Judul: Hero
Sebelumnya dikenal sebagai: Unseen Warfare/Strange Heroes
Genre: Comedy
Episode: 16
Tayang di: MBC
Masa tayang: 2009-Nov-18 to 2010-Jan-07
Tayang: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55

Synopsis

Drama yg satu ini emang TOP BGT dah… Kenapa ? Karena selain emang judulnya HERO, drama ini juga keren banget ceritanya. Emang seperti apa si ceritanya…? Jadi, ni drama menceritakan soal seorang reporter ngetop dan seorang warga biasa yg melawan penyalahgunaan kekuasaan para kaum elite. Salah satu peran utamanya yaitu Jin Do Hyuk yg merupakan reporter tadi, dia adalah seorang reporter yg pinter dan bertalenta yg mengakhiri kehidupannya yg sembarangan dan putus asa setelah orang yg dicintai meninggal dunia. Dia jadi lebih care ama lingkungan sekitar dan akhirnya memutuskan untuk memulai hidup baru dengan menolong korban kriminalitas social lainnya. Hal init uh bikin dia jadi pahlawan modern yg berkelahi melawan ketidaketisan. Nah, di sisi lain ada Joo Jae In yg merupakan seorang wanita yg sangat ambisius yg punya rasa tanggung jawab yg besar atas dunia jurnalistik. Pada akhirnya, Joo Jae In pun ikut terlibat dalam permasalahan yg dialami Jin Do Hyuk. But, lagi-lagi gak tau kenapa, ni drama gak punya peringkat sekalipun di ratingnya drama Korea sana. Padahal ya, dari ngebaca sinopsisnya aja, Unnie makin penasaran pengen nonton.

Pemain

Lee Joon Ki as Jin Do Hyuk
Yoon So Yi as Joo Jae In
Uhm Ki Joon as Kang Hae Seong
Baek Yoon Shik as Jo Yong Deok

Pemeran Pembantu

Ji Chang Wook as Park Joon Hyung
Shin Joo Ah as Choi Ho Kyung (26, Il Doo’s daughter)
Choi Jung Woo as Choi Il Doo
Jo Yang Ja as Kim Bok Soon (Hae Seong’s mother)
Jung Soo Young as Na Ga Yeon
Jung Suk Yong as Cha Man Soo
Jin Sung (진성) as Go Eun Shik
Jo Kyung Hoon as Bong Sang Chul
Lee Han Wie as Na Kyung Man
Kim Ik as Oh Jung Il
Choi Bum Ho (최범호) as Jang Heung Ki
Han Soo Jin (한수진) as Kang So Hee
Jang Young Nam as Jin Do Hee (Do Hyuk’s older sister)
Kim Hyang Gi as Jin Sol (10, Do Hee’s daughter)
Uhm Ji Sung (엄지성) as Jin Jung (6, Do Hee’s son)
Lee Hye Sook as Myung Hee (Jae In’s mother)
Yoon Seung Ah as Jo Yu Ri (Yong Deok’s daughter)
Joo Jin Mo as Gong Chil Sung
Choi Soo Rin as Madam P
Seo Seung Man as President of Monday Weekly Magazine

Cameo

Park Gyu Ri of KARA as herself
Han Seung Yun (한승연) of KARA as herself
Jung Nicole (정니콜) of KARA as herself
Gu Ha Ra (구하라) of KARA as herself
Kang Ji Young (강지영) of KARA as herself

Wah…. Kok ada KARA juga ya…??? Kira-kira mereka ambil bagian di episode ke berapa dan jadi apa ya…???

Tim Produksi

Producer: Lee Jae Dong
Director: Kim Kyung Hee, Lee Dong Yoon (이동윤)
Screenwriter: Park Ji Suk (박지숙)

Notes

- Aktris Han Ji Min dikeluarin dari peran utama sebelum syuting dimulai. Dan digantiin ama Kim Min Jung.
- Tapi, karena kecelakaan serius di bahunya, Kim Min Jung yg ditunjuk menggantikan Han Ji Min juga musti diganti nih, ama Yoon So Yi. (kok bisa gitu ya…)

Credit : koreandrama.org

It’s time for another podcast (35 min) with Matthew Bennett (Nokia Daily News, US Mobile Industry):
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This week we were joined by special guest Tony Peric (FoneFrenzy) and his (WiFi-less) Palm Pixi! We discussed the HTC Hero, the Motorola Droid, and the Nokia N900…

We also talked about unlocking and debranding the Sony Ericsson C905a, and we even covered the Acer Aspire 1410 and the HP Mini 311. Enjoy

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As it’s been getting closer to Thanksgiving,I’ve been thinking more and more about the last year. I think I ate Thanksgiving dinner with my left hand. That was just after my little plate collision with my right elbow.

 I was about to turn 18. 

Earlier in that month of Nov. I had become a rebelutionary,after reading the book by Alex and Brett Harris. I wanted to do hard things. I just wasn’t sure how. How do you search for hard things to do?

 Little did I know then that I didn’t have to look but identify the situation. I got many chances to do hard things.

I got to suffer a little pain,colds,the flu and bloody noses,until just breathing was hard.

I got to stand up for what I believe in. Stand up for truth. Even one of those harder things;myself. 

I got to gain and lose all friends,as some came from far away and then all moved far away. I was given opportunities for some wonderful good times,and to lay them down when they were done. 

I learned that trusting gets you  hurt,but to trust anyways;especially a God who loves me.

 I had many simple moments in thanks of Him; like water droplets on the grass,like the sound of rain falling,like bright warm sunshine,and the stars at 5:30.

 Chances to sing and teach Sunday School. Wonderful times with my pastor’s family.

 Having my charge run and hug me when I pick her up from Head Start.

I really can’t complain when I get sugar in my water instead of salt. Having a matched pair of escorts is pretty handy. Even getting patted on the head. Overwhelming opinions and protection.

Good food and a warm house.

The unexpected circumstances that turn into grand adventures.

 All in all it’s been an exciting year.

          It’s life and I’m thankful for a chance to live it.

Fãs do Dong Bang Shin Ki, se segurem! Outro ato foi adicionado para a batalha SME versus TVXQ e, como sempre, não foi algo bom.

No início deste mês, SM Entertainment alegou que o TVXQ tinha cancelado tardiamente sua aparição no concerto em Shenzhen, dia 21 de Novembro, e que os três membros JunSu, JaeJoong e YooChun nunca solicitaram os detalhes do contrato de tal show.

Em resposta a esta declaração, o advogado dos três membros anteriormente declarou que, na última semana, obtiveram um manuscrito de um indivíduo afirmando ter assinado a nota de confirmação sem o consentimento dos três. Uma nota de confirmação é um documento garantindo a presença de um cantor em um evento. Normalmente, a nota é assinada pelo representante, sem quaisquer queixas, pois o artista é muito ocupado para assinar seus próprios documentos. No entanto, o advogado de JunSu, JaeJoong e YooChun disseram que o trio jamais deu tal permissão.

Dia 24 de Novembro [hoje], a defesa dos três membros elaborou sua declaração em relação as assinaturas não-autorizadas nesta nota.

Em relação a situação do concerto em Shenzhen, JunSu, JaeJoong e YooChun não assinaram [ou aprovaram a assinatura de] nenhuma nota de confirmação… A nota de confirmação para o concerto em Shenzen, China contem assinaturas que foram forjadas.

