Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sports Broadcast
The SaberCats beat the Arizona Rattlers 63-43 on Saturday night, but the game was incidental compared to the opening ceremony which included fog machines and pyrotechnics making it feel more like a Prince concert than arena football. Arizona scored early in the first quarter but was trailing the defending ArenaBowl champs 27-7 by halftime. San Jose’s defense was strong in the first half but faltered in the second, allowing Arizona to score 36 points. Quarterback Mark Grieb threw three touchdown passes and two interceptions, The real player of the game however, was kicker A.J. Haglund who scored four field goals, tying the franchise record. The win was welcome but the game didn’t quite compare to the pre-game ceremony.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sports Feature
Between the fog machines and the pyrotechnics, the opening ceremony of the SaberCats first home game felt more like a concert than an arena football game. One almost expected Prince to pop up amongst the glittering cheerleaders.
The excitement of the crowd was tangible as defending ArenaBowl champions, the SaberCats, took to the field and came to a peak when the trophy itself was paraded around by two guards.
By the end of the first quarter the SaberCats had almost justified all the pomp and circumstance of the pre-game ceremony and they continued to dominate, ending in a resounding defeat of the Arizona Rattlers with a final score of 63-43.
Arizona scored their only points of the first half early in the first quarter. By halftime they were trailing 27-7.
It was San Jose's defense that gave the SaberCats such a big lead. They stopped the Rattlers at every turn in the first half.
The SaberCats offensive line was not as effective as their defensive line and their high, fast scoring might be due more to Arizona's poor defense than any skill they exhibited on Saturday night.
Arizona came out strong in the third and fourth quarters but was unable to keep up with San Jose.
Quarterback Mark Grieb did not perform at his best but still threw three touchdown passes.
The real player of the night was SaberCats kicker A.J. Haglund who scored four field goals, tying the franchise record.
"Kickers get a lot of work in this game, but usually not field goals," said Haglund. "Four of them was crazy."
Fans were thrilled to see the SaberCats win but in the end, the pre-game ceremony was more entertaining than the game itself.
The excitement of the crowd was tangible as defending ArenaBowl champions, the SaberCats, took to the field and came to a peak when the trophy itself was paraded around by two guards.
By the end of the first quarter the SaberCats had almost justified all the pomp and circumstance of the pre-game ceremony and they continued to dominate, ending in a resounding defeat of the Arizona Rattlers with a final score of 63-43.
Arizona scored their only points of the first half early in the first quarter. By halftime they were trailing 27-7.
It was San Jose's defense that gave the SaberCats such a big lead. They stopped the Rattlers at every turn in the first half.
The SaberCats offensive line was not as effective as their defensive line and their high, fast scoring might be due more to Arizona's poor defense than any skill they exhibited on Saturday night.
Arizona came out strong in the third and fourth quarters but was unable to keep up with San Jose.
Quarterback Mark Grieb did not perform at his best but still threw three touchdown passes.
The real player of the night was SaberCats kicker A.J. Haglund who scored four field goals, tying the franchise record.
"Kickers get a lot of work in this game, but usually not field goals," said Haglund. "Four of them was crazy."
Fans were thrilled to see the SaberCats win but in the end, the pre-game ceremony was more entertaining than the game itself.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Column
The trouble with relationships is that people base them on what they see on television. Guys see beautiful women who are smart, funny, and have a few endearing flaws that don’t generally cause any major hang ups. Girls see handsome, successful, charismatic men who are sweet and set up elaborate and thoughtful surprises. They are the perfect couple and someday maybe someone just like that will come along for me. . .
But television is just for entertainment, we all know that right? We can tell the difference between TV and reality.
I think if we take a look at our culture we will find that we cannot accurately separate the two. What we see on our screen becomes what we act out in life. What we spend our time watching becomes what we spend our time thinking about, and what we think about becomes our worldview, and our worldview shapes our expectations. The characters we see on TV are beautiful, funny, sweet, thoughtful, and generally lacking in all but one major flaw that in the end, doesn’t seem to matter much.
We act like these characters are real and if we look long enough and hard enough we will come across our version of McDreamy. If only we don’t settle.
Now people shouldn’t settle for someone who won’t love them or make them a priority, but to toss a good relationship because it doesn’t seem like the fairy tale we thought it would be is selfish and somewhat sad. Life isn’t television. In life there is compromise and disappointment and lots more hard work and less heat than we see on the screen. We hold onto our dreams of the perfect relationship and miss the chances we get to make a relationship happen. The point is people need to relinquish their movie-shaped expectations and take a look around them. Their real life love story might be waiting.
But television is just for entertainment, we all know that right? We can tell the difference between TV and reality.
I think if we take a look at our culture we will find that we cannot accurately separate the two. What we see on our screen becomes what we act out in life. What we spend our time watching becomes what we spend our time thinking about, and what we think about becomes our worldview, and our worldview shapes our expectations. The characters we see on TV are beautiful, funny, sweet, thoughtful, and generally lacking in all but one major flaw that in the end, doesn’t seem to matter much.
We act like these characters are real and if we look long enough and hard enough we will come across our version of McDreamy. If only we don’t settle.
Now people shouldn’t settle for someone who won’t love them or make them a priority, but to toss a good relationship because it doesn’t seem like the fairy tale we thought it would be is selfish and somewhat sad. Life isn’t television. In life there is compromise and disappointment and lots more hard work and less heat than we see on the screen. We hold onto our dreams of the perfect relationship and miss the chances we get to make a relationship happen. The point is people need to relinquish their movie-shaped expectations and take a look around them. Their real life love story might be waiting.
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