Sports (2)!

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

WELL ITS HOLLOWEEN THIS WEEKEND CATS…BOO!...AND NOW THAT IM DONE NOT BEING FUNNY LETS SEE WHATS GOING ON IN SPORTS.

IN SOME WOMENS GOLF NEWS, ARIZONA FRESHMAN SHERLYN POPELKA RECORDED A 69 FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY TO HELP THE ARIZONA WOMENS TEAM TO A ONE STROKE LEAD AT THE LAS VEGAS COLLEGIATE SHOWDOWN AT THE BOULDER CREEK GOLF CLUB. POPELKA WOULD HAVE HAD A TWO STROKE LEAD IF IT WERE NOT FOR A PESKY DOUBLE BOGEY ON THE FINAL HOLE, BUT SHE IS STILL TIED ATOP THE LEADER BOARD FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SCORES. SHE DID HAVE AN EAGLE ON THE PAR 5 16^TH EVEN IN THE TOUGH WIND CONDITIONS. THE CATS HOLD A ONE SHOT LEAD OVER PAC-10 FOE WASHINGTON DESPITE ADDING 10 SHOTS TO THEIR OWN SCORE. SO GOOD LUCK LADIES, MOVING ON…

THE ARIZONA WOMENS SOCCER TEAM HEADS TO THE BAY AREA THIS WEEKEND FOR THEIR FINAL ROAD TRIP OF THE SEASON, AS THEY TAKE ON THE CAL GOLDEN BEARS THIS FRIDAY THE 30 AT 2:30 AND THEN TAKE ON THE CONFERENCE LEADER, STANFORD SUNDAY AT 1 PM. THE CATS AT 4-11-1 AND 1-4-0 IN CONFERENCE PLAY, RETURN HOME NEXT WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT THE SEASON TO TAKE ON THE OREGON DUCKS ON FRIDAY THE 6 AT 7 PM AND THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS SUNDAY THE 8 AT 11 AM AT MURPHEY FIELD. SO SUPPORT YOUR LADY CATS AND BEAR DOWN.

AND FINALLY, THE RED/BLUE GAME IS THIS SUNDAY AT 1. THIS MARKS THE BGINNING OF THE GREATEST SPORT IN THE WORLD, COLLEGE BASKETBALL. THE WILDCATS COME INTO THIS SEASON WITH A NEW STAFF, NEW CORE, AND NEW OUTLOOK ON BASKETBALL. WITH SEAN “THE PERSONAL SAVIOR” MILLER AT THE HELM, THE CATS LOOK TO RUN THE BALL UP THE FLOOR, AND ATTACK THE WHOLE CAME. THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE YOUNG CATS TEAM IS THAT THE PAC-10 IS VERY WEAK THIS YEAR AND THEY COULD EASILY MAKE SOME NOISE, THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY KNOWS HOW WEAK OUR CONFERENCE IS TO. LOOK FOR THE TOURNAMENT TO SELECT THREE OR FOUR TEAMS, HOPEFULLY FOUR. AT THE TOP, WE SEE SOMETHING NEW. CAL AND WASHINGTON ARE THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN THE PAC, ANF LOOK FOR THEM TO BE DUKIENG IT OUT THE ENTIRE WAS FOR TOP SPOT. THE CATS AND BRUNINS OF UCLA FALL IN NEXT, AND THEN IT GETS INTERESTING. I SEE CRAIG ROBINSON’S OREGON STATE BEAVERS TAKING THE 5, THE USC TROJANS AT THE 6, THE STANFORD AT 7, ASU AT 8, OREGON AT 9, AND WASHINGTON STATE AT 10. TONY BENNET LEFT AND D NO ONE HAS EVER LIKE PULLMAN WASHINGTON. SO LOOK FOR THE HIGH POWERED AND YOUNG CATS TO MAKE THE TOURNAMENT AGAIN AND TIE NORTH CAROLINA TO EXTEND THE STREAK, WE’LL HAVE MORE AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME CATS, THIS IS ALEX “KOBE AND THE LAKERS QUEST FOR REPEATING STARTED OFF RIGHT YESTERDAY” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

Sports!

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

WELL WHAT A FUN WEEKEND FOR SPORTS IT WAS CATS, AND WE HAVE SOME VERY COOL STUFF COMING UP THIS WEEK, SO LETS SEE WHATS IN STORE.

