The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: The Auto Club 500
The Good: Another strong performance by the 17 team putting Matt Kensenth back in victory lane while holding of a very strong Jeff Gordon for the last 40 to 50 laps. This is the first time a driver has opened back to back since 1997 (Jeff Gordon, who went on to win the Championship). Watch for Jeff and Matt to battle all season, both of these teams are strong!
And how about Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch dousing Kenseth in Victory Lane with a celebratory Coca-Cola! I think this show how much respect these guys have for each other.
Speaking of Kyle Busch, how about his weekend dominating the Truck and Nationwide races, followed by a strong third in the Cup race. I know a lot of people dislike Kyle, but I really don’t know why. I used to be one of you, but how can you fault a guy who just wants to win. He’s definately won me over!
The Bad: Blown engines galore! In a race with so few cautions and no wrecks, several drivers from strong teams blew engines: Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin and Dale Jr, are all expected to run for championships and blowing engines on these kind of tracks will keep them from the chase. Speaking of Harvick, where has the Childress bunch been?
The Ugly: Greg Biffle had a car the could have won the race, but on the last pit stop he blew past his pit sign and stopped on the front air hose, dropping him to ninth. His post race comments summed it up “They should fire the driver.” I don’t think that’s going to happen, Greg. He came back to finish fourth. Watch for him to rebound in Vegas next week, where Kenseth and the Roush boys, as well as the Hendrick crew should be favorites again.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Temple Men’s Basketball vs. St. Bona
The Good: Another home win in double-digits behind an NBA like performance of LaVay Allen, 20 points and 18 rebounds. The highlight of was an amazing give and go from Dionte Christmas to Semaj Inge back to Dionta to Lavoy for a slam dunk, all with volleyball type passing.
The Bad: Overall sloppy play with some really weak passing at times. Sloppy play like that against the A-10 elite will make for quick exit from the A-10 tournament and an NIT berth.
The Ugly: The National Anthem. Yes, the anthem was ugle. Time for me to rant. Why do people singing the National Anthem feel the need to embelesh? Holding and vibrating notes that make them feel like a squeeling pig. This has been ever since Whitney Houston sung to Anthem in the Super Bowl all those years ago. To all you Anthem singers out there, you ARE NOT Whitney Houston. In fact Whitney Houston isn’t Whitney Houston anymore more.
My quess is that the person singing today’s Anthem doesn’t even know how many versus there are in the Anthem. I think this should be a test that one has to take in addition to being able to sing. You must know how many versus in there are in the Anthem. For those who don’t know, the answer is four!
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