cancelled..

so yea, our lacrosse home game for this weekend got cancelled due to terrible field conditions. turns out, there's about 1.5-2 inches of straight ice laying right on top of the turf of the football field. and because of this, the maintence workers were told not to plow the field because they would tear up the surface. this was strangely similar to what happened for our first home game last season against the very same opponent. we were scheduled to have the stadium for the game, but the university would not plow the 8 inches of snow off. so using hand shovels, our lacrosse team cleared the entire field so that we could play a game that weekend. this year, we weren't so lucky, or eager. ohhh well. i'm not happy about it, but at least i don't have to run around in the snow and cold.

ROCKLacrosse...1-0

yep. the rocklacrosse team defeated kent state last week. it was awesome. so now we're 1-0 going into a game this weekend against penn state-behrend. this should be a good game, but i'm pretty confident we will win. our goal for the season is to go undefeated and win a national championship, and so far we're on track for that. only time will tell...

victorious...

last night was the season opener for the rocklacrosse team against kent state. this was a divisional game, and it was a must-win for us to make it the playoffs. we started off the game terribly, and it wasn't looking good for us. we weren't able to execute anything and we were totally letting them control the game. when the second half begin, we came out firing though. we started ripping shots and took the lead. we dictated the tempo of the game and completely shut them down. we ended up winning the game 14-9. the score seems a little closer because in the fourth we put in our backup goalie as well as fourth and fifth liners. overall i'm happy with the win. we could've done better, but we got it done when we needed. next game is march 1st against penn state-behrened at home. should be sweet.

zednik's near-death experience

the other night, flordia panther richard zednik had his carotid artery sliced by a teammate's skate during the thrid period of the hockey game. when his teammate got up-ended, he fell face first towards the ice. this sent his legs flying up in the air. and zednik, being in such close proximity, was cut across the neck with on of the errant skates. zednik skated off the ice on his own power, holding his glove to his neck. as soon as he was helped off the ice, he went unconcious. he was rushed to emergency surgery, where they repaired the artery. he is now in stable condition.

when i heard about this, i was shocked. you always think something like this can happen, but it never does, so you aren't accustomed to it. i thank god that the youth leagues require players to wear neck guards. because my cousin is a hockey player, and i cannot even imagine how muhc worse the situation could be without proper medical staff around like at an nhl game.

8 days til the season starts...

there is officially 8 days until the lacrosse season starts. pretty sweet. over the weekend, i went to a league meeting at ohio state. all of the teams in our conference were there. the meeting was overall a pretty big waste of time, except for the end where we all had a chance to finalize our schedules and whatnot. another high point is that our team is going to be receiving a plaque for going undefeated in the one tournament this past fall season. now that the season's getting ready to begin, i have to start thinking about what cool design i want to shave my sideburns into. last season was the mutton chops, lightning bolts, and civil war era burns. so this year, i've got to do something risk and dangerous.

terrelle pryor decides to wait...who didn't see that coming

pryor was supposed to announce his college decision yesterday...and he didn't. the entire nation was anxiously awaiting terrelle's decision, and then he ended up saying that he needed more time to decide. i've been calling that since day one. there's no way pryor is going to speed up his decision because of the media. first he's going to ohio state. then he's heading to oregon. then pitt comes into the picture?! and then it's back to ohio state, then penn state, and even florida. what i really wanted pryor to do was show up at national signing day with a bag of like 9 or 10 hats, and then wear each one of them just to tick everyone off. that would've been something to tune into and see.

that apple notebook you can put in an envelope

while i was watching the super bowl, i saw for the first time the commercial where they take the notebook computer out of the envelope. i kind of just sat there and stared at the tv screen. my first reaction was "wow". my second was "why the hell would they make a computer so small?!" i mean, don't get me wrong, i love the fact that technology is advancing in such a way that a computer can now fit seamlessly into an envelope. but honestly, does it need to be as thin and light as a frisbee? if i ever saw one in person, i wouldn't know whether to log on or throw it like the hammer to start off a game of ultimate.