WWF WrestleMania

Mind you, I've seen this event many times before. But I'm watching with different eyes now. Here's my assessment:

The WWF's answer to NWA Starrcade showed me a couple of things. 1st was that WWF decided then that they were going the Entertainment route. 2nd was that there matches were much more thought out and executed better than NWA's offering. Of course at the top, NWA had some of the best @ the time. But, WWF had started pulling the mid-card guys from Jim Crockett including: Ricky Steamboat, Greg Valentine & Roddy Piper. 

It was rag tag @ times like Lord Alfred Hayes' match previews. But the matches were entertaining. Ricky Steamboat & Matt Borne was a technically sound match. King Kong Bundy's squash of S.D. Jones was an example of putting someone over big time. They claimed it lasted 9 seconds, but my mental count was 23 seconds. Guess they didn't understand the magic video would provide a couple years later lol. 

I only saw 1 or 2 of Bruno Sammartino's matches, but seeing 1 of his son, David's showed me he had nothing on his pops. Brutus Beefcake was an awesome name for the time. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine was a master in his match with Junkyard Dog. Cheat to win has been around long before Eddie Guerrero. Although the ref restarted the match & Valentine was counted out it was still a great match. But, I do hate that a ref will restart or reverse a decision in one match, but 2 matches later in the Tag Title match Barry Windham is hit with a cane & pinned & it is not challenged. Why didn't Tito Santana run down there for that one? 

In the Main Event, WWF Champion , Hulk Hogan & Mr. T challenged "Mr. 1derful" Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper seconded by another NWA defector, Bob Orton . Starrcade 84 was topped when WWF got Muhammad Ali as the Special Enforcer in response to Joe Frazier calling the Main Event between Dusty Rhodes & Ric Flair. With Mr. T they focused on the amateur wrestling and Hogan took the beating to set up a hot tag to T that was cut off quick, so they build back to Hogan coming in. Alot of chaos but not in a bad way. Orton accidentally hit orndorff with the cast to cost them the match & then him & Piper walked out on the 1derful One leaving him to apparently turn face.

Overall much more entertaining than the 2 offerings by NWA so far.

4 out of 5 stars.

Jacc Movez on up!

My trainer, Mike Modest, got us an invitation to come out to PCW in Oroville on Feb 13th. We were told we probably wouldn't work the show, but to come out anyway and meet some of the guys and let em know who we are. Get out there basically. Setting up the ride situation didn't go as planned (Sorry Mikey!) but we rode up there 5 deep in a lil Toyota. Needless to say, it was cramped in the back.

We got there a lil later than they wanted, but nobody was trippin. That's cool. We introduced ourselves to everybody & shook hands. A lil while later, I was approached about being in the Last Man Standing Rumble match. Somebody must not have been able to make it. So, of course I accept. 

The LMS was the Main Event, so I hung out backstage. Sneaked a couple peeks throughout the show. I was markin a lil on the inside because of some of the guys I was back there with. The only boys there I had worked with before were Mike Omega & Frisco Flame.

So, I drew number 1 in the LMS. Not so good. But, then I was approached during my entrance by Markus Mac. He offered me a briefcase full of money for my spot in the LMS. I wasn't sure what to do. The winner of the LMS would be crowned PCW Heavyweight Champion. Now, knowing that I'm number 1 and it would be a long haul trying to last an hour and go through 28 other guys (and 1 woman), I decided to take the big payday. 

We'll see if the decision pays off for me in the end, but right now, I'm feelin pretty good about things.

After the show, we went to the Pub across the street. Never been to a "Pub" before, but it was cool. We had a beer, and then went on our merry way back home to Sac. What happened when I got back to Sac was another story for another blog. Maybe I'll write about it.

I'm out, for now

Jacc Movez

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 29

#57 UCF Knights @ #8 Ohio St Buckeyes

1/30/10   8:20pm   15 degrees & clear

1st Qtr

Ohio St HB ran 1 yd for a TD. OSU, 7-0. Ohio St connects on a 9 yard TD pass. OSU, 14-0. OhioSt returns a punt 70 yards for another TD. OSU, 21-0.

2nd Qtr

OSU scores on a 2 yard run. OSU, 28-0. 

