In college sports, it was the year of the Gator. UF had a year that no other college has ever experienced. A football national championship, a basketball national championship, and a Heisman trophy. I am a Gator fan so its been pretty good but I cant stand everybody's all-american Tim Tebow. It seems that he's just too perfect. People brag about how he is not only a perfect player, but he's also a great student and a humble person. Well, Tebow isnt a good student being that he had to be home schooled throughout high school to stay acedimically eligible and barely got excepted into UF with a 900 SAT score. As for him being humble, I've been told he's actually pretty cocky. Im not saying he doesnt have a reason to be cocky and I dont think its terrible that he's not really smart, Im just tired of everybody at ESPN and all other sports shows acting like he's superhuman.
As far as professional sports go, the place to be was Boston. The once "curse" Red Sox won their second world series in four years. The Boston Celtics transformed their team from the worst in the NBA to potentially one of the best in franchise history (and in Boston, that means something). I mean, how lucky are Celtics fans? One monent, the team is on the verge of trading away their only star to rebuild, the next they've added KG and Ray Allen AKA. Jesus Shuttlesworth. And then there's the Pats. The team just finished the regular season 16-0 after stealing Randy Moss and Wes Welker. Do I want the patriots to go undefeated? That issue is for another time.
This year's college football season had two historic finishes. I guarantee these two plays will be shown over and over for years to come just like CAL v STANFORD "The Band Is Out On The Field!"
Biggest upset of all time:
Craziest finish I've ever seen:
Soccer was supposed to be legitimized in the U.S. by the arrival of superstar David Beckham. Instead, all we saw was Beckham do was sit in the owners box and walk the red carpet with Tom Cruise. I guess America will have to look to its youth to make soccer popular.
And in the NHL... wait. Did the NHL even have a season this year? Exactly.
LeBron James became the best player in the NBA when he dropped 48 on the Pistons defense. For all those out there that say LeBron is overrated, name any other player that could score every point for his team in the final 18 minutes of the game. In the playoffs.
Oh, and every baseball player from the 90's took steroids. I honestly dont care anymore. Im over it. Can we talk about the players who arent juicing in the 00's (I guess thats how you abbreviate this decade). A-ROD, Johan Santana, Prince Fielder. Lets talk about those guys.
- The most anticipated game in the history of the industry was released on September 26th of this year, Halo 3. It broke every sales record imaginable, most importantly selling over $170 million of units in the first 24 hours of availablity.
- 2k Games had one of the biggest years for any production company. They released the most beautiful game to hit a console, Bioshock, which gained insane amounts of critical acclaim (here's one that is still stunned by how great this game was). The boys at 2k also dropped NBA 2k8, which became the pinnacle of basketball video gaming.
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took everybody by storm, and made every FPS look like it was from 1985. Long story short, this game was perfect in every single, kickass way. It strayed away from the regular CoD ways, by jumping into the future, much like the Tom Clancy series, but no one seems to be complaining.
- Assassin's Creed was '07's surprise of the year. It began invading every cable channel's airwaves with epic ads, which convinced many-a gamer to buy this title. Taking place during Medieval times, in The Crusades, it drew kids and grown men alike into a different time, one which many haven't ever seen before.
- Everyone's old friend Mario came back ina strong way, on the Wii, in his new title Super Mario Galaxy. Byfar the most fun you could ever have while playing a game (regardless of being Mario or not). Simply flawless in every way, Nintendo re-solidified it's status as a heavy hitter in the gaming world with this game.
