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Monday, August 31, 2009
September Challenge
Dutch Lowy of CrossFit ATM gave me a great idea of having monthly challenges for people to perform. So my September challenge is this. Take 15,000 pounds and divide it by your body weight. The number that you come up with is the reps that you would perform of dead lifts. So an example of 225lb body weight would be; 15,000/225= 67 reps @ 225(the body weight). At the end of the month I will determine a winner and their will be prizes given out at the end of the month. Post times to comments.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
College Football Villains from my humble outlook....
In spirit of College Football here are some of my all time villians of College Football, so enjoy... Post any villain you hate in College Football to comments
Brian Bosworth -- Oklahoma linebacker, 1984-86
Hated by: Texas; the entire Big Eight Conference; eventually Sooners fans as well.
Claim to Infamy: Fast and furious linebacker took flamboyance to obnoxious levels, epitomizing the out-of-control nature of Oklahoma football in the mid-to-late 1980s. Wore multicolored Mohawk for a while. Missed 1987 Orange Bowl after positive test for steroids (the event that put him on the bad list with Oklahoma backers). Oklahoma State bookstore once sold T-shirts that read, "Will Rogers never met Bosworth." Was famously run over by Bo Jackson on his way to becoming a bust in the NFL, which earned him the sympathy of virtually no one.
Maurice Clarett -- Ohio State running back, 2002
Hated by: Miami; then Buckeye Nation.
Claim to Infamy: True freshman battered the heavily favored Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl, scoring the winning touchdown in a memorable upset to win the national title. Relationship with Ohio State soured spectacularly after that, and so did his career. Currently in jail. Clarett disparaged Ohio State routinely after he left school and Buckeyes fans returned in kind, stopping only when they pop in a highlight video of the 2002 season.
Matt Davison -- Nebraska wide receiver, 1997-2000
Hated by: Missouri, Michigan.
Claim to Infamy: Davison was the previously anonymous guy on the receiving end of the flea-kicker, a pass that altered the course of the 1997 season. Trailing 38-31 against Missouri on the last play of regulation, the pass flew from Cornhuskers quarterback Scott Frost to wingback Shevin Wiggins -- who did not catch it, instead kicking it into the air as he fell to the ground. Davison then dove in out of nowhere to cradle the ball inches above the ground for the tying touchdown. Nebraska went on to win in overtime and share the national championship with Michigan, which would have had the title to itself if the officials had correctly called the play an illegal catch after the kick.
Doug Flutie -- Boston College quarterback, 1981-84
Hated by: Miami.
Claim to Infamy: Little (5-foot-9) man threw 48-yard touchdown pass to teammate Gerard Phelan on the final play of 1984 game against the Hurricanes, winning the game 47-45. Flutie drove the Eagles 78 yards in 28 seconds, helping spoil Jimmy Johnson's debut season in Miami. The next month, Flutie was awarded the Heisman Trophy. Canes fans are forced to relive Hail Mary pass annually, because the play is in heavy highlight rotation during every college football season.
Laura Gambucci -- Tempe aerobics instructor, 1986
Hated by: Miami.
Claim to Infamy: Derailed Hurricanes championship. When the top-ranked, undefeated Canes swaggered into Tempe in December 1986 to play Penn State in what at the time was hyped as the biggest college football game ever, they were led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Vinny Testaverde. While in Tempe, Testaverde met Gambucci, fell in love and -- if you judge by the box score from that Fiesta Bowl -- completely lost focus. Testaverde was intercepted five times and the Nittany Lions scored a shocking 14-10 upset to win the national title. Testaverde went on to marry Gambucci in 1988. They were divorced in 1989.
Chain Gang -- Missouri-Colorado game in Columbia, Mo., Oct. 6, 1990
Hated by: Missouri.
Claim to Infamy: Incorrect down marker fooled officiating crew and almost everyone else in Faurot Field, allowing Buffaloes a fifth down on the goal line at the end of the game while trailing the Tigers 31-27. Chain gang failed to register spiked pass to stop the clock on first down, and as a result Charles Johnson's quarterback keeper on the final (fifth) play from the 1-yard line counted as the winning points. Colorado went on to win a share of the national title. Missouri went on to the seventh of what would be 13 straight losing seasons.
