Fight Night and Yahoo! adventures

Any follower of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) knows that tonight was Ultimate Fight Night on Spike TV and as always the UFC brought the high quality entertainment that we love. Man, there were some crazy F-in fights! The first three fights all went to a decision and the fighters didn't once shy away from mixing it up so that made for some great action. Any of these fights could have been fight of the night. The main even was ended in the second round by submission and given the history of the two fighters, I wasn't really surprised. I won't bore you with any more fighting stuff though... for now.

One would think that a night of fights would be enough to keep me busy but lo and behold I made my way to the internet. I didn't get any further than my homepage of Yahoo! when I stumbled upon a very intriguing article. The story revolves around the 83-0 throttling one Hollywood, FL high school football team gave another. I've taken the liberty of posting the link to the article below.

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989089

Rather than getting any kind of positive recognition, the winning team had to defend themselves. I found myself wondering why, so I read on. Apparently the winning team was "running up the score." Is it considered "running up the score" even if the starters were pulled after the half? Even if the other team threw two interceptioins that resulted in scores? Even if the clock ran throughout? According to parents and high school officials, it is. These days sportsmanship is a number one priority in highschool sports and that is a very understandable, legitimate piont. Why is it unsportsman-like if one team keeps scoring because the other can't stop them? They couldn't stop the starters so the starters were pulled, they couldnt stop their backups so the backups stopped passing the ball. At what point does the blame fall upon the team who just plain couldn't stop the opposition. I sat and thought about the significance of this article and the possible impact it may have. Will the winners of this game be afraid of success because being too good was frowned upon? Will the losers of this game think that an athletic official will step in and say enough is enough when they can't finish a tough school assignment? I do believe that there are situations that call for mercy rules such as a little league game, when kids may not totally understand all of the aspects of the game. That being said, this is a high school football team where competitiveness is key to winning, where young men are taught to accept and take on challenges. These kids are just a step away from the real world so they need to be shown that responsibility falls upon them in the face of adversity. There are no mercy rules when it comes to most things in this life.

Chances are I won't think about the article past tonight and in all honesty it doesn't mean that much but it made me think, and thats what Im hoping it will do for you. Also, be ready for that MIZZOU game comin up this weekend! Tigers are gonna beat them like some red headed step children so tune in for that! Until next time God Bless.

The Inaugural Blog!

Well folks, this is my first blog... If u couldnt tell by the title. I've thought about starting one of these little deals for a while but I just never could get motivated to do so. Special thanks to the person who got me started! She knows I love her ;) Im not quite sure if a guy should do the winky face but Im doin it til I hear different ;) there it is again. You can just add the winky face to any conversation to lighten the mood or show that you're just kidding. And depending on the context it could even add a hint of sarcasm. I feel as if Ive gone on too long about this so I digress.



This being my first blog I'll dive right in to whats been happenin this week. Classes and work went by kind of fast until Friday when i found out about the 12 page paper I had to write in my Psychology class and then it just slowed to a snails pace, thanks Psychology ;) (sarcasm). On a good note, the slow pitch softball team that Im on notched a couple of wins. 2-1 now! Saturday rolled around and of course that meant College Game Day!! Being from Missouri Im a big fan of the Tigers. We didnt quite get the 52-10 score that I had predicted but we pulled it out so thats a plus. Never mind that we played Bowling Green... Either way we got the W! Had some beers with some friends too so it was a pretty good night. Sunday came and obviously that means the NFL!! Not a huge fan but i gotta keep up with the fantasy league, the way us males prove our strategic pickin' skills. I also caught enough of the VMAs to see Kanye West make an ass out of himself. Was it an act of desperation to remind us that he still exists and isnt fading into the night or just a dick move? You decide.

Prediction for next weeks MU game against the Furman Paladins: After a wake up call against Bowling Green the Tigers take out some frustration in their second home game.

Tigers win 45-6