Hello,
I'm still in the process of changing to a new computer, so I'm using the folks computer. So for today's blog I'm just going to have a bunch more greatest hits. I have my kids this weekend so I don't know how much time I will find to write blogs until this weekend is over. Enjoy these greatest hits.
A song that helped me get through my divorce, a song that can help with any break up.
I told you yesterday that I love the Smiths.
Since I'm going to go see Taylor Swift in concert soon, the videos I pick will skew towards some of her songs. I'm starting off with this song that is just awful ad I hope I never have to hear it again.
Now here are a couple of Taylor's many great songs:
and this very sweet song:
I'm not sure what deal Tenacious D made with the devil to come up with this great song, but this is their only good song. I absolutely love this song. It always surprises me how well Jack Black can sing.
This song is a bit obscure, but such a great song.
I love many songs by the Beastie Boys but this may be my favorite:
In spite of their recent crappy CD, the Arctic Monkeys have made a lot of good songs. Here one of them:
How about some Rush?
themusicaddict
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Steve Jobs, Greatest Hits
Hello,
Yesterday it was announced that one of the best ever business minds, Steve Jobs, would be stepping down effectively immediately as the CEO of Apple. I use the products that be was behind every day of my life. I'm not going into a list of all the amazing things he has done. I'd just like to talk about iTunes and the iPod. Digital music gets a bad reputation for not having high quality sound. I've never been an audiophile, but I love hearing music on my iPod. The sound is crystal clear and brings out many nuances of songs I've heard hundreds of times before. Just this morning I heard something from a song I had never heard before. I usually listen to iTunes about 10-15 hours a day, I love everything about it. I love the playlists, love being able to buy music from the iTunes store without leaving my bedroom, how it keeps track of counts of my listens etc. Not only that but two of my kids get their music from my iTunes.
While Apple or Steve Jobs isn't saying too much about his health, which is no surprise, I'm fearful of the worst. I'm not trying to be an alarmist but with Steve Jobs stepping down, I'm more than a little nervous about his long term prognosis. Also with the very secretive Jobs authorizing a biography, I think Jobs wants to secure his legacy. He will still be on Apple's Board of Directors. Even if he's never going to be behind another great Apple product, his vision has lead to some of the favorite things in my life.
Thanks Steve and Apple! Yes, I realize that many people think both of those are the same thing, but they aren't. Steve thanks for yours and Steve Wozniak's vision in starting Apple in a garage. Steve you'll be in my prayers to live a long and healthy life. I hope you and your wife grow old together and at least you'll be able to raise your kids until they are old enough to go out on their own.
Thanks to the generosity of my brother and sister-in-law I'll be without my laptop at work today. They are passing on a new to me laptop. Thanks J & L!! I just wanted to write up a quick blog writing about Steve Jobs. I also want to include videos for some of the greatest hits of all time.
While exercising this song came on my iPod and it made me think of Steve Jobs and the trials he and his family are going through. I dedicate this to Steve Jobs. Thanks again Steve. This is just an amazing, beautiful and poignant song.
Whatever happened to this band, I love this song!
Can anyone ever argue the absolute greatness of this song?
I remember this song playing as we drove to the hospital for the birth of our daughter. It's also an amazing song. Nelly Furtado rules! I dedicate this song to my daughter. I love you!
This is from one of the greatest debut CD's ever, "Raw Like Sushi". Neneh Cherry's amazing "Buffalo Stance":
Oh man do I love the Smiths and this amazing song. Why didn't my brother get me into this band back in the day. Although when I was a teenager I really didn't understand this kind of music, so it's not his fault.
Could the Commodores do anything wrong in the 70's. One of their many great songs from that decade. Again this is such a beautiful song. If this song doesn't move you, you are dead.
This isn't the most obvious Billy Idol song, but this might be my favorite of his songs:
Alas I've run out of time. I also wanted to include The Police's "Synchronicity 2", "Today 4U" from "Rent", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", Paula Abdul's "Straight Up", Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" and "Romeo and Juliet".
Have a great day, themusicaddict
Yesterday it was announced that one of the best ever business minds, Steve Jobs, would be stepping down effectively immediately as the CEO of Apple. I use the products that be was behind every day of my life. I'm not going into a list of all the amazing things he has done. I'd just like to talk about iTunes and the iPod. Digital music gets a bad reputation for not having high quality sound. I've never been an audiophile, but I love hearing music on my iPod. The sound is crystal clear and brings out many nuances of songs I've heard hundreds of times before. Just this morning I heard something from a song I had never heard before. I usually listen to iTunes about 10-15 hours a day, I love everything about it. I love the playlists, love being able to buy music from the iTunes store without leaving my bedroom, how it keeps track of counts of my listens etc. Not only that but two of my kids get their music from my iTunes.
While Apple or Steve Jobs isn't saying too much about his health, which is no surprise, I'm fearful of the worst. I'm not trying to be an alarmist but with Steve Jobs stepping down, I'm more than a little nervous about his long term prognosis. Also with the very secretive Jobs authorizing a biography, I think Jobs wants to secure his legacy. He will still be on Apple's Board of Directors. Even if he's never going to be behind another great Apple product, his vision has lead to some of the favorite things in my life.
Thanks Steve and Apple! Yes, I realize that many people think both of those are the same thing, but they aren't. Steve thanks for yours and Steve Wozniak's vision in starting Apple in a garage. Steve you'll be in my prayers to live a long and healthy life. I hope you and your wife grow old together and at least you'll be able to raise your kids until they are old enough to go out on their own.
Thanks to the generosity of my brother and sister-in-law I'll be without my laptop at work today. They are passing on a new to me laptop. Thanks J & L!! I just wanted to write up a quick blog writing about Steve Jobs. I also want to include videos for some of the greatest hits of all time.
While exercising this song came on my iPod and it made me think of Steve Jobs and the trials he and his family are going through. I dedicate this to Steve Jobs. Thanks again Steve. This is just an amazing, beautiful and poignant song.
Whatever happened to this band, I love this song!
Can anyone ever argue the absolute greatness of this song?
I remember this song playing as we drove to the hospital for the birth of our daughter. It's also an amazing song. Nelly Furtado rules! I dedicate this song to my daughter. I love you!
This is from one of the greatest debut CD's ever, "Raw Like Sushi". Neneh Cherry's amazing "Buffalo Stance":
Oh man do I love the Smiths and this amazing song. Why didn't my brother get me into this band back in the day. Although when I was a teenager I really didn't understand this kind of music, so it's not his fault.
Could the Commodores do anything wrong in the 70's. One of their many great songs from that decade. Again this is such a beautiful song. If this song doesn't move you, you are dead.
This isn't the most obvious Billy Idol song, but this might be my favorite of his songs:
Alas I've run out of time. I also wanted to include The Police's "Synchronicity 2", "Today 4U" from "Rent", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", Paula Abdul's "Straight Up", Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" and "Romeo and Juliet".
Have a great day, themusicaddict
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Free Spotify Invites, The Greatness of Sinead O'Connor
Hello,
After some fairly heavy sports blog entries lately I realized I should resume writing about music. After all I am themusicaddict. However I do love sports and reading, so those things will continue to pop up on this blog. Occasionally there will be some personal things as well, although I try to limit those.
This morning I went on Spotify to listen to the new CD by the Pistol Annies. I had a message from Spotify waiting for me. They've selected me to give out Spotify invites. (Although I expect every other regular user of Spotify received a similar opportunity.) I figure those that really want Spotify already have it. However if you don't have Spotify and would like it, just leave a comment on my blog. All I need is your e-mail address and I will send you an invite, there's no quid pro quo. It seems I can send out an unlimited amount of invites.
