This is Our House!

Welcome my blog readers to an update of my life! So the last time we chatted, hunting season was beginning and we were going to play the Rocky Mountain Bears. Now for an update of both. On Saturday, we did exactly what I said in my last blog, punching the Bears right in the face and sending them packing. Now the game was a good game, and we mentally and physically outdid them on Saturday. Our offense did well putting points on the board, and our defense did good by keeping points off the board from a high power throwing team. Now after the game, Abby and I went to Helena so I could go hunting on Sunday. Saturday night after we arrived to Helena, Abby, my parents and I went to Applebee’s for some dinner. The service is pretty hit or miss there, and that night was a miss in my books because of my dad’s dinner. We all got our dinners, and my dad’s ribs were cold and sauceless. So he sent them back, and they forgot about them for around an hour. So they paid for his ribs, but they still weren’t very good when he finally got them. We were not very impressed. So now let’s talk about opening day. We went up to Rimini from the Basin side, which I can officially say is a long ass way up to our hunting spot, like seventeen miles from the city of Basin. So after arriving to our spot (which we have hunted on opening day since the beginning of my hunting days), we couldn’t get our four wheelers up the trail because of the snow. So we walked up this pretty steep trail, but my dad and I didn’t have a good feeling because the snow was very crunchy while we were walking on it, which means that the elk can hear you from a distance. So instead of doing our usual walk through our spot, we did some walking and then sitting hoping something would walk to us. On another subject, we play Carroll College this Saturday at Alumni Coliseum. Carroll is still ranked number one, but unlike last time, we plan on knocking off the best team in the NAIA. We plan on doing this just like we have done it the past couple of weeks by punching them right in the face and sending them packing. Coach keeps telling us about the great opportunity we have ahead of us to play and beat the team with the longest win streak in the nation. On Thursday I will travel over to Whitehall after practice to do a little whitetail hunting at my uncle’s like I did much of last hunting season. Well, hope you like my blog. Chat with you later.

Opening Day!!!!

Happy Friday already everyone! So is it just me, or does the week just fly by? It seems like we just finished our football game, and then I blink and I’m lined up against our next opponent. I’m being serious. I can’t believe how fast our season has gone by and especially the weeks. I just really can’t explain it. Well on a more serious note: this is a shout out to Andrew Bishop, my Madden partner. Now for a little history, Bishop and I play our share of Madden together and I have only beaten him once in my life. But I made history on Tuesday night playing with our usual teams, San Francisco for him and Dallas for me. The first game was very good with ME ON TOP 10-7. Now due to Bishop’s frustration, he wanted a rematch, so of course I agreed, and I’m proud to say I SPANKED HIM 25-7. Now for me beating him only two times before this, I’m pretty proud of this. Well this weekend is one of my most favorite weekends during the year. HUNTING SEASON BEGINS. After the game on Saturday, Abby and I will travel home so I can hunt Sunday morning and then travel back to Butte for film at 3:15. I’ve never shot anything opening day, but I will try to change that, so wish me luck. I shoot a Remington model 700, 300 ultra magnum stainless steel synthetic with a 3-9 Buckmaster Nikon scope. It shoots 3500 feet per second, and I like to call him “old reliable”. Since football cuts three weeks into hunting season and I can’t go home every time I want to hunt, I go over to my Aunt and Uncle’s in Whitehall to their house to hunt whitetails. I’ll probably start going over Monday nights after film and hunting Tuesday mornings. Now over there I shoot the old rifle I used to hunt with, my 30-06, which works perfect. This weekend before I can go hunting, we play the Rocky Mountain Bears, and we have some pay back to dish out. Last time we met, in Billings, the conditions were grueling, the temperature was roasting (around 97 degrees) and there was not a cloud in sight. Now I’m not blaming the conditions for our loss, but they were definitely a factor. But I feel like we’re in much better shape than the Rocky Bears, and the first play of our game we plan on just punching them right in the face and sending them packing. Well I’ll check back in later. Good luck to all hunters going out on Sunday!

Cowboys 4-3???????

