Rebels win rematch
Andy McDonnell The Denver Post
LITTLETON- The last game between Columbine and Dakota Ridge was a back-and-forth affair that took the full 32 minutes to decide. Eagle's senior Chris Poste hit nothing but nylon from distance to win the game in the final seconds 54-51.
"We knew it would be a dogfight coming in here," said Rebels head coach Clay Thielking. "And it was."
This time around Columbine (15-3, 10-1) was able to out-scrap an undersized but extremely quick Dakota Ridge (9-8, 7-4) team 68-55 at home in a Jefferson County League matchup.
"The loss over there hurt a ton," said Thielking who knows that although these kids don't go to school together, they're often friends off the hardwood. "The kids have bounced back really well since then."
Since that matchup on January 4th the Rebels have cruised in conference play, winning 8 straight games. "I can't give Columbine enough credit," said Dakota Ridge head coach Curi Yutzy. "They are a very solid team and they were definitely prepared for us."
In the rematch, the Rebels', who are No. 9 in The Denver Post Class 5A media poll, game-plan prevailed.
"They did a better job, especially in the first half of executing their game plan than we did," said Yutzy of his team who lacked the vertical stamina to stay with Chris Huth and Jon Snow, 6'7" and 6'6" respectively. "They took advantages that they have on us with their size."
But what the Eagles lack in height they made up in quickness and forced the opponent into dangerous plays.
"It is an interesting dynamic," said Thielking who entrusts much of the ball handling to Nick Carpinello. "That press makes it look that there are seven blue shirts out there and that makes things really tough."
"It was big, especially the last time for us seniors," said Carpinello with a wry smirk after handling the pressure against their rival. "It was just a good way to go out with them."
Dakota Ridge 11 8 22 14 - 55
Columbine 15 13 14 26 - 68
Dakota Ridge - Musleh 7 4-6 18, Hoffman 3 2-2 8, Anderson 1 0-2 2, Flores 1 0-0 2, Poste 3 0-0 9, Wallin 2 0-0 4, Genthe 0 0-0 0, Davis 5 2-2 12. Totals 22 8-12 55
Columbine - Carpinello 5 8-9 20, Daly 3 4-4 13, Hyde 0 0-0 0, Huth 4 4-4 12, McMinimee 1 0-0 2, Koop 0 0-0 0, Crowther 2 0-0 4, Snow 7 3-4 17. Totals 22 19-21 68
3-pt. goals: Dakota Ridge - Poste 3. Columbine - Daly 3, Carpinello 2.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Journalism limbo; Don't sell my education short
My education is in limbo, and it seems like the school I attend is setting the bar way too low.
I will be the first one to tell you that what is happening to the University of Colorado's journalism school is a travesty. The students that attend, have graduated and will graduated from the much less accomplished sounding 'Journalism Program' probably won't be given the same foothold in the industry as those at other institutions of higher education. But, although the process and utilities that CU has there are still very good and well-rounded "journalists" coming out of Boulder every semester.
Over the course of the last week we have seen two of the most disturbing events get blown out of proportion.
Rob Lowe reported via Twitter, "Hearing my fave, #18 Peyton Manning will not return to #NFL. Wow. #Colts." And the shock-wave rippled throughout the social media giant. Some people believed while more others found the information as an interesting note that could not be corroborated and thus was just another so-called-official report.
It started a storm that if you weren't paying close enough attention to you could have easily missed it. People, the average person was aware of what was being presented in front of them and they, in a matter of moments, were able to decipher the trustworthiness of the news and the source that it came from.
Then only days ago CBSSports.com reported, without a credible source in the real article mind you, that Joe Paterno had died. People could not handle the news, or were unable to take it in rationally. Twitter became overwhelmed with this article and fact, that later turned out to be wrong. They family spokesperson of the Paterno family said this information was "absolutely not true." And as the story turned on its head it only began to gain steam. You didn't know what to believe and who was saying what.
Social media is useful, it can be informative and it continues to push the bounds that traditional media outlets have been slow to move on. It is a transformative tool much the way the radio and television waves expanded the information platform. But that is where it stops. There is no credibility on a Twitter service; the little blue check is no overbearing cover for things that may or may not be true.
It can spread information like wildfire and burn the entire forest down, and for that we cannot ignore it. But we can tear down and trample over the same forest by looking and believing in information that is not true.
The world needs good, hard-working journalist. They have to be there double-checking and triple-checking with facts and sources. So don't sell my education short.
I will be the first one to tell you that what is happening to the University of Colorado's journalism school is a travesty. The students that attend, have graduated and will graduated from the much less accomplished sounding 'Journalism Program' probably won't be given the same foothold in the industry as those at other institutions of higher education. But, although the process and utilities that CU has there are still very good and well-rounded "journalists" coming out of Boulder every semester.
Over the course of the last week we have seen two of the most disturbing events get blown out of proportion.
Rob Lowe reported via Twitter, "Hearing my fave, #18 Peyton Manning will not return to #NFL. Wow. #Colts." And the shock-wave rippled throughout the social media giant. Some people believed while more others found the information as an interesting note that could not be corroborated and thus was just another so-called-official report.
It started a storm that if you weren't paying close enough attention to you could have easily missed it. People, the average person was aware of what was being presented in front of them and they, in a matter of moments, were able to decipher the trustworthiness of the news and the source that it came from.
Then only days ago CBSSports.com reported, without a credible source in the real article mind you, that Joe Paterno had died. People could not handle the news, or were unable to take it in rationally. Twitter became overwhelmed with this article and fact, that later turned out to be wrong. They family spokesperson of the Paterno family said this information was "absolutely not true." And as the story turned on its head it only began to gain steam. You didn't know what to believe and who was saying what.
Social media is useful, it can be informative and it continues to push the bounds that traditional media outlets have been slow to move on. It is a transformative tool much the way the radio and television waves expanded the information platform. But that is where it stops. There is no credibility on a Twitter service; the little blue check is no overbearing cover for things that may or may not be true.
It can spread information like wildfire and burn the entire forest down, and for that we cannot ignore it. But we can tear down and trample over the same forest by looking and believing in information that is not true.
The world needs good, hard-working journalist. They have to be there double-checking and triple-checking with facts and sources. So don't sell my education short.
A Brady guarantee
When Tom Brady beat the Broncos, 41-23, in Week 15 of the NFL season he did so with ruthless conviction. He didn't hush the critics that were righteously jumping aboard the Tim Tebow bandwagon. He blatantly turned them against himself, he made them into socks puppets that harassed himself as motivation.
So it's no surprise that he told Tebow after the game, "I hope to see you again (in the playoffs)." He wanted Tebow again, he wanted or envied the opportunity. And he got it; again he turned outsiders against him and he went out and made a mockery of the Broncos defense.
Now as the Patriots head to their fourth Super Bowl in the last 11 years their quarterback should practically Joe Namath-guaranteeing a win.
The Patriots and Giants will play the game, but one side will have all the advantages. New York has little to no chance of doing the unthinkable twice against the most accomplished head coach-quarterback combination that ever was apart of football. And it's not due to their lack of, well, anything. They may be the most qualified team in the playoffs to take on the Patriots. They have everything they need, a stout defensive line to put pressure on Brady, a decent secondary, an Eli quarterback and a coach that has experience and knows what it takes.
But they have no chance.
You do not ruin Brady's perfect season, his name forever, furthermore etched in the history of football, in the most dramatic way possible and get away with it. You just don't.
Brady and Belichick will make your wait, answer 'no comment' on what it would mean to win this game seeing as the Giants were the team to take away their last ring, and then come out on February 5th with no remorse. The Patriots won't be ashamed when they waltz to the victory, because in their minds it's the natural order of things.
So it's no surprise that he told Tebow after the game, "I hope to see you again (in the playoffs)." He wanted Tebow again, he wanted or envied the opportunity. And he got it; again he turned outsiders against him and he went out and made a mockery of the Broncos defense.
Now as the Patriots head to their fourth Super Bowl in the last 11 years their quarterback should practically Joe Namath-guaranteeing a win.
The Patriots and Giants will play the game, but one side will have all the advantages. New York has little to no chance of doing the unthinkable twice against the most accomplished head coach-quarterback combination that ever was apart of football. And it's not due to their lack of, well, anything. They may be the most qualified team in the playoffs to take on the Patriots. They have everything they need, a stout defensive line to put pressure on Brady, a decent secondary, an Eli quarterback and a coach that has experience and knows what it takes.
But they have no chance.
You do not ruin Brady's perfect season, his name forever, furthermore etched in the history of football, in the most dramatic way possible and get away with it. You just don't.
Brady and Belichick will make your wait, answer 'no comment' on what it would mean to win this game seeing as the Giants were the team to take away their last ring, and then come out on February 5th with no remorse. The Patriots won't be ashamed when they waltz to the victory, because in their minds it's the natural order of things.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Lincecum arbitration complication
Asterisk, arbitration and absolute zero, to baseball fans and astrophysicists alike, they are, in a word, "arbitrary". Their definitions and emcancipations elude the greatest minds of the sports world and beyond.
In a fit, and legal argument that could not be avoided Tim Lincecum got the worst of the deal.
He did get offered $17-million by the San Francisco Giants, but it feels like a slap in the face. Like getting hit by your girlfriend with a silk pillow. (But I guess I really wouldn't know. Beside the point, moving on.... Like always. Tear.)
But the two-time Cy Young award winner was asking for four-million dollars MORE, a whopping $21-million a year, deservedly or not, grander than the team was offering.
Arbitration is like the MLB divorce court. There is nothing pleasant about it; arguing the worth of a player using, in some cases, any means necessary to prove their value or rather lack there of. The inevitable tug-of-war, hurt feelings and testy in-laws.
And this legal off-season battle doesn't happen often but it should be taken notice of by the public. A good player, and agent cannot come to terms on an agreement with their team and are forced into court to resolve these issues. During the NFL Lockout the court went as far as to assign a mediator to try to loosen the grip of the school-age-kid-like-adults trying to swap pudding packs.
This won't end pretty for either side; it would be hard to iron out all four-million of those differences. The whole situation, including the conception of arbitration, between Lincecum and the Giants is a shady situation. A bit arborous if you ask me.
In a fit, and legal argument that could not be avoided Tim Lincecum got the worst of the deal.
He did get offered $17-million by the San Francisco Giants, but it feels like a slap in the face. Like getting hit by your girlfriend with a silk pillow. (But I guess I really wouldn't know. Beside the point, moving on.... Like always. Tear.)
But the two-time Cy Young award winner was asking for four-million dollars MORE, a whopping $21-million a year, deservedly or not, grander than the team was offering.
Arbitration is like the MLB divorce court. There is nothing pleasant about it; arguing the worth of a player using, in some cases, any means necessary to prove their value or rather lack there of. The inevitable tug-of-war, hurt feelings and testy in-laws.
And this legal off-season battle doesn't happen often but it should be taken notice of by the public. A good player, and agent cannot come to terms on an agreement with their team and are forced into court to resolve these issues. During the NFL Lockout the court went as far as to assign a mediator to try to loosen the grip of the school-age-kid-like-adults trying to swap pudding packs.
This won't end pretty for either side; it would be hard to iron out all four-million of those differences. The whole situation, including the conception of arbitration, between Lincecum and the Giants is a shady situation. A bit arborous if you ask me.
Monday, January 16, 2012
College basketball revolving door
Does it really still count as the Glass Slipper if what Cinderella's searching for in March is more like a worn bowling shoe?
In the first 10 weeks of the college basketball season (There's been over 2 months of college basketball?!?) there were three teams that have accompanied the top spot in the polls. North Carolina was toppled, Kentucky nipped and now Syracuse is trying to remain as the #1 team as it heads into Big East Conference play. Not to mention seven total teams have recieved votes for the number-one spot. And this is just the beginning of a revolving door in college basketball.
This is by no means a resurgance of the little school, the Patriot league team that makes a miraculous run into March past the high-heel, highly touted one-and-done school. This is the overall ambiguity of top-class, top-tier talent.
The Big 6 Conferences, soon to be widdled down, seeing to more and more conference opponents will inevitably face of in the Sweet-Sixteen and beyond.
Conferences and the teams that reside in them will only get stronger. They will swivel on top of each other forcing the overall strength of the league to increase. Smaller schools without the visibility of ESPN or upcoming conference networks won't be able to get the looks, and respect of outsiders. At-large bids will go to schools in-large conferences.
Some big schools will still topple like an cruiseliner in a bubble bath when the drain is pulled, yes, but that is due to a lack of maturity that seems to becontagious throughout the NCAA. Smaller schools don't have as many opportunities as they once had, theirs only so many 'Magic Beans' to sell to the Jacks of the college basketball realm.
College basketball is big business, it's "this town ain't big enough of the two of us" country western. So, little schools I wish you luck in the near future, tighten those neon velcro straps and just try to sqeeze in the swiveling front door.
In the first 10 weeks of the college basketball season (There's been over 2 months of college basketball?!?) there were three teams that have accompanied the top spot in the polls. North Carolina was toppled, Kentucky nipped and now Syracuse is trying to remain as the #1 team as it heads into Big East Conference play. Not to mention seven total teams have recieved votes for the number-one spot. And this is just the beginning of a revolving door in college basketball.
This is by no means a resurgance of the little school, the Patriot league team that makes a miraculous run into March past the high-heel, highly touted one-and-done school. This is the overall ambiguity of top-class, top-tier talent.
The Big 6 Conferences, soon to be widdled down, seeing to more and more conference opponents will inevitably face of in the Sweet-Sixteen and beyond.
Conferences and the teams that reside in them will only get stronger. They will swivel on top of each other forcing the overall strength of the league to increase. Smaller schools without the visibility of ESPN or upcoming conference networks won't be able to get the looks, and respect of outsiders. At-large bids will go to schools in-large conferences.
Some big schools will still topple like an cruiseliner in a bubble bath when the drain is pulled, yes, but that is due to a lack of maturity that seems to becontagious throughout the NCAA. Smaller schools don't have as many opportunities as they once had, theirs only so many 'Magic Beans' to sell to the Jacks of the college basketball realm.
College basketball is big business, it's "this town ain't big enough of the two of us" country western. So, little schools I wish you luck in the near future, tighten those neon velcro straps and just try to sqeeze in the swiveling front door.
Andy becomes a Paper Boy
"Looks like you got yourself one heck of a paper route," says the loving brother to his plad-clad-tad, his inferior in only age, who is now employed by the voice of the Rocky Mountains.
I will be working over the course of the semester at the Denver Post. I'll be helping out in the preps department, high school sports, formatting and inputing scores of games. I'll also get the opportunity to write, short pieces on selected games and events, that will be put into the physical paper as well as online in digital form.
After 5 straight semesters of working for the grand total of 'experience' this will be nice change of pace.
I've see the inside of a radio station (104.3 The Fan), the workings of the two biggest television stations in the Denver market (9NEWS and CBS 4 Denver) and now I will get the taste of a newspaper. The art of the written word has been preached, prodded like a stock show steer, and beaten into me. Now I get to see it in action, where it all began, back to the beginning of journalism.
I'm happy to be here, excited about the opportunity, and now all I need it seems now is a guide so I don't get lost on this unimpeded rambling of mine.
I will be working over the course of the semester at the Denver Post. I'll be helping out in the preps department, high school sports, formatting and inputing scores of games. I'll also get the opportunity to write, short pieces on selected games and events, that will be put into the physical paper as well as online in digital form.
After 5 straight semesters of working for the grand total of 'experience' this will be nice change of pace.
I've see the inside of a radio station (104.3 The Fan), the workings of the two biggest television stations in the Denver market (9NEWS and CBS 4 Denver) and now I will get the taste of a newspaper. The art of the written word has been preached, prodded like a stock show steer, and beaten into me. Now I get to see it in action, where it all began, back to the beginning of journalism.
I'm happy to be here, excited about the opportunity, and now all I need it seems now is a guide so I don't get lost on this unimpeded rambling of mine.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Strong Brees
Drew Brees doesn't get cold feet. He doesn't get happy feet. But he has thrown for 16,428 feet this year (5476 yards), claiming the NFL record for yards through the air from a fish, Dan Marino.
The Purdue alumni has overcome long odds. In his case though, his odds have been often shorter than most. His 6 foot-even stature scared away numerous bidders, and a horrific shoulder injury could have shorten (pun inevitably intended, I apologize) his now illustrious NFL career.
So why, after silencing his critics, appeasing the people at Disney World, and muffing the deafening noise for his son after the biggest day in New Orleans history since the French sold off the territory in 1803, is Brees apparently afraid of the outdoors?
A balmy 24-degree day in Green Bay, Wisconsin isn't presumably the best football weather, but apparently the soft air in Lucus Oil Stadium, home of the dicrepid Indianapolis Colts, isn't either. Playing outside, for a bunch of grown men who earn their living that way week in and week out, especially for a team as good as the Saints, won't be the issue.
They may even hope to get the chance to go to the Frozen Tundra, the sweaters their grandmas knitted for them for Christmas are getting dusty.
The only team in the NFL that has done a good job of cooping up Brees is New Orleans themselves. Their stout offensive line has only given up 24 total sacks this season. They have surrounded #9, keeping him in the pocket safe and secure like a boys favorite toy.
What should scare the Saints is the vaunted Giants pass rush, not what kind of goose feathers their down coats will be filled with if they end up going to the Green Bay. A strong Brees is good in a wind tunnel, but won't be stopped if you let it out on the open plains of northern Wisconsin either.
The Purdue alumni has overcome long odds. In his case though, his odds have been often shorter than most. His 6 foot-even stature scared away numerous bidders, and a horrific shoulder injury could have shorten (pun inevitably intended, I apologize) his now illustrious NFL career.
So why, after silencing his critics, appeasing the people at Disney World, and muffing the deafening noise for his son after the biggest day in New Orleans history since the French sold off the territory in 1803, is Brees apparently afraid of the outdoors?
A balmy 24-degree day in Green Bay, Wisconsin isn't presumably the best football weather, but apparently the soft air in Lucus Oil Stadium, home of the dicrepid Indianapolis Colts, isn't either. Playing outside, for a bunch of grown men who earn their living that way week in and week out, especially for a team as good as the Saints, won't be the issue.
They may even hope to get the chance to go to the Frozen Tundra, the sweaters their grandmas knitted for them for Christmas are getting dusty.
The only team in the NFL that has done a good job of cooping up Brees is New Orleans themselves. Their stout offensive line has only given up 24 total sacks this season. They have surrounded #9, keeping him in the pocket safe and secure like a boys favorite toy.
What should scare the Saints is the vaunted Giants pass rush, not what kind of goose feathers their down coats will be filled with if they end up going to the Green Bay. A strong Brees is good in a wind tunnel, but won't be stopped if you let it out on the open plains of northern Wisconsin either.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Take FIVE Tebow
The last few weeks of my life have accompanied many questions, and in turn thoughts about the future.
"No, grandma, I don't have a girlfriend. And thanks for the offer but I think I can solve that issue on my own," I would say. This is becoming a Holiday tradition, a seminar or serenade by numerous family members (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!) about the not so distant future.
But the one question, and I promise it will ultimately lead me back to my main point and sports, is the ostentatious '5 year plan'. "Where do you see yourself in FIVE YEARS?" And that, for me, is the one that is the most frightening propositions.
This upcoming spring is set, I can do all I want but something will give or it won't and I know that to be true. That is set in stone the same way Excalibur's sword is.
And this, will be where I come back to sports, and (would you have guessed it to be different?) back to Tim Tebow.
"Where do I see myself in 5 years", and "Where will Tebow be in 5 years?" aren't that different at all. The Broncos heartthrob (Thought; can you imagine if Tebow ever gets in a relationship? The Internet may explode.) is continually getting better. That fact is undeniable, but its only one game, even if it was a playoff game and one of the most captivating finishes in a city that has seen its fair share of drama.
Tebow stole our grade school lunch money but he's giving us half of a Zebra Pie brownie that he bought with it.
In five years time, frightened as we may be, will that, now puberty stricken Tebow (in football years) still be able to woo us at the Sadie Hawkins dance? Can he become the Broncos quarterback of the future?
I still, although I am completely and utterly on the bandwagon, hesitate to say 'Yes'. We'll see in five, tremendously long years.
["No, grandma, still no girlfriend."..... Also, I hope I'm wrong but I don't know if Denver can handle TNT type drama every Sunday for very much longer.]
"No, grandma, I don't have a girlfriend. And thanks for the offer but I think I can solve that issue on my own," I would say. This is becoming a Holiday tradition, a seminar or serenade by numerous family members (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!) about the not so distant future.
But the one question, and I promise it will ultimately lead me back to my main point and sports, is the ostentatious '5 year plan'. "Where do you see yourself in FIVE YEARS?" And that, for me, is the one that is the most frightening propositions.
This upcoming spring is set, I can do all I want but something will give or it won't and I know that to be true. That is set in stone the same way Excalibur's sword is.
And this, will be where I come back to sports, and (would you have guessed it to be different?) back to Tim Tebow.
"Where do I see myself in 5 years", and "Where will Tebow be in 5 years?" aren't that different at all. The Broncos heartthrob (Thought; can you imagine if Tebow ever gets in a relationship? The Internet may explode.) is continually getting better. That fact is undeniable, but its only one game, even if it was a playoff game and one of the most captivating finishes in a city that has seen its fair share of drama.
Tebow stole our grade school lunch money but he's giving us half of a Zebra Pie brownie that he bought with it.
In five years time, frightened as we may be, will that, now puberty stricken Tebow (in football years) still be able to woo us at the Sadie Hawkins dance? Can he become the Broncos quarterback of the future?
I still, although I am completely and utterly on the bandwagon, hesitate to say 'Yes'. We'll see in five, tremendously long years.
["No, grandma, still no girlfriend."..... Also, I hope I'm wrong but I don't know if Denver can handle TNT type drama every Sunday for very much longer.]
CSU snubs the BCS
A lethargic Colorado State football program, especially after firing it's head coach Steve Fairchild, should be sitting on its hands. They should be remaining hopeful of a fresh start and a chance to make a run at bigger things like the other 120-plus Division-I teams.
Instead they have hijacked the most promising thing in 2012 and we're a little over a week into the New Year.
The BCS National Championship has already been proclaimed the "Game of the Century" and matched up two of the greatest defenses that have accompanied a collegiate artificial surface that resides in the Mercedes SuperDome. LSU has already beaten Alabama, moot point. As the writers, coaches and computers found the Crimson Tide deserving of another chance; bless their hearts.
Instead of watching two teams, on the biggest of all stages in college, clash it out undeterred the Rams got their grimy hands in the proverbial pancake batter.
CSU sought out and hired the offensive coordinator of Alabama, Jim McElwain, only mere weeks before the BCS Championship. This is a shame, a travesty that can't be reprimanded but just as well should be.
In interviews leading up the game McElwain has told reporters that he is getting stressed out and worn down by taking on the new position. (Although he will not fully take over as CSU head coach until after the game on January 9th) He is forced to dissect a defense that has Heisman trophy runner up and numerous other all Americans, and also be calling recruits for the Rams.
But it's not his fault, McElwain is doing all that one man can, without being Hancock-esque.
So while the "Game of the Century" may not, even probably won't be able to live up to the hype that is beside the point.
Even Boise State cannot disrupt the BCS the way Colorado State is right now.
Instead they have hijacked the most promising thing in 2012 and we're a little over a week into the New Year.
The BCS National Championship has already been proclaimed the "Game of the Century" and matched up two of the greatest defenses that have accompanied a collegiate artificial surface that resides in the Mercedes SuperDome. LSU has already beaten Alabama, moot point. As the writers, coaches and computers found the Crimson Tide deserving of another chance; bless their hearts.
Instead of watching two teams, on the biggest of all stages in college, clash it out undeterred the Rams got their grimy hands in the proverbial pancake batter.
CSU sought out and hired the offensive coordinator of Alabama, Jim McElwain, only mere weeks before the BCS Championship. This is a shame, a travesty that can't be reprimanded but just as well should be.
In interviews leading up the game McElwain has told reporters that he is getting stressed out and worn down by taking on the new position. (Although he will not fully take over as CSU head coach until after the game on January 9th) He is forced to dissect a defense that has Heisman trophy runner up and numerous other all Americans, and also be calling recruits for the Rams.
But it's not his fault, McElwain is doing all that one man can, without being Hancock-esque.
So while the "Game of the Century" may not, even probably won't be able to live up to the hype that is beside the point.
Even Boise State cannot disrupt the BCS the way Colorado State is right now.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Oregon Uniforms Top the List
Pasadena isn't necessarily know for its fashion scene. They usually leave the trends, and slow moving traffic to the people of Los Angeles. But in an odd Rose Bowl, one that was played on January 2nd, both those came west for the Grand-Daddy of them All.
The Rose Bowl Parade is nothing new, as the traditions of the game run as deep as Mariana's Trench. But the sense of style, in the form of new uniforms and slick metallic gleamed helmets, was all the buzz. (If Tweeting and Twitter make a buzz, then what do bees make?But thats for another day.)
Yet the uniforms were nothing more than a cover up.
Oregon is arguably one of the best teams in the nation. They consistently bring in talent, and aren't in the process of slowing down anytime soon. (On and off the field.) But while the plethora of skill and swag the Ducks have there is one thing they is the overriding factor in why they are where they are right now. And that is coaching.
The Ducks are the most well coached team in college football. Chip Kelly knows how to get players to commit to the program, to come to Eugene and to buy into his system, and he knows how to coach football in this day in age.
They play fast and they win. Oh, and they look the part.
The Rose Bowl Parade is nothing new, as the traditions of the game run as deep as Mariana's Trench. But the sense of style, in the form of new uniforms and slick metallic gleamed helmets, was all the buzz. (If Tweeting and Twitter make a buzz, then what do bees make?But thats for another day.)
Yet the uniforms were nothing more than a cover up.
Oregon is arguably one of the best teams in the nation. They consistently bring in talent, and aren't in the process of slowing down anytime soon. (On and off the field.) But while the plethora of skill and swag the Ducks have there is one thing they is the overriding factor in why they are where they are right now. And that is coaching.
The Ducks are the most well coached team in college football. Chip Kelly knows how to get players to commit to the program, to come to Eugene and to buy into his system, and he knows how to coach football in this day in age.
They play fast and they win. Oh, and they look the part.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012: Get Rich or Die Mayan
Lockouts, McIlroy, Penn St, Vancouver, Verlander, LSU, Cam Newton, Packers, Lockte were all so 2011.
We saw special moments that don't seem rare, and then others that you would have never imagined in a million years. These moments affected us, both the good and the bad, in ways that we have never seen before. We, the fans, the bloggers, the ever-impatient followers are apart of what is going on in the world of sports.
But as the calendar moves forward so must we.
There are things left to accomplish. The world can't help but continue to move forward, although at times it seems to possible that it is moving the exact opposite direction. People will continue to learn, about the possibilities that are in store for the world, and the movement of sports.
The year two-thousand eleven will be forever etched in our minds. It gave us all we could handle, and more that seemed to overflow. But as we move forward we can't but look back. Remember it, but forge on.
Saving the best for last. Here we come 2012, everyone better be ready.
We saw special moments that don't seem rare, and then others that you would have never imagined in a million years. These moments affected us, both the good and the bad, in ways that we have never seen before. We, the fans, the bloggers, the ever-impatient followers are apart of what is going on in the world of sports.
But as the calendar moves forward so must we.
There are things left to accomplish. The world can't help but continue to move forward, although at times it seems to possible that it is moving the exact opposite direction. People will continue to learn, about the possibilities that are in store for the world, and the movement of sports.
The year two-thousand eleven will be forever etched in our minds. It gave us all we could handle, and more that seemed to overflow. But as we move forward we can't but look back. Remember it, but forge on.
Saving the best for last. Here we come 2012, everyone better be ready.
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