3rd Qtr

OSU returns opening KO 85 yards for TD. OSU, 35-0. OSU 43 yard TD run. OSU, 42-0.

Ah, screw it. Ohio St added 17 more points before it was over.

FINAL

Ohio St 59, UCF 0

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 28

#38 Georgia Bulldogs @ #27 Houston Cougars

1/30/10   5:55pm   36 degrees & windy

Houston smothered the Bulldogs on their way to the victory.

Houston 41, Georgia 10

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 27

#49 Fresno St Bulldogs @ #16 Oregon St Beavers

1/29/10   5:25pm   53 degrees & cloudy

Another one where the score tells the story.

Oregon St 55, Fresno St 7

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 26

#37 Missouri Tigers @ #28 Texas Tech Red Raiders

1/29/10   11:05am   21 degrees & snow

In the first inclement weather of the tournament, the Red Raiders dominate the Tigers of Mizzou.

Texas Tech 49, Missouri 14

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 25

#59 SMU Mustangs @ #6 Boise St Broncos

1/27/10   11:15pm   39 degrees & cloudy

Boise State jumped out to a 24-7 lead before SMU rallied to tie it in the 4th. But, the Broncos won with a FG with :06 left on the clock, escaping a near upset.

Boise St 27, SMU 24

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 24

#34 Oklahoma Sooners @ #31 California Bears

1/26/10   11:35pm   50 degrees

This is the first game that has a team that I have updated the rosters for. That would be the Cal Bears.

1st Quarter

Cal's Kicker, Giorgio Tavecchio, kicked 2 FG's for a 6-0 Cal lead.

2nd Quarter

Cal CB Charles Amadi returned a punt 67 yards for the games 1st TD. Oklahoma answered with a 77 yard punt return of their own. Cal HB Shane Vereen runs one in from 56 yards out. The Sooners returned the ensuing kickoff 93 yards for a TD. Another Tavecchio FG made the score 23-14 at the half.

3rd Quarter

Tavecchio kicked his 4th FG of the game. After 3, Cal leads, 26-14.

4th Quarter

Kevin Riley hit Verran Tucker for a 59 yard TD to cap the Cal victory.

FINAL

California 33, Oklahoma 14

Player of the Game

WR Verran Tucker 6 Rec 123 yds 1 TD

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 23

#40 Troy Trojans @ #25 Central Michigan Chippewas

1/26/10   3:50pm   32 degrees & cloudy

The score says it all.

Central Michigan 44, Troy 0 

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 22

#54 Air Force Falcons @ #11 Penn St Nittany Lions

1/25/10   11:45pm   33 degrees & cloudy

It stayed close in the 1st half, but Penn St. pulled away in the 2nd for the victory.

Penn St 56, Air Force 27

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 21

#62 UCLA Bruins @ #3 TCU Horned Frogs

1/25/10   1:25pm   60 degrees

First game that I think using an old game really came into play. UCLA dominated this one.

UCLA 42, TCU 21

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 20

#42 Nevada Wolfpack @ #23 Utah Utes

1/24/10   11:10pm   27 degrees

Nevada scored first with a TD, but Utah added 3 TDs of there own, leading 21-7 early in the 2nd quarter. Nevada added 2 FG before Utah struck gold again. Then Nevada returned the ensuing Kickoff for a TD. Utah leads, 28-20. In the 3rd quarter, Utah scores again with an 11 yd pass play. 35-20, Utah. And again, Nevada returns the kickoff 92 yards for the answer. 35-27. With :17 left in the 3rd quarter, Nevada scores on a 19 yard pass play. The 2-pt conversion ties the game at 35-35 going into the 4th. Nevada scored first in the last period that was quickly answered by the Utes. Then, in the most exciting finish on the tournament, Utah kicked a 25 yard FG with no time on the clock for the win.

Utah 45, Nevada 42

College Football Tournament

For those that are curious, which by checking my views on jaccmovez.blogspot.com that there's not many lol, what I am doing is conducting a College Football Tournament to determine a National Champion. The Right Way! By playing the games.

I ranked the teams using several sources: BCS Standings, AP Poll, Coaches Poll & others.

I used all 68 teams that made it to the Bowl Season.