WELL LETS START OFF WITH THE COOL NEWS, ARIZONA MAY FINALLY BE COMING BACK INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WE HAD A FOOTBALL GAME THIS PAST SATURDAY AGAINST THE BRUINS OF UCLA. THIS WAS JUST A PRETTY BAD GAME ALL AROUND. ARIZONA HAD 5 TURNOVERS, 5. THAT KIND OF SLOPPY PLAY AGAINST VIRTUALLY ANY TEAM IN THE PAC-10 CAN ALMOST GUARNTEE A LOSS. THANK GOD WE WERE PLAYING ONE OF THE TWO EXCEPTIONS. NOW MY PARENTS WERE IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND FOR THE GAME, WHICH WAS NICE. I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON MY FOLKS FOR A FEW THINGS, A GREAT WEEKEND WITH FAMILY, MONEY, AND A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME, OR IF NOT, A NICE DINNER AFTERWORDS. SO AFTER THE “SPECIAL” FOOTBALL GAME HAD ENDED, WE WENT TO DINNER WHERE I RAN INTO UATV’S BIGGEST FAN, BREEAN. AND I KNEW IT WOULD MAKE HER DAY IF WE COULD GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT, SO THANK YOU BREEAN FOR BEING A LOYAL UATV VIWER, AND YES, GULLMANS HAIR IS REAL. MOVING ON. LIKE I SAID, THE GAME WAS AWFUL, BUT JUST A LITTLE WORSE FOR THE BRUINS. IT WAS DEFENSE THAT ONE THIS GAME FOR AZ, HOLDING UCLA TO JUST 65 YARDS ON THE GROUND. SO WITH THE WIN, THE CATS CLAW THEIR WAY TO 5-2 AND 3-1 IN PAC-10 PLAY. OH YA, AND THE RANKINGS CAME OUT TODAY..AND IT WAS NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS FOR AZ. WE HAVE MOVED TO 20 IN THE BCS, BUT THE BETTER NEWS IS THAT WE ARE FINALLY RANKED IN THE OTHER 2 POLLS FALLLING IN AT #23 IN THE AP TOP 25 AND #24 IN THE COACHES POLL. RANKED IN THE AP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 9 YEARS, NOT TO SHABBY. WE GOT A BYE WEEK THIS WEEKEND AND THEN FACE THE WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS NEXT WEEK. NOW, I KNOW YOU SHOULD NEVER SLEEP ON A TEAM, BUT I THINK I MAY BE TAKING A NAP ON THIS ONE, MORE ANALYSIS NEXT WEEK. MOVING ON…

IN WOMENS VOLLEYBALL NEWS, ARIZONA SAW A TOUGH TIME IN THE BAY, FALLING TO THE NUMBER 15 GOLDEN BEARS 3-1 AND THEN FELL AGAIN TO THEBNUMBER 6 CARDINAL OF STANFORD 3-0. OUCH. THE NUMBER 16 CATS CLOSED OUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON AT AN IMPRESSIVE 15-5 AND 4-5 IN CONFERENCE PLAY. THEY GET RIGHT BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS THIS COMING WEEKEND AS THEY PLAY HOST TO WASHINGTON STATE AND THE NUMBER 4 RANKED HUSKIES OF WASHINGTON THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SO GET OUT THERE AND SHOW SOME WILDCAT PRIDE, AND REMEMBER BEAR DOWN.

AND NOW CATS, ITS FINALLY HERE! BASKETBALL!!! AND IT COULDN’T COME AT A BETTER TIME, WITH A BLOOMING FOOTBALL PROGRAM, A SOLID OPENING FOR OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS SCHOOL NEEDS. THIS SUNDAY BRINGS THE ARIZONA ANNUAL RED/BLUE GAME. THE INTER-SQUAD SCRIMMAGE WILL TIP-OFF AT 1 P.M. TICKETS ARE 6 DOLLARS FOR ADULTS AND 3 FOR KIDSON WEDNESDAY ILL GIVE A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE UPCOMING PAC 10 SEASON, AND SHOW YOU WHERE THE WILDCATS ARE GONNA BE THIS YEAR.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME CATS, THIS IS ALEX “ZENDEJAS START MAKING YOU EXTRA POINTS OR IM TAKING YOUR JOB” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YA AT THE GAME.

Sports Week!

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

WELL WE GOT SOME COOLE THINGS IN SPORTS THIS WEEK, SO LETS SEE WHATS AHEAD.

