tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post113644170513476634..comments2023-06-10T01:21:26.805-08:00Comments on The World According to Pooh: I Get One Right.Poohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1136491951411218922006-01-05T11:12:00.000-09:002006-01-05T11:12:00.000-09:00Yes she was there. Because I had binoculars too......Yes she was there. Because I had binoculars too...Poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088628100700088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982460.post-1136469669179985742006-01-05T05:01:00.000-09:002006-01-05T05:01:00.000-09:00A few thoughts about this game and the postgame in...A few thoughts about this game and the postgame interviews.<BR/><BR/>First, will ESPN please, please, now take out a full page ad apologizing for forcing all this "this USC team is the greatest team ever" crap before they had managed to win anything at all? The weeks' long comparison of this team to the greats of all time, before the National Championship game had even been played was just insulting and ridiculous. I'm not a Texas fan, and I don't think this Texas team is one of the all-time greatest. But given all the talk about USC being the single greatest team ever before this game, why isn't ESPN now proclaiming this Texas team the kings of history?<BR/><BR/>Second, this was, although mostly the "Vince Young show," a great team performance. The team was blocking. The receivers were getting open and not dropping the ball. The defense was making sure no big plays were had. The defense came up with the only big stop they needed. And they came up with the two big turnovers. The whole team was avoiding penalties (really, for the most part, both teams).<BR/><BR/>Third, my thoughts on the post-game interviews: Pete Carrol was a class guy in the interviews, giving credit to Texas (although perhaps he was just trying to divert attention from some suspect decisions on his own part); Reggie Bush came across as a class act, doing the same thing and taking responsibility for his own bad decisions; Matt Leinart was (surprisingly?) an ass. Every word out of Leinart's mouth was how USC was still the better team, that they just came up half a yard short, that USC beat themselves, etc. I did not expect him to be such an ungracious loser; perhaps it was just the heat of the moment or something.<BR/><BR/>This was a great game to watch. You can't possibly ask for more than to have the game basically decided on a 4th and 5 with less than 30 seconds to go. As a college football fan, I enjoyed watching this. Seeing this over-hyped USC team get beat only made it the better.Kierkegaard Liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737354465427634085noreply@blogger.com