Archive for January, 2006

Vince Young Is Turning Pro

Monday, January 9th, 2006

In what has already become old news, Vince Young is opting to enter the upcoming NFL draft . I can't say I'm surprised. Vince Young will never be looked upon more favorably by NFL scouts than he is right now. Staying in college for an extra year removes a year of ...

Audio Of Me On The Radio

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

On Tuesday, the day before the Rose Bowl game, I called into the Loose Cannons show here on AM 570 in Los Angeles. The Loose Cannons is a very popular AM sports talk radio show in Southern California, and they had just happened to be looking for Texas fans to ...

The Longhorns Are National Champions

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Wow. Amazing. The Longhorns did it. Last night, the Texas Longhorns defeated the USC Trojans 41-38 to win the college football national championship. Not many people saw this coming. In reality, not many people thought this game would even be close. But some of us knew. I think this win by ...

Tearing Up The Radio Waves

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

One of the most popular afternoon sports talk radio shows in Southern California is the Loose Cannons show on XTRA Sports Radio, which is AM 570 here in the Los Angeles area. There are three hosts: Steve Hartman, Mycal Thompson, and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. They consistently put on a ...

Some Bowl Thoughts

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

Two games remain in college football's bowl season. With many games in the books, fans have been treated to some great action. From the crazy Cal-Stanford-like ending to Michigan-Nebraska to Alabama's fearsomely ugly last second field goal, the action has generally not disappointed. One thought that comes to my mind is ...

The Full Monty

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Ariele bought a copy of the movie The Full Monty on DVD a little while back, and we finally watched it a couple of nights ago. I had seen the movie once before, soon after it came out, which according to The Internet Movie Database was in 1997. For those who ...