BYU Football = US Soccer
Flashes of brilliance followed by habitual disappointment.
I have come to accept that neither are elite teams, nor will be in the near future.
Roger Federer: Tennis god.
Hit tip to Paul.
#20 Brigham Young Beats #3 Ranked Oklahoma
Both teams were missing star players. BYU’s star running back, Harvey Unga, did not play at all because of a hamstring injury. OU’s Sam Bradford did not play in the second half due to a shoulder injury.
To me, the real story of this game was BYU’s defense stopping OU a half-dozen times from inside [...]
1. May 22, 2009. Olbermann’s hypocrisy on the Gitmo recidivism rate exposed by John Gibson:
2. May 22, 2009. Privatizing education would provide real stimulus.
3. May 22, 2009. Obama’s defense of his national security policies is rife with hypocrisy:
[O]n one hand, the president claims that the Bush administration and the post-9/11 Congress went “off course,” making [...]
A comment on the Rick Pitino story at kentuckysportsradio.com:
Pitino admitted to Louisville police that he did have consensual sex with Sypher in Porcini’s Restaurant and then afterwards gave her the money necessary to get an abortion. Sypher’s allegations were that the sex was not consensual, although both agree on the location of their first encounter [...]
Great Weekend (and Monday)
US Soccer looks to be back. Or at least they did their best imitation of the 2002 team for the past three games, beating Egypt, Spain and then playing a great first half against Brazil. I’m cautiously optimistic.
The Kirchners lost pretty much everywhere in Argentina’s legislative elections. Even in their home province [...]
Some thoughts…
I haven’t blogged in a while. Here are some random thoughts from the past couple weeks:
I don’t get the hubbub about Obama talking about his Muslim roots. It’s great that Obama can reference his Muslim roots to impress the Middle East, gain cred in region. This is a positive for America. Right? [...]
Officiating: NBA vs NHL
Do you think the NBA can survive a Denver Nuggets-Orlando Magic showdown in the Finals? Would anybody watch? Of course not. But don’t worry. It will be Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The officials will make sure of it.
. . .
Officiating is yet another reason why [...]
BYU Rugby Wins 2009 National Championship
In one of the more remarkable upsets in the history of collegiate rugby, the Cougars scored 13 unanswered points in the final 18 minutes Saturday night to stun top-seeded Cal 25-22 in the Division I national championship game at Steuber Stadium.
BYU stuns Cal to end five-year reign in rugby
BYU scored three tries and held the [...]
