HEY THERE CATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.

 

WELL LET ME WISH EVERYONE A QUICK HAPPY YOM KIPPUR, YOU SHOULD BE IN TEMPLE. JUST MAKE SURE YOU GO AFTER DAILY DOSE.

 

I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEKEND FULL OF SPORTS, I KNOW I DID, SO LETS RECAP SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

 

WELL IT WAS AN INTERESTING WEEKEND FOR THE ARIZONA WOMENS VOLLEYBALL TEAM. AFTER DISPATCHING OF THE NUMBER 13 RANKED USC TROJANS ON FRIDAY THREE SETS TO ONE, THE LADY CATS CAME INTO SATURDAYS MATCHUP AGAINST THE NUMBER 14 RANKED UCLA BRUINS WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE. UNFORTUNATLEY FOR THE CATS, THAT CONFIDENCE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND INSIDE MCKALE AT 7 PM SATURDAY. AFTER THE CATS SURGED TO A 16-9 LEAD IN THE FIRST SET, THE BRUINS MADE A GREAT COMEBACK TO MAKE IT A 16-15 GAME, ARIZONA WOULD EVENTUALLY GO ON TO WIN THE FIRST SET, BUT UCLA’S CONFIDENCE HAD BEEN RESTORED. THE BRUINS WENT ON TO WIN THE NEXT THREE SETS WITH RELATIVE EASE, TO GIVE ARIZONA THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON. THE CATS GO TO 1-1 IN CONFERENCE PLAY, AND GET TO TRAVEL UP TO WASHINGTON, AND WASHINGTON STATE THIS WEEKEND SO GOOD LUCK LADIES, AND BEAR DOWN.

 

NOW THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND…HMMM WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN? OH YA! THE PAC TEN OPENER FOR ARIZONA FOOTBALL. AND WE GOT THE PLEASURE OF OPENING UP AGAINST THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS IN BEATIFUL CORVALIS OREGON. IF YOU DON’T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WELL LETS JUST SAY IT WAS THE STORY OF THE WILDCATS SEASON. I MEAN, THEY MISSED THE EXTRA POINT, WHO DOES THAT, BUT THEY STILL MANAGED TO PULL OUT THE WIN OVER THE CATS 19-17, SO ARIZONA WAS LOOKING FOR REVENGE. NICK FOLES GOT THE NOD TO START OVER MATT SCOTT THIS PAST WEEKEND, (THANKS FOR LISTENING COACH) AND HE DID NOT DISSAPOINT. THE YOUNG MAN WENT 25-34 FOR 254 YARDS AND THREE TD’S. NICE! THIS WASN’T A GAME THAT CAME EASY, BROOKS REED WAS DOWN FOR THE GAME, NIC GRIGSBY GOT HURT ON THE FIRST PLAY FROM SCCRIMAGE, ANTOLIN WENT DOWN A BIT AFTER, GREG NWOKO WAS LIMPING, AS WAS CRIER AND TURNER. I MEAN I WAS ABOUT TO GET THE NOD TO GO IN AND PLAY, BUT THANKS TO GREAT PLAY CALLING BY THE COACHES, AND THE COOLNESS UNDER PRESSURE FROM FOLES, THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT A SOLID OPENING CONFERENCE WIN OVER OSU 37-32. ALSO, DEVIN ROSS HAD A BIG INTERCEPTION TO REALLY HELP SEAL THE GAME, AND I KNOW HES HAPPY ABOUT THAT REDEMPTION PLAY SO GOOD FOR HIM, AND MR. TREVIN WADE, YET ANOTHER PICK. THAT MAKES FOUR PICKS IN FOUR GAMES, PLEASE STOP IT, YOURE HURTING ME WITH YOUR AWESOMENESS. THE CATS GET A MUCH NEEDED WEEK OFF, AND THEN TAKE THEIR 3-1 RECORD INTO UDUB, TO TAKE ON THE HUSKIES OF WASHINGTON. WE’LL HAVE SOME MORE ANALYSIS ON THAT GAME COME WEDNESDAY.

 

 

BUT FOR NOW CATS, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “ROSE BOWL DREAMS STILL ALIVE” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

YAY MORE SPORTS!

HEY THERE WILDCATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.

 

WELL CATS, ITS GETTING TO THAT BEAUTIFUL TIME OF THE WEEK AGAIN, FOOTBALL TIME, AND THIS SATURDAY COULD BRING SOME MIXED REVIEWS FOR THE U OF A, BUT FIRST LETS SEE WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AROUND CAMPUS.

