800 and Counting

Whooooo! Sylvia Hatchell just got her 800th win! Carolina just beat State 75-66 at the Smith Center! Hatchell's 500th, 600th, 700th, and 800th win were all against State. She now joins the elite club of womens coaches with 800+ wins. The current members are Sylvia Hatchell, Pat Summit of Tennessee, C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers, and Jody Conradt, a retired Texas coach. But anyway, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Divisional Weekend

Ok, so this weekend is divisional playoff weekend, and the 1st game, Tennessee vs Baltimore is tied 10-10 with 1:09 left in the 4th quarter, but Baltimore is driving, and is in Tennessee territory. Sorry, I had to eat dinner, Baltimore won 13-10. The Panthers and Cardinals play in about 5 minutes

Dazzle

This is a break from my normal sports posts to say goodbye to my guinea pig, Dazzle, who died last night. He died in his sleep, so there was no pain for him, which is good, but I miss him very much. :-(

Stupid Linebacker

In the Meineke Car Care Bowl on the 27th, Carolina lost to West Virginia 31-30. It was a good game, unless you were a Carolina fan and you were watching the last two minutes, when WVU scored a touchdown to make it 31-30, and T.J. Yates threw an interception that basiclly erased his pretty good game. Pat Lazear, the linebacker who intercepted Yates, is now hated among the Carolina faithful, and loved among the Mountianeer fan club. Hakeem Nicks had 3 touchdowns in the 1st half, but was shut down by double coverage in the 2nd half of what might have been his last game in Carolina blue. Nicks is only a junior, but he has had a great year this year, and got the attention of many NFL scouts.

Now THAT'S a Football Game!

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl- Southern Miss vs. Troy

Motor City Bowl- Central Michagan vs. Florida Atlantic

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl- Houston vs. Air Force

Texas Bowl- Western Michigan vs. Rice

Independence Bowl- Northern Illinois vs. Louisana Tech

International Bowl- Buffalo vs. UConn ( This would be a good game if UConn hadn't been blown out by Carolina and Rutgers)

Some of these games have been played, and others are still to come, but they aren't really filled with great teams. I think a lot of them were 6-6 in the regular season, which means they just barely made a bowl.

Merry Christmas, LA

The Lakers ended the the Celtics 19 game win streak with a 92-83 win in LA yesterday. Not surprisingly, Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 27 points, but it was Pau Gasol down the stretch that clinched the win. The two teams don't play each other again until February, when the Lakers will travel to Boston.

Celtics Streak Survives

Yesterday the Boston Celtics set two records in their 110-91 win over the Philidelphia 76ers. One was a franchise record 19 game win streak, and the other was a NBA record being the first team to start the season 27-2. Whoo Hoo for them!