First Post

Since this is my first post i'm gonna show ya'll how i'm gonna run things this year. Start team by team that i wanna talk about then spit out my thoughts.

 1st. BYU... BYU this year has given me way too many ups and downs... after the Ole Miss victory my hopes shot up for the year, then the Texas game... yes i was disappointed with the loss but still hopeful on the year. Utah came to down and completely beat us up, and deservedly so (any team that turns the ball over 7 times deserves to lose). Even after the games against UCF and Utah State, Idaho State, Oregon State i wasn't sold on Riley Nelson at QB for BYU and he proved my thought process against TCU with some stupid plays that lost them the game. (aka 3 turnovers) Sure he can avoid pressure by running and make plays with his feet but his arm is terrible, and what kind of QB can't throw the ball downfield. Not a good one i say. Guess there will just be more question marks for the QB spot at BYU as they play Idaho, New Mexico State  and Hawaii to finish off the season before going to the Armed Forces Bowl December 30th. I say start Heaps the rest of the season. (What do you have to lose?)

 2nd. The Oakland Raiders. As some of you may know i was able to go to Denver Sept. 14th to watch the game there on Monday night. Was tons of fun and we won in Denver. (if anyone follows this rivalry they know that usually Denver and Oakland can't beat each other at home.) The following weeks we won some good games (the Jets) and lost some bad ones (the Chiefs). But after the Bye Week i figured on a good beatdown on the Denver Broncos again in Oakland. Ya that didn't happen. Got run over by McGahee and Tebow. Stupid penalties came back to haunt us again also, i was hoping we had that problem solved. (wishful thinking i know) I've been asked for my thoughts on the Carson Palmer trade multiple times so here are my thoughts... i'm not ready to pass judgement yet on any trade until i see what that player can do and does on the field. I'm willing to give up whatever it takes to win in the playoffs and in the Superbowl, and if giving up 2 potential 1st round picks for Carson Palmer helps the Raiders do that then i say it was a good trade. If he flops then... well... that sucks. But for now the Raiders are still tied for 1st in the AFC West thanks to losses also from the Chiefs and Chargers. So we will see what happens on Thursday against San Diego. Still got high hopes.

3rd. Delta High School.... Delta is my Alma Mater so i still follow up with Delta High Football and Wrestling. Delta High Football this year was an impressive team... even though they lost their 1st game to Manti (who ended up being pretty dang good in 2A) they won all the rest of their games during the regular season, with showcase wins over Stansbury 21-6, Park City 33-22, Spanish Fork 35-14, and Payson 40-7. And then beating Ogden in the 1st round of the playoffs 43-0. Unfortunately for Delta the curse of the playoffs got to them in the 2nd round where they lost to Cedar at home 28-6. Overall i would say it was a great year for Delta Football considering Delta has the smallest student enrollment in all of 3A and has still made it to the playoffs 37yrs straight. Proud to be a Rabbit.