...So, I haven't written on this blog for a long time. My Texas Tech Red Raider's football program took quite the beating this year, thus, I was not in the mood to write about anything sport's related; however, the first-ever College Football Playoff Rankings came in today, and I was as excited as I was pleased! A new vigor for sports revived...my ♥ for sports (especially college sports) ensues...
The announcement did not come as a surprise to this sport's fanatic; I had been predicting the very rankings [1-4] for a few weeks -- just exactly -- as they came in yesterday (via media sources).
This is how the Top Four fared:
1) Alabama Crimson Tide (SEC, West Division)
2) Oregon Ducks (Pac-10, North Division)
3) Florida St. (ACC, Atlantic Division)
4) Ohio St. (Big 10, East Division)
The next teams, left on the cusp (left out of the playoff picture, which had National Championship implications):
5) Baylor Bears (Big 12)
6) TCU Horned Frogs (Big 12)
The Top 10 is represented by:
7) Mississippi St. Bulldogs (SEC, West Division)
8) Michigan St. Spartans (Big 10, East Division)
9) Mississippi Rebels (SEC, West Division)
10) Arizona Wildcats (Pac-12, South Division)
The first-ever playoffs will be as follows:
Playoff Semifinal
No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 3 Florida State
Rose Bowl - Jan. 1, 2015
4:30pm ET, ESPN
Playoff Semifinal
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Ohio State
Sugar Bowl - Jan. 1, 2015
8:30pm ET, ESPN
The 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship
January 12, 2015
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT, ESPN.
Other notable FBS 2015 Bowls are:
Cotton – Baylor vs. Michigan State
Fiesta – Boise State vs. Arizona
Orange – Georgia Tech vs. Mississippi State
Peach – Ole Miss vs. TCU
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
It's Spur's Time: San Antonio Spurs Defeat The (not) OKc Thunder(less) In O.T. (112-107), Take Series 4-2: SPURS are #NBA 2014 Western Conference Champions!
NBA Playoffs: Spurs defeat Thunder in overtime, set stage for rematch with Miami Heat.
So it’s the Heat, in their fourth straight Finals, against Duncan and the Spurs, making consecutive Finals for the first time in their history. (read more here:) SPURS!
*** MORE SPURS PIX / "GET NASTY!" ***
Sunday, April 6, 2014
March Madness/Bracketology: The Men's and Women's 2014 "NCAA Basketball Championships!"
Men's "NCAA Championship":
(East-region) UConn Huskies vs. (Midwest-region) Kentucky Wildcats
Despite having to rethink and redo my men's 2014 bracket a few times, I still badly picked the Florida Gators to match up against the Wisconsin Badgers in the championship game. Once again, I must reconsider what the hell I am doing. For starters, who would have thought that an 8th ranked UCONN and a 7th ranked KENTUCKY would vie for the 2014 championship; I did not. I first mistakenly picked the Michigan St. Spartans to win the "big dance", but they went out in the "Elite Eight!" I also thought that the championship game would see the Badgers from Wisconsin compete against "Sparty!" Boy, was I ever so wrong.
Bracketology was not nice to thousands of us this year on the men's "March Madness" side of NCAA basketball! Foolishly here I go again with my new, fearless prediction: The Kentucky Wildcats will now win the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship! TBC...
Women's "NCAA Championship":
(Lincoln-region) UConn Lady Huskies vs. (Notre Dame-region) Notre Dame (Lady) Irish
My "Final Four" picks were correct and the Lady Huskies will vie against the Lady Irish for the championship. Both teams still undefeated like they were during the regular season.
In one of the "Final Four" games, Stanford gave UConn a run for their money, but then came the second half and it was all over for the Cardinal and coach VanDerveer. Coach Auriemma's Lady Huskies were not yet ready to go back home and they convincingly beat Stanford (64-48). In the other "Final Four" game, the Lady Irish team handily beat the Lady Terrapins of Maryland (87-61).
Notre Dame Nation is going crazy. Can't you hear the fans and the campus bells. Even the late, legendary football coach Knute Rockne is watching and cheering. George Gipp must also be watching and shouting for the Lady Irish. "Win one for the Gipper!" LOL!
As much as I would love to see Notre Dame win, I still believe that Connecticut will win the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship! TBC...
