A return to the norm
Happy Monday, we are now back on our regularly scheduled programming. Well, that is if anything about this blog can be considered regular or scheduled. It has been a crazy, crazy weekend if you follow college sports. I confess I really did not know what outcome I wanted from the USC-Notre Dame game. On one hand, I always root against USC on principle and on the other hand, I'd prefer for Pac-10 to win non-conference play and for the UCLA-USC game at the end of the year to be between two undefeated teams. So I suppose you can say, either way the game turned out, I would be satisfied with it.
What a game it was though, down the the last seconds. If I was Notre Dame, I would be upset at the officiating at the end of the game but the game shouldn't have been in the referee's hands in the first place if they had played their defense. What can you say? USC delivered in the clutch. They're on top of the polls for good reason. I don't believe they are invincible though, and to get to the Rose Bowl this year, they still have to go through us.
Speaking of the *other* games this weekend, UCLA is going to end me someday with our terrible run defense. I understand that 3 starting defensive linemen are out with injuries, but can we please learn to tackle? I prefer to not start every half spotting the other team 21 points and having to dig ourselves out of it in the last 2 quarters. That said, we did a remarkable job of it. Drew Olson was calm and poised as he led the team down the field drive after drive. Maurice Drew was impeccable as the go-to guy and Marcedes Lewis exploited his mismatch well. All around a good showing by the offense.
Oh, and Berkeley lost again. I suppose losing to us last week could have rattled their confidence, but I think more likely is that they're not as good as everyone thought. The best team they had played was UCLA and they haven't beaten anyone good. I think they've been exposed as a one dimensional offense, since they are weak at the quarterback position.
Outside of the sports world (and back into mine,) there isn't a whole lot to talk about. I've been watching a lot more TV than I did last year/season. I find the shows 'How I met your mother', 'My name is Earl', and 'Everybody Hates Chris', and 'Smallville' to be entertaining enough to keep my interest. 'My name is Earl' is probably the best among them. I'm waiting for 'Scrubs' to start its new season, I can't wait to find out what's going to happen now that Elliot is gone. I hope they don't cancel the show, I simply can't get enough of it.
What a game it was though, down the the last seconds. If I was Notre Dame, I would be upset at the officiating at the end of the game but the game shouldn't have been in the referee's hands in the first place if they had played their defense. What can you say? USC delivered in the clutch. They're on top of the polls for good reason. I don't believe they are invincible though, and to get to the Rose Bowl this year, they still have to go through us.
Speaking of the *other* games this weekend, UCLA is going to end me someday with our terrible run defense. I understand that 3 starting defensive linemen are out with injuries, but can we please learn to tackle? I prefer to not start every half spotting the other team 21 points and having to dig ourselves out of it in the last 2 quarters. That said, we did a remarkable job of it. Drew Olson was calm and poised as he led the team down the field drive after drive. Maurice Drew was impeccable as the go-to guy and Marcedes Lewis exploited his mismatch well. All around a good showing by the offense.
Oh, and Berkeley lost again. I suppose losing to us last week could have rattled their confidence, but I think more likely is that they're not as good as everyone thought. The best team they had played was UCLA and they haven't beaten anyone good. I think they've been exposed as a one dimensional offense, since they are weak at the quarterback position.
Outside of the sports world (and back into mine,) there isn't a whole lot to talk about. I've been watching a lot more TV than I did last year/season. I find the shows 'How I met your mother', 'My name is Earl', and 'Everybody Hates Chris', and 'Smallville' to be entertaining enough to keep my interest. 'My name is Earl' is probably the best among them. I'm waiting for 'Scrubs' to start its new season, I can't wait to find out what's going to happen now that Elliot is gone. I hope they don't cancel the show, I simply can't get enough of it.
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