Hearing Alex Smith to Michael Crabtree for a Touchdown is something I can get used to over the next few years. Last weekend Alex Smith came in for "relief" of Shaun Hill who quite frankly wasn't getting it done. In one half he threw for 206 yards and 3 touchdown passes. Last week also marked the first game for long time holdout Michael Crabtree who caught 5 passes in his opening game. Many consider those 2 plus other offensive threats the future of the 49ers and let me just say that the future is looking bright.
On a side note, however, the team across the bay (the Raiders) didn't look too good playing the jets losing 38-0. There is always next week, right? Many Raider fans felt that they had the future on their team with a streak of 6 years with a top 10 draft pick meaning they had the opportunity to draft their future stars. Not so fast says owner Al Davis who apparently felt it would be smart to draft a few questionable players, mainly JaMarcus Russel, who this year only has 2 touchdown passes and over 10 turnovers. While being the butt of many jokes, it could be worse. Take the Lions, for example. They finished last season 0-16 and this year is not looking much better. It could even get WORSE than that. The St Louis Rams haven't won a game in over 20 attempts going 0-7 so far this season. Many call this year the year with the most bad teams they have ever seen. With 3 teams without a win yet this season, many can relate to what the experts are saying.
So in closing, this looks to be a promising year for the Niners, a not so surprising season for the Raiders, and a rather weak season for the NFL as a whole, HOWEVER there are 3 teams yet to lose so that is a promising stat.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
NBA Season Begins
This Tuesday is the start of the NBA regular season. This date has been marked on many people's calendars for a while now, including mine. While this day may not be much for most of you, it is a very big deal to me and many basketball fanatics out there for obvious reasons. For those of you who haven't watched a basketball game, i suggest you check it on Tuesday October 27th when the Cleveland Cavaliers play the Boston Celtics (BOO) or you could check out the reigning NBA champs Los Angeles Lakers face off against the Los Angeles Clippers.
For those of you who have never cared about basketball enough to watch it, here's some background info that could be useful for you and this basketball season. For instance, the NBA season is 82 games long which is plenty of time for your favorite (new or old) team to turn around any ill-fortune they have from last season.
And for those of you who like the games this Tuesday, I suggest you get a favorite team and start rooting now (I suggest the Lakers who WILL repeat this season). If you can't tell by now, I am a Laker fan. Have been since an early age mainly because of my brother who has liked them ever since Kobe has been playing for them.
And for those of you who have liked basketball long term, get on your favorite couch and get comfortable because you have a long season ahead of you if you don't like the Lakers. All I have to say is get used to Kobe with his rings because by the end of his career, he wont have enough fingers for all his rings. Am i getting over-confident? You can say that, but when the Lakers win ANOTHER title this year, I won't be afraid to say I told you so.
For those of you who have never cared about basketball enough to watch it, here's some background info that could be useful for you and this basketball season. For instance, the NBA season is 82 games long which is plenty of time for your favorite (new or old) team to turn around any ill-fortune they have from last season.
And for those of you who like the games this Tuesday, I suggest you get a favorite team and start rooting now (I suggest the Lakers who WILL repeat this season). If you can't tell by now, I am a Laker fan. Have been since an early age mainly because of my brother who has liked them ever since Kobe has been playing for them.
And for those of you who have liked basketball long term, get on your favorite couch and get comfortable because you have a long season ahead of you if you don't like the Lakers. All I have to say is get used to Kobe with his rings because by the end of his career, he wont have enough fingers for all his rings. Am i getting over-confident? You can say that, but when the Lakers win ANOTHER title this year, I won't be afraid to say I told you so.
Friday, October 16, 2009
2 in 1
So since I was sick last week with what I've been told is just a flu, I have the opportunity to make up some work in all my classes this week. While it has been a lot of a hassle with all the extra work, it has actually been kinda fun knowing I can procrastinate even longer and still get ALL my work done. Take this post for example. 11:20 on a Friday night when I have 2 blog posts due. Not risky enough? I don't even know if it's ok to combine my 2 blogposts to make a SUPERPost as you would call it. Well here's to hoping it is.
Well back to post itself, it has been a pretty crazy week for me. Today was especially fun for me. Not only did I win candy for my English group (ya I won it), but I'm actually understanding Spanish 3. I even got a "punto" (point) for correctly correcting the Spanish CD. I have never felt more smart in a 1 hour 50 minute period of time.
If you've come here for my usual weekly sports post, well then this is the paragraph for you. This week was horrible for bay area sports and I honestly don't seeing it getting any better for the Raiders. After their worst loss of the year by far last week, the niners head into a bye week to regroup. The raiders, however, aren't as lucky as they are forced to face the tough Philadelphia Eagles. If you think last week was bad, imagine
what the Eagles can do with a healthy Donovan McNabb against the shaky, to say the least, Raider's pass defense. Lets just say it will make for a very interesting match up. And if you're into Fantasy Football, then this is the week that you start all the Eagle players and "Root root for the good team."
Like I said earlier, the Niners (or good team) have a bye week and look to prepare for their next opponents better than they did the Falcons. While I made fun of the Raiders "D" earlier, last week, the Niners Defense didn't look much better against a very balanced rushing and passing attack of the Falcons. With Michael Turner running for 97 yards and Roddy White receiving 210 of Matt Ryan's 329 passing yards, the Falcons looked like a well oiled machine while the Niners looked about as good as the rusty bike that's been left out for the past year. However, the Niners defense wasn't completely flat. Take, for example, the Dre Bly interception deep in their own redzone followed by the classic Deion Sanders high step. Too bad Dre hadn't even gotten past his own 30 and a Falcons player close behind. In case you missed it (you better not have) here is the play so you can watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAs9gHrJAk . Not that that was a game changing moment or anything (hint: look at the scoreboard), but it didn't go unnoticed in the Niner's organization. Not only did Dre Bly "willingly" apologize, but he also impressed his coach by "willingly" apologizing.
