Sweet Seats and a Crappy Camera

Now that I have a blog, let me give you an idea of how this is gonna work and just how i'm gonna make this the best blog around. (Sorry Box, but your time has past) I'll try to have a main topic, but only if I feel like it. I'm not going to bog myself down into one stupid editorial. The heart and soul of this blog will be my little weekly segments. I'm thinking I'll get more out of these than focusing on one meager topic. And of course, you can always skip past it if it bores you to death. As always, I'm perfectly open to any suggestions or comments you have to make my blog more enjoyable for you. Just as long as it helps me somehow, as i've been crooning in church, it is "all about me."

Now for the main event. Last Saturday, my family treated me to some sweet tickets to the Texas game for my fast approaching birthday. (Anybody care to take a guess at the date?) They were lucky enough to acquire some of the sweetest tickets ever. I'm talking 40 yard line, 9 rows up. That's like "I throw a bunch of money at the Longhorn foundation" kind of sweet. These things only show up only about once in a lifetime, so I was determined to make it extra-special. Luck continued to shine as low and behold, our neighbor dumped 5 more tickets in our lap and we were able to invite my cousins down for the game. That would be the same cousin that has been leaving comments and making fun of my blog. (He better cut out, cause his is atrocious) Everything was going great, me and Lydia got to our seats just as the Texas band made its entrance. So I figured I'd snap a few pics for evidence of just how great our seats were. I got two off before the battery died, none with us in the shot or of the game itself. Devastation. And of course, it didn't help that we were down 10-0 at the end of the first quarter.

One of the two pictures I got off before the battery died

But, the Horns finally got on track and started scoring like they were playing... well... Baylor. One thing I couldn't get over was the fact the I was the only one in the entire section standing for the duration of the game. My family from across the stadium could pick me out in seconds cause I was the only one standing and cheering. Oh well, I guess having so much money in their pockets forced them to sit, lest they seriously injure their spines. I guess they didn't want their money to get wet either, cause once it started sprinkling, they headed for the exits. With all the spare seats, we were able to sneak everyone over from their endzone seats (where everyone had been standing) and I got to hang out with everyone. I still wanted at least one picture of us at the game, so we kept trying to turn on the camera while taking a picture at the same time. As you can see, it worked once and we were out of frame, but hey, it was still a great Birthday present and did I mention they were great seats.

The one powerless picture we got off of me and my cousin Matt. (what is my dad eating by the way?)

A Few Things I Think I Think-random musings through the week, straight from me, which could easily be completely contradicted the next week, and probably will be.

>I think the current rules in College Football are stupid. I don't understand how when a fumble is caused and the offence is the last to touch the ball before it goes out of the back of the endzone the defence gets the ball on the 20. The offence should get it where the fumble occurred. Even if the defence gets the ball, they should get it on the where the ball came out, not on the 20 yard line. Why is the sideline so different when its in the endzone?

>I think its rather contradictory for Sam and Steph to use a blog to argue the fact that "blogs are wack." I always just said they were stupid when people asked me to start one. If you want to bash blogs, use another method please.

>I think its foolish to claim that if Texas were to play Ohio State now they could beat them. We could have beaten them when we played them in September! If Billy Pittman wouldn't reach for the goaline like an idiot. We were beat fare and square, by a very good football team, probably best in the nation. If we were to play them next week, I still think they would beat us, just not by 17.

>I think that Drew Bledsoe is a bad quarterback. (allow me to jump on the bandwagon) When Parcels first signed the "nasal mucus machine" (if you don't get it, you don't get it) I wasn't to confident that we had found our man. He'll only be around for another 2-3 years so he's not going to solve the QB problem in the long term. He's got good players around him, but he just can't get the job done when he's needed. So, due to my pessimism on the rest of this year, its time to look for next year's big QB acquisition. And yes, that means Tony Romo should not be starting. Its time to look for a long time solution, so no looking at quickly aging Brett Farve or Kerry Collins. There are budding stars in the free agency like Atlanta's Matt Schaub, or the Jag's backup David Garrard. Or how bought a high draft pick like OSU's Troy Smith, Iowa's Drew Tate, or even Florida's Chris Leak? What to y'all think? (Specifically Jake and Sean because everyone else has long since fallen asleep)

Since I seem to be so sports oriented today, let's move on to Sports Center-time for me to analyze lasts weeks games and make some picks and predictions for the fallowing week.

Texas Quarterback Colt McCoy had a career day last Sat. even though he was less than spectacular. (his recievers did most of the work) The D also forced 5 turnovers, 2 of which were taken back for scores, but they gave up 350 offencive yards and 31 points. This could be a worry as the Horns head in to Lincoln to play the 17th ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers. With one of the toughest schedules heading into this game the Huskers have played well and will give Texas and McCoy their first big test on the road. (sorry Rice, you don't count) Many considered Nebraska to be a trap game for Texas and will call this game closely. However, I think the sometimes suspect Texas D can step up and shut down offences when needed (OU 2nd half) and as long as they establish the run, that offence can score in so many ways. Watch for the Horns to pull away in the 4th quarter. Texas 31 Nebraska 17

When we left Fuddruckers Sun afternoon, Dallas was up 10-6 over the Houston and I thought the Texans could pull the big upset. But after a long sidetrack at the cingular store, I got home and discovered that the final was 34-6 Boys. What happened to that spectacular Texans D led by Super Mario the defensive MVP? The Boys host the Giants, a game which they should win. But I wouldn't bet money, the Cowboys are experts at finding a way to loose. Dallas 20 New York 17

More Picks for this Week:

Houston 16 Jacksonville 31-Super Mario does it again!

Texas A&M 30 Oklahoma St. 24-Every game is a trap game with coach Fran.

Michigan 34 Iowa 24-The Wolverines are overrated, but so is Iowa.

Carolina 35 Cincinnati 24-Panthers are getting things going finally.

All right, I really need to get to some homework. I know everyone is going to complain that everything was sports and y'all would be correct. So here are some lovely little segments you can be looking for in future posts:

Office Update-In case you haven't noticed, this is the best show on TV currently. (for more mature audiences) Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3PJnhGn6-Q to catch up on this seasons episodes while I comment on this delightful program.

Politics As Usual-If anyone cares, my thoughts on the latest political banter.

In the News-What I think about recent news big, or small.

Video of the Week-A segment I think y'all will really enjoy. Some of my favorite vids from YouTube. This Week: Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" (Just for you, James and Josh)

That's It! I'm Done! Good bye loyal following.