Introducing the Bobby Knight of Big XII football…Mike Gundy?

There already is an equivalent of Bobby Knight in Big Ten football. He was a guy by the name of Woody Hayes. But up until this point, I though Woody Hayes was the only Bobby Knight of college football. It turned out that I was wrong..by a country mile.

Enter the 40-year old football virgin, Mike Gundy. Here he is, after a 49-45 slugfest over Texas Tech, in which he rips apart Jenna Carlson for her presumed smack-talking of one of the reserve quarterbacks who is benched anyway…and he does an average, if D-grade, effort in delivering the backlash.

I mean, it’s hilarious, and I applaud the fact that he is standing by his words, at the risk of being chewed up like Hank Hill in the first episode of King of the Hill. At least, he didn’t pull out a Don Imus-like impersonation. Carlson can breathe easy, now that she wasn’t painted in the same brush as the runner-ups on the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

But it takes courage to stand by your words, and face the music. Even I have trouble apologizing for my choice of words, because I believe that apologies never reversed the damage done, and it won’t. You gotta hand it to coaches like Mike Gundy. They would bring tears to Bud Kilmer’s eyes, or at least a chuckle or a smirk.

And one wonders if Bobby Knight is impressed by the choice of words, if at all. After all, he now coaches the basketball team from the university that Mike Gundy’s boys defeated the other weekend.

So much for getting the facts straight…

Saimoe Second Round: Groups C and D

Saimoe Second Round: Groups C and D

The Bedlam rolls on with its Saimoe 2007 coverage with the second round in Groups C and D.

Group C

Round C1

1. Suzu - Nagasarete Airantou 198
2. Lunar Edomae -Seto no Hanayome 899
3. Hinagiku Katsura -Hayate no Gotoku 870

Winner - Lunar Edomae

Biggest upset of the tournament so far. The Hayate harem nation is crying foul at this point, while the Hanayome team is popping the confetti.

Round C2-

1. Chika Ito -Ichigo Mashimaro 574
2. Vivio -Nanoha Strikers 197
3. Nanoha Takamachi- Nanoha Strikers 842

Winner – Never missing a beat, Nanoha Takamachi rolls on, setting up a big clash between idol sensation and the White Devil of the TSAB.

Round C3-

1. Caro Ru Lushe-Nanoha Strikers 588
2. Miyako -Hidamari Sketch 657
3. Makoto Sawatari(The “auuuu” one)-Kanon 458

Winner – Miyako.

Danger! Danger! The Hidamari heavy hitters are coming through.

Round C4-

1. Ai -ARIA The NATURAL 193
2. Vita-Nanoha Strikers 778
3. Matsuri Shihō –Sola 760

Winner – Vita. Closest result in this group: 18 votes.

It will be Miyako vs. Vita for a spot in the Group C final. Uh-oh. Could this be a Nanoha vs. Vita Group C final!? Stay tuned…

Group D

Round D1-

1. Yuno -Hidamari Sketch 784
2. Miu Matsuoka -Ichigo Mashimaro 379
3. Barasuishou-Rozen Maiden 500

Winner – You know who. [pun intended]

We noted on the Bedlam that one should keep an eye on the heavy hitters from Hidamari Sketch, and here’s more proof why.

Round D2-

1. Akiko Minase-Kanon 382
2. Hayate Yagami -Nanoha Strikers 931
3. Kaori Misaka -Kanon 173

Winner – Hayate Yagami. Biggest second-round winning margin in this group.

Round D3-

1. Shiori Misaka -Kanon 583
2. Rena Ryuuguu -Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 825
3. Yue Ayase -Negima!? 319

Winner – Rena Ryuuguu. And the franchise yanderekko from Higurashi (at least in my book) rolls on.

Round D4-

1. Mugi Asai –Hitohira 324
2. Kagami Hiiragi-Lucky Star 1155
3. Hiro-Hidamari Sketch 363

Winner- Kagami Hiiragi. Interesting to note that she had to survive a showdown with Maria from Hayate the Combat Butler just to get to this round. This time, the voters award her courage, and this wasn’t even close. Already battle-tested, the road doesn’t get any easier, with Rena Ryuuguu from Higurashi up next, setting up a nice Group D semifinal!

Groups E and F up next…

Know your place, Mariners.

Thank god [sic] that the Mariner Miracle never materialized and the Curse of Jorge Campillo was lifted.

On Fan Appreciation Day, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated the Seattle Mariners, 7-4. And the champagne, which was on ice the past two days, was uncorked, and it was a fun party all over.

Meanwhile, Long Beach State’s women’s soccer team wraps up their trip in Norman, Oklahoma with a 5-0 win over North Texas, exacting payback for a 1-0 defeat in their last meeting in 1999. The day wasn’t so great for the men’s water polo team, getting their comeuppance from the alumni, 8-7. Next year, old boys, brings some whips with you, to haze them for their futility [sic].

Some bad news…and good news…for Charleston Southern.

The bad news:

• The Buccaneers got crushed, 66-10.
  

The good news:

A number of things.

• They got two interceptions. And the first play from scrimmage for Hawaii
  resulted in their first pick.
• They held Hawaii to only 21 points in the first
  half, and trailed by as little as 21-10.
• They even were 7-7 for a good period
  of time, thrusting some concerns among the Aloha Stadium crowd, and keeping the
  people in North Charleston giddy for a bit in the early morning.
• Hawaii was unable to cover. The Warriors were favored by 60. Charleston Southern only lost by 56.
• Northern Colorado still lost by a bigger margin: 57 points. One point
  worse.
• And Northern Colorado still gained the least points against UH so far
  this season: 6 points. 4 points less than Charleston Southern.
  

Don’t look now, but the Big South might give the Big Sky some fits, should they tangle in the postseason. Bravo, Charleston Southern. You guys performed better than I expected. There might be some hope for you as the season progresses down in your neck of the woods. Pray that your plane doesn't crash like the Marshall team of 1970 on the flight home.

So…who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, anyway?

It ain’t me, of course. The Big Bad Wolf I am referring to is UCSB men’s water polo coach Wolf Wigo. He thought he could come to our house, and huff, and puff, and blow it down. And the UCSB fans thought the same way. Fools! We bent, but didn’t break, and Gavin Arroyo’s guys took it to ‘em, 9-8.

