Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Funny Links

Sometimes the least expected are the ones that might know the most about coaching searches. If you want to know all about Oregon's search for a new basketball coach just ask this girl...

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2010/03/canzano_ducks_coaching_search.html

LSU decided to have some April Fool's Day fun which prompted some thinking. What would an ISU field of red and yellow look like?! It would probably be pretty ugly. LSU's new purple field doesn't look too bad though if you are into that sort of thing. I like the quote from the strength and conditioning coach.

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=204919830



This is one of the best April Fool's Day jokes since the "Left Handed Whopper"

http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=39523

Sunday, April 04, 2010

100 Pushups

I am going to do the hundredpushup.com program. The goal at the end of the program is that you can do 100 consecutive pushups. My initial test resulted in 26 consecutive pushups. We will see how it goes.

MLB Predictions

Here are my annual predictions for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, I am not as optimistic about the Cubs this year as I have in the past.

Standings:

NL East
Phillies
Braves
Marlins
Mets
Nationals

NL Central
Cardinals
Cubs
Brewers
Reds
Astros
Pirates

NL West
Rockies
Giants
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Padres

NL Wild Card
Braves

AL East
Yankees
Rays
Red Sox
Blue Jays
Orioles

AL Central
White Sox
Twins
Tigers
Indians
Royals

AL West
Angels
Rangers
Mariners
A's

AL Wild Card: Tampa Rays

NL Champion: Phillies
AL Champion: Yankees

WS Champion: Yankees (I hope this is not true)

NL MVP: Pujols
AL MVP: Mauer

NL ROY: Stephen Strasburg
AL ROY: Brian Matusz

NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL Cy Young: Jake Peavy