LION vs ICEMAN

[RobLV1]

While I am looking forward to bowling with all of you, please don't drag me into any of this grudge match sh*t! I have stated many times that I am the first to admit that I am a crappy bowler. I don't define myself as a bowler, I define myself as a writer and a teacher. One of my local students recently won $6000 in the TAT tournament. That made me feel very good. Yesterday in a league where I average over 200, I bowled a pair of lanes that I just could not hit. I bowled very well. That made me feel good. I shot 470. That didn't make me feel nearly as bad as you might think it would. I'm rooting for all of you to beat me badly, wherever we bowl. Iceman will say it's because he has the gift, Aslan will say it's because he has the plan, Mike White will say it's because he has the best grammar, it really doesn't matter. I will take some credit whoever wins, because I believe that the knowledge that I have shared here has made you all better bowlers.

Now, as to where to bowl. Please don't think that I am going to go out and practice for this. I'm not. I rountinely bowl leagues and pot games at the following centers: Red Rock, Suncoast, Goldcoast, Southpoint, Orleans, Santa Fe, Strike Zone, and Silver Nugget. That only leaves Sam's Town, Pahrump, Mesquite and Wildfire, and I have bowled at each of them in the past. I really don't care where we bowl, however, once you decide it would probably be a good idea to let me know. Winter leagues will have started by then, and there is nowhere that you can just waltz in and find open lanes. You might need some help. I do know quite a few people in this town.

[MICHAEL]

SAM's TOWN!

Rob, I am most of the time very average,,,, and true, I have never had a 400 series yet, ( something to shoot for in the future), I have had my share of low 500's!! Otherwise my average would be in the Gifted area of 220! It wil be fun, if Mike White has GREAT OIL!!

I will have fun just being with the people I love, and respect most in the world .

YOU Rob,,, ( I am thinking seriously about joining that bowling magazine you write for ) , MIke White,,, I love you man because when the oil is block PERFECT for strikes, You are one formidable foe!!

Aslan, as I said, Just gets the job done regardless of oil, humidity, temperature, wind speed, or even oil pattern! He is not human, Aslan is an Animal!

Mudpuppy is a full blooded, 100 percent home grown, BIKER, cut from the same mold as ICEMAN! (need I say more)!

The Rumble in Vegas will be one EASILY forgotten... To the Victor goes.... WHAT??? What is the damn prize I am driving 300 miles on my bike for??? Is it for the Glory,,, will there be a trophy???

ICEMAN is old,,, broken,,, down with time and age,,, my better days were decades ago... Does this Iron Worker, that is also a Born Again Biker, have the ability to not only brave all the elements and distance involved, but will there be anything left when, and if he makes it in one piece!!!

[CENTER] BE THERE Sept 24, the Sam's Town Showdown[/CENTER]


.... 1:30 pm hopefully,,, ( need to have Rob check it out and make sure it can happen)! (IF YOU would Rob?)

Here is a challenge: Give Aslan you best in regards to coaching, if he wins 6000 buck in the near future, I will say Coaching supersedes THE GIFT! LOL LOL

[RobLV1]

Great Choice for Two Reasons:

For you: Sam's Town is further from my house than any other bowling center in the valley, so I haven't bowled there in four or five years.

For me: When I bowled there four or five years ago, it was in a Bowling Writers tournament and I shot 755 to place second.

[fortheloveofbowling]

I hope you guys have a great time. I have always enjoyed bowling and staying there as well. Off the beaten path but still a nice place. I wonder if they still have the the little show in the courtyard every few hours?

[MICHAEL]

Great Choice for Two Reasons:

For you: Sam's Town is further from my house than any other bowling center in the valley, so I haven't bowled there in four or five years.

For me: When I bowled there four or five years ago, it was in a Bowling Writers tournament and I shot 755 to place second.

The Choice came to Iceman in a DREAM! I believe the Dream was a vision of things to come for Two reasons: One,,, Dreams can come through, it can happen to you, if your young at heart! ICEMAN may be 66 that day, but I am young at heart!! Number two: On one of my visits to Vegas, while staying at Sams Town RV camp ground ,,, while watching an Elvis impersonator, I won a huge pot, with a Royal straight flush!



We both have had LUCK at Sam's Town, my friend,,,, and lets face it, no matter how gifted, or knowledgably a bowler may be, Lady Luck plays a part of most BIG SCORES!! (especially in the case of Aslan)!!!!




