Blazers Edge Army Honored in Oklahoma City
by Ben Golliver on Apr 2, 2009 8:42 AM PDT
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PrintI've got to hand it to you guys, you're on a roll.
First, you made Phoenix Stan at Bright Side of the Sun quake in his boots on a podcast. Second, Blogfather put out the call and you single-handedly swung a nationwide ESPN poll by 15 percent, casting thousands upon thousands of votes. Third, you received thanks from the daughter of an NBA Coach for helping to set record traffic on her website. (And If you want to go a little further back, let's not forget the memorable win in Yahoo!'s 2 on 2 bracket).
But I think today takes the cake. Because this morning, owing solely to the power and passion of the Blazers Edge Army, there is a young man sitting at a computer in Oklahoma, crafting tribute art in your honor. I am not making this up. Go see for yourself.
You are probably going to want to download that wallpaper as a keepsake. This is bragging rights for the next 20 years forever.
So here's the plan... I submitted his story to Ballhype. And I've been meaning to organize a Ballhype takeover for awhile.
Your instructions, if you choose to accept them (which you will)...
- Follow the link to ballhype and vote the story up by clicking the up arrow. Enough up votes will make this a top story on the sports blogosphere. Leave a Bedge related comment on Ballhype if you are feeling particularly spunky. [You will need to register a Ballhype account, which is worth your time, if you don't already have one]
- If you have a website, link to the story. Those who show support will be acknowledged.
- Head over to Welcome to Loud City and leave them a comment in the original story, letting them know -- politely and gracefully -- what's going to happen on Friday night. And, also, be sure to thank Mr. Pappagiorgio for his unprecendented kindness.
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Just did my part. I even joined Ballhype for the cause
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
Ditto
Go go BEdgeArmy
What are you impressions of Roy?
"He's just a very, very good basketball player. Very smart. Very heady. He can do a little bit of everything on the court. As coaches, when we scout Portland we kind of put him in the same category as Kobe (Bryant), LeBron (James), Dwyane Wade. We treat him the same. He's that good."
- Byron Scott
Feeling the upset?
Here’s to the Thunder upsetting the Blazers 2 times before the season is over!!
Who is with me? Oh, probably nobody!
Season is ending just how I expected it … a total cluster! Nothing better than every game mattering and the teams out west jostling for position.
Welcome back to the party Blazers! Good to have you back this season and for the foreseeable future.
Heck No
The Blazers haven’t won in OKC and got beat up there last time. This is going to be a grudge match.
A grudge match
of the no-holds-barred tag-team cage variety. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
I was thinking more like ex-con revenge murder...
Hear comes Rodriguez, no look to FerNANDEZ - WHAT A PLAY!!?!! HOW did they Pull That Off - FERNANDEZ THE STEAL - GOOD IF IT GOES -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!! - Kevin Harlan
by Screen Name on Apr 2, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Michael Holton! Tell them what they won!
That was an ex-con revenge murder, Tony. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
by 22baylor on Apr 2, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also, I might add
we completely turned the votes around on the King of Court Cuts challenge where brandon is going up against kobe. Is that motivation enough?? Voting is still going on, so go help us defeat kobe!!
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
by Claire on Apr 2, 2009 9:27 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
link?
Hear comes Rodriguez, no look to FerNANDEZ - WHAT A PLAY!!?!! HOW did they Pull That Off - FERNANDEZ THE STEAL - GOOD IF IT GOES -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!! - Kevin Harlan
BRoy leads 62 to 38
Dominance is ours. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
Make that 90 to 10
THAT IS AWESOME!!!!
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!
WORD IS OUT!
Please keep voting!
As Representation of Canadian Blazer fans, we thank all of you!
vote vote vote!!
OH! HE JAMS WITH TWO HANDS! You gotta be kidding me!
Now don't get too excited Bayless, We'll let MB do that -
No get excited! TELL EM WHERE YOU'RE FROM!
Done, and starting the Twitter campaign.
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
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We're takin' over
Then I rose, wiping the blunts ash from my clothes
Then froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
thank you for the opportunity General Ben
to march in the finest army in the world. – Sgt Elgin.
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
Rest Assured, the background is in plain site
of the Executive offices in my Fortunte 50 company……PROUDLY Displayed on 24 inch monitors.
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
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fortune, and fortunate i suppose
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
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LOL!!!!!!!
Wow…
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
I'd like to think that me posting it on desktops
is the sole reason our stock jumped like 10-15% already today…
probably just a false correlation. =)
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
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Definitely
World leaders agreeing to a trillion-dollar deal to fight the economic downturn and banks being allowed more flexibility to value toxic assets that have clogged up the financial system and U.S. factory order numbers rising have nothing to do with it :)
NOthing at ALL to do with it!
:)
I say they all just agree
“let just PRETEND that these toxic assets dont exist”.
If they cant be found on the balance sheet, they dont exist, right?
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Even better: Now you can pretend like they were some kind of “security”, so now they are worth something again and you can get new debt on them. Fractional reserve lending for the win.
well in all honesty
The market is more or less moves with perception, todays g20 summit is an optimistic feeling so investors are flooding.
I wouldnt be surprised to see the normal Friday Sell off tomorrow.
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
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obviously the market is a very complicated economic measurement
i simplified it to great lengths. trying to keep it light =)
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yeah
way to stipulate that especially b/c economics is not measured by the stockmarket.
sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
of course not
however, it also is not precise at all
just like a big gambling table! =) although i like to hope the decisions i make are a little educated…time will tell.
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based on fear and confidence
Hear comes Rodriguez, no look to FerNANDEZ - WHAT A PLAY!!?!! HOW did they Pull That Off - FERNANDEZ THE STEAL - GOOD IF IT GOES -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!! - Kevin Harlan
WOOP WOOP
sounds perfect!
