Georgia State Football

On April 17, 2008 Georgia State ,a college located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, announced that the college would be starting a football team in 2010. They also announced that they would be competing in the Colonial Athletic Association and later announced on June 12, 2008 that Bill Curry, former NFL and college player and college coach, would be the first coach of the program. Curry brought in the recruits in 2009 and practiced every day from August 1st until Thanksgiving and didn't even play a game. The players said that it was tough to go through because they were looking forward to playing in the NCAA, but they thought it was worth it when they finally played their first game on September 2, 2010 in the Georgia Dome vs. Shorter. They played very hard and excited and won the first game 41 to 7. The team estimated that only about 25,000 would be on hand for the game, but were surprised to see 30,237 fans show up. The team finished up with a expected 63 to 7 loss @Alabama. Their final record to the inaugural season was 6 and 5. This was a great story that I heard about on the pre-game show to the Alabama/Auburn game on CBS.

Rivalries

Rivalry. The dictionary definition is "competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field." My definition would be a game that two teams who don't like each other are playing. There are many rivalries in college athletics like UNC/Duke, Ohio State/Michigan, Alabama/Auburn, USC/UCLA,Texas/Oklahoma. Every team has a rival. It can be an in-state rivalry in which 2 teams from the same state are playing. Some rivalries just started because a coach went to the other school or just that they played a close game one year. In most rivalries the teams are evenly matched which makes the matchups more interesting to watch. Some families are divided. My mom's friend's family is split in the UNC/Duke rivalry. Her friend went to UNC while her sister went to Duke which makes the games more exciting. UNC and Duke are big rivals in basketball and get much attention while in football it is not big and doesn't get much attention. The Ohio State/Michigan rivalry is huge in football but not in basketball. I wonder why that happens. Please comment why you think this happens and which rivalry you care the most about.

UNC Preview 2010-11

One of my first blog entries was a preview of the North Carolina Tarheels from last season. I thought that they would do okay and make the tournament but not cut down the nets. My predictions were right that they wouldn't cut the nets, but the Heels didn't even make the tournament. It was a rebuilding year as many fans called it. If they meant rebuilding as getting better players then that was exactly what the year was about. The Heels brought in the #4 recruiting class in the nation including ESPNU's #1 recruit, Harrison Barnes. Many think he will be the next Lebron James or Kobe Bryant. Lots compare him to John Wall of Kentucky last year, just without the attitude. He is predicted to be on the NCAA All American team at the end of the season and be the Freshman of the Year. During the recruiting process, he had many choices besides UNC, including Tarheel rival Duke and Kansas. When the Heels play Duke in the Battle for Tobacco Road, Coach K will be frustrated that he didn't get Barnes. North Carolina should be pretty good this year, but Duke is predicted to win the ACC and the National Title. My prediction is that the Tarheels will be a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and go to the Elite Eight but lose there. I think many fans will be satisfied with that finnish compared to last season's results.

Randy Moss Traded

Star wide receiver in the NFL, Randy Moss has been traded for the second time this season. He started with New England who traded him just before their bye week to Minnesota who was coming off a bye. He played a few games with the Vikings before they put him on waivers Sunday afternoon. Today, Moss was picked up by Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans. The Titans' young gun, Kenny Britt got hurt in Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers. The Titans going into a bye week needing a receiver, were the 22nd team in the waivers. They had the best offer, so they traded a third round draft pick to the Minnesota Vikings for Moss. After he was released I said to my dad, "I think the Titans should pick him up because of Britt being injured." That just happened and now Vikings coach Brad Childress is calling the trade a bad move. Hopefully Moss will play great the rest of the year so the Titans can beat out the Colts for the AFC South Division title.