced that shot before trying it in a game. Then again, PRACTICE really grinds his gears.