Last Stretch!

On Tuesday we sent in our rough draft of our magazine! There is only fourteen more days of school and the magazine is really coming together. Thank you to everyone who helped us put this together!
French Freys

Sports poll #2

Yo my peeps, take this poll!

News update

Hey guys if you didn't have the chance to watch plenty of football over the break here is all of the action that happened.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5860086 - Crazy Sunday football action.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5860167 - see the video from yesterdays Titans vs. Texans game

http://espn.go.com/college-football/ - College football from Thanksgiving, Friday, and Saturday

Here are the bowl projections from ESPN analyst - http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections?season=2010&week=13

For all of you soccer fans check out the La Liga El Clasico match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/

The US women's national team squeezed into the World Cup with a victory over Italy. Check out the draw process as well all of the coverage.
http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/index.html

     
    
  

Texas vs. Louisiana Tech

Texas - 89 vs. Louisiana Tech - 58 Freshman Update [Forward Tristan Thompson]

Freshman F - Tristan Thompson

Freshman Forward Tristan Thompson came alive last night in the Men's basketball game against Louisiana Tech. He was 6-11 (54%) from the field and had 17 points. He was 5-7 on free throws. The Horns overall have been a lot better in the area of free throws through the first 2 games. It was evidently an area of focus after last year's abysmal free throw problems. Thompson also had 3 assists, average for a forward, 3 blocks and 3 steals. This is a promising performance for the future. 

Vs. Louisiana Tech: News and Notes

Jordan Hamilton had another solid performance with 19 points and is playing much more like a team player compared to last year....Andrew Dick, Trent Morgan and Dean Melchionni got their first playing time of the year.....Senior leader Gary Johnson had a solid performance with 15 points and an assist 

Play of the Game: Dogus Balbay

Balbay, normally a defensive player, showed his offensive prowess on this play. Balbay drove into the lane for the lay-up. Louisiana Tech went on the fast break and Balbay sprinted down the court and blocked the attempted shot. This shows Balbay has both offensive and defensive potential. He had 8 points in the game. 

Texas vs. Navy - Men's Basketball

Texas - 83 vs. Navy - 52
After losing the likes of their Colt McCoy (Damion James) and Jordan Shipley (Dexter Pittman) of basketball, there where questions about how the team would fair this year. The team has a lot of young players this year and that may translate into freshman mistakes. The men's first game of the year was Monday versus the Navy Midshipmen, in Austin.


Starting Lineup:
Corey Joseph a freshman, Dogus Balbay , Matt Hill, Jordan Hamilton and Gary Johnson, who many expect to fill the shoes of Damion James this year.


Freshman Watch:
A reassuring sight was the play of freshman forward Tristan Thompson. He scored 12 points in the game, and had 7 rebounds.  He was 4-10 on free throws however, which needs to improve. 


Stats:
The Horns improved in both field goal and free throw percentage from the first to second half, finishing with a free throw percentage of 55%. Free throws in clutch moments where a sticky subject last year, even with all the experience on the team. 


POTG:
The play of the game goes to Jordan Hamilton. He was 10-17 from the field, including 3-8 from 3 point land to finish with a double-double. He had 26 points and 10 rebounds.


Freshman (that played on Monday) profiles can be found here:


Tristan Thompson 


Corey Joseph

This Weekend: 2010 Austin Celtic Festival

I've already told you about the Gypsy Picnic (and I hope you'll go!) But the new event on Auditorium Shores isn't the only thing going on this weekend. This Saturday and Sunday, November 6 & 7, is the annual Austin Celtic Festival. It will be held at Fiesta Garden from Noon to 7:30 pm on both days, taking up both up both sides of the park. 

The festival hosts many different events, including a History portion with a Viking Invasion, a recreation of La Tene period, Archery contests and demonstrations, and various storytellers. Animals are also present, in the Celtic dog parade, the Roax Crew's heading demonstrations, Mini Horses from Minis and Friends, Clydesdales from Die Gelbe Rose Carriage, and Welsh Mountain Ponies from Primrose Farms. There will also be Highland games, various dance performers, musical performers, and vendors.