Alguns fãs chineses e coreanos chamaram nossa atenção para o fato de que as assinaturas na nota pareciam forjadas. Após um exame minucioso, nós confirmamos que as assinaturas são falsas… A pessoa que forjou [as assinaturas dos membros do TVXQ] nos deu uma nota escrita à mão, que declara que a SME o enviou para forjar as assinaturas.

SM Entertainment declarou anteriormente que não havia questões jurídicas envolvendo as vendas para o concerto em Shenzhen, no entanto, eles forjaram as assinaturas desta nota.

Veja o scan da nota:

-Nota de confirmação-

-Nome: [censurado]

-Número pessoal: [censurado]

-Número do telefone: [censurado]

Eu, o escritor desta nota, em Março de 2009, segui ordens de [censurado] da SM Entertainment e assinei o documento para o concerto em Shenzhen no lugar dos três membros. Nem eu nem SM Entertainment tinha permissão dos três membros para utilizar suas assinaturas, antes ou depois que o documento foi lançado. Os três membros não sabiam sobre o concerto em Shenzhen, quando apresentaram sua ação. O evento foi confirmado após a ação já estar arquivada.

Data: 15 de Novembro de 2001, domingo                 Escritor: [censurado]

O conselho legal também declarou: “SME tem feito um acordo com o trio do TVXQ para realizarem as atividades pré-planejadas… O concerto em Shenzhen foi adicionado para a programação do TVXQ depois [que o acordo foi feito]. SME está tentando distorcer os fatos”.

Eles continuaram: “Pedimos a SME que revele a história por trás das assinaturas forjadas e também todo o conteúdo do contrato para o concerto em Shenzhen. Nós queremos eliminar qualquer mal-entendido que possa ter surgido entre os fãs a partir desses eventos”.

O processo SME x TVXQ fica mais complicado a cada dia. Cada nova declaração só aumenta as dúvidas dos fãs, que nunca podem conferir com os próprios olhos o que é verdade e o que não é, se limitando a apenas engolir cada declaração dolorosa – sendo esta verdadeira ou não – lançada por alguma das partes.

FONTE: CBS + Newsen

Baseado no artigo lawlietta@allkpop | Tradução e alteração por NazakawaSadako@WordPress

NÃO RETIRAR SEM OS DEVIDOS CRÉDITOS!

Check out this sweet looking signature from yankees hero Chris Chambliss! I sent these cards to Chris waay back on June 5th and got both back today, one of em personalized to me! Thanks Mr Chambliss!

Twinkler Software have released a pretty cool application that controls the WiFi status and saves battery power. It works by remembering the location of your WiFi hotspots, so you can leave WiFi off and save battery. When you enter the WiFi zone, WiFi Hero will boot up your WiFi connection and connect you. It also has 2 other modes for changing your WiFi status including screen and charging status.

1. Location Based. In this mode, WiFi Hero will automatically learn the location of the WiFi Hotspot you are currently connected to, and when WiFi is not connected (you are out of range of this Hotspot), WiFi Hero will automatically turn off WiFi – and when you come back to the same Hotspot location, it will automatically turn on WiFi.

2. Screen Status. In this mode, WiFi Hero will automatically turn on WiFi when the screen is on and automatically turn off WiFi when the screen is off – making this very useful when you use your Blackberry to browse the web.

3. Charging Status. In this mode, WiFi Hero will automatically turn on WiFi when the device is on charge, and automatically turn off WiFi when device is not charging and on battery power.

Via:blackberrycool

I am pretty sure you already knew this, but just to remind you, please watch the video:
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A great idea to give something back!

So for some time now I’ve been meaning to pick up this little book I’d heard of about a year ago, but I never bothered to take the time. Then, an impromptu trip to the library ended in me checking it out.

Oh my god, Francine, this book. This book, Francine. This book!

Enough of that. If you couldn’t tell, I loved this thing. I read it in 24 hours (would have been shorter but Dancing With The Stars finals were last night [stfu]) and I can’t say enough about it. Yes, I do have some complaints when it comes to what happens from the middle onward, but I’ll forgive that sexy Mr. Moore this time.

For those that aren’t familiar, Hero is a teen novel set in that Watchmen/The Incredibles/Mystery Men kind-of superhero universe.  The main character is the son of a washed-up hero fallen from grace. Oh, and he’s gay. With superpowers. Fuck. Yeah.

What I love about the book is that Thom, the teenage hero in question, isn’t struggling with his sexuality so much as struggling with the fact that he has superpowers and lives with a father that despises superheroes. He’s not too hot on the fags either.

Granted the dialogue is a bit over-the-top at times and the last half is nothing but melodrama, it’s still so very worth the reader’s time.

Since finishing this at 2 this morning, I’ve been looking into Perry Moore and found some fun news. THE Stan Lee enjoyed the book so much that they are working together to get a live-action project off the ground. I suggest they get Alan Ball on that shit with them.

Korean idol group TVXQ is set to appear on NHK TV’s “Red and White Song Battle” next month, according to the Japanese broadcaster’s website.

NHK announced on its official website on Tuesday that the K-pop boy band will appear on “Battle”, which has been Japan’s signature year-end festivity for the past sixty years.

The show brings together the most successful music acts in the country and Asia and divides them into two teams — the Red Team for female artists and the White Team for male artists. The singers or groups perform for their teams and the winning team is decided at the very end of the show, which ends shortly before midnight.

According to the report by NHK, TVXQ will be performing for the White Team which includes 24 other top singers and groups such as Arashi and SMAP. This makes TVXQ the only Korean artist to appear on “Battle” for two consecutive years.

TVXQ, a five-member boy band, is one of most successful K-pop acts in Asia. Recently, the group has not been performing as a group since three of its members are currently in a legal dispute with their agency SM Entertainment. SM, however, was quoted as saying that they are “working on having all five member make an appearance.”

“Battle” airs live on NHK channel on December 31.

Source: http://www.asiae.co.kr

Reporter : Lim Hye-seon lhsro@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr

Ich schaff’ es. Ich schaff’ es. Ich schaff’ es. Optimismus ist alles, ne? Würdet ihr euch trauen, einen Jungen anzusprechen, den ihr kaum kennt?

Kennt ihr den Film “Postman to Heaven” ? (천국의 우편 배달부) Nach dem ich den Artikel darüber in DramaWiki gelesen habe, hab’ ich das Gefühl, es ist eine Episode von einem Drama, oder? Erklärt mir das einer?

A messenger that has the ability to travel between the present and the afterworld. Shin Jae Joon was involved in an accident that put him in a coma. Now, his spirit has the ability to travel back and forth to the afterworld and the real world. He meets Jo Ha Na as she is trying to send her boyfriend a letter. Ha Na, however, is the only person who can see Jae Joon.

Mit JaeJoong, Leute.. JAEJOONG!  Ich werd’s zusammen mit [A] gucken, wenn die Untertitel fertig sind. hehe. ♥

Ich geh jetzt lernen und Hausaufgaben machen. Wünscht mir Glück, Stalker’s.

For the two in attendance, and the millions of you reading across the internet……Lets get ready for RIVALRIES!!!!!!!