(East-region) UConn Huskies vs. (Midwest-region) Kentucky Wildcats
Despite having to rethink and redo my men's 2014 bracket a few times, I still badly picked the Florida Gators to match up against the Wisconsin Badgers in the championship game. Once again, I must reconsider what the hell I am doing. For starters, who would have thought that an 8th ranked UCONN and a 7th ranked KENTUCKY would vie for the 2014 championship; I did not. I first mistakenly picked the Michigan St. Spartans to win the "big dance", but they went out in the "Elite Eight!" I also thought that the championship game would see the Badgers from Wisconsin compete against "Sparty!" Boy, was I ever so wrong.
Bracketology was not nice to thousands of us this year on the men's "March Madness" side of NCAA basketball! Foolishly here I go again with my new, fearless prediction: The Kentucky Wildcats will now win the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship! TBC...
(Lincoln-region) UConn Lady Huskies vs. (Notre Dame-region) Notre Dame (Lady) Irish
My "Final Four" picks were correct and the Lady Huskies will vie against the Lady Irish for the championship. Both teams still undefeated like they were during the regular season.
In one of the "Final Four" games, Stanford gave UConn a run for their money, but then came the second half and it was all over for the Cardinal and coach VanDerveer. Coach Auriemma's Lady Huskies were not yet ready to go back home and they convincingly beat Stanford (64-48). In the other "Final Four" game, the Lady Irish team handily beat the Lady Terrapins of Maryland (87-61).
Notre Dame Nation is going crazy. Can't you hear the fans and the campus bells. Even the late, legendary football coach Knute Rockne is watching and cheering. George Gipp must also be watching and shouting for the Lady Irish. "Win one for the Gipper!" LOL!
As much as I would love to see Notre Dame win, I still believe that Connecticut will win the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship! TBC...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
March Madness/Bracketology: The Men's and Women's "Final Four"!
Men's "Final Four":
(South-region) Florida Gators vs. (East-region) UConn Huskies
(West-region) Wisconsin Badgers vs. (Midwest-region) Kentucky Wildcats
I still believe that Florida will match up against Wisconsin with the Gators perhaps winning the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship/Final Four.
Women's "Final Four":
(Lincoln-region) UConn Lady Huskies vs. (Stanford-region) Stanford Cardinal (the color Cardinal)
(Notre Dame-region) Notre Dame (Lady) Fighting Irish vs. (Louisville-region) Maryland Lady Terrapins
I still believe that Connecticut will match up against Notre Dame with the Lady Huskies perhaps winning the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship/Final Four.
(South-region) Florida Gators vs. (East-region) UConn Huskies
(West-region) Wisconsin Badgers vs. (Midwest-region) Kentucky Wildcats
I still believe that Florida will match up against Wisconsin with the Gators perhaps winning the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship/Final Four.
(CLICK ON PIC FOR LARGER VIEW)
(Lincoln-region) UConn Lady Huskies vs. (Stanford-region) Stanford Cardinal (the color Cardinal)
(Notre Dame-region) Notre Dame (Lady) Fighting Irish vs. (Louisville-region) Maryland Lady Terrapins
I still believe that Connecticut will match up against Notre Dame with the Lady Huskies perhaps winning the 2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship/Final Four.
(CLICK ON PIC FOR LARGER VIEW)
Sunday, March 30, 2014
March Madness/Bracketology: And So Finally We Reach The Men's 'Final Four'!
Here is my (very) busted bracket now that we know which teams made it into the "Final Four"! It contains changes made from the disaster which were my "Elite Eight" picks. Actually I did so-so with picking most of the teams I believed would continue forward in this big dance once we all recovered with what Mercer did to Duke; I predicted three out of the four regions okay. I was 100% with at least one out of the four regions, I must add!
EAST: It was the east region that I never really quite mastered. I flubbed if you must really know with my east-region picks. No thanks to Michigan St. and coach Izzo who were not as hungry for winning it all as I once believed. Much to my chagrin they failed to get past UConn in the east-region! C'est la vie! But I must add that prior to Michigan St. stumbling it was the Iowa St. Cyclones (Big XII) that busted my east bracket. UConn really socked it to the two teams I thought would venture further from the east-region. So I now find myself having to mark-out the Spartans of Michigan St. (I really thought they would win the 2014 tourney this time around --my bad) and added the UConn Huskies into the "Final Four"!