After about a month of having Spotify, I still like it a lot. I finally cancelled my napster membership yesterday. I was sad about that as at $5.00 it has been a good value. However there's no better value than free. Spotify has about 15 million songs, so it's rare when I can't find the songs I'm looking for on their site. I've only remember two instances of not finding the music I want. When I wrote my blog about Bob Dylan, Spotify had a very limited selection of his music. The second time was when I read about a mid 80's all female metal band called Precious Metal. Spin magazine highly recommended their 1985 CD. It may or may not be called "What You See Is What You Get" and Spotify didn't have it. napster.com didn't have any of their music either. However they do have a myspace.com page and have several videos on youtube.com. Did any of you hear of Precious Metal back in the day? Their name or none of their songs sound familiar to me.
Here's a quick review of some bands I've listened to lately on Spotify. These bands and singers come highly recommended. Chances of listening to again (Cola) follow each opinion.
I'll first start off with the Pistol Annies. I don't know a lot about this band other than Miranda Lambert is in it. I love Miranda Lambert, but these songs sounds like Miranda Lambert. It makes me wonder why not just do another Miranda Lambert solo CD. I do like the song "Hell On Heels" though. Cola: 10%
Airborne Toxic Event: First of all I thought this would be a rock or heavy metal band. Imagine my surprise when I found out they weren't. Not only are they not rock, but they also aren't very good. They sound a lot like Wilco and that's not a compliment. Cola: 5%
Anna Calvi, she had a couple of moments of good music. But it wasn't enough for the hype some publications are giving her. Although she's still young and may get better over time. Cola: 50%.
Skyler Grey, she has sung on some fairly famous songs. Spotify only has two of her solo songs available now. That's not a representative sample, but neither song was that impressive. I will give her another chance when Spotify has more of her music. Cola: 50%.
Taking Back Sunday is generic rock. Cola: 20%.
Wild Flag, which features two members from Sleater-Kinney is okay. Although they have solid rock cred, their music is disappointingly wimpy. Cola: 25%.
Joy Formidable are the best of the bands I listened to recently. They've got a strong rock vibe. They sound a lot like Silversun Pickups, that's a compliment. Cola: 100%
Although they aren't a new band, Precious Metal has some nice moments. They have such cool songs as "Sweet Sweet", "Trouble" and their rocking version of "Mr. Big Stuff". Cola: 95%
Great songs. I first heard this song sung by Lauren Alaina on "American Idol". The song is originally sung by The Band Perry. Here's "If I Die Young":
A little over a month from today I'll be going to see Taylor Swift in concert in Salt Lake City with two of my kids. One of the songs from her recent "Speak Now" CD is "Haunted". It's a song she sang in Denver, so hopefully she'll sing it in Salt Lake City. This is a very cool song that I really like. I'm glad that Taylor is branching out from the pretty limited country genre. This song was recently featured on "True Blood". "Haunted" seems a very good fit with it's Evanescenceish feel:
I really like this song, it's Every Avenue's "Tell Me I'm A Wreck":
Sinead O'Connor is a very interesting person, recently she's completely changed her look. That doesn't take anything away from her amazing singing voice and all the great songs she sings. Enjoy this very literal video for "Red Football":
"Troy":
Sinead O'Connor wrote many angry songs, this is one of her angriest. "Black Boys On Mopeds" is such an amazing song:
If you are trying to explain what catharsis is to someone, show them this video. This is Sinead's very therapeutic, catharsic (okay I made up a new word, if Sarah Palin can do it so can I :) , end of relationship song "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":
A couple more from Sinead, "The Emperor's New Clothes":
I even love her take on the standard "Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home":
Sinead drops the F bomb in the following song a couple of times, this song is great but not for delicate ears. "Daddy I'm Fine":
Of all the starts of songs this is one of my favorites, I love how the singer starts off with the line I believe in miracles. Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing".
Another song that has an amazing beginning and overall is a great song. The Cure's "Just Like Heaven":
This is one of the most bizarre videos. It was the 80's so what do you expect? Men Without Hats "Safety Dance":
Last but not least a much more recent great song:
themusicaddict
After some fairly heavy sports blog entries lately I realized I should resume writing about music. After all I am themusicaddict. However I do love sports and reading, so those things will continue to pop up on this blog. Occasionally there will be some personal things as well, although I try to limit those.
This morning I went on Spotify to listen to the new CD by the Pistol Annies. I had a message from Spotify waiting for me. They've selected me to give out Spotify invites. (Although I expect every other regular user of Spotify received a similar opportunity.) I figure those that really want Spotify already have it. However if you don't have Spotify and would like it, just leave a comment on my blog. All I need is your e-mail address and I will send you an invite, there's no quid pro quo. It seems I can send out an unlimited amount of invites.
After about a month of having Spotify, I still like it a lot. I finally cancelled my napster membership yesterday. I was sad about that as at $5.00 it has been a good value. However there's no better value than free. Spotify has about 15 million songs, so it's rare when I can't find the songs I'm looking for on their site. I've only remember two instances of not finding the music I want. When I wrote my blog about Bob Dylan, Spotify had a very limited selection of his music. The second time was when I read about a mid 80's all female metal band called Precious Metal. Spin magazine highly recommended their 1985 CD. It may or may not be called "What You See Is What You Get" and Spotify didn't have it. napster.com didn't have any of their music either. However they do have a myspace.com page and have several videos on youtube.com. Did any of you hear of Precious Metal back in the day? Their name or none of their songs sound familiar to me.
Here's a quick review of some bands I've listened to lately on Spotify. These bands and singers come highly recommended. Chances of listening to again (Cola) follow each opinion.
I'll first start off with the Pistol Annies. I don't know a lot about this band other than Miranda Lambert is in it. I love Miranda Lambert, but these songs sounds like Miranda Lambert. It makes me wonder why not just do another Miranda Lambert solo CD. I do like the song "Hell On Heels" though. Cola: 10%
Airborne Toxic Event: First of all I thought this would be a rock or heavy metal band. Imagine my surprise when I found out they weren't. Not only are they not rock, but they also aren't very good. They sound a lot like Wilco and that's not a compliment. Cola: 5%
Anna Calvi, she had a couple of moments of good music. But it wasn't enough for the hype some publications are giving her. Although she's still young and may get better over time. Cola: 50%.
Skyler Grey, she has sung on some fairly famous songs. Spotify only has two of her solo songs available now. That's not a representative sample, but neither song was that impressive. I will give her another chance when Spotify has more of her music. Cola: 50%.
Taking Back Sunday is generic rock. Cola: 20%.
Wild Flag, which features two members from Sleater-Kinney is okay. Although they have solid rock cred, their music is disappointingly wimpy. Cola: 25%.
Joy Formidable are the best of the bands I listened to recently. They've got a strong rock vibe. They sound a lot like Silversun Pickups, that's a compliment. Cola: 100%
Although they aren't a new band, Precious Metal has some nice moments. They have such cool songs as "Sweet Sweet", "Trouble" and their rocking version of "Mr. Big Stuff". Cola: 95%
Great songs. I first heard this song sung by Lauren Alaina on "American Idol". The song is originally sung by The Band Perry. Here's "If I Die Young":
A little over a month from today I'll be going to see Taylor Swift in concert in Salt Lake City with two of my kids. One of the songs from her recent "Speak Now" CD is "Haunted". It's a song she sang in Denver, so hopefully she'll sing it in Salt Lake City. This is a very cool song that I really like. I'm glad that Taylor is branching out from the pretty limited country genre. This song was recently featured on "True Blood". "Haunted" seems a very good fit with it's Evanescenceish feel:
I really like this song, it's Every Avenue's "Tell Me I'm A Wreck":
Sinead O'Connor is a very interesting person, recently she's completely changed her look. That doesn't take anything away from her amazing singing voice and all the great songs she sings. Enjoy this very literal video for "Red Football":
"Troy":
Sinead O'Connor wrote many angry songs, this is one of her angriest. "Black Boys On Mopeds" is such an amazing song:
If you are trying to explain what catharsis is to someone, show them this video. This is Sinead's very therapeutic, catharsic (okay I made up a new word, if Sarah Palin can do it so can I :) , end of relationship song "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":
A couple more from Sinead, "The Emperor's New Clothes":
I even love her take on the standard "Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home":
Sinead drops the F bomb in the following song a couple of times, this song is great but not for delicate ears. "Daddy I'm Fine":
Of all the starts of songs this is one of my favorites, I love how the singer starts off with the line I believe in miracles. Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing".
