With this being a huge weekend in sports, I didn’t want to overlook a few important games that took place before I post what happened in my personal life over the weekend, so here goes.
I’m not an Oregon State Beavers fan by any means (sorry Aftan), except in baseball where the Ducks don’t have a team, therefore I have to default to OSU. That being said, OSU laid a whopping on USC, the most overrated team in college football, for the first three quarters of their 33-31 win on Saturday. The Beavers almost threw this game away, and if their defensive lineman had not tipped John David Booty’s 2-point conversion, I am positive USC would have won the game in overtime. Simply put the Beavers ran out of gas and the Trojan Men came back, but could not pull off the one key play they needed. I dislike OSU and USC, but I dislike USC much more than the Beavers, so I’m glad with the result of this one. Also remember folks, this is the same OSU team that got blasted by Boise State, and laid eggs against Pac-10 teams (except Washington) dating to last season. Huge win for OSU, let’s just hope it doesn’t improve their confidence come Civil War time.
As for my Ducks, they beat Portland State this weekend. That was expected so let’s move on.
In the NFL, my Seahawks took one on the chin but fought hard against the Kansas City Chiefs, losing only 35-28 when everyone had said they were gonna get blown out. We actually led 28-27 in the 4th until Kennison hauled in a long pass from Huard and then KC scored. Seneca Wallace looked better than everyone thought he would, props to him for doing just what he needed to do to keep us in the game until his very last drive, where the Hawks turned it over on downs to end the game.
Gotta appreciate the Indianapolis Colts’ victory over Denver at the Mile High City. Peyton Manning is known to suck in cold conditions, but he turned on the jets in the second half and led his team to a 34-31 win over the Broncos. Great game for Manning and Reggie Wayne, who was the beneficiary of Peyton’s 3 TD passes. If there is ever a team besides Seattle that I would like to see win the Super Bowl, it is Indianapolis for two reasons: Peyton Manning is such a great quarterback and has nothing to show for it, and Tony Dungy is my favorite head coach in the NFL (he’s a Christian, calm on the sidelines and very, very, very smart when it comes to knowledge of the game). I’d like to see an Indy-Seattle Super Bowl but I don’t think it’s gonna happen.
And to top it all off, my fantasy team (the one in the league I paid to join) is now 5-3 after dispatching the leader of the opposing conference, 90-80 (and I still have New England D to go tonight). There is a huge logjam in our conference for 2nd place now, with three teams at 5-3 each, and two teams nipping at our heels at 4-4. It’s going to be interesting to see who does what with 4 games left.
Onto personal news (sorry for you non-sports fans that you suffered through all that):
I got walloped yesterday with some mystery illness. My streak of getting sick on weekends stayed pretty intact as, after lunch yesterday, my head and throat started hurting and my body felt sore all over. Came home, broke out in a cold sweat, napped, woke up, napped again, woke up, talked to Aftan, took a sleeping pill, slept, and here I am now. Not a fun day. If I would have joined the Lakeside youth for their trip to Ridgeway yesterday I would have been miserable.
Whereas Saturday I had been feeling okay…well enough to play basketball that night. Our team went 2-1 and we did all right in those wins even though they were close. I have to give props to a man who joins us each Saturday — I can’t remember his name but he’s the youth pastor of a local Baptist congregation — he’s FIFTY YEARS OLD and still throws himself around in the paint like he’s a young one like the rest of us. Schools everyone, and it’s quite a sight to see. The thing I like about him is that he helps everyone keep a level head during the game and isn’t afraid to correct someone for doing something wrong, or call a timeout and restore order if there’s some sort of argument.
Talked to Mom and Dad this weekend and they’re doing okay. Last I spoke to them, they were painting the walls of their house and moving furniture in, so I think they’re either moved in or should be very soon. Thanks to everyone who prayed for them and is keeping the faith that God will provide a job for my Dad.
Before I go, thanks to John and Barbara Stevens for lunch at Chili’s yesterday. You guys rock.
Peace…in the Middle East.
Wow. Thanks for the great post. O-State struggled a bit but still knocked the socks of USC. We had a freakin amazing interception on what should have been a USC touchdown and now the Trojans are totally out of the ranking and O-State is probably going to have a good bowl bid. HUGE deal. And you end with lets hope they still suck at the Civil War…..tsk tsk You might have to watch that game somewhere else….because you will be living in a Beaver House.
You’re right about SC being overrated. Aferall, my piss-poor Dawgs nearly beat’em.
Hey, how bout that stellar D-Fence of the Hawks? they return nearly all from their unit last year, yet are playing like they have never seen a tackling dummy before. what gives?