Riva Ridge has moved!

You can find my new blog at The Dead Pirate.
I'll try to keep it fairly updated

Vegas baby!

Great times all around! From greeting the morning sun outside of The Sin, bumping into Reiley in a random casino bathroom at 6 am, Chad spilling drinks and losing money at an astonishing rate, the most foul late night/early morning seafood buffet I've ever eaten with Fenster, constantly trying to figure out where in the hell Brad was, Bro trying to talk skiing with a stripper and carrying an 18 pack through the MGM, pissin' off the New York New York blackjack dealer, and Stover doing his best to stay awake and out of trouble. For pictures, click on this link.

I'm ready for Vegas and some flying Elvi.

Good Morning Vail!

Get Up!

Get ready to start your day,
The mountains are calling you out to play

Come on!

We'll make you feel right at home.

Good Morning, Vail!

See what lies in store for you,
there's so many things to see and do.
Summer, Winter, Spring or Fall
Your home in the Rockies has it all.

So Get Up!

Get ready to start your day,
the coffee's brewing, you're on your way
The fun is waiting outside your door.

Good Morning, Vail!

7 inches of natural at Vail this morning,
click on the picture for a link to the "Good Morning Vail" theme song.

Colorado Ski Resort Opening Dates:

Arapahoe Basin: Open
Aspen Highlands: December 9
Aspen Mountain: November 23
Beaver Creek: November 22
Breckenridge: November 10
Copper: Today, November 3
Crested Butte: November 18
Durango (Purgatory): November 23
Eldora: November 17
Keystone: November 10
Loveland: Open
Silverton: November 23
Ski Cooper: November 23
Steamboat: November 22
Telluride: November 23
Vail: November 17
Winter Park: November 15
Wolf Creek: Today, November 3

Tennesse 31, South Carolina 24: Anybody else notice backup QB and redshirt freshmen Jonathan Crompton try to call an audible with 2:00 left in the game? Love his confidence, but he's played maybe three series all year. Fulmer had to waste a timeout and stop the clock. "Crompton must see something in the defense he doesn't like". Hah! What was he gonna change the play to, a Hail Mary?



Nebraska 29, Oklahoma St 41: Crys of "The Blackshirts are back" have died down somewhat with all eyes looking towards next week's game against Missouri.

Ole Miss 17, Auburn 23: Either the Rebels are one step away from being a contender in the SEC West or this is as good as they'll ever be under Orgeron. One thing we know for sure is that they knocked Auburn back a spot in the BCS rankings.

BCS Computers Reek of BS

Obviously the main problem lies within the CPU polls. Prime example: they have Cal listed as #3. WTF! The so called "built-in" strength of schedule factor is nothing but a fluke. USC loses to Oregon State and the CPU's only knock them back to 6? Tennessee's only loss is to #4 Florida and they have UT ranked #10? Simply ridiculous. Based on this, one would think the Pac-10 is the toughest conference in the nation. I think I might throw up.
By the way, I was under the impression each of the human polls and the CPU poll counted as 1/3 towards a team's total BCS ranking. As described by the official site, "All three components shall be added together and averaged for a team's ranking in the BCS standings." No doubt I'm missing something here, but if UT is ranked as #8 by both the Harris and USA Today polls and #10 by the CPU polls, how in the world does this average out to #11?
Bottom line: I love it. Bring on the chaos! While all those mindless idiots are chanting for a playoff, the South may just secede again. The notion of an SEC super conference is starting to grow on me.