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Getting Ready For March 2nd

Ryan j Budke — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:02:50 +0000

Be back to blogging more this week. Spent last week training for March 2nd.

Is It Unpatriotic To Be Happy The Pats Lost -or- Karma’s A Bitch

Ryan j Budke — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:09 +0000

For the past couple of weeks Ken and I have had a running joke going around here saying "Cheaters never win… unless you want to end up in the Baseball Hall of Fame or the Superbowl". Well, last night karma took it’s retribution on the group of players from Foxborough. After having the golden ring of a perfect season within reach, the New York Giants calmly batted it out of the way. Now, I’ll never deny that The Patriots are a good team, and will certainly go down as one of the best ever, but there’s other things that lead to being a great team then your performance on the field. There’s integrity, professionalism, and just plain good-sportsmanship, all of which The Pats lack.

Congratulations have to go out to Eli and the Giants who never lost their cool the entire night, and kept Shula and the ‘72 Dolphins record alive (check out this great Reebok commercial). My "dream scenario" still would have been for Brett Favre to win last night, end the perfect season, then announce his retirement right then and there, but hey, there’s always next year.

18 and Fail

Tags: super bowl, giants, patriots, eli manning, tom brady, brett favre, new york, new england

O-H… No no no no NO!!!

Ryan j Budke — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:09:48 +0000

Well, that didn’t go so well. At least during last year’s BCS Championship Game I was in San Francisco, out eating some fantastic chinese food with the guys from TUAW. This year, I was at home (I got an invite to go to a party down in Hollywood to watch it, but turned it down because I forgot I now have a reliable vehicle), watching LSU play a much better game while taking down the last of the christmas decorations and generally throwing things that shouldn’t be thrown.

Mr. Biro and I were talking within just the past week or so how we wish it was possible to “bottle momentum”; the Buckeyes could have used a big ol swig of that last night at a couple of points. Although disappointing that they lost, it has been fun that the Bucks gotten to the big game two years in a row and have a very very young team, so next year should be a lot of fun. I still think the BCS is a complete mess, a playoff setup would be more rewarding and fun, allowing those longshots and wildcards to have a cinderella-type post-season ala March Madness or the NFL playoffs. What sucks is this season was exactly what the BCS hoped for since day one: every game during those last few weeks of the season “meant something.”

Tangent aside, congrats are in order for both The Ohio State University and LSU, both had fantastic seasons, and one of them played a fantastic game last night.

O-H…. I-O

Ryan j Budke — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:39:43 +0000

One hour left until The Ohio State University once again becomes National Champs. I’m so pumped up. (Yes this probably could have been a Twitter post, but screw you)