One less injustice in the world!

Just in case any of you out there have been living in an alternate universe where every thing is perfect, there are a lot of things in this world that just don't seem quite fair. Things like a devastating earthquake basically leveling Haiti, which is already the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Or the fact that right now people with perfect credit can't get approved for a loan from many major banks, while the CEO's of those banks give them selves 7 digit bonus'. NBA refs gambling on games they are assigned to call and so on and so forth.

But last night one of the greatest injustices the world has ever seen was finally put to an end. Deron Williams was named to an all-star team roster for the first time in his 5 year career. FINALLY JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED!



Here's to many more for #8!

BACK TO BLOGGING!

The last time I wrote a blog was the day before the BYU Utah game. Since then life has been a whirl wind! First I went to Vegas for the weekend. Then I found out I'm going to be a dad. After that came finals week followed right up with a HEAVY dose of Christmas. As soon as Christmas was over it was time to start getting ready for this semester at school. Add in a surprise trip to a Denver Broncos game and top it off with my beloved wife and I taking a much needed Vacation to get away from EVERYTHING! In the midst of all of that you might imagine that I have had very little time to even think about (let alone blog about) sports! So let me catch up

First things first! (pause while I clear my throat...)IN YOUR FACE UTAH!!!!! 26-23!!! I know it was a pretty ugly game! Utah played like Crap! BYU played like Crap! The refs officiated like Crap! Basically it all boils down to this...for the 3rd time in 4 years Utah had a chance to win the but failed when it mattered most. After the first time it happened you could call it luck. After the second time you could call it a coincidence. After three times, its a trend.



I know I'm not the only member of COUGAR NATION who is pretty much on cloud 9 about the fact that there is going to be a COUGAR playing in the super bowl. Check that...there is a COUGAR that is one of the main reasons his team is playing in the super bowl. Not only did Austin Collie have a great season with the colts (good enough to earn him NFL all-rookie team honors) but he also had the best game of his season in the most important game of the year to date for his team, the AFC Championship game. 7 Receptions 123 Yard and one HUGE TD! Nobody can say the he wasn't a difference maker in that game! My prediction...next time Austin collie rolls in to Provo, he'll be sporting a phat SUPER BOWL ring baby! GO COLTS!



Until recently I have been pretty ticked off at the Jazz...those of you who know me well know that I have a "love-hate" relationship with them (i.e. for every time I have exclaimed "GO JAZZ" I have also exclaimed "STUPID JAZZ"). Deep Down I am a devoted loyal Jazz fan, they just tick me off once in a while. The beginning of the season saw me say "STUPID JAZZ" a lot! But recently they seem to have turned things around a bit. Two weeks ago they were in 11th place and not even in the playoff picture. Now they are in 6th place and climbing! This has made me quite happy! This past few weeks has had a lot less "STUPID JAZZ"'s and a lot more "GO JAZZ"'s (ask Sarah...she'll tell you all about it! D-Will has gotta be a shoe in for all star this year. Go Jazz!



Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it a lot better than before. Until Next time. Bon Voyage!

Show Down in P-Town!

Well it's official! The "Holy War" is tomorrow! It's what I've been waiting for all season, BYU and Utah head to head on the gridiron. In recent years it has been one of the closest mach-ups in the nation as 13 of the last 16 games have been decided by 7 points or less.

BYU brings a high powered offense in to the game complimented by a stout rush defense that has reeked havoc in teams backfields all year. Utah brings a balanced run and gun attack and a defense that has plenty of speed to keep up with the Cougars.

Some think it's going to be a high scoring shoot out, others think it will be a battle of defenses. But everyone knows that the truth is when the Cougars and Utes square off the only thing for certain is that nothing is certain.

BYU is my team so you know who I'll be rooting for, But either way I think its going to be another great one that won't be decided till the bitter end.

Here's to another great BYU Utah game!

RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH! RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH! RAH RAH RAH RAH RAH! GOOOOOO COUGARS!!!!

How I KNOW I'm a BYU fan...

If there was any doubt in anybodies mind as to weather or not I truly am a BYU fan it was all put to rest through a quite interesting experience I had on Saturday.

First you need to understand this. Sarah (my wife) and I love to play tricks on each other. One of our favorite tricks to play on each other is to steal the other ones cell phone and send a text to somebody that is either inappropriate or something that the owner of the phone would never say.

With that in mind...On Saturday evening we were upstairs watching TV when Sarah asked me to go get her a glass of ice water. While I was gone, unbeknown to me Sarah got her hands on my cell phone and texted something to my brother (a huge Utah fan)that I would never say. Shortly after I got back I received a text from my brother which read "did you really just say that? did your fingers actually type those words?". Immediately I looked at Sarah and said "what did you text to him?" she acted like she didn't know what I as talking about so I went to my sent message box and opened the most recent message sent to Steve...it read "GO UTAH". This is where it gets interesting. As soon as I read those words I got EXTREMELY nauseous ran to the bathroom and PUKED my guts out! NO JOKE! I felt fine before that...and I felt fine after. I have thought long and hard about why this would happen. I have no explanation other than this...I AM A TRUE BYU FAN!

GO COUGARS!

