Tebow Time No More

In Tim Tebow's first start of the year last week he was an atrocious 3-14 going into the 4th quarter down 15-0 to the winless Miami Dolphins. Once the 4th quarter rolled around it was Tebow time. He led his team to the first ever comeback down 15 points with under four minutes to go. Although his numbers were very subpar he was off the hook because he was lucky enough to lead his team to the victory. However, this week that was not the case. Tim Tebow started his second game just like the first game. Unfortunately, the Denver Broncos were not playing the Miami Dolphins this week. The Detroit Lions were in town and they put up a whopping 45 points on Tebow's Broncos. There was no 4th quarter comeback this time for Tebow. If it wasn't for one drive late in the game when it was well out of reach where Tebow gave his stats a little bit of a boost he would have put up dreadful numbers. This week there is no love lost for Tim Tebow. His naysayers have never been louder and his followers have never been more lost for words. The starting job is still his apparently, will just have to wait and see how long that last.

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NFL Power Rankings: opinion review

For my post I went to bleacher report and looked at the most recent NFL power rankings. The guy who is in charge of these rankings had some questionable teams too high so I decided to comment with why I thought he was wrong. Here is my post:

I Think your reasoning behind having the Browns and the Redskins ahead of Cam Newton's Panthers is absurd in all aspects. The Redskins just lost to the Panthers and in that loss they also lost their number one running back and number one reciever. How they can overcome that with John Beck at QB baffles me. Plus, you believe the Browns who can't put up more than six points against the Seahawks have a chance of out scoring Cam Newton and he Panthers? Ill take the Panthers

Live Blog: Oregon vs. Arizona State

Going into this game, Arizona State was playing to keep there hopes of reaching the Pac-12 championship and a win over Oregon would almost guarantee they reach that game. On the other hand, Oregon is playing to keep pace with Stanford atop the Pac-12 North standings.

15:00- Game is about to kick off, the crowd at autzen stadium is really starting to get loud.

11:40- We have the first score of the game, Arizona State's Gerrald Robinson catches a 20yd pass from Osweiler to take a 7-0 lead over Oregon.

7:33- Oregon answers back with a Deanthony Thomas 16yd touchdown to tie the game up at 7-7.

4:10- Osweiler hits Mike Willie for a 25yd touchdown pass giving ASU a 14-7 lead. (Oregon crowd silent after touchdown)

End of 1st quarter- ASU 14 Oregon 7

12:07- Thomas hits Tuinei for a 28yd touchdown pass to tie the game up at 14.

12:07- Crowd is really making it noisy down on the field as ASU starts their drive.

7:52- Oregon holds ASU to a 37yd field  goal, giving ASU a 17-14 lead.

:27- Oregon sneaks one into the endzone before the half giving them a 21-17 lead.

End of 1st half- Oregon holds a slim lead 21-17

12:21- ASU starts out the second half with a solid drive with a Cameron Marshhall 4yd touchdown run. ASU now leads 24-21.

10:31- Oregon comes back with a quick strike as Thomas runs one in from three yards out. Oregon 28-24

8:01- After an Osweiler interception, Oregon puts seven more on the board after Barner runs one in. 35-24

7:40- Big third down for ASU, crowd noise is loudest it has been all night.

End of 3rd quarter-Oregon leads 35-24 and it looks as if they have this one in the bag.

14:40- Oregon adds to their lead with a 37yd field goal. ASU needs to put some points on the board if they want to stay in this one. 38-24

12:44- ASU gets some points with a 30yd field goal but they really needed a touchdown on that drive to keep it intersting. Good stop by Oregon defense. 38-27

9:26- Oregon kicks another field goal which gives them a 41-27 lead. Game is still in reach for ASU, however they are going to need their defense to get a stop here.

0:00- End of game, Oregon wins 41-27

Final Notes: Arizona State put up a good fight against Oregon's offense. However, it was just not enough as Daniel Thomas and Kenyan Barner ran all over Arizona State to keep them in a first place tie in the North standings with Stanford. Arizona State still holds their own destiny but it was a big loss for them tonight. Some final stats on game leaders.

Brock Osweiler- 280yds 2TD
Daniel Thomas- 187yds 2TD
Cameron Marshall- 97yds 1TD
Kenyan Barner- 171 1TD

Reviewing a Review: Saving Private Ryan

The movie that was being reviewed is Saving Private Ryan. The writer of this review gives good detail about what the movie is like and what to expect throughout the movie. The review gives you a good idea of how gruesome war can be. The reviewer uses the words "War is Hell" to describe how Steven Spielberg portrayed the movie. However, I don’t feel this review gives enough background information about the movie. He doesn’t summarize the movie besides that Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) is leading his troops on a mission to find Private Ryan (Matt Damon.)

