Boo to me :(

So as I mentioned in my last post, yesterday was my first Magic the Gathering Tournament in 3 years. At any tournament, your first goal is to make the top 8. Big tournies usually have 6-9 rounds of play, and then a cut to the top 8 players who play off in single elimination for the win. How'd I do? 9th, on tiebreakers. Boy did that suck. Top 8 would have won me atleast a box of Magic Packs, and ofcourse first place (which I felt was obtainable had I made top8) was the invite and airfare to Pro Tour Geneva in February. I was pretty happy with how I played throughout the day. I definitely made a few mistakes, but I also played really well in some games, especially when they were tight and I was under pressure. In the past these were spots where I would make more mistakes (aka "Choke"), so the fact that I performed well in those spots is a good thing for me. There's another qualifier for Geneva in a month, and I'm really looking forward to it already.

Football yesterday (and Thursday!) was crazy. Lets recap the National title picture: Auburn? Done. Louisville? Done. Cal? Done. Texas? Done. Tennessee? Done. Florida? Escaped by a blocked FG with time expiring. Wow. If you read last weeks blog you'd see I predicted a lot of this happening. So, here we go with some National Title predictions. First for next weekend-Ohio State beats Michigan. I think it'll be fairly close, and as I mentioned last time, how far Michigan (or Ohio State if they do lose) fall in the polls is gonna be huge, because it's looking even more possible that there could be a rematch. Florida will lose in the SEC Championship game to Arkansas. That's right folks Arkansas. I think West Virginia will beat Rutgers, so that's them out. Then we have Notre Dame vs. USC. If USC still only has one loss, and beats Notre Dame and finishes the season with one loss I think they'll be playing in the title game. So the Irish have to step up big. If the Irish do win they'll be 11-1. I have Arkansas finishing 12-1, Michigan 11-1, and Ohio State 12-0. So in that scenario who out of Michigan, Arkansas, or Notre Dame will play Ohio State? Michigan in the rematch. How torn I am. If USC beats the Irish I think they'll play for the title, but if ND beats USC I think that will let Michigan play for it. Either way one of my two most hated teams gets a shot in the title game. Crap.

I've watched a few movies this week. Hero, House of Flying Daggers, and The Last Samurai (see a theme?). They are all excellent. I love Hero, and was slightly surprised how much I liked the Last Samurai. I knew it would be good, but I actually think it's really good, so that was awesome. Today I'm going to see Borat. Should be fun.

Bizzle Out