Checking In On The College Football Season

I'm still catching my breath after Miami's thrilling victory at Florida State, a 38-34 win made possible by an outstanding breakout performance by our young QB Jacory Harris (Yes, I use the word 'our' when I talk about Miami sports. Sue me.) It was a great night for the team and a gutsy showing that will hopefully lead a big season.

FSU didn't help the appearance of the win, however, by nearly losing to Division 1-aa Jacksonville State at home this evening. The Seminoles had to come back at the very end to pull it out. They were a couple minutes from me needing to call my Nole friends to make sure their heads were still out of the oven. Not sure what happened there, but the money is definitely on BYU when the Noles head westward to play them next weekend.

There were some nice upsets today, with Houston's high-wire slashing of #5 Oklahoma State the biggest one so far. A great offensive display by the ever-dangerous Cougars.

Florida is looking excellent, much to my chagrin. They gashed a Troy squad that's usually very speedy and competition. I still think the Gators lose a couple this year, but until I see them beat someone by less than 50 points, I guess I'll have to sit on that prediction. Man, I hate the Gators.

As I write this, USC and Ohio State are locked in a very close and exciting game at the Horseshoe, and now I'm off to catch the end of that one. The college football season is off and running, and with a great win by the Canes already in the books, I'm feeling the fever.

Happy Getting-My-Laptop-Back Day!

It took three weeks and over $100, but my laptop is finally back and better than ever. Brand new hard drive, a new copy of MS Office, and cleared of a lot of the junk I'd let pile up on it over the past year or so. I'm a fairly negligent person when it comes to PC upkeep. Expect that to change after this whole deal. The bottom line is I didn't need a new computer, and as a newly minted poor grad student, that's a load off my financial mind.

I guess it's been a while since I've posted, so here are some quick movie recommendations. The summer was a rather shitty one at the multiplex, but here are a few late-season releases who worked to salvage things.

Go See:
'The Hurt Locker' - EXCELLENT war film
'500 Days of Summer' - Compared to the irony-tripped, cynical attitudes of my unfortunate generation, I've got a big soft spot for sentimentality. This film's got it in spades, and it's a great little 21st century romance
'Inglorious Basterds' - It's been splitting audiences as expected, but I enjoyed the hell out of it
'District 9' - The second coming of Jim Cameron? Too early to tell, but this director's got some serious action filmmaking chops. Once you figure out what the film believes it is, it's a fantastic splatter piece.