I offer a few Terrier athletic notes from here and there while pondering how in the world it is possible that Barry Bonds’s cleat size grew from a 10.5 to a 13 over the course of his baseball career . . .

I’m really excited for a long day of basketball on Saturday afternoon. The likely highlight of the first session? For me, I am looking forward to heckling Vermont fans, which has become a great hobby of mine – almost on a BC level. One of my friends had to stop me from continuing to exchange words with a 12-year-old as we left BU’s most recent game against the Catamounts on Senior Night last Thursday.

I was bitter, to say the least. If I find that kid Saturday, I’ll be ready, though. I Googled “jokes about Vermont people,” and I’m pretty sure I got some good stuff to take him down this time.

While we’re on the subject of the America East tournament, count me in as one who thinks the Terriers can take down the University at Albany on Sunday if they get by Binghamton University. You have got to take it one game at a time, but the Terriers did more than hold their own in both games against the Great Danes in the two regular season matchups. Holding onto a second-half lead against them is something the Terriers will have to learn to do to get a W. Shutting down Albany superstar Jamar Wilson would help the cause, too.

Dressing up as an iPod for the Apple iPod dance contest doesn’t seem to be getting the job done anymore. Those who put in the minutes to actually dress up as one of the music machines used to be salivated over by the judges. Now the poor guys are lucky to get on the screen. The nano in section 119 got no love from the camera guys Saturday. Must be a pretty lonely feeling walking home and getting heckled for going home empty-handed inside a square box.

Keep up the voting for John Curry at hobeybaker.com. You can vote multiple times, meaning you should steal the email addresses of friends who aren’t voting and spend at least one hour of your day punching in Curry’s name.

I’m looking forward to catching a bunch of Terrier women’s softball games this spring. The preseason pick to win America East will certainly be fun to watch, with the squad returning many of its key players. One thing I’m going to miss is the colossal home runs of former first basemen Liz Alley. I saw every team in the league last season and the amount of sluggers who had her no-doubt-about-it home run power was few and far between . . .

Am I the only one who wishes that flag football were an intramural sport in both the fall and spring seasons? Sure, spring is the start of baseball season, and softball and wiffle ball are popular sports, but there should be at least one league for football lovers. Maybe part of the reason I feel this way is because half of my friends couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, never mind a baseball. But a little spring pigskin would be nice for all.

Can we please stop the dance team from throwing little balls into the crowd every time a Terrier basketball player hits a 3 next season? It wasn’t a problem until the large crowd vs. UVM, but having half of the people in the arena standing up to try to get a ball while everyone else is trying to watch the game is trouble. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good freebie, but on Thursday I felt like I was at a baseball game amidst the morons doing the wave in a close game in the bottom of the eighth inning, or sitting next to that friend who asks the dumb questions at the crucial point of a movie. Couldn’t this be done during timeouts next season or something?

The difference between the Icedogs getting the two and three seed for the Hockey East tournament is more crucial than usual this season. Playing Northeastern, no matter how improved they are from last season, is still a favorable matchup over the three possible opponents if BU is a three seed. Do you really want to see Maine come rolling into Agganis next weekend? Here’s hoping UNH, which already has first place clinched, doesn’t roll over like dogs for BC this weekend.

Chris Lyons, a junior in the College of Communication, is a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. He can be reached at [email protected].