By the end of regulation it was tied at 7

Then in the Cotton Bowl, he rushed for 132 yards, scored three touchdowns and kicked three extra points versus TCU Brown is a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. This article is also featured on The BIG HOUSE Blog. Moreover, he could be a candidate to move around to a different position, possibly safety, where he could become a member of the two deep by the time the 2010 season gets under way.. Mary?s.Or Sean Brown?s devastating tackle against the huge, hard hitting Central team.Or Lincoln Nadauld and Eric Oh cutting and slicing through opponents like they were standing still.These wins put us into the sweet 16 tournament held at the Air Force Academy in Boulder, Colorado to play the University of Arizona, a team we?d barely beaten in Tucson earlier in the year.We took the bus to Boulder.When we arrived at the Air Force field we were greeted by 2 inches of new snow that was beginning to melt.By the time kickoff came around the field had turned into 6 inches of sloppy mud.It became one of the hardest games we?d ever played, everything in slow motion, with sticky sloppy mud grabbing at our cleats with every step.The scoring was minimal.By the end of regulation it was tied at 7.That put us into overtime.I remember thinking, ?Man, I don?t know if I can play another minute.?But we pulled it together and kept battling despite our aching bodies and lactic acid filled legs.End of overtime, no one had scored.Second overtime ended, still no score.In the third overtime the ref told us that it was now sudden death.We?d go until someone scored.We?d now played over 100 minutes of serious rugby in the mud and we?d have to keep going.It?s times like these where men are really tested.It?s why we play sports; to put us in situations where we are required to go beyond ourselves.Beyond what we think is possible.We had come a long ways, sweating and bleeding, running sprints around the old Smith Field House indoor track, pushing the rusty old scrum sled all over half of Provo until our legs and backs ached only to have Smyth yell, ?Again.?We?d beaten Utah and everyone else who had come up against us.It seemed impossible but we dug deep and found the courage to keep fighting.Two minutes into the third overtime Arizona put the ball into a scrum.Their wily scrum half pulled it out and rocketed the ball to the inside center.The pass followed a nice arc but he?d miscalculated the path of his intended target and the ball sailed behind the receiver, dropping to the ground with a thud.Jeff Bradshaw, our scrum half was on the ball instantly.But instead of taking the time to stoop and pick it up, he kicked the ball down field.It skidded across the mud stopping about 10 m short of our try line.The race was on.Jeff and two Arizona players converged on the ball.At the last second Jeff dove for the ball and the two Arizona players landed on top of him.The momentum of the three carried them, like kids on a slip-in-slide, through the mud and muck and into our try zone.The ref threw his hand in the air and blew the whistle.A try!The game was over; BYU beat Arizona in triple overtime, in the mud, to advance to the final 4.The field and sidelines erupted.The screaming, hollering and spontaneous jumping and high-fiving were finished off by the whole team running down the field and sliding on our bellies through the mud.The league refused to change the game from a Sunday, so we were forced to forfeit.But we had gone as far as we could.We?d beaten everyone that came against us.And to us, it was a national championship.It took several more years of protests and an eventual lawsuit to convince the Collegiate Rugby league to change the tournament to a Friday-Saturday schedule.They finally agreed to make the change if BYU made it to the playoffs.We?ve gone every year since then and, as many of you know, finally won our first true National Championship exactly 10 years from that magical season.In talking to those who watched and coached the team that won the national championship in 2009, it sounded like there were many similarities between the style of play, work ethic and team chemistry of that team and those of us who played in 1999.Having played for the 1999 team, it was good to see things come full circle.I felt like we finally earned what my teammates and I had fought for on that muddy field in Colorado so many years ago.I know that all of us that have ever played rugby for BYU felt pure joy in the victory.I heard later that the University of Arizona was so upset by losing to us in the playoffs and our subsequent forfeiture that they refused to ever play BYU in rugby again.Jared McInelly currently resides in Seattle, Washington with his wife Camille and 4 beautiful kids.While his rugby days are over, he still enjoys watching the highlight video from the glory days (currently on YouTube, including the last play of the Arizona game where Jeff scores the winning try in overtime).Jared is currently working on a book chronicling his journey from football dropout to starting tight head prop for the Cougar rugby team as they took their first run at the national tournament in 25 years.He also works for National Instruments as a Technical Sales Engineer.Editor's note: If you played for the ?99 team, Jared would like to get in touch with you as part of his research for the book.Please contact him at ck the following links to view highlights of the legendary '99 BYU Rugby team: BYU Rugby Highlights '99 Part 1BYU Rugby Highlights '99 Part 2 This article is also featured on BYU Rugby Forever.

Plus, their new GM, Tom Heckert, worked with McNabb in Philly for years, so a play for him wouldn't be surprising.And regarding the Cardinals? Like the Favre situation, it all depends on what Kurt Warner does. I'm a big fan of Michael Bush, and I'm a firm believer that this Bush can easily be the best back in the NFL with the last name Bush. I think going from a non-contending playoff team, to a legitimate championship-contending team will take a little burden of his shoulders.Mo Williams will be back soon to run point for Cleveland and with him in the lineup, the Cavaliers look unstoppable for the remainder of the season. Sorry, but I can?t recommend for anyone to try and hold their breath waiting on him to emerge. ConclusionsAs currently constructed, the 2010 Dodger rotation has a fairly reasonable chance for great things. Tiger Woods did not simply engage in a one-night infidelity slip or an isolated extra-marital affair: sins that can, at times, be forgotten by the public. Rather, his story involves years of meticulously leading a double life in which he simultaneously played the role of admirable hero to the masses and downright sexual degenerate. