September 26 to December 25. I am sorry for the long absence; school took all of my free time. Well that, and video games of course…
Anyways, Merry Christmas everybody. I hope you all enjoyed your holiday, and that you got all that you wanted.
Personally my Christmas wishes were fulfilled. I just finished installing Windows 7, as well as a pea coat among other clothes. So, all in all, it was a good day for me. The rest of my holiday has not been so grand. I spent last weekend in Seattle with my family for the funeral of my grandmother, so I am sure you can all imagine that this holiday season has been somber.
In other news though, there are many issues worth discussing that I have not been able to talk about.
- Tiger Woods: We cannot be that surprised that this happened can we?
He's a billionaire that can get whatever he wants. I'm not excusing his actions, but as some point we just have to let him live his life. I have no doubt that he will regain his status as the world's greatest golfer.
- Hulu.com is amazing.
I have been spending a lot of time on the site recently watching many shows. I love this website. I spent close to 10 hours on hulu watching Parks and Rec, Arrested Development, The League and Family Guy. Though I watch Family Guy regularly, I have never sat down to watch Parks and Rec or Arrested Development. These shows, by the way, are hilarious. It is worth checking out.
The League is a new show that I got introduced to by my friend Ryan. He found it on FX, and I kept up with the first season on hulu. The League is a show about five high school buddies who are in a fantasy football league. This show is amazing. I can honestly say that it is the first show that I ever watched a whole season of. This may be weird, but as a kid I never devoted a lot of time to watching tv series, instead I watched cartoons, the news, and ESPN. These were shows that did not have long drawn out stories, but instead allowed me to jump in and watch at any time. In case you haven't figured out, I enjoy things that do not require a lot of attention. You can look at the up keep of my blog for a prime example.
- Bowl season is here!
The next 7 days are a football fan's paradise. There are going to be something like 30 games played between tomorrow (12/26) and January 7th. And I am here to inform you on which games to watch and which to avoid, consider it my Christmas gift to you! Hi-lighting these games are, of course, the BCS games. Those include the Rose Bowl between Oregon and Ohio St. The Fiesta Bowl, which is the only other game featuring two unbeaten squads in TCU and Boise St. The Orange Bowl which has Big Ten power Iowa and ACC Champion Georgia Tech. The Sugar Bowl where you can see Tim Tebow's last game as a quarterback as Florida faces off against Cincinnati. Finally, there is the BCS Championship game between #1 Alabama (13-0) and #2 Texas (13-0). Out of these five games there look to be two games that are not worth watching (The Sugar and Orange Bowls).
Here are my five most anticipated bowl games this year
- The Fiesta Bowl (#4 TCU vs. #6 Boise St.) January 4th: as stated earlier it is the only other bowl game to feature two undefeated teams. It will be exciting to watch as we can see which perennial mid-major power is the best as Boise St. looks to avenge its only loss of the last two years.
- The National Championship Game (#1 Alabama vs. #2 Texas) January 7th: The championship game wouldn't be a championship game if it didn't feature the two best teams in the country. Unfortunately, due to computers and "old" money, we do not have that. This, is the next best thing though, as the teams who have sat at 1st and 2nd in the polls all year square off for the Championship.
- Champs Sports Bowl (#15 Miami vs. #25 Wisconsin) December 29th: This game should be good as two programs steeped in tradition meet in Florida for a chance at post-season glory. Look for Miami QB Jacory Harris to shine as the Big 10 again looks to be outmatched on the national stage.
- Holiday Bowl (#20 Arizona vs. #22 Nebraska) December 30th: This game features Arizona's high octane passing offense against the greatest defensive force in the country. Defensive Tackle Ndamukong Suh (yes that is a real name, and yes that is his name) is the best defensive player in college football in a while finishing 4th in the Heisman voting. He nearly single handedly beat Texas a few weeks ago; look for him to do more of the same in Sand Diego.
- The Rose Bowl (#7 Oregon vs. #8 Ohio St.) January 1st: There is reason why the game is called the Grand-Daddy of Them All. Pasadena rarely disappoints us as the pageantry of the event will be proudly put on display all afternoon. Oregon looks to be the favorite in this game as Ohio St. is playing short-handed after a few players were suspended.
- The Fiesta Bowl (#4 TCU vs. #6 Boise St.) January 4th: as stated earlier it is the only other bowl game to feature two undefeated teams. It will be exciting to watch as we can see which perennial mid-major power is the best as Boise St. looks to avenge its only loss of the last two years.
- The Dodgers
They are at it again. I am becoming more and more convinced that the baseball gods hate me, and that my beloved franchise is slowly turning into the Red Sox. It has been 20 years since the Dodgers last won the World Series, and though they have had very good seasons the last two years, it all looks to be self-destructing right before our very eyes. A divorce! Are you kidding me!? This once proud franchise is quickly becoming the laughing stock in all of baseball, hell maybe even in all of sports. Consider that, the Raiders seem to be in better hands right now with Al Davis, than the Dodgers do. We had a promising nucleus of players, including Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, James Loney, Russell Martin, Clayton Kershaw, and Chad Billingsly. Now, it looks like those will be the only players wearing a Dodgers uniform in 2010, as the front office will not have enough room in the budget for more players. Thus, leaving me to wait another 20 years for my beloved Bums to win the pennant. I am a hopeless romantic, which is why I love baseball, so I guess I have signed up for this, but this is nuts. Somebody must be looking down laughing at me right now as I write this.
Oh, well. This has been 1200 words of goodness. I hope it went down smooth and was refreshing for you all. I hope to update this soon, which shouldn't be a problem considering I have nothing to do over the next month other than to watch tv, drink, and spend time with family.
Until next time,
This is my view from the cheap seats.
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