Weekend Recap

Lots of exciting things happening this weekend, what with the NFL Draft, the ongoing NBA Playoffs, and of course, Beer Olympics X. I thought I'd share my thoughts on some of these events, and offer a few other interesting tidbits from the past couple days. Here at ND, the drama Saturday centered first on who would draft Brady Quinn, which soon became "How fall will he fall?" As he continued an Aaron Rodgers-like tumble, you couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor guy. With every team that passed him, he looked more shocked the Rufio when the Lost Boys sided with Peter Pan. In the end, he gets to play for his favorite team growing up...even if it cost him about $30 million dollars or so. My beloved Eagles had a decent draft...I loved the third round, with the additions of OLB Stewart Bradley and RB Tony Hunt from Penn State. The second, however, was very sub-par. Taking Kevin Kolb was a horrible pick...he was at best the third QB left on the board and easily could have been taken in the third or maybe fourth rounds. They also passed up on Steve Smith and Dwayne Jarrett when they greatly needed a WR. Victor Abiamiri is a wild card...he could end up making or breaking their draft. They also filled needs with two cornerbacks and another bruising back from Hawaii. The only other big story was the Patriots trading for Randy Moss. A very big gamble in my opinion, but Belicheck has proven to be able to handle problem children (see Corey Dillon). We'll see how that one turns out.





Onto the NBA...In the last entry, I made known my cheering interests in the playoffs. The upstart Warriors overcame a Game Two snowjob by the officials with a convincing win in Game Three to take a 2-1 lead. (Game Four is underway as I write this). Now that they have proven they can beat the Mavericks, they just have to avoid beating themselves (i.e. having two players ejected for stupid reasons). Also, the Bulls became the first team to sweep the defending champs in the first round since 1957 with their 92-79 defeat of the Miami Heat. The fun begins in the next round when they do battle with the Detroit Pistons (who swept the hapless Magic). The teams split the season series 2-2...should be a terrific series, one that I can't wait to watch with a certain roommate. Also, the one team I like that I forgot to mention last entry was the Denver Nuggets. Why Denver? Because of AI. I loved him in Philly and hated to see him go...Now I just want him to win one. They currently trail the Spurs 2-1, but we'll see what happens.





In other NBA news, my boy Agent Zero has been awarded the Cover of NBA Live 2008. Check out the full story on Gilbert Arenas's Blog. You have to love his pure giddiness about being on the cover. Congratulations Gilbert.





Beer Olympics X was a resounding success. Congratulations on Team Jordan for winning the Golden Keg as overall champions, and to Tony Cunningham for removing himself from the Eurasia flip cup team, enabling them to pull off the win. Congratulations are also in order for East Germany. Despite there being several teams with girls, including a couple of entirely girls, the East Germans managed to lose every game they entered to finish dead last. What a bunch of losers.

Finally, I had to wish a Happy Birthday to everyone's favorite dead horse, Barbaro! A year from next Saturday you won the Kentucky Derby, vaulting yourself to household-name status. However, it was only when you cost me money by breaking your leg that you became loved. I'll make sure to pour a Mint Julep out for you next week from the Churchill Downs infield. Happy Trails!

Well, that about sums up the past weekend. Stay tuned for more posts this week.