Rebel Nation

Or is it anymore? This article details one local (las vegas) journalist's thoughts on the state of the silver and red. That was printed last Thursday. In todays paper, the responses started coming in. My first reaction is that it is amazing how fickle unlv fans can be. After a moment of pause though, it doesn't surprise me. The city is about winners. If you don't win, then you are a nobody and unimportant. That apparently includes the "football" team.

Casino Royale

By far the best Bond movie to come out in a long time. I am looking forward to seeing Daniel Craig portray the secret agent in upcoming Bond films. In my opinion, what sets this apart from more recent Bond films is that it relies less on special effects and gadgets and more on story and plot. I am not going into great detail about the movie so as to not ruin it for anyone who has yet to see it, but if you are at all a Bond fan, you need to go out and see it asap. Other things that I liked: replacing Baccarat with Poker, at least one plot twist that caught me off guard, and a crazy torture scene that will make people squirm. Plus, I have no idea who the actress who played the Bond girl was. I have not been a big fan of using already famous actresses like Denise Richards, Teri Hatcher, or Halle Berry as the heroines.

Bandwagon?

I have been a loyal fan to both the football and basketball teams at Nevada since my freshman year in 1992. I have seen both programs play poorly and play well. Usually, it seemed as if neither one did both at the same time until the past two years. I am not writing to discuss why I think the teams have done well. I am not writing to talk about why we seem to have fair-weather fans at best; I sat through many games at Lawlor in which there were many more empty seats than full seats and the same can be said of Mackey Stadium. I am writing to discuss the bandwagon fans that jump on for whatever reason. I no longer live in Reno (unfortunately, but this is a temporary inconvenince that I must endure) so it is difficult for me to attend games and events. Despite that fact, I still follow the Wolf Pack and the University of Nevada as much as possible. I read the RGJ online at least 4 times a week, more if I have time. I visit the University's website about once a week to see what is going on at the school. I read articles at foxsports and espn all the time. This is where I find my problem with people on the bandwagon. Recently, postings on ESPN.com's message board for Nevada have been starting to become active with chatter on the basketball season. I have no problem with that and enjoy reading and sharing ideas with other Pack fans. What I have a problem with are so called Pack fans who can't spell the Wolf Pack properly. There are currently two pos(t)ers on the message board who choose to believe they are at NC State for whatever reason. Probably the same reason one of them thinks he goes to UNR (it's Nevada as most alumni know). They probably don't have a clue and have jumped on the bandwagon. If they are buying tickets and merchandise, that's great and an added bonus for the University, but make yourself a real fan and get it right. I hate bandwagons and the people that jump on them.

On another side note that pisses me off: My latest google ad was for tickets to unlv events.