LETS TALK WOMENS VOLLEYBALL. THE PAC-10 IS PRETTY GOOD IN THIS FIELD, BUT I BET YA DIDN’T KNOW THEY WERE THIS GOOD. 7 OF THE 10 TEAMS IN THE CONFERENCE ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 25 FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK. WASHINGTON FINDS THEMSELVES RANKED THIRD IN THE COUNTRY, OREGON SEVENTH, STANFORD 10, CAL 12, USC 13, UCLA 14, AND GOOD OL’ ARIZONA 19. AND LETS NOT FORGET TO MENTION THAT OREGON STATE AND WASHINGTON STATE ARE KNOCKING ON THE RANKINGS DOOR FOR TOP 25 WITH A HIGH AMOUNT OF RECIVING VOTES. SO THAT’S 9 OUT OF 10 TEAMS THAT DOMINATE..BUT WHO DID WE LEAVE OUT?....HMMMM WHO COULD IT BE? OHHH YA! ARIZONA STATE, THAT AWESOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO THE NORTH. ONCE AGAIN FALLING BEHIND IN A CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS, I THINK THE MOUNTAIN WEST MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A NEW SCHOOL, YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT. AS THE CATS GEAR UP FOR THEIR OPENING CONFERENCE WEEKEND THEY FIND THEMSELVES HOSTING THE NUMBER 13 AND 14 USC TROJANS AND UCLA BRUINS. THE CATS AT A PERFECT 11-0 LOOK TO EXTEND THEIR PERFECT RECORD THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE USC GAME COMING THIS FRIDAY AT 7 PM IN MCKALE AND THE UCLA GAME SATURDAY AT 7 IN THE SAME PLACE, SO GET OUT THERE AND BEAR DOWN. MOVING ON….

 

WELL WE DON’T NEED TO RECAP LAST SATURDAYS…WELL I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT A GAME. ITS TIME TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING WEEKEND AND OUR CONFERENCE OPENER AGAINST THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS. THE CATS HEAD UP TO CORVALLIS TO TAKE ON A HIGH POWERED OFFENSE AND A PRETTY GOOD DEFENSE TO BOOT. THE DEFENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CATS IS SIMPLE. PLUG UP THE MIDDLE. THE CATS TAKE IN MY OPINION THE SECOND BEST RUNNING BACK IN THE CONFERENCE AND PROBABLY ALSO ONE OF THE BETTER BACKS IN THE COUNTRY, JAQUIZZ RODGERS. TO SUM IT UP, HES REALLY GOOD.  HES GOT GREAT AGILITY AND CAN CUT BACK BETTER THAN MOST, SO THE CATS NEED TO STACK THE BOX, AND REALLY MAKE THE PASSING GAME BEAT THEM, AND WITH CORNERS LIKE TREVIN WADE AND CAM NELSON, ITS GONNA BE HARD TO DO. IF THE CATS CAN CONTROL THE RUN GAME, WHICH THEY COULDN’T DO LAST SATURDAY, COACH IF YOURE WATCHING UATV RIGHT NOW, PRACTICE THAT!!!! AND NOICK FOWLES CAN COME OUT AND SHOW WHY HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE STARTER, WE SHOULD BE ALRIGHT. AGAIN, HOLD THE OFFENSE TO UNDER 250 YARDS, GET THE BALL TO GRIGSBY MORE THAN 15 TIMES, AND COMPLETE THOSE DEEP BALLS FOR ONCE, THE CATS SHOULD BE CELEBRATING AGAIN ON SATURDAY. 24-17 CATS.

 

WELL GUYS I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “DAVE GULLMAN IS MY PERSONAL IDOL” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN AND ILL SEE YA AT THE GAME.