THE DATE IS SET,,, hopefully the time can be worked out to accommodate Mike White, he needs his sleep, its hard and very tiring doing grammar, and spell check, on this site!

Rob, I am going to go EASY on you, since your about my age! Mercy is a quality Iceman has for those that deserve it. Bring that 700 plus game with you this time!

Rob if you would be good enough to set this up, to reserve a couple lanes, Iceman would appreciate it!

I wonder if Iceman, Mike White, and what's his name stay at Sam's Town, could we get a better room rate, especially since your going to do an article for that national publication about this epic event!

I can see the title now: THE GOOD, THE BAD, and THE UGLY! At Sam's Town! Sounds like a spaghetti western

Has anyone heard from mudpuppy?

[Aslan]

Okay it's time for my prediction for how this is going to end so here goes.

I also predict neither Iceman nor Mudpuppy nor MWhite will actually show up and it'll just be Rob giving me a lesson at Sam's Town while we eat Iceman's birthday cake...but lets just assume this thing works out where everyone actually shows up. HERE are my official predictions based on a 3-game qualification and 5-person stepladder finals:

Game 1: Aslan (187); Iceman (171); Mudpuppy (198); MWhite (173); RobM (202).
Game 2: Aslan (196); Iceman (186); Mudpuppy (220); MWhite (216); RobM (202).
Game 3: Aslan (194); Iceman (233); Mudpuppy (222); MWhite (176); RobM (241).

Stepladder Finals:
Game 1: Aslan vs. MWhite: Aslan (195); MWhite (181).

Game 2: Aslan vs. Iceman: Iceman (189); Aslan (187).

Game 3: Mudpuppy vs. Iceman: Mudpuppy (246); Iceman (200).

Game 4: RobM vs. Mudpuppy: RobM (215); Mudpuppy (191).

Now, my last prediction (1stABHMAVZSCI), I predicted ZDawg to beat me for 1st...and ZDawg was about 7-9 pins short of that. But I DID predict I'd come in ahead of MWhite and I did. I also predicted I'd beat MWhite on wood...although I didn't predict by such a large margin.

But here's why I picked this the way I did:
1) As the least talented bowler with the least ability to strike AND problems on heavier oil AND the poorest spare shooting...even if I step up my game...I simply can't pick up spares as well as the rest of the field and I think that'll me to sub-200 games.

2) Iceman will probably struggle out of the gate as these Vegas lanes are not going to be what he's used to...but he'll figure them out quick enough.

3) MWhite has the talent...but I just don't think he has the luck. And I'm like kryptonite to him...my mere presence is going to knock him off his game. I WON'T have the wood lane advantage here...and Mike's high rev rate will be dangerous...but after a 4 hour car ride...with all the excitement...and the Aslan factor...I think he'll be shy of his enormous potential.

4) Muduppy has the highest ceiling...but Rob has the Vegas experience. He downplays it...but all us non-Vegas folks...just having to walk through a strange casino with stupid slot machine noises tripping over old ladies and their walkers...we're going to be out of our element. But Rob, will be right at home.

To beat Rob IN Vegas...you gotta have a 200+ game in you MINIMUM. And I just don't got that on Vegas conditions. I could get lucky and maybe win in a 1-game showdown against Iceman or MWhite...but Mudpuppy just has too high a ceiling and Rob is too experienced/consistent. My only hope is that after 3 games of qualifying, the lanes dry up enough where the competition starts experiencing too much movement...and my lower rev rate starts to play better. But thats my only shot at winning this thing. The smarter money is on Rob or Mudpuppy.

[MICHAEL]

My new helmet, for the trip

[Aslan]

I can't wait to see the post of the scores from Vegas where you photoshop in 300s.

Photoshop WIZ...but bowling Wiz??? <------not so much.

I'm just glad Iceman Ranch hasn't been hit by the rampant looting and violence of the rest of Missouri.

[MICHAEL]

I can't wait to see the post of the scores from Vegas where you photoshop in 300s.

Photoshop WIZ...but bowling Wiz??? <------not so much.

I'm just glad Iceman Ranch hasn't been hit by the rampant looting and violence of the rest of Missouri.

I CAN"T WAIT MYSELF!!! I am sure I will amaze myself, even more then you will be amazed at the whoopen your-a-bout-2-GET!!

That riot thing is in St Louis,,, not Kansas City Mo! Over 2 light years away!!

[MICHAEL]

Its going to be a Whoopen!!!! SOON!!!! You will know the POWER OF THE DARK SIDE, Aslan!!!