The point of view from this review is that the movie portrays war as hell. The reviewer does give plenty example of how that is portrayed throughout the movie. It is clear that the reviewer found this movie to be very enjoyable. In addition, I think he sways more towards giving his point of view rather than giving a better summary of the movie. He starts off with a strong point of view and sticks with it throughout his review.

Since I have seen this movie I thought that it was a good review because I understood everything he was talking about. On the other hand, if i had not seen Saving Private Ryan yet, I might find this review a little bit confusing. The Real Review

A Day in the Life of the Paparazzi

This story is about a journalist who follows around this guy Wagner, who is a paparazzi. Before reading this article my thoughts on the paparazzi were the same as most people's which is they are inconsiderate, rude, and don't let celebrities live a normal life. When in reality, the only reason these people have jobs is because we want the dirt and stories about celebrities. The paparazzi is only doing their job. They are just trying to make a living. Yes there are times when some go over the top and cross that line but in most cases the celebrities are not being bothered, they are just having multiple photographers snap their photo. The one question I have after reading this article is how much celebrities actually don't like the paparazzi because it seems like some might enjoy them taking their photos while they are out in public. Whole Story

Top Five Blogs

1.       Hoopshype is a website dedicated to all things NBA. They have weekly feature stories on different NBA players. The thing I like most about this website is their rumors page where you can find all the latest news on what happening in the NBA. They don’t just give you the major sports stories they give updates on all players. HoopsHype

2.       Seattle Sportsnet is a blog that touches on all Seattle sports. In addition, they will write about general sports stories but mostly only ones that are big news. It keeps me on the inside of all things relating to Seattle sports since it is hard for me to stay caught up since I am down in Arizona now. Seattle Sportsnet

3.       Terezowens is a blog that reports rumors and stories about athletes. This site doesn’t have much of a filter on what they report on athletes. If you are ever looking to find any “dirt” on an athlete Terez is your site because anything negative on an athlete and he will post about it with details. Anyone is allowed to report a tip on a story. This site seems to have really caught on in the past few years.  TerezOwens

4.       Truehoop is a sister site to ESPN. Truehoop is solely about basketball. They have multiple journalists you all write on different subjects regarding the NBA. It gives good insight on all subjects NBA. It is a really good site to look to regarding information of the NBA lockout. TrueHoop

5.       Fieldgulls is a blog that discusses all things about the Seattle Seahawks. Again, since I am currently not living in Seattle this blog is a good source of information to keep me updated with what is going on with my team. This is my favorite Seattle sports blog because it is very reader friendly. It has many options on the site, many links, and gives you the option to post on the site and share your opinion with other readers.  Fieldgulls

Feature Story: Tiger Woods

This story features Tiger Woods and all the drama and chaos that has surrounded him since his infamous night on Thanksgiving in 2009. The article covers all the details from the night when he crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a tree just outside his drive around 2 in the morning. This all came about because Tiger’s wife Elin Nordergen discovered that Tiger had been cheating on her with another woman after she had read through Tiger’s text messages. The story revolves around Tiger Woods and how he has handled the press and all the negative attention that has come his way since it became known that he had been in the middle of an infidelity scandal. This feature comes across an investigative feature along with historical because there is much to this story that you can never do enough investigating to come across revelations that you had never heard about before. Plus it is historic in a sense because our country has probably never seen such a superstar in the middle of a controversy that the whole country is invested in. The conflict in the feature is how Tiger Woods had been hiding for years all these women he had been cheating on his wife with and yet it had been kept a secret for so long. In addition, the conflict rises dramatically once it became public that Tiger had cheated on his wife, more than a dozen women came out over the next couple of weeks saying that had slept with Tiger while he had been married to Elin. We are still waiting to see how this story resolves because in Tiger’s case it seems that he can’t get back to where he was before this scandal broke on and off the golf course. I believe the main theme from this article proves embarrassment on Tiger’s part, along with sadness and disappointment from the Tiger’s fans and the public audience. We haven’t seen an athlete fall so far from grace so fast. Most athletes who have faced a scandal or a large time off from what they do best, they all were able to come back. However, Tiger still seems far away from where he should be. The author of this feature doesn’t necessarily give his point of view or opinion he mostly just talks about how Tiger is trying to come back into golf after dealing with all this negativity publicity and how he has handled everything that has been thrown his way.This story really grabs my interest because I follow Tiger Woods with a passion. I love the man’s competitive spirit and how he dominates his sport for so long. The story of Tiger’s downfall upsets me because I wanted to see him break Jack Nicklaus record of 18 majors and become known as the world’s greatest golfer. There are so many questions that I still have that I assume I will never figure out an answer for because Tiger has made sure that the majority of the juiciness of what he did and how it all went down will never get out to the public. But I do hope Tiger is able to make his comeback in 2012 and regain his throne as the world’s best golfer again.