Sports Thoughts for the day

HEY THERE WILDCATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.WELL IT WAS AN INTERESTING WEEKEND FOR WILDCATS SPORTS, SO LETS GET RIGHT ON TO IT.WELL LETS GET TO THE BAD NEWS…YES CATS, ARIZONA IS NOT INVINCEABLE AFTER ALL, EVEN THOW THIS ANCHOR BELIEVED SO. THE CATS FELL TO THE IOWA HAWKEYES THIS PAST SATURDAY 27-17 AND MOVED TO 2-1 ON THE SEASON. I FELT OUR DEFENSE PLAYED PHENOMINAL IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT JUST GOT TO TIRED IN THE SECOND HALF..MAYBE BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE ON THE FIELD THE ENTIRE GAME BECAUSE OUR OFFENSE COULDN’T GET ANYTHING GOING, BUT THAT COULD JUST BE ME. I KNOW IT DIDN’T HELP THAT NIC GRIGSBY ONLY HAD 75 TOTAL RUSH YARDS, BUT MATT SCOTT…COME ON. 4 FOR 14 FOR 50 YARDS AND ONE PICK…SWEET GAME. FOWLES CAME INTO THE GAME WHEN WE HAD ALREADY BASICALLY LOST, AND WENT 6 FOR 11FOR 55 YARDS AND ONE TOUCHDOWN! WOW..SEEMS LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE STARTER..WHO COULD HAVE SAID THAT? MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEONE SMART. IM AVAILABLE FOR THE HEAD COACHING JOB WHENEVER YOU WANT. QUCIK SIDE NOTE, TREVIN WADE IS A ABSOLUTE STUD. 3 PICKS IN THREE GAMES AND ONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN. MAYBE HE CAN CARRY THE WHOLE TEAM NEXT TIME. UP NEXT FOR THE CATS, IS A TRIPTO THE BEAUTIFUL! CITY OF CORVALIUS OREGON TO TAKE ON THE PREGON STATE BEAVERS THIS SATURDAY AT 4:30 SO LETS GET READY.AT LEAST THE BIG MAN ROB GROWNKOWSKI WILL BE BACK. OH WAIT, LETS JUST KEEP THE BAD NEWS COMING. THE STAR TIGHT END WILL MISS THE ENTIRE 2009 SEASON COACH STOOPS SAID ON SATURDAY BECAUSE HE WILL HAVE BACK SURGERY. SWEET. WELL…AT LEAST WE DIDN’T LOSE TO A TEAM WENT 0-12 LAST YEAR….USC. LETS JUST FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE (LIKE I TRY TO DO) AND GET A WIN UP IN CORVALIS, AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BEAR DOWN. ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, THE NUMBER 21 RANKED ARIZONA WILDCATS CONTINUED TO SHOW THEIR DOMINANCE, AS THEY MOVED TO 11-0 THIS SEASON ON ROUTE TO WINNING THE 2009 ARIZONA INVITATIONAL. THIS IS THE LADY CATS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT WIN, AND THEY MOVED PAST TUALNE, NEW MEXICO, AND UTEP TO GRAB THE VICTORY, SO CONGRATS LADIES. THE CATS OPEN UP CONFERENCE PLAY NEXT WEEK AS THEY HOST USC THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7 PM IN MCKALE CENTER.AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON A GREAT MAN WHO DESERVED SOME RESPECT. MYLES BRAND, MOST NOTICBLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NCAA PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEDNESDAY AT THE AGE OF 67 DUE TO PANCREATIC CANCER. HE WAS A MAJOR ADVOCATE FOR STUDENT ATHLEATES AND HELPING KIDS STAY IN COLLEGE WHILE PALYING SPORTS. WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT BRAND WAS THAT HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE PHILOSOPH DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE U OF A. SO THANK YOU MR. BRAND FOR ALL THAT YOU DID, AND BEAR DOWN.WELL CATS, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “WE ONLY NEED 4 MORE WINS FOR ANY KIND OF BOWL GAME” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWM, AND ILL SEE YA AT THE GAME. 

Reflecting, (A personal moment on my job)

 

            These past two weeks have been some of the greatest experiences of my life, and also some of the most life altering. Working at KOLD is so much fun, the hectic and always moving environment is the exact situation I want in my internship and my career. I feel that working under pressure and having a deadline for every assignment really has helped me tune my work ethic, which has then allowed my work to be that much better. I want to be a sports broadcaster, and the life that everyone believes that they lead couldn’t be further from the truth. Most think that the anchor just shows up, reads what on the teleprompter, and goes home, but there is so much more. All sports anchors at KOLD film their own segments, find all the highlights, log all the tape, and record all their audio. Then, they all come back to the studio and edit, dock, log, and transfer their film into the shows tape for that night. All of this is done just an hour or so before the show goes on, and when they are finished with that, they then go back and write their own scripts. I was initially scared of all these huge daunting tasks in front of me, but my boss told me that this is just the way it is, that I’ll get the hang of it right away and it will eventually just become second nature to me. After being there for two weeks, I can honestly say that he couldn’t have been more right. I think my personality helps here to, you need to have fun in this job. You spend so much time with the people you work with that you need to have a sense of humor to survive at times. Its also good to get to know as many people as you can, which I always try to do anyway. When we go to cover any high school or wildcat games, we see the same people every time, so its always nice to be on good terms.

            With all of this said, this job can be very stressful at times. Some questions that I have been thinking about where, “How long am I going to go without getting a job offer after college?” The economy is so bad, its hard for television companies to give out new jobs, so you have to be at the top of your game, always. Also, “When will my personal life come back once I get a job offer?” My boss had told me that, “If you have a girlfriend at the beginning of this job, either marry her or break it off.” When you start, you have absolutely no free time, and its hard to hold down a strong personal life. Finally, “Am I going to be able to reach the ultimate goal?” I want to be on SportsCenter more than anything in the world. However, that is the superbowl of anchor positions, and a lot of people find it impossible to reach. I never say impossible, and know that with hard work, and the lessons that I am learning at KOLD, that I can reach my dream. I cant wait to see what I learn this week.