A Few Amazing Days of Sports

The past few days have been great for sports fans. For me and the teams I follow it was a mixture of good and bad.

Fellow Mountain West Conference member, The University of Utah Utes, shocked the world on Friday. They upset #4 Alabama 31 -17 to win the 2009 Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl is part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The win gave the Utes a perfect season 13-0.

Why would a UNLV fan care? Well, I'm glad you asked. This was the first team from the Mountain West Conference to make it into a BSC bowl. This conference doesn't have an automatic bid, like some bigger and more well known ones. Also when a team win a BCS game, there is lots of money involved for the champions. Some of that money will be spit among all the member of the sports conference they are a membership in. So UNLV sports programs will benefit from Utah's historic win in The Sugar Bowl.

Meanwhile, at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, the UNLV Lady Rebels were in action. This years theme for the team is A New Era, but I have to say the way they played it looked like the same old era. The Rebels were embarrassed by The Fresno State Lady Bulldogs, 65-42. When the team gets in a whole, they tend to stand and watch, waiting for someone else to step up. This has to stop! I hope they got this out of their system as we head into the conference play part of the season. If the Rebels really want to make a run for the Conference and / or Tournament Championship, they must work hard in practice, and on the basketball court.

On Saturday, in the Big East Conference, the #1 Women's Basketball Team in the country, the UConn Lady Huskies were in action. This was first game this season that the Huskies were on National TV. I was excited to see them. They overcame a very feisty LSU team, that for awhile gave UConn a good run. The Lady Huskies have a strong chance to win their 6th National Championship. The team has some tough games ahead, and as number one team in the country you have a target on your back.

The Men's Basketball Team is in the top 25 in the nation. They where #2 in the country before losing to Georgetown.

UConn's Football Team was invited to the International Bowl. The game was played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. The University of Connecticut defeated Buffalo, 38-20. Donald Brown was named the Most Valuable Player. The team finished the season 8 -5.

In pro sports, the Boston Bruins are shocking everyone. They are one of the most improved teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins just lost, but did have record setting 10 game winning streak. They also have the best record this season in the NHL. Could a Stanley Cup Championship be in the future? Only time will tell. It would be great to the this team get back to the top of the NHL ranks.

The Boston Celtics are doing well, and have the best record within the NBA. I hope back to back Championships are in our future.

In a few months, spring training will start and Red Sox nation will be in full swing. It always anyone guess how that season will play out.