Desmond Howard -- Michigan receiver/kick returner, 1989-91
Hated by: Ohio State.
Claim to Infamy: First college player to strike the Heisman Trophy pose in-game, after a 93-yard punt return touchdown against Ohio State in 1991. The fact that the Cleveland native did it against the Buckeyes only served to rub in the fact that he'd left his home state to help Michigan dominate Ohio State during the John Cooper era.
Kickers -- Florida State, 1987-2004
Hated by: Florida State.
Claim to Infamy: If Bobby Bowden had simply recruited better place-kickers, the Seminoles might have been the power program in college football over the past 25 years. At the very least, their oft-painful rivalry with Miami would be dramatically different. Derek Schmidt missed two field goals and an extra point in a one-point loss to the Hurricanes in 1987 when the teams were ranked 3-4. Gerry Thomas missed a 34-yarder in the final minute against Miami in a one-point loss in 1991, the game remembered as Wide Right I. Dan Mowrey missed a tying field goal at the end of a three-point loss to the Hurricanes the next year in Wide Right II. Matt Munyon missed a 49-yarder to tie in the final minute in 2000 -- a loss that still did not keep the Seminoles from edging out the Hurricanes for a chance to play Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl for the national title. Xavier Beitia missed wide left in 2002 and wide right in the 2004 Orange Bowl late in losses by one and two points, respectively. Then the Canes blocked a Beitia field goal on their way to an overtime win the next season.
Jimmy Johnson -- Miami coach, 1984-88
Hated by: Notre Dame, among others.
Claim to Infamy: Brought the greatest glory and most opponent disdain to the Hurricanes during his five-year run. The combat fatigues were worn to the 1987 Fiesta Bowl on Johnson's watch, as the program's swagger fully took hold after being born under Howard Schnellenberger. Johnson supplied the classless coup de grace to the Gerry Faust era at Notre Dame, running up the score in the second half of a 58-7 rout of the Fighting Irish in Faust's last game as coach in 1985. Irish freshmen on that team were seniors when Johnson brought the Hurricanes into Notre Dame Stadium in 1988, and they were ready. The teams engaged in a pregame brawl outside the entrance tunnel and then Notre Dame upset the No. 1 Canes 31-30 in the "Catholics vs. Convicts" T-shirt game. Perma-sprayed hair also a nationwide annoyance
Urban Meyer -- Florida coach, 2005-present
Hated by: All of SEC, with special antipathy in Georgia.
Claim to Infamy: Biggest problem is obnoxious win total: 44-9 in first four seasons in Gainesville, with 2009 team favored to win a third national title on his watch. Has gained something of a bloodthirsty reputation after ordering late field goal in a 23-point win over Miami and using every timeout late in a 39-point mauling of Georgia last year. Considered by some critics to be excessively pleased with himself
Steve Spurrier -- Florida coach, 1990-2001
Hated by: Entire SEC, most notably Tennessee and Georgia; Florida State as well.
Claim to Infamy: Head Ball Coach won huge and unapologetically tweaked his victims for 12 years while building the brand at his alma mater. Volunteers fans can still hear, "You can't spell Citrus [Bowl] without U-T" ringing in their ears. Bulldogs fans can still hear him referring to 1990s coach Ray Goff as "Ray Goof." And Seminoles can still hear the Spurrier barb, "Free Shoes University." Unlikely that any SEC coach had more fun angering more people than Spurrier.
Barry Switzer -- Oklahoma coach, 1973-88
Hated by: Entire Big Eight, plus Texas.
Claim to Infamy: Cocky winner who stuck it to Tom Osborne and Darrell Royal, among many others, while rebuilding dynasty in Norman. Scored points in gushes with trademark wishbone offense, bragging of "hanging half a hundred" on the scoreboard. Ran a loose program that seemed to get progressively looser until it imploded in the late 1980s after a series of arrests and other embarrassments. Lucked into flush Cowboys job in 1990s and rode team's overwhelming talent to Super Bowl title.
Kellen Winslow -- Miami tight end, 2001-03
Hated by: Military veterans.
