Archive for January, 2009
Battle of the Taylors – Hicks and Swift
Throughout the music world, the names Taylor Hicks and Taylor Swift have been popping up like mad the past couple years. If you are not a fan of American Idol or country music, you’ve certainly still heard the names but don’t know who they are. Make no mistake, they are very different people! Taylor Hicks [...]
Gatorade Shower
When Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer received the traditional “Gatorade shower” after winning the BCS National Championship last night, everything came full circle. Gatorade was developed in 1965 at the University of Florida by doctors trying to solve the football team’s dehydration problems (Source: amanet.org). What DIDN’T start at Florida, however, was the awkward, [...]
Navy SEALs
I’m not talking about dark blue mammals slithering around the polar ice caps, but rather those crazy military guys people make movies about. The Navy SEALs were first commissioned in 1962, and the “SEALs” part of the name stands for Sea, Air, and Land. The Navy already had Underwater Demolition Teams in place since the [...]
BCS – Sports Politics At Its Finest
College football fans are well aware of the BCS (Bowl Championship Series), but the casual sports fan just hears another annoying acronym. The BCS isn’t so much a “thing” as it is an arrangement between 11 major football conferences and the four major bowls (Orange, Sugar, Rose, Fiesta). Basically, the BCS Standings, which are determined by [...]
