optimism Stories - Sunday Morning Quarterback
Jarvis Jones Cleared to Play by NCAA; Eeyore and Chicken Little Cautiously Peer Out From Under Umbrellas
Normally, I am very leery of public expressions of optimism regarding the Georgia Bulldogs; it has been my experience that evincing too sunny a disposition is followed frequently by rotten news, and this was supposed to be Slow News Day Tuesday. This week, though, I have shown increasingly...
VIDEO: Optimism Personified
op·ti·mism [op-tuh-miz-uhm] -noun a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome. the belief that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world. the belief that goodness pervades reality. the...
Kyle Whittingham's weekly press conference
Kyle Whittingham held his first press conference of the season yesterday and the U has been kind enough to upload video of it to YouTube. Discussion, of course, revolves around Utah's opening game against the Pitt Panthers. Whitt seems optimistic about this season and the progress the team has...
The Morning Blitz: Daily Utah links
It's funny. Prior to the season, many fans were quick to suggest Oregon might be one of Utah's losses this season. We said as much because the Utes were rebuilding; the Ducks were supposed to be really good; the game was only three weeks in and on the road. Yet here we are, a few days out and now...
What Excites You The Most About Cal Football? (2009 ed.)
A few weeks ago, we focused on the Debbie Downer side of Cal football. Would the sky fall on our team's chances from the opening kickoff? Would quarterback, quarterback, quarterback continue to torment us? Would one of those doomsday scenarios that chowder was thinking of here unfold? Yeah,...
What's an optimist to do? Tennessee Volunteers 12, Auburn Tigers 14
I've been blogging about the Tennessee Volunteers since August, 2005. I've written my way through The Season of Which We Do Not Speak, Cutcliffe's Renewal, and 2007, the season during which we nearly drove off the cliff multiple times but somehow fishtailed, spun, and wobbled our way to Atlanta. (I...
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