Another song that has an amazing beginning and overall is a great song. The Cure's "Just Like Heaven":
This is one of the most bizarre videos. It was the 80's so what do you expect? Men Without Hats "Safety Dance":
Last but not least a much more recent great song:
themusicaddict
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
USC Trojans Football Preview
Hello,
Today I'm previewing USC's 2011 football schedule. These blogs are so time consuming, this will probably be my last college football preview. I will be previewing the Dallas Cowboys probably soon. I will also do skeleton previews for the Bucs and 49ers. I'm excited to see how Josh Freeman will do this year, I'm expecting a big season from him this year. I wouldn't be surprised to see him with a Pro Bowl year.
This is USC's schedule.
Sat, Sept 3 vs Minnesota 3:30 PM ET ABC ESPN2
Sat, Sept 10 vs Utah 7:30 PM ET Versus
Sat, Sept 17 vs Syracuse 8:00 PM ET FX
Sat, Sept 24 @ Arizona State 10:15 PM ET
Sat, Oct 1 vs Arizona TBD
Thu, Oct 13 @ California 9:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Oct 22 @ #16 Notre Dame 7:30 PM ET NBC
Sat, Oct 29 vs #7 Stanford 8:00 PM ET ABC
Fri, Nov 4 @ Colorado 9:00 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Sat, Nov 12 vs Washington 3:30 PM ET
Sat, Nov 19 @ #3 Oregon 8:00 PM ET ABC
Sat, Nov 26 vs UCLA 10:00 PM ET
The Pac 10 added Utah and Colorado, both of whom are playing their first season in the now Pac 12. The conference was split into two divisions. The North Division has the California Golden Bears • Oregon Ducks • Oregon State Beavers • Stanford Cardinal • Washington Huskies • Washington State Cougars. The South Division has the Arizona Wildcats • Arizona State Sun Devils • Colorado Buffaloes • UCLA Bruins • USC Trojans • Utah Utes.
The first Pac 12 Conference Championship will be held on December 2nd. It will be played between the winners of the North and South divisions, "with the team with the best overall conference record as host to the event". (Thanks to wikipedia.org). With USC on probation they aren't eligible for the Pac 12 Championship Game or a bowl game this season. If the Utah Utes don't play in the first Pac 12 Championship that would be a major disappointment. With USC not allowed to play, Utah should be the cream of the South division.
USC plays in the Pac 12's South Division and will play all other 5 teams in their division. They also play 4 teams in the North Division, including the powerhouse Stanford Cardinal and Oregon Ducks. As usual USC plays an elite schedule. They also play preseason ranked #16 Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. I predict that the Fighting Irish will be over ranked as usual. I think at best Notre Dame is the 4th toughest team USC will play this season.
USC is dealing with a suspension because of issues stemming from Reggie Bush's time at USC. In spite of that they still have a lot of talent. USC will still be trying to win every game of course. But since they aren't playing for the BCS National Championship, their next goal is to probably derail other teams national title hopes. Also the Trojans can still be the AP National Champion. If they win all their games, they'll be hard to deny for the AP title. Even though I expect a good season from USC, it seems their biggest weakness is head coach Lane Kiffin. I don't have a lot of confidence in him nor do I trust him much.
USC plays their first three games of the season at home, in the Coliseum. This gives USC a solid shot to start off the season 3-0. Their first game is against mid-tier Big 10 team Minnesota. With Matt Barkley, freshman Marqise Lee and Robert Woods starring for the Trojans I don't see USC losing this game. Next they play the Utah Utes, this will be the Utes first Pac 12 game. Starting on the road in the Pac 12 is very scary, although the Pac 12 isn't the strongest conference in the nation. This will be a very interesting game as either team can win this game. USC will be playing for pride, how long does that sustain you? The Utes will be playing for respect to show they belong in the Pac 12. They definitely do and I predict Utah will show that this season.
Then USC closes out their 3 game home stand by playing the Orangemen of Syracuse. Syracuse plays in the Little East conference. That's a ridiculous conference that for some reason still has an automatic BCS bid. They still have that BCS bid in spite of their conference's mediocrity. TCU joins the Little East next year and I predict they'll dominate the conference for at least the next several years. If USC is playing at full efficiency they will dominate Syracuse. At worst USC will be 2-1 after their first three games.
For their next three games USC plays three mid-tier Pac 12 teams. They play at Arizona State on September 24th. Next they play back at home on October 1st vs. Arizona. Then the Trojans have a bye before going to play at Cal on Thursday, October 13th. USC traditionally suffers an upset each year against one of the lesser teams of this conference. It's possible that USC will lose one of these games. Although again if USC is firing on all cylinders I expect they will win all these games by double digits. I project USC to be 5-1 at this point.
After playing traditional rival Cal, USC goes and plays another traditional rival on the road. They play Notre Dame on Saturday, October 22nd. Although Notre Dame is starting off as #16 in the preseason, I expect by this point we'll see that the emperor has no clothes. Once exposed the Irish will be playing mainly for pride and a mediocre bowl game. Notre Dame's last good season was in 2006 when they finished 10-3. They were blown out in their bowl game that year though, LSU destroyed them 41-14. In fact, before Notre Dame won their last two bowl games, they had lost their previous 9 bowl games. Including their 2006 season, Notre Dame is only 34-29 over the last 5 seasons. USC should be playing well at this point and the Irish will want to knock them off. However I predict USC will prevail to move to 6-1 on the season.
USC returns home on October 29th to play #7 ranked Stanford. (If you're wondering Stanford plays Oregon on November 12th.) Stanford returns stud quarterback Andrew Luck, many people project him as the #1 pick in the next NFL Draft. (Dallas Cowboys you aren't going to be a very good team this year anyway, can you lose enough games to get that #1 overall pick?) He also has a solid chance to win the Heisman. From everything I've read he deserves his high reputation very much. USC could win this game, but I don't see it happening. USC will fall to a still very solid 6-2 record.
USC then finishes out both their regular and overall season by playing 3 mediocre or less Pac 12 teams. They also have to play a very tough game in that 4 game stretch. November 4th they travel to Colorado to play the Buffaloes. Their mascot is appropriate as they buffaloed the Pac 12 by being invited into this conference. Let's be honest teams are mainly invited for their athletic success, but when is the last time Colorado truly had athletic success? It's been over a decade! USC fully deserves their Pac 12 membership and will be 7-2 after this game.
On Saturday, November 12th USC will host Washington. This will be a battle of Pete Carrol disciples. Both head coaches Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin were assistant coaches under Carrol. Washington always plays well against USC, having won a couple of games over the last few years. I'm giving USC the edge here simply because they are playing at home, although Washington won at the Coliseum last season 32-31. There were questionable decisions made by Lane Kiffin. Kiffin ended the game with 3 time outs still at his disposal. Even if he wanted to let the clock run, couldn't he have called at least one time out to freeze the Washington kicker? I have a feeling that USC will lose at least one game due to Kiffin's poor decision making. I'll try not to think about it.
