It’s the little things that drive people insane. Sports are no different.

Sometimes the imperfections of a sport make me want to throw my television out the window or take my ball and go home.

Take basketball for instance. I love watching fast break play, well executed half court offense and even tough, physical defense. The ally-oop pass. The backdoor cut. The hard foul to not give up the easy lay in.

All these things make basketball great.

But I hate when teams just don’t know when to throw in the towel. When there are only 30 seconds left and your down by 13 points, do not foul!

The last 30 seconds of a game can take up to 30 minutes in real time. Just give it up already. It’s like a terminally ill patient holding on to life just to prolong the pain.

Pull the plug!

When I’m playing basketball, I just hate the guy who thinks he is so much better than everyone else and shoots the ball each time he touches it. This guy is like a black hole — whatever goes in never comes back out. There are a few other guys on your team buddy, and we want to have a little fun too.

After all, this isn’t the NBA finals and you’re not Michael Jordan.

In football, what’s up with the prevent defense? Why don’t they just call it the choking defense, or the “we don’t want to win defense?”

When it comes to the pigskin, John Madden annoys me to no end. He is the master of the obvious — “Here’s a guy that when he runs, he goes faster,” or “here’s a guy that when he eats a lot, he has to take a big dump afterwards.”

Hurry up and retire Johnny.

I also get annoyed with the big deal made of celebrations in the NFL or the “no fun league.”

But in a non-sports related topic …

Nothing annoys me more than those people who walk around campus with those stupid rolling backpacks.

Are we at the airport or something? What time does your flight leave and which terminal are you boarding from?

Do these people really carry that many books in those suitcases that they need wheels to lug them around?

It’s all about planning, people.

Not many kids at this school have five classes in one day so only take what you need to survive!

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