Well, 1 Out of 3 Won

There were three events I was really looking forward to today. First, Da Bears and the Bengals playing at the Spaceship, the new Soldier Field. Da Bears, well, were in a giving mood to say the least. After stopping Cincy 3 and out to start the game, Justin Gage let a pass go through his hands on Da Bears' first play from scrimmage, which was then intercepted. That led to a Bengal touchdown on the very next play. Kyle Orton would be intercepted 4 more times, leading to 10 more Bengal points. When Da Bears finally created a turnover of their own, Doug Brien (yep, the same guy who choked for the Jets last year), missed a 40 yard field goal that would've kept Da Bears in it. The Bengals won 24-7 and are 3-0. Da Bears are 1-2, but still only a 1/2 game out of first in the NFC North.

Next came Big Ben and the Steelers hosting the Patriots. Despite losing the left side of their offensive line and two members of their secondary, the Pats got an Adam Vinateri field goal in the waning seconds to win 23-20. After an early 85 yard TD pass to Hines Ward, Roethlisberger struggled, running for his life from the rushing Patriot defense. While Tom Brady had all weekend to throw, Ben was forced to rush throws, almost making key mistakes. Roethlisberger hung in there and tied the game at 20 with his 2nd TD pass. In 3 games, he has 6 TD passes and 0 INTs, and despite only going 12/28, he still had a passer rating over 90 which is above average.

While this was going on, it was the final day of the Presidents Cup. The US hadn't won a team competition since 2000 and came in tied with their International counterparts. It came down to the final two matches featuring Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco. The US had assured themselves of no worse than a tie, but needed to win one of the final 2 matches to win the Cup. Mickelson came to 18 trailing Angel Cabrera by 1, but stuffed a wedge close to have a chance to send the match to overtime. Phil made the putt, setting the stage for DiMarco and Stuart Appleby, who came to 18 tied. DiMarco hit an incredible shot from the right rough, where his ball lay next to a fairway bunker which DiMarco had to stand in when he hit the shot. Then, after Appleby missed his birdie chance, DiMarco, as he has done all week, made the clutch putt to give the US the win. Finally, the US won a professional golf competition.

So, another great sports weekend comes to an end. This week should be good though, with the Battle for the Bell Wednesday night where yours truly will be attendance rooting on my Redhawks in front of an ESPN2 audience. I also found out my Uncle and Aunt and their family will be coming in from Washington, DC for the Ohio St./Indiana game in October and have bought us tickets. So we will be heading to Bloomington, my first trip there since I was a high school junior.

Who I will be rooting for??? The Hoosiers of course. Hey, Coach Hoeppner, now the head coach at IU was the coach at Miami. I've met him and have always been a fan of his when he was at Miami. So I will be rooting on the old Miami ball coach.

On another note, Miami charged me for 4 days' worth of internet and phone, the full monthly charge. Now I know why my diploma hasn't come yet. Sometimes...... So, my diploma will be coming this week, with that, maybe a job?!?!?! You never know what life will bring.

Until tomorrow.