Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Presidential Candidates Seek Tebow Stamp of Approval
...but it's not going to happen as the Gainesville Sun is reporting that Tim Tebow is staying neutral and not endorsing a Presidential candidate and has been approached by several seeking his stamp of approval.
Highlight of the article: "Tebow, who grew up in Duval County, is a registered Republican voter there, according to the Florida Department of State's Division of Elections."
[full disclosure: I'm a republican :) ]
I also find it it rather entertaining that the supposed great leaders of our country in contention for the top job is actively seeking the support of a 20-year-old football player in Florida, who wasn't even old enough to vote in the last Presidential election. Or maybe that is just a testament to his character...
Highlight of the article: "Tebow, who grew up in Duval County, is a registered Republican voter there, according to the Florida Department of State's Division of Elections."
[full disclosure: I'm a republican :) ]
I also find it it rather entertaining that the supposed great leaders of our country in contention for the top job is actively seeking the support of a 20-year-old football player in Florida, who wasn't even old enough to vote in the last Presidential election. Or maybe that is just a testament to his character...
Friday, February 22, 2008
Greatest Moment...
...of my college football viewing life. To set things up, this was a nasty rainy day in Oxford, Ohio. We are down against Akron and had been giving their head coach a hard time all day from the stands.
Following this play, we rushed the field. It was the only time in my 4 years that fans hit the field and I was just a freshman. A senior looked at me and said - you will never forget this play the rest of your life. That was also the moment I became a Ben Roethlisberger fan for life. I love that YouTube has this clip for me to watch over and over again.
Following this play, we rushed the field. It was the only time in my 4 years that fans hit the field and I was just a freshman. A senior looked at me and said - you will never forget this play the rest of your life. That was also the moment I became a Ben Roethlisberger fan for life. I love that YouTube has this clip for me to watch over and over again.
NBA
Living in Southwest Ohio, professional basketball is not all that popular. I don't have a favorite team, but I do like players for various reasons - alma mater, talent, behavior, attitude, etc.. Similarly, there are players I do NOT like - LeBron James, haven't liked him since I was a junior in high school (a long time ago) and I also have strong feelings against catholic schools competing against public schools that don't have the privilege of recruiting, but that's a whole other story.
I'm also not a fan of Cleveland as a city - it smells, it's the mistake by the lake and in general, living in Cincinnati requires that you to hate all things Cleveland (booo Brownies).
So given all that insight - I'm disappointed to hear that TWO NBA players I like are now Cavs- Wally Szczerbiak and Ben Wallace. I am impressed with the 11-man trade coordination with 1-minute left on the trade clock though.
I'm also not a fan of Cleveland as a city - it smells, it's the mistake by the lake and in general, living in Cincinnati requires that you to hate all things Cleveland (booo Brownies).
So given all that insight - I'm disappointed to hear that TWO NBA players I like are now Cavs- Wally Szczerbiak and Ben Wallace. I am impressed with the 11-man trade coordination with 1-minute left on the trade clock though.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Classic Tim Tebow
I've seen this passed around for a while, but it's a goodie.
The best part of the video is that I'm in that crowd witnessing the glory.
HT - Frank & http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1800940
The best part of the video is that I'm in that crowd witnessing the glory.
HT - Frank & http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1800940
Steelers Schedule
The Steelers 2008-09 schedule has just been brought to my attention, their opponents in particular.
At least at the end of this schedule (and everyone lives up to their own hype) no one will question whether or not the Steelers earned the 6th Super Bowl ring, I anticipate them achieving. (Come on, what fan doesn't start a season thinking their team is going to win the Super Bowl?)
Here We Go Steelers!
Records of 2008 Steeler Opponents
Home Road
*Indianapolis (13-4) *Jacksonville (12-6)
Houston (8-8) *Tennessee (10-7)
*NY Giants (14-6) *Washington (9-8)
*Dallas (13-4) Philadelphia (8-8)
*San Diego (12-6) *New England (18-1)
* - denotes '07 playoff team
Combined record - 117-58 (.669)
At least at the end of this schedule (and everyone lives up to their own hype) no one will question whether or not the Steelers earned the 6th Super Bowl ring, I anticipate them achieving. (Come on, what fan doesn't start a season thinking their team is going to win the Super Bowl?)
Here We Go Steelers!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
ESPN Legal
I'm starting to think that ESPN needs it's own legal or court TV type of extension channel. Over the last year, think about all the legal cases or issues that have been covered (extensively) by ESPN and diluting SportsCenter. This morning alone, there was a story on the Indiana Basketball coach violating recruiting procedures that conveniently followed highlights from last night's Indiana/Wisconsin match up. All I wanted to see were highlights (or lowlights depending on who you ask) from the Florida/LSU game I missed (thankfully, I never did).
Maybe it was just this year with events like the NBA referee scandal, Michael Vick, "Spygate," the Mitchell report and of course Roger Clemens gets a mention of his own, that warrant the need for a ESPN legal channel. Then again, with technology making it easier to document illegal actions, maybe this is the growing trend that we will see more of this, ruining the PR image sports have spent years fostering.
I once facilitated a media interview with Boomer Esiason, who commented on today's NFL players very public arrests (Chris Henry). He said, (and I paraphrase) a lot of professional athletes have always found a way to get into trouble, it was just harder for people to find out. Today, someone can snap video on their cell phone and you're on the Internet an hour later.
On, that note, this is on the Internet...a second later.
Maybe it was just this year with events like the NBA referee scandal, Michael Vick, "Spygate," the Mitchell report and of course Roger Clemens gets a mention of his own, that warrant the need for a ESPN legal channel. Then again, with technology making it easier to document illegal actions, maybe this is the growing trend that we will see more of this, ruining the PR image sports have spent years fostering.
I once facilitated a media interview with Boomer Esiason, who commented on today's NFL players very public arrests (Chris Henry). He said, (and I paraphrase) a lot of professional athletes have always found a way to get into trouble, it was just harder for people to find out. Today, someone can snap video on their cell phone and you're on the Internet an hour later.
On, that note, this is on the Internet...a second later.
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