Monday, November 30, 2009

Rants

It's probably not a good practice to not write in my blog for almost 3 months, and then have my first post in such a long time be complaining.

I was going to complain about how chick flicks make dating more difficult for guys, but I think I'll let Matt do that since I'm sure he can be much more elaborate than I.

I did, however, just catch myself up on the whole Max Hall controversy thing, including watching his press conference and reading the apology statement issued earlier tonight. It all started from seeing a Facebook group called "Max Hall is classless."

My take:
Hall was frustrated from the things that Utah fans did to his family last year. He's understandably upset and was (probably wrongfully) using the press conference to vent his anger.

That being said, I've heard so many things about incidents started/perpetuated by Utah fans that I can't believe it is just a coincidence. I know BYU fans do/say things out of line (believe me, sitting in the west seats during the 2007 BYU - Utah game was enough for me to be disappointed with even the elderly BYU fans...). But ripping out goal posts at the opponents field? C'mon Utah.

Also, the language used on the Facebook page by the Utah fans isn't really helping their case against Hall's remarks. And not that it's related, but their language isn't helping me gain a respect for their academics either, especially when I see Utah fans using words like "unsincere." (by more than one person...)

Oh well. I thank Utah for a great game Saturday. It was a lot of fun to be at. I'm done complaining about this.