The First game i bring to you is the Border War. Anyone who deals with a rivalry knows that its just a straight out fight, and what better to fight over then an Indian War Drum & the Lamar Hunt Trophy. Missouri and Kansas have been fighting this war since 1891. Dan George summed up the rivalry by stating “It’s more than the schools — it’s a state thing going back to the Civil War, when William Quantrill’s Confederate guerillas burned Lawrence and murdered nearly 200 people. Neither Missouri nor Kansas folks have forgotten it.” The series between to the two stands officially tied (going by NCAA, cant stand it when conferences make their own rules and try to change rules mid season to get things swinging their way) 54-54-9 even though there is some controversy over a player being disqualified due to a school booster using funds to persuade him to come to that school (Kansas was the school he played for). This just added more fuel to the fire of this rivalry, which, even though by request of the athletic directors of the schools not to be called this, is the Border War.

 Next on the list we have the  Iron Bowl. For those of you not around the south, the Iron Bowl is THE rivalry of rivalries. When people think of Alabama playing against Auburn, they equate it to things such as the North fighting against the South… The Axis versus the Allies… some even go as far as to compare it as the battle of good and evil. It gets intense around here and some people tend to get hurt while waiting for the weekend or in this horrid case because of CBS wanting to grab some ratings, Friday to come around for the game to be played to give the fans the bragging rights they have truly earned. The series originated in 1893 with the two schools playing against each other in Birmingham, Alabama (that’s where the iron came from) The Crimson Tide currently lead the rivalry 39-33-1. This year’s game will be played at Auburns site where Alabama has lost its last six visits.

Now I bring you “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate”. Words that could only be used to describe the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech game. The rivalry between these two schools also began in 1893.  The heated rivalry goes all the way back to truthfully 1891 when UGA began to mock Tech for its choice of school colors. The fire only burned stronger as time passed by with UGA once again offending the Yellow Jackets in 1919 by having a parade celebrating UGA’s return to football while making fun of Georgia Tech students for continuing to play football during war time. With only 70 miles between the schools (UGA in Athens, and GA Tech in Atlanta) the schools are in constant competition against each other not only for recruits, but for state funding and for recognition from their home state as well. The winning school of the years football game receives the Governor’s Cup Finally, I just really like the name given to this rivalry.

Next up on the Rivalry list we have the Texas Longhorns, and the Texas A & M Aggies. These being the two oldest public schools in the state of Texas, their rivalry is a natural one. Texas and A & M have been competing against each other since 1894, but their rivalry has been adjusted to spread bragging rights based on all sports rather then just football. in 2004 a points system was introduced. Points are awarded for all sports in which both schools maintain an intercollegiate team. Each sport is worth one point, which is awarded to the winner of the head-to-head matchup between the two teams. If the head-to-head matchup ends in a tie, each team receives ½ point. In baseball, the team that wins the regular season three-game series is awarded one point. In sports where the teams meet twice during the season — currently softball, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball — each contest is worth ½ point. If the universities do not compete in head-to-head regular season competition, the university that places higher at the Big 12 Conference Championship will earn the point. Should the universities tie in Big 12 Conference Championship competition the point will be split between the two schools. In the sport of track and field, multi-school meets do not count as head-to-head competition. There are a total of 19 possible points, with 10 points needed to win. In the event of a 9½ to 9½ tie, the winner of the previous year will retain the title for the following year. Texas currently leads the points run 3-2 with a possible tie of the series pending on the rivalry game this weekend. (if A & M manages to tie the points, according to the rules of point, they will retain the title since they were the previous years winner.)

And for the next big game, we have Virginia Tech at Virginia playing for the Commonwealth Cup. This match up rolls back to 1895 when the schools started playing each other. From what I’ve gathered, aside from just a game between people from really close places to each other, there’s not much to this. With the Va Tech Shooting, the rivalry became even less intense. Many fans on both sides of the rivalry have reported a lessening of hostilities between the two universities while maintaining the same intensity of the rivalry in the wake of the Virginia Tech Massacre. According to The Washington Post “students in both camps are more apt to think of themselves as simply Virginians.” UVa students were amongst the first university students to lend support to the comrades at Virginia Tech in the wake of the shootings. Likewise, the connections between the two university’s populations are often very close. Prior to the 2007 football contest in Charlottesville both college’s bands participated in a joint performance. However, the intensity of the rivalry was still as spirited as ever, with both sides cheering passionately for their own team as a berth to the ACC Championship game was on the line. “…there was the sense among Tech students that fans of U-Va. – an institution founded by none other than Thomas Jefferson – looked down their noses at the mountain-ensconced Hokies of Blacksburg. Hokies were “hicks”; Cavaliers were “snobs.” But after the shootings in April, something changed. U-Va. students and faculty members wrote condolence letters, held a candlelight vigil and even painted the campus’s fabled Beta Bridge with a pro-Hokies phrase.” — Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post U-Va.’s student newspaper reported that students in Charlottesville were even sporting Hokie sweatshirts on occasion in observance of the tragedy. The University’s Z Society went so far as unveiling a 65′ x 120′ Virginia Pride flag featuring both UVA and VT logos on it during the annual football game, and it was noted that the two fan bases had never been so close as they were after the shootings. “Since the tragedy, it hasn’t been so odd to see a Wahoo wearing a Virginia Tech sweatshirt. Since April, transfer students haven’t felt so awkward saying they used to attend school in Blacksburg. Truly, Hokies and Wahoos have never been so together.” — Eric Kolenich, The Cavalier Daily.

Next up on the list is Pittsburgh playing at West Virginia in The Backyard Brawl. This rivalry rolls back to 1895 when the first game was played. The rivalry basically exists because, you guessed it, the schools are basically in each other’s back yard. Pittsburgh currently leads the series 61-37-3. The 1921 edition of The Backyard Brawl was the first football game to be broadcast over the radio airwaves. Other then the 2007 Pitt team knocking the then number two ranked West Virginia out of the BCS National Championship game, there hasnt really been much to fuel this rivalry then, they’re competing for the same stuff as GA-GA tech.

Another heated rivalry taking place this weekend is the Holy War. The fierce rivalry between the Utah Utes and the Brigham Young Cougars. The big thing that fuels this fire is…..dum dum dum… religion.  Utah is the Mormon capital of the world, so to no surprise, BYU is a Mormon owned school. Utah, being a state owned school, is non-secular. BYU fans accuse Utah fans of being drunks, although many of Utah’s fans are also Mormons, and alcohol is against the Mormon code. Many non Mormon Utes fans love to mess with BYU fans by drinking lots of coffee, swearing and generally going against the Mormon code. The series started in 1895 ( or 1922 according to BYU) Utah leads the series 53-33-4 (or 50-30-4 depending on when it started).  The two schools are approximately 50 miles apart, so its not uncommon for them to constantly compete over recruits, fans and funding. The rivalry began to change in 1993, during Ron McBride’s fourth season as head coach, the Utes won their first game in Provo in twenty-two seasons and their first since LaVell Edwards became BYU head coach. Utah’s kicker, Chris Yergensen, had already missed two out of three field goals on the day. This time, however, Yergensen did not miss and kicked the game-winning 55-yard field goal (the longest of his career) as time expired.After the win, Utah fans and players attempted to tear down the north end zone goalpost at what was then Cougar Stadium. Cougar players returned to the field to protect the goalpost from being torn down. About the incident, Lenny Gomes, a BYU nose guard, said, “Typical Utah bullshit. All those guys think that’s all there is to life. But when I’m making $50–60,000 a year, they’ll be pumping my gas. They’re low-class losers.” The remark is still remembered in rivalry history today.The 1994 season was McBride’s best, as he led the Utes to a 10–2 record and a top-10 finish in national rankings. The Utes and Cougars also staged one of the best matchups in the rivalry’s history, meeting for the first time as top-25 ranked teams. The Utes won the game 34–31, which was coincidentally the same score of their meeting a year before. Utah ran its rivalry winning streak up to three games a year later, with a 34–17 win at BYU. The Utes and Cougars would trade wins and losses the next couple of years, before the 2000 season. During the 1999 edition of the Holy War, Utah recorded its fourth consecutive win in Provo. Early in the fourth quarter, Utah scored a touchdown when quarterback T.D. Crowshaw completed a four-yard-pass to Donny Utu to put Utah up 20–10. In celebration, Utah cheerleader Billy Priddis ran along the visitor’s sideline with a large “U” flag. An unidentified BYU fan ran onto the sideline and tackled Priddis from behind. Priddis turned around and started punching the fan. He landed seven or eight punches before security separated them. About the incident, Priddis said, “”There’s 65,000 fans here, does he think I’m not going to retaliate?” Utah had another undefeated season in 2008 and defeated BYU 48–24. By doing so, they captured another invitation to a BCS game, where they were matched up with the highly favored Alabama. Utah beat Alabama 31–17 for their second BCS victory in five years. BYU’s team slogan in 2008 was “Quest for Perfection,” and T-shirts bearing that slogan were made widely available. However, BYU’s quest for a perfect season ended at TCU, and Utah, who did finish with a perfect record, created red shirts bearing the Utah logo and the slogan “The Quest Perfected.”