Then on November 19th they play at Oregon and I think this will be another loss for the Trojans. Oregon's explosive offense is very frightening. USC will now be 8-3. They'll then return home to play and beat UCLA to end their season at 9-3. I think that game will be Rick Neuheisal's final game at UCLA. (Thanks to wikipedia.org which I used liberally in writing this blog. Also thanks to youtube.com to watch the end of the USC-Washington 2010 game.)
9-3 isn't a terrible record, but it is for USC. Maybe USC will just have to settle for a rebuilding season in preparation for when they come off of suspension. Hopefully in a couple of seasons they'll challenge for a national title again.
themusicaddict
Today I'm previewing USC's 2011 football schedule. These blogs are so time consuming, this will probably be my last college football preview. I will be previewing the Dallas Cowboys probably soon. I will also do skeleton previews for the Bucs and 49ers. I'm excited to see how Josh Freeman will do this year, I'm expecting a big season from him this year. I wouldn't be surprised to see him with a Pro Bowl year.
This is USC's schedule.
Sat, Sept 3 vs Minnesota 3:30 PM ET ABC ESPN2
Sat, Sept 10 vs Utah 7:30 PM ET Versus
Sat, Sept 17 vs Syracuse 8:00 PM ET FX
Sat, Sept 24 @ Arizona State 10:15 PM ET
Sat, Oct 1 vs Arizona TBD
Thu, Oct 13 @ California 9:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Oct 22 @ #16 Notre Dame 7:30 PM ET NBC
Sat, Oct 29 vs #7 Stanford 8:00 PM ET ABC
Fri, Nov 4 @ Colorado 9:00 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Sat, Nov 12 vs Washington 3:30 PM ET
Sat, Nov 19 @ #3 Oregon 8:00 PM ET ABC
Sat, Nov 26 vs UCLA 10:00 PM ET
The Pac 10 added Utah and Colorado, both of whom are playing their first season in the now Pac 12. The conference was split into two divisions. The North Division has the California Golden Bears • Oregon Ducks • Oregon State Beavers • Stanford Cardinal • Washington Huskies • Washington State Cougars. The South Division has the Arizona Wildcats • Arizona State Sun Devils • Colorado Buffaloes • UCLA Bruins • USC Trojans • Utah Utes.
The first Pac 12 Conference Championship will be held on December 2nd. It will be played between the winners of the North and South divisions, "with the team with the best overall conference record as host to the event". (Thanks to wikipedia.org). With USC on probation they aren't eligible for the Pac 12 Championship Game or a bowl game this season. If the Utah Utes don't play in the first Pac 12 Championship that would be a major disappointment. With USC not allowed to play, Utah should be the cream of the South division.
USC plays in the Pac 12's South Division and will play all other 5 teams in their division. They also play 4 teams in the North Division, including the powerhouse Stanford Cardinal and Oregon Ducks. As usual USC plays an elite schedule. They also play preseason ranked #16 Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. I predict that the Fighting Irish will be over ranked as usual. I think at best Notre Dame is the 4th toughest team USC will play this season.
USC is dealing with a suspension because of issues stemming from Reggie Bush's time at USC. In spite of that they still have a lot of talent. USC will still be trying to win every game of course. But since they aren't playing for the BCS National Championship, their next goal is to probably derail other teams national title hopes. Also the Trojans can still be the AP National Champion. If they win all their games, they'll be hard to deny for the AP title. Even though I expect a good season from USC, it seems their biggest weakness is head coach Lane Kiffin. I don't have a lot of confidence in him nor do I trust him much.
USC plays their first three games of the season at home, in the Coliseum. This gives USC a solid shot to start off the season 3-0. Their first game is against mid-tier Big 10 team Minnesota. With Matt Barkley, freshman Marqise Lee and Robert Woods starring for the Trojans I don't see USC losing this game. Next they play the Utah Utes, this will be the Utes first Pac 12 game. Starting on the road in the Pac 12 is very scary, although the Pac 12 isn't the strongest conference in the nation. This will be a very interesting game as either team can win this game. USC will be playing for pride, how long does that sustain you? The Utes will be playing for respect to show they belong in the Pac 12. They definitely do and I predict Utah will show that this season.
Then USC closes out their 3 game home stand by playing the Orangemen of Syracuse. Syracuse plays in the Little East conference. That's a ridiculous conference that for some reason still has an automatic BCS bid. They still have that BCS bid in spite of their conference's mediocrity. TCU joins the Little East next year and I predict they'll dominate the conference for at least the next several years. If USC is playing at full efficiency they will dominate Syracuse. At worst USC will be 2-1 after their first three games.
For their next three games USC plays three mid-tier Pac 12 teams. They play at Arizona State on September 24th. Next they play back at home on October 1st vs. Arizona. Then the Trojans have a bye before going to play at Cal on Thursday, October 13th. USC traditionally suffers an upset each year against one of the lesser teams of this conference. It's possible that USC will lose one of these games. Although again if USC is firing on all cylinders I expect they will win all these games by double digits. I project USC to be 5-1 at this point.
After playing traditional rival Cal, USC goes and plays another traditional rival on the road. They play Notre Dame on Saturday, October 22nd. Although Notre Dame is starting off as #16 in the preseason, I expect by this point we'll see that the emperor has no clothes. Once exposed the Irish will be playing mainly for pride and a mediocre bowl game. Notre Dame's last good season was in 2006 when they finished 10-3. They were blown out in their bowl game that year though, LSU destroyed them 41-14. In fact, before Notre Dame won their last two bowl games, they had lost their previous 9 bowl games. Including their 2006 season, Notre Dame is only 34-29 over the last 5 seasons. USC should be playing well at this point and the Irish will want to knock them off. However I predict USC will prevail to move to 6-1 on the season.
USC returns home on October 29th to play #7 ranked Stanford. (If you're wondering Stanford plays Oregon on November 12th.) Stanford returns stud quarterback Andrew Luck, many people project him as the #1 pick in the next NFL Draft. (Dallas Cowboys you aren't going to be a very good team this year anyway, can you lose enough games to get that #1 overall pick?) He also has a solid chance to win the Heisman. From everything I've read he deserves his high reputation very much. USC could win this game, but I don't see it happening. USC will fall to a still very solid 6-2 record.
USC then finishes out both their regular and overall season by playing 3 mediocre or less Pac 12 teams. They also have to play a very tough game in that 4 game stretch. November 4th they travel to Colorado to play the Buffaloes. Their mascot is appropriate as they buffaloed the Pac 12 by being invited into this conference. Let's be honest teams are mainly invited for their athletic success, but when is the last time Colorado truly had athletic success? It's been over a decade! USC fully deserves their Pac 12 membership and will be 7-2 after this game.
On Saturday, November 12th USC will host Washington. This will be a battle of Pete Carrol disciples. Both head coaches Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin were assistant coaches under Carrol. Washington always plays well against USC, having won a couple of games over the last few years. I'm giving USC the edge here simply because they are playing at home, although Washington won at the Coliseum last season 32-31. There were questionable decisions made by Lane Kiffin. Kiffin ended the game with 3 time outs still at his disposal. Even if he wanted to let the clock run, couldn't he have called at least one time out to freeze the Washington kicker? I have a feeling that USC will lose at least one game due to Kiffin's poor decision making. I'll try not to think about it.
Then on November 19th they play at Oregon and I think this will be another loss for the Trojans. Oregon's explosive offense is very frightening. USC will now be 8-3. They'll then return home to play and beat UCLA to end their season at 9-3. I think that game will be Rick Neuheisal's final game at UCLA. (Thanks to wikipedia.org which I used liberally in writing this blog. Also thanks to youtube.com to watch the end of the USC-Washington 2010 game.)
