Welcome one and all to my very first blog.  I will be blogging about BYU football, college football in general, and other sports that I like.  Unfortunately, my home town teams are the San Francisco 49ers, the San Francisco Giants, and the Sacramento Kings, all of which are performing very poorly these days, so I may not have a lot of good to say about them. 

Here's also an important note about my blog.  I'm a literary guy.  I majored in English at BYU, and I love to read the best writing around.  Therefore, I will try to keep my blog literary, if that's possible for a blog.  I won't just rave about my favorite teams, nor will I rant about my favorite teams.  I'll provide some analysis along with what I consider literary quality.  That's what you'll be getting with my blog.

Continue reading "The Beginning"

     Last night Brigham Young University, my alma mater, suffered a devastating defeat on the football field.  This season, the slogan for the Cougars has been, “The Quest,” meaning the quest for perfection.  We ended last season ranked seventeenth in the nation, and went on to narrowly beat UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl with a blocked field goal as time expired.  The season’s stars, Max Hall and Harvey Unga, were only in their second and first seasons, respectively, so we had high hopes for 2008.  We rolled out to a 6-0 start and we were climbing the rankings.  Just yesterday I read an article on ESPN.com that said that the Cougars might have a shot at the National Championship Game (this is ESPN.com, okay? This isn’t just some overzealous zoobie gushing about his beloved football team in an editorial published in

Continue reading "On Losing"

Everyone knows that little kids are dumb.  They will pull a pot of boiling water down on themselves, or put small objects in their mouths, or grab sharp objects by the wrong end.  Parents in the animal kingdom may have to expend all of their energy protecting their young from outside predators, but human parents know that most of the time, the biggest danger to a child is himself.  Protecting a baby from himself is a tiring job for sure, but if the baby survives to adulthood with minimal injuries, it can be quite rewarding.

     This week, the Cougars have a task similar to that of a parent.  If the Utes have their way this week, they will win the game against BYU, end the season undefeated, and go to a BCS game.  Whether they win their bowl game is beyond my concern, because BYU has to make sure that all of this doesn’t happen.  For Utah’s own sake.  Yes, if they win, the Utes will get their moment in the spotlight, but like a baby, they are not looking at the big picture, the long term repercussions of what we do in the present.

Continue reading "BYU’s Task: Save the Utes From Themselves"