Thursday, January 30, 2014

Supah' Bowl

This Super Bowl is going to be a super bowl. If you don't get it, don't ask. This is a game that could go either way and if played multiple times, it could have many different results. The Denver Broncos have had a beyond outstanding year, breaking multiple records. Two of those records now belong to Peyton Manning himself. He broke the season long touchdown pass record with 55 touchdowns and the season long passing yard record with 5,477. The Denver Broncos as a whole also broke the season long total points record with 606 points. After breaking all these records, the Broncos now have a chance at winning the Super Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks have had a dominating year as well on both offense and defense. Marshawn Lynch dominating with the running and their defense being nearly unstoppable. Russell Wilson has been a bit shaky thought leading into and throughout the playoffs. Richard Sherman... do I need to say more? The Seattle defense managed to allow the least points for the season as well as the least average points allowed per game. The Super Bowl looks like it is going to be a game of the best offense versus the best defense. The deciding factor will be if the opposite sides (Denver defense and Seattle offense) can make some big plays. In the end, I think the game could go either way. If Russell Wilson can get his $%!* together, Marshawn can dominate the ground game, and Richard Sherman... can be Richard Sherman, the Seahawks have a good chance at winning this game. Although, if Denver can prove the stats wrong and put up a lot of points with Manning yelling "Omaha" 50 thousand times throwing to one of his four outstanding offensive weapons, they have a good chance of winning this game as well. The only reason why I would want the Denver Broncos to win is so that Peyton Manning can cap off his incredible season with a Super Bowl win.

Academics aren't Everything

All the video does is complain about how student athletes shouldn't make it through due to their academic level of performance. Not everybody is academically inclined, and not everyone should be. People are born as athletes and are not meant to be put through years and years and years and years of school. Yes, many of them are "reading at a 4th grade level and shouldn't be making it through college", but where else are they supposed to go? What are they supposed to do? Go live in the street because they are more physically inclined than they are academically? There are not special schools for these athletes and they have absolutely nowhere else to go. Colleges let these "academically challenged" students into their college because they need athletes to compete in sports. While there are students who can maintain their sport and their education, there are many people who can compete even better although their academic performance may not be "at the right level". Physical and athletic performance should be (if not already) treated as the same level of importance.