Well, the year is just about half over and its been interesting.

I started the year off by getting to school early for Orientation Assistant. That was a lot of fun. I got to meet a lot of freshman, and have made long-term friendships with a lot of those.

Then came the start of classes. I had a great schedule filled with fun and interesting teachers.

Then came the start of basketball. Basketball has been great, except the fact that we have lost three straight, but I have a good feeling about Saturday against Eckerd. I have a personal rivalry against Eckerd, becuase my brother went there and before I visited the Lynn campus, I was pretty sure I was going to Eckerd.

This past weekend I was in Valdosta, Georgia for basketball and it reminded me of Arkansas. The leaves were the orange, yellow, and brown you see in the fall and everybody was so nice. The only downside was we lost both games.

On the day after Thanksgiving, Arkansas beat LSU in football. I was so happy, since this was the first time since 1961, I think, that Arkansas has beat a Number 1 team in the nation. Then on the following Monday, Houston Nutt resigned as coach and signed onto coach at Ole Miss, who is a divisional rival. This infuriated me. The main rumor flying around Arkansas is that Lane Kiffin, the Oakland Raiders coach, might come to Arkansas and the old Ole Miss coach would come with him, which would be great, because he is known as a great recruiting, helping recruit such players as Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Carson Palmer, and Mike Williams.

Now, its time to study for finals and work until the 22nd when I’ll go home for 4 days, then come back for more basketball.

Gene

Last week was one of mixed emotions for me. One Wednesday the team played Puerto Rico Mayaguez. The team played very well. Hans Schur had a big scoring night, dropping 25 points, while Michael Baptiste had a huge night off the bench scoring 17 points and providing a much needed spark. Coach McMillin moved to 4-0 against Puerto Rico Mayaguez.

Thursday was Thanksgiving, as I’m sure you know. I started the day off with practice. Then afterwards, we as a team went to dinner at Legal Seafood, then after we got back to school, I went to my cousin’s grandmothers for another dinner. I had an amazing meal of turkey, this special cornbread, and sweet potatoes with marshmellows on top! After i left I didn’t think I could eat for days.

Friday we had a morning practice, then I watched the Arkansas-LSU game, or the Battle for the Golden Boot. It was an amazing game. Darren McFadden had a huge day, so did Peyton Hillis and Felix Jones. I screamed for joy so loud when Mattarel Richardson picked off the pass in the back of the end zone to end the game. As soon as the game was over, my dad and I were on the phone talking about the game and how great it was.

Saturday we played Christian Brothers. We started off great, keeping their offense at bay for a majority of the game. At the end of the game, their offense started to click and the hit a fade-away three pointer with 6 seconds left in the game. Randy Jones just missed a long distance three pointer at the buzzer.

 Due to Randy’s performance last week, he was named the Lynn Male Athlete of the Week.

 Well, have a good week and live life to the fullest.

Gene

Well, college football is well underway and some interesting things have happened so far. USC lost to Stanford. Stanford for those of you who don’t know, didn’t win a single game last year! The defending champion Florida Gators lost for the second week in a row, the first time since 2004 that they have lost two in a room. Notre Dame has won only one game. Michigan lost to Appalachain State. And Arkansas has proved that they can beat no one. They beat the University of Tennessee- Chattenooga 34-15 a game that they should have one by more. And LSU is ranked number 1.

While all this is going on, the most exciting time of the year for me is starting to happen. College basketball. Next monday we start full team practices, as does everybody else in the country. That means that games are starting to get closer which I love. College basketball is the most exciting time of the year because the crowd is right on top of you every game, and if you lose one day you can come out the next day and take it out on the next opponent.