Student Sent Home For Haircut

A student in Texas was sent home from school today for having his haircut as a depiction of freshman phenom Johnny "Football" Manziel. Although I think Manziel is overrated and was become too much hype I still think the student has the right to have this haircut. If for no other reason then that it is sick. His haircut is stupid but his free speech is that he can have any stupid haircut he wants as long as it isn't offensive or using any derogatory terms.
I do feel for the teacher who has this kid in his class and I also feel bad for the principal who has to deal with this dumbass and send him home. However, I think this kid should keep his haircut because you know that it will be cool for about a week and then after that everyone who didn't already think this guy was a total douche will come around.

Why Jimbo?

Whenever I watch the Florida State offense I get this strange desire to put my head through a window. How can we have such a talented offense and yet look so terrible all the time. I have discovered that Jimbo Fisher has 3 total plays in his playbook. 1) slow run to the right 2) slow run to the left 3) Watch EJ Manual run around in circles and then hopefully not make a terrible pass to someone. It is time for Jimbo to either completely change his philosophy on offense or else hand the reigns over to someone else who actually knows what they are doing.
Having said all that I do have faith in Jimbo as a head coach. I think he is a good recruiter who also is very knowledgeable about the game of football. But he needs to hire people who are better at calling plays. He now also has a position open at defensive coordinator, he needs to look for someone who has experience and fire and will call some dag gum blitzes every once in a while. If we don't bring home an Orange Bowl victory the clock will start on Jimbo and he will have to earn another year in Doak Campbell.
Now to the Florida game which I had such big hopes for. The defense played pretty well until the last few minutes when the game was already out of reach. I cannot believe we lost that game. After EJ's 3 picks in the first half I thought for sure that the game was going to be out of reach but then by some miracle Werner just took over the game in the 3rd quarter. He had a few sacks and a fumble recovery. But as usual when we had all the momentum our offense stalled.......

Thanksgiving sports story

One thing that I was following closely on Thanksgiving was the absolute thrashing the Jets took at the hands of the Pats. I can honestly say that my favorite sports story this year has been the fundamental debacle that has been the J-E-T-S Jets. I think I almost got sick by laughing so hard after a large thanksgiving dinner when Mark Sanchez ran directly into one his line man just to fall and fumble for a Patriots touchdown. The way Sanchez ran straight into his lineman reminded me of Jackass because all I was thinking the whole time was wow that guy is an idiot while i was laughing historically.
Another football related story was the poor Detroit Lions. They had managed to not win a Thanksgiving game in eight years before this years game and they had so many chances to taste the turkey. Alas they were vanquished by the Texans on an overtime field goal which was just heartbreaking for Lions fans everywhere.    

Thanksgiving

Almost every thanksgiving since I can remember our family would pile into the car and drive on up to my grandparents farm about two hours away. I can still feel how the car would slowly rumble its way down their long gravel driveway as we would look at their new cows and see if we could spot my grandmother working in her garden. The car stops and we all get out while stretching and groaning from the drive and then a flurry of hugs ensues. At this point my grandma transforms into full on hostess mode trying to get everyone anything she can possible think of. 

The actual dinner is another story because my mothers side of the family is very proper and seems to only eat what they deem the socially acceptable amount. However I did not share this view and would continue to go back for more and more until I would collapse in a heap on the couch. Of course it would always be at this point that my little cousins would feel that this was the perfect opportunity to jump on top of my stomach. I missed all of the "fun" this year because this was my first thanksgiving with my dad's family in Florida but I am excited for winter break when I will have the chance to see my family again and eat until I collapse. 

Opposition to Kevin's A-Rod Adbuster

A-Rod is statistically one of the best hitters of all time. He did this going against pitchers who were using steroids such as Roger Clemens and most likely a majority of big name pitchers of that era. He was left with no choice but to use steroids just to keep up with all the other players who were using them. The MLB was fine with letting steroid use happen because it meant for more fans watching and going to the games because they were more exciting. You cannot blame a player who just wanted to stay on a level playing field because he wanted to be one of the great hitters in the game.

A-Rod deserves the multi-million dollar contracts he earns because of all the revenue he brings in to the club and the league. Through his great regular season play he has made himself an icon in the baseball world and deserves to be properly compensated. With the increase in home runs and RBIs that he experienced when he used steroids he was able to become a very polarizing figure in sports and when someone is so polarizing that they bring attention to the sport they deserve a significant amount of money. A-Rod has done charity work as well and all that wouldn't have been possible if he did not use steroids to better his game. 

Politics of the NCAA

The politics of college football and the NCAA is very apparent by the amount of money the athletes can make for the universities and the NCAA. While the athletes are in college they are unable to make any money or take any form of compensation which in turn frees up that money to be used by the NCAA at their discretion. Universities don't want the system to change because then they would have less money coming in and more money going to the athletes. The football programs for major schools are money making machines and neither the NCAA or the schools themselves want to make a change.

BCS

One thing that I have been following in the world of sports is the complex system that is the BCS rankings of college football. The dramatic differences between who the computers believe the best teams in the country are and who the human pollsters believe is very interesting  For instance Oregon is widely believed to be the best team in the nation by the human voters but are not very liked by the computers which is why they are currently sitting at #2 in the BCS. That is strongly contrasted by Notre Damne because they are adored by the computers but the human voters remained unconvinced because they are at #3 and would be left out of the national championship if it were decided today.
There has been much thought and discussion about how the BCS should be changed or left the same but if it were up to me I would keep it the same. I am personally excited about the change next year to the playoff format. I think that is a way to improve the system but it is similar to the way the NCAA tournament as it keeps expanding someone is always going to feel cheated and left out in the cold.

Marcus Lattimore- Salary $0

Mark Emmert- Salry $1.6 million 

"We are the NCAA"

Adbuster

For my adbuster I thought about doing something that has been very popular in the news recently. The Lance Armstrong doping scandal has rocked the cycling world. There was a Nike ad a few years ago in which Armstrong acknowledged that he had been called a doper and that it wasn't true and he doesn't ride for those people he rides for all the people struggling with cancer. On a personal level I have no issue with what Lance Armstrong did but I did have a problem with him constantly making a big deal about it and then creating a huge thing years later. So for my ad buster I would have on one side a picture of Lance Armstrong winning on his bike and on the other side I would have someone doping.
Now over the middle of the poster I would have a caption that would read "Does the end justify the means?" This would have a deeper meaning than just all the tour d france titles. Because Lance Armstrong's legacy is more than just a normal cyclist. He has done great things to help people with his charity and spreading awareness through his "Livestrong" campaign. From my perspective the ends do justify the means, but it is up to the reader of the ad to decide.