This next rivalry is near and dear to my heart as I have an ex-girlfriend who is a big Clemson fan. Naturally I pull for South Carolina (Shout out to my boy Darian Stewart #24) every year since then in the Battle of the Palmetto State. Stick with me people because the next might get long and boring, but it is needed to completely understand where it all came from. Unlike most major college rivalries, the Carolina-Clemson rivalry did not start innocently. In fact, the seeds of bitterness were planted even before Clemson became a college. The two institutions were founded 88 years apart: South Carolina College in 1801 and Clemson Agricultural College in 1889.South Carolina College was founded in 1801 to unite and promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Upcountry. It closed during the Civil War when its students aided the Southern cause, but the closure gave the politicians an opportunity to reorganize it to their liking. The Radical Republicans in charge of state government during Reconstruction opened the school to blacks and appropriated generous funds to the University, much of which was embezzled. These actions caused the white citizens of the state to withdraw their support for the University and view it as a symbol of the worst aspects of Reconstruction. The Democrats returned to power in 1877 following their decisive electoral victory over the Radical Republicans and promptly proceeded to close the University. Sentiment in the state favored opening an agriculture college so the University was reorganized as the South Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1882, the college was renamed to its antebellum name, South Carolina College, which infuriated the farmers because they felt that the politicians had frustrated the will of the people by deemphasizing agriculture education, even though the school still retained the department of agriculture. Benjamin Tillman emerged in the 1880s as a leader of the agrarian movement in South Carolina and demanded that the South Carolina College take agricultural education more seriously by expanding the agriculture department. In 1885, Tillman was convinced of the superiority of a separate agricultural college by Stephen D. Lee, then the President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, and subsequently Tillman would accept nothing less than a separate agriculture college in South Carolina. He offered the following reasons why he felt that it was necessary to have a separate agriculture college outside the confines of Columbia:

Mississippi A&M featured practical training without unnecessary studying of the liberal arts.

Mississippi A&M provided poor students work-scholarships so that they could attend the college.

There were too few students who studied agriculture at the College to justify an agriculture college there.

The College was a place “for the sons of lawyers and of the well-to-do” who sneered at the agriculture students as if they were hayseeds.

The students at the College lived a life of luxury as compared with the sweat and toil endured by students at Mississippi A&M.

There was not enough farm land near the College to allow for proper agriculture study.

The Conservatives, who held the reins of power in South Carolina from 1877 to 1890, replied to each point made by Tillman:

The most advanced agriculture educational research was being conducted at the University of California and at Cornell University, both of which combined agriculture colleges with liberal arts colleges. Additionally, a separate agriculture college would be more expensive and result in an inferior product.

The work scholarships attracted the lowest quality of students who only cared about obtaining a college degree, not about an education in agriculture or mechanical studies. Furthermore, there was little advantage of attending a college only to pitch manure and grub stumps.

The constant attacks by Tillman on the College caused many to doubt whether state support for the institution would continue. As a result, the enrollment numbers were not impressive, although the numbers of students taking agriculture and mechanical classes increased from 34 in 1887 to 83 in 1889. Over half of the students at the College were the sons of farmers, though most did not study agriculture as Tillman wished. John McLaren McBryde, President of the College, correctly predicted that most students of an agriculture college would not go back to work the farm after graduation. While some students at the College were the sons of the well-to-do, the majority were poor.Tillman was bolstered in 1886 when Thomas Green Clemson agreed to will his Fort Hill estate for the establishment of an agriculture college. Yet, Tillman did not want to wait until Clemson died to start a separate agriculture college so he pushed the General Assembly to use the Morrill funds and Hatch funds for that purpose. Instead, the legislature gave those funds to the South Carolina College in 1887 which would use them along with a greater state appropriation to reorganize itself as the second University of South Carolina and to also greatly expand the agriculture department. After this victory for South Carolina, in January 1888 Tillman wrote a letter to the News and Courier that he was retiring from public life.It was less than ninety days when Tillman reemerged on the scene upon the death of Thomas Green Clemson in April 1888. Tillman advocated that the state accept the gift by Clemson, but the Conservatives in power opposed the move and an all out war for power in the state commenced. The opening salvo was fired by Gideon Lee, the father of Clemson’s granddaughter and John C. Calhoun’s great granddaughter Floride Isabella Lee, who wrote a letter on her behalf to the News and Courier in May that she was being denied as Calhoun’s rightful heir. Furthermore, he stated that Clemson was egotistical and “only wanted to erect a monument to his own name.”In November, Lee filed a lawsuit in Federal Court to contest the will which ultimately ruled against him in May of 1889.The election of 1888 afforded Tillman an opportunity to convince the politicians to accept the Clemson bequest or face the possibility of being voted out of office. He demanded that the Democratic party nominate its candidates by the primary system, which was denied, but they did accept his request that the candidates for statewide office canvass the state. Tillman proved excellent on the stump, by far superior than his Conservative opponents, and as the Democratic convention neared there was a clear groundswell of support for the acceptance of Clemson’s estate. He was so effective because of his “ability to awaken popular passion and prejudice” when the populace by and large mistook “prejudice for truth, passion for reason, and invective for documentation.” Tillman pitted “the poor against the rich, tenant against landowner, hireling against employer, country against town, all of South Carolina against Charleston and Columbia, upcountry against lowcountry, white against black, do-somethings against do-nothings, and outs against those in power” so that “he could rile them up and then appear as their champion.” In addition, the Conservative leadership was aging and its appeal to the past glories of South Carolina during the antebellum period meant little to the emerging younger generation.Tillman explained his justification for an independently controlled agriculture college by pointing to the mismanagement and political interference of the University of South Carolina as had occurred during Reconstruction. The agriculture college, as specified in Clemson’s will, was to be privately controlled and thus would be able to prevent any “possible invasion by the negroes”. With declining cotton prices, Tillman preyed upon the farmer’s desperation by stating that the salaries of the college professors were exorbitant and it must be a sign of corruption. Consequently, the legislature was compelled to pass the bill to accept Clemson’s bequest in December of 1888, albeit with the tie-breaking vote in the state Senate from Lieutenant Governor William L. Mauldin. Thus was reborn the antagonistic feelings of regional bitterness and class division that would plague the state for decades. Having achieved his agriculture college, Tillman was not content to sit idly by because what he really desired was power and political office. After winning the 1890 election and becoming Governor, Tillman renewed the attacks on the Conservatives and those who had thwarted his agriculture college. He saved the coup de grâce for Senator Wade Hampton III, a South Carolina College graduate and Confederate General during the Civil War, who “invoked Confederate service and honor as a barrier to Tillmanism.” Tillman directed the legislature to defeat Hampton’s renomination for another term in December of 1890, thereby finishing what Sherman had left undone in 1865.While campaigning for Governor in 1890, Tillman leveled his harshest criticism towards the University of South Carolina and threatened to close it along with The Citadel, which he called a “dude factory.” Despite the rhetoric, Tillman only succeeded in reorganizing the University of South Carolina into a liberal arts college while in office. It would eventually be rechartered for the last time in 1906 as the University of South Carolina. However, Clemson Agricultural College held sway over the state legislature for decades and was generally the more popular college during the first half of the 20th century in South Carolina. The rivalry started in 1896. after 106 meetings, Clemson leads, 65-37-4.

Next up, the Colorado State – Wyoming Border War. Nothing is really special about this rival aside from rivalry based on location. Colorado State leads the series 55-40-4. In 1968, the ROTC detachments of the respective schools initiated the Bronze Boot, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the “Border War” each year. The boot was worn in the Vietnam War by Cpt. Jeff Romero, Sr., a Colorado State graduate and Army ROTC instructor at CSU between 1967 and 1969. Each year leading up to the Wyoming-Colorado State game, the game ball is carried in a running shuttle relay by the ROTC detachment of the visiting team down US 287 to the Wyoming-Colorado state border, where the home team’s ROTC detachment receives it and runs the game ball to the stadium hosting the game. The trophy is guarded by the ROTC unit of the past year’s winning school during the game. Colorado State University leads the trophy series at 21-20.

Off now to the Duel in the Desert and the Territorial Cup. The “Territorial Cup” also known as the “Duel in the Desert” is the rivalry between ASU and UA and is among the nation’s oldest and most heated rivalries, including the oldest trophy in college football. The winner of the game is then given possession of the Territorial Cup until the game is played the next year. In the modern era of the game, it is played on the day after Thanksgiving (and in recent years on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to accommodate network television coverage).

The rivalry dates back to before Arizona was admitted as a state, and was a U.S. Territory. In the early history of Arizona, a resentment between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson emerged. The University of Arizona was founded in 1885 as the state’s first university. The same year, Tempe Normal School was founded as a small teacher’s college in the farming community of Tempe, just east of Phoenix. Over the years, Tempe Normal School evolved into Arizona State Teacher’s College, then Arizona State College at Tempe, and eventually Arizona State University. Although both athletic programs have been consistently in the top 20 in the Director’s Cup standings for the past decade, the two schools have featured a difference in athletic strengths. The rivalry started in 1899. University of Arizona currently leads the cup series 45-36-1.

The Bedlam Series is, like most other intrastate rivalries, a rivalry that goes beyond one or two sports. Both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have rivalries with other schools, though most of those rivalries are limited to one or two sports at the most. When the Bedlam Series gained Ford and the Bank of Oklahoma as corporate sponsors, the series became much more formalized. A points system was adopted in order to award a winner of the all athletic competitions combined between the two schools. A crystal bell trophy is awarded to individual Bedlam game winners (such as football), in addition to a trophy for the overall series champion for that year. The “Bedlam Bell” is modeled after the bell clapper in Old Central, the oldest building on Oklahoma State’s campus. For a time, the actual bell clapper was a traveling trophy for the two schools, until the popularity of this tradition waned. Oklahoma currently leads the series 79-15-8 which started in 1904.

Moving on, we have the Washington-Washington State rivalry. This one seems so boring that I’m just going to use the Apple Cup Wikipedia entry to fill this slot in. The Apple Cup is the annual college football rivalry game between the two largest universities in the U.S. state of Washington; the University of Washington (UW) Huskies and the Washington State University (WSU) Cougars. It is traditionally the final game of the regular season and takes place on the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving at Husky Stadium in Seattle during odd years, and WSU’s Martin Stadium in Pullman during even years. From 1950-80 (except for 1954), WSU hosted the game at Spokane’s Joe Albi Stadium. The WSU Cougars won three of these fifteen games in Spokane (1958, 1968, 1972), and have won six of the fourteen played at Martin Stadium (1982, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2008).Before 1962, the teams played for the “Governor’s Trophy.” The game was renamed the “Apple Cup” in 1962 because of Washington’s famous apple crop. The Apple Cup trophy has been awarded to the winning team ever since. With the recent lengthening of the regular season schedule to 12 games, there was a movement change the date of the Apple Cup from the weekend before Thanksgiving to the weekend following. This would have allowed a bye week sometime during the season. In the 2006 season, both teams played 12 straight weeks without a break, leaving the two teams noticeably fatigued. For the first time, the 2007 edition of the Apple Cup was played two days after Thanksgiving. The Apple Cup has been sponsored by Boeing since 2007.The first rivalry game was held in 1900 and resulted in a tie between UW and WSU. From 1900 to 2008, there have been 101 games between the schools. The Huskies hold a 64-31-6 advantage. UW’s longest winning streak has been eight games, achieved twice: (1959-66 and 1974-81). WSU has never won more than two consecutive Apple Cups, but the Cougars have won back-to-back games on eight separate occasions: (1929-30, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1982-83, 2004-05 and 2007-08). Although Washington currently leads the overall series, the Cougars have taken four of the past five meetings including a double-overtime win in the 2008 meeting. Washington leads the series 64-31-6.

With the Mississippi State vs. Mississippi Egg Bowl I was expecting more of a feud to have started the rivalry then anything else. So, with the same boring info I bring you more Wiki info. Early in the series, Mississippi State dominated, and had only lost five times in the first twenty-three contests. When Ole Miss beat MSU, then known as Mississippi A&M College, 7-6, the Ole Miss fans rushed the field, some trying to tear the goalposts down. A&M fans did not take well to the Ole Miss fans celebrations, and fights broke out. Some A&M fans defended the goal posts with wooden chairs, and several injuries were reported. To prevent such events in the future, students of the two schools created the “Golden Egg”, a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927. The trophy is a large football-shaped brass piece mounted to a wooden base and traditionally symbolizes supremacy in college football in the state of Mississippi for the year. The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today and similar to the balls still used in rugby; the trophy thus, to modern eyes, more resembles an egg than a football. The awarding of the “Golden Egg” was instituted in 1927 by joint agreement between the two schools’ student bodies. Ole Miss leads the rivalry that started in 1901 60–39–6.

