Tuesday, September 30, 2008

MLB Postseason Live Blogs!

As many of you know, I'm taking Wednesday and Thursday off, as well as the last 25 minutes on Friday, so ESPN Radio can bring you live coverage of the 2008 MLB Postseason. But, that doesn't mean I'm not working. I do have to be here in the office, and that means I need something to do. So, during select games of the 2008 MLB Postseason, I'll come here and start live-blogs during the action in case you are watching the game or listening to it along with the rest of our audience. The live-blog schedule will be as follows:

Wednesday:

8:35 am - NLDS Game 1: Milwaukee vs. Philadelphia

Thursday:

8:00 am - ALDS Game 1: MIN / CWS vs. Tampa Bay


If we get bumped next week for one of the NLCS / ALCS games, we'll do the same thing, so I'll keep you posted.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Best Football Catch Ever?

Let's start the debate: Best Catch Ever? You Decide.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Please don't dirty the kids minds, Greg Oden

Came across this via Awful Announcing and Hard For The Yard in what has to be the most disturbing piece of Karaoke I have ever seen.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Greg Oden:




That, my friends, was a song originally done from has-been boy band *NSync.

And if you knew that, shame on you.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Whew! That was close...

Before I even blog about the Weber State / Hawaii game, I did want to mention very quickly how much of a headache I had earlier from the countless hours I spent watching college football today. I would say I spent almost 9 hours on college football, jumping from game to game. Even for a "sports guy," that can be quite a bit.



Luckily for me, I have this cool thing called High Definition Television, and with it came this channel that showed a concert from one of my favorite bands of all time, Dave Matthews Band. If you are a DMB fanatic, or are just a fan of good music, I strongly suggest you check this out. It was on the Palladia channel on Oceanic Time Warner Cable.

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It looks like the Tyler Graunke era begins sooner rather than later at the University of Hawaii.

And when I meant later, I was meaning Week Four of this season.

After Inoke Funaki went down with a reported concussion, and the Warriors had given up 14 straight points at the end of the 1st half to trail by 10 to the Football Championship Subdivision Weber State team, Graunke was inserted to start the second half and was flat out fabulous.

Graunke finished with a quarterback rating of 206 (I still don't really know the math behind that), threw for 218 yds and had 3 passing touchdowns.

Inoke Funaki wasn't BAD, but its just that the offense didn't move with him at the helm. With Graunke out there, things were exciting again, and the Warriors seemed to have an easy time hitting paydirt.

I guess this means we will have our third different starting quarterback in three weeks as Tyler should get the nod against the 0-2 Beavers, who were demolished in Happy Valley by JoPa's Nittany Lions, which leads me to some other college football notes.

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- Excessive Celebration? Seems to me we have excessive amounts of stupid rules.

The referees MIGHT HAVE cost the Washington Huskies a chance to win over #15 BYU on Saturday, when Jake Locker was called for Excessive Celebration after his touchdown to get his team within a point.

I emphasize the IF factor because we don't know if BYU would have blocked the extra point attempt from the regular distance, so Washington didn't totally get robbed.

But, back to the point. Under the letter of the NCAA's Rules and Interpretations, if you toss the ball up in the air in a celebration, that can be interpreted as part of an excessive celebration. Locker indeed threw the ball up in the air in celebratory fashion, so he was penalized.

Should that really be a penalty, though? I can see this called in High School, because we want to teach Sportsmanship and goodwill to the young moldable athletes. In college, different story. While based on the letter of the law, the referees made the right call, its a call that shouldn't have to be made in the first place.

- ECU upsets another Top 25 foe, this time Top 10 West Virginia

Whatever, Daniel Brock. You've got a surprise coming your way on Monday's show.

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By the way, for those of you who missed Friday Night's BIIF Game of the Week between the Honokaa Dragons and the Hilo Vikings, click here

Monday, September 1, 2008

Regroup Time for the Warriors against Weber State


(Photo Credit - Associated Press)

The Warriors 56-10 loss to the Florida Gators? Not surprising.

I think we all knew this was coming. Whether you are a Warrior Fan or not, you know that the Gators are a darn good football team.

But, it seems like we are back to square one with the most important position on the football team: Quarterback.

On "The Coach Mack Show" on KGMB9, Coach Greg McMackin announced that Inoke Funaki would get the start against Weber State. Coach Mack admitted that Brent Rausch and Greg Alexander still were inexperienced with the system and needed a little more time, which begged the question of why Alexander started, and why Rausch was originally considered the starter in the first place.

Let's get positive, though. What's the best medicine for a hangover after a loss to a Top 10 team on the road in blowout fashion?

Weber State.

Sure, Weber State did beat Montana-Western 62-6 in their season opener, but the Football Championship Subdivision is much different than the Football Bowl Subdivision. Expect a blowout at Aloha Stadium this coming weekend.