Good morning, sports fans. Sometimes sports are two peanut shells short of a circus act, if you think about it.

When I think of a circus I think of a million different things going on at once – some good, some bad. But no matter what, they are all chaotic.

Just think about it. All of you Panther fans who have been out to Lantz Gymnasium this year have seen the epic struggle between the band and public address announcer Matt Piescinski.

While Piescinski is trying to announce a winner to some contest or another, the band breaks into another rendition of the “hey song,” and no one can hear Piescinski.

If you’ve never seen it before, you should go to the game if for nothing else to see the frustration on Piescinski’s face.

There have been at least four to five times this season, I have seen Piescinski throw down the microphone and bury his head in his hands. I’m telling you, the whole thing is a circus act.

And it really isn’t either one of their faults, they just haven’t realized to take turns and play nice.

But the basketball team is just like the lions jumping through the hoola-hoops, no matter how bad the things around them get, the lions make everyone forget about everything except them.

The lions, tigers and bears oh my, aren’t just relegated to the indoor activities at Eastern.

The clowns that are in this circus are doing a good job of defying logic in some of the decisions they have made.

It’s the little decisions that bring many questions to my mind. Questions like why have theyt waited so long to get new scoreboards at both the baseball and softball fields?

Other questions like why hasn’t construction on Coaches Stadium at Monier Field begun yet? I’m just curious.

But they have made some great decisions like getting fan buses to take loyal Eastern fans to games they normally couldn’t attend. Hip-Hip-Hooray. I don’t know what that was, but it seemed like the circus thing to say.

They also bought the Blue Crew their T-shirts, and they have advertised well enough to get some of the biggest crowds in Panther basketball history.

All in all, there are definitely more good things going on here at Eastern then bad.

Look at all of the good teams that this school is producing from football to soccer to basketball the Panthers are one of the top programs in the OVC year after year.

So step right up and see the bearded lady, the monkey boy, some of the best athletes in the conference and the sideshows that come with them.