Next up we got the Toledo – Bowling Green Battle of I-75. This one is a little more interesting then the last ones (enough that I’m not just going to give you stuff from the Wiki then be done with it.) These two schools are only about 20 miles apart from each other, making the pressure to get recruits and fans from the local area much harder then some others. The winner of the battle is awarded the Peace Pipe Trophy (yep that’s right, a Native American peace pipe). The rivalry between UT and BGSU goes back to 1919. The games were (and to an extent still are) marked by a passionate fan following and a hatred for the respective opponent. In 1935, fans rioted following a 63-0 blowout win by UT and as a result, BGSU removed the Rockets from their athletic schedule until 1947. That year, the smoking of a six-foot peace pipe was instated as a gesture of goodwill between the two teams at half-time of their annual basketball match. The peace pipe would be kept by the winning university until the teams played again the following season. The tradition came to an abrupt and unpleasant end in 1969 when the pipe was stolen from the UT offices. It was never recovered and the thief never caught. In 1980, the Peace Pipe trophy was reinstated when a scale-down replica was fashioned and placed on top of a trophy created by former UT football player Frank Kralik. Kralik donated the trophy to the university to be given to the winner of each year’s football game, which like many other college football rivalries is usually the last game of the regular season for both teams. Nowadays, ESPN annually broadcasts the Peace Pipe game, allowing it to reach a wide audience outside of northwest Ohio. Though the two schools play in different divisions in the Mid-American Conference, they have yet to meet in the MAC Championship Game. Toledo leads the series since the reinstatement of the trophy, 15-14.

With the next teams and their rivalry, I hold little interest in. The fact that they are 12 miles apart and both in the same city, I find entertaining, aside from that, more Wiki read. The UCLA–USC rivalry is the college rivalry between two universities located in Los Angeles, California: the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.The athletic competition rivalry between the two schools is among the more notable in NCAA Division I sports because both schools are located within the same city. The campuses are only 12 miles apart. The sheer proximity of both alumni and students, and the likelihood of encountering each other and interacting on a daily basis make this one of the most intense college rivalries in the United States. USC is one of the top teams in the country in college football, and recognizes 11 of its teams as National Champions. UCLA has only one team recognized as a National Champion.Quite often, the winner of the football game has won or shared the Pacific Ten Conference title in football. A berth in the Rose Bowl game has been on the line many times as well for both schools. Since the formation of the Pacific Coast Conference in 1916, USC has won or shared 37 conference titles and UCLA has won or shared 17 titles.Washington is third in overall conference titles with 15.Since the 1959 season, when the Pacific 10 Conference was formed as the Athletic Association of Western Universities, through the 2007 season, the schools have won or shared 33 of the 48 conference titles. USC has won 17 championships outright, shared eight and gone to the Rose Bowl or BCS bowl 21 times. UCLA has won six championships outright, shared five and gone to the Rose Bowl eight times. The schools have shared the championship between them three times. Both teams have spoiled conference and national championship runs for the other. USC was already an established national football power under Howard Jones and had begun a major rivalry with Notre Dame when UCLA joined the Pacific Coast Conference in 1929. Los Angeles Times Sportswriter Braven Dyer predicted on the day of the first football meeting on September 28, 1929, “In years to come, this game will probably be one of the football spectacles of the West” USC dominated the early games (so much so, that after the first two games, the series was suspended for five years and they did not play each other from 1931-1935) until UCLA established itself. By the late 1930s, star players such as Kenny Washington, Jackie Robinson, and Bob Waterfield enabled UCLA to be competitive. With the hiring of Hall of Fame Coach Henry “Red” Sanders, UCLA became the more dominant program in the 1950s, culminating in their 1954 National Championship. A famous quote was attributed to Sanders regarding the rivalry, “Beating ‘SC is not a matter of life or death, it’s more important than that.” But Sanders died suddenly of a heart attack, and shortly thereafter, John McKay took over a struggling USC program and returned it to national prominence. For most seasons from the mid 1960s to the end of the 1970s, the two schools were the top powers on the west coast. In the 15 Rose Bowls played from 1966 to 1980, USC or UCLA played in 12 of them. Even with the rise of Don James’ Washington Huskies in the 1980s and early 90s, UCLA or USC still went to the Rose Bowl seven times between 1981 and 1995. In the 1990s and until the hiring of Pete Carroll by USC, UCLA was the dominant team, winning 8 straight from USC from 1991-1998, before USC then won 7 in a row from 1999-2005. The 13-9 win in 2006 at the Rose Bowl allowed the Bruins to keep the record for consecutive wins in the rivalry.

Florida vs. Florida State is the next rivalry on the list. Not much going on here aside from state pushed interstate rivalry. here’s the history: The University of Florida has been fielding an officially sanctioned football team since 1906. Though Florida State University (then known as “Florida State College”) played football for several years around 1900, it became a women’s college in 1905 and remained so until 1947, when the football team was re-established. Almost immediately, pressure began building for the Gators to play the new team in-state. Some believe that it took an act of the Florida state legislature to force the contest to take place. This is not exactly true – a bill demanding a UF vs. FSU football series was proposed in 1955 but was voted down. However, the schools bowed to pressure from state leaders and agreed to schedule a yearly series starting in 1958.One of the conditions that the University of Florida put on the agreement was that the contest must always be held in their home stadium, Florida Field in Gainesville. Since 1964, however, the game site has alternated yearly between the Gators’ field and the Seminoles’ home turf of Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee. Since 1958 Florida currently leads the series 32-19-2.

Rice and Houston are the next match up in their competition to take home the Bayou Bucket. The Houston–Rice rivalry (also referred to as the UH–Rice rivalry, Rice–Houston rivalry, or the Rice–UH rivalry) is a cross-town college rivalry between the University of Houston and Rice University. The universities are located approximately five miles from each other in Houston’s “Inner loop” area. It is one of the few NCAA Division I cross-town rivalries, especially between institutions that field Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams. The rivalry has existed in a more official capacity since Houston joined the now-defunct Southwest Conference in 1971, in which Rice was a charter member. Since the breakup of that conference in 1995, the rivalry has continued. In 2005, Rice joined Conference USA, of which Houston was a member, and has again made the rivalry more relevant for conference titles as well. Football is the largest focus of the rivalry and is the sport in which the competition between the two institutions has run the longest. Both teams are part of the NCAA’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and have both been part of the Conference USA athletic conference since 2005. The competition includes an annual regular-season football game between the schools. It has existed since 1971, when Houston joined the now-defunct Southwest Conference, of which Rice was also a member. The winner of the game wins the Bayou Bucket. Houston leads this series 24–9. Although the last Southwest Conference football game was part of the series, the teams did not compete against each other in football from 1996 to 1998 as the universities realigned themselves with other conferences. Although the first official meeting between the teams in football didn’t take place until 1971, a scrimmage took place between the inaugural 1946 Houston Cougars team and the Rice Owls. The Owls, having played football since 1914 and being a part of the Southwest Conference, were a much more experienced and accomplished team than the Cougars. In a front of a crowd of thousands, the Owls easily defeated the Cougars. Made famous from football games between the two rivals, University of Houston students often wear red shirts with the words “Ruck Fice” to UH-Rice games. 5 miles apart from each other.. does that not say, “hey I wanna mess with you and take your recruits fans and basis of how you exist” to you?

Notre Dame and Stanford are next on the list. This rivalry is young and not really considered a major rivalry so there’s not much to it. The Irish have a minor rivalry with the Stanford Cardinal (for the Legends Trophy, a combination of Irish crystal with California redwood). The two teams first met in the 1925 Rose Bowl, then played each other in 1942 and again in 1963-64. The modern series began in 1988 and has been played annually except in 1995-96. Notre Dame leads the series 17-6. When the game is played in Palo Alto, it is usually the last game on Stanford’s schedule (as has been the case since 1999), one week after the Cardinal plays archrival Cal in The Big Game.