SOUTH: I did also stumble a bit in this region. I carelessly thought that the Syracuse Orange(men) would get past Dayton in the "Round of 32". I correctly predicted that the Dayton Flyers would beat the Ohio St. Buckeyes (those 'nuts' -- LOL!) in the "Round of 64", but that was where I thought Dayton would end their bid and lose to Syracuse. My bad --again! I picked Florida correctly out of the south-region through the "Elite Eight", but I foolhardily thought that the Spartans would take this region and lead it into the "Final Four" and win the "Big Dance"!
MIDWEST: Like I stated before, after everyone's brackets recovered from the loss by the Duke Blue Devils to the Mercer Bears, my Midwest-region/bracket never stumbled again. I redid my bracket and picked the Tennessee Vols to beat Mercer. I was never quite convinced that coach K (Krzyzewski) would make it past the "Sweet Sixteen" but I must say I was indeed shocked at how Duke exited the tourney so early on and to the Mercer team. I was cheering for Mercer, but not confident that this was a real "Cinderella" team of the caliber needed to get past the Vols.
WEST: I also did great picking the Wisconsin Badgers out-of-the west-region. This was the lone region with which I did not stumble. I wish I had bet money on just this region alone. I still believe that Wisconsin will do battle with Florida in the championship game, but I think that the Gators will take the whole thing now that I had to redo the "Final Four" bracket and remove Sparty's team. I now believe that Florida will be the 2014 Men's Final Four Champs.
EAST: It was the east region that I never really quite mastered. I flubbed if you must really know with my east-region picks. No thanks to Michigan St. and coach Izzo who were not as hungry for winning it all as I once believed. Much to my chagrin they failed to get past UConn in the east-region! C'est la vie! But I must add that prior to Michigan St. stumbling it was the Iowa St. Cyclones (Big XII) that busted my east bracket. UConn really socked it to the two teams I thought would venture further from the east-region. So I now find myself having to mark-out the Spartans of Michigan St. (I really thought they would win the 2014 tourney this time around --my bad) and added the UConn Huskies into the "Final Four"!
SOUTH: I did also stumble a bit in this region. I carelessly thought that the Syracuse Orange(men) would get past Dayton in the "Round of 32". I correctly predicted that the Dayton Flyers would beat the Ohio St. Buckeyes (those 'nuts' -- LOL!) in the "Round of 64", but that was where I thought Dayton would end their bid and lose to Syracuse. My bad --again! I picked Florida correctly out of the south-region through the "Elite Eight", but I foolhardily thought that the Spartans would take this region and lead it into the "Final Four" and win the "Big Dance"!
MIDWEST: Like I stated before, after everyone's brackets recovered from the loss by the Duke Blue Devils to the Mercer Bears, my Midwest-region/bracket never stumbled again. I redid my bracket and picked the Tennessee Vols to beat Mercer. I was never quite convinced that coach K (Krzyzewski) would make it past the "Sweet Sixteen" but I must say I was indeed shocked at how Duke exited the tourney so early on and to the Mercer team. I was cheering for Mercer, but not confident that this was a real "Cinderella" team of the caliber needed to get past the Vols.
WEST: I also did great picking the Wisconsin Badgers out-of-the west-region. This was the lone region with which I did not stumble. I wish I had bet money on just this region alone. I still believe that Wisconsin will do battle with Florida in the championship game, but I think that the Gators will take the whole thing now that I had to redo the "Final Four" bracket and remove Sparty's team. I now believe that Florida will be the 2014 Men's Final Four Champs.
March Madness/Bracketology: And So Finally We Reach The Women's 'Elite Eight'!
I was disheartened and disappointed by the Lady Vols failure to reach the "Elite Eight". I was hoping they would win one for their former and legendary Tennessee women's coach -- Pat Summitt, but it was not meant to be again this year. The Lady Vols remain sans a championship since 2008. The women's NCAA Basketball Championship now having eluded the Lady Vols for 6 consecutive years. As I stated that the last time they won a championship was 2008 and coach Summitt had not yet announced her medical condition which broke all of our hearts; early onset Alzheimer's disease! Last year the Lady Vols did reach the "Elite Eight" but lost to Louisville 86-78.
The Louisville region busted my bracket entering the second and third rounds. Incorrectly I picked Tennessee to beat Maryland. I also had the audacity (despite my better thinking) to pick WVU over regional-host team Louisville. My bad!
So my "Elite Eight" in this women's tourney took a bit of a beating. However, I have to boast about the fact that I picked three out of four regions correct-a-mundo (Thanks, Fonzie, for the saying); those three regions (Lincoln, Notre Dame & Stanford) so far have not let me down!
So we continue down the road to the women's "Big Dance"!...
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