Last week, a record that is far more impressive than Cal
Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive game streak or Brett Favre’s
166 straight starts was surpassed: Internet message board geek
DERF18 made his 10,000th post.
“What was the name of that baseball player who set the
league record for strikeouts in season?” fellow nerd
Humperdink posted. “That’s kind of like Derf, just
keeps on swinging and swinging until the law of averages kicks in
and he knocks a few out of the park.”
Confused?
Derf18 and Humperdink are internet message board posters on BRO,
bruinreportonline.com, a site that focuses solely on UCLA sports.
The site contains message boards about UCLA football, basketball
and other Bruin sports.
“Internet message boards are addictive,” an
anonymous BRO poster said.
That has to be the understatement of the day. Derf18 has 420
posts in the last ten days, or 42 per day, or 1.75 per hour over a
24-hour period. Assuming he sleeps six hours a day, that’s
2.3 posts per hour ““ every hour.
According to the same anonymous source, DERF18 didn’t post
on weekends for the first six months of his internet existence,
making his number of posts even more impressive (in a sad way, of
course).
Two words come to mind when thinking about DERF18 ““
lovable loser. He’s lovable only because of his extreme,
unmatched passion for the Bruins. He’s a loser for obvious
reasons.
DERF18 isn’t the only lovable loser on BRO. There are many
other active posters.
“Derf to me is an inspiration,” litbitd, another BRO
poster, wrote.
After Wednesday’s loss to Branch West, the BRO posters
went crazy (As they probably should have. Branch West?!?
Aren’t they a law firm or something? And by 25?).
“T minus 121 days and then hasta la vista baby!”
poster Rob75 said about UCLA head coach Steve Lavin.
Several other posters compared UCLA to last year’s 8-20
North Carolina squad.
This leads me to my personal college basketball rankings from
No. 11 to No. 15. Remember, the Bruins were No. 12 before their
loss to Branch West.
No. 11: Mississippi State (they beat Branch West).
No. 12: San Diego State (they beat Branch West, 83-72).
No. 13: Miami of Ohio (they beat Branch West, 91-76).
No. 14: Branch West (they beat UCLA, 92-67).
No. 15: Lamar (they only lost to Branch West by four
points).
Oh, and to answer Humperdink ““ Jose Hernandez struck out
188 times this year and should have broken Bobby Bonds’
record of 189 if Jerry Royster didn’t bench one of his best
hitters for the last week of the season.
Stats of the week:
“¢bull; The UCLA men’s water polo team is tied for sixth
in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings but is ranked
No. 2 in the country.
“¢bull; Major League Baseball’s Western Divisions
accounted for both World Series teams, MVP winners, Cy Young
winners and eight of the nine American League Gold Glove awards.
The West rules!