I finish up with Arkansas and LSU in the Battle for the Golden Boot, an aged old tradition since 1996. I myself was unaware that this was even a rivalry, but I guess everyone needs a rival. Here’s the background on the two teams playing each other. The Arkansas–LSU rivalry, now known as The Battle for the Golden Boot, is the annual college football sports rivalry game between the teams of the University of Arkansas, the Razorbacks, and Louisiana State University, the Tigers. Although the first game between the two teams occurred in 1901, the rivalry between the teams intensified after Arkansas’ entrance into the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1992, and later in 1996 with the first awarding of the “Golden Boot” and the official titling of the game “The Battle for the Golden Boot”. The game is now generally played on the day after Thanksgiving. The two teams have played 53 times since 1901, and as of the 2008 contest, 17 consecutive times after Arkansas’ induction into the SEC. During that time, LSU has won 33 games of the series while Arkansas has won 19, including the latest meeting in 2008, between the two teams. Arkansas and LSU have twice ended the game in a tie, in 1906 and the 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic. Arkansas and LSU began playing each other in 1901, when LSU claimed a 15-0 victory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Between 1906-1936 (with the exception of 1918) and 1953-1956, the two teams played each other during regular seasons on a yearly basis. In addition, the two teams have played each other at the end of the regular season in the Cotton Bowl Classic twice, on January 1 of 1947 and 1966, the former being the second tie in the series while the latter ended in a 14-7 LSU victory. In 1992, LSU and Arkansas resumed their annual rivalry when Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference after leaving the Southwest Conference. The teams played each other four times in the conference before the introduction of the Golden Boot trophy in 1996. Beginning in 1996, the victor in the rivalry between Arkansas and LSU received the Golden Boot, a trophy that weighs approximately 175 pounds and is generally considered the heaviest “trophy” awarded in all of college football. The trophy itself stands a little over 4 feet tall, is molded out of 24-karat gold, and resembles the outline of the states of Arkansas and Louisiana connected, thus making a boot shape. Since 1996, the game has been set on the day after Thanksgiving, and has been played on alternating years in Little Rock, Arkansas at War Memorial Stadium, which is the secondary home stadium for the Razorbacks, and in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at Tiger Stadium. The series has generally represented an important battle in the SEC Western Division, with either Arkansas or LSU representing the division in the SEC Football Championship Game in many seasons. LSU won the inaugural “trophy meeting” in 1996, 17–7, and for the next six years, the trophy changed hands every meeting, beginning with LSU in 1997. After Arkansas’ “Miracle on Markham” victory in 2002, LSU won the rivalry and the Golden Boot four consecutive times from 2003 to 2006. The trophy returned to Arkansas’ possession on November 23, 2007 when the Razorbacks beat then top-ranked and eventual BCS National Championship game winner LSU 50-48 in three overtimes in Baton Rouge; the victory was the first for former Razorback coach Houston Nutt in five tries in Tiger Stadium. Arkansas successfully defended the Golden Boot again in 2008 with a spectacular come-from-behind victory in the last minute of game play.

“You think he’ll be here?” I asked my wife, turning into the parking lot.

She glanced slowly, giving me the look, which was a final reminder of where we were going. And I remembered – always did. But there was nothing I could do about the eager anticipation of getting another glimpse. I mean, it was a 1-in-5 shot every time, depending on which mass he chose, so it’s not as if I ran past the deafening bell tower just to get inside to take a look around.

“No, not here,” I whispered, ushering her strategically to another pew. “This one’s better.”

She rolled her eyes one last time before granting forgiveness in the one place it was mandatory to do so. If he remained consistent, he’d coolly duck in a few minutes before the opening procession – very comparable to his legendary two-minute heroics – maybe to lessen any unwanted attention. I still didn’t place much stock in an appearance, since the percentages were against me.

Then, he just suddenly materialized…on the opposite end of where I’d seen him last.

“There he is,” I mumbled, as my wife followed my eyes across the church. “He must change it up from time to time. So nobody gets wise.”

“I doubt there’s that much planning involved,” she said from the side of her mouth, leafing through the hymnal.

There was always a surreal feel to it, though logically I couldn’t think of where else God’s Quarterback would be on a Sunday. Nobody paid him homage or anything, though most in attendance had to feel just a hint of sacred nostalgia. My wife liked to give subtle reminders that there was a mass going on.

“What’s he doing now?” she whispered just after the homily.

“He’s sitting there – watching, I think.” I turned to take in her knowing smirk at the absurdity of my answer.

“Maybe he’s saying a Hail Mary.”

“Highly possible. His get answered, we know that.”

“You had your moment, remember?”

Indeed I had, one that I related from time to time, possibly just to verify its authenticity. My brother and I had just finished a game at the Dallas Hoop-it-Up, and headed up the stairs at Dick’s Last Resort for a bite. My eyes were lowered so as not to miss a step in the midst of the crowded lines moving in and out of the place. But I was startled when I bumped shoulders with someone on his way out, and when I looked up I was staring face-to-face with Roger Staubach. I had hit – no matter how innocently – the elusive Dodger, who was far and away the only athlete I had placed on my mental mantel.

With everything to say and no time to do it, it was I who was scrambling, trying to come up with anything vital, and knowing the moment that would never happen was suddenly upon me.

“S-sorry,” I uttered, as he kept me from falling over.

“It’s ok,” he smiled.

And that was it. He disappeared into the downtown humanity, and I was left trying to convince my brother, who had already gone in, that I had laid a lick on Captain Comeback.

“Wow,” my wife deadpanned silently. “He takes communion, too.”

“Oh, you noticed that.”

I didn’t follow his every move during the service; there was hardly any play-by-play to sitting, standing and kneeling. Maybe all I wanted was to magically turn around at the sign of peace, only to be surprised that the odds were finally in my favor, and he had taken the seat behind me. I certainly didn’t want an autograph, as I’d never put much value on something as informal as a signature. There has never been anything in my makeup that would allow me to bludgeon some athlete with a paper and pen, only to become a statistical member of the group known as fanatics.

But then, why did I care if he was in attendance?

I wasn’t the only one, of course. My wife was patient with me on our exit, knowing I jealously glanced at the few people talking to him after mass. They probably actually knew him, spinning yarns about kids or anything void of “remember whens” or two-minute warnings.

“What will you talk about – if you’re ever given the chance?” My wife asked, getting into the car.

“I don’t know. Maybe how my mom considered him her other husband. That might break the ice.”

“Every mom in this city considered him that. I thought you didn’t want to crush him with things he’s already heard.”

“Probably best that I don’t bump into him,” I said. “Maybe this is enough.”

“That you go to church with Captain America?”

“Wow,” I said, gazing through the windshield. “I guess I do. Let’s call Mom.”

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Hello People,

This is the third installation of The Gaming Bug. This explains my time during the 9th and 10th standard.

When I reached 9th standard, I was one of the best volleyball players in school. I continued playing volleyball. But for most members in my school, football was everything. Losing a football match was more like losing a life. During those days, my class was being beaten black and blue by the A2 section every time. Most of my classmates used to play volleyball. There were hardly about 10 members playing football whereas almost everybody from the A2 section played football. It was more like 10 from my class Vs about 20 to 25 members from the other! Now can you believe that competition? A1 Vs A2 was more like a war between two countries. We hated them and they hated us. All our differences were settled in the football ground. There was less of football and more of cold war. My friends tried hard to get me to football. They just wanted the numbers on the ground. This was where time infused another twist of fate. I finally decided to help my friends with football. So from the mid term, I was into football. Some of my friends knew I am a good football player. They just wanted me to find my ground and I did. I can say that this was the last time I took volleyball seriously. I was already enjoying the new challenge in football.