Bring out the lime, Beach Nation, on November 11^th…a whitewash may be in order. I’m not scared of wolves…I’m a 49er, inshallah. I hunt wolves! I may have to pantomime a shotgun and pretend to point it at the Big Bad Wolf next meeting, if he complains that I am ruining his concentration. There are bigger things to worry about than suffering another heartbreaker. I leave it to you to figure it out, Gaucho[ke]s.

Now, we aren’t done yet with those punks from Goleta. Our women’s volleyball team isn’t feeling too happy after getting an assraping of the worst kind from the Mustangs of Cal Poly. But if they can’t successfully take their anger out on UC Santa Barbara down at the Thunderdome tonight, I won’t be done chewing Brian Gimmillaro up and spitting him out for his Central Coast futility, either, God forbid it happens.

EDIT: It didn't. The Beach swept 'em, 3-0. Our job's done here for today.

Regis Philbin! You said that “It’s time to stop the bleeding.” Well, when the Jews crucified Jesus (yes, it was the Jews, via the Romans, Caiaphas, the chief priests and those bloody Pharisees, the scumbags, not our sins, that crucified Jesus), they didn’t stop the bleeding. Why should it stop for Charlie Weis’s Fighting Irish football team? Michigan State took it to them, 31-14.

Next time, Mr. Philbin, two words: SHUT UP.

Now here is a brewing storyline that even the Wyrd sisters from Macbeth couldn’t have concocted even if they gave 1000% on it: the Seattle Mariners winning the rest of their games, while the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim lose the rest of their games.

In Seattle, they can call it “The Mariner Miracle.” In Anaheim, we should call it “The Curse of Jorge Campillo.” Seattle won, 3-2. One is still the “magic number.”

Haruhi Suzumiya, send help.

Saimoe 2007 Second Round: Groups A and B

Saimoe 2007 Second Round: Groups A and B

And here we go again in Groups A and B, with the second round results. It’s down to four remaining in both group.

Group A

Round A1-

1. Shana(Shakugan no shana) 975
2. Evangeline AK Mcdowell(Negima) 811
3. Karen Stadtfeld-Code Geass 213
4. Kanaria(Rozen Maiden) 177

Winner – Shana

Round A2-

1. Segawa Izumi- Hayate no Gotoku 730
2. Lisianthus(Sia)-Shuffle Memories! 208
3. Konomi Yuzuhara -ToHeart 2 OVA 521

Winner – Izumi

It will be a battle between Shana and Izumi for a spot in the Group A final.

Round A3-

1. Miki Hanabishi-Hayate no Gotoku 288
2. Yukari Hirai-Shakugan no Shana 381
3. Tomoe Kashiwaba-Rozen Maiden 613

Winner - Tomoe

Round A4-

1. Tomari Kurusu-Kashimashi 253
2. Nagi Sanzen’in-Hayate no Gotoku 994
3. Ayano Minegishi-Lucky Star 267

Winner – Nagi. The most lopsided result of the group.

It will be Nagi vs. Tomoe for a spot in the Group A final. Can Kawashiba make it another upset special? Stay tuned…

Group B

Round B1-

1. Isumi Saginomiya-Hayate 1010
2. Yui Narumi-Lucky Star 274
3. Siesta-Zero no Tsukaima 568

Winner – Isumi. The first blowout from this group.

Round B2-

1. Nayuki Minase- Kanon 674
2. Konata Izumi-Lucky Star 824
3. Ellis- EL CALADOR 174

Winner – Konata

It’s Isumi vs. Izumi for a spot in the Group B final.

Round B3-

1. Konoka Konoe-Negima!? 543
2. Mika “Mikan” Inamori- Manabi Straight 537
3. Sae-Hidamari Sketch 239

Winner – Konoka. Closest result in this group: six votes.

Round B4-

1. C.C-Code Geass 775
2. Chikaru Minamoto-Strawberry Panic 660
3. Urutori–Utawarerumono 122

Winner – C.C.

Konoka will face off against C.C. for a spot in the Group B final.

Groups C and D up next…on BoBA.

Hello, Canadian fart-sniffers.

As if things weren’t bad enough for Canadian soccer, seeing that the women’s national team, a.k.a. “Big Red”, give up a late goal to Australia and see them knocked out of the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the salt was rubbed in the already gaping wounds of those who followed the round ball up in the Great White North.

That bunch of fart-sniffers, also known as the Canadian Soccer Association, decided to give CONCACAF, and Canadian associated football aficionados in general, the middle finger by rejecting an offer to host the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament.

To which BoBA responds simply with, “What is this faggotry!?”

From the London Free Press:

CHENGDU, CHINA -- The battleground is supposed to be 28,269 seat Chengdu Sports Stadium in the middle of downtown in this Sichuan Province capital city of seven million people.

It's where Canada plays Australia tomorrow in the go on or home game in Group C of the Women's World Cup.

But it was a practice field behind a bowling alley here yesterday where the shots were being fired as the Canadian players expressed disappointment and coach Even Pellerud and manager Les Meszaros escalated their outrage at the Canadian Soccer Association here yesterday.

That's where the spit hit the fan with the revelation on Sunday that the CSA turned down a CONCACAF request to play host to the Olympic qualifying tournament.

Angus Barrett of St. John's, the head of delegation, executive member of the association and director at large, was confronted by media members here to explain the decision.

He said the CSA, an organization currently without a president, a CEO or an executive director, "couldn't afford the $300,000 to $400,000 it would cost" to play host to the six-team tournament in Canada despite the advantage it would give Canada in getting to next summer's Beijing Olympic Games. The event is now likely to be held in Haiti.

"Haiti can afford it but Canada can't?" said Meszaros. "How do you explain that to the Canadian public?"

You can't. Especially after Pellerud, who is on the final year of his contract, was inspired to reveal more of the dirty details.

"We're talking about pocket money. We could easily get all that money back in ticket sales if we put up the money," he said of the event next March.

Do the math. It's chump change.

Pellerud said he'd even arranged a local organizing committee to play host to the event in Victoria.

"I told the association they could take the money out of our team budget. That was my offer to them. We believed there would be no problem at all recovering it. The CSA simply didn't want to make the effort to do it. It's a very big disappointment to me and the whole team."

Kara Lang, a member of the Canadian team which finished in the final four of the Women's World Cup four years ago but then lost the get-to-the-Olympics game against Mexico in the qualifying tournament in Costa Rica, said it was "extremely disappointing" to the team.

"It really would have put us at an advantage. It would have made it a lot easier."

"It's disappointing for sure," said veteran Andrea Neil. "I don't know if there are reasons for it that we don't understand."

Barrett said: "The CSA decided it would cost us too much to host. Next year is going to be a very expensive year with World Cup qualifying games for the men's team and the women's team preparations for the Olympic qualifying. There are huge demands for national teams next year."

He said despite setting a record attendance of 1,192,161 in playing host to the recent FIFA U-20 World Cup, the association managed to lose money. Five years ago, the association played host to the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championships centred in Edmonton and made enough money to cover costs and pay FIFA host seeding money back.

Barrett didn't dispute the advantage it would give Canada to qualify at home.

"I agree. There's no doubt about it," he said. "I don't blame Even one bit. He wants the best for his players."

And the CSA doesn't? Where there's a will, there's a way.

Pellerud showed the will and the way.

The Canadian Soccer Association has clearly lost their way. The organization has become a national disgrace.

No question, this group of fart-sniffers has no respect for the game itself, and one must ask of their qualification to make these types of faggotrical decision-making. I, for one, am disgusted, and laugh at their faces in smite, as Haiti, a once war-torn country where Jean Bertrand Aristide ran amok like Baron Samedi on a Sunday morning, will pick up the pieces and do the right thing for once.

“They who give the middle finger to an excellent opportunity must be shot, and left to rot in the street.” -Anonymous

Farewell, Jose Mourinho.

Well, this has to be some shocking news, since I follow the Chelsea over land and sea (and Leicester, maybe)...

Jose Mourinho's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an abrupt end on Thursday
as the Portuguese manager's fraught relationship with the club's Russian owner,
Roman Abramovich, finally reached breaking point.
An announcement that will
send shockwaves through English and European football came in the early hours of
Thursday morning with Chelsea claiming that Mourinho had left "by mutual
consent."
A terse statement posted on the London club's website stated:
"Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today
(Thursday) by mutual consent."
Mourinho had reportedly informed Frank Lampard
and other senior players that he was on his way out on Wednesday evening and
late-night talks at Stamford Bridge concluded with confirmation of his
departure.
The Portuguese manager, who made his reputation by guiding FC
Porto to UEFA Champions League glory in 2004, has transformed the English
football landscape since taking over at Stamford Bridge in June 2004, winning
two Premier League titles in his first two years in charge, the FA Cup last
season and the League Cup in 2005 and 2007.
Of the 185 games he has been in
charge, Chelsea have won 124, drawn 40 and lost 21, a record that includes a
60-match unbeaten run in Premier League matches at Stamford Bridge.
The
statistics go some way towards justifying Mourinho's famous description of
himself as "a special one."
That comment was made in his first press
conference in England and it is a judgement that few Chelsea fans would dispute
after three years which saw the club end its 50-year wait to be crowned
champions and establish itself as one of the most feared teams in
Europe.
However, the success has failed to seduce Abramovich and the
Russian's relationship with his most outspoken employee turned sour last season
when he refused to come up with the funds Mourinho required to land his January
transfer targets, a stance the Portuguese believes contributed to Chelsea
conceding the Premier League title to Manchester United.
On the other side of
the feud, Abramovich has grown increasingly impatient with the fact that, after
investing nearly 500 million pounds (one billion dollars) in the club, Chelsea
have failed to conquer Europe and continue to lag behind the likes of Arsenal,
Barcelona and Manchester United in terms of entertainment value.
Tuesday's
disappointing 1-1 Champions League draw with Norwegian side Rosenberg - watched
by fewer than 25,000 fans - appears to have brought simmering tensions to the
boil, and with hindsight, Mourinho's pre-match comments about the need to buy
the best eggs to make the best omelette offered a hint that things were not
going smoothly behind the scenes.
Mourinho and Abramovich appeared to have
agreed to bury their differences over the summer and the manager had started
this campaign pledging that he would be a much more "chilled" figure than in his
first two seasons in England.
However, the strain of Chelsea's poor recent
form was evident on Saturday, when Mourinho tossed a flat-screen television set
to the ground in frustration over a disallowed goal in his side's 0-0 draw with
Blackburn.
The manager has also made no attempt to disguise his frustration
with Chelsea's misfiring striker Andriy Shevchenko, whose £30 million signing
from AC Milan is widely believed to have been ordered by Abramovich.
Mourinho
has also clashed with the Russian owner over backroom appointments, notably the
May 2005 recruitment of Dutchman Frank Arnesen as the club's youth/scouting
supremo and the appointment of Avram Grant as director of football.
Grant is
likely to be in charge of Chelsea for Sunday's trip to Manchester United but it
is thought likely that Abramovich will be looking to bring in a high-profile
successor to Mourinho.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink and former Germany boss
Jurgen Klinsmann are likely to top the speculative short-list, which may also
include Sevilla's highly-rated Juande Ramos.

Godspeed, Jose Mourinho. I hope either Guus or Jurgen gets it. Not sure about Juande. Either way, it should be nice GET! for Chelsea and Roman Abramovich.

2007 Long Beach State Hockey Schedule

Long Beach State: Better hockey than the Ice Dogs.

September
28 Fri 7:30pm Home Arizona State University DI
29 Sat 7:30pm Home Arizona State University DI

OCTOBER
04Thu 8:50pm Home University of Southern California
05Fri Away University of Southern California
11Thu Away University of Utah
12Fri Away Brigham Young University
13Sat Away Utah State University
19Fri 9:15pm Home UCLA
20Sat Away UCLA
26Fri Away Colorado University
27Sat Away Virginia Tech University
28Sun Away San Jose State University

NOVEMBER
02Fri 7:30pm HOME Arizona State University
03Sat 7:45pm HOME Arizona State University
09Fri Away University of Arizona DI
10Sat Away University of Arizona DI
15Thu 8:50pm Home Colorado State University
17Sat 7:30pm Home Colorado State University
30Fri 7:30pm Home University of Utah

DECEMBER
01 Sat 7:30pm Home University of Utah
07 Fri Away University of Southern California
08 Sat 7:30pm Home University of Southern California

JANUARY
11Thu Away Arizona State University
12Sat Away Arizona State University
17Thu 8:50pm Home University of Washington
18Fri 9:15pm Home Brigham Young University

19Sat 7:30pm Home Brigham Young University

FEBRUARY
01 Fri 9:15pm Home Loyola Marymount University
07 Thu Away Loyola Marymount University
08 Fri 9:15pm Home San Jose State University

21-23 TBA Away National Regional

Student body commemorates 9/11 anniversary - News

Student body commemorates 9/11 anniversary - News

CRUSHED! FELLED! FINISHED! OWNED! GAR!

Team Microsoft has been crushed! The European Court runs up the score in the poor Washingtonians in a landmark decision that makes Appalachian State’s victory over Michigan look like a drop in the ocean.

From ZDNet reports:

Microsoft suffered a stunning defeat on Monday when a European Union court backed a European Commission ruling that the U.S. software giant illegally abused its market power to crush competitors.

The European Union's second-highest court dismissed the company's appeal on all substantive points of the 2004 antitrust ruling.

Microsoft shares traded in Frankfurt were down 2 percent at 20.40 euros in trading on Monday, underperforming the European technology index, which was down 0.4 percent. About 15,000 shares had changed hands, roughly the 30-day average daily trading volume.

The court said Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, was unjustified in tying new applications to its Windows operating system in a way that harmed consumer choice.

The verdict, which may be appealed only on points of law and not of fact, could force Microsoft to change its business practices.

It also gives EU Competition Commission Neelie Kroes a green light to pursue other antitrust cases and complaints involving Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm and Rambus, and to issue draft new antitrust guidelines that were put on ice pending the ruling.

"Microsoft must now comply fully with its legal obligations to desist from engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The Commission will do its utmost to ensure that Microsoft complies swiftly," Kroes said in a statement.

The court upheld a record $689 million fine imposed on the company as part of the original decision.

More important, it endorsed Commission sanctions against Microsoft's tying together of software and refusal to give rival makers of office servers information to enable their products to work smoothly with Windows, used by 95 percent of computers.

It annulled only the EU regulator's imposition of a Microsoft-funded independent trustee to monitor compliance.

"The Court of First Instance essentially upholds the Commission's decision finding that Microsoft abused its dominant position," a court statement said.

Downbeat
Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith was downbeat in speaking to reporters at the courtroom, promising the company would obey the ruling in full. He said there was no decision yet on whether to appeal to the European Court of Justice.

"It is clearly very important to us as a company that we comply with our obligations under European law," Smith said. "We will study this decision carefully and if there additional steps we need to take in order to comply with it, we will take them."

Microsoft has used every recourse open to it in every case brought against it by governments and regulators.

The company has weathered a series of defeats in antitrust cases in the last decade and sees legal setbacks as almost part of its business model and a price for its near-monopoly.

Microsoft has already moved to new battlegrounds such as seeking acceptance of its technical standards across the industry, while continuing to bundle new features into its new Vista desktop software.

Rivals welcomed the EU court decision as a signal that authorities do not intend to allow Microsoft to pursue anticompetitive practices with impunity.

The Commission ordered the company to sell a version of Windows without the Windows Media Player application used for video and music, which few have bought, and to share information allowing rivals' office servers to work smoothly with Windows.

No objective justification
"Microsoft has not demonstrated the existence of objective justification for the bundling, and ... the remedy imposed by the Commission is proportionate," the court statement said.

A spokesman for Microsoft opponents, the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, said the ruling confirmed Microsoft had abused its near-monopoly in computer operating systems and set ground rules for the company's behavior.

"This decision establishes principles for the behavior of this company. Microsoft should now finally comply with the Commission decision on operability," lawyer Thomas Vinje said.

Another winner was the Free Software Foundation, which makes free, open software for work group servers. "Microsoft can consider itself above the law no longer," said Georg Greve, president of the FSF Europe.

The judges ordered Microsoft to pay the costs of FSF and those of the software giant's business rivals, which had supported the Commission's case. By contrast, Microsoft's allies were forced to bear their own costs.

The Commission must pay 20 percent of its own costs and 20 percent of Microsoft's while Microsoft must pay 80 percent of its own costs and 80 percent of the Commission's.

The ruling was made by the 13-judge Grand Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, the first time such a matter has been broadcast on live television.

Since the original decision, the Commission has fined Microsoft a further $381.4 million, saying it had failed to comply with the interoperability sanction. The EU regulator is considering a further fine for noncompliance. The Commission also says it'll seek to reduce Microsoft's market share in Europe.

"A market level of much less than 95 percent would be a way of measuring success ... You can't draw a line and say exactly 50 (percent) is correct, but a significant drop in market share is what we would like to see," Kroes told a news conference.

The company's Windows operating system runs on about 95 percent of the world's personal computers.

Okay, who wrote our university’s women’s soccer media guide? Fess up.

Today, in a effort to kill some time before attacking my assignments (I will go ahead and do some MGMT 425 work after I post this blog), I went over to George Allen Field to see our ladies face the Baylor Bears. Finally, our ladies are able to actually win at home IN REGULATION. Hallelujah. We defeated those grues from Waco by the score of 3-0. Only one save needed for Liz Ramos, 12 for the Baylor keeper. That was how one-sided this match was.

Next up: a trip to Norman to face not the Sooners, but a couple of teams in Middle Tennessee State and North Texas, the latter who we have faced a couple of times. Note: some revenge is in order; in our last meeting with the Mean Green (in 1999, an ignominious season to forget), we lost to them 1-0.

Before the game, though, I bought the media guide for our team, and it was not until page 15 (the media guide, $5.00 [I had to sell some bottles the day before to muster enough to buy it, as well as a Rockstar, Trident, and this Sunday’s Press-Telegram) that I saw some errors in the guide. (As if Evan Longoria returning to play women’s soccer for Long Beach State was bad enough…good God…) For example, in Rachel Whiteaker’s section, it says “…at the Long Beach State,” and “…at the Central Florida”. It was the same for Mariko Stirckland’s section. Here’s an idea, guys: drop the “THE” in the statement.

Some more errors:

Page 22: in the record, they spell Sahar Haghdan’s last name wrong. (Haghan? Haghand? Who are they? I don’t remember anyone with that last name on our team; what’s up?)

Page 25: Poor Dr. F. King Alexander, they cut off his section early, and didn’t complete everything. How to fix it? Simple: resize the text to something smaller!

Page 29: Misspelled Brianna Truelove’s last name in the Academic All-Stars section. (Who is Turelove? That’s a questionable last name, along the lines of Texas Tech kicker Keith Toogood.)

This is why we have proofreading and editing tools, guys. Apparently, whoever wrote this forgot to use it. No offense, but these errors can make a negative impression on the professionalism of people up top. It’s the truth. If I was Dr. Deborah Gaut, I would give the person who wrote this a D, if not an F, for making the mechanics errors all that apparent.

A side note: Murray State defeated Lambuth yesterday, 48-13. You can breathe a sigh of relief now, Dr. Alexander.

I think they are still jealous of the cold hard fact...

...that we are still the defending Olympic gold medalists in rugby for over eight decades. So they decide to thumb their noses at our rugby team.

PARIS, 14 September - Yesterday evening in Paris a RWC 2007 Appeal Hearing was held into the case of USA centre Paul Emerick.

The Appeal Committee comprised Chairman Justice Wyn Williams, Bruce Squire QC and Judge Guillermo Tragant.

The Appeal Committee upheld the decision of the Judicial Officer, Professor Lorne Crerar, in suspending Paul Emerick (USA) for a dangerous tackle on England's Olly Barkley in the England v USA match on 8 September.

The Appeal Committee was satisfied that the tackle in question was very dangerous and, in the circumstances, a five week suspension was the correct sanction.

RNS dk/djp

Williams, Squire, Tragant and Crerar can go hang themselves for their apparent jealousy that for all the accolades their teams have won, we are still the best at Olympic rugby. It's the truth. And we would kick their asses at American football. It would be over by the first quarter.

Speaking of which, Hawaii got back to their usual mojo, defeating UNLV, 49-14, but this time using some more run from the run-and-shoot system. Colt Brennan ran for 3 touchdowns, passing for two more, and Ryan Mouton out of juco national champs Blinn JC intercepted a pass for a touchdown, while Tyler Graunke hurled one more score, this time to Malcolm Lane in relief.

Bring on Charleston Southern. Nobody cares about a bunch of black college easybeats like Johnson C. Smith (who?) anyway.

It seems the number "49" is looking to be a good number.

San Diego rolled over Northern Colorado 49-13 (Seriously, Bears, did you think you were reallyt ready for a Division I FCS mid-major team? Get a gut check and go back to D-II, you Greeley grues) , USC rolled over Nebraska 49-31, and Mike Hart turns from Lola of the Copacabana into Joe Namath of the New York Jets with Michigan pasting Notre Dame 38-0.

The latter result was not "49", but was close, given that Notre Dame flat-out sucks.

Meanwhile, Long Beach State women's volleyball wraps up a road show in Denver with a 3-2 victory over Ohio, and the men's water polo team splits a couple of matches at the NorCal Tournament. Oh yeah, and the women's soccer team defeated Oklahoma, 2-1.

Only low notes were Long Beach City failing, as well as the Roughriders choking. Booo.

Saimoe 2007 First Round Group H

Saimoe 2007 First Round Group H

We wrap up the first round of voting here at Saimoe 2007 with a wrap-up of Group H. There are going to be some great second-round matches. Here’s the round up on the Bedlam.

Round H1-

1. Chitose Kanna – Hitohira 232
2. Makie Sasaki-Negima 358
3. Satoko Hojo -Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 543

Winner- Satoko Hojo

Round H2-

1. Sugintou -Rozen Maiden 924
2. Manaka Komaki-To Heart2 OVA 256
3. Koyori Ishizuki –Sola 286

Winner-Sugintou

Round H-3

1. Fate Testerrosa Harlaown - Nanoha Strikers 1112
2. Milly Ashford -Code Geass 237
3. Miki Onimaru-Muteki Kanban Musume 166

Winner- As expected, Fate Harlaown. Most lopsided result of the group.

Round H4-

1. Lutecia-Nanoha Strikers 523
2. Misaki Nakahara -Welcome to the N.H.K. 569
3. Tsubomi Okuwaka-Strawberry Panic! 341

Winner- Misaki Nakahara. The showcase moekko of Welcome to the NHK advances in a nailbiter.

Round H5-

1. Shamal -Nanoha Strikers 456
2. Neko Musume-GeGeGe no Kitaro 277
3. Gretel-BLACK LAGOON The Second Barrage 308

Winner- Shamal

Round H6-

1. Alicia Florence -ARIA The NATURAL 672
2. Reinforce- Nanoha Strikers 303
3. Margery Daw -Shakugan no Shana 161

Winner- Alicia Florence. The heavy hitters from ARIA roll on.

Round H7-

1. Misaki Hijiri-Saint October 142
2. Mai Kawasumi- Kanon 766
3. Mawari Zenigata -Seto no Hanayome 625

Winner-Mai Kawasumi

Round H8-

1. Karen Sonomiya-Sky Girls 144
2. Otoha Sakurano-Sky Girls 590
3. Louise de La Valliere -Zero no Tsukaima 922

Winner – Louise de La Valliere

Round H9-

1. Ringo Kinoshita -Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin 427
2. Yurika Hanayamada-Chocotto Sister 157
3. Ami Futami-iDOLM@STER: XENOGLOSSIA 333

Winner- Ringo Kinoshita

Round H-10-

1. Megumi Noda-Nodame Cantabile 223
2. Miyo Takano-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 503
3. Sumomo Kohinata-Happiness 318

Winner- Miyo Takano

Round H11-

1. Sachiko Ogasawara-Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA 299
2. Mai Tokiha–Mai-Otome Zwei 460
3. Ibarahime-Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin 514

Winner- Ibarahime

Round H12-

1. Nanako Kuroi-Lucky Star 94 610
2. Inori Hiiragi-Lucky Star
3. Eri Sawachika -School Rumble 750

Winner- Eri Sawachika. It seems School Rumble’s campaign isn’t a complete bust yet.

The first round at Saimoe 2007 is a rep. Round 2, coming right up…on the Bedlam.

What a way to wake up, eh?

There are athletic sites, and there are athletic sites that deserve major lulz. Exposed!

So I came back from Smorgasport on campus, and a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Oklahoma at George Allen Field, and when I got back to my laptop (it was downloading some torrents while I was away), I saw the score: Lakewood 40, Mayfair 3.

Now, at first, I wasn’t so sure if Lakewood was going to be able to be focused, after the ignominious start to the year. But I can deduce three reasons why Lakewood wanted this game:

1. They are 0-2. Well, they were 0-2. But I had a gut feeling that if this was how they would play, they might go winless. I do not remember a season in which my high school’s football team actually suffered a winless season. Those guys didn’t want to see that, either.
2. The game against Tesoro was a tail of two halves. We were up 21-10 at the break, and as the guys took the field for the second half, I warned, “Hey, 21-10 is not a good-enough lead. You gotta add to it, because that can be made up in a hurry.” It pays to listen. Apparently, they didn’t, and the Titans won, 24-21. I could imagine Coach Thadd MacNeal not being the least bit happy with the performance, and I could also imagine him yelling it to their faces. (I shouldn’t go into detail with the bus ride that followed, but to keep it short: you can’t tell me that there aren’t any nappy-headed ho’s who operated the coaches on Long Beach Transit. That means someone close to you lied, straight up. They must be fish-slapped, immediately. In the groin.)
3. Mayfair wrested the Milk Bucket away from them last year. That had to leave a bad taste in Lakewood’s mouths, and they wanted that back.

Apparently, Mayfair coach Mike Fitch wasn’t ready for what his Monsoons were going to be up against. They were facing an angry, frustrated, hell-bent Lancer football team looking for answers, and someone to smack the devil down on. MaxPreps predicted that Mayfair would defend their trophy.

This is clear proof why statistics should be burned at the stake when it comes to these rivalry games, because they are meaningless.

Let’s see if this blowout over the Monsoons will get them ready for a shot at evening their records against La Palma Kennedy.

Saimoe 2007 First Round Group G

Saimoe 2007 First Round Group G

The Bedlam continues its coverage of Saimoe 2007, with first round results from Group G.

Round G1-

1. Kamyu –Utawarerumono 161
2. Reinforce II-Nanoha Strikers 813
3. Ayu Tsukimiya –Kanon 934

Winner- Ayu Tsukimiya

Round G2-

1. Kaguya Sumeragi -Code Geass 368
2. Chigusa Sakai-Shakugan no Shana 399
3. Sakuya-Utawarerumono 264

Winner-Chigusa Sakai. One of the more lower voter turnouts in the first round.

Round G3-

1. Limone-Simoun 420
2. Eruru (Elulu)-Utawarerumono 566
3. Touka –Utawarerumono 194

Winner- Eruru (Elulu)

Round G4-

1. Yukiji Katsura-Hayate no Gotoku 340
2. Solty Revant-Solty Rei 178
3. Alice Carroll- ARIA the Natural 662

Winner - Alice Carroll

Round G5-

1. Sayuri Kurata- Kanon 934
2. Anri Hiiragi-Happiness 395
3. Revy -BLACK LAGOON The Second Barrage 322

Results-

Winner- Sayuri Kurata. One of the more lopsided results from this group.

Round G6-

1. Hime -Princess Resurrection 380
2. Akari Mizunashi -Aria the Natural 519
3. Choco-Chocotto Sister 180

Winner- Akari Mizunashi

Round G7-

1. Gretel -Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin 501
2. Yukari Takara-Lucky Star 257
3. Karada Iokawa -Asatte no Houko 454

Winner - Gretel

Round G8-

1. Mion Sonozaki -Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 773
2. Mamiina-Simoun 191
3. Darry-Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 284

Winner – Mion Sonozaki. Another lopsided result going to one of the returning favorites.

Round G9-

1. Ayane -Nagasarete Airantou 659
2. Yakumo Tsukamoto -School Rumble 567
3. Mana Ishizuki- Sola 450

Winner - Ayane

Round G10-

1. Corticarte Apa Lagranges-Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica 288
2. Nono Ichinose-Hitohira 452
3. Arf -Nanoha Strikers 295

Winner - Nono

Round G11-

1. Ichiko Takashima -Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru 410
2. Matsuri Sakuragi-Ichigo Mashimaro 416
3. Lirio-El Cazador de la Bruja 373

Winner- Matsuri Sakuragi. The closest result in the group: 6 votes. Ichigo Mashimaro still tugs at the heartstrings here at Saimoe 2007.

Round G12-

1. Rika Furude -Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 786
2. Miki Hiiragi-Lucky Star 156
3. Nia -Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 371

Winner – Rika Furude

One more group to go in the first round, and it’s Group H! Stay tuned for more results from Saimoe 2007 on BoBA.

9/11: Never forget...

Walk blindly to the light and reach out for his hand
Don't ask any questions and don't try to understand
Open up your mind and then open up your heart
And you will see that you and me aren't very far apart

'Cause I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way

Violence is spread worldwide and there are families on the street
And we sell drugs to children now oh why can't we just see
That all we do is eliminate our future with the things we do today
Money is our incentive now so that makes it okay

But I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way

I've been seeing Lisa now for a little over a year
She said she's never been so happy but Lisa lives in fear
That one day daddy's gonna find out she's in love
With a nigger from the streets
Oh how he would lose it then but she's still here with me
'Cause she believes that love will see it through
And one day he'll understand
And he'll see me as a person not just a black man

'Cause I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
I believe I believe I believe I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
Love will find the way
Love will find the way
Love will find the way
Please love find the way
Please love find the way...

-Blessid Union of Souls, I Believe

We will never forget that 9/11 tragedy...

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U.S. remembers 9/11 attacks in silence

Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:53PM EDT

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans stood in silence to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 attacks on Tuesday as Osama bin Laden resurfaced to praise the suicide hijackers who carried them out six years ago to the day.

New Yorkers observed silent moments at the very times jets crashed into the World Trade Center towers and when each tower collapsed. Ceremonies took place also at the Pentagon and at a Pennsylvania field where the third and fourth planes crashed.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed revenge on anyone who might attack the United States.

"The enemies of America, the enemies of our values and our liberty, will never again rest easy for we will hunt them down relentlessly and without reservation," he said in Washington outside the section of the Pentagon that was struck.

Bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader behind the attacks, defied the United States with a new audiotape. On it, he praised "the 19 champions" who hijacked the U.S. planes and crashed them.

In New York, bagpipes played, accompanied by a steady drum beat, in a park neighboring the former disaster site known as Ground Zero, which is now a busy construction zone. Church bells pealed to mark the moment.

"Six years have passed, and our place is still by your side," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the gathered family and friends of those who died.

Rain fell on the somber ceremony, where many wore funereal black to remember the 2,750 killed when the towers fell. Their names were read aloud, taking hours, in what has become an annual tradition.

In all, 2,993 people died, including the 19 hijackers.

President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and their wives led a moment of silence on the White House lawn at 8:46 a.m., when the first plane struck in New York.

'GOD BLESS AMERICA'

About 200 Republican and Democratic lawmakers gathered, as they did on the night of the attacks, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, and sang "God Bless America" on Monday night.

