A home full of Steeler fans

I thought I'd share a video of a taste of how big sports can be at my house.  Besides myself, my family is big on the Pittsburg Steelers.  We haveve our downstairs family room decked out as well as my youngest brother's room.  There is a lot of steeler merchandise and much more. 

I have a digital media class as well so I and we had to do an interview video so I decided to interview my 14 year old brother on why he is a steeler fan and his opinion on a few things steelers.

And for those of you wondering why I am not a steeler fan, I like college football better than NFL for one thing.  If I had to choose a favorite NFL team however it would have to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  I started liking them when they had Mike Alstott on the team, it was really fun watching him run over people and the defense was awesome. 

So here is the video of why my brother likes the steelers.  It also includes shots of some of the steeler memorabila

http://youtu.be/uPu_1kuBVx8

When I became an Alabama fan

Many of you might be wondering why I am a big Alabama fan, me being from Ogden.  The truth is I haven’t always been an Alabama fan.  When I was little I knew next to nothing about Alabama, and I was doing the unheard of as a BYU fan and I was rooting for Utah in the 2009 Sugar Bowl where the Utes beat the Crimson Tide 31-17 concluding their undefeated season.  Alabama was just another school to me that was in the SEC that I never seemed to care about.  That all changed on April 7^th 2010.

On that day, I received my mission call to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Alabama, Birmingham Mission.  I was really excited to serve and because I would be going there, I decided that I would look into Alabama Football.  I remembered watch the National Championship earlier that year between Alabama and Texas and I was happy when Alabama won 37-21 but I never thought it would have meaning to where I would spend two years of my life starting later that year. 

When I first got to Alabama, I was kind of shell shocked as to what to do and at all the differences. I mean there were no mountains, trees everywhere and the humidity was so strong I could hardly walk from the house we were staying at to our car without breaking out in a sweat.  As time went on though, I really came to love the people there and that is what contributed to my devotion to Alabama Football.  The first area I served in was a place called Cullman.  It is about midway between Birmingham and Huntsville for those of you who know at least the major cities in Alabama.  While there, I really loved the atmosphere and the people.  Days were long especially on a Saturday when Alabama was playing but it was still worth it.  Although I could never watch an Alabama game, many members of the ward would update me and my companion on how the game went and especially how they were going to kill Auburn later in the year. 

At Christmas, we were invited over to spend the day with a family of die-hard Bama fans.  This guy never missed a game, whether home or away and he was always vocal about his favorite team.  He was a very active member of the church and he loved the missionaries.  So on Christmas, he got me and my companion our own Alabama Sweatshirt, T-Shirt, Clock, and Hat.  It was really awesome to receive such great gifts from this great family. 

Overall the mission went great, and as far as the football atmosphere goes, Alabama is one the best states for football.  It seems like the entire state shuts down for a big game, especially a rivalry game.  Alabama has won the National Championship 2 of the last 3 years (Auburn won the other one).  I will definitely be cheering for Alabama for the National Championship. Not because I am a bandwagon jumper, I owe my devotion to Alabama to my mission. 

Championship Weekend

(Above) Alabama players hold up to SEC championship trophy after beating Georgia 32-28  (below) two Stanford players with the PAC 12 trophy with Roses in their mouths.  They will play Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on January 1.


This was a really big week for college football in determining who will be playing in the big BCS bowl games.  Championship week features games such as the Pac 12 Championship, The Big 10 Championship, The ACC Championship, The SEC Championships and many other conference championship games.  This week in college football usually provides several highly competitive games that come down to the wire with all teams battling for conference supremacy.  This weekend was no different. 

In what seemed to be an underscore game with usually little importance to the BCS, the Mid Atlantic Conference Championship turned out to have major significance this weekend.  It featured the Kent State Golden Flashes against the Northern Illinois Huskies.  Both teams came into this game with only one loss and both were playing for the chance to sneak into a BCS game.  It was a really good game that went into double overtime where the Huskies prevailed 44-37.  Because of that win, they jumped in the BCS standings from 21 to 15 and earned a spot in the Orange Bowl.  Many people might not agree with the decision to put them in the BCS but all the same they will get their chance to prove themselves against a team from a major conference. 

In other Championship games Wisconsin beat Nebraska 70-31 in the Big 10 Championship to earn a spot in the Rose Bowl.  Stanford edged out UCLA 27-24 to win the Pac 12 crown as well as joins Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. Florida State beat Georgia Tech 21-15 in the ACC title game and will be playing in the Orange Bowl.  And Louisville snuck past Rutgers in the Big East to join the Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl. 

The game of the week however came in the Southeastern Conference Championship between the third ranked Georgia Bulldogs against the second ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.  The Winner of this game would join the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in the National Championship.  The game started slow with the Tide taking a 10-7 lead into halftime.  The game picked up in the second half with the lead going back and forth between the two teams.  With the score 28-25 for Georgia with 3:15 left in the game Alabama quarterback threw a 45 yard touchdown to freshman receiver Amari Cooper to put Alabama back on top 32-28.  Georgia got the ball back with what seemed like plenty of time to put the ball into the end zone.  Alabama thought they secured the game with an interception but when the play was called an incomplete pass, the Bulldogs had one last chance to get to Miami.  They drove the ball all the way down to the 8 yard-line when on first down with nine seconds left on the clock the Tide stopped Georgia at the 5 yard-line and time expired.  What a great way to end a high intensity game and year for the SEC and I’m not just saying that because I’m an Alabama fan.  Alabama will be playing in the National Championship against Notre Dame in search for their 15^th National Championship in football, 3^rd in 4 years.

I am very excited for this bowl season and for the BCS games because of what happened this past week.

The link below is a link to the Bowl Game and location for the BCS games as well as all the other bowl games this year. 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8048429/2012-13-bowl-schedule