Star Wars as told by someone who has not seen it

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Tebow coming back for one more year

Rays Sign Pat Burrell to 2 yr deal

Interesting signing by the Rays today. Certainly fills the need for a right handed bat. He was of course a liability in the field, but the Rays have him penciled in at DH. He has averaged almost 28 HR's a season for 9 years with the Phillies as well as almost 92 RBI's. Would immediately become the teams 2nd best power hitter behind Pena and dwarf the Ray's DH production from 2008. The negatives are the batting average and strikeouts, but putting him somewhere around 5th or 6th in the lineup looks pretty nice. What do you think?

Until next time,
- Steve

Now, why would anyone want to go and make Tebow angry?

Interesting trash talk from Dominique Franks, a sophomore OU cornerback. Here's a link to the entire story.

One of the points where I think he shows a little bit of ineptitude regarding preparation is that he says it's harder to prepare defensively for the QB's in the big 12 because you go in knowing they are going to throw 40 or more times than it is to prepare for a QB who is only going to throw 15-20 times. Seems to me it would be easier to prepare for a big 12 team that was fairly one dimensional and threw that many times than to prepare to a dual threat like Tebow and the rest of the balanced Gator's attack.

I hope he has just made Tebow a little more mad and thrown more fuel to the fire.

Just my two cents... Until next time,

- Steve

Tebow's Faith is always out front

Here's a link to a recent article about Tim Tebow. Like the Gators or not, as a Christian, it is refreshing to see a true giant of the college game who professes his faith as a Christian 1st and foremost. My son and I love to watch sports and there are certain players you want your children to emulate both in the quality of their play and the attitudes they display on the playing field. Then, there are others who you hope they miss on the interviews and soundbites (or the police blotter!). Tebow's one of those guys that exemplifies Christ in all he does. The interesting thing is that Sam Bradford of Oklahoma also stands for Christ. It's probably been a while since 2 such God-fearing young men stepped up to the podium to accept college football's premiere award in the Heisman. Let's hope there are more to come for our children (and some mom and dad's as well) to cheer on to victory on the field and in life.

Until next time,
- Steve