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.