Claim to Infamy: After contentious game against Tennessee Nov. 8, 2003, two years after 9/11, Winslow declared himself a soldier. Declared college football war. Declared that the Volunteers were out to kill him, so he in turn was out to kill them. Did not declare for military service, not then or ever.
Charles Woodson -- Michigan cornerback/kick returner/spot offensive player, 1995-97
Hated by: Tennessee.
Claim to Infamy: Stole Peyton Manning's Heisman Trophy in 1997, according to Volunteer Nation. Became the only defensive back ever to win college football's most prestigious award. Reinforced everyone-is-out-to-get-us paranoia among Big Orange backers. (See: Hornung, Paul.)
Vince Young -- Texas quarterback, 2003-05
Hated by: USC
Claim to Infamy: Almost single-handedly stopped favored Trojans' bid for national title three-peat in 2006 Rose Bowl. Ran through USC defense for 200 yards and three touchdowns, the last coming with 19 seconds to play, to give the Longhorns the 41-38 victory and their first national championship since 1970. Lack of carryover to successful professional career further galls Trojans, who could feel better if they'd been destroyed by the next great NFL quarterback.
Rich Rodriguez -- Michigan coach, 2008-present
Hated by: The West Virginia fans who formerly worshipped him.
Claim to Infamy: Jilted home state and the Mountaineers for the big bucks and big prestige of the Big Ten, spawning epic and endless hissing match between himself and the school and its backers. Enmity from WVU fans will only intensify if the program slides in the post-Pat White era.
Bernie Kosar -- Miami quarterback, 1982-84
Hated by: Nebraska.
Claim to Infamy: Redshirt freshman passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns as the Hurricanes shocked a Cornhuskers team considered one of the most powerful in history, 31-30, in the 1984 Orange Bowl. Nebraska had won 22 straight games, most by landslide margins, before Kosar engineered an upset that launched the Miami dynasty and derailed Tom Osborne's dominance until Tommie Frazier arrived in Lincoln in the 1990s
Brian Bosworth -- Oklahoma linebacker, 1984-86
Hated by: Texas; the entire Big Eight Conference; eventually Sooners fans as well.
Claim to Infamy: Fast and furious linebacker took flamboyance to obnoxious levels, epitomizing the out-of-control nature of Oklahoma football in the mid-to-late 1980s. Wore multicolored Mohawk for a while. Missed 1987 Orange Bowl after positive test for steroids (the event that put him on the bad list with Oklahoma backers). Oklahoma State bookstore once sold T-shirts that read, "Will Rogers never met Bosworth." Was famously run over by Bo Jackson on his way to becoming a bust in the NFL, which earned him the sympathy of virtually no one.
Maurice Clarett -- Ohio State running back, 2002
Hated by: Miami; then Buckeye Nation.
Claim to Infamy: True freshman battered the heavily favored Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl, scoring the winning touchdown in a memorable upset to win the national title. Relationship with Ohio State soured spectacularly after that, and so did his career. Currently in jail. Clarett disparaged Ohio State routinely after he left school and Buckeyes fans returned in kind, stopping only when they pop in a highlight video of the 2002 season.
Matt Davison -- Nebraska wide receiver, 1997-2000
Hated by: Missouri, Michigan.
Claim to Infamy: Davison was the previously anonymous guy on the receiving end of the flea-kicker, a pass that altered the course of the 1997 season. Trailing 38-31 against Missouri on the last play of regulation, the pass flew from Cornhuskers quarterback Scott Frost to wingback Shevin Wiggins -- who did not catch it, instead kicking it into the air as he fell to the ground. Davison then dove in out of nowhere to cradle the ball inches above the ground for the tying touchdown. Nebraska went on to win in overtime and share the national championship with Michigan, which would have had the title to itself if the officials had correctly called the play an illegal catch after the kick.
Doug Flutie -- Boston College quarterback, 1981-84
Hated by: Miami.
Claim to Infamy: Little (5-foot-9) man threw 48-yard touchdown pass to teammate Gerard Phelan on the final play of 1984 game against the Hurricanes, winning the game 47-45. Flutie drove the Eagles 78 yards in 28 seconds, helping spoil Jimmy Johnson's debut season in Miami. The next month, Flutie was awarded the Heisman Trophy. Canes fans are forced to relive Hail Mary pass annually, because the play is in heavy highlight rotation during every college football season.
