Please no...

Her or Obama? Obama or her? Is there really a good choice on the donkey side this year?

Simpson Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

What do you think on this one?

Simpson Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family tree software

What do you think?? I was surprised it was not by more.

Top 10 upsets of the college football season

Thanks to a comment by James, I figured I'd do another list this week. The top 10 upsets in a very unpredictable season of college football. There were many to pick from, and I attempted to not pick too many SEC games.

10: South Florida over Auburn: My brother Thomas was able to go to this game. Auburn was still undefeated and not many people knew about South Florida. This game set the tone for Auburn, who would be upset again by MSU, and South Florida, who would go to #2 in the BCS before feeling the pressure.

9: Arizona over Oregon: I know they were able to win the game because of Dixon's ACL, but Oregon was a front-runner for the BCS with a heisman candidate. Another #2 getting knocked off, and it was in prime time. Doesn't hurt that I am an Arizona fan (having lived in Tucson).

8: Georgia over Florida: As a Gator fan I hate to put this in here, but UGA beating Florida for the first time in a million years and putting Tennessee in the SEC championship game and Georgia in a BCS was a huge game. Georgia (a team that got beat twice early in the year) played an outstanding game, and it didn't hurt that Tebow was not 100%.

7: Colorado over Oklahoma: This was another BCS team that fell on its face against an unranked team. Colorado is an improved team, but if they played this game 10 more times, Oklahoma wins them all.

6: ULM over Alabama: Although Alabama is not a great team, they were looking at a potential 8-4 season and a good bowl before losing at HOME to a team that is a mid-level team in a terrible conference.

5: Kentucky over LSU: Knocking LSU from the unbeatens. Great game as well. Kentucky was a solid team, but still should not have been able to beat LSU.

4: FSU over Boston College: Matt Ryan had just beat Virginia Tech and become a heisman candidate. Now FSU rolls in to Boston College and takes this team out of the BCS picture. They also effectively end Ryan's chances.

3: South Florida over West Virginia: Another great upset by the Bull of South Florida. This made them the team to beat and almost knocked out West Virginia. My prediction is this is the only loss of West Virginia this season.

2: Stanford over USC: This would have been one of the biggest upsets of the decade if not for number one...

1: App. State over Michigan: By far the biggest upset of all-time. A team that had no business on the field with Michigan getting the win. A blocked field goal, a last minute drive to take back the lead. I would say Michigan did not even play that bad at the end. App. State won the game, Michigan did not choke it away.

What did I miss?

Next list

I am going to attempt to do another top 10 list. See if you can follow this one.

Top 10...continuations of multiple part movies and the worst choice to replace the main actor.

10. Rocky VII: New lead...Leonardo Di Caprio

9. Mission Impossible: Dennis Hopper

8. Indiana Jones: Chris Tucker

7. Star Wars: Jim Carrey

6. Friday: Russel Crowe

5. Ace Ventura Pet Detective: Harrison Ford

4. Godfather: Jackie Chan

3. Rambo: John Voight

2. Austin Powers: Al Pacino

1. Legally Blonde: Whoopi Goldberg


Any other ideas for top 10 lists or to add to this one??

Simpson update

A quick update on the stuff going on. Haven't been updating as regularly as I'd like, but with football over I may have more time...well if I'm not holding my boy or girl.

Braden is doing very well. He was born at 10 lbs even and 21 3/4 inches long. He is a big strong boy. Jamey says he is sleeping really well. Avery has been getting up during the night now. She is a proud big sister. Above are some pictures. Jamey has many other pictures.

Football ended last friday as we went 2-8. Highlight of the season was the Jodan Creel story. Read the last post for more on the story or this story picked up by Sports Illustrated. Now we start reloading for next season, with several new players and a few that played young we have a chance to be good.

Now Jamey and I turn our attention to track. The girls have a chance to be great and the boys have an outside shot at being a top team this season.

Also since I have time to blog (students studying for a US states and capitals test) thought I'd go over my preseason NFL picks at the halfway point.

Here's my link to the picks from preseason.
NFC East: Eagles at 10-6 is not a great pick, I did have Dallas at 9-7 and in the playoffs.

NFC South: Had New Orleans here at 10-6 which may happen, but did not see Tampa doing so well. Also had Carolina doing well, but without Delhomme they don't have a chance.

NFC North: Had Chicago here, did not pick Detroit or Green Bay (but who did?).

NFC West: Seattle was my pick here, and they may still be the team to make it, but no team here looks great. Arizona would be my new pick.


AFC East: I picked the NYJ to win, not looking so good now. Had New England at 11-5 and in the playoffs.

AFC South: Had Indy winning. But did not think much of Tennessee or Jacksonville.

AFC North: Picked Baltimore (bad) and Cinncy (also bad). Looking like Pittsburg wins the title.

AFC West: Had San Diego at 12-4, they still have a good shot at winning division, but not going 12-4.

Picked Carolina over San Diego in Super Bowl.

Jordan Creel

I will post more on this if I have the time later. But I was witness to God's work Friday night in the shape of a football player. Read this article and you'll see why...

...Many times as a Christian coach you question if God cares or not about sports. There are many stories about "religious" teams that give God the credit for their victories. But what about the teams that have Christians on them that do not win. I have been a coach on winning and losing teams and did not feel I was a worse or better christian on either of them. So what roll does God play in high school sports...

I am not sure of the answer, but do know that I was shown a little of his power in what he allowed Jordan to do last Friday. Not only did he play well, but his teammates played well above their heads to give him a small gift, that is insignificant in the big picture, but allowed him to see he was loved.

What do you think? Is God concerned with who wins and loses? Why do teams that give him no credit do as well as those who are followers of him?

Creel

Political top 10

Thought this was funny.