So not only is this 2 blog posts in 1, but I even covered both bay area teams here. This really is the 2 for 1 SUPERPost. Now don't get used to this as next week, I will be going back to the traditional 1 in 1 weekly blogpost but you know what time to look for it. That's right the weekly Friday night at 11 o clock. So until next time, just enjoy this post for the time being.
Well back to post itself, it has been a pretty crazy week for me. Today was especially fun for me. Not only did I win candy for my English group (ya I won it), but I'm actually understanding Spanish 3. I even got a "punto" (point) for correctly correcting the Spanish CD. I have never felt more smart in a 1 hour 50 minute period of time.
If you've come here for my usual weekly sports post, well then this is the paragraph for you. This week was horrible for bay area sports and I honestly don't seeing it getting any better for the Raiders. After their worst loss of the year by far last week, the niners head into a bye week to regroup. The raiders, however, aren't as lucky as they are forced to face the tough Philadelphia Eagles. If you think last week was bad, imagine
what the Eagles can do with a healthy Donovan McNabb against the shaky, to say the least, Raider's pass defense. Lets just say it will make for a very interesting match up. And if you're into Fantasy Football, then this is the week that you start all the Eagle players and "Root root for the good team."
Like I said earlier, the Niners (or good team) have a bye week and look to prepare for their next opponents better than they did the Falcons. While I made fun of the Raiders "D" earlier, last week, the Niners Defense didn't look much better against a very balanced rushing and passing attack of the Falcons. With Michael Turner running for 97 yards and Roddy White receiving 210 of Matt Ryan's 329 passing yards, the Falcons looked like a well oiled machine while the Niners looked about as good as the rusty bike that's been left out for the past year. However, the Niners defense wasn't completely flat. Take, for example, the Dre Bly interception deep in their own redzone followed by the classic Deion Sanders high step. Too bad Dre hadn't even gotten past his own 30 and a Falcons player close behind. In case you missed it (you better not have) here is the play so you can watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAs9gHrJAk . Not that that was a game changing moment or anything (hint: look at the scoreboard), but it didn't go unnoticed in the Niner's organization. Not only did Dre Bly "willingly" apologize, but he also impressed his coach by "willingly" apologizing.
So not only is this 2 blog posts in 1, but I even covered both bay area teams here. This really is the 2 for 1 SUPERPost. Now don't get used to this as next week, I will be going back to the traditional 1 in 1 weekly blogpost but you know what time to look for it. That's right the weekly Friday night at 11 o clock. So until next time, just enjoy this post for the time being.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"
(6.) “Yeah, I just found out that Cleopatra was a Black woman.”
“What?”
The first student went on to explain her newly learned information. The second student exclaimed in disbelief, “That can’t be true. Cleopatra was beautiful!”
I feel this quote demonstrates how racism has become so worldwide that many people have begun to just accept it. Not that that's the right thing to do, but it is a thing to do. If you just let it keep bothering you, you will drive yourself crazy worrying about it. I think if somethings bothers you that much, you have to just let some things slide and go on with your life. Fretting over the small stuff is generally not worth it.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oh, Chicago
This Friday, it was made official that America will get the Summer Olympics. No, not North America, rather South America. More specifically, in Rio de Janeiro. Even after putting out his best effort, Barack Obama was not even able to get Chicago past the first round in the committee voting. With a measly 18 points, America was eliminated from the bid to host the Olympics in the first round of voting.
Many felt that if Chicago was voted to host the Olympics, it would spark a new interest with Americans and rooting for their country. As a matter of fact, it might have had the opposite effect. After putting their best effort into being allowed to host, America still came up short.
The second round saw Tokyo get the boot with a score of 20 votes. In the final round of voting Rio de Janeiro beat out Madrid 66-32. This marks the first time that South America will host the Olympics. These will also be only the third Olympics held in the southern hemisphere. The only other 2 were held in Australia which hosted two times in the past.
The only other continents to never host the Olympics are Africa an Antarctica. With Antarctica not having any inhabitants other than Polar Bears, I think it's safe to say that Africa will be the next continent awarded their first Olympics.
One reason America might not have been awarded the hosting gig was brought up by an IOC member from Pakistan. He reminded the IOC (people who vote who hosts the Olympics) that some countries might feel uneasy going to America. This could bring up memories of the Atlanta games where there was a bombing.
All in all, North America will not be hosting the Olympics, rather South America will be. To the American Olympic teams, I bid you good luck.
Many felt that if Chicago was voted to host the Olympics, it would spark a new interest with Americans and rooting for their country. As a matter of fact, it might have had the opposite effect. After putting their best effort into being allowed to host, America still came up short.
The second round saw Tokyo get the boot with a score of 20 votes. In the final round of voting Rio de Janeiro beat out Madrid 66-32. This marks the first time that South America will host the Olympics. These will also be only the third Olympics held in the southern hemisphere. The only other 2 were held in Australia which hosted two times in the past.
The only other continents to never host the Olympics are Africa an Antarctica. With Antarctica not having any inhabitants other than Polar Bears, I think it's safe to say that Africa will be the next continent awarded their first Olympics.
One reason America might not have been awarded the hosting gig was brought up by an IOC member from Pakistan. He reminded the IOC (people who vote who hosts the Olympics) that some countries might feel uneasy going to America. This could bring up memories of the Atlanta games where there was a bombing.
All in all, North America will not be hosting the Olympics, rather South America will be. To the American Olympic teams, I bid you good luck.
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