
After a roller coaster SEC Championship game marked by alternating series of dumb fumbles and brilliant punting, the Gators finally prevailed over the Razorbacks, and over the human votes too that make up two-thirds of the basis for the BCS decision (the remaining one third being the computer system).

So started a mad rush to get bowl tickets to the arid country that is Arizona come January 8. This comes exactly on the 10th anniversary of the first ever National Championship for the Gator Nation, back in 1996. I was not able to savor the maiden win then as I had left for home one year earlier upon graduation. But this time, if the Gators win, I would not miss the chance to celebrate the victory, as an alumnus, for the second time. And that’s a promise.

For the event, the school, HB Plant High, has chartered several buses to ferry students to Miami to support their team, for a fee of course, on the day of the game. It’s a long journey no doubt, close to 300 miles one way, but my D is seriously considering making the trip, provided it’s in the company of her coterie of friends.
Still on sports, but half way around the world from here, the 15th Asian Games opened with fanfare at Doha, Qatar on Dec 1. But my wife told me that the gala opening ceremony was a near washout as rain, to the tune of the average annual total, poured down on that fateful day.
I just checked the official game website, and note that in the medal tally, Malaysian is currently at the joint 11th position (with Indonesia), having garnered a gold, a silver and a bronze. China is a distant first with 69, more than half are in gold.
While Malaysia has never been a sports powerhouse in the context of Asia, she has won her fair share of medals. I would be checking the website periodically for the next ten days or so (the game closes on Dec 15) to see how my country athletes are doing, thanks to the Internet. Surpassing past achievements? Reliving past glory? Further sliding into oblivion? I shall see.
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I've been to your site. So thanks, but no thanks.
Dan tried to google if Plant High won the game, and your website came up in the search results! It was the fourth result. Heehee.
And while Dan is a huge football fan, I still don't know much about the game and the teams and the different championships/bowls... Not really my thing, heh heh...
Yes, lately my blogs have shown up quite early in the search pages. Must have used the right labels.
Football has been rated the most technical of all games, but that's as far as playing the game is concerned. For understanding the game from a spectator's standpoint, I think it's all in a day's work.
Even Mom knows now a touchdown is worth 6 points, the conversion (goal kick) adds another point. Then a field goal earns 3 points.
I still have to work on other aspects with her like 1st to 4th down and safety.
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