Arrowhead Films

Pat Fries (pronounced Freeze),

Runs Arrowhead Films in South/Central Austin right behind the Walgreens on South Lamar. He just got back from 7 weeks in Asia filming for the Discovery Channel. Pat has traveled all over the world to made short films for the UN about developing nations and how they use the aid given to them to buy food and clean drinking water.

Pat and his crew also restored a Huey Helicopter and flew it around the country to talk to Vietnam Veterens. That Helicopter is now on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C

Pat reads the newspaper every morning. When he read the newspaper and saw the story of Donald Matocha he knew right away that his story would be a movie that would touch so many people in a very strong emotional way. (See a clip from the movie and pictures HERE) Along with making movies, Pat works with many freelance more makers and photographers to makes documentaries.

I will be writing my feature story about Pat's story of how he became a film maker along with the stories he had to tell about his travels over seas, why he makes movies, and what his favorite and most memorable part of movie making has been. He had some great stories to tell me about why he made some of the movies he made and the strenuous film business he runs along with the "make it big or not at all" motto of the film business itself.

See a link to the Arrowhead Film website along with clips of the documentaries and movies they have made.
http://arrowheadfilms.com/index.html

Check it out
The Gramanator

Organic Foods vs. Processed

This weekend I made a trip down to beautiful Lamar Boulevard, why you ask? To find the answers to one of life's important questions, organic or processed foods? After talking to some wise people at Whole Foods, and letting the awesome culture sink into my skin I made a decision, ORGANIC IS AMAZING. And totally worth the extra two dollars. When you think about it, the benefits that organic foods can give to your health and life two dollars doesn't sound like much. I talked to a couple, Lee and Skye, and they had tons of benefits of organic foods, "mental clarity, better footprint on the environment", that's enough for me to put down my greasy hamburger or pizza to commit to a better life. Now, I'm not going to go into the greasy details of processed foods (mainly because it makes me want to throw up) but I will say one thing, the less chemicals that you put in your body the longer you will live. For information about Whole Foods and organics check out there blog and website. 
French Freys

       

Texas vs. Nebraska

Nebraska vs. Texas

Lincoln Nebraska

As Texas fans remember, Texas beat Nebraska in the 2009 Big 12 Championship game last year with a last second field goal by senior place-kicker Hunter Lawrence. Nebraska insisted they weren't out for revenge, but Texas fans knew the truth. Texas would face its highest profile opponent this year in the Nebraska Cornhuskers. More over, they had to try and beat them in Lincoln, Nebraska, in their house.
Texas opened the scoring with a 27 yard field goal by Justin Tucker. On the next drive, Eddie Jones forced a fumble from NU running back Roy Helu and it was recovered at the 21 by Keenan Robinson. On 2nd and goal to go, Garrett Gilbert rushed 3 yards into the end zone. After the PAT, the score was 10-0 Texas. After back to back punts, Nebraska scored a field goal just after the start of the 2nd quarter making it 10-3. Texas got the ball back after a Nebraska punt and scored off a Garrett Gilbert 1 yard rushing TD, his second of the game.

The Horns entered the locker room at halftime ahead, 17-3.

On their second drive of the 3rd quarter, Texas kicked a 28 yard FG to make it 20-3. Nebraska fans (and perhaps some UT fans) where shocked. Nebraska scored another field goal before the end of the 3rd quarter making it 20-6 on the way to the fourth. 

With 3:24 left, Texas lined up for a field goal but pooch-punted it away. Eric Hagg returned the punt 95 yards for a touchdown, making it 20-13. With this much time left, the Horns lead was in jeopardy. Texas got the ball back and started to run out the clock. Cody Johnson rushed the to the left side and made a tremendous play to stay in bounds and keep the clock running. The Horns ended the game winning 20-13 in Lincoln.

The Horns are undefeated in Lincoln under head coach Mack Brown. They beat the Cornhuskers one final time before they move to the Big 10 next year. 

Player of the Game: Garrett Gilbert

Gilbert was only 4-16 for 62 yards in the game but he rushed for 71 yards and 2 touchdowns. He channeled his inner Colt McCoy and led the Horns to a victory. Gilbert is going through a rapid maturation in his time at Texas, and is beginning to play the role he needs to.