Colin’s Weblog

I almost hate to say this, but I now know what its been like for many years to be an IU basketball fan with all kinds of high hopes.  I am so excited for Purdue Basketball this year, more excited than I have ever been.  Our team so far is looking great.  We’ve played 3 games, are 3-0, and the average score at halftime has been 40-20.  I know that the teams we’ve played so far aren’t great but hey its good to start out hot and get the kinks worked out, I believe we have 3 games left before we host Duke at home.  Man I can’t wait until that game and yes I will be there!  You are really going to have to watch out for our defense because it has been amazing.  At one point last night Loyola had 15 turnovers and only 14 points.  The last two games we have forced over 20 turnovers which has been a big help as our rebounding hasn’t been great so far, but everything else has.  The great thing is to watch how the team responds when our all around best player has been going out early with foul trouble.  Everytime the rest of the team steps it up, its exciting to see everybody play and we really have been getting great performances from so many.  Last night we had 5 players in double figures which says a lot in the college game.  BTFU!

Well South Park’s season finale is tonight I hate to say, and to be honest I feel like this season as well as the past couple have kind have been let downs.  Maybe its because in the past they have just shocked me so much with how far they have pushed the line, I just haven’t said to myself “I can’t believe they are doing this” this season or last.  Not that they haven’t been entertaining because they have, just not the same shock value that I strive for.  Anybody else a big south park follower?  Leave some thoughts on this season if you are.  

The closer this weekend gets the more excited I am for Saturday.  I have lots of good memories from Oaken Bucket games in the past.  Sam just reminded me of a fun trip when the girls from IU made a trip up to Purdue and Shelby had an encounter with an interesting character.  Wasn’t he Mr. Ecko though Sam?  Either way weekends filled with lots of partying and usually a Boilermaker victory, I sure hope we can do it this year in Joe Tiller’s last game before he heads off to his new fishing home that he is building in Wyoming.  Guess he’s sick of the mid-west and I can’t blame him, if I remember correctly he didn’t really want to leave but kind of got forced out.  Either way he has done a lot to change our program for the better, now we just need somebody else to take us to the next level.  

I’m still kind of on a Bond high after seeing the new movie on Sunday, because of this I watched Casino Royale again last night and it was a lot of fun to watch after seeing Quantum of Solace.  I was able to pick out Mr. White in 3 other instances that I missed the first few times watching Casino Royale.  With that and then remembering Quantum of Solace I would think its safe to say we haven’t seen the last of him or his organization.  Hopefully the next Bond movie picks up right where this one left off.  

Time to wrap it up for now, I think I need to get another video blog up here before long though.  Maybe I’ll get to that later today, if you have an idea for a topic leave a comment and let me know, see you soon.

-Colin