We had really good football players compared to the other class. People like Swapnil, Ramprasad, Logi, Sunil S to name a few. The best among the lot was Shivananda, nick named Swani. People soon realized that I was no push over. I had a lean and tall body but that’s exactly where they under estimated me. I did not have a good technique like some of the other guys. What I lacked in technique, I made it up with superior physical fitness. I had very strong and hard bones. My body was extremely flexible yet tough. I also had unusually high stamina. This meant that I could run for long periods of time without getting tired. I was not the fastest runner out there but I was fast enough to outrun most guys. Add to that my mean temper. I was a nuclear bomb waiting to explode. All these were exactly the right ingredients I needed. I knew that in this game, there will be lot of physical contact. So I started going to the Gym to get myself stronger. This is probably one reason why my temper went out of control. The fitter I became, my temper got even worse. I used to wear a sport shoe which had bolts in the side. I used to literally thrash my opponents without even seeing them. When I charged at them, it was more like a battle ram running in full force ready to destroy anything on the way. Nothing significant happened for the rest of the year. I was getting better and better with each passing day. That soon put me in my opponent’s radar. It was during this time that Swapnil started calling me Sipra in the ground. It was easier to spell the word Sipra than my real name. Sipra is the name of a cold drink manufactured locally. But this name clicked. Everyone now started calling me Sipra even outside the ground.

When I reached 10th standard, I was full time into football. I was also considered a good player. But for me, being good was not enough. I had to be the best. I quickly earned the reputation of a goal scoring machine. I was at the peak of my physical fitness and I was now regularly scoring goals for my team. We were beginning to slowly win matches at a consistent rate. There were the odd days when nothing worked for us. At these times, I had just one motto – “Defeat them or destroy them”. Accepting defeat was something I never liked. I had to win and I would do anything for that. I was soon the talk of the town. Everybody from the A2 section wanted a piece of me. But their several attempts to bring me down back fired as I also got excellent support from my fellow team members. I was now rated as one of the best players in my class and was also in the hit list of my opponents. 20 guys now found it hard to contain about 10 to 12 guys from my class. That was the impact I created. I was the force to recon with.

As days went by, there was a talk about a district level tournament which would be organized in our own college ground. The team was already selected but there was one place vacant. I knew I won’t be selected because there were other players better than me. So I never even gave it a thought. They were looking for a person who can play well yet be capable of spitting on the opponents face. Not many had that guts to do that on the football field. I had. One fine day, Swapnil and one guy Venu approach me and ask me if I am interested to be part of the school team. I was not sure what to do. They told me that I would be a substitute and I may not get to play and that they just needed to fill up the vacant place. I agreed. Those days, being part of the school football team means you are someone. People look up to you as a hero and always talk about you.

Venu was the captain of the team and played in the mid filed along were other members like Sudhir and golie Satya. Swapnil was part of our team and even he was good with the ball. Then there were guys like Arun and Shashank. Arun was a master with the ball. His control over the ball reminds of none other than the legendary Ronaldo from Brazil. Shashank on the other hand was a power house. He was part of our BIG 3 in the defense along with Sudhir. Physically strong and technically sound, he could rip any person apart. Both these guys were the very same friends I used to play with near my house. We grew up playing football together and we understood each other very well. I and Arun used the One-to-One passing to good effect. We both knew where the ball would come even without calling each other. We had a great partnership. This made a huge difference in tournaments to come. I don’t really recollect the name of the 3rd person who was part of our fearsome BIG 3 in defense. I guess it was Naveen but I am not so sure.

When the time finally came for the tournament, we were all ready. It was raining heavily that day. I was made to play in the first half. Our school was reputed for its defense with Sudhir being the back bone. Venu was the best in the midfield. I on the other hand wanted to play as a striker as that was I was good at. I played in the midfield. My performance was nothing worth talking about. I was substituted in the second half. We kept our reputation of having the best defense. The final was against the team from Suratkal and we won the tournament. This victory gave us the chance to participate in the State level football tournament at Ujire. It was my first high pressure game. Playing in the home ground made me nervous but this was all the exposure I needed. It gave me the experience I needed. The rise of Sipra was now.

We practiced hard for the state level tournament. When the time came, we were joined by two other guys from the Suratkal team. One guys name was Shashir Shetty. I don’t remember the other guys name. Both these guys were exceptional players. We dropped a couple of guys from our earlier team. I managed to retain my place thanks to my reputation as a mean tempered guy. Our first match in the tournament was against Gulbarga. I was taken as a substitute. But I got to play immediately as Venu injured his leg. This time, I was my self. I was not nervous and was ready for the challenge. We scored a goal in the very first half. Our defense was too good for our opponents. But disaster struck at the very last minute of the game when they managed to level the scores 1-1. We were doomed. The referee was just waiting to blow the final whistle. We tool the centre pass for one last time with all our hopes of winning down the drain. Swapnil took the ball and just kicked it as had as he could towards our opponents goal. I was the only guy running towards the ball. There was no one even from the opponents side willing to reach for the ball because even they thought it was all over. There was just one defender near the goal post and the ball fell right near the goal. I ran in full speed to get to the ball. The goal post was hardly about 10 meters from where I was. The goal keeper and the defender were not sure who should go to the ball. It was my chance. I just got the ball, dribbled past the defender and just kicked the ball without even seeing the goal post. All this happened at the dieing seconds of the match. The referee blew the final whistle immediately after. He gave me what is called ‘The Advantage’ in football. The next thing I remember was my team mates charging towards me with joy cheering and shouting my name. I was the new hero. I could hardly believe I scored a goal in a high profile match. The very next day, our next round was against Tumkur. This time, I was no longer a substitute. I was now a regular member. We played well and so did our opponents. The game ended with a tied result 0-0. The match was decided by penalty shootout and we won. Our next match was a quarter final. We lost this match to the then winning team DYSS from Banglalore. We lost the match badly 0-5 but there was no shame in that defeat.

We came back home for a heros welcome. Everybody started talking about me including our PT Sir. I now was treated like a legend. But our daily fight with the A2 section continued as usual. These guys now feared me even more. It was somewhere in the middle of the second term that I fractured my toe. I was out of action for 4 weeks. That immediately showed in the match result. Our team once again felt the heat of defeat. All these days, my presence had helped our team win every time. They were highly dependent on me to score goals. I could do nothing but see my team loose from the side line. Once the 4 weeks of hibernation passed, I was back with a bang. I got the rest I badly needed. I tore the opponents into pieces scoring 12 goals in just four matches. It was a record at that time. The previous best was 10 goals. It was somewhere at the end of 10th standard that my opponents finally managed to make me fall to the ground. It took a full string attack of about 6 guys to nail me. The moment I fell down, the entire football ground came to a stand still. Everyone including people from my own team clapped and cheered the event. I still have that scar on my left elbow. By the time I completed 10th standard, I was quite popular as a football star. I enjoyed the name, fame and power till the end of my school days. Even the college Principal at that time, Mr. M. N. Bhat congratulated me for my contribution to the school. I am the only person from the state level football team to be given a certificate from the college signed by the Principal himself.. with a little support from our PT Sir of course!

This concludes the third part of ‘The Gaming Bug’. Stay tuned for more in the next part ‘A Period of Silence’.