:D
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
omg, that's so scary
Hear comes Rodriguez, no look to FerNANDEZ - WHAT A PLAY!!?!! HOW did they Pull That Off - FERNANDEZ THE STEAL - GOOD IF IT GOES -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!! - Kevin Harlan
Bedge bump
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
if you haven't already seen ben's twitter account,
go check it. he has a poll up. make sure to vote…. this is highly critical.
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Vote...
is this sweater ugly…?
<3
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
+1 for me
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Yes. sweater is ugly. Olive and more olive is never a good color combination.
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
it's also never good to have a different shade of olive tshirt underneath
I want the Blazers to win a title...and help the children
i aint ever met ben
but a person can pull off that sweater if they got the swag to rock it with confidence.
Its not easy, but its not a loss cause.
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married guys can pull that off ur saying?
lol…..i dont know man….it aint THAT bad…
Look what Pharrell pulls off, or Kanye….its all about the confidence u got wearing that. ppl gonna love it or hate it, but screw it, everyone has an opinion
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Kanye and Pharrell could pull off that sweater, but I don't think they would ever wear it.
and Ben is not kanye.
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
of course not
hence i said above, i have never met ben, but if u got the swag and confiedence to do it, u can pull it off.
Not many ppl would wear what Kanye and Pharrell do, but they pull it off.
just saying =)
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yep, married guys can totally pull it off cuz they don't give a shiz and no one else does either..hahahah
kanye and pharrell can wear dazzy dukes and create a new trend
I want the Blazers to win a title...and help the children
LOL
yeah i mean, like i said about 3 times so far, i dont know ben so i have no clue if he has the swag of say Kanye / Pharrell, my point was that sweater isnt necessarily UGLY
Its just hard to wear well.
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I really dont like the Thunder
he’s using all of us, dont click the link!!
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
the link to thunder site
ughh… you already did :(
it’s okay
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
yeah it's alright
hey Ben needs female input. Like unbias… see the pic above of his sweater, what do you think?
serious q
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
I answered above.
but heres a recap if you don’t want to scroll up. UGLY
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
We need to find a way to let General Arenas command the Blazer's Internet Army :)
Or at least the Big Twitter. Most fun and rabid virtual team ever. LeBron and Kobe who?
or one of our players need to step their twitter game up
cough oden cough
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does bayless twitter a lot? or tweet? whatever the heck its called
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
bayless
has done like two tweets
im guessing is PR Manager/online manager (if he has one yet) said “oh u need to sign up for twitter!”
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No this is just getting scary...
first it was kind of cute with all the Bedger and all but now….I fear for humanity
Blogging Suns Basketball
your just jealous
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Fear the Badger Bedger when it’s cornered :)
by Norsktroll on Apr 2, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
okay, that is scary. I always thought that badgers were cute little animals. MISTAKEN.
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
is that our official mascot??? it should be!!! let's name it....time to get a name for the Bedge Mascot...
my first thought looking at that pic, is that looks like a BETTY…(blazers edge totally taking you)…that’s kinda lame actually…someone can do better
I want the Blazers to win a title...and help the children
It looks like an older version of Lando Calrisian
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
BEdge is the proppwr way to say it. juss sayin...
good idea with the namin party… maybe a player??
Joel??
Hear comes Rodriguez, no look to FerNANDEZ - WHAT A PLAY!!?!! HOW did they Pull That Off - FERNANDEZ THE STEAL - GOOD IF IT GOES -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!! - Kevin Harlan
is there a junk drawer today? if not i'll create one for this very important discussion
i like joel…not sure if he will like it so much
I want the Blazers to win a title...and help the children
lol
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Apr 2, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone else remember the episode of Lassie when Timmy tried to catch a badger
Timmy clearly was an idiot because that badger looks like killing is the only thing on its mind.
lol....
thats BS, it isnt “Rigged” – all of us are blazer fanss, it just so happens we were all encouraged to go vote it up
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
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lol was worried that was gonnna happen… hence the screen cap… a win is a win…
by Ben Golliver on Apr 2, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Also don't forget our feud
with Canis Hoopus ….them’s good vittles
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
I bet BEdge has more readers than BallHype
But this is still fun. But 16 recs for the #1 spot? It takes more than that to get a noteworthy fanpost on this site.
WTLC definitely got a ton more referrals from here than ballhype, thats for sure. Not even close.
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by Mr Pappagiorgio on Apr 2, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Greg On Digg....
http://digg.com/basketball/Greg_Oden_Hits_Full_Court_Shot_At_Camp?OTC-ig
front page, woo hoo. Go BE Army do your thing.
We should try and get a bunch of blazers stories on digg we have enough users here to do it.
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
Anything goes when it comes to blogs.
I admire your grind, Ben.
"It all depends on where his growth will come and we think his growth will come within us" -- Kevin Pritchard on Jerryd Bayless
You guys are maniacs! (In a good way)
Its amazing what fans can do when they organize. Can’t wait for the game tomorrow night!
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by Mr Pappagiorgio on Apr 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Bah!
Jay Cutler going to the bears is now #1.
I wonder if we should all vote down that story and see if we can hang on to #1?
we call ourselves an army...
but what if we lived in a culture, like Northern Ireland, where sports teams have deep political, social, and religious ties. Then we would literally be an army. Any of us might be involved in fights with other fans after any given game regardless of the outcome.
As much as we may rag on other fans, I’m extremely glad that we can relate to one another in a non-violent manner.
"Cathartic? I didn't go to college, I don't know what cathartic means."
Kobe Bryant
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