I am letting these games play out on my PS2 version of NCAA Football 08. Couldn't afford a newer game, lol.

The higher ranked team is the home team. (For now. I'm contemplating playing the next rounds in the Bowl Stadiums since if this was to come true they would probably be played in the bowl cities.)

What do I hope to accomplish by holding this event? Nothing. I'm just having fun.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thanks for reading.

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 19

#50 Boston College Eagles @ #15 BYU Cougars

1/24/10   2:25pm   28 degrees & cold

This one looked over after the 3rd quarter with Boston College up, 35-17. But, 22 unanswered points by the Cougars led to a big comeback victory.

BYU 39, Boston College 35

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 18

#52 USF Bulls @ #13 LSU Tigers

1/23/10   7:55pm   68 degrees Wind: 10 mph

LSU dominated from gate, although they allowed USF to score 29 points in the 4th quarter.

LSU 54, USF 39

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 17

#48 Auburn Tigers @ #17 Pittsburgh Panthers

1/23/10   11:45am   50 degrees wind: 10mph

In another high scoring affair the Pitt Panthers take care of business.

Pittsburgh 48, Auburn 34

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 16

#43 Middle Tennessee State  Blue Raiders @ #22 Arizona Wildcats

1/22/10   6:20pm   46 degrees & windy

Arizona broke open a close game, to win going away.

Arizona 52, Middle Tennessee State 21 

College Basketball: Michigan @ Wisconsin 1/20/10

So, I was watching the Michigan-Wisconsin game today. Unfortunately for me, my DVR had cut off a half hour early. The Wolverines led 39-33 with 7:39 left. WHAT HAPPENED? I go online & check the score & the Badgers won 54-48. It was a low scoring game in the 1st half. 21-18 Michigan, in fact. Apparently Wisconsin found their rhythm. It was supposed to be a good year for my squad, but they have been inconsistent at best. I hope they can get it together & maybe play sleeper in the Tourney. But, it's not looking good right now.

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 15

#46 Temple Owls @ #19 Stanford Cardinal

1/21/10   1:05am   48 degrees & clear

Stanford held serve.

Stanford 51, Temple 22

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 14

#55 Florida State Seminoles @ #10 Iowa Hawkeyes

1/20/10   3:40pm   30 degrees & windy

The Seminoles win a close game that was competitive throughout.

FINAL

Florida St. 38, Iowa 28

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 13

#47 Arkansas Razorbacks @ #18 West Virginia Mountaineers

1/18/10   11:30pm   38 degrees & clear

Didn't watch any of this one. 

West Virginia 52, Arkansas 17

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 12

#66 Northern Illinois Huskies @ #2 Texas Longhorns

1/18/10   4:10pm   68 degrees & clear

1st Qtr

N. Illinois returned the opening Kickoff 88 yards for a TD by WR (Anthony Scott). They then scored on a 65 yard end around run WR (Brandon Young). Texas got on the scoreboard when QB (James Salas) threw a 77 yard TD pass to WR (Brett Mitchell). The Huskies came back with another big play, a 69 yard run by HB (Dan Morgan). Northern Illinois, 21-7.

2nd Qtr

Texas strikes again with a 78 yard TD pass from (Salas) to (Mitchell). Texas then got a 41 yard FG by K (Joe Armstrong). Texas took their first lead with a 61 yard Punt Return by CB (Zach Koch). Texas HB (William Bowser) scored on a 29 yard run. Texas, 31-21.

3rd Qtr

Texas WR (Jason Odom) recovered a fumble & returned in 56 yards for a TD. Texas, 38-21.

4th Qtr

Texas HB (Bowser) runs one in from 1 yard out.

FINAL

Texas 45, Northern Illinois 21   

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 11

#36 Tennessee Volunteers @ #29 Northwestern Wildcats

1/18/10   11:35am   30 degrees Wind: 6mph

Northwestern jumped out to an early lead, 14-0 in the 1st quarter & Tennessee never got it together. The wildcats ran away with the first shutout of the tournament.

FINAL

Northwestern 31, Tennessee 0

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 10

#61 Iowa State Cyclones @ #4 Cincinnati Bearcats

1/17/10   10:25pm   36 degrees Wind: 4mph

In the first major upset of the tournament, Iowa St. came from behind to beat the Bearcats.