THE NUMBER 16 ARIZONA WOMENS VOLLEYBALLS TEAM HEADS UP TO NORTHERN CALIFRONIA THIS WEEKEND TO TAKE ON CAL AND STANFORD. THE CATS TAKE ON THE NUMBER 15 RANKED GOLDEN BEARS THIS FRIDAY EVENING. AND IF YOU DIDN’T THINK IT COULD GET ANY HARDER, WHY DON’T WE HAVE THE CATS PLAY THE NUMBER 6 RANKED CARDINAL ON SATURDAY MORNING. AWESOME. THE CATS ARE CURRENTLY 15-3 AND 4-3 IN CONFERENCE PLAY THIS YEAR. NEXT WEEK THE CATS HOST WASHINGTON STATE AND THE NUMBER 4 RANKED WASHINGTON HUSKIES SO GOOD LUCK AND BEAR DOWN. MOVING ON…

IN SOME MENS GOLF NEWS, ARIZONA WILL HOST THE 31^ST ANNUAL WILDCAT GOLF INVITATIONAL ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 AT TUCSON COUNTRY CLUB. THIS INVITATIONAL IS A GREAT FUNDRAISER FOR ARIZONA GOLF AND SOME SPECIAL GUESTS THIS YEAR IUNCLUDE JIM FURYK, TED PURDY, DAVID BERGANIO AND RICKY BARNES. SO ITS GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN, HEY YOU WANNA PLAY? WELL YA CAN. ENTIRES ARE ONLY 550 BIG ONES…REALLY? OH BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE GREENS FEES, CART RENTAL, RANGE BALLS, A TOURNAMENT DINNER, AND ON COURSE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS OF COURSE. TOTALLY WORTH IT…(SIGH) WHAT WE DO FOR CELEBRITIES. FOR MORE INFO CONTACT RICK “I’M SO HALL OF FAME” LAROSE AT (52O) 621-4658. ILL BE SAVING UP..

AND FINALLY, WE GOT OURSELVES A FOOTBALL GAME THIS WEEKEND CATS. WHAT MAKES THIS ONE SPECIAL IS THAT WE ARE A RANKED BCS TEAM! YAY! SO WE GET TO FACE THE BABY BRUINS OF UCLA, AND EVEN THOW THEY HAVE A GREAT COACH AND A BETTER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR…HMMMM NOT TO SCARED. THE BRINS COME INTO THIS GAME 3-3 OVERALL AND 0-3 IN PAC 10 PLAY..OHH. AND WITH NICK “MONEY” FOLES, AND GREG “KOBE” NWOKO LEADING THE WAY WITH A LITTLE GRIGSBY TURNER DEAN AND ROBERTS MIXED IN THERE I LIKE OUR CHANCES. OH YA LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THAT STELLAR DEFENSE, THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE STELLAR IF WE COULD STOP A RUNNER (STOOPS! PRACTICE THAT FOR CAL!!!) SO LOOK OUT FOR WADE AND NELSON TO MIX IT UP WITH A LITTLE ROSS AND GOLDEN TO. CATS 35 BRUINS 10.

BUT FOR NOW CATS I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “COLLEGE BASKETBALL COMING AT YA SOON!” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

Sports for the Week

HEY THERE WILDCATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGNING YOU ALL THAT IS U OF A SPORTS.

WELL CATS WHAT AN EXCITING WEEKEND IN SPORTS IT WAS. AND WE GOT A VERY NICE SURPRISE YESTERDAY BUT WE’LL GET TO THAT IN A

MINUTE, FOR NOW, LETS JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN RECAP FOR YOU.

IN TENNIS NEWS, SOPHOMORE JASON ZAFIROS WILL PLAY THIS WEEK REPRESENTING ARIZONA IN THE QUATERFINALS OF THE ITA WEST REGIIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MAILBU, CALIFORNIA. YA REP THAT HOME TOWN BABY. ZAFIROS TAKES ON ALEX LLOAMPART OF PEPPERDINE SO GOOD LUCK JASON, AND BEAR DOWN.

