game day haiku

[Doginaus]

Awake, cannot sleep,
might as well start haiku thread,
for today's match up.

My apologies,
not trying to cause problems,
by starting this thread.

So here goes....

Next test…the big dance,
Number Ten seed....Terrapins
face Uconn Huskies!

Big East v. Big Ten,
Rematch from two-thousand two,
Outcome…not the same!

Talking heads not sure,
Some say Huskies win this one,
Some say Terrapins.

Should be a tough one,
More than a walk in the park,
Game won’t be pretty.

Uconn starting Five;
R.J.Cole, Martin, Whaley,
Bouknight, Sanogo.

The bench players are;
Carlton, Akok, Gaffney and…
Adams. Tough Roster.

My opinion is;
Uconn Huskies win by four,
Then on to round two!

 

[QDOG5]

Mission to Mackey
Destroy Terrapin Station
Cheer Huskie Nation

 

[jayteeman]

We dance once again
Four times being the finest
And times we tired

It takes warriors
To be the last on the floor
Focused with fortune

Five times is in reach
For the ones who want to dance
Till the music stops

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

So here goes....

Thank you for starting
But please remove this one line
It is not haiku

It's not personal
Simply Edit and delete
Support the mojo

Plus a suggestion
Avoid ambiguity
In your eighth haiku

Josh C is tricky
Is his last name 2 or 3?
Just skip the question

Edit to "Josh C"
And noone can be confused
Cuz Josh C is 2

The rest is copied
From yesterday's Big Ten thread
That's right: it's Game Day...

Good morning; it's spring
Started 5:37
Eastern Daylight Time

Stop your bickering
Write haiku, and stoke mojo
Count your syllables

Time to pull the sled
All now working together
We each play our part

Root against the B1G
Root against the ACC
But do not bicker

Today's a work day
For coaches, players, and fans
You are my teammates

Season 3, Game 1
NCAA TOURNEY TIME
Let's win this one game

Remember the rules
3 lines: five, seven, then five
Be excellent now

 

[storrsroars]

Just ate an egg and
Three pierogi for breakfast.
"How weird!" you exclaim...

The pierogi was
A side with last night's fish fry.
Nuked in a minute.

But should UConn win
Tonight, I'll be eating same
At least five more times

 

[Doctor Hoop]

It’s been a long time
But here we are in the dance
Ready to make noise

First up: Maryland
The ACC has been soft
Let’s make it softer

 

[Brochacho]

Big Ten is the best
Big East, more like the Big Least
Please win UConn (please)

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Terrapin Station
is an overrated song.
But L.A Woman?!?

 

[Umami Zen]

Big Man is the key
Adama-Down low and free
Feed him-You will see.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

It’s been a long time
But here we are in the dance
Ready to make noise

First up: Maryland
The ACC has been soft
Let’s make it softer

This post made me laugh
You made one little mistake
The Terps are Big 10!

 

[David 76]

Last game leaves sour taste
This is a chance we can't waste
Create Terp paste

Jonathan, proud dog
Testudo, a stupid Terp
Root for the mammal.

 

[mussels]

you see terrapins
when they lay their eggs on land
then they all vanish

where do they all go?
not past first round of tourney
so I still wonder

 

[drayenob]

French Vanilla Rock
y road, chocolate peanut
butter cookie dough

 

[Jorgensen]

One week to create
A UConn-worthy haiku.
Or maybe haikus.

The Maryland Terps
Have nothing on us, you see?
They have poor mojo.

On the other hand
We have something special here.
We are dangerous.

Polley and Josh C,
And Isaiah Whaley, too.
They are out for blood.

We have James Bouknight,
And RJ Cole running point.
Terps don’t stand a chance.

Add in Sanogo,
Along with AJax and Rese.
There is no debate.

If Gaffney goes off,
The Terps will lose by thirty.
You heard it here first.

So, let’s go huskies.
March is when we are the best.
Bring home number 5.

 

[Son of Robert]

What could be better
than tourney games in mid-March
UConn beats'em up

 

[Kolumbo]

Come dancing Boneyard
UConn in the East, Midwest
Kink due to covid

Come dancing Huskies
Come on have yourself a ball
Only Natural

 

[Umami Zen]

Cole-Back in saddle
March Madness-Terrapin Soup
Big Hat-No cattle.

 

[Doginaus]

Thank you Hans Sprungfeld,
Appreciate your comments,
Haikus are tricky.

 

[Waquoit]

Bad day for the Terps
Turgeon gets canned after. This
Game not on CV

 

[Waquoit]

Hello UConn
Good bye Maryland

Sad cry for help on
Return from the wilderness
Pathetic, ignore

 

[CTMike]

I once wrote a game day haiku
But the stanzas were a bit askew
I went to the dojo
To learn of the mojo
@XLCenterFan he hasn’t a clue.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Long and winding road
That leads to the tournament
Never disappears

Seen that road before
It always leads Huskies here
Leads to Final Four

 

[ClifSpliffy]

james. jalen, josh, jax.
cook, zay, sunoco, martin.
badams, ty, rj.

beastin' an feastin.'
now gents, kick it up a notch,
cuz it's time to dance.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Thank you Hans Sprungfeld,
Appreciate your comments,
Haikus are tricky.

Educational,
not criticism: plural
and singular same

"Haiku are tricky"
and "Haiku is tricky" - Both
correct, though diff'rent

But I might be wrong
Haiku contains great power
and humility

It strengthens focus
and empowers Huskies fans
to help players win

 

[formerlurker]

Hello UConn
Good bye Maryland

Look who slithered back
The coward of the county
Deepster do something

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I once wrote a game day haiku
But the stanzas were somewhat askew
I went to the dojo
To learn of the mojo
@XLCenterFan hasn’t a clue.

A canny entry
Though clearly it's not haiku
What to make of it?

Methinks it's misplaced
in a Game Day Haiku thread
and could hurt mojo

An alternative:
Perhaps a lim-er-ick thread?
alt-mojo-stoker

Nothing now's easy
Competition gets harder
And stakes are higher

And oh, by the way,
I fixed your effort's cadence
To give it more zing

I'm still against it
Anything that's not haiku
Belongs somewhere else

 

[ZenConn]

Haikus and mojo
All part of this ritual
Wings and Rolling Rock.

 

[huskyjawz]

I awoke today
A pink turtle on my bed
Left by my daughter

Co-incidence NOT
Fed to my dog to destroy
Like Huskies will Terps

 

[JakeTheDog]

Steve Blake's three-pointer
Still pains me so; Let us get
Revenge for Caron

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Forget about why...
Out of con-fer-ence, this team
is undefeated

When was the last time?
National Championship
Twenty eleven

And when before that?
National Championship
Nineteen ninety-nine

It has happened twice:
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Let's do it again