Peyton Manning Is Amazing
Andrea just told me very depressing news. I am scheduled to fly to Hawaii for work on Super Bowl Sunday. I will be flying when the game is on. I am so sad and I didn’t even realize it until right now. I am not going to be able to see my hero Peyton Manning beat the pants off the N’awlins Saints. And I am not going to see Austin Collie (BYU almost-alum) win a Super Bowl in his rookie season. Looks like I am going to have to bit torrent the game and watch it on my computer. This stinks.
At least I can eat pancakes with coconut syrup while I watch to ease the pain!
I received this in an email today and it made me laugh. I do not know who wrote it or where it came from but it was worthy of a post. After watching the BCS bowl selections last night I was a little dumbfounded as to their logic. Reading this little excerpt made the whole process make a lot more scene.
After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.
“Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work–including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule–our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking.”
Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated “The US only had two major victories–Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren’t influenced by head-to-head contests–they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event.”
German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said “Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.” Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn ’style points’ to enhance Germany’s rankings. Hitler protested “Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces.”
The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented ” France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2.”
Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.
I know that we cannot do a playoff, due to school schedules and other various things, but this BCS stuff is ridiculous. Why is Utah #6 playing #4 Alabama when #3 Texas is playing #10 Ohio State? I would think that #3 would play #4, but apparently not. Go Deutschland!
This weekend we went to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert, starring The King’s Singers! Kami and Matt came down from Logan and invited us to go with them and it was great! it was really fun, and we were awed by the organ solos (their foot pedalling was amazing) and the decorations. Afterwards, we tried to find a place to eat dessert, and since everything nearby was closed, we ended up walking around Temple Square and eventually down the street to the Gateway mall. My legs were frozen due to the 15 degree wintery night. But it was fun and we loved hanging out with Kami and Matt. Thanks guys!
Saturday we babysat for Geoff and Rebecca, and I got to see my husband enthralled with a Fischer Price train set for 2 hours. The boys liked it as well:)
Sunday we had Dan and Rachel over for dinner and a football game. We watched Tony Romo throw away a win as he tried to impress his newest celeb diva, Jessica Simpson. We think he should dump her. Ooh, and Dan and Rachel brought over these cookies that were really good. I recommend them. They are Nestle Toll house Turtle cookies. Chocolate chip, caramel goodness in a cookie. Loved it!
This week we are getting ready to go home for Christmas break, so we have to start un-decorating our tree:( and packing to go home. But we are EXCITED!!! Texas and 65 degree weather, here we come!
I know that this might sound crazy, but I think I get sick the same time every year. I appreciate that I only get sick once a year on average, but could it really be possible that I get sick after the same event every year?When I was in 7th grade I played football. After the final game of the season I developed a sinus infection with a post nasal drip. This was easily cured by a visit to the pediatrician and a simple ‘Z-Pak’ prescription. Since my 7th grade illness, I have noticed a trend. Every year since then on the last week of the football season I get sick. It is always cured by a visit to the doctor and a ‘Z-Pak’. It happened in high school, during my mission, last year, and it is happening right now. I know I may sound crazy, but I really think that my body has an annually scheduled maintenance for the last week of the football season.
What is even stranger is that when a football season would go longer in high school my illness would be delayed sufficiently to allow for the conclusion of the season. Therefore it is logical to assume that there is some internal mechanism which knows when to send my body into a sinus tailspin and it somehow is always correlated with high school football.
Now if you can figure that out maybe you deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, since it is apparently easy to do now that Al Gore has won one for doing a voice over in a documentary. But seriously, I want to know if I am crazy or not. Is this totally mental or am I just going mental?
Let me know!
Yesterday we went to the BYU vs. Utah football game at Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. This game was amazing. Andrea and I got tickets for her parents and all four of us went to the game. Last year BYU won the game up in Salt Lake in the last few seconds with a pass from John Beck to Johnny Harline. That reception catapulted BYU into the lead and secured the victory.
This year both teams were coming in with 7 game winning streaks and it was going to be a good game. As the game progressed in its early stages, it was apparent that it was going to be a defensive struggle and a game of field position, and would likely be decided in the final few minutes. As it turns out that is exactly what happened.
If you didn’t see the game, you need to. It was a great game. There was tons of emotion both by the players and the fans. At one point, the Ute’s were deep in our territory, and we were dangerously close to the getting a safety. The stands were louder than I have ever heard. I had both my ears plugged and I was whistling as loud as I could (my voice was already gone) and the Ute’s had two consecutive false starts. Now that is what we call home field advantage! It was a great game to be at and the first game I can ever remember where the stands were still packed as time expired.
The victory was made possible by a fourth and eighteen pass from Max Hall to Austin Collie. That was the defining play in this game because it allowed BYU some additional downs and placed them in long field goal range. Luckily we got a few breaks and then Harvey Unga ran the ball in from 11 yards out to get BYU in the lead. There were still 40 seconds on the clock and the Ute’s had 3 timeouts so the game was far from over. There was a big defensive stand and the Cougars pulled away with the victory. The best part may have been seeing the fans rush the field and carry the players on their shoulders. That always gives me goosebumps and this time was no different. What a great game for my last BYU home football game as a student. GO COUGS!
Watch the BYU slideshow from the game. BYU v Utah
