Blogging

So far my blogging experience hasnt been to bad. Although it hasnt been bad i wouldnt say it has been enjoyable either but just another assignment. On the up side though it is about something i enjoy to watch and think about so it hasnt killed me to be writing about writing about. Now however i think i am going to switch the attention of my blog over to all sports considering the NFL season is over. I will mostly be focusing on professional and college basketball because that is one of the only things goin on in the sports world right now and is one of my favorite sports to watch. For the NBA my favorite team is the Denver Nuggets who have my favorite player, Carmelo Anthony. For college my favorite team other than the Hawkeyes is the Pittsburgh Panthers.

2009 Draft Class

In my opinion this years draft class is very weak compared to recent years. I dont see any of this years quarterbacks to come out and be rookie stars like Joe Flacco who led the Ravens in the playoffs and Falcons standout Matt Ryan who also led Atlanta in the playoffs. The projected first pick of the draft is Georgia quarterback Mathew Stafford to the Detroit Lions. I dont think that Stafford has the capabilities to bring the Lions back to a winning season anytime in the near future and that they would be better off looking for a proven quarterback already in the league. Other notable quarterback in the draft are Mark Sanchez from USC and Graham Harrel of Texas Tech. Im excited to see how this years wide receivers turn out in the NFL in the future. Im most excited to see Texas Techs Michael Crabtree who won the award for best receiver this year and last year. Also speed demons Percy Harvin and Jeremy Maclin, who is also a return threat on special teams. I think that Jeremy Maclin will have a better chance of succeeding because he is bigger than Percy Harvin who has greater speed but is very small. However im not very excited about the runningbacks of this draft class either. The two most notable runningbacks of the draft are Georgias Knowshon Moreno and Ohio States Chris Beanie Wells. Although both of these runningbacks were very good in college i dont know if they have what it takes to be great professionals and people you can build your team around.

XLIII

On Sunday the Pittsburgh Steelers became the football champions of the world with a win over the Arizona Cardinals. This was one of the most exciting Super Bowls in recent history. Coming into the fourth quarter it looked like everyone was right and the Pittsburgh Steelers would come out with an easy victory over the Cardinals but Arizona had a different plan. Halfway through the fourth quarter Kurt Warner hooked up with Larry Fitzgerald for a one yard touchdown. Then with less than four minutes left the Cardinals punted the ball away which looked like it might be the end of their Super Bowl hopes. Less than a minute later the Arizona defense caused a safety complements of a hold by Justin Hartwig. Not more than twenty seconds later Larry Fitzgerald scored a sixty four yard touchdown to put the Cardinals up 23-20. With only two and a half minutes left the Steelers put together a game winning drive that will be remember for a long time in Super Bowl history. The first big play of the drive was a forty yard pass to Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes which put them in striking distance. Then with thirty seconds left Roethlesberger hooked up with Holmes again with a six yard pass to him in the corner of the end zone for a spectacular catch. The catch was so close to being out of bounds they had to review it in the booth for a few minutes before it was official.