Signs Your Presidential Candidate is Under-Qualified

10. Promises to improve foreign relations with Hawaii.

9. Runs a series of attack ads against Martin Sheen's character on "The West Wing."

8. His #1 choice to work on his cabinet is "That Bob Vila guy."

7. Outstanding record as Governor of Rhode Island nullified by the fact that no one really cares.

6. Got his degree in Political Economics by bribing Sally Struthers with a chocolate donut.

5. Anybody mentions Washington, he asks, "The state or the DC thingie?"

4. At the debates, answers every question with a snarled, "You wanna wrestle?!?"

3. Vows to put an end to the war in Pokemon and free the Pikachu refugees once and for all.

2. Says the Pledge of Allegiance as quickly as possible, then shouts, "I win!"

...and the Number 1 Sign Your Presidential Candidate Is Under-Qualified...

1. On the very first question of the debate, he says, "Regis, I want to use a LIFELINE."

Harding on ESPN

Nice to see the old school on ESPN's top 10 plays. Football team has not been doing so well, but this is nice.

Great Quotes II

I love to read about the dumb things people say. Here are some for your enjoyment.

"How to store your baby walker: First, remove baby."
- Anonymous Manufacturer

"We are unable to announce the weather. We depend on weather reports from the airport, which is closed, due to weather. Whether we will be able to give you a weather report tomorrow will depend on the weather."
- Arab News report

"Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, "Thank God, I'm still alive." But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again."
- Barbara Boxer, Senator

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."
- Britney Spears, Pop Singer

"My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."
- Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice

"Better make it six, I can't eat eight."
- Dan Osinski, Baseball pitcher, when a waitress asked if he wanted his pizza cut into six or eight slices

"It isn't pollution that is hurting the environment, it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
- Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice-President

"Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win."
- Doug Collins, basketball commentator

NCAA Football

I am now a bigger NCAA fan than NFL fan (thanks to the Miami Dolphins). Here is my top 15 at this point.

1) USC: Too much talent. I can see Cal and Oregon scaring them, but not winning.

2) LSU: I don't think they'll stay here all year, but don't know who will beat them. Probably Arkansas the last week.

3) OU: Bob Stoops has his team under the radar and ready for another trip to a big BCS to get routed.

4) UF: Too young to go undefeated, but talent-wise they're as good as anyone in the country.

5) CAL: Under the radar, but should be undefeated going into USC. Ask Tennessee if they are for real.

6) WVU: Not enough defense, and now that South Florida has added another tough team on the schedule I don't see them going undefeated.

7) PSU: Joe Pa has a good chance to be in the Rose Bowl this year.

8) Texas: To many athletes not to be a factor in the BCS.

9) Rutgers: I love this team, but they will lose at least one and that is probably one too many for a Big East team.

10) Clemson: They always find a way to give a few games away, will this be the year they live up to their potential??

11) Oregon: Not too sure about the Ducks, we'll find out against USC and Cal later on.

12) Hawaii: Probably going to be undefeated and in a BCS. That will make for an exciting game if it is Hawaii vs WVU.

13) OSU: Not sold on the gators whipping boys. We'll see later against PSU and Wisconsin.

14) Wisc: Ok, Faulkner played a team that played the Citadel, who played with Wisconsin for 3 quarters, enough said.

15) Lou: Losing to Kentucky hurts, but I could still see them winning the Big East.



On the rise:

USF: Beating Auburn lost some luster last week, but I think they are for real.

The other USC: Spurrier gets a real test this week @ LSU.

Arkansas: I know they lost a game they shouldn't have, but Mcfadden makes them a threat in the SEC West.



About to drop:

Alabama: With Georgia and FSU on the schedule I see a split at best.

Kentucky: Now its time to play in the varsity level.

Texas A&M: The Big 12 North is awful again.

Pep Rally

Had a good "black out" pep rally last night. Not much fun for me, but Avery loved the glow in the dark necklace and sticks. She danced and had fun. She is growing up quickly.

Another reason to hate the Patriots

They cheat to win...




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Makes you proud...

Love it when very intelligent people make comments about how great our education system is. Watch Mario Lopez's reaction at the end of this...



Key words: U.S. Americans, Iraq???, Asian countries???

Reminds me of the Billy Madison quote, "we are all now dumber for hearing that".

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Hope for the Dolphins??

Is there hope for the Dolphins? There may be. After winning both meaningless games they are looking good. The running game looked very good last night. The defense is solid (even without three of the best players.

Ronnie Brown is starting to show flashes of why he was a #2 overall pick. I am hoping he will become the dominate back Miami needs. Jesse Chatman also looked very good last night against a solid Chiefs defense.

The addition of Trent Green is not as good as I was hoping it would become. But if he can just manage games we should become a decent team. Anyone seeing playoffs for the dolphins???

Caption anyone...

Wonder what these guys are thinking...

New List!!!

This is the next list. Ashley asked for one...so here it goes.



The top 10 reasons you know school starts to early.



10. You peel yourself out of your vehicle at 7:30 AM to get in the doors.



9. Summer vacations consist of dinner and a movie at the Rave.



8. During summer kids are hoping labor day weekend gets here so they can have a long break.



7. Graduation is interupted by announcements for registration for the next year.



6. Summer reading is the Sunday paper.



5. The first week of school is rough because kids can't wait to light their fireworks (4th of July if it went over your head)



4. Graduation speaker doubles for opening ceremony speaker.



3. At the end of school you say, "see you real soon...no, really like next week".



2. Kids summer jobs allow them to buy a car...or a bike...ok a taxi ride.



1. The last reason you know your summer is too short...You attend ACA.

School...

School is already going on. Anyone else feel it is too early???

On a good note, only 2 weeks until our football jamboree...