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I feel it necessary to introduce myself in the first entry. My name is Chris. I'm a student at The Ohio State University. Scarlet and Orange refers to various Ohio sports teams.
82nd Annual Academy Awards
Tonight, the 82nd annual Academy Awards took place. I find the award shows pretty boring for the most part.. this one included. Had a few funny moments. Definitely some awkward ones too, especially during the interviews before the actual show. Happy to see The Hurt Locker win six Oscars. Deserved them all. Thought Avatar was a great film, but it wasn't as intriguing and intense as The Hurt Locker. I've read that people who have experience fighting in the middle-east do not find The Hurt Locker realistic, but as far as film goes, it felt about as real as I can remember.
Thought Up in the Air was criminally underrated. Clooney can play that type of character well. It was fantastic. Vera Farmiga is great as well.
And how about Jeff Bridges? His career reached its pinnacle tonight with an Oscar win. Well-deserved, Dude.
Anyways.. congrats to all the winners I didn't remember or care to mention.
Lady Buckeyes Earn Big 10 Title
Congrats to the lady Buckeyes for taking home the Big 10 title tonight. Well-deserved. Certainly not their best game today, but a win is a win and this one was important. Props to Iowa for a well-played game.
Browns with Two Signings
The Browns signed offensive tackle Tony Pashos and linebacker Scott Fujita. According to Peter King, Fujita wanted to stay in New Orleans, but the deal the Browns gave Fujita (3 years, $14M, $8M guaranteed) was too good to pass up. Fujita is an immediate upgrade at the linebacker position. Good signing for the Browns and their new regime. Pashos has been a starter, but he's had some injury problems. At the very least, he'll add needed depth on the line, and will probably compete for the right tackle spot.
Drew Brees had this to say about his ex-teammate and ex-free agent Scott Fujita:
"We lost a great player, person, and leader today in free agency. Scott Fujita signed with the Browns. He will be missed"
Kind of hoped that the Browns would push for Antrel Rolle. I think he could be a guy the team could build their defense around for the future. Disappointed that the Giants signed him.
NHL Problems
This will be my second random topic for the day. In the hockey world, the Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cooke will likely be suspended for his blindside hit on Boston's Marc Savard. He deserves the suspension. The NHL needs a rule change in the worst way.. Cooke's hit was legal by the books. But he'll probably get suspended. Obvious problem there. Cooke didn't use his elbows, he didn't interfere, he didn't board Savard. He hit Savard right after Savard took a shot. Savard suffered a concussion after Cooke's shoulder/upper arm blasted Savard pretty hard. Here's the video:
Figured there'd be more fighting after that, considering how dirty the hit was. But that's a different subject for another day. Earlier this year, Mike Richards made a hit on Florida's David Booth . It was very similar.. no suspension resulted. This is a big problem with the NHL. Punishment isn't consistent. Richards got a game misconduct and the Panthers received a five minute power play for the incident. Cooke will likely be suspended, but no penalty resulted from the play. Probably because there isn't a rule regarding blatant headshots like this. If the NHL wants to improve itself and sell itself, it needs to clean up things like this and be more consistent with officiating. The momentum for the Olympics is still great, and negative stories like this don't need to be dominating headlines. That being said, good (for me) to see the Pens get a win. Looks like the MVP will come down to Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. Imagine that.
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