Jim Tressel Resigns

Jim Tressel the Ohio St. football coach resigned today, in the midst of an NCAA violation. Tressel led Ohio St. to their first National Championship in 34 years. "After meeting with university officials, we agreed that it is in the best interest of Ohio State that I resign as head football coach,” Tressel said in a statement that was released by the University Of Ohio St.

Luke Fickell will be the head coach for the 2011 season. Fickell had already been chosen to be the coach for the five game suspension that Tressel would have to serve in the 2011 season.

Tressel who was 58, had a record of 106-22 at Ohio St. He lead his team to eight BCS bowl games in the ten years he coached at Ohio St. He coached 15 years at Youngstown University, and had a record of 135-57-2. At Youngstown he won four division 1-AA National Championships. Tressel's over all record as a coach is 241-79-2.

NBA Finals: Game 1

Game 1 of the NBA Finals will be played in Miami. This game will be the deciding game. If Dallas can take game 1 in Miami then my prediction will stand and Dallas will win in game six.

There are some key match ups for this series as I talked about in an earlier post. Tonight's key match up will be Dirk Nowitzki against either LeBron James or Chris Bosh(whoever they decide to guard Dirk). Bosh and LeBron may have to tag team on Dirk to keep him from scoring more than thirty. On the other side of the ball Dirk will guard Bosh and Marion will guard James.

If Dirk scores thirty there is no chance of Miami winning this game. Miami will have to keep him under twenty points. On the other hand if LeBron and Wade combine for sixty points you can count Dallas out of this one.

In game one Dallas will shut down the big three in Miami, beating them 108-99.

Former Sooner Brandon Everage Body Is Found.

Brandon Everage was swimming in a river in Texas, when he went under and never resurfaced. Brandon was out having a good time with his friends. It is almost unbelievable that this would happen the day after Austin Box was buried.

Brandon's body was found today by the Milam County, Texas Sheriffs Department after going missing in the Little River on Friday afternoon. Everage was just 30 years old. My thoughts and prayers go out to Brandon's family and friends.

NBA Finals!

The NBA Finals are here! I am very excited to see one of the best offense from the West, play against the best offense in the East. The Mavs are not going to have the mis matches that they had against the Thunder. These two teams are going to match up very well against eachother. This game is going to be a battle of the defenses. Should the teams play their best defense players or play offensive threats to put points on the board.

Who will match up on eachother? If your asking me you start out with LeBron guarding Dirk. As the game goes they will need to rotate Bosh and LeBron on him. Dirk cannot guard Lebron, however he may be able to guard Bosh. Who will gaurd LeBron? I think that Dallas will start Marion on LeBron. Marion will have to be quick, and stay out of foul trouble. The last matchup I will cover is the point guard position. Jason Kidd and Mike Bibby will guard eachother in this series.

This series is going to be a great one to watch. It is a real hard one for me to pick. I am going to pick Dallas to win this series in six games. Stay tuned for more coverage of the NBA Finals.

NBA Finals

My predictions for the NBA Finals is the Mavs and the Miami Heat. Personally i would rather have the bulls be in the Finals, but i don't see them beating the Heat, because there aren't enough stars on the team. Now for the finals, I see the Heat winning it all because although the Mavs are a more experienced team, they don't have enough people to guard The Big Three. If you put Barea or Terry on Wade, they might be able to slow him down, but Wade is a smarter and better player. I don't think either one can stop him. Also if you put Peja Stojakovic or Shawn Marion on Lebron, I think Lebron will be able to score on either one of them. The one star i think the Mavs will be able to stop is Chris Bosh. With Dirk guarding him, I don't think Bosh will be able to show up like he normally does. I think although Dirk is one of the best scorers in the league, in the end, the Heat have better scorers and more stars, and will come up with the win.

Playoffs Update

I picked both of my predictions wrong. I had the Thunder beating Dallas therefore I picked them winning game three and four because I thought they must win them to win this series. As for the Miami and Chicago series I picked them to be tied at 2-2 going to Chicago for game five.

WEST
Dallas leads 3-1
4.OKC-105
3.DAL-112 I am going to hold my ground on the Thunder winning this series. It will be tough for them to win three straight. The Thunder have won more in Dallas then they have playing them at home this year. The Thunder will win game five to make the series 3-2 coming home to OKC.