Laura Gambucci -- Tempe aerobics instructor, 1986
Hated by: Miami.
Claim to Infamy: Derailed Hurricanes championship. When the top-ranked, undefeated Canes swaggered into Tempe in December 1986 to play Penn State in what at the time was hyped as the biggest college football game ever, they were led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Vinny Testaverde. While in Tempe, Testaverde met Gambucci, fell in love and -- if you judge by the box score from that Fiesta Bowl -- completely lost focus. Testaverde was intercepted five times and the Nittany Lions scored a shocking 14-10 upset to win the national title. Testaverde went on to marry Gambucci in 1988. They were divorced in 1989.
Chain Gang -- Missouri-Colorado game in Columbia, Mo., Oct. 6, 1990
Hated by: Missouri.
Claim to Infamy: Incorrect down marker fooled officiating crew and almost everyone else in Faurot Field, allowing Buffaloes a fifth down on the goal line at the end of the game while trailing the Tigers 31-27. Chain gang failed to register spiked pass to stop the clock on first down, and as a result Charles Johnson's quarterback keeper on the final (fifth) play from the 1-yard line counted as the winning points. Colorado went on to win a share of the national title. Missouri went on to the seventh of what would be 13 straight losing seasons.
Desmond Howard -- Michigan receiver/kick returner, 1989-91
Hated by: Ohio State.
Claim to Infamy: First college player to strike the Heisman Trophy pose in-game, after a 93-yard punt return touchdown against Ohio State in 1991. The fact that the Cleveland native did it against the Buckeyes only served to rub in the fact that he'd left his home state to help Michigan dominate Ohio State during the John Cooper era.
Kickers -- Florida State, 1987-2004
Hated by: Florida State.
Claim to Infamy: If Bobby Bowden had simply recruited better place-kickers, the Seminoles might have been the power program in college football over the past 25 years. At the very least, their oft-painful rivalry with Miami would be dramatically different. Derek Schmidt missed two field goals and an extra point in a one-point loss to the Hurricanes in 1987 when the teams were ranked 3-4. Gerry Thomas missed a 34-yarder in the final minute against Miami in a one-point loss in 1991, the game remembered as Wide Right I. Dan Mowrey missed a tying field goal at the end of a three-point loss to the Hurricanes the next year in Wide Right II. Matt Munyon missed a 49-yarder to tie in the final minute in 2000 -- a loss that still did not keep the Seminoles from edging out the Hurricanes for a chance to play Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl for the national title. Xavier Beitia missed wide left in 2002 and wide right in the 2004 Orange Bowl late in losses by one and two points, respectively. Then the Canes blocked a Beitia field goal on their way to an overtime win the next season.
Jimmy Johnson -- Miami coach, 1984-88
Hated by: Notre Dame, among others.
Claim to Infamy: Brought the greatest glory and most opponent disdain to the Hurricanes during his five-year run. The combat fatigues were worn to the 1987 Fiesta Bowl on Johnson's watch, as the program's swagger fully took hold after being born under Howard Schnellenberger. Johnson supplied the classless coup de grace to the Gerry Faust era at Notre Dame, running up the score in the second half of a 58-7 rout of the Fighting Irish in Faust's last game as coach in 1985. Irish freshmen on that team were seniors when Johnson brought the Hurricanes into Notre Dame Stadium in 1988, and they were ready. The teams engaged in a pregame brawl outside the entrance tunnel and then Notre Dame upset the No. 1 Canes 31-30 in the "Catholics vs. Convicts" T-shirt game. Perma-sprayed hair also a nationwide annoyance
Urban Meyer -- Florida coach, 2005-present
Hated by: All of SEC, with special antipathy in Georgia.
Claim to Infamy: Biggest problem is obnoxious win total: 44-9 in first four seasons in Gainesville, with 2009 team favored to win a third national title on his watch. Has gained something of a bloodthirsty reputation after ordering late field goal in a 23-point win over Miami and using every timeout late in a 39-point mauling of Georgia last year. Considered by some critics to be excessively pleased with himself
Steve Spurrier -- Florida coach, 1990-2001
Hated by: Entire SEC, most notably Tennessee and Georgia; Florida State as well.