FINAL

Iowa St 16, Cincinnati 12

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 9

#56 Michigan State Spartans @ #9 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

1/17/10   11:50am   56 degrees Windy

This game was a tale of two half's. Michigan St was up 13-0 at the half. But, Gerogia Tech outscored the Spartans 21-0 in the second half for the 21-13 victory.

FINAL

Georgia Tech 21, Michigan State 13

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 8

#64 Bowling Green Falcons @ #1 Alabama Crimson Tide

1/15/10     7:35pm

46 degrees & clear

Alabama dominated this game despite Bowling Greens two late TDs to make it respectable. The Crimson Tide will have to play a more complete game if they want to avoid getting upset in this tournament.

Alabama 48, Bowling Green 34

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 7

#51 Connecticut Huskies @ #14 Miami Hurricanes

1/15/10   1:05pm   78 degrees

Miami dominated this matchup. Miami scored first followed by a KO return for a TD by Connecticut. But, from there the Hurricanes scored 24 unanswered to go into the half up 31-7. The huskies scored again on the 2nd half opening kickoff. But, Miami would reel off 17 straight to lead 48-13 in the 4th. UConn scored 2 more TDs to Miami's one before the game was over.

FINAL

Miami, 55, Connecticut 27

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 6

#39 South Carolina Gamecocks @ #26 East Carolina Pirates

1/14/10     11:35pm     28 degrees  Wind: 0 mph

Thought this was an interesting matchup with the obvious geographic connection. But, it was a blowout alomost from gate. SCU scored 35 points in the 2nd quarter. SCU's QB (Zach Dukes) threw for 463 yards & 5 TDs. WR (Jamal Ferris) had 3 of the TDs along with 174 yards on his 5 catches.

FINAL

South Carolina 65, East Carolina 28

The Gamecocks will face the Oregon Ducks in the 2nd Round.

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 5

#58 Texas A&M @ #7 Oregon

1/14/10     2:45pm

In the most exciting game of the Playoffs so far, Oregon gets the comeback, last second victory.

1st Qtr

TAMU- 25 yd TD pass from QB (Steve Groover) to WR (John Robinson). TAMU 7-0. 

This score came very early, almost immediately putting Texas A&M ahead. There was no more scoring in the opening quarter.

2nd Qtr 

TAMU- 2 yd TD pass from QB (Tony Joseph) to TE (Brandon Morris). TAMU 14-0.

Oregon- 3 yd TD run by HB (Ben Duckett). TAMU 14-7.

TAMU- 49 yd TD run by FB (Steve Welsh). TAMU- 21-7.

Texas A&Ms starting QB (Groover)goes down with an injury, but the team picks up speed going into the half up by 2 TDs.

3rd Qtr

Oregon- 29 yd FG by K (Jim Patterson). TAMU 21-10. 

In a defense dominated quarter this was the only score. Also, Texas A&M lost another QB. There now down to their 3rd string QB, a true Freshman.

4th Qtr

Oregon- 56 yd TD pass from QB (Chad Booker) to WR (Darrius Brunner). 2pt conv failed. TAMU 21-16.

TAMU- 45 yd FG by K (Kyle Price). TAMU 24-16.

Oregon- 95 KO return TD by CB (Jeff Rogers). 2-pt conv. failed. TAMU 24-22.

Oregon- 24 yd FG by (Patterson). Oregon 25-24. 

With A&M down to their 3rd QB they had trouble moving the ball. But, after Oregon failed on two 2-pt conversions, it looked like A&M might hold on. But, the Ducks kept on coming hitting the game winning FG with :02 left in the game.

FINAL 

Oregon 25, Texas A&M 24

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 4

#44 Rutgers Scarlet Knights @ #21 Oklahoma State Cowboys

1/13/10     11:20pm

Oklahoma State scored first, but it was quickly answered by Rutgers HB (Brandon Lee) with a 74 yard TD run to tie the score. In the 2nd quarter things opened up. Rutgers started with 2 FGs making the score 13-7. But, after the 2nd one, OSUs CB/KR (John Williams) returned the kickoff 93 yds for a TD to put the Cowboys up, 14-13. Rutgers stormed back with 3 straight TDs to go into the locker room ahead, 34-14. The Scarlet Knights added one more FG in the 3rd quarter to complete the scoring.

