Rochester sports teams

Rochester is known as one of the biggest minor league markets for sports. After seeing the Rochester Lancers I will have seen all of the sports teams here. I have seen the Raiders (arena football), Rhinos (Soccer), Amerks (hockey), Razor Sharks (basketball), Red Wings (baseball), and Knight hawks (indoor lacrosse). The only team I didn't see was the Lacrosse team. They moved them before I got to see them but I think they maybe being replaced.

Tebow Time

I went to the Buffalo Vs. Denver game to see Tim Tebow take on the Bills Christmas Eve (Just seemed right). I have been trying to go to a game all year but it kept falling through. I found  friend to go with and went for it. I got seats five rows from the field. It was nice because it has been unseasonably warm for western New York.

When I got to Ralph Wilson Stadium I was surprised to see what I saw. The Stadium looked like a minor league baseball stadium not a NFL stadium. Even the "nose bleeds" where not bad. I was very happy to see my seat had been so close.

The game started off awesome. I got to see Tim score a rushing touchdown (I started him for my Fantasy Football team to add a little excitement). It seemed like through out the game most of the touchdowns had been scored in the end zone I was next to. All four of Tebow touchdowns had been scored in our endzone (the two to his team and the 2 pick sixes) and a punt return for a TD by the Bills.

We sat on the Bills side of the Stadium. When the game first kicked off the stadium was fairly empty. The  bills fans next to us where funny. They heckled the Bills players every time they messed up. One guy said man this guy is going to miss this field goal because it is to easy of a kick. Well the kick was no good. The Bills' kicker missed another field goal after that also. The center kept messing up the snap and the guys kept screaming at the center. It was pretty funny. By this time the Stadium had filled up some.

However, things got nasty with some other Bills' fans when they saw a Broncos' fan in the row in front of them. At first it was funny. Chanting White cargo pants (the guy was wearing white snowboarding pants- it was cold). The Bronco fan didn't pay much attention to them. It got nasty once they wouldn't stop. hey also started calling the kid names and attacking hi directly. The usher asked them to stop once but they continued. Other Bills fans in the area felt bad and stuck up for him to no avail. I ended up texting security. A few of them had left before security got down to the area (to use the restroom). The ones that had been around got kicked out when they came down. When the other fans came back the (around the time TIm through his first pick six) they continued to go in on the kid and took his friends hat.

I snapped and told them to "SHUT THE FUCK UP". The girls looked at me and "oh what is your deal". THey started to talk trash to me but they stopped quickly (maybe they noticed I wasn't going to take that crap). I also showed them my Falcons jersey. I felt bad because my friend with me had to see all that. They calmed down a little. THe guy who had got the most of the shit turned around to them and said Merry Christmas & Have a safe drive home to them. They called him a fag and said you to. That kid is a champ because I wouldn't have been able to say quite. A some of the Bills fans next to us left (the ones heckling the kicker) thanked me for texting Security and wished a Merry Christmas.

Although the fans, who I think may have been mildly retarded, put a damper on the end of the game I still enjoyed it. It was a little cold and Tim Tebow didn't come through at the end. It was still a nice game to see. It was nice going to the game with a Tebow/Football fan. I would definatly go to another game at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

S/n: The Bills GM, Buddy Nix, coached at my high school.

Tebow Rushing TD 

Fantasy Football

Two for One 

I have been in three of the five games that get the trophy for closest game.

I also had Cobb, Branch, Harry Douglas, Charger's D/ST, Carpenter, Vinatieri and McGahee on my roster at some point.

Wegmans Family 5K

I did my second 5k of the year. I finished 8th overall not 6th as mentioned in the video. This was a pretty fast course. The course had a few hills but no big ones. It was a little cold and had a few winds. My next race is going to be Run Like The Wind .  I hope to run the same time but that course is much harder with a few steep hills.

RACE RESULTS

First 5K of 2011

I completed my first 5k of the year : 13th Annual Parkinson Canal Run/Walk 2011. I was using it as starting point and set a goal of 20 minutes. I m recovering from a mild ankle sprain and didn't want to kill myself. It was a great course but the final mile was into 15 mph headwinds and was 34 degrees out. That slowed the pace down. The winning time was about a minute slower then the previous year (16:29 this year vs 15:32) and I m guessing partially because of the wind. In either case my time was pretty decent without me over pushing myself (20:16). I ran pace with a young lady (first overall for the ladies). It turned out I placed 12 overall and 2nd in my age group (once the two winners had been factored out). My next race is May 1st. I m hoping with better weather and good health to break 20.

Overall Results
Results by age group

NCAA UPDATE

Well,  now that the tournament is over here is how my predictions turned out.

Not bad for pulling it all out of a hat. Oh and I shot edited and uploaded this video from my iphone via iMovie. Oh man do I love technology. Leave a comment and some topics to cover. That is all for now.

UPDATE: I ended up in 2nd Place in my pool. I won some $$. Not a bad return on my $5.

NCAA Picks

I decided to have a little fun with picking out the Final Four by doing it somewhat randomly. Here are the Final Four picks and Finals winner.

Results

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