Claim to Infamy: Head Ball Coach won huge and unapologetically tweaked his victims for 12 years while building the brand at his alma mater. Volunteers fans can still hear, "You can't spell Citrus [Bowl] without U-T" ringing in their ears. Bulldogs fans can still hear him referring to 1990s coach Ray Goff as "Ray Goof." And Seminoles can still hear the Spurrier barb, "Free Shoes University." Unlikely that any SEC coach had more fun angering more people than Spurrier.
Barry Switzer -- Oklahoma coach, 1973-88
Hated by: Entire Big Eight, plus Texas.
Claim to Infamy: Cocky winner who stuck it to Tom Osborne and Darrell Royal, among many others, while rebuilding dynasty in Norman. Scored points in gushes with trademark wishbone offense, bragging of "hanging half a hundred" on the scoreboard. Ran a loose program that seemed to get progressively looser until it imploded in the late 1980s after a series of arrests and other embarrassments. Lucked into flush Cowboys job in 1990s and rode team's overwhelming talent to Super Bowl title.
Kellen Winslow -- Miami tight end, 2001-03
Hated by: Military veterans.
Claim to Infamy: After contentious game against Tennessee Nov. 8, 2003, two years after 9/11, Winslow declared himself a soldier. Declared college football war. Declared that the Volunteers were out to kill him, so he in turn was out to kill them. Did not declare for military service, not then or ever.
Charles Woodson -- Michigan cornerback/kick returner/spot offensive player, 1995-97
Hated by: Tennessee.
Claim to Infamy: Stole Peyton Manning's Heisman Trophy in 1997, according to Volunteer Nation. Became the only defensive back ever to win college football's most prestigious award. Reinforced everyone-is-out-to-get-us paranoia among Big Orange backers. (See: Hornung, Paul.)
Vince Young -- Texas quarterback, 2003-05
Hated by: USC
Claim to Infamy: Almost single-handedly stopped favored Trojans' bid for national title three-peat in 2006 Rose Bowl. Ran through USC defense for 200 yards and three touchdowns, the last coming with 19 seconds to play, to give the Longhorns the 41-38 victory and their first national championship since 1970. Lack of carryover to successful professional career further galls Trojans, who could feel better if they'd been destroyed by the next great NFL quarterback.
Rich Rodriguez -- Michigan coach, 2008-present
Hated by: The West Virginia fans who formerly worshipped him.
Claim to Infamy: Jilted home state and the Mountaineers for the big bucks and big prestige of the Big Ten, spawning epic and endless hissing match between himself and the school and its backers. Enmity from WVU fans will only intensify if the program slides in the post-Pat White era.
Bernie Kosar -- Miami quarterback, 1982-84
Hated by: Nebraska.
Claim to Infamy: Redshirt freshman passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns as the Hurricanes shocked a Cornhuskers team considered one of the most powerful in history, 31-30, in the 1984 Orange Bowl. Nebraska had won 22 straight games, most by landslide margins, before Kosar engineered an upset that launched the Miami dynasty and derailed Tom Osborne's dominance until Tommie Frazier arrived in Lincoln in the 1990s
What to do when you are nursing an injury????
Well since my surgery I have been coming up with things to do to stay active.... The other day using my crutches I timed how fast i could get from one end of the hallway to the other.... It took me 2 minutes and 35 seconds..... So my goal is to beat that time this coming week... The stares I get from the Marines in my barracks when they come out of there rooms, seeing me crutch down the hallway is priceless.... one person asked me why dont I just take it easy? Easy is what you take when your old and retired. If you have an injury what do you do to stay active? Post to comments...
Thursday, August 27, 2009
How this all started....
Today I want to start an experience with you... I started this blog because right now, I'm on the shelf from training because of Achilles tendon surgery. So what i want people to do is share their experience with working out and/or training.... I will share my experiences as a kid athlete, teenage athlete, college athlete, and as a Marine who went from power lifting to CrossFit...
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