RBADDK (Slightly Serious edition)

The time has once again come for Nate to rant about things he does and doesn't like (mostly doesn't).

-Why ESPN, why? I have counted on you for many years to be my friend and you've done such a good job. SportsCenter replays all night long, Around the Horn and PTI every week day and all in HD. You have crazycool (one word) commercials, a plethora of stations and cheap seats. So why did you have to go behind my back and do this to me? I don't want to dislike you. But you make it really hard when you continually tell me that BYU didn't deserve to win the game against Washington.

-If you don't like sports just skip this one... Continuing with the last point: Ok, for those of you who did not see the game here is a summary: BYU was up by 7 with under 10 seconds to go. Washington's QB (Locker) scores a touchdown with 2 seconds left and throws the ball up in the air. The ref throws a flag for excessive celebration. Washington is moved back 15 yards for the PAT and BYU blocks the kick. Game over.

Here is my opinion on the play. Locker did not excessively celebrate, he went right to his teammates, did not taunt, just celebrated with them. But he did throw the ball high in the air. According to the rule book if the ball is thrown high in the air after a touchdown it warrants a flag. The ball was thrown 20-30 feet in the air. (it was in the air for a total of 2.36-2.5 seconds. If you throw that into the math equation (distance=velocity X Time) and assume the ball is falling at 9.8 (which is the constant of an object which is falling straight down) you can assume the ball went around 23 feet in the air from where he threw it- And he is over 6 feet so add that onto the total height, that's almost 30 feet in the air.) Lets say for good measure it was 25 feet in the air. Is that "high in the air" as the rule book suggests? Yes it is.

If you don't like the rule, that's fine. Complain about the rule. But don't complain about the call. The Ref did what he was supposed to. Could he have swallowed his whistle? Sure. But he did have more than enough evidence to make the call. I don't like BYU winning like that, but they outplayed the other team and made one more play than they did.

The whole fact of the matter is that BYU blocked the PAT. A 35 yard field goal is more than makable. Maybe if you had even gotten the kick off, you could complain a little bit more. But you did not. It was blocked. Where's the O-Line?

Refs don't win games for teams. I know that's not a popular opinion in Utah, but it's true. The players on the field win and lose games.



-Ok moving on. New Facebook still sucks. And now I am stuck with it. Whatever happened to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?"

-I think I am forever doomed to be in complicated relationships. (Don't get all excited cause I used the word "relationship," it's just as I stated above, complicated)

-I auditioned for Universal Studios Japan a little while ago and I have now decided that I really want to go to Japan for a while. I won't know til November (maybe December) if I got the gig, but that would be crazycool (one word) to go out there for a while.

-Frightmares! rehearsals just started up again, so if you want to see me singing my life away as Frankenstein you sure can every weekend in October.



-Yes that's my face on the Billboard for Lagoon just south of the park- and yes I am signing autographs.

-Please don't lie to my face. Especially if I have trusted you in the past. It really bothers me and I will complain about it to anyone that will listen to me. They wont get all the details, but they sure will know I don't like liars.

-I still love Saint George.

-It's still weird not living with my roommates in Logan. And not being in school. And not avoiding to study for tests.

Well it's late. I am tired and I want to wake up sometime before 2 PM tomorrow, so I am done.

-Cope Out