U2

So U2 is coming out with their new album in a couple of days and I am absolutely stoked. I can't wait to listen to it. Apparently it's a really good one and will be remembered as one of their bests, or so they say, but I'm going to hold out on the judgement until I hear it first hand. I really hope it is because this is the first album that they're coming out with that I can say I'm a fan of theirs. I don't know if it'll have one of those big releases but if they do I'd really like to be there at midnight to pick it up. I'll be posting a review of the CD as soon as I listen to it. This has the potential to be HUGE.

champions League and Jose.

So I'm pretty excited that the Champions League kicks off the round of 16 later today. The marquee matchup of Manchester United and Inter Milan will take place today. I'm ready for this. Hopefully my manchester United can take this. I think the score will be either 2-1 or 1-0 Man U.
Another reason I'm looking forward to this match up, besides the obvious that, the teams are good, is that jose Mourinho is coaching Inter. I think he's the finest coach in the world and also, I think he'll take over at Manchester United eventually. I've been saying that since he's been at Chelsea. He has one year left on his contract. I think Ferguson will retire at the end of next year with Ryan Giggs, who I also think will retire. It'd be a fitting way to go. Throughout the years I think Giggs has been Sir Alex's favorite player and the two have combined to make each other very very successful. I just think it'd be the perfect way to go out. Let's say they stick around for another 2 years, Mourinho will just sign an extension. I want Mourinho at Old Trafford more than anyone. He'd be exactly what this team would need to not skip a beat after the legend Sir Alex leaves. I think the way everything is shaping up, that's how it'll turn out. keep watching, I know I will, and I can't wait to see Sir Alex in red.

Same old stuff

So a lot has happened but at the same time, nothing has happened. More steroid talk, more Phelps talk blah blah blah. It's actually getting realy old and tired to always hear the same thing. I want something big to break. The only way I'll be really interested in the steroid talks again is if, I don't know, Barry Bonds' head explodes or something. It'd have to be something big because quite honestly, I don't care that much anymore.
And about Michael Phelps, I've already written my congratulations to him for smoking weed and being an amazing athlete so I don't think anymore is needed.
Can we find something new to talk about please?

A little rant on steroids

Everyone, but mostly the media, has such a big problem with athletes taking steroids but here's the thing. It's their fault. Yes, I believe that it's the media's fault that these athletes are taking steroids. Hear me out on this one. They put such an astronomical amount of pressure on athletes to perform that they're driven to be better. Once they max out their potentials on pure skill and just working out and it's still not good enough, they feel that they need to do something to get better, in this case steroids. I understand that it's not moral to take steroids because it's cheating the game but I think you have to look at it from the other side as well. These guys are expected to perform and when they don't, they get criticized and called out. They're humans too. No one likes being badgered about not doing something good so instead of that, they decided to take steroids. It's simply a product of the beast that the media has created.

A-Rod and Steroids

Alright so by now anyone who's watched any television knows that Alex Rodriguez was caught using steroids. whatever. Even though it was only reported two days ago, it already seems like old news. What he did today was he confessed. In a world where no one confesses and everyone is innocent, this took balls. He said straight up, "I took steroids." I think he should get some credit for that since not a lot of people (even the most obvious of users) admit to it.
I honestly don't think this should keep him out of the hall of fame. Even if you take away his stats from those three years, he's still hall of fame caliber. We'll see how far this all goes. I'm really hoping he really did only take steroids those three seasons (when it was still allowed by the way), and didn't keep taking them. You mad major respect from me and a bunch of other people, I really hope that doesn't get taken away by news him taking steroids at other times too.

Keep toking Michael Phelps

So there's some pretty big buzz about Michael Phelps smoking marijuana and I've just got this to say. Who cares? He won this country 8 gold medals. Maybe the weed even helps him swim. It obviously didn't hurt him. He hasn't said how much he's done it but I'm willing to bet that he's done it before judging by how he took those bong hits. I hope they discover that there's something in marijuana that helps swimmers swim faster and then all these people shut up. People need to stop overreacting, especially the mothers who want him to be a role model to their children. He's 23. That's far from role model age. He's a young guy, he's going to do some things, it's just that he got caught this time. Big deal. He'll probably do it again too, in the privacy of his own home of course, with no cameras. I think his only mistake was getting caught and I think he feels the same way too. Had he not been caught, he wouldn't feel guilty.

SuperBoring

Sorry I'm a little late with my super bowl post, i was in a coma. Seriously, I think people are blowing this a little bit out of proportion. Some are saying one of the best Super bowls ever. Is this some kind of joke. I found that far from the best. Now, if you told me it was one of the best 4th quarters, then yes, I'd have to agree with you. It was a very good, maybe even great, 4th quarter. Hell, you can even say it was the best last minute of a half when Harrison returned that interception 100 yards. That was a great play, but the game as a whole? No way. That being said, I was still surprised because I thought it was going to be a really bad game and it turned out to be not as bad as I though (doesn't make it good though). Arizona played as though they were just happy to be there for a large portion of the game and with the exception of some instances, like the first drive, Pittsburgh seemed a little tentative. Ben Roethlisberger didn't have that good of a game in my opinion either. If it wasn't for that 4th quarter, he would've had another horrible game and people would be questioning him yet again. I know it's whether he won the game, which is true, but don't anoint him as the second coming then either. He made some really good plays with his feet but statistic wise, not so good. That being said, he gets the job done and I'd rather have him on my team than Peyton Manning. Yes, I said it. Ben gets the job done in big games and Peyton really doesn't. Sure he has a Super Bowl but think back to how many big games he lost in the years before that and now that Dungy is gone, I kind of expect it to go back to how it was, with Peyton choking in big games.