Football Poll-September 29, 2008

AP POLL for Week of September 29, 2008

I find the polls/rankings a hoot. USC loses to Oregon State and they drop from 1st to 9th in a flash. Then you have those Virginia Tech Hokies (I am not a fan) who beat out Nebraska last Saturday and are ranked. Go figure. On any day I will bet you dollars to donuts that any PAC-10 team can beat Virginia Tech hands down. I find it amazing that they manage to capture a top 25 ranking...simply amazing.



Rank
Team
Points
1
Oklahoma (43)
1599
2
Alabama (21)
1565
3
LSU
1466
4
Missouri (1)
1453
5
Texas
1362
6
Penn State
1252
7
Texas Tech
1105
8
Brigham Young
1098
9
USC
1087
10
South Florida
1035
11
Georgia
1018
12
Florida
914
13
Auburn
860
14
Ohio State
829
15
Utah
713
16
Kansas
650
17
Boise State
549
18
Wisconsin
520
19
Vanderbilt
459
20
Virginia Tech
290
21
Oklahoma State
277
22
Fresno State
232
23
Oregon
199
24
Connecticut
126
25
Wake Forest
107

Our attitude toward life...

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Saturday and UCLA football...

It's Saturday and of course you will find me sipping a cup of coffee on the porch. It has been raining off and on today...a light drizzle. The coffee cup is one of my favorites as it highlights the decade of dominance over USC. I guess you can tell I am a BRUIN football fan by now.

U....C.....L....A.... GO BRUINS!!!

Our UCLA Bruin flag flys proudly in Botetourt County, Virginia. While I dearly miss Southern California I can hardly complain about the beautiful countryside of Virginia located right outside my door.

Saturday the 27th of September we play the Fresno State Bulldogs at our beautiful Rose Bowl. The Bulldogs are ranked 25th in the polls...alas, our Bruins are not ranked. We took a thumping from BYU last weekend.

The Rose Bowl has been home to UCLA since 1982. The Rose Bowl is located in the Arroyo Seco in the City of Pasadena and was built in 1922. It is probably one of the best college stadiums in the United States.

One of our fight songs:

"Sons of Westwood”

We are Sons of Westwood, And we hail the Blue and Gold; True to thee our hearts will be, Our love will not grow old.

Bruins roam the hills of Westwood, By the blue Pacific shore;

And when they chance to see a man from USC, Ev’ry Bruin starts to roar.

U! (3 claps) C! (3 claps) L! (3 claps) A! (3 claps)

U-C-L-A! Fight! Fight! Fight!

I always try...

I always try to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble-Rudyard Kipling

Jefferson thought ...

Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.

Old Jail at Fincastle, Virginia-2008

To be on a quest...

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

If God lived on earth...

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows~Anonymous

Fat Cat Diner ....

Those who seek...

Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.

It is no accident...

It's no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living.

T

President James Madison's Home Montpelier in Orange, Virginia

On September 17th there will be a celebration of the completion of the architectural restoration of Montpelier in Orange, Virginia. Chief Justice John Roberts will be there as well as other dignitaries.

The grounds at Montpelier are absolutely gorgeous. We visited in the middle of summer before the turf had been laid in front and before the driveway had been re-configured back to the time of President Madison.

The last picture is the view from the front porch looking west toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. Mr. Madison never crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains though his policies promoted the expansion of the Country to the west.

What we see...

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Photograph taken in Fincastle, Virginia

Nothing Like UCLA Football

We beat Tennessee in overtime 27-24!

Our next game is against BYU on September 13th

GO BRUINS!!!

Home is a place...

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. ~John Ed Pearce

Photographed August 30, 2008 in Fincastle, Virginia.