Well, wasn’t that a fine time to dust off Texts From Game Day? No way we could have predicted that last night. So many things to talk about and review from another memorable night inside the Coliseum:

– The Turk’s debut really couldn’t have gone much better. I’ve seen a lot of weird and unexpected things there. That start was up there with the most memorable.

– Ebanks, sans wrist tape, continues to motor along. Every game he’s giving something the teams needs to win. If he’d only dunk the ball near the rim …

– Pitt is a struggling offensive outfit and, quite frankly, it’s weird to see the Panthers in a zone on defense. Totally out of line with their reputation.

– The melee was a bit over-dramatized, I think, but I won’t fault the officials. Yes, the were co-conspirators and their intervention made it look worse than it probably was. That said, the game was at the very least building toward something. If given the chance you have to stop “something” — whatever it is or may be — before it develops.

– Next Friday’s game in the Oakland Zoo is going to be Willie McGee ugly.

– WVU’s students no longer have the right to complain about their reputation. “Oh, they put that on the highlights!?!?” Uh, yeah. You deserved it. And honestly, bragging about said reputation now ceases to be neat. 

But we’ll get to all of that eventually. Let’s get to why we’re here. Creep with me as I text through the hood.

(3:57 PM): In case the students are classy eat [it] pitt

(6:55 PM): Fyi, Caridi is calling Kilicli “The Istanbul.” Wonder where he got that.

(7:08 PM): Tv announcers making fun of huggs warmup

(7:11 PM): Wow! What has gotten into Ebanks? I like it!

(7:15 PM): Dickie simpkins needs no triflin clock

(7:16 PM): I hate jamie dixon and his rat-faced whiney [self]

(7:17 PM): The Turk is coming into game!

(7:18 PM): THE TURK WILL MAKE YOU TRAVEL!!

(7:19 PM): Great timing for the Turk’s debut

(7:20 PM): The Turk gets a “bending, bending” on his first shot!

(7:20 PM): We have a cult hero!

(7:20 PM): This [stuff] is for real

(7:23 PM): The istan bull has a deadlier left than pernell whitaker!!!!!

(7:23 PM): Not only does the kid make two hook shots and a tip in , but he raises his hand after getting whistled for a foul!

(7:25 PM): Its so sweet to see how excited the bench is for the turk

(7:25 PM): Was that a Turkey chant?

(7:26 PM): Also: greatest debut ever. I think I’m in love.

(7:26 PM): Took Wells 10 minutes to get the foul 90 feet from the basket

(7:27 PM): They just showed replays of the hooks (left hand) and the tip-in (right hand). He is–how you say–ambidextrous.

(7:28 PM): I’m gonna send a dr over to check if u have a pulse

(7:29 PM): I hate that our guys complain so much. I’d rather they acknowledged they fouled and be tough about it, as if to say “Yeah I did that and I’ll do it again.” Like Sam Jackson in A Time To Kill.

(7:29 PM): I have heard “suck my Dixon” on tv as well as eat [it] pitt. Way to keep it classy.

(7:29 PM): Bill stewart says deniz kilicli is a great American.

(7:31 PM): Bükme, bükme, bükme = bending, bending, bending in turkish. Xtra credit if you can make a ü

(7:31 PM): 4 min since we scored. The milk’s gone dry.

(7:32 PM): Fans stayin classy

(7:32 PM): Student section that is

(7:32 PM): Someone needs to interview The Yellow Man.

(7:37 PM): So much for Mazzulla shooting

(7:37 PM): Oh, poor mazzulla. He shot an airball!!!!

(7:42 PM): Somebody just texted me: Hargett jmade his first three shots too….

(7:49 PM): Just saw the turk score 3 straight buckets – thoroughman’s career is over at wvu

(8:16 PM): Ymca!!

(8:17 PM): I’m watching rjb dance. I blame this on you. You’ll only be redeemed by jump around.

(8:21 PM): Did the fat guy dance yet?

(8:21 PM): From the looks of it (based on just checking facebook and twitter from my Blackberry) The Turk just became the new Owen Schmitt in the hearts of WVU fans. No pressure or anything, young man.

(8:23 PM): We can’t get a damn foul underneath.

(8:23 PM): How do you count to 3 in Turkish?

(8:29 PM): Trash on the court. Trash on the court. Looking like a fool throwin trash on the court!

(8:29 PM): Huggins needs to get on the mic to tell the students to stop the dumb stuff.

(8:30 PM): And he does! Good for him!

(8:30 PM): You KNOW thats an espn highlight.

(8:32 PM): The next option is to clear the student section for a game and leave it empty during the game. That’s wht they do in Europe when the racist stuff starts.

(8:33 PM): If pitt is the zoo we’re the trailer park.

(8:37 PM): Og god. You can hear CEJ on tv. I loathe it.

(8:38 PM): And Cej is the trailer park’s anthem

(8:44 PM): Ebanks has to slam the ball in that position. We have missed too many point blank layups this year.

(8:45 PM): For the record, John Flowers will no longer be refered to by his given name. He shall henceforth and forever be known as “The Headband.” FEAR “THE HEADBAND!”

(8:48 PM): We need more 1-3-1!

(8:49 PM): FIGHT!

(8:50 PM): Geez….this is ugly.

(8:51 PM): What were you saying about ECW?

(8:51 PM): Uhoh (Carl Lewis voice)

(8:52 PM): Aw [snap]

(8:52 PM): Hey, nimrod drunken idiots – “vulgar chants” is one thing but throwing stuff on the floor and hitting coaches? C’mon! How stupid are you???

(8:53 PM): Mike. Mazzulla didnt do anything wrpng. Was trying to keep his balance and not step on ref. Got pushed twice by the officials after that. Eject him!

(8:53 PM): Good thing cam wasnt out there. They’d have to call an ambulance

(8:54 PM): The officials take “brawl” seriously in the Backyard Brawl.

(8:55 PM): Joe mazzulla needs to sue the big east. He was put in a bear hug for no reason!

(8:55 PM): Ok refs it has been 10 min…make a call!

(8:57 PM): This is Donato’s fault. I dont know what he thot he was doing, but he did this.

(8:59 PM): The announcer on tv just went nuts about whatever was thrown at the Pitt coach. Geez.

(8:59 PM): What the [heck] was that? Tim higgins is [doing something somewhere] right now watching this officiating

(9:01 PM): Randy shannon thinks that guy got off easy

(9:02 PM): And now we’ve reached the point of the game where the refs likely call fouls for guys breathing on each other…

(9:02 PM): Should danatto ref the rest of the game in a singlet?

(9:02 PM): The color guy just said USF might be the new kid on the Big East block. Calm down guy.

(9:06 PM): This is the color guy’s first Backyard Brawl…he just said “i’m glad I haven’t been hit with anything.”

(9:07 PM): Big east officiating is an absolute joke

(9:13 PM): Gimme Muse!

(9:14 PM): THE TURKISH TWOSTEP!!

(9:14 PM): Classy Dixon, leave your starters in with our bench players.

(9:19 PM): In the all important race to be my daughter’s favorite player, Klicklicklckicklklllllcki has moved into a tie with John Flowers because “He’s funny lookin and that’s a compliment.” My daughter is weird.

(9:24 PM): Huggs has to love that wannamaker/brown didn’t score – on a separate note…USF!!