9-3 isn't a terrible record, but it is for USC. Maybe USC will just have to settle for a rebuilding season in preparation for when they come off of suspension. Hopefully in a couple of seasons they'll challenge for a national title again.
themusicaddict
Monday, August 22, 2011
Final update for the song from "Blue Bloods" episode "After Hours", 3D movie sales continue to tank
Hello,
I've had people ask me many times about the song from the "Blue Bloods" episode "After Hours". Thus I've followed up on it. However this will be the last time I follow up on it. Out of the hundreds of things I've written about on this blog, the most visited blog entries have been the songs on the "Blue Bloods" episode December 3rd, 2011. After much research by me and others it was determined the name of one of the songs was "We're Going Out Tonight". It is sung by Jimmy Marsh. Despite the massive exposure the song received, it is still relatively obscure.
I also received questions about other songs that appear later in the show. Thanks to Comcast On Demand, I was finally able to watch that episode again last night. From what I can tell there were three additional songs played in the "After Hours" episode.
1) From what I could tell the lyrics were something like "can't get the best of me, run like you've never seen, whole city...." Usually on google.com one can find almost any song if all they do is put a line of the lyric from the song. I googled the above lyrics. I even broke up the lyrics, but still wasn't able to find anything that told me the names of these songs.
2) The second song had lyrics that sounded like "bouncing on the walls, move like I do". The lyric also could be "bouncing off the walls". But again I couldn't find any songs matching the lyrics. Both searches brought up songs with similar sets of words, but neither were the songs played on "After Hours".
3) The last song that played on that episode I didn't have to google, it's a classic by the Commodores. It's the absolutely great "Brick House". The version playing in the background seemed to be a dance mix of "Brick House". As the Commodores sing "36-24-36 what a winning hand". Here's the original:
Thankfully the greedy and lame 3D technology continues to fall out of favor with the general public. From ew.com today about this weekend's box office results:
"After those two holdovers ("The Help", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"), the rest of the box office looks pretty grim, as all four new releases debuted to awful numbers. Notably, three of these new releases — Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D, Conan the Barbarian, and Fright Night — were released in 3-D. In fact, every movie from third to seventh place at the box office is a 3-D release, and of those five films, only The Smurfs is really doing well." (BTW the 4D smellorama gimmick thing was stupid. There are 8 places in the movie where the audience is suppose to scratch a card and it will produce a smell that goes with the scene being shown. As you would expect that didn't work at all. All the smells on the card smelled the same.)
"These three box office disappointments beg the question: Did the fact that they were released in 3-D actually cause them to do worse business? We’ll never be able to know for sure, but it’s clear that 3-D is not currently thriving like it used to.
The 3-D format proved exciting and fresh to audiences when it first resurged in 2008 and 2009, helping movies like Journey to the Center of the Earth, Monsters Vs. Aliens, and Avatar find success, but audiences have recently exhibited a preference against the technology, which jacks up ticket prices (and, according to many, worsens the moviegoing experience) substantially. Despite a higher availability of 3-D venues versus two years, grosses from 3-D theaters have been down this summer, and I have to wonder whether movies like Conan, Spy Kids, and Fright Night would actually have earned more if they hadn’t been associated with 3-D at all. Thoughts? Either way, between the weak 3-D performances this weekend and the underwhelming opening of Glee: The 3D Concert Movie last weekend, I wonder whether Hollywood will take a good, long look at whether they really want to commit more dollars to a technology that seems increasingly unpopular."
Dallas Cowboys update: The Boys played their second preseason game yesterday and lost to San Diego 20-7. Since it's the preseason I'm not overly concerned. However I see no reason to raise my expectations for Dallas's season and Tony Romo's performance this season. He played three possessions last night and was solid. Romo completed 8 of 12 passes, I'd be very happy with that completion percentage during the regular season. After all not all incomplete passes are the quarterback's fault. Receivers do drop passes and occaisonally quarterbacks need to throw the ball away. However in a steady performance Romo did have one bad Romo like moment from the past. His only interception was when he threw into triple coverage. Triple coverage? What's the best case scenario in that situation? What's the worst case scenario and what is more likely to happen? The main thing that drives me crazy about Romo is his sometimes poor decision making process. At that point he should have thrown the ball away and live to fight another day.
As much as I'm excited about the Jake Heaps era at BYU, I dread the last few years of the Tony Romo era at Dallas. For me Dallas can't get rid of Romo quick enough. I will continue to use my blog as a way to encourage Dallas to move forward with a new quarterback. I sort of expected that Dallas would end up with Terelle Pryor in today's supplemental draft.
themusicaddict
I've had people ask me many times about the song from the "Blue Bloods" episode "After Hours". Thus I've followed up on it. However this will be the last time I follow up on it. Out of the hundreds of things I've written about on this blog, the most visited blog entries have been the songs on the "Blue Bloods" episode December 3rd, 2011. After much research by me and others it was determined the name of one of the songs was "We're Going Out Tonight". It is sung by Jimmy Marsh. Despite the massive exposure the song received, it is still relatively obscure.
I also received questions about other songs that appear later in the show. Thanks to Comcast On Demand, I was finally able to watch that episode again last night. From what I can tell there were three additional songs played in the "After Hours" episode.
1) From what I could tell the lyrics were something like "can't get the best of me, run like you've never seen, whole city...." Usually on google.com one can find almost any song if all they do is put a line of the lyric from the song. I googled the above lyrics. I even broke up the lyrics, but still wasn't able to find anything that told me the names of these songs.
2) The second song had lyrics that sounded like "bouncing on the walls, move like I do". The lyric also could be "bouncing off the walls". But again I couldn't find any songs matching the lyrics. Both searches brought up songs with similar sets of words, but neither were the songs played on "After Hours".
3) The last song that played on that episode I didn't have to google, it's a classic by the Commodores. It's the absolutely great "Brick House". The version playing in the background seemed to be a dance mix of "Brick House". As the Commodores sing "36-24-36 what a winning hand". Here's the original:
Thankfully the greedy and lame 3D technology continues to fall out of favor with the general public. From ew.com today about this weekend's box office results:
"After those two holdovers ("The Help", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"), the rest of the box office looks pretty grim, as all four new releases debuted to awful numbers. Notably, three of these new releases — Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D, Conan the Barbarian, and Fright Night — were released in 3-D. In fact, every movie from third to seventh place at the box office is a 3-D release, and of those five films, only The Smurfs is really doing well." (BTW the 4D smellorama gimmick thing was stupid. There are 8 places in the movie where the audience is suppose to scratch a card and it will produce a smell that goes with the scene being shown. As you would expect that didn't work at all. All the smells on the card smelled the same.)
"These three box office disappointments beg the question: Did the fact that they were released in 3-D actually cause them to do worse business? We’ll never be able to know for sure, but it’s clear that 3-D is not currently thriving like it used to.
The 3-D format proved exciting and fresh to audiences when it first resurged in 2008 and 2009, helping movies like Journey to the Center of the Earth, Monsters Vs. Aliens, and Avatar find success, but audiences have recently exhibited a preference against the technology, which jacks up ticket prices (and, according to many, worsens the moviegoing experience) substantially. Despite a higher availability of 3-D venues versus two years, grosses from 3-D theaters have been down this summer, and I have to wonder whether movies like Conan, Spy Kids, and Fright Night would actually have earned more if they hadn’t been associated with 3-D at all. Thoughts? Either way, between the weak 3-D performances this weekend and the underwhelming opening of Glee: The 3D Concert Movie last weekend, I wonder whether Hollywood will take a good, long look at whether they really want to commit more dollars to a technology that seems increasingly unpopular."
