SEC thrillers

This past Saturday, SEC fans witnessed a few thrilling games. The day started off with Georgia surviving a scare against Tennessee. Todd Gurley, Georgia's Heisman Candidate did his part in the Dawgs' win, as he rushed for 208 yards on 28 carries. Justin Worley (Tennessee) out preformed Hutson Mason (Georgia) on the day, as he threw for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns. Mason threw 2 picks while throwing for a lone touchdown in the second quarter. Long story short, the Vols defense put the offense in a hole, which they could not get out of.

Another great game played in the SEC East on Saturday was between the South Carolina Gamecocks, and the Missouri Tigers, in the battle of the two Columbia's. Early in the 4th quarter, Carolina extended their lead to 20-7, before Mizzou came storming back with two quick scoring drives, and 14 unanswered points. With about a minute and a half left in the game, the Gamecocks got the ball back, and gave one last try to bring the ball into field goal range. After failing to convert on fourth down, the Gamecocks handed the ball right back to the Tigers who just had to kneel the ball twice to run the clock out. The Tigers' win moves them to 4-1 on the season, and the Gamecocks dropped to 3-2.

In another thrilling game, this one taking place in the West, Texas A&M beat Arkansas in a shootout. Kenny Hill, the Aggies' quarterback threw for 386 yards and had 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. It took a late touchdown from the Aggies' to force overtime, where Kenny Hill found Malcome Kennedy for a touchdown that turned out to be the game winner, after the Razorbacks failed to do anything with their drive.

Is Jameis Winston Worthy of the Number 1 Overall pic

Arguably the most controversial player in NCAA sports at the moment, Jameis Winston, was benched in FSU's overtime win against Clemson on Saturday. Winston, who was suspended orignally for the first half, was suspended for the second half as ongoing investigations occured. Earlier this year, Winston had been cited for sexual assault and theft of crab legs from a local store. Accusations started flooding over the star after he lead the Seminoles to a National Title, and won the most coveted award in college football, the Heisman Memorial trophy. 

All the accusations against the young quarter back questions of the star's maturity. Winston is expected to declare himself eligible for the upcoming draft after this college football season. Yesterday's  suspension did not help in his draft eligibility, as his backup quarterback beat a very good Clemson team who now has fallen to 1-2 on the season. Also his record of getting in trouble will haunt owners and coaches all over the NFL. No team college or professional wants this big of distraction taking over all the media. Negative attention like assault, moves team performance to the background. Look at the Baltimore Ravens right now, everything you hear coming from this franchise is, Ray Rice. Ray Rice this, Ray Rice that. He isn't even on the team anymore, but the team is still stuck in the sticky situation that the player left the team in. Winston has put his team in many bad situations, but always seems to get off scot free. If he keeps putting himself in bad positions, soon he will find himself locked up in a cell, or suspended from both of the games he loves, baseball and football. 

This Ones for Vince

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." Vince Lombardi 
This quote, should not just be inspiration to people, but should be a lifestyle. If you want to be succesful in life, you will first be knocked down, and then you can choose what to do from there. Many athletes will stumble on something that can turn their lives upside down, but if they move on they become mentally stronger. If they stay down, they will never have a chance to advance in life, and will live in the shadows of their mistakes. You always want to strive to make up for your mistakes, because then you go into a new situation with a clean slate, and there is nothing to worry about.
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." Vince Lombardi
Nobody is born successful, but many strive to be the best they can be. You will never reach your goals, without working on how to get there. If you don't work at something, chances are you will not only bring yourself down to a lower level, but you will bring your whole team down with you. Say you are one of the best forwards in hockey, and you decide that you have had enough for the day. The other forwards probably look up to you, and think that what you do is law (especially those rookies). Next thing you know, the whole hockey team is off the ice an hour early, and you're to blame. After awhile, not only you, but the whole team will be lacking the speed and strength that is required, and your team will start to lose there grip in the standings.

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2012 season, Sept. 24th

As we all know, the MLB season is winding down. So far three teams have punched there tickets to the Fall Classic, and 11 dreams have fallen through. The season went by very fast, and started promising for low market teams (like the Pirates), with the new wild card format. Well actually for most of the year, the standings have seemed backwards from recent years. I mean really, where did the Nationals and Orioles come from. We have seen the usual ups and downs of a season, but there were many more memorable moments than I can remember in years past. For example, there were six no-hitters, ( three perfect games, three no nos) including the King (Felix Hernandez) finally getting one of the few things that he needed to fulfill his already Hall of Fame Career, and a combined no-hitter by Seattle. The Angels new acquisitions were outshone by the rookie sensation in  Mike Trout. If it weren't for Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown run, Mike might be in line for a MVP award. 

Just think, next year there will be an inter-league series every week! Oh wait is that a good thing? 

 

Miguel vs Carl

At the end of last year, would you have ever thought of Carl Yastrzemski when you heard Miguel Cabrera's name. If you answered no, then you are like many American's. Now you might know that Miguel is leading all three of the AL Batting Triple Crown categories (batting average, RBI's, and home runs). He will be the first batter since Yaz to win the infamous award. No offense, but even now I don't really picture him like the Red Sox great. Sure he is facing the good hitters of, Josh Hamilton, Albert Pujols, and Prince Fielder, but he isn't facing the Hall of Fame greats. I mean can you compare Josh Hamilton to Ted Williams, Pujols to Hank Aaron, or Prince to Mickey Mantle. I hope you answered no to all of those, because you have the last batter ever to hit four hundred ( Teddy), the second place career home run hitter (Hank, should be number one), and the 1956 Triple Crown winner (Mickey). Anyway it still is a huge accomplishment for Cabrera, IF he does win the Crown. I guess it is about time for a new reigning TC champion, it has been a long 45 years.