And he's only a soph! All these carries, except for the ones from Michigan State, are from his true frosh days. I do have to say -- what a way to get your first TD by running over star WR DeSean Jackson! ;)
Speaking of Cal alum in the NFL, DeSean had over 100 yards receiving and 200 total yards in his debut game for the Phil. Eagles and a win, Marshawn Lynch had some great carries in the Bears' win over Seattle, and Aaron Rodgers - tonight! - in his debut start for Green Bay had a great day with 18/22, roughly 180 yards passing, a passing touchdown and a running touchdown and a win over the MN Vikings.
Woooooooow. 24 passes in 1 minute! Crazy, FANTASTIC goal by Argentina against Serbia in the Germany 06 World Cup. THIS is the beautiful game without all the not-so-beautiful part of whining, diving, pushing, shoving, elbowing and so on. Just clean, crisp passes for a beautiful set up and goal.
My favorite dancers in the show and they didn't disappoint tonight with some fantastic routines! Actually, I liked a fair amount of the dances. The top 6 are pretty strong so it's definitely going to be a fun endgame!
This Sat. Stanford comes to Cal for women's basketball. Cal is currently sitting atop the standings with a slim one game lead over Stanford. If we win this game, we're very likely to be the Pac10 regular season champs. The last time the two teams met, Cal was at Stanford: it was a packed house and Cal lost.
That was very depressing and I had to sit in a bunch of Card fans who screamed in my ear all game long. So I hope Cal gets to return the favor this time. -grin-
Both teams are within the top 10 ranked teams of the nation.
I'm so psyched! I've already convinced one person to go with me. Now, I just need to convert -- er, convince some others to come watch as well.
A little late (I watched the game but didn't post), but CONGRATULATIONS TO PHOENIX MERCURY, 2007 WNBA CHAMPIONS!
Diana Taurasi, wearing her nifty WNBA Championship shirt.
Aim for the coach!
One Team. One City. One Goal. ... Achieved!
In other news, watching the World Cup is an exercise in insomnia. It's held in China so games for PST are at respectively, 2 am, and 5 am. Group play finishes up tomorrow morning for Group C and D, after being postponed this morning due to the typhoon (China had to evacuate around 2.6 million people).
Saturday is the start of the quarterfinals! England v. US. In the last game, the US were playing against Nigeria during the beginning of the typhoon (hadn't hit land yet, but was coming) and it was coming down pretty hard! Made the game sort of funny. Balls flying out of bounds all the time because the grass was all slick so the ball would just go slip sliding and continue out cheerfully.
The US has officially survived the Group of Death (#3 ranked Sweden, #5 ranked North Korea, and African champions Nigeria) and in first place! Sweden was the odd one out among the ranked teams; although they beat NK in the last match 2-1, they needed to beat NK by 3 to advance (same points, 4, but goal differential was on NK's side).
The rain isn't too bad in this picture. But this is probably right after Chalupny's goal. :)
Among the top ranked teams, I haven't seen Germany yet so the Germany v. NK match ought to be awesome fun. Brazil has looked -very- good behind Marta. Marta's... 20 or 21, I believe, and she's the world player of the year. ;) Just... wow. If US gets past England, Brazil v. US is going to be very close and hopefully, fun to watch.
Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed?
Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, but that's okay, because you're very choosy with your affections anyway. You'd absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance.
Your exact opposite: Genghis Khunt Random Brutal Sex Master
Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. You're already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there's no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so.
You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls.
ALWAYS AVOID: The 5-Night Stand, The False Messiah, The Hornivore, The Last Man on Earth
Your style's goofy, innocent and feel-good. Perfect for parties and for the dads who chaperone them. You can actually get away with corny jokes, and I bet your sense of humor is a guilty pleasure for your friends. People of your type are often the most approachable and popular people in their circle. Your simple & silly good-naturedness is immediately recognizable, and it sets you apart in this sarcastic world.
Either I'm a complete failure at picking teams to win or I have horrible luck. Both, actually, given that the two are not mutually exclusive.
So LSU loses to Rutgers (I'll give this to them: they were on a roll with that rain of threes) since apparently LSU can't run an offense without Sylvia -- sort of like Tennessee without Parker. UNC loses also because of losing 3 starters at endgame. An ugly, dirty game and TN and UNC ended up channeling LSU and Rutgers.
I agree with Voepel: "Sure … you can have a lot of respect for it. But that doesn't mean it's fun to watch. North Carolina entered the Final Four averaging 84.6 points per game, Tennessee 74.5. And the final score was 56-50. Sorry, that's just gross."
Here, something to cheer about though -- a music video of Diana Taurasi's college career at UCONN and some WNBA thrown in.
It's good I'm not a professional sports watcher considering ASU got creamed... >_> There was that hilarious portion where there were five offensive rebounds and no score and then the part where someone viciously elbowed a Rutgers person and then another ASU tripped over her backward when the Rutgers didn't get up. *grin* The expression/gesture of the referee was priceless.
LSU v. UCONN. Hrm, I don't care really for this one but I'll go for LSU although I liked UCONN v. that other group in the previous round. (Fowles is so cool. She just scored on a triple team lol around the baseline after grabbing her own rebound!)
The LSU defense is doing well against Charles. It almost seems like LSU is just more conditioned. They're scrambling more, grabbing rebounds, and forcing UCONN to take the perimeter shots.
Edit: Cripes, Fowles is even scary on defense! That was -fast-.
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