IN SOME SWIMMING/ ALUMNI NEWS, FORMER UA SWIMMER LACEY NYMEYER WAS NAMED THE RECEPIENT OF THE 19TH NCAA WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARD THIS PAST WEEKEND IN INDIANAPOLIS. NYMYER JOINS FORMER UA SWIMMERS TANYA HUGHES AND WHITNEY MYERS WHO BOTH WON THE AWARD PREVIOUSLY IN 1994 AND 2007, RESPECTIVLEY. NYMYER WAS A SILVER MEDALIST AT THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES FOR THE 400 METER FREESTYLE. MYMYER WAS ALSO A MAJOR PART OF THE LADY CATS RUN TO THE 2008 TITLE IN SWIMMING AND DIVING. SHE ALSO WON A GOLD AT THE FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 800 METER FREESTYLE. NYMYER IS A 2 TIME PAC-10 SWIMMER OF THE YEAR AND A 26 TIME ALL AMERICAN. SO CONGRATS LACEY, MOVING ON…

HEY CATS, THERE WAS A FOOTBALL GAME THIS PAST WEEKEND IN ARIZONA STADIUM AGAINST THOSE PESKY STANFORD CARDINAL. AND THIS ANCHOR WAS ABOUT TO CRY AFTER WE GAVE UP ANOTHER 70,000 YARDS OF OFFENSE, BUT LUCKILY FOR US STANFOR GAVE UP 70,000 (AND 1). YES CATS IN ANOTHER COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY THE CATS BROKE THE CURSE OF THE CARDINAL AND PREVAILED 43-38 SATURDAY. NICK FOLES AGAIN WAS JUST RIDICULOUS, PUTTING THE TEAM ON HIS SHOULDERS YET AGAIN AND GOING 40-51 FOR 416 PASSING YARDS AND THREE TD’S, AND ITS ONLY THE THIRD START OF HIS CAREER. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THIS WEEK IS THAT FOLES IS FINALLY GETTING SOME RECOGNITION FOR HIS STELLAR EFFORTS. FOLES WAS NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE FOUR PLAYERS FOR THE AT&T ALL-AMERICA PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD. TEXT VOTE TO 345345 UNTIL 1159 PM EASTERN TIME (THAT’S 959 FOR ALL YOU NON MATH STUDENTS) ON WEDNESDAY TO GET YOUR VOTE IN, TRUST ME IVE BEEN VOTING LIKE CRAZY. EAC VOTE GETS YOU A CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP TO THE BCS CHAMPIIONSHIP SERIES IN PASADEA, LETS HOPE THE WHOLE FOOTBALL TEAM IS VOTING AND MAYBE WE CAN PLAY THERE TO. LETS SHOW AMERICA HOW ARIZONA PLAYS FOOTBALL. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS GAME, FOLES WAS 8 FOR 8 AND BROUGHT HIS SEASON COMPLETION PERCENTAGE TO 73.9 PERCENT, THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH TO LEAD ALL FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION QB’S. NICE. BIG UPS TO MR. NICK GRIGSBY, WHO HAD A VERY IMPRESSIVE RUN EVEN WITH THE FLU TO GIVE UA THE GO AHEAD TD, SO THANKS FOR THE BAILOUT NICK, I OWE YA ONE. THIS WEEK THE CATS SEE UCLA, AND THE BUDISH PARENTS COME TO TOWN, SO BRING YOUR GAME FACE TO ARIZONA STADIUM THIS SATURDAY AT 3:30, AND SHOW THE BABY BRUINS HOW TO BEAR DOWN.

AND FINALLY CATS THERE WAS A JOYUS OCCASION IN MY LIFE THIS WEEKEND, I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD A LIBRARY AT THIS SCHOOL, ONLY TOOK THREE YEARS. KIDDING OF COURSE, IT ONLY TOOK ONE, BUT NO CATS THE FIRST BCS POLLS CAME OUT THIS WEEK, AND I COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE SHOCKED. FIIRST OFF, IOWA IS SIXTH IN THE BCS POLLS, WHAT? WHEN HAS IOWA EVER BEEN GOOD AT ANYTHING? USC IS 7 OREGON 11, AND THERE WAS JUST ONE MORE PAC-10 TEAM IN THERE. THAT RIGHT YOU GOT IT, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CHECKS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT AT NUMBER 22. THANK YOU LORD. WITH TWO OF OUR EASIER (SORRY DAD) GAMES COMING UP OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, I GOTTA LIKE OUR CHANCES TO MOVE UP THIS PRESTIGUOES LIST. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS YAY.

WELL CATS, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “22 IS BETTER THAN 23, 24, 25 AND THE REST OF THE DIVISION ONE” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

More Sports!

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

 

I KNOW I WASN’T HERE MONDAY CATS SO LETS GET RIGHT ON TO IT AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN SPORTS.

