Z and G Wedding

My two good friends, Z and G, got married over the weekend. It was the second wedding I got to be in, though it was mostly being an usher and running around doing things behind the scenes. The wedding was held at the Dayton Art Institute and was probably the most expensive wedding I've been involved with. G looked really amazing, probably the prettiest bride I've seen in person.

The wedding was full of personal touches which is nice. They displayed puzzles they had completed together all around the reception area, which was in the Gothic Cloister. G actually sung a song as part of her personal vows, personal vows are always nice if done well. It was definitely G's wedding, but Z's touch was on it too. They are a lot like though different enough that they don't clash too much, basically Z knows how to handle her.

I did have a lot of thoughts during the wedding though, like wow I really want to get married. It just reminded me of how lonely I can get without having someone to share with. I just deal with constant dead ends and jerk around, probably because I deal with the same people all the time. I need to go meet people, which is hard with basically working all week and my weekend is just hanging out with my friends. And another against my friends, but its not getting me to meet anyone.

And it also made me think about straight marriages versus gay marriages, like in how people view them. I'm pretty aware that if I'm able to marry, one day God willing, that it won't stir the same feelings in my family. I doubt most of my family would even go, but sure my friends would be there at least. Well maybe in some families its nothing different, but I think it will take a lot of time for that to happen. Like Generations, and so on....time heals all wounds or something.

G does have real Italian cousins though, one woman seemed to be straight out of my Cousin Vinny or the Jersey Shore.

In the World of Sports

Its been a rather dark day in the world of Sports, or well, it has been in the world of Tommy Sports.

All of my teams are doing rather badly...

Florida is on a losing streak that has been going on for three games now...

Texas got dropped out of the 25, then sparked to upset Nebraska, and then got beaten by Iowa State...

Notre Dame had a nice win streak and then got smashed by Navy, so at best, we are looking at a 6-6 season.

Ohio State was ranked number 1 in the nation, and then got punched by Wisconsin...

The NFL isn't going so bad, but I get more emotional about college games. The passion is higher cause every game matters and you have these kids' futures on the line.

Browns are underwhelming as always but scored a massively awesome upset in New Orleans on Sunday. This continues the streak of the Browns beating the Super Bowl Champion, somehow they always do it...Giants, Steelers, and now the Saints. Go Brownies! McCoy definitely seems to be doing well, which is a nice change from his pre-season play.

Denver has continued to slide and hit rock bottom on Sunday with a 59-17 loss at home to the Raiders. The very idea of a team losing by that margin in pro football is astounding, let alone it being the home team. I only really root for the team cause of Tebow but even I felt embarrassed. Tebow did get his first NFL regular season touchdown against the Jets, thats really cool.

Patriots keep rolling along, and managed to hold on for a road win in San Diego that was mostly due to the Charger's turn overs.

Texans were on a bye and are gearing up for their MNF with Indy, in Indy. A win there would give us fans some confidence in the team. Even if they are 4-2, they could easily be 2-4.

On a side not, I'm really tired of hearing about Big Ben, "alleged rapist", coming back to the NFL. I don't like them turning his return in some kind of redemption story, he fucked up. Can we move on and not go on about it like it some morality play?

Red all Over

This was taken after the "game" between Alabama and Florida, I think I look like some kind of Gator Grim Reaper.

It was definitely a red kind of weekend, rolling red tide and red river rivalry.

Alabama is Number 1: The lack of domination last week in Arkansas might have raised some flags that Alabama was ready to be taken down. I had thought so, and maybe they are, but it will take someone better than Florida to do it. Alabama struck hard and fast, they put the game away before half time. Florida's offense was able to make drives but they never were able to score when they got into the red-zone. The best thing to sum up the Florida offense was watching Burton try to pull off a Tebow jump pass and it totally bombed. They are definitely not the same offense without Timmy...and all of those great receivers.

Oklahoma breaks the streak: After coming off a humiliating loss, I thought Texas would be ready to go and prove themselves. They proved they are not a top 25 team when they got smashed in the face by the Sooner's offense. Texas' D looked good but the offense could never get anything going, until the final quarter when it seemed like the Longhorns might come back. OU scores, with a rather impressive rush TD, and finally wins the RR Shoot out. OU end another big steak for the Longhorns, they had the longest streak of being in the top 25. UT had a streak of like 160 something weeks and now the Buckeyes have the longest with 90 something.

