Horse Racing

La Chica just returned from a mini vacation to San Diego (California, that is) and it was wonderful to get the hell out of Atlanta for a long weekend. Geez!

As most of you know, I am a huge fan of thoroughbred racing. I love the Derby and all the pageantry that goes with it and I pray for a Triple Crown each year. However, after this past weekend's events with Eight Belles, I have changed my mind. As much as I love sports and the Triple Crown, I'm an animal lover first and foremost and I can no longer watch a sport where animals die.

I was torn on this 2 years ago when Barbaro was injured during the Preakness and then had to be put down a year later but Saturday's incident with Eight Belles sealed the deal for me. I know these horses are bred and born to run but not at the expense of dying when they're a mere 3 years old.

I know this will not impact anything in anyone else's life but for me, I'm not watching anymore horse races. It breaks my heart to decide this but it doesn't compare to the heartbreak of watching a horse have to be euthanized after running the race of her life. I was cheering emphatically for the filly on Saturday as she was the lone filly this year and the first one to run in the Derby since 1999 but no more.

That's my entry for today. Ciaosito freakitos.

The Blog Is Not Dead!

La Chica has been working!

And for the record, the NFL Draft is not my biggest concern; I'm more worried about the Kentucky Derby this weekend!

I have not had a chance to check out how my Dolphins did in the draft. I know we got Jake Long as our number 1 pick but is that good? How about the Falcons getting Matt Ryan? As one of my buddies said (Tara), Matt will be seeing a lot of Grady Hospital during his tenure in Atlanta; unless of course, Arthur got him some awesome OLine men.

How did your teams do? How about the Hawks being tied with the Celtics in the playoffs? As you all know, I hate the NBA but how much fun would it be if the measly Hawks beat the team who was supposed to win it all this year?!

Gotta run for now freakitos, talk amongst yourselves for a bit!

Bow to La Chica

La Chica won one of her pools last night with Kansas winning it all. Now, for all of you yahoos who made fun of me for picking ALL NUMBER 1 SEEDS IN THE FINAL FOUR: "how ya like me now?"

I have to get back to work. Ciaosito freakitos.

La Chica Rocks!

The Final Four championshiop game is on tonight and check this out: Your Chica doesn't even need Kansas to win for her to win her pool! Even though, KU was my pick for the national championship, they do not need to win for me!

Damn, I wish I was this good at picking football games!

Final Four Is Set..

...As you know, the Final Four is set and for the first time in history all the number 1 seeds made it to the Final Four! To the yahoos who gave your Chica shit for picking all number 1 seeds in one of my picks: HA!

Here it is:

(1) Memphis vs (1) UCLA
(1) UNC vs (1) Kansas

Remember, this is what I picked and my championship game is: Memphis vs Kansas.

I'm pretty certain Memphis can take UCLA but I now have my doubts about Kansas upsetting UNC; I don't think it's going to happen. If it does, I win my pool! Cheer for La Chica!

Super Ugh

Yeah, yeah, yeah: I know I should not have picked UConn to go to the Final Four but your Chica uses history as part of her pickings. For example, when UConn won its last two national championships in '99 and '04 respectfully, they were not picked to go all the way. Or even picked to make it to the Final Four....so there!

Regardless, your Chica is still in one of her pools. I'm in 3rd place in one of my pools!!!!

Go Kansas!!! And for the record, it's all well and good to see these tiny, underdog schools do well BUT NOT WHEN IT JACKS UP MY BRACKETS!!!

I'm just sayin'.

The Tourney

We all know the NCAA Basketball Tournament starts tomorrow (March 20th) at noonish. If you haven't made your picks, what are you waiting on?? I just filled out mine today and did 2 versions. I've got UNC winning it (I think) in one and Kansas winning it all in another. I always get screwed when I pick number 1 seeds to go all the way, by the way!

Here's what I have:
SportsChica1: Final Four = UNC vs Kansas and UConn vs Memphis. Yes, freakitos, I went with UConn making it to the Final Four in this bracket and I know I will get screwed on this! So anyway, I've got UNC vs UConn in the championship game with Carolina winning it all.

SportsChica2: Final Four = UNC vs Kansas and Memphis vs UCLA. In the championship game, I have Memphis vs Kansas with the Jayhawks winning it all.

Honestly, now that I look back at my brackets, I'm a little scared. Okay, I've told you what I have, now let me know about your final picks!

P.S. Everyone says the Monday after the Super Bowl should be a holiday, well I also think the first 2 days of the Madness should be paid time off as well. I'm just sayin'!