 

WELL ITS FINALLY HERE CATS, PARENTS WEEKEND. TIME FOR YOUTO FINALLY CLEAN UP YOUR DORM ROOMS AND GO SHOPPING FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEMESTER. BUT IN YOUR FREE TIME WHY DON’T YOU CHECK OUT THE FOOTBALL GAME. THIS SATURDAY THE CATS TAKE ON THE STANFORD CARDINAL AT 4:30 IN ARIZONA STADIUM. NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU DON’T KNOW, LAST YEAR THE WILDCATS TOOL A TRIP UP TO PALO ALTO AND GAVE UP LIKE 70000 YARDS ON THE ROAD AND CAME BACK TO TUCSON WITH A LOSS, OH AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT FOR PARENTS WEEKEND WE LOST TO THE CARDINAL AGAIN.SO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, THIRD TIMES THE CHARM, BUT I LIKE TO SAY, STOP PLAYING THEM PARENTS WEEKEND. BOTH TEAMS COMING OFF HARD LOSSES, WITH OSU BLOWING OUT STANFORD, AND THE WILDCATS…WELL WE WONT EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THIS IS A STATEMENT GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS, AND I THINK THE WILDCATS ARE READY TO SHOW UP AGAIN. THE TEAM PLAYED WELL LAST WEEK AND AS LONG AS THERE ISNT A FOURTH QUARTER COLLAPSE, SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL OUT A WIN. CATS 27- CARDINAL 21.

 

THE NUMBER 18 RANKED ARIZONA WOMENS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HEADS UP NORTH TO VISIT OUR FAVORITE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ARIZONA STATE THIS FRIDAY AT 7 P.M. IN TEMPE. THE CATS ARE 14-3 AND 3-3 IN THE PAC 10 COMING OFF A SOLID WEEKEND SWEEP OF THE OREGON SCHOOL AT HOME, AFTER THIS THE LADY CATS STAY ON THE ROAD AND HEAD UP TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO TAKE ON CAL ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 23 AND STANFORD ON SUNDAY OCTOER 25. SO GOOD LUCK LADIES AND BEAR DOWN.

 

IN GOLF NEWS, THE ARIZONA MENS GOLF TEAM COACH, RICK LAROSE WILL BE INDUCTED TO THE ARIZONA GOLF HALL OF FAME ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 23 LAROSE IS IN HIS 36 YEAR AS A HEAD COACH AND HIS 32 AS THE MENS COACH. HE IS THE ONLY COLLEGIATE COACH TO WIN TITLES IN BOTH MENS AND WOMENS GOLF. HE WAS INDUCTED IN THE GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION AMERICA HALL OF FAME IN 2003. IMPRESSIVE. UNDER HIS DIRECTION ARIZONA HAS WON THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 77 ALL-AMERICANS, 113 ALL PAC-10 CONFERENCE PLAYERS, TWO US AMATUER CHAMPIONS, SIX UNITED STATES WALKER CUP PLAYERS, NINE PAC-10 CHAMPIONS, EIGHT NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, AND 42 REPRESENTATIVES FOR DIFFERENT COUNRTRUES AROUND THE WORLD.SOOOO I THINK HES QUALIFIED, SO CONGRATS MR. LAROSE AND BEAR DOWN.

 

AND FINALLY, THE ARIZONA WOMENS SOCCER COACH DAN TOBAIS, HAS STEPPED DOWN AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE PROGRAM.TOBIAS CITED PERSONAL REASONS FOR HIS RESIGNATION. CURRENT ASSISTIANTS JOHN GALAS AND LISA OYEN WILL SERVE AS INTERIM COACHES IN THE MEANTIME. TOBIAS WAS IN HIS SEVENTH SEASON AS HEAD COACH AT THE U OF A. THIS YEAR THE TEAM WAS AT 3-9-1 WHICH BROUGHT HIS OVERALL RECORD TO 58-68-9. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID MR. TOBIAS, AND EVERYONE IN THE WILDCAT FAMILY WISHES YOU THE BEST.

 

WELL CATS, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “THE GLASS IS HALF FULL UNTIL ITS HALF EMPTY” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN AND ILL SEE YA AT THE GAME.

Sports!

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

 

I HOPE YOUR WEEKEND WAS GOOD, LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR SPORTS WORLD.

 

WELL CATS, THE WOMEN OF U OF A SAW SOME GOOD FORTUNE OVER THE WEEKEND, WHILE SOME OF THE GUYS WERE SINGING THE BLUES.

 

OVER THE WEEKEND THE NUMBER 22 RANKED ARIZONA WOMENS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HOSTED OREGON AND OREGON STATE IN MCKALE CENTER. THE CATS DISMISSED THE BEAVERS OF OSU ON FRIDAY IN FIVE SETS 3-2. TIFFANY OWENS LEAD THE WAY WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 18 KILLS AND 23 DIGS. BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR VOLLEYBALL DIDN’T STOP THERE. ON SATURDAY, THE CATS TOOK DOWN THE NUMBER 11 RANKED DUCKS 3 SETS TO 1. BUT WITH THIS WIN, EVERYONW WANTED TO BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW. OWENS, DOTSY, KARST, NORTON, AND SNOW ALL HAD DOUBLE DIGIT KILLS. NICE. WITH THE WIN, THE CATS EVEN UP THEIR PAC 10 RECORD AT 3 AND 3 AND MOVE TO 14-3 OVERALL. UP NEXT FOR THE LADY CATS IS A TRIP UP NORTH TO VISIT OUR FAVORITE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ARIZONA STATE. MOVING ON…

 

THE ARIZONA WOMENS SOFTBALL SAW SOME GOOD FORTUNE AS WELL THIS WEEKEND, AS THEY PICKED UP TWO SOLID WINS IN FALL BALL. KENZIE FOWLER PITCHED A COMPLETE GAME ONE HIT SHUTOUT  AGAINST NEW MEXICO AS THE LADY CATS TOOK GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLEHADER 5-0. IN GAME TWO, THE CATS BLASTED FIVE HOME RUNS AND LAUNCHED 14 HITS AS THEY TOOK OUT CENTRAL ARIZONA 10-1 IN SIX INNINGS DUE TO THE MERCEY RULE. NICE JOB GIRLS

 

WELL THERE WAS SOME BAD NEWS THIS WEEKEND. FOOTBALL. I MEAN COME ON. HOW MUCH TO WE HAVE TO ENDURE BEFORE WE CAN GET A SOLID ROAD WIN, AND NOT CHOKE? (FORGETTING OREGON STATE). THE CATS HAD IT, THEN THEY DIDN’T, THEN THEY DID, THEN…WELL YOU KNOW THE STORY. ARIZONA COMPLETLEY OUTPLAYED THE HUSKIES ALL GAME, UNTIL THE END. THE CATS WENT INTO THE HALF DOWN 14-10, AND CAME OUT IN THE THIRD TO OUTSCORE UDUB 17-7 TO GRAB A 27-21 LEAD. WITH UNDER THREE MINUTES YOURE UP BY 5,RUN THE BALL! STOP TRYING TO DO A SMALL BUBBLE SCREEN THAT GOES OFF THE FOOT OF DELASHAUN DEAN AND RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF SOME UNDERSERVING PLAYER WHO RUNS IT 40 YARDS BACK FOR THE GO AHEAD TOUCHDOWN. ITS SO FRUSTRATING TO SEE A TEAM WHO DESERVES TO WIN LOSE BECAUSE OF MISSCALLS. FOLES PLAYED LIKE A VETERAN AGAIN, NOT A GOOD TIME TO THROW YOUR FIRST PICK OF THE YEAR, BUT IT WASN’T REALLY YOUR FAULT, O LINE WAS THE MVP ALLOWING HIM TO HAVE A BUNCH OF TIME TO GET RID OF THE BALL, BUT THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO GET TO WORK. HOW MANY MISSED TACKLES DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU REALIZE SOMETHINGS WRONG? SO INSTEAD OF BEING 4-1 AND 2-0 IN PAC-10 PLAY, YOURE NOW 3-2 AND 1-1. TIME TO GET TO WORK. WE GOT STANFORD THIS WEEKEND FOR PARENTS WEEKEND, AND WE’VE ALL SEE HOW THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE GONE AGAINST THE CARIDNAL. DON’T WORRY COACH STOOPS TUNE IN WEDNESDAY AND ILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS TO THE VICTORY.

 

 

WELL CATS I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “DODGERS ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE WORLD SERIES” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

Wildcat Sports

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

 

WELL I HOPE YOURE READY FOR SOME COLLEGE FOOTBALL BECAUSE THE U OF A IS BACK, SO LETS GET RIGHT TO IT AND CHECK IT OUT.

 

WELL LIKE I JUST SAID THE U OF A IS BACK IN FOOTBALL FORM AS THEY HEAD TO SEATTLE TO TAKE ON THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES. ITS NO SURPRISE TO THIS ANCHOR THAT THE HUSKIES ARE CONFIDENT FOR THIS ONE. LOSING SOME HEARTBREAKERS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SEASON TO SOME VERY GOOD TEAMS, AND THEY BEAT USC! THE WILDCATS HAVE REASON TO FEEL CONFIDENT TO HOWEVER, THEY COME IN BOASTING A 3-1 RECORD AND AN UNDERFEATED PAC 10 RECORD (EVEN IF IT IS ONLY ONE GAME). THE BIGGEST KEY TO THIS GAME IS SHUT DOWN LOCKER, DUDES CRAZY. EASILY A TOP 10 QB PICK IN THE DRAFT NEXT YEAR, HE SINGLE HANDEDLY CARRIES THE TEAM. SHUT HIM DOWN AND YOUR DEFENSE WILL FLOURISH. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE HUSKIES RUN, AND FOR U OF A, THAT SHOULDN’T BE TO HARD. OUR CORNERS HAVE BEEN AWESOME THIS SEASON SO FAR, WITH CAM NELSON, GOLDEN TATE, AND DEVON ROSS PLAYING IMPECABLE DEFENSE, AND OH YA HOW ABOUT MR. TREVIN WADE? 4 PICKS IN FOUR GAMES..GROSS. ARIZONA HAS HAD SOME TROUBLE STOPPING THE RUN THIS SEASON AS WE’VE SEEN WITH IOWA AND THE RODGERS BROTHERS OF OREGON STATE, BUT IF WE STACK THE BOX WE SHOULD BE ALRIGHT. ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE, ITS NOT TO BIG OF A QUESTION. NICK FOLES IS OUR LEADER. LET HIM LEAD. HE NEEDS TO DROP AT LEAT 30 PASSES COME SATURDAY, AND OUR RECIEVERS NEED TO BE ON TOP OF THEIR GAME, WE’VE DROPPED WAY TO MANY EASY BALLS THIS SEASON. IF GIRGSBY IS HEALTHY AND READY TO RUN, SHOVE HIM IN THERE AND LET HIM DO HIS THING, BUT IF NOT, MIX IT UP BETWEEN ANTOLIN AND NWOKU AND REALLY HAVE THE D-LINE GUESSING. BUT IT ALL SOUNDS SO EASY COMING OUT OF THIS ANCHORS MOUTH, WHY CANT IT JUST BE THAT WAY ON THE FIELD? BUT IF THEY DO WHAT I SAY (AND I KNOW THEY WILL, STOOPS IS SUCH A LOYAL UATV WATCHER), CATS COME BACK TO AZ WITH A WIN 24-17.

 

 

 

FINALLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH UPON SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. YOU SEE THE GOOD FOLKS AT ESPN HAVE WRITTEN SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO CONSIDER MY PERSONAL BIBLE. THEY HAVE PUBLISHED THE ESPN COLLEGE BASKETBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA. YAY. ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT IS CREATES HUGE CONTROVERSY TO WHOEVER READS IT. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY SOME OF THE GREATEST MINDS IN THE GAME, SO I DON’T KNOW HOW A BUNCH OF SMART PEOPLE COULD SCREW IT UP SO BAD. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE RANKINGS THIS WONDERFUL BOOK DOES IS RANK THE BEST PROGRAMS OF ALL TIME, ELECTRONICALLY. MISTAKE ONE. A COMPUTER CANNONT READ THE EMOTION, BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS AND SACRIFICE THAT A TEAM PUTS INTO GRUELING SEASON AFTER GRUELING SEASON TO MAKE IT TO MARCH. NUMBER TWO. ONCE YOU GET PAST THE ELECTRONICS, IT DOESN’T EVEN ADD POINTS FOR FINAL FOUR TRIPS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHAT!?!?! WHO DOES THAT? EVERY TEAM KILLS TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP (OBVIOUSLY), SO HOW DOES THAT NOT FACTOR IN?.

AND 3. THEY RANKED THE WHOLE THINK WRONG. THE NUMBER ONE TEAM ACCORDING TO THE EDITIORS AND THE STUPID COMPUTER IS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. EW. UCLA IS CLEARLY THE BEST PROGRAM OF ALL TIME WITHOUT QUESTION, WITH 18 FINAL FOURS AND OH I DUNNO 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO SWEET UK, ENJOY YOUR 7 TITLES AND TOP BILLING IN THIS BOOK, THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE GAME AND ARENT DUMB KNOW WHOS REALLY ON TOP. BUT LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE GOOD OL’ U OF A. WE CHECK IN AT AN IMPRESSIVE 49, NOT BAD FOR A SCHOOL WITH ONLY ONE TITLE. OVERALL THE PAC-10 HAD 8 TEAMS IN THE TOP 50 OF ALL TIME, WITH ONLY (SURPRISE) ASU AND WASHINGTON STATE NOT MAKING IT IN. BUT THEY’RE IN THE TOP 100. SO THAT’S ONE THING ILL AGREE ON. SO THERE ACC, THIS PROVES ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT THE PAC-10 IS THE BEST (IVE BEEN SAYING IT ALL ALONG) ILL WRITE MY OWN BOOK, AND ITLL BE BETTER SO DON’T WORRY THAT’S COMING SOON.

Ready To Lead?

Even though there is a strong representation in the sports world today, the commonplace, “African Americans can never lead a football team to a Super Bowl victory,” is still widely believed in the sports world today. The commonplace comes to be by having both positions, the quarterback and the head coaching positions, be completely dominated by Caucasians. With African Americans being in the position to do great things in the prime of the sport of football, and generally falling short, they lost the ability to try again. Even though times have changed in the sport, and the two positions are being shared more frequently, the stereotype still remains the same, and African Americans are continually looked down upon.

            It is still amazing to see this commonplace among some anchors and fans in the sport today. As on Sunday, October 5, 2009, there have been 11 black quarterbacks that have won a Super Bowl, three winning multiple rings, and one being the starter for the team. Two others, Donovan Mcnabb and Steve McNair both started the game for their teams but did not win. And very recently, in 2007, two good friends, Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy and Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, two black head coaches met in the big game itself. It was the first time a African American head coach made the Super Bowl, let alone two in the same year. The Colts would go on to win the game 29-17 making Dungy the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. With all of these great accomplishments made by black athletes in our time, it is still hard for a young African American college QB to come out into the draft and stay with a team. Today in the National Football League, there are currently 17 black quarterbacks, and six black head coaches. They all are successful, hard working football personnel like the rest of the league, but still continue to be judged before they step foot out onto the field.

            A commonplace isn’t true, just widely believed. There is no basis to judge a player performance on the color of his skin, just like we wouldn’t do with anything else. In the NFL, players and coaches screw up because they make the wrong decisions in the game. At that point, it makes no different if you’re black or white, it just means you screwed up. People put stock into the race of the coach or player because there hasn’t been that many African Americans at those positions, because no one would give them a chance. But there are plenty of black running backs, receivers, and linemen, and no one cares about their skin color. That’s because those aren’t leadership positions, and that is the most absurd thing of all. When you judge the leadership potential of a great player because of their skin color, and not the talent they possess, you become no better than those racists everywhere else in the world.

            Unfortunately, I do not speak for the rest of the world, and with every black quarterback released from their team, and every black coach fired, the commonplace grows and grows. Until every African American in the position to lead a team to victory does so, no one will believe it possible, no matter how many facts you throw in their face. This commonplace really down intertwine with some other commonplaces in the world today. As previously stated, when a black athlete is released from their team, it falls into the category that African Americans cannot be successful, which is also ridiculous.

            This commonplace came about just shortly after African Americans were allowed to start playing in the NFL. Because of bigots like Preston Marshall, blacks were kicked out of the league until the mid-40’s. When they were allowed back in, they really contributed to the game tremendously. The first modern QB however, was Marlin Briscoe, who played for the AFL Denver Broncos. Even more than forty years past his rookie season, Briscoe still holds many of the rookie records for the Broncos. There are countless records broken by both African American QB’s and coaches, and yet they still are looked down upon and are regarded as “second string commodities”.

            I love sports. Everything about them makes me happy. Not a day goes by that I don’t watch a sport or sports highlight show. I want to be a professional sports broadcaster, and have been around sports all my life. They are really the only thing I know inside and out. I have been raised to be respectful to everyone I meet, and to never, under any circumstances, judge anyone by the color of their skin, sexual preference, or religion, and that is something that I hold very true to me today. When I make it to the top of the broadcasting world, my first goal is to change all the negative commonplaces and stereotypes. It shouldn’t  matter what you look like, who you choose to love, or choose to worship in sports, all that should matter is the effort you put into the game, and how much you change the sport. The commonplace that African Americans cannot lead a team to victory is absurd, almost as absurd as saying we would never have a black president. Maybe if we all just give everyone a chance, you never know what we may find.