Today's the day...

I still get goosebumps when I see this final play of the game (below). 2006 season, BYU at Utah, and Utah is winning 31-27. Just 3 seconds left.

Of course, I wasn't a BYU student when this game was played. Notice how at the end of the clip, the announcer says, "Not 5 in a row for Utah"? That's because they had won 4 in a row against BYU. The 4 years I was there. I'm not even going to pretend that I'm not bitter about that. I did see this game live, though, and it was a lot of fun. Definitely lost my voice from screaming so much.

Anyway, today's the big game (1:30 MST... hopefully we'll find it online somewhere!). Utah has had a good season (it started much better than it has ended up) and BYU has had a pretty rough one, so I'm interested to see how it will turn out. I think that previous games should be thrown out the window when trying to guess how these teams will play today. It's such a huge rivalry and emotions run so high, you just never know what will happen. I'm excited. 

GO COUGARS!

It's that time of year again...

I could watch this video clip ALL DAY:



In fact, I have been watching it every day this week to get psyched for the game that I probably will not see much of (darn that mtn channel!). But I'm really, really hoping to catch the last quarter (at LEAST) at a friend's house. Actually, this week they aren't our friends because they will be wearing Ute attire. Man, Church will be really painful on Sunday if we lose...

And in case anyone is interested, here's a description of that final drive of the game, from John Beck's perspective.

GOOOOOOO COUGARS!!

And.... it's over.

Well, BYU's basketball season is over. We didn't play our best game, and we lost by a handful of points. Oh well... there's always next year. Now I guess I just won't be spending so much time watching basketball this coming week, which is a good thing I guess. But I really thought we had a good chance this year, at least to make it to the second round!! Oh well... story of my life as a BYU Cougar fan (all my years at BYU, we never beat the U in football, we won 1 home basketball game, and we just stunk all around). My biggest dream as a student was to rush the field at the end of a football game. Lame, I know. But I never got to do it. At our last home football game, senior year, we were playing the U, and it went into double overtime. Garrett and I were sitting in the second row of the endzone, so by the second overtime we were literally hanging over the railing, reading to storm the field. Needless to say, we went home sad.

Anyway, that's my rant. BYU really turned around and started winning after I graduated and left (in football, anyway. But basketball's improved a lot, too)

Flashback Friday - Easter 2005

So I decided that every Friday I'll do a little "flashback" and write about past experiences, funny stories, etc. It would be a fun way for people to get to know me better, plus it's always fun to remember funny stories and experiences. This first flashback is from Easter 2005. A little background information: Juniors at BYU, Garrett and I were living in the Provo house, Mike was living in the studio in the back, and Emma and John were newly engaged. We decided that we would all have Easter dinner together, and Emma and I would do all the side dishes (rolls, salad, deviled eggs, dessert, etc) and we asked Mike to get the ham. I told him that I would cook it and everything, but we just wanted him to get it. So, Sunday rolls around and I ask Mike for the ham because I need to put it in the oven. At this point I had been looking forward to yummy brown-sugary, syrupy ham all week, so I was very impatient for Mike to bring it upstairs. So, I remember I was laying on the couch waiting for Mike, and finally he comes upstairs, opens the back door, and tosses the ham to me. And it's LUNCH MEAT. Okay, it's not thinly sliced lunch meat, but it was a little 2-3 lb. chunk of Hormel ham, the boneless kind you slice for sandwiches. I was SO sad... luckily, I was able to slice it up, concoct a brown sugar syrup to pour on top, and heated it up in the oven. It wasn't exactly the kind of ham I was envisioning, but it actually ended up being just perfect. The End.

I hope you like Flashback Friday. Next week's story is about Mike too... it's also pretty funny.

Let the Games Begin!

I love March Madness! I completed my bracket on Sunday night, almost as soon as the teams were announced (clearly, I don't put much thought into it. I just think it's fun). I have BYU winning 3 games (yes, three... I'm very optimistic this year). Ultimately I have Duke winning the championship. I really don't know why I chose them... they're a number 2 seed this year, but I think I heard somewhere that their coach has the most wins in postseason play.

The BYU Cougars play Texas A&M tonight at 7:25. Don't miss it!

GO COUGARS!!