I don't like the idea of the Jazz losing Boozer. Although I like Millsap as much as the next guy I don't think he can carry the load. Apparantly the Jazz and Boozer are going different directions but I think both sides might regret it.
The Jazz offense is made for Boozer. It revolves around the power forward and plays to Boozer's strengths. I've always felt like Boozer got a bad rap here. What has he done that is really that bad? The knock on him in Utah is that he doesn't play hurt and doesn't play hard enough. If I can get a guy that gets me over 20 points and 10 rebounds a game without playing hard I'll take it. That just means when things matter such as in the playoffs I'm likely to get even more out of him. The best players seem to get their stats with ease (with the perception that they're not trying that hard).
Friday, July 17, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
BCS a good thing for Mid-Majors????
Since the BCS was dicussed recently and the Mountain West Conference reluctantly decided to sign the new agreement I've been thinking about the BCS a little bit this week. I can't believe I'm even going to present this argument but can the BCS be a good thing for the smaller conferences compared to the way things used to be? Before you think I'm crazy, just think about it for a minute.
Before the BCS existed each conference had affliations with certain bowl games (still exists in the current system). The Big 12 Champion went to the Orange Bowl, Big 10/Pac-10 Champion in the Rose, SEC to the Sugar. These affliations still exist. However, the difference is this past year my own beloved Utah Utes played in the Sugar Bowl. In 2004, my Utes played in the Fiesta. As I thought about the BCS this week I realized that under the old system the Utes wouldn't have had either of these opportunities. They would have been stuck playing in the Las Vegas Bowl or something similar because the prior system did not allow any outlet whatsoever to play in the big ones.
I'm not saying the BCS is fair or that I'm in favor of it. The point I'm trying to make is that allows more access than existed prior to its existence for teams like Utah and other non-BCS conferences than existed in the old bowl system.
Before the BCS existed each conference had affliations with certain bowl games (still exists in the current system). The Big 12 Champion went to the Orange Bowl, Big 10/Pac-10 Champion in the Rose, SEC to the Sugar. These affliations still exist. However, the difference is this past year my own beloved Utah Utes played in the Sugar Bowl. In 2004, my Utes played in the Fiesta. As I thought about the BCS this week I realized that under the old system the Utes wouldn't have had either of these opportunities. They would have been stuck playing in the Las Vegas Bowl or something similar because the prior system did not allow any outlet whatsoever to play in the big ones.
I'm not saying the BCS is fair or that I'm in favor of it. The point I'm trying to make is that allows more access than existed prior to its existence for teams like Utah and other non-BCS conferences than existed in the old bowl system.
Monday, June 8, 2009
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I played golf with my brother early this spring and he has a SkyCaddie which convinced me that I needed one after seeing his on the course. However, the SkyCaddie has membership fees to use the system each year which I didn't like at all. I didn't want to spend $200 only to have to spend $50 each year to use the thing. I did some research and found the
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I played golf with my brother early this spring and he has a SkyCaddie which convinced me that I needed one after seeing his on the course. However, the SkyCaddie has membership fees to use the system each year which I didn't like at all. I didn't want to spend $200 only to have to spend $50 each year to use the thing. I did some research and found the
Golf Guru. This system has everything that SkyCaddie has including a version of the Itelligreen technology called Smart Green. It does not have annual subscription/membership fees! The only thing I didn't like about it at first is that the controls are on the top of the device rather than the bottom. However, after I used it a bit it no longer bothered me. The battery life on the unit (at least the black & white version that I have) is incredible. One charge lasted me 3 full rounds with life to spare. Now that I've used the Golf Guru for over a month I don't know how I went without it. It holds 20 courses which is 10 more than the SkyCaddie.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The Jazz are done!
The Jazz were thumped again in Dallas tonight. There must be some internal issues going on with the team right now because they aren't even close.
As Jazz fans we need to stop kidding ourselves that this team is great because they're not. They have the potential to be there but it will be a long summer and this team's "potential" may not be so optimistic after the Jazz make some tough personnel decisions this summer.
As Jazz fans we need to stop kidding ourselves that this team is great because they're not. They have the potential to be there but it will be a long summer and this team's "potential" may not be so optimistic after the Jazz make some tough personnel decisions this summer.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Random Thoughts
I was pleasantly surprised that the Utes went undefeated this past year in football. The team found a way to win each game. The most impressive thing to me is that it never did anything in the big games to beat itself. The team was simply patient, waiting for the other team to make mistakes, and then capitalized. It was very impressive especially since in Utah’s football history the past 10 years it seems to be the opposite on so many occasions. Now we have the golden opportunity of playing Alabama in the bowl game. I have no idea what to expect out of this game but I’m excited about it. Hopefully, Utah will find a way to pull that one out.