EAST
Miami leads 3-1
1.CHI-93
3.MIA-101 This is another series gone bad for me. Chicago has got to shut down the big three for Miami. Put your worst defenders in the starting five on LeBron and Wade, let them have their points and make Bosh, Bibby, and Ilgauskas beat you. The Bulls will win game five to tie the series 3-2.

Austin Box: A Weather Man?

This is just a video I came across and thought it would be appropriate to share. Hopefully this will bring to you some laughter to take over the pain of the loss of this great Sooner.

A side of Austin we never really got to see of Austin as a fan:

NBA Playoffs Game 3 & 4

Well the first two games of the Conference Finals went as I predicted on both sides of the bracket. We are in for two great series. Games three and four are going to be tough for me. Here are the predictions for the next two games.

WEST
4.OKC-106
3.DAL-100
This series is now tied 1-1 going into game three in OKC. The Thunder have not lost two in a row this entire season and did not allow it to happen last night either. I am going to be brave and say that the Thunder will win both games at home, and lead the series 3-1.

EAST
1.CHI-75
2.MIA-85
The Heat did a great job responding after the blowout in game 1. The series is tied at 1-1. The next two games will be played in Miami. The series will be tied 2-2 going back to Chicago for game five.

Ogle Family: The Rivalry House

Tyler Ogle is a young man, who starts for the Oklahoma Sooners Baseball program, as a catcher. What most people don't know about him is that he is orginally from Austin, Texas and was a big longhorns fan. He also has a sister named Mandy and she starts for the Texas Longhorns Softball program, so there is a big rivalry in that family. Their mom wears both colors, but she says when they play the texas song she will stick her horns up even if she is on the Oklahoma side. Tyler is also a role model to his sister and she takes a lot of advice from him and learns from his achievements and his mistakes.

NBA Playoffs

The Semi finals are over and it is now time for the conference finals. This will be a great round and I can feel the tension already. Here I will give predictions for game 1 and 2.

Here are the results from game seven of the Thunder vs. Grizzles.

8.MEM-90
4.OKC-105 The Thunder close up this series in seven games and will go to the Conference Finals for the first time in Franchise History.


WEST
4.OKC
3.DAL This series will be tied 1-1 coming to Oklahoma City for game 3.

EAST
1.CHI
2.MIA This series will be split 1-1 as well, going to Miami for game 3.

NBA Playoffs Game 5 & 6

Great win for the Heat on Monday night and a great win for the Thunder on Tuesday Morning. The Bulls take a 3-2 lead on their series. And on Mothers day Dallas swept the Lakers.

WEST

8.MEM- 123
4.OKC- 133 The Thunder tie up the series in Triple over time. The Thunder will take Game five in OKC.

EAST

1.CHI- 95
5.ATL- 83 Chicago will win the Series Tomorrow night.

3.BOS- 90
2.MIA- 98 Miami will close this series out tonight with a win at home.

NBA Update

Game two of the second round has been played. my predictions were right except for the Lakers game. This years playoffs have been great. I have really enjoyed watching it.

Here is game two scores and predictions for game three.

WEST

8.MEM-102
4.OKC-111 The Thunder will win game three in Memphis on Saturday night.

3.DAL-93
2.LAL-81 Dallas leads the series 2-0 and will win game three in Dallas.

EAST

1.CHI-86
5.ATL-73 The series is tied 1-1 but the Hawks will win a close game three.

3.BOS-91
2.MIA-102 Boston will win game three at home to make the series 2-1 Miami.

NBA Playoffs

Round two has officially started and I will have scores from games 1 and predictions for game 2.

WEST

8.MEM- 114
4.OKC- 101 Memphis won game one, but the Thunder will tie up the series tonight.

3.DAL- 96
2.LAL- 94 Dallas took a close game one. The Lakers will tie up the series Wednesday.


EAST

1.CHI- 95
2.ATL- 103 Chicago loses game one and will tie the series Wednesday night.

3.BOS- 90
2.MIA- 99 Miami took game one and will win game two as well to make the series 2-0.