NCAA All American Team

The NCAA basketball All American team was announced today and it contained some very familiar names;

• Blake Griffin (F/Oklahoma) note: only unanimous decision
• Tyler Hansborough (F/North Carolina)
• James Harden (G/Arizona)
• DaJuan Blair (C/Pittsburgh)
• Stephen Curry (G/Davidson)

For the most part I agree totally….except Stephen Curry. I’m not saying he’s a bad player because he’s not. I just don’t think he would have averaged anywhere near 28 points in any BCS conferences (except maybe the Pac-10, they sucked this year).

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2 posts in 1 day?!

I just got the link to an old high school buddies blog and it’s rockin my socks off. SO CHECK IT OUT! NOW!

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College Football Saturday

I just got finished watching two of the better games I’ve watched all season. Iowa, in all of their mediocrity, upset undefeated Penn State at Kinnick today. I knew Iowa played tough at home but I can honestly say that I didn’t see this coming. Ricky Stanzi played a great second half to help pull the upset and Shonn Green became the first tailback to rush for over 100 yards against the Nittany Lions this season. Unfortunately, this all but eliminates Penn State from national title contention.

I hate LSU, so I was very happy to see the Crimson Tide of Alabama beat them in the Bayou in Baton Rouge. The Tigers put up a good fight and forced overtime with a blocked field goal attempt as time expired. LSU’s downfall can be credited to poor quarterback play from Jarrett Lee who stood in for Andrew Hatch. (Hatch was injured earlier this season against Auburn.) Alabama has clinched the SEC West and will play in the SEC title game (most likely against Florida) for the first time since 1999.

Another year and another BSC shakeup in November. With Penn State falling to Iowa, It leaves Alabama and Texas Tech as the two front runners for the title game. Texas Tech has a fairly brutal remining schedule with games against Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and most likely Missouri in the Big XII title game. We could possibly see 6 or 7 teams at the end of the season at 11-1.

I know President Elect Barack Obama is calling for a playoff system in college football. I agree that something needs to change but I don’t think that an 8 team playoff is the best solution. I like the idea of a “Plus 1″ system. First, we get to keep the bowl game traditions. Big Ten/ Pac 10 Rose bowl etc. Second, might actually find out who the best team is!!! Crazy idea I know. Time to enjoy Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. Go Raiders!

Settling In

Well I’m back in Iowa officially. Work is going well meaning I don’t work until 6 PM every night…. To tell you the truth I pretty much feel like a POS right now because I don’t do anything all day. I’m still working on finding another part time job just to pass the time.

The real world sucks and I need to find some way to go back to school…..

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It’s been awhile…

So I haven’t posted in awhile so I thought I give my loyal reader (thanks mom!) something to peruse.

I drove back from Phoenix to Springfield in roughly 17 hours over 2 days. It wasn’t near as bad as I thought sans the fact that it basically rained from Albuquerque to Oklahoma City. I did get bored at times but would counter boredom with some rock out sessions and some extremely light reading. On a good note I found out some new things about my car that I was unaware of in my owners manual.

I spent 2+ days in Springfield and got to see some old faces and had a good time.

I’m currently hanging at the parents house at the Lake of the Ozarks. It should give me a little relaxation before I have to start working this coming Monday. This weekend I will be back in Springfield one last time to get lifeguard certified so that I actually can start working.

I have caught two news flicks since I’ve left AZ. These are the first and possibly movie reviews in Greg Temple history. And I warn you that they are terrible reviews….

Before the Devil Knows you’re Dead with Ethan Hawke and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is pretty damn good. The only thing about it is that I had a hard time believing that Hawke and Hoffman were brothers…. Overall I’d give it a B+.

Tonight I caught Rocky Balboa…… In a word “terrible”. WTF Stallone?!?!?!!?!?! D- (I’m not going to give it an F because that designation is reserved for the worst movie of all time, You, Me and Dupree. Fuck you Owen Wilson!!! I want my $10 back.)

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Damn you Google! Updates

I’m officially number 1 on Google!

do a search for “Greg Temple is dumb” in google

thanks SEO boys at Choice Hotels

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Damn you Google!

Funny story. If you type in Greg Temple is dumb two of my colleagues websites show up in the top 5 (Lance Faulkner SEO Guru and Douglas Kwong the Shaolin Guru) . This proves how important anchor text in search engines. And this is why I hate Google right now.

On a brighter Google note, Google Chrome has been released and it’s a pretty good browser. I can’t wait for a possible Google Phone. Android (Google’s new mobile operating system) should be launching late this year at retail.

I’m curious what’s going to happen with Apple tomorrow. Macrumors.com has all kinds of reports about what’s going down. Rumors are new nano designs as well as an update to the touch. Price cuts are also expected. It should be a good day for Apple fans.

Only 3 more days in AZ before I trek back towards home.

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In the year 2000….

In the year 2000, The old adage that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” is forever deemed invalid when a woman gives birth to a gun and it grows up and stabs her.

Anxious and Excited

It’s been awhile so I thought I’d throw a post your way. (By you I mean the 10 (fingers crossed) people who might stumble across this page.)

If you don’t already know I will be leaving Phoenix in 8ish days to head back to the Midwest. I start my new coaching position on the 22nd, but only if I can get the two certifications necessary. I basically need a lifeguarding class that will provide both CPR/AED for the professional rescuer and lifeguarding/first aid. I coached 3 years ago and was certified for CPR but I remember taking a class called safety for swim coaches which had nothing to do with lifeguarding… C’est la vie (or “such is life” for my uncultured readers, of which I am one)

Anyhoo, I plan on driving from Phoenix to Springfield, MO in 2 days. I want to spend a few days in Springfield with the old boys and the girlfriend. Then I need to head to my parents for a few things and finally head back up to the old stomping grounds that are West Des Moines, IA. Good thing I like to drive.

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P.S. I was watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on Foodnetwork and they were doing a blurb on this mexican food joint located in a gas station in Phoenix. Turns out it’s a half a mile from my cousin’s house! So I checked it out last night for dinner and it was incredible. It was relatively cheap and they had real glass bottled Coke. Bad Ass!

Moving back to the old stomping grounds!

This morning I was offered the position of age group coach for the Des Moines Swim Federation, which happens to be my old swim club. I’m pretty stoked. More info to come.