Catching up...

Have you ever realized how nice it is to have a weekend with nothing to do?

This was a great weekend full of nothing for me, as I was able to sit back and watch football and the World Series on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday was an early morning, leaving the house and Rocky Mount around 6:30 am to make the drive down I-95 and my 9 am class. I will admit that I wouldn't trade the opportunity to meet Trot Nixon. Friday after class I regestered for classes this spring and that was promptly followed by a rather long nap.

Friday night was a volleyball game, which was a loss for the ladies of UNC-P, but a win for me as I won a UNC-P athletics shirt during the intermission serve-off - basically a bunch of college kids going to try and serve a volleyball across court and hit one of three t-shirts laid out on the oppostide side of the court.

After the game, I was able to take in Boise St. at San Diego St. and I like the Broncos of Boise State to make another BCS game appearance.

Saturday was filled with....football. Nothing else. All day. Glad to see that Carolina won, among other games.Michigan is ridiculously horrable, and Ohio State and Penn State was the game of the week, as stated, and was a good one to watch, and a good one to end the night on.

Congrats to Terrell Hudgins, who now holds every recieving record at Elon. And he's done all this in two and a half years. Not bad for a guy who was a quarterback for the Gryphons and transferred from ECU so he could be on the offensive side of the ball. Good job to both him and Stephan Virgil, who's shining in his first season as a starter on defense at Virginia Tech.

On to Sunday, where it seems like the Panthers have had to come from behind every game that they've won. Have they actually been ahead and controled a game at any point this season? The Saints beat the Chargers in a game played in London, which is a total bad idea - all the way around. Sending a team across an ocean to be exposed to a media frenzy and fans all week, while throwing off player's preperation habits and keeping them away from their families is not a step in the right direction.

The NFL said they would like to play more games in Europe in the future and possibly have a franchise located there someday. Can you picture a team having to travel across the ocean every week to come to the US and actually having success?

I'm sure that there are many cities across the country that would gladly accept an NFL team right now if given the chance. An football was played in Europe before - it was called NFL Europe, which was abruptly shut down. It was the league's only sort of minor league, a way for teams to help younger players develope and help them out in the future. And the fans weren't complaining. Every game I ever saw on tv was in front of filled stadiums cheering on their teams. Only a few years later, now we want to place a team overseas? Sure, great idea.