"Six years ago, Republicans and Democrats stood united on these steps, and we stand united again today," House of Representatives Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio said.

Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, hundreds gathered in the field where United Flight 93 crashed after passengers fought al Qaeda hijackers in the cockpit.

September 11 fell on a Tuesday for the first time since 2001, adding to the meaning of the day for many.

"There's a lot of symbolism about what happened, and the whole country is drawn into it," Elizabeth Boyer, whose cousin Edward Calderon was killed, said at the World Trade Center. "This is the place. We don't have a cemetery to go to."

Last week bin Laden urged Americans to convert to Islam in his first new video for nearly three years, following al Qaeda's pattern of issuing statements to mark September 11.

"Certainly the capture of bin Laden would be of enormous symbolic importance, but the fact is that the war against terror is not a war against one guy," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

The attacks jolted Bush's presidency and led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to root out al Qaeda plotters protected there by the former Taliban government, though bin Laden is believed to have escaped.

Bush also invaded Iraq, although many critics say the unpopular conflict has drained resources from the global war on terrorism he declared after September 11.

"We've killed God-knows-how-many Iraqis. We probably couldn't name one of them, and they had nothing to do with 9/11," said Meyer Settler, 67, a bookkeeper on his way to work near the World Trade Center site, as the names of September 11 victims were being read out one after another.

(Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta in New York and David Morgan, Thomas Ferraro and Tabassum Zakaria in Washington)

The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue would like to have another moment of silence for the passing of a local fishing hero. Rest in peace, Jed Walsh.

`Little fishies in the brook, come and bite my little hook'
Legendary fisherman and friend, dead at 98
By Bob Keisser, Staff writer
Inside SOCAL
Article Launched:09/10/2007 11:03:14 PM PDT
Jed Welsh's daughter Susie once advised her dad to write a book about his fish tales, but the reality is the well-known fisherman and Press-Telegram outdoors columnist had enough fish stories to fill a library, much less a book.

Welsh died Sunday morning at the age of 98 from pneumonia but his persona will live on throughout Long Beach and California because of his tremendous influence on the sport.

Welsh learned his fishing and outdoor skills from his father Joe and happily and successfully merged his love for it into a career as a manufacturer of tackle, fishing guide, promoter, salesman and writer. He wrote freelance articles for fishing magazines in the '40s and became a regular outdoors columnist for the Long Beach Independent before moving to the Press-Telegram in the early '50s.

To this day, you can walk into almost any bait shop and find a package of Jed Welsh lures near the counter. He ran the business with his wife Helen until his mid-60s, when he sold it and the name to a private company.

"My dad helped build part of Catalina Island. He lived with Indians. He could take us anywhere in the Sierras and find a stream so remote that he'd joke not even the Indians knew where it was," said his daughter Susie Nolen.

"My brother and I would work at his shop along with some of our friends. We'd take these vacations into the mountains each summer, and find all kind of crazy fishing activities to do other times of the year, like the Crawdad Stomp, clam digging, driftwood casting, grunion hunting.

"I would go with dad on his selling trips to the Sierras each summer, to June Lake, all the way up to Reno and back," said his son Jed. "We'd fish, and then sell, then fish to noon, and then sell, then fish the rest of the day. It was a great way for a young kid to spend his summer."

His son said his father's love and aptitude for the sport came naturally, and the stories inevitably were successful and larger than life.

"We once took our 14-footer out to Catalina looking for Marlin, and a hammerhead shark came by when it got a whiff of the bait," he said. "Here we were in a 14-foot boat being followed by a 16-foot shark. Dad tried a series of aft turns to elude him but the shark wouldn't leave, so we rolled up the bait. The shark wasn't happy, I guess, because he bit one of the props before leaving."

Welsh said his dad caught 94 marlin in his life and he always recalled the one time it took him and a friend three hours to bring one in off Avalon. By the time they decked him, their boat was out of gas and drifting in the Pacific. They spent the night watching the Navy hold some firing exercises over Catalina.

"I'd say that probably everyone who works at a landing up and down the coast knows dad and have their own stories to tell," his son said.

Jed was born in January of 1909 and attended Pasadena High and USC, where he was a world-class hurdler and the Trojans' 1932 team captain. He left school prematurely, according to his long time friend and local sports celebrity George Van Zant, for financial reasons and launched his successful manufacturing career.

"Jed was influenced greatly by his father Joe, who established the Welsh name in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Catalina Island and helped build part of the island," Van Zant wrote in a letter to the Press-Telegram.

"Jed became a fishing guide in the Sierras and offered a free trip to any customer that didn't catch a limit of trout. He charged five dollars and never failed to get his customers their 15 fish limit."

"My granddad built a house in Catalina and dad worked the rock quarry there when they were blasting rocks to build the breakwater," Jed Welsh said. "Dad was sent to Catalina in his teens after doctors detected a heart murmur and gave him six months to live. Four years later, he was training for the Olympic Games and competing at USC. He outlived all of those doctors."

"Jed fished and caught almost every sport fish on the planet," wrote Van Zant. "He once held the world record for roosterfish and currently holds the record for a yellowfin croaker. (He befriended) Ernest Hemingway and worked as a deckhand for Zane Gray at Catalina Island.

"He'll be missed for his salesman smile and down to earth, homespun writing. We'll miss his colorful sayings, like `Bite, you cowards,' and `Little fishies in the brook, come and bite my little hook."'

"Dad never realized it was time to stop fishing," his son said, "He went out to Alamitos Bay with George back in August. I think he'd have been dead a long time ago if he had ever stopped."

Welsh's wife of 68 years, Helen, survives him along with Jed and Susie, two grandchildren, Dylan and Lucas, three great-grandkids, and thousands of friends who shared his love of fishing.

Services are pending and will be published in the Press-Telegram when the family announces it plans.

George Van Zant contributed to this story.

Saimoe 2007 First Round: Group F

Saimoe 2007 First Round: Group F

While the heavy hitters from Hidamari Sketch rolled on to the second round, all of Lucky Star’s sharpshooters rolled on as well. The Bedlam has a recap of the first round in Group F at Saimoe 2007.