As for the basketball team, I’m somewhat optimistic about the progress that has been made but what troubles me the most is that we now lose quite often at home. That is not a good sign at all. That just didn’t happen during the Majerus era and it bothers me to no end that we are no longer dominant in the Huntsman Center. I still like Boylen but I miss the dominance we enjoyed for so long under Majerus.
The BCS is as messed up this year as ever. Texas got the shaft! How could anyone ever give the nod to Oklahoma over Texas when Texas beat Oklahoma? It reminds me of Florida St’s national championship back in the 90s when it and Notre Dame each had one loss but Flordia St.’s loss was to Notre Dame yet Florida St. was still voted National champ. That was before the BCS but it is the same problem. How can anything mean more than head to head competition? I’ll never understand that.
The 2nd BCS problem this year that has been overlooked is that fact that Ohio St. was selected as an at-large team. We depend on this system to determine who the two top teams are to play for the national championship but Ohio St. gets a bid when it is rated below an undefeated Boise St. in the standings. It doesn’t make any sense.
One major improvement to the BCS would simply be to remove the automatic bids. That would have eliminated non-deserving schools this year like Virginia Tech and Cincinnati and given the chance to teams like Boise St. We all a playoff is more likely than that though. Why would the major conferences give away that power? It has a monopoly.
As for the basketball team, I’m somewhat optimistic about the progress that has been made but what troubles me the most is that we now lose quite often at home. That is not a good sign at all. That just didn’t happen during the Majerus era and it bothers me to no end that we are no longer dominant in the Huntsman Center. I still like Boylen but I miss the dominance we enjoyed for so long under Majerus.
The BCS is as messed up this year as ever. Texas got the shaft! How could anyone ever give the nod to Oklahoma over Texas when Texas beat Oklahoma? It reminds me of Florida St’s national championship back in the 90s when it and Notre Dame each had one loss but Flordia St.’s loss was to Notre Dame yet Florida St. was still voted National champ. That was before the BCS but it is the same problem. How can anything mean more than head to head competition? I’ll never understand that.
The 2nd BCS problem this year that has been overlooked is that fact that Ohio St. was selected as an at-large team. We depend on this system to determine who the two top teams are to play for the national championship but Ohio St. gets a bid when it is rated below an undefeated Boise St. in the standings. It doesn’t make any sense.
One major improvement to the BCS would simply be to remove the automatic bids. That would have eliminated non-deserving schools this year like Virginia Tech and Cincinnati and given the chance to teams like Boise St. We all a playoff is more likely than that though. Why would the major conferences give away that power? It has a monopoly.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Utes Get the Shaft from Officials in Provo
I can’t believe some people’s thinking after this game. The refs lost it for us but everyone seems to be focusing on Utah not coming through on 4th and 18. Yes, that was a huge opportunity to close the deal. However, that mistake does warrant giving the game away. Byu did not have to make another play following the 4th down conversion. It needed at least 2 more first downs after that conversion to get in decent field goal range for its kicker. It was given 30 yards on an early Christmas gift from the officials. The personal foul was a joke. It was a good football hit. How do you call that after letting Keihl’s hit on Brooks go in the first half?
As bad as that call was, the pass interference was worse. The ball was way under thrown, Byu’s receiver pulls Stanford into him, and Stanford turns to look for the ball. An incredibly horrible call!!!!
This got me thinking of the times in the past when Utah has been screwed by officials. I assume we aren’t the only ones but it sure seems as a Ute that we get the short end of the stick quite a bit. Here are a few on my all time “got screwed” list in no particular order:
1994? at Texas (basketball) – Officials allow Texas a catch and shoot with 1/10 of a second remaining for a game winner in Austin.
2002 at Arizona (football) – Utah’s apparent game winning touchdown catch to Josh Lyman is called out of bounds when replays indicate that Lyman’s foot was in bounds by a good foot and a half.
2000 Byu (Football) – Lavell Edwards’ final game. Luke Staley fumbles on Byu’s game winning drive but officials call him down; replays clearly showed that the ball was loose before Staley was down.
1998 at New Mexico (Basketball) – Utah goes into New Mexico undefeated and leads by 7 points with a little over a minute remaining. Andre Miller is then mugged and tackled twice without a whistle that allows New Mexico the opportunity to hit a game winner at the buzzer.
2007 at Byu (Football) – A personal foul is called on Robert Johnson on an apparent clean hit as the ball passes John Pitta. Without the penalty it would have been 3 and 10 for Byu with it needed at least 15 to 20 yards to get into field goal range. To pour salt on the wound, on the very next play R.J. Stanford is called for pass interference for playing “too good” of defense giving Byu an additional fifteen yards and setting it up for a touchdown. Utah is flagged for 10 times for 95 yards in the game compared to 4 for 43 for Byu.
Did I miss anything?
As bad as that call was, the pass interference was worse. The ball was way under thrown, Byu’s receiver pulls Stanford into him, and Stanford turns to look for the ball. An incredibly horrible call!!!!
This got me thinking of the times in the past when Utah has been screwed by officials. I assume we aren’t the only ones but it sure seems as a Ute that we get the short end of the stick quite a bit. Here are a few on my all time “got screwed” list in no particular order:
1994? at Texas (basketball) – Officials allow Texas a catch and shoot with 1/10 of a second remaining for a game winner in Austin.
2002 at Arizona (football) – Utah’s apparent game winning touchdown catch to Josh Lyman is called out of bounds when replays indicate that Lyman’s foot was in bounds by a good foot and a half.
2000 Byu (Football) – Lavell Edwards’ final game. Luke Staley fumbles on Byu’s game winning drive but officials call him down; replays clearly showed that the ball was loose before Staley was down.
1998 at New Mexico (Basketball) – Utah goes into New Mexico undefeated and leads by 7 points with a little over a minute remaining. Andre Miller is then mugged and tackled twice without a whistle that allows New Mexico the opportunity to hit a game winner at the buzzer.
2007 at Byu (Football) – A personal foul is called on Robert Johnson on an apparent clean hit as the ball passes John Pitta. Without the penalty it would have been 3 and 10 for Byu with it needed at least 15 to 20 yards to get into field goal range. To pour salt on the wound, on the very next play R.J. Stanford is called for pass interference for playing “too good” of defense giving Byu an additional fifteen yards and setting it up for a touchdown. Utah is flagged for 10 times for 95 yards in the game compared to 4 for 43 for Byu.
Did I miss anything?
Thursday, May 24, 2007
The Jazz are done but I'll enjoy the rest of the ride anyway
I hope I eat these words but I think the Jazz are done. They have finally met their match. The Spurs are far and away the best team in the league right now and they are playing like it. They are beating the Jazz at their own game. The Jazz have been competitive in spurts but the Spurs are able to turn it on and off as they please and do so as they see fit.
My prediction for the rest of the series is that the Jazz pull off a victory in Game 3 by riding the home court advantage to an emotional win. This will create a buzz to the series again but the Spurs will be back in full force in Game 4 and win a close one. They will then go home and close out the series in 5 games.
The Jazz have already exceeded expectation this year. Any win from this point forward is a bonus. It took Stockton and Malone about 7 years of playing together to get to the Western Conference Finals and it took them another five following that appearance to get to the Finals. What this young Jazz team has done already this year is remarkable. One of the fun things about this run is that I did not believe that the Jazz were capable of making it this far; especially the way they played at the end of the season. This is a lot more fun than expecting the team to get to this far and have them fall short which is what happened many times during the Stockton-Malone era in the early and mid 90s.
As Jazz fans I think it is important to enjoy this ride while it lasts. Rather than getting frustrated by the play and the inevitable result of this series, just enjoy the experience because it does not happen too often. As a Jazz fan I am going to take it "one game at a time." Any win from this point forward is simply a bonus. After they get one I'll hope for another but I am not looking beyond that first one. I'm simply going to enjoy the ride. Go Jazz!!!
My prediction for the rest of the series is that the Jazz pull off a victory in Game 3 by riding the home court advantage to an emotional win. This will create a buzz to the series again but the Spurs will be back in full force in Game 4 and win a close one. They will then go home and close out the series in 5 games.
The Jazz have already exceeded expectation this year. Any win from this point forward is a bonus. It took Stockton and Malone about 7 years of playing together to get to the Western Conference Finals and it took them another five following that appearance to get to the Finals. What this young Jazz team has done already this year is remarkable. One of the fun things about this run is that I did not believe that the Jazz were capable of making it this far; especially the way they played at the end of the season. This is a lot more fun than expecting the team to get to this far and have them fall short which is what happened many times during the Stockton-Malone era in the early and mid 90s.
As Jazz fans I think it is important to enjoy this ride while it lasts. Rather than getting frustrated by the play and the inevitable result of this series, just enjoy the experience because it does not happen too often. As a Jazz fan I am going to take it "one game at a time." Any win from this point forward is simply a bonus. After they get one I'll hope for another but I am not looking beyond that first one. I'm simply going to enjoy the ride. Go Jazz!!!
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