Monday, July 17, 2006

Hmm I'm getting comment spam - does this mean people read this thing? Apologies if anyone is seduced by hidden links in comments, but I delete them as quickly as possible.

We watched part of the ESPYs tonight, and it was fun watching the Lance-Vince Austin tag team dominate the show. When the Rose Bowl won Best Championship Event, Matt Leinart commented on "getting an award for losing," and I was hoping Vince would respond with "I wouldn't know." Sadly, his writers aren't as good as me.

It made me think though that the Sports Year 2005 has to rank as my best. UT won the Red River Bowl, 2 Rose Bowls, a football national title, and a College World Series, and almost avoided getting shafted on the Heisman. Tim Duncan and the Spurs won their 3rd NBA title. In the year I was a Colts fan (I now have to switch to the Titans), they won 13 in a row and almost beat the eventual-champion Steelers (with Vinatieri they woulda done it). And for my personal record, I was on a church league basketball team in January-April of that year that went undefeated regular season and playoffs, including some incredible games. I wasn't that important to the team, except we often only had 5 or 6 players, so my presence was needed (and I can play well at times). It almost makes me want to quit sports from on top of fandom, except that March Madness and the NBA Playoffs have made 2006 pretty spectacular too thus far. I wonder if I spend too much time on sports, but on the other hand, it's a great release to passively enjoy something more unpredictable than TV/movies, and provides a good social medium. Dunno, but I'm sure I'm spending too much time thinking about if I spend too much time on it. :-)

Still reading Rise of the West - I've been delayed by 2 projects: 1) building a little Access tool for my wife's lab to track orders, and 2) watching West Wing on DVD. Tis much better than the syndicated shortened version - I highly recommend it.
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