Notre Dame Soars over the Eagles: This is a weird one for me to talk about, since I should be happy. Notre Dame gets its second win of the year out in Boston College, which quickly went lopsidedly in the Irish's way. I am really happy for them to snap their losing streak but it doesn't make me feel very good about the team. BC looked terrible so it was basically a cupcake game for the Irish, which all of the teams schedule. I assume Buckeyes fans feel only marginally better about a win over Eastern Michigan, since its just stat padding. Notre Dame's next game is going to be a lot harder as Pitt comes to South Bend. Pitt has underwhelmed, like all of the Big East, but Pitt has beat ND the last couple of years. Brian Kelly, on the other hand, has beaten Pitt each time while coaching Cincinnati...so one of those patterns will continue.

Massacre

Thats basically what has happened to my various sports teams over the weekend: massacred.

College

Notre Dame: Everything seemed so golden with that win over Purdue, but its just been, very disappointing since then. Kelly's Irish are now 1-3, granted those three losses are all to top 25 ranked teams that are 4-0, but they could easily be 3-1 right now. The defense could not stop Robinson of Michigan for one drive to seal the game. Michigan State won in OT with a trick play. It has always seemed so very close, so very close. Stanford was a relatively close for the most of the game, like 19-6, and then it got blown open in the 4th quarter by Standford. I have faith Notre Dame will end the skid and win at Boston College this weekend, who just changed their starting QB, and give us something positive to look at.

Texas: Really Longhorns, did you really just lose to UCLA at home....unranked UCLA...and not just lost but got manhandled? Yes, so there goes one my favorites for being national champs...though that was a wanning belief. They haven't looked super beast all season long and it finally caught up to them. And its not like its going to be easier, cause its the annual Red River Shoot Out. The biggest game, usually, of Big 12 conference that pits Texas vs Oklahoma. Oklahoma escaped being upset by Cincinnati, Bearcats made too many stupid mistakes, so they are not some juggernaut coming into this. I hope Horns get some redemption by beating the Sooners and wash away that awful game.

Rolling Tide: Arkansas really almost did something that no other team has done in about...two years now: beat Alabama. They were leading and seemed to have it all in hand...and well Alabama shows why they are the best. The Tide rolls into Florida for one is the premier match up of SEC powers, and could be repeated later in the year in the SEC championship game. Florida, which has been not the Tebow powered machine it was last year, seems to be getting it together in time for this game. Meyer is going back to his old game plan back in 2006, which is a dual QB system. Brantley is the normal passer type and now we have "mini-Tebow" Trey Burton who throws and rushes in to score TD's. Go Gators.

And speaking of massacres....

Wisconsin and Ohio State put up over 70 points on their perspective opponents, who are little no nothing schools.

Big East is 1-11 against other FBS conferences, hard to say the WAC is any worse than them.

NFL

Brown Moment: Browns lost again, 0-3, and they were actually leading the Ravens....great.

Texas One Sided Shootout: Houston Texans were suppose to beat the Dallas Cowboys, or thats how the game went in my head. Cowboys, 0-2, were desperate and played very well. They took it to the Texans and took control of the game. It wasn't even close after awhile and Texans offense only manged a few measly points...really suck. Texans go to the Raiders Sunday, I expect a lot of fantasy points Schaub and Foster!

Colts gallop past Broncos: Once again, Manning and the Colts make me hate them even more by beating a team I enjoy. Broncos, who I only really like because they have Tebow, really had that game won. They just couldn't execute when they needed too, terrible red zone performance. The running game is nill but Orton does put up big numbers and drives them up and down the field. But it doesn't matter if you can go all 100 yards down the field, it only matters if you can get points. McDaniels went for it on 4th downs a lot, which is nice to see aggression, but they didn't convert a one. And Tebow is not seeing any action, he is down to the 3rd string for some reason and not being used in any packages....so not sure what McDaniels is up to.

Just keep scoring: When you can score, almost at will, who needs a defense? Patriots managed to beat the Bills mostly by out scoring them. The defense is young and needs a lot of work and needs it soon. Tom Brady looked a lot better this week than in the Jets game but its the Bill's defense. I have hopes the defense will continue to improve as the season goes on and the young players mature and develop. It can only get better.

My fantasy team is now 1-2, but I am hopefully for a turn around this weekend. I need a turn around, and tried to make the right changes.

And blogging about my life is pretty eh, since its mostly working all the time and then football on the weekends.