La Chica is still around...

Fret not my freakitos, I am still alive and kicking.

I will be posting a blog entry this week about the Madness! I have several questions and one of them is why did the ACC only get 4 bids to the tourney? And yes I am shocked the Canes are one of them. I have a feeling St Mary's school for girls will beat them on Friday.

I'm not bashing my team but they are sloppy most of the time and inconsistent!

Anyway, I'll be back to talk some smack with you all.

Ciaosito.

Hey Y'all

Sorry, I could not resist that "Britney" greeting. I'm sitting here at home, working on WORK. Yes, that's what I said, freakitos. It's 7:05 in the PM and your Chica is working. Hence, the reason for no recent blog entry.

I'm not making excuses but it's just been busy since I started my new gig. I'm not bitching though, I just wanted to let you all know why LA CHICA has not been posting!

We are coming up on March Madness in a couple of weeks and this freaks me out because I cannot believe it's almost that time of the year. GEEZ. I promise I will post some entries on the Madness when the time gets closer.

Also, baseball season is fast approaching or at least Spring Training and that's exciting. There is nothing like a baseball game on a beautiful lazy Sunday in the Spring at Turner Field and I can't wait. Grrrrl.

I know this is a sports blog but this election stuff is crazy. I am a little tired of it already and we still have the rest of the year to deal with these candidates. I'm not going to lie, I really don't like any of them but anyway......(sorry but I've got Fox News on in the background and that's all they talk about)

Alright, freakitos, time for your Chica to chill out for the evening. Stay tuned......

More on Spygate...

Hola freakitos, your Chica has been crazy busy with work but fret not, my regularly scheduled blog entries will start up again soon. And since we are in a "down cycle" with sports right now, meaning the only thing I care about is college basketball at this time of year, if you have any suggestions for blog entry topics, let me know!

Okay, this link talks about Roger Goodell's meeting with Senator Arlen Spector and accuses Belichick of "cheating" since 2000! Check it out:

http://www.ajc.com/falcons/content/shared-gen/ap/General_Football_News/FBN_Goodell_Specter.html?cxntnid=sprt021408e

I'll be back later.

National Signing Day

Finally, we Hurricane fans have something to be happy about. Yesterday was national signing day and here is the way ESPN ranked the top 5:

1. Miami
2. Clemson
3. Alabama
4. Florida
5. Georgia

Check out the rest of the list here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/columns/story?columnist=luginbill_tom&id=3233826

Who knows what this means, a lot of times these kids do not pan out but sometimes they do. That's what La Chica is hoping for!

HA!

I hate to be obnoxious but I'm only following the lead of some of my readers who left nasty little comments about the 1972 Miami Dolphins and how the Patriots could beat that team, blah, blah, blah. Well guess what: the Patriots LOST!!!!

I'm overjoyed; if I had more time this morning, I would go off on such an annoying tangent but I have to get to work

Go NY Giants! I'm so happy you beat an over-confident NE team and shattered their "perfect" season. They may have gone 18-0 but it doesn't mean a damn thing if you do not win the Super Bowl.

The truth hurts, no?

Aye!

Hola sports freakitos! It's been awhile but your Chica has excuses.

I've started a new "real" job this week and thus have not had much time to write blog entries. Plus, I've had issues with my personal laptop which has hindered me from traveling on the web. Hence, no new entries.

And, I don't have a lot of time right now so let me get to the down and dirty: the Super Bowl.

We all know it's on Sunday at 6pm eastern time. We all know who is playing. We all know who is going to win BUT we all know who La Chica wants to win! Go Giants!!!

I hate all NY teams and I hate all NE teams but as a die-hard Miami Dolphins fan, I want my team to hold the record for the only perfect season in NFL history. Do I think that will hold up, no but a Chica can dream.

Go Giants! I've got to run but ciao for now and enjoy the hell out of the Super Bowl!

Is It So Wrong?

Is it so wrong to be a sports fan and to love one's respective teams? This is a constant argument or uncomfortable conversation that I continue to have with one of my best friends. I always come away from it pissed off and wondering why I even have to answer.

As a devoted fan of the Miami Hurricanes and Dolphins and my Atlanta Braves, it sucks! All of my teams seem to be in a bad place right now, there is light at the end of the tunnel but that's not the topic of this particular entry, the point is: Why would someone choose such pain unless it was a passion? I grew up loving sports, unfortunately. Don't get me wrong, we all know that when our teams win and win championships, it's orgasmic, but when they lose it's painful and heartbreaking. So, why would one choose this passion? Why would one choose this pain?