Dallas Cowboys update: The Boys played their second preseason game yesterday and lost to San Diego 20-7. Since it's the preseason I'm not overly concerned. However I see no reason to raise my expectations for Dallas's season and Tony Romo's performance this season. He played three possessions last night and was solid. Romo completed 8 of 12 passes, I'd be very happy with that completion percentage during the regular season. After all not all incomplete passes are the quarterback's fault. Receivers do drop passes and occaisonally quarterbacks need to throw the ball away. However in a steady performance Romo did have one bad Romo like moment from the past. His only interception was when he threw into triple coverage. Triple coverage? What's the best case scenario in that situation? What's the worst case scenario and what is more likely to happen? The main thing that drives me crazy about Romo is his sometimes poor decision making process. At that point he should have thrown the ball away and live to fight another day.
As much as I'm excited about the Jake Heaps era at BYU, I dread the last few years of the Tony Romo era at Dallas. For me Dallas can't get rid of Romo quick enough. I will continue to use my blog as a way to encourage Dallas to move forward with a new quarterback. I sort of expected that Dallas would end up with Terelle Pryor in today's supplemental draft.
themusicaddict
BYU 2011 football Preview,
Hello,
This is BYU's football schedule for 2011. After the bowl game I predict BYU finishes the season at 9-4. This will be a solid rebuilding season for BYU. Although if you have tickets to any of their home games you may want to think about skipping a few of those games. Other than Utah, BYU has a horrendous home schedule.
Sat, Sept 3 @ Ole Miss 4:45 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Sept 10 @ Texas 7:00 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Sat, Sept 17 vs Utah 9:15 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Fri, Sept 23 vs UCF 8:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Fri, Sept 30 vs Utah State 8:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Oct 8 vs San Jose State TBD
Sat, Oct 15 @ Oregon State TBD
Sat, Oct 22 vs Idaho State 3:00 PM ET
Fri, Oct 28 @ #14 TCU 8:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Nov 12 vs Idaho TBD
Sat, Nov 19 vs New Mexico State TBD
Sat, Dec 3 @ Hawaii 7:30 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Obviously we'll find out a lot about how good BYU is in their first four games. In those first 4 games they play some very good teams. In their final 8 games they only play 3 decent teams: Oregon State, TCU and Hawaii. All three of those games are on the road. Again BYU has a terrible home schedule this year. Other than Utah and maybe UCF, the rest of their home schedule are cream puffs. A lot of that has to do with BYU being an independent, which means they don't have a conference schedule. With them only knowing they would be independent when most of the schedules were set, BYU had to scramble for any team that would play them. Thus the astonishingly bad schedule. Things should be better going into future seasons though.
BYU starts off their season playing in Oxford, Mississippi. They play the SEC team Ole Miss. Yes they are a SEC team, but traditionally a bottom dweller in the SEC. They Rebels are the Washington State of the SEC. Although BYU should expect more of a challenge from Ole Miss than Utah should expect from Washington State. This game could go either way, it's too close to call now. BYU will probably be better at the end of the season. With this being the first game of the season and BYU playing on the road BYU could lose this game. Next the Cougars play again on the road. On September 10th BYU plays Big 12 powerhouse Texas. Texas is coming off a terrible year by their standards. Head coach Mack Brown is anxious to show last season was an anomaly. Again at this time of the year we know so very little about these two teams. Who knows how they will play when the games actually mean something.
BYU returns to Lavell Edwards Stadium on Sept 17th to play traditional rival Utah. I hate this game being played so early in the season. This game usually is such a great way to end the season. It seems with Utah's scrimmage this past Saturday, their offense really looked good. Both quarterbacks were lights out for Utah. With Coach Whittingham in charge of the defense, it should always be at least solid. Yes, I know BYU alumnus Kalani Sitake is Utah's defensive coordinator, but the defense is Coach Whit's baby. On Sept 23rd BYU plays again at Lavell Edwards Stadium and will host UCF. Up to this point all four of their games could go either way. Sticking with the 50-50 theme I'm predicting BYU will be 2-2 after their first four games of the season.
On Friday, September 30th BYU plays their third straight home game. They play the Aggies of Utah State. If BYU doesn't win this game by more than 28 points they should be ashamed. BYU should be in regular season form by this point. They are playing a team that usually is mediocre at best. At this point of the season USU is usually looking forward to basketball season. BYU has the revenge factor working in their favor, USU beat BYU 31-16 last yet. The only question about this game is when will Coach Mendenhall call off the dogs. Losing to USU was probably the low light of BYU's tumultuous year last year. BYU wins this season's game easily and will be 3-2 at this point.
After demolishing San Jose State on October 8th, BYU will be 4-2. San Jose State had one of their worst seasons ever last year. It's better for BYU to be independent than playing in the ridiculous MWC. For instance, BYU will get $7 million per season rather than 1.3 million they would have got from the MTN. This is where BYU not playing in a conference really hurts them. They have to settle for a game against anybody, no matter how awful they are. The next week BYU goes to play Oregon State, again playing games where either team could win. To be safe I'm projecting BYU will lose to the Beavers and fall to 4-3. BYU next plays another cream puff on October 22nd when they play the Vandals in Provo. The Vandals, please what a misleading name. At this point I would mock Idaho's football tradition, if they had any.
Next BYU goes to Cowboys Stadium to play their old nemesis TCU. (I'm hoping that neither one of these quarterbacks has a better game than Tony Romo does in this building.) Not only does TCU usually dominate BYU, they usually dominate everybody. Although the game is played at an alleged neutral field, it will essentially be a home game for TCU. Usually TCU doesn't need that advantage or any other advantage. I predict TCU beats BYU again (sigh). But I'll feel really good about BYU if they can at least keep it close. BYU will now be 5-4.
The Cougars close out their pathetic home record with two more games against less than frightening opponents. BYU could score a combined total of 100 points in these two games and should win both easily. BYU should improve to 7-4, at the worst. BYU closes out on the road on December 3rd as they visit Hawaii. I won't care what the records of these two teams will be at this point as the Warriors always get fired up for this game. BYU has suffered many defeats on the islands. I predict BYU will find a way to beat Hawaii this season though and finish their regular season at 8-4. Then like last year BYU will play an over matched team in a lame bowl game. They will finish the season around 9-4. A record better than that will be gravy. A record worse than that and rumors will start about how Bronco Mendenhall's job will be in danger. Whether it actually would be is questionable though.
Tomorrow a review of USC's football season.
themusicaddict
This is BYU's football schedule for 2011. After the bowl game I predict BYU finishes the season at 9-4. This will be a solid rebuilding season for BYU. Although if you have tickets to any of their home games you may want to think about skipping a few of those games. Other than Utah, BYU has a horrendous home schedule.
Sat, Sept 3 @ Ole Miss 4:45 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Sept 10 @ Texas 7:00 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Sat, Sept 17 vs Utah 9:15 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Fri, Sept 23 vs UCF 8:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Fri, Sept 30 vs Utah State 8:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Oct 8 vs San Jose State TBD
Sat, Oct 15 @ Oregon State TBD
Sat, Oct 22 vs Idaho State 3:00 PM ET
Fri, Oct 28 @ #14 TCU 8:00 PM ET ESPN ESPN3.com
Sat, Nov 12 vs Idaho TBD
Sat, Nov 19 vs New Mexico State TBD
Sat, Dec 3 @ Hawaii 7:30 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Obviously we'll find out a lot about how good BYU is in their first four games. In those first 4 games they play some very good teams. In their final 8 games they only play 3 decent teams: Oregon State, TCU and Hawaii. All three of those games are on the road. Again BYU has a terrible home schedule this year. Other than Utah and maybe UCF, the rest of their home schedule are cream puffs. A lot of that has to do with BYU being an independent, which means they don't have a conference schedule. With them only knowing they would be independent when most of the schedules were set, BYU had to scramble for any team that would play them. Thus the astonishingly bad schedule. Things should be better going into future seasons though.