Rutgers 37, Oklahoma St. 14.

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 3

#45 Ohio Bobcats @ #20 Nebraska Cornhuskers

1/12/10     8:50pm

22 degrees & clear

1st Qtr 

Ohio- 29 yd TD pass from QB (Will Bolden) to WR (Scott Brooks). Ohio 7-0.

Nebraska- 5 yd TD pass from QB (Alvin Newton) to WR (Joey Johnson). Tied 7-7.

2nd Qtr

Ohio- 41 yd FG by K (Mike Mangum). Ohio 10-7.

Nebraska- 35 yd TD pass from (Newton) to (Johnson). Nebraska 14-10.

3rd Qtr

Nebraska- 43 yd int ret for TD by CB (Terrell Fogle). Nebraska 21-10

Nebraska- 3 yd TD run by HB (Kenneth Matthews). Nebraska 28-10.

4th Qtr

Nebraska- 60 yd TD pass from (Newton) to (Johnson). Nebraska 35-10.

Ohio- 45 yd TD pass from (Bolden) to WR (Lee Richard). Nebraska 35-17.

Ohio- 66 yd TD pass from (Bolden) to (Richard). 2pt conv failed. Nebraska 35-23.

Nebraska- 27 yd FG by K (Aaron Johnson). Nebraska 38-23.

FINAL

Nebraska 38, Ohio 23

A surprisingly competitive game from the Bobcats. But, a dominant 3rd quarter by the Huskers doomed the visitors.

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 2

#41 Navy @ #24 Wisconsin

1/12/10   1:05am

12 Degrees   Partly Cloudy

Since this is a Fantasy tournament the games can happen at any time. So, why not a game at 1 in the morning?

Both teams got off to a slow start, with Wisconsin leading 7-0 after the 1st quarter. Wisconsin took a 14-0 lead in the 2nd before Navy got there first score making it 14-7. It was all Badgers from there, going up as much as 52-7 before a meaningless TD in the waning moments of the game. Wisconsin HB (Kevin Cantrell) was the Player of the Game with 28 carries for 225 yards & 3 TD. He also caught 3 passes for 36 yards & another TD. 

Wisconsin 52, Navy 14

College Football Tournament Rd 1 Gm 1

#33 USC @ #32 Ole Miss

1/11/10   5:10pm

USC 33, Ole Miss 21

Didn't watch this one but the stats are horrendous. 16 total turnovers & each had less than 20 yds total rushing. Will have to make more changes.

College Football Tournament Play-In Gm 4

#68 Marshall @ #61 Iowa State

1/10/10   9pm

Ames, IA

Just going with a scoring breakdown this time.

1st Qtr

ISU- QB (Marques Johnson) 42 yd TD pass to WR (David Carter). ISU, 7-0.

ISU- K (Adam Ferguson) 39 yd FG. ISU, 10-0.

ISU- CB (Drew Dickson) 39 yd INT return for TD. ISU, 17-0.

ISU- QB (Johnson) 39 yd TD run. ISU, 24-0.

2nd Qtr

Marshall- HB (Tommy Mobley) 59 yd TD run (2pt conv failed). ISU, 24-6.

ISU- HB (Billy McLaurin) 64 yd TD run. ISU, 31-6.

ISU- K (Ferguson) 39 yd FG. ISU, 34-6.

Marshall- HB (Mobley) 19 yd TD run. ISU, 34-13.

3rd Qtr

ISU- QB (Johnson) 35 yd TD run. ISU, 41-13.

ISU K (Ferguson) 33 yd FG. ISU, 44-13.

Marshall- QB (Tremayne Hall) 82 yd TD pass to WR (Keith Reynolds). ISU, 44-20.

ISU- HB (McLaurin) 57 yd TD run. ISU, 51-20.

4th Qtr

ISU HB (Michael Morris) 52 yd TD run. ISU, 58-20.

Final

Iowa State 58, Marshall 20

This was utter domination. But there was a god awful amount of turnovers. I may have to make some adjustments. ISU will now face #4 Seed, Cincinnati.