Friday Night Picks

Big Buddha
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Went to form last night except for the Memphis Mizzou game - Tyreke Evans was outstanding but the Tigers got in way to big of a whole to come back in this one. Will see how Mizzou handles UConn's size tomorrow. Hell of a last minute by Fields last night for Pitt by the way.

Tonight I like:

UNC over Gonzaga (however I will cheer for the Zags because a win here for them makes it likely I win some $ in a bracket pool and a loss will make it unlikely)

Louisville over Zona - Zona is the only CInderalla left in a tourney lacking Cinderellas - of-course the idea of Zona being a Cinderella is a bit odd as they have won a championship in the modern era and are from a BCS conference

Syracuse over Oklahoma - For some reason I think Blake Griffin gets in foul trouble tonight and they will have major problems winning if that happens.

Michigan State over Kansas - The Spartans have a lot of experienced big guys led by Suton - the Hawks have Cole Aldrich and that is about it. I'll take Sparty.

My picks for tonight

Arctic Blast 2008
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Pitt over Xavier
Memphis over Mizzou
Nova over Duke
UConn over Purdue

Looking forward to hopefully 4 good games tonight!

Evie at the Children's Museum

Bye Bye Bellotti

Amazon Park
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

What I have thought for the last few month's has been made official. Mike Bellotti has stepped down as Oregon football coach and will become AD as of July 1st. Let's hope the Kelly era sees the same if not better success than the Bellotti era. Mike took the program to new heights and I like that he will still be involved as AD. He faces a likely big decision regarding Ernie Kent. My feeling is that Kent gets another year and it is go to the NCAA's and win a game or two next year or a new hoops coach will open the new arena.

Life Goes On

Oregon Zoo
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Not too much to say right now - the Ducks are enjoying their worst season ever and I have no time to watch sports these days but I don't miss them too much either. Evie is growing up so fast and Emily an I are doing our best to keep up with her.