Does anyone know what the hell is up with the Dallas Cowboys? Because I don’t. We have a powerful offense and not a shabby defense, but we are not winning. We have lost two in a row, which is way too many. Today we lost to the St. Louis Rams who are one of the worst teams in the NFL and had one of the worst performances that I have seen. But I’m sticking with my Cowboys to win the Super Bowl this year; this team has the rawest talent and will dominate. Now to more of a local subject, we won our second straight game by beating the University of Montana Western Bulldogs. Good job Diggers! My shoulder is a lot better, and I started again this weekend. The game started out with us going up 17-3 in the first half. We talked at half time and told ourselves that we weren’t going to let them back in the game, but that’s exactly what we did. Everyone blinked, and the score was 17-17. Our team looked like Western did in the first half. Our defense made a couple stops, and then our offense put the game in the history books by driving down the field and scoring one more time and then eating the clock up with us big men up front. After the game, I road back with my parents, which is always more comfortable than the bus. My parents came down Friday night and left this afternoon. Like always, it was nice seeing them and having them around to talk to and hang with. So I’m getting really excited for HUNTING SEASON TO START this coming Sunday. I don’t know where I’ll be hunting at, but I will be hunting somewhere. Well, this week is just like many others with tests, school, football and life LOL!! Have a great week everyone.

First Snowing!!!!

Hello my loyal blog readers. I’m writing this from the warmth of my house while sitting in my lazy boy chair watching the San Diego Chargers beat the hell out of the New England Patriots. This to me is a great thing, because I despise the Patriots, mostly because of Tom Brady and since they are always too good. Well to stay on subject, we won this weekend. We beat Eastern Oregon 13-10 in a very closely battled game. Unfortunately, I didn’t play this game because of my shoulder being injured. I really don’t know how I hurt it, but all I know is that I couldn’t pick up my left arm above my head or even put pressure on it. So I had the best seat in the house for our team’s second win of the season. It was a freezing cold game with lots of that white stuff. So we can officially say that our first snow of the season has come and that it didn’t come secretly. It’s been snowing here for a couple of days now. The snow isn’t sticking really, but it’s still freezing cold outside. Abby didn’t make it down this weekend for my football game, but that’s okay, because she was in Helena with her family for her brother’s birthday. My parents came down Thursday for the Scholarship Banquet at the mall here in Butte, and then they stayed till this afternoon. Well this week should be busy, like always, but at least this week will have snow on the ground to spice things up.

Grilled Cheese Dipped in Applesauce!

So on the day of our game it was raining and overcast outside, which usually are the ingredients for a sloppy game, but the field conditions weren’t that terrible for our game against the Northern Lights. So we lost our game against the Northern Lights, if you haven’t heard. We lost 16-9, which is a heartbreaker for our Digger team; we aren’t going to give up this season even though our season isn’t going as we hoped it was. I started once again against the Lights. I feel like I played a pretty good game but I did jump offsides, so on Tuesday I will have to run a full gasser after practice. After the game my parents, sister and her boyfriend Vance, aunt, grandfather, and Abby came over to my house to eat tacos. It was fun to have everyone over and to get to talk with them and watch football. Everyone didn’t stay long, and then my parents and sister made their way back home to Helena so they could move into their new apartment. Last night Abby and I walked down to some of my buddies’ house and watched football and ate some pizza. We stayed there until around 11pm, and we both were so tired that we decided to come home and hit the hay. Sundays for me usually entail watching football and checking my fantasy football team. This Sunday was the first Sunday that we have not had to practice. We only had film, so it was nice. Abby and I made grilled-cheese sandwiches with tomato soup (of course I dip my sandwiches in applesauce, which probably most of you think that it’s gross, but don’t hate on it till you’ve tried it). Tomorrow I have to lift, go to school, and watch film, so I have a pretty busy day, but NO practice will be a nice break in the action. Well I’ll check back in with you all later this week!!!!!!

The Northern Lights are Running Wild in The Land of The Midnight Sun!

So the Northern Lights are running wild in the land of the midnight sun according to Coach Green. Northern seems to think that this game is going to be a blow out in their favor for some reason. On some internet site they seem to think that our Offensive line is terrible, and Northern’s Defensive line seems to think that theirs is the best. This weekend is supposed to be rainy and cold, so this game will be interesting. Abby is on her way down for the weekend to watch me play football, and my parents are doing the same. So is it just me, or does your week go as fast as mine does? It seems like I just played a football game yesterday, and now we have another one tomorrow. So great news everybody! The Sunday after Thanksgiving I will be going to see AC/DC in Seattle unless we make the playoffs in football (which I hope we do). Well nothing really exciting happened this week, so Ill chat with you later!!!