Round F1-

1. Mashiro Blan de Windbloom-Mai Otome Zwei 486
2. Yoshino Shimazu-Maria-sama ga Miteru 514
3. Cornelia Li Britannia-Code Geass 281

Winner- Yoshino Shimazu

Round F2

1. Arurū –Utawarerumono 622
2. Natsuki Shirafuji -Saint October 395
3. Alice L. Malvin- Pumpkin Scissors 165

Winner- Aruru

Round F3-

1. Iinchou-Seto no Hanayome 455
2. Maki-Seto no Hanayome 389
3. Rein-Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! 510

Winner- Rein. One of the upsets of the tournament. Watch for her in the next round.

Round F4-

1. Suzuka Tsukimura- Nanoha StrikerS 357
2. Mikoto Suou-School Rumble 295
3. Asuna Kagurazaka-Negima 650

Results-

Winner- Asuna Kagurazaka

Round F5-

1. Mutsuki Uehara(Mucchii)-Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! 165
2. Frandre-Kaibatsu Ouju 533
3. Suiseiseki-Rozen Maiden 992

Winner – Suiseiseki. And she begins her title defense on the right note.

Round F6-

1. Shōko Nogami-Asatte no Houkou 207
2. Momoko Kuzuryū -Sumomo mo Momo mo ~Chijō Saikyō no Yome~ 427
3. Pachira-Renkin 3-kyū Majikaru ? Pokān 366

Winner- Momoko Kuzuryū

Round F7-

1. Ayano Kannagi-Kaze no Stigma 478
2. Miyuki Takara -Lucky Star 696
3. Makoto Konno-The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 227

Winner- Miyuki Takara

Round F8-

1. Souseiseki- Rozen Maiden 830
2. Kuuya-Utawarerumono 328
3. HMX-17a Ilfa-ToHeart2 OVA 287

Winner-Souseiseki

Round F-9

1. Sun Seto- Seto no Hanayome 874
2. Shion Sonozaki- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 536
3. Kana Suoin-Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru 203

Winner- Sun Seto

Round F10-

1. Aika S. Granzchesta -ARIA The NATURAL 586
2. Montmorency Margarita la Fère de Montmorency(Whew)- Zero no Tsukaima 308
3. Lione-Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! 247

Winner- Aika S. Granzchesta

Round F11-

1. Milro-Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! 287
2. Kaede Fuyou -Shuffle! Memories 573
3. Manami Amamiya(Manabi)–Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! 473

Winner- Kaede Fuyou

Round F12-

1. Machi -Nagasarete Airantou 99
2. Koyuki Asagiri-Kujibiki Unbalance 560
3. Tsukasa Hiiragi -Lucky Star 1003

Winner- Tsukasa Hiiragi.

Group G coming up next.

Insanity! It’s all over the place, and it’s in the air tonight.

Why should the Bedlam be restricted to Baltic Avenue? It's all over the place. In this entry, I shall prove it.

On a weekend which saw a bus driver overreact in the name of a hairbrained vendetta against me, Long Beach Poly actually lose a game, the Los Angeles Galaxy actually win a game, and my Lakewood Lancers ignore my warning regarding their lead heading into the second half, some of the more craziest action happened in the college football world. More on the latter mentioned later.

First, Michigan. Oh dear. Those Oregon Ducks were riding on the coattails of Appalachian State’s victory. And they just humiliated an already smashed Big House, 39-7. Mike Hart said with his eyes bulging, “We will win next week, I will promise you.” On a weekend that saw Osama Bin Laden make an uncompelling argument about his organization’s motives (on the grounds that he and his Al-Qaeda brothers kill people of his own religion while promoting it to the brainwashed American youth of tomorrow in the name of shortening their already wretched lives), Mike Hart lost the game, lost the Heisman, and now he has lost his mind like Lola at the Copacabana. Barry Manilow, send help!

Meanwhile, the Mountaineers (no, not the guys who have the duo of Slaton and White, I’m talking about Armanti Edwards and the Boone boys) continue on their merry way, dismissing any cover jinx by Sports Illustrated, stomping Lenoir-Rhyne 48-7. Out in Happy Valley, Penn State polished off Notre Dame, setting up a pillow fight of questionable proportions (are there even any?).

Washington defeated Boise State today. We're gonna have to scout them. They will be tough when the end of the season comes.

Out in the prep football world, the Birmingham Patriots (no, they are not from Alabama, they are from Lake Balboa, in Los Angeles) defeat the Poly Jackrabbits, 20-7. So, Birmingham, can you please provide my Lancers (who choked in the 2^nd half against Tesoro, 24-21) some game film so we can study a way to actually beat Poly? Please?

The bedlam all over the southern United States continued. South Carolina is coached by Steve Spurrier, also known as the Ol’ Ball Coach. Which brings up the question: did Georgia even think that they had a chance against the Gamecocks? If they thought “Yes,” then someone out in Columbia deceptively lied to them. South Carolina won Between the Hedges, 16-12.

In Ruston, fans watched a shootout between Hawaii and Louisiana Tech. Colt Brennan, Davone Bess (who had a highlight on SportsCenter) and the guys called for a dogfight from Derek Dooley’s Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, and they got it. While Colt Brennan continued making big plays, it was Gerard Lewis that was clutch when it mattered. His stop of Louisiana Tech’s 2-point conversion that could have won the game increased his stock. I think he will play on Sundays. Hawaii won, 45-44. Lewis should have gotten that pick and sent it back, though, instead of batting it down. He’ll remember to do that next time when the opportunity comes against UNLV.

And South Florida defeated Auburn, 23-20. This was a team that started playing football a few decades ago, and they just beat Auburn, plain and simple. The Beasts from the Big East Conference are coming back.

Someone ring a dinner bell: the Galaxy actually won a game…without David Beckham. They defeated the Colorado Rapids, 3-1. Their season already wrecked, the Galaxy still know how to win. Yo. And at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach State scalped the Florida State Seminoles in a sweep. It was fun being there. Those of you who saw it unfold, I don't need to explain it. It's all surreal, man.

I think the only thing that went wrong was the attitude of that bus driver. I have seen many annoying people come and go and comeback again, but this bus driver was the worst of them. I put this on the flame wars section of the forum on a club that I am active in, and man, it just became a riot. Although my friends’ colorful rebuttals to my posts lacked any logic, and were just lame attempts to hamfist them, it was in this section, so I had no choice but to take it with a grain of salt.

When I get desensitized to these types of bedlam, and get used to seeing this, I know that I am in America.

In memory of Luciano Pavarotti.

The Bedlam will have a moment of silence to mourn the death of one of the greatest opera singers of all time: Luciano Pavarotti.