Expectations

I can't believe it, but its already time for the NBA basketball season to start! It was an interesting off season. Lots of teams made big moves, lots of teams decided to stand pat. Here is my break down of what I think will happen Division by Division this season:

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
Lots of big changes over the summer on the East Coast, but in the long run it probably won't change a whole lot. Boston still looks really good, if K.G. and the rest of the team can stay healthy they should have no problems bringing the Division crown back to Bean Town.

1. Celtics
2. 76ers
3. Raptors
4. Knicks
5. Nets

Central Division
If the Central has one thing its STARS to the ump-teenth power. With the likes of LeBron, Derick Rose, Micheal Redd, and Sheed being joined by Shaq there will be no shortage of great play. The Cavs look good but I wouldn't be too surprised if the Bulls or Pistons made a serious push for 1st place.

1. Cavs
2. Bulls
3. Pistons
4. Bucks
5. Pacers

Southeast Division
If there is a division where ANYTHING can happen, this is it. Orlando will be a contender for the Title again, and D-Wade is hungry for another ring. If the Wizards and Hawks can get their acts together they will be hard to beat. The only easy pick in the Southeast is last place.

1. Magic
2. Heat
3. Hawks
4. Wizards
5. Bobcats

Western Conference

Pacific Division
This is an interesting division. The Lakers are without question the best team, and unless Armageddon occurs they will win the division with no problem. It gets chippy after that. The Suns are good but ageing, the Warriors are fast but lack disipline, The Clippers are Talented but can never put it together, and the Kings can hits 3's all day but have no inside game. Spots 2-5 are up for grabs on the left coast.

1. Lakers
2. Suns
3. Warrior
4. Clippers
5. Kings

Southwest Division
There is no question that its going to be a competitive grind it out type of season for the Southwest. When it comes down to competitive grind it out basketball nobody does it better than the San Antonio Spurs. It will be a close race but in the end Timmy and the boys will edge out the Hornets and Mavs for the #1 spot. Sorry Houston, with Yao out and Artest in Purple and Gold, it might just be best to tank it and see if you can get a good lottery pick

1. Spurs
2. Hornets
3. Mavs
4. Grizzlies
5. Rockets

Northwest Division
Probalby the best division in the NBA this season. I expect it to come right down to the last game for the division championship to be decided. If the Nuggets can gel like they did last year they could win it. The Blazers have a strong backcourt and if Oden comes up big...look out! But if the Jazz avoid injurys and locker room drama, they will be haging another division championship banner in the ESA!

1. Jazz
2. Blazers
3. Nuggets
4. T-Wolves
5. Thunder

Mascots

The other day I was thinking about all these College's and their mascots...and I realized that there are 3 types. There are normal mascots, there are bad mascots, and mascots that make NO SENSE WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!! Here are some of my favorites:

Virgina Tech Hokies: If you look up the word Hokie in the dictionary wanna know what you'll find? NOTHING!!! It isn't even a word! Va Tech gets and E for E-magination on that one!

TCU Horned Frogs: Yeah they are a real thing that lives in Texas. But there are a lot of other more scary things to choose from like...racoons...cottontail rabbits...and......hillbillies!

St. Louis Billikins: Nobody knows what a Billikin is...but it looks like a cross between the devil, a mouse, and the abominable snowman.

Southern Illinois Salukis The Saluki is actually a great dog to have around...when your hunting mice...probably something that only would happen in southern Illinois.

UAB Blazers: At this point, they might as well just change it to the roaches...or the bong water...

California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs: this one just makes you ask....why?....is creativity really that important?

Cenetary Gentlemen: Gotta give them credit though...they are very Polite!

Grays Harbor Chokers: I bet these guys hate being in a close game!

Purdue Boilermakers: At least they aren't in denial about why their students go to school there....now pass me another boilermaker!

Rhode Island School of Design Nads: yep...my mind is at the level of a 3rd grader right now.

Syracuse Orange: Why would you name your team after a fruit?

Texas A&M-Galveston Sea Aggies: First of all...whats an Aggie? Second of all...What in the world he doing in the sea?

Ohio State Buckeyes: Why would you name yourselves after a nut? At least its not pecans or walnuts thought.

Indiana Hoosiers: I've always wanted to say this.................HOOOOOOOSIER DADDY?

If you can think of any more to ad to the list Feel free!

It's been a while!

Sorry Folks for not posting in a while! Sometimes life comes at ya fast and things like blogging get pushed to the side a little bit. I'll try to keep things up to date from now on.

Here are the up-dates I gotta blog on

Broncos 5-0- Totally unbelievable! I thought they would go down for sure to the Pats, gotta give the mile high boys props for pulling it out in OT! And you gotta love the Oompa Loompa socks!

Cougars Win Big- All I can say on this one is its about time we blew out a team we were supposed to blow out! Harvey looked mean out there, and Max finally had a 0 Int game (his first in 8 games).

Utes Pull it off...again- Gotta give the boys on the hill koodos for coming back and winning against CSU. I'm sure all you U fans out there are singing praises to Johnson and his 3 picks that saved the game.

Ready for basketball- The Jazz had a two game trip to Europe, they went 1-1. I'm actually kind of excited to have Boozer back cause ya know he is going to play his butt off so he can get his big contract next year. Who knows...maybe he'll make an effort on defense this year.

Peace Out!