It’s that time of the year. Time for the return of my weekly sports updates. Though my new hockey team hasn’t started playing yet, we will have our first game on Sunday. That always adds a little excitement to the blog. As far as my own sporting goes, I have been running quite a bit in preparation for the 14k race this weekend. I logged eight miles just this past Saturday, which I think could be my longest run ever.

The football teams that I attempt to cheer on to victory had mixed results this weekend. First, the Bearcats were thumped down in Knoxville by the Volunteers of Tennessee, 45-23. The game started off great, but the bigger and stronger Vols proved to be too much later in the game. The Cats shouldn’t have problems this weekend with Akron before hosting NC State next Thursday. On the other hand the Bengals had a nice win over Cleveland Sunday. The game started off great, was not very great in the middle, and had a wonderful ending, 27-17. I watched the game without sound on the big screen at fountain square so it was hard to follow along at times, but it was nice to be outside for decent weather that day.

I am playing in four fantasy football leagues this year. Things could not have started off any better for me as I had wins in all four leagues. Based on points scored for tie breaking I am in 1st of 10, 5th of 12, 3rd of 12, and 2nd of 4 in the league that has divisions. I am also playing in both college pick’em (8th of 11) and pro pick’em (1st of 14). The college game uses the spread, which apparently I am not very good at doing so far. In the salary cap game I am in 3rd of 13. I’m also alive in the survival game with my pick of San Diego over Minnesota. Four people have been eliminated already.