BYU starts off their season playing in Oxford, Mississippi. They play the SEC team Ole Miss. Yes they are a SEC team, but traditionally a bottom dweller in the SEC. They Rebels are the Washington State of the SEC. Although BYU should expect more of a challenge from Ole Miss than Utah should expect from Washington State. This game could go either way, it's too close to call now. BYU will probably be better at the end of the season. With this being the first game of the season and BYU playing on the road BYU could lose this game. Next the Cougars play again on the road. On September 10th BYU plays Big 12 powerhouse Texas. Texas is coming off a terrible year by their standards. Head coach Mack Brown is anxious to show last season was an anomaly. Again at this time of the year we know so very little about these two teams. Who knows how they will play when the games actually mean something.
BYU returns to Lavell Edwards Stadium on Sept 17th to play traditional rival Utah. I hate this game being played so early in the season. This game usually is such a great way to end the season. It seems with Utah's scrimmage this past Saturday, their offense really looked good. Both quarterbacks were lights out for Utah. With Coach Whittingham in charge of the defense, it should always be at least solid. Yes, I know BYU alumnus Kalani Sitake is Utah's defensive coordinator, but the defense is Coach Whit's baby. On Sept 23rd BYU plays again at Lavell Edwards Stadium and will host UCF. Up to this point all four of their games could go either way. Sticking with the 50-50 theme I'm predicting BYU will be 2-2 after their first four games of the season.
On Friday, September 30th BYU plays their third straight home game. They play the Aggies of Utah State. If BYU doesn't win this game by more than 28 points they should be ashamed. BYU should be in regular season form by this point. They are playing a team that usually is mediocre at best. At this point of the season USU is usually looking forward to basketball season. BYU has the revenge factor working in their favor, USU beat BYU 31-16 last yet. The only question about this game is when will Coach Mendenhall call off the dogs. Losing to USU was probably the low light of BYU's tumultuous year last year. BYU wins this season's game easily and will be 3-2 at this point.
After demolishing San Jose State on October 8th, BYU will be 4-2. San Jose State had one of their worst seasons ever last year. It's better for BYU to be independent than playing in the ridiculous MWC. For instance, BYU will get $7 million per season rather than 1.3 million they would have got from the MTN. This is where BYU not playing in a conference really hurts them. They have to settle for a game against anybody, no matter how awful they are. The next week BYU goes to play Oregon State, again playing games where either team could win. To be safe I'm projecting BYU will lose to the Beavers and fall to 4-3. BYU next plays another cream puff on October 22nd when they play the Vandals in Provo. The Vandals, please what a misleading name. At this point I would mock Idaho's football tradition, if they had any.
Next BYU goes to Cowboys Stadium to play their old nemesis TCU. (I'm hoping that neither one of these quarterbacks has a better game than Tony Romo does in this building.) Not only does TCU usually dominate BYU, they usually dominate everybody. Although the game is played at an alleged neutral field, it will essentially be a home game for TCU. Usually TCU doesn't need that advantage or any other advantage. I predict TCU beats BYU again (sigh). But I'll feel really good about BYU if they can at least keep it close. BYU will now be 5-4.
The Cougars close out their pathetic home record with two more games against less than frightening opponents. BYU could score a combined total of 100 points in these two games and should win both easily. BYU should improve to 7-4, at the worst. BYU closes out on the road on December 3rd as they visit Hawaii. I won't care what the records of these two teams will be at this point as the Warriors always get fired up for this game. BYU has suffered many defeats on the islands. I predict BYU will find a way to beat Hawaii this season though and finish their regular season at 8-4. Then like last year BYU will play an over matched team in a lame bowl game. They will finish the season around 9-4. A record better than that will be gravy. A record worse than that and rumors will start about how Bronco Mendenhall's job will be in danger. Whether it actually would be is questionable though.
Tomorrow a review of USC's football season.
themusicaddict
Sunday, August 21, 2011
"Spy Kids", BYU & U. of U. football
Hello,
I went with some of my kids to see "Spy Kids: All The Time In The World". I wasn't expecting much from this movie, we purposely didn't see it in 3D. 3D is the Scotty McDreary of films, its a one trick pony. Once I've seen 3D once that's enough for me. It's cool the first time but then it quickly follows the law of diminishing returns. How was the movie overall you wonder? I actually thought it was half-decent. I liked both the special effects and the characters. Even if it weren't for those things Jessica Alba is in the movie. She's one of the hottest women in Hollywood. I read a comment from her saying after she had her babies, her body is never going to be same. That may be true, but that doesn't make her any less attractive.
I'm a big BYU fan but graduated from the University of Utah. That means that I cheer for both teams unless they play each other. Then I'm cheering on the Cougars. I'm disappointed that the Utes and Cougars play so early in the year.
Two weeks from yesterday BYU takes the field in Oxford, Mississippi for a college football game. I can't tell you how ready I am for some football. I expect a 8 or 9 win season from BYU and a lot of growth from quarterback Jake Heaps. I love that BYU has a veteran offensive line, that's always such a huge component of football success.
The University of Utah Utes (Dearest Miami Hurricanes the University of Utah is really the U!) should have a great season. A lot of Ute fans are excited by their first season in the Pac 12. I agree that's exciting, but they are still playing a lot of either mediocre or bad teams. Here's their schedule:
Thu, Sept 1 Montana State 8:00 PM ET
Sat, Sept 10 @ #25 USC 7:30 PM ET Versus
Sat, Sept 17 @ Brigham Young 9:15 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Sat, Oct 1 vs Washington TBD
Sat, Oct 8 vs Arizona State TBD
Sat, Oct 15 @ Pittsburgh TBD
Sat, Oct 22 @ California TBD
Sat, Oct 29 vs Oregon State TBD
Sat, Nov 5 @ Arizona TBD
Sat, Nov 12 vs UCLA TBD
Sat, Nov 19 @ Washington State TBD
Fri, Nov 25 vs Colorado 3:30 PM ET
The Utes start off at home with Montana State, that's essentially a guaranteed victory. It's more of a practice or scrimmage than a game. Next the Utes go on the road to play USC, as you can see they are ranked #25 in the nation. USC is still on probation and can't play in a bowl game this season. That means their regular season games will be even more important. If USC can win all their regular season games they could be the AP National Champs. The AP is independent of the bogus BCS. It's hard to tell what kind of team USC is going to be. As usual they have a bunch of young studs. But will those young studs play to their potential or will they under perform? Junior qb Matt Barkley has started two seasons already for USC. With a good game against Utah, Barkley could solidly be in the Heisman race this year. That game could go either way. The more I think about it the more I give the edge to the Trojans. USC will have the home field advantage, but will be at a loss in the head coach comparison.
Then Utah stays on the road, going to Provo, Utah to play their traditional rival BYU. That is a game that could go either way. Both teams will have played twice by then and we'll know a lot more about both going into that game. When that game is over Utah should either be 1-2 or 2-1. For them to start out 3-0 a lot of things will have to break their way. I don't totally dismiss a 3-0 start as it is possible. On October 1st, the Utes then return home to play Steve Sarkisian's Washington Huskies. The next weekend the Utes will again play at home against Arizona State. Both of those teams, at best, are mediocre Pac 12 teams. Sarkisian has Washington on the upswing, but they are still a long ways away from being an elite Pac 12 team. Then Arizona St. traditionally is one of those teams that flirts with .500 each season. They are neither great nor terrible. I predict Utah wins both of those games. After 5 games of the season, they might have played two very good teams. At the very worst Utah should be 3-2 at this point.
Then Utah will play 3 of 4 games on the road. On October 15th they go to Pittsburgh to play the Panthers. Traditionally Pittsburgh is a team that is always well thought of to start the season but usually crashes and burns during the season. I don't see anything that suggests they'll be better this year. Next Utah goes and plays at California, yet another bad or mediocre Pac 12 team. Cal should be in the midst of their mid to late season collapse when Utah plays them. They then return home go play guess who, yes another bad or mediocre Pac 12 team. That would be the Wildcats of Arizona. At worst, I see Utah winning 2 of 3 of these games.
On November 12th Utah welcomes UCLA to Rice-Eccles Stadium. This is the first of Utah's three straight games against below average teams. By this point I expect the Utes will have built up a pretty good head of steam and be rolling. Utah's new offensive coordinator is Norm Chow. He was the offensive coordinator for UCLA last season, he didn't leave under the best of circumstances. UCLA is another one of the Pac 12's mediocre or bad teams. I suggest the Bruins are closer to being a bad team. I highly doubt UCLA does much better than .500 this season. I expect Rick Neuheisel to be fired at the end of the season if not sooner.
Then to close out the season they travel to play Washington State. The Cougars are usually the worst team in the Pac-12 each season. They are so bad that they probably don't belong in a BCS league. Playing at home will give them a bit of an edge, but I expect Utah to win this game handily. The Utes close out their first Pac 12 season by playing Colorado in Salt Lake City. Colorado has been awful for several years, they are only 21-40 over their last 5 seasons.
Best case scenario the Utes could be 12-0 at the end of the regular season and preparing for the Pac 12 Championship Game. That would be very cool for their first season in the Pac 12. Noticeably absent from Utah's schedule is the two best teams in the Pac 12. Utah doesn't play the high scoring Oregon team. They also don't play Stanford and their stud quarterback Andrew Luck. I can almost assure both those games would be losses for the Utes, but the only way they play one of the those teams is in the Pac 12 Championship. I predict that the two toughest games Utah will play all year are their second and third games of the season. Both USC and BYU games will be played on the road. The Utes should be at least 10-2 at the end of their regular season. If they qualify for the Pac 12 Championship game, they'll lose. Then they should be okay in a bowl game.
Tomorrow more of a BYU preview.
themusicaddict
I went with some of my kids to see "Spy Kids: All The Time In The World". I wasn't expecting much from this movie, we purposely didn't see it in 3D. 3D is the Scotty McDreary of films, its a one trick pony. Once I've seen 3D once that's enough for me. It's cool the first time but then it quickly follows the law of diminishing returns. How was the movie overall you wonder? I actually thought it was half-decent. I liked both the special effects and the characters. Even if it weren't for those things Jessica Alba is in the movie. She's one of the hottest women in Hollywood. I read a comment from her saying after she had her babies, her body is never going to be same. That may be true, but that doesn't make her any less attractive.
I'm a big BYU fan but graduated from the University of Utah. That means that I cheer for both teams unless they play each other. Then I'm cheering on the Cougars. I'm disappointed that the Utes and Cougars play so early in the year.
Two weeks from yesterday BYU takes the field in Oxford, Mississippi for a college football game. I can't tell you how ready I am for some football. I expect a 8 or 9 win season from BYU and a lot of growth from quarterback Jake Heaps. I love that BYU has a veteran offensive line, that's always such a huge component of football success.
The University of Utah Utes (Dearest Miami Hurricanes the University of Utah is really the U!) should have a great season. A lot of Ute fans are excited by their first season in the Pac 12. I agree that's exciting, but they are still playing a lot of either mediocre or bad teams. Here's their schedule:
Thu, Sept 1 Montana State 8:00 PM ET
Sat, Sept 10 @ #25 USC 7:30 PM ET Versus
Sat, Sept 17 @ Brigham Young 9:15 PM ET ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Sat, Oct 1 vs Washington TBD
Sat, Oct 8 vs Arizona State TBD
Sat, Oct 15 @ Pittsburgh TBD
Sat, Oct 22 @ California TBD
Sat, Oct 29 vs Oregon State TBD
Sat, Nov 5 @ Arizona TBD
Sat, Nov 12 vs UCLA TBD
Sat, Nov 19 @ Washington State TBD
Fri, Nov 25 vs Colorado 3:30 PM ET
The Utes start off at home with Montana State, that's essentially a guaranteed victory. It's more of a practice or scrimmage than a game. Next the Utes go on the road to play USC, as you can see they are ranked #25 in the nation. USC is still on probation and can't play in a bowl game this season. That means their regular season games will be even more important. If USC can win all their regular season games they could be the AP National Champs. The AP is independent of the bogus BCS. It's hard to tell what kind of team USC is going to be. As usual they have a bunch of young studs. But will those young studs play to their potential or will they under perform? Junior qb Matt Barkley has started two seasons already for USC. With a good game against Utah, Barkley could solidly be in the Heisman race this year. That game could go either way. The more I think about it the more I give the edge to the Trojans. USC will have the home field advantage, but will be at a loss in the head coach comparison.
Then Utah stays on the road, going to Provo, Utah to play their traditional rival BYU. That is a game that could go either way. Both teams will have played twice by then and we'll know a lot more about both going into that game. When that game is over Utah should either be 1-2 or 2-1. For them to start out 3-0 a lot of things will have to break their way. I don't totally dismiss a 3-0 start as it is possible. On October 1st, the Utes then return home to play Steve Sarkisian's Washington Huskies. The next weekend the Utes will again play at home against Arizona State. Both of those teams, at best, are mediocre Pac 12 teams. Sarkisian has Washington on the upswing, but they are still a long ways away from being an elite Pac 12 team. Then Arizona St. traditionally is one of those teams that flirts with .500 each season. They are neither great nor terrible. I predict Utah wins both of those games. After 5 games of the season, they might have played two very good teams. At the very worst Utah should be 3-2 at this point.
Then Utah will play 3 of 4 games on the road. On October 15th they go to Pittsburgh to play the Panthers. Traditionally Pittsburgh is a team that is always well thought of to start the season but usually crashes and burns during the season. I don't see anything that suggests they'll be better this year. Next Utah goes and plays at California, yet another bad or mediocre Pac 12 team. Cal should be in the midst of their mid to late season collapse when Utah plays them. They then return home go play guess who, yes another bad or mediocre Pac 12 team. That would be the Wildcats of Arizona. At worst, I see Utah winning 2 of 3 of these games.
On November 12th Utah welcomes UCLA to Rice-Eccles Stadium. This is the first of Utah's three straight games against below average teams. By this point I expect the Utes will have built up a pretty good head of steam and be rolling. Utah's new offensive coordinator is Norm Chow. He was the offensive coordinator for UCLA last season, he didn't leave under the best of circumstances. UCLA is another one of the Pac 12's mediocre or bad teams. I suggest the Bruins are closer to being a bad team. I highly doubt UCLA does much better than .500 this season. I expect Rick Neuheisel to be fired at the end of the season if not sooner.
Then to close out the season they travel to play Washington State. The Cougars are usually the worst team in the Pac-12 each season. They are so bad that they probably don't belong in a BCS league. Playing at home will give them a bit of an edge, but I expect Utah to win this game handily. The Utes close out their first Pac 12 season by playing Colorado in Salt Lake City. Colorado has been awful for several years, they are only 21-40 over their last 5 seasons.
Best case scenario the Utes could be 12-0 at the end of the regular season and preparing for the Pac 12 Championship Game. That would be very cool for their first season in the Pac 12. Noticeably absent from Utah's schedule is the two best teams in the Pac 12. Utah doesn't play the high scoring Oregon team. They also don't play Stanford and their stud quarterback Andrew Luck. I can almost assure both those games would be losses for the Utes, but the only way they play one of the those teams is in the Pac 12 Championship. I predict that the two toughest games Utah will play all year are their second and third games of the season. Both USC and BYU games will be played on the road. The Utes should be at least 10-2 at the end of their regular season. If they qualify for the Pac 12 Championship game, they'll lose. Then they should be okay in a bowl game.
Tomorrow more of a BYU preview.
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