I know, I'm being a bit dramatic but I'm trying to get my point across. I'm done making excuses for what I love; it's who I am (LA CHICA!) and if people don't like it then don't deal with me.

So today, I'm going to continue on my merry way and watch some football. I hope you do the same.

Ciao.

NFL Playoffs

Well, the conference title games are set for this weekend as follows:

AFC
San Diego vs New England - Sunday at 3:00

NFC
New York Giants vs Green Bay - Sunday at 6:30

Here's my thing, I just want someone to beat New England but now that the Colts are out of it, I doubt San Diego will be successful. They might not be with their starting quarterback and running back, Tomlinson. That will suck. It's difficult to beat New England as it is but especially without key starters.

Speaking of the Chargers quarterback, Philip Rivers, when did he become a taunter? He was taunting the fans at Indy after last Sunday's game versus the Colts. How old is this guy? This is not behavior indicative to an NFL quarterback worth anything. You never see Peyton or Brady doing this. Nor did you ever see the other greats doing it: Marino, Elway, Montana, Favre, etc.
Grow up FREAK and just play ball!

At this juncture, La Chica is going to cheer for the Packers and the old man, Favre. As long as he doesn't cry during press conferences. Once one tear is shed, I'm out!

Georgia Dome Flu

Hola freakitos. Sorry about the delayed response regarding the national championship game but your Chica has been out of it for the last 4 days with a crazy flu-like funk. It never fails, every time I go to the Georgia Dome during the cold and flu season, I catch some nasty somethin' somethin'. I'm much better now but still have a smoker's type of hack that needs to go away.

There's not much to say about the BCS title game that you guys have not already read or watched on television. I knew Ohio State was not going to lay down for this game but in the end LSU would still take care of business. Let's face it, OSU did not deserve to be in this game.

Maybe LSU didn't either but they looked good. Maybe it was because they were healthy, who knows. As usual with the BCS, we will never know what could have been. What if LSU would have played a more worthy opponent such as USC or even Georgia. I still hold steadfast that because UGA did not win their conference they should not be in a BCS title game but they were a better and more deserving team than OSU. And I know LSU and UGA could not have played each other in the national title game but still.

The good thing is because of the way this season unfolded and screwed so many teams, big time conferences such as the SEC are bitching and demanding some kind of playoff. I think this actually might happen in my lifetime!!! Take the top 8 teams and make it a playoff, people! Screw the BCS because it will certainly screw you!

As for Oklahoma and now Ohio State: You 2 are now tied for the distinguished (insert sarcasm) honor of being the Buffalo Bills of college football. OU has lost its last 4 BCS bowl games and Ohio State has lost its last 2 title games. Look for number 3 next year as you know, the media will once again vote them in the preseason top 5, they will go undefeated due to their cushy schedule and make it back next year only to be beaten again by another SEC school. Just sayin'!

Dolphins and the Mountaineers

West Virginia has hired Bill Stewart as their new head coach:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080103/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_wvirginia_coach

Hmmm, this reminds me of the Larry Coker hiring. The players wanted him and he was cheap. In addition, he inherited a talented team that I could have coached to a national championship. Stewart is a nice guy but I just don't see him as head coach material much like Coker. We shall see.

On to my Dolphins: Parcells has gone in this week and taken care of business by firing the GM and the head coach! So far, I'm happy about all of this. It's going to take a couple of years but the Dolphins will be back!

One more thing: Why does OU always get a break when they lose a big game? This is their 4th straight BCS loss! Next year, they will be ranked in the top 5 before the season even starts again. Give me a break!

Quick Thoughts

Thank you bowl selection committee and the BCS for failing us fans again. As predicted, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl were complete bores.

Hawaii was completely outmatched by Georgia and proved they did not deserve to be in a BCS game. I'm not taking anything away from their undefeated season but when you have to go into triple overtime to beat a team like San Jose State, then you know you do not deserve to be playing on a stage like last night's. Just sayin'.

As for the Rose Bowl, I really do not have much to say other than the obvious: The Rose Bowl committee or whatever these morons call themselves should be taken out back and given wedgies. They chose to honor a tradition that no one gives a shit about instead of pairing the better teams up for this game. I've said it a thousand times, Georgia and USC should have played in that game this year.

On the flip side, what a great game the Capital One Bowl turned out to be. Kudos to Michigan for playing as hard as they did!

Gotta run freakitos. Let's hope tonight's game between West Virginia and OU is better!

Bowls and Things

Feliz Ano Nuevo freakitos!!! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I've enjoyed my time off but now it's time to discuss a few bowl games that interest me. I'm not going to pick every game that's left because it's too much, however, these are the ones I'm most interested in watching.

Before we start, did you watch the Holiday Bowl last night? I was surprised by Arizona State's lackluster performance and thought they would come back especially after that "illegal touching" penalty debacle. Mack Brown's stepson should be taken out back and beaten due to his stupidity. For those of you who did not watch the game: he reached out to grab the football while it was still in play causing his team a fumble recovery and thus allowing ASU to score a touchdown. In a word: IDIOT! His name is Chris Jesse and I think he deserves a lot of shit for the rest of his life. He's lucky his team won the game.

Off we go:
Music City Bowl - 12/31 at 4 pm on ESPN - Kentucky vs FSU
I'm adding this game because it is hysterical to me that FSU is playing this game minus 36 players. I can't wait to see what the sideline looks like, HA! Without a doubt, Kentucky should manhandle these guys and if they do not, then Kentucky should be taken out back and beaten. Pick: Wildcats

Chick-fil-A Bowl - 12/31 at 7:30 pm on ESPN - Clemson vs Auburn
Look for your Chica at this game. This should be a fun little game as both these teams are pretty evenly matched. It will be refreshing to go to the Georgia Dome and not have to deal with a bunch of thugs on the field and in the stands, just sayin'! Pick: Auburn

Cotton Bowl - 1/1 at 11:30 am on FOX - Missouri vs Arkansas
The first football game of 2008. Why in the world is there a game at 11:30 in the morning? Anyway, I digress, this should also be a great game. I have a feeling Arkansas is going to chew up the Tigers and eat them up for a late brunch regardless of Houston Nutt not being there. Pick: Hogs

Capital One Bowl - 1/1 at 1 pm on ABC - Michigan vs Florida
Florida should destroy the Wolverines, plus it's almost a home game for them. La Chica's pediction for this game? SNORE AND YAWN. Unless you're a Gator fan, this game is going to be boring as they should devour Michigan. Pick: Florida

Rose Bowl - 1/1 at 4:30 pm on ABC - Illinois vs USC
Speaking of snorefest, this should put anyone who's not a Trojan fan right out for the afternoon. I hope Illinois makes a game of it because Ron Zook and his team had a great season but I think the Rose Bowl committee made a huge mistake in not putting Georgia in this game. That would have been great but that makes too much sense. And instead, we the fans have to watch a boring ass game. Pick: Trojans

Sugar Bowl - 1/1 at 8:30 pm on FOX - Hawaii vs Georgia
Everyone keeps telling La Chica that Hawaii will make a game out of this but I just laugh and laugh and laugh because I know that Hawaii is going to run like little girls off the mainland once this is over. I hope I'm wrong, I really do but I really doubt it. Pick: UGA

Fiesta Bowl - 1/2 at 8:30 pm on FOX - Oklahoma vs West Virginia
This game should be interesting now that Rich Rodriguez will not be coaching the Mountaineers. I'm cheering for the Mountaineers but do not see them winning without their head coach and after that horrible loss to Pitt that cost them a trip to the national title game. Not to mention, these OU boys are big, a lot bigger than what WVU has been facing in the Big East, however, look at what Boise State did to OU last year. Pick: OU

Orange Bowl - 1/3 at 8:30 on FOX - Virginia Tech vs Kansas
This game bores me more than any of the others. Plus, Missouri should be in this game not Kansas. Because of that, I hope the Hokies destroy KU! Pick: VT

National Title Game - 1/7 at 8 pm on FOX - Ohio State vs LSU
Why play this game 4 days after the last bowl game? Instead of playing on a Monday night, it could be played on the Friday or Saturday after the Orange Bowl. Ugh! This is the same shit different year: Last year, no one gave Florida a chance and they ended up eating the Buckeyes for dinner. This year, no one is giving OSU a shot and I think that's a mistake. While I do not feel Ohio State is the number 1 team in the country, I doubt Tressel and company take what happened to them a year ago for granted. I think OSU will make this a good game AND Les Miles is an idiot! In the end though, LSU will prove they're a better team. Pick: LSU

Have a wonderful new year and don't drink and drive! Ciaosito.

Feliz Navidad

It's been a rough week for your Chica, kids. I had some dental work done on a cracked tooth and I'm still in pain. Thank goodness for those little blue pills!

I'm going to be out of commission for a couple of days due to the holidays but come on back next week after Christmas day as we start looking at the bowls!

Merry Christmas to all. Ciao!