Football Review 2010 1

So its Week 1 of the NFL and Week 2 of NCAA Football, so lets discuss.

My Fantasy Football team won a close game this week, all thanks to the beastness of Adrian Foster. I took him after the third pre-season game and it has paid off and the Chiefs' sudden defense helped me hold on to win 94 to 92.

NCAA Football

Heart Broken: Notre Dame lost to Michigan in another classic game, which included a Notre Dame 95 yard touchdown to come back. It might be one loss but looking at the schedule it seems likely Notre Dame will get a few more in this tough run. So I feel like the season is gone, which maybe I was too hyped.

Stomped: Alabama basically stomped all over Penn State and shows that they are still the best team in all of college football.

It's all about the....OSUUUU: Ohio State took on Miami FL in a rematch of the 2002 national championship game. OSU won though it was mostly a very sloppy game with two Miami touchdowns from kick returns. There is a really hot defensive player of the Buckeyes, that I need to learn more about, arms like wow. Update: I found out who he is, Nathan Williams.

NFL

Heart Restored: I didn't think I would be able to get over the Notre Dame loss, it was really getting to me. But lo, the next best thing happened, the Texans upset the Colts. It has only happened once in the series between the divisional rivals and could herald two big storylines for the year. Will the Texans finally get to the play offs? I really hope so. Are the Colts doomed to a post Super Bowl Loss slump? I really hope so

Dynasty Not so Declined: The Patriots had a lot of questions coming into the year, with defensive and offensive line questions. The Bengals came with Super Bowl hopes and some growing buzz. The Patriots showed what it means to be an elite team and just a good team by tearing the Bengals apart. Of course since its week 1 we can't really be sure if the Patriots are back to their high status or the Bengals were overrated.

Debut?: Tim Tebow debuted in his hometown with 2 one yard runs....real nice use of him McDaniels. Though that makes his debut only marginally better than Sanchez' awful opening against the Ravens

LOL moment: The Cowboys are first and twenty with 20 seconds at the end of the half, they aren't anywhere close to scoring. They are only down 3 so really, just take the knee and end the half. No, they decide to be real clever and do a option hand off to their running back...who fumbles and the Redskins score a touchdown. I laughed for awhile.

And Browns: My favorite team to root for began the season with a loss....another Brown's season off to a roaring state.

College Football Recap: Week 1

So we had our big opening kick off week of college football and it was all...mostly boring. Most of the big schools schedule these cake games to play at their openers, so they all turn into lopsided 45 to 0 games.

We've not had many upsets, besides 15 ranked Pitt losing to non ranked Utah...but the Big East had an awful weekend in general. West Virginia did well and will mostly like become the front runner to win that division now, not that its saying much to be the winner of the Big East...

Post Tebow Florida had a surprisingly tough game against Miami of Ohio, and it might have turned into a possible upset if Miami hadn't screwed themselves over. Florida Offense looked inept at best with several bad snaps and unable to get their rhythm together. I still believe they will make it okay out of the SEC East but it is worrying to watch them struggle against a freaking mac team that went like 1-11 last year.

Though the other big three that lost their star quarterback to the drafts, Texas and Oklahoma, also didn't play amazingly well. Oklahoma barely won their opener by a touchdown, and Jones has been playing a lot last year with Bradford injured. I feel pretty good with saying Texas wins the Big 12 South though Nebraska looked really good and probably will win the conference.

Notre Dame won and ushered in a hopeful Brian Kelly Era. Most people thought the Purdue game would be a high scoring shoot out but it turned into a defensive game with Notre Dame showing that it had a defensive for once. Next weekend is the big game with Michigan, which also had a great game against UConn. I'm not really optimistic about their chances which makes me a bad fan. I will be cautiously optimistic about their chances since Kelly knows Rich Rod's style it might be decided on who is the better coach.

So Big game tonight is BCS buster Boise State versus Virginia Tech....and I am hoping for a VT win. I'm tired of every year hearing about Boise State going undefeated with their easy schedule and then expected to go to the Championship game. I just want VT to put a smack down on them and just put them out of the picture. But Boise State has a knack for winning so, maybe this is the year for them.

Update: Game has gone back and forth, at first it looked like a Boise State blowout but VT called back and is in the lead. Its up for grabs.

Funny Things at the Gym 1

So I over heard this exchange while training a client this morning. A father and daughter at the leg press machine.

"You're going to be taking a real pounding tomorrow."

Awkward.