Hey Lebron: 2/3 = .666

With Lebron recently leaving Cleveland for Miami and changing his number from 23 to 6, it got me wondering about that number 23 again.

After all if you take 2/3 it equals .666. Which is the first thing I saw on eBay after Lebron joined the Heat, three jerseys side by side:



Which is the number of the beast in the Bible:

Revelation 18:13

"This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666."

Lebron has turned into a quite a "beast" or monster himself from what Cleveland Talk Show Host Mike Trivisono and also Cavs owner Dan Gilbert have said. This begs the question though? Did Lebron make a deal with the devil?

OTHER NOTES: Revelation has 22 chapters, one short of 23. The verse 18:13...18+1+3=22 or 1+8+13=22, one short of 23.

Though many think of the mark of the beast in Revelation as the only reference to 666 in the Bible, there are actually 3 other passages with the number 666:

1 King 10:14 "The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents"

2 Chronicles 9:13 "The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents"

Ezra 2:13 "of Adonikam 666" (referring to different types of people in Israel)

DEGARMO AND KEY HAD A SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO FROM 1984 ABOUT THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, A CATCHY TUNE, YOU MAY LAUGH AT THE TECHNOLOGY THOUGH.

FIRST VERSION BAND FROM MTV FOR BEING TOO VIOLENT:



SECOND VERSION AIRED ON MTV (No way to embed it)

Why the Leopards Fail in the Playoffs

The Leopards lost to Marion-Franklin in the first round of football last year 14-7. #1 AP Poll Champions of Division II, yet we got upset first round in the last game at Louisville Stadium. How could this happen? Was it because the other team was better? Injuries? A Let-down?

Or was something else at work?

We also lost to DeSales in the Regional Championship. After beating Columbus Independence 60-24 in the first round (53-18 at the half) and Logan 7-0 in the second round. We choked against DeSales 38-21. DeSales was favorite in the game, but I was sure the Leopards had it in the bag, especially after dominating them in the 2007 regional final (19-0 at half, cruised to 25-20 victory).

Was there something else that was plaguing the Leopards?

While the Leopards did win against DeSales in 2007 to win the Region for the first time since 1992, by the score of 25-20 (25-2-0=23), the Leopards are stuck in the 00's decade with 23 wins. They couldn't win against DeSales in 2008 or against Marion-Franklin in 2009 to get their 24th playoff win.

2009 was the second time we were AP champions. The other time was 2002. In 2002, we lost to Olmstead Falls on a missed chip-shot field goal. I could be wrong, but there might have been 23 seconds left when he kicked it or when it was blocked, but anyways we lost the game 21-20. 21+2+0=23

We won the Region in 1992. Ending the Division 2 Semi Final game with a 48-7 loss to Fostoria. 4x8=32-2(DII)-7=23. I'm stretching it, but hey this is fun.

2004, I'll never forget getting knocked out of the playoffs 24-0 by Lake. I know its 24 not 23, but the game did happen to be on my birthday...11/12 (11+12=23).

23 has killed another one of my teams.

Akron Zips vs. Rhode Island Rams

Went to the Zips vs. Rhode Island game last night. We lost...but 23 was everywhere...quite literally:










Yep that's right...the entire dance team at Akron wear's #23 on their dance uniforms. These pictures were taken from last year, however they continue to wear them. You'd think their would be a reason. It's obviously not graduation year or anything like that. Nor is it our star player. #23 is worn by Brett McKnight, good player but not the best player by any means. They also wore these jerseys last year when clearly Nate Linhart was the best player. Ironically it was Brett McKnight who was having a terrible night. He got swatted several times and got the ball stolen from him a couple times as well, Brett's not usually like that just a bad night.

Oh yah...and the final score was 68-63 Rhode Island...6+8+6+3=23

Akron Zips and The Number 23

There is a 23 curse in Akron. Zips teams seem to get stuck on 23 wins in a variety of spots. The soccer team this year was 23-0 and finished the season 23-1-1 after the College Cup ended (even though it should be 24-1 or 23-0-2). Of course had they finished 24-1 like it should have been then 24-1=23. But anyways they lost in PKs to Virginia 3-2 (backwards of 23). Yah 23 was all over that game.

Last year the Zips lost to Northwestern in the playoffs after the ridiculous Home Field Advantage Fail...Zips finished the season 17-2-4, yep that's right 23 games.

In 2007 the Zips lost to South Florida first round on 11/28/07. 1+1+28=30-7=23. Okay, okay, maybe I'm stretching a little on that one, but there is proof in other sports too:

Zips basketball won the MAC this year and going into the NCAA Tournament had 23 wins. Needless to say they lost to Gonzaga. The Zags went on a 27-4 run in the second half (27-4=23) to win the game. Also 27-4 was the Zags record going into the game, another 23.

The 2007-08 season, Akron had 23 wins going into the MAC Championship game against Kent State and lost. Now they did make it to the NIT and won a game to push their record to 24-10 (24-1-0=23) before losing to UMass, who just coincidentally beat the Zips giving them their 23rd win.

In the 2006-07 season the Zips did win against Kent in the final regular season game to give them 23 wins in the regular season, but they lost in the MAC Championship to Miami who coincidentally had a record of 18-14 (also the address of Jim Carry's character in the movie The Number 23 so therefore 18+1+4=23 or 1+8+14=23 anyway you want to spin it its there.

Okay Okay enough about Men's basketball, what about Women's BBall? Last year the Zips lost to CMU in the first round. The Zips had 23 turnovers in the game and despite Kara Murphy's 32 points (backwards 23) they still lost. Oh and did I mention the fact that the game took place on 3/11/09 (3+11+9=23). Do you believe in the curse yet?

Of course the 2007-08 season for women's basketball ended the regular season with 23 losses and 7 wins. Needless to say they were knocked out the first round of the MAC Tourney.

Last year softball went 3-2 in the MAC tourney (backwards 23). They also had 32 wins in the regular season.

In the MAC Tourney in 2008 the Zips lost to Kent 3-2 in the first round, beat Miami 3-2 in the second round (two 23s backwards) before losing to Ball State.

In 2007 the Lady Zips Softball team beat Ohio State 2-1 in 8 innings before losing their final four games of the season. They were outscored in those games 23-0.

Oh btw there is no sense in looking into a football team curse this year, they just sucked...same with baseball period.

I'm sure there is more I could say about other Zips sports, but I will leave that for later.

First Entry

Lets just say that this number is everywhere. The movie wasn't the greatest movie I've ever seen, but ever since I watched it, 23 has appeared in everything I do. In this blog I will share how the number 23 has effected my life from little things to catastrophic things. Hopefully you will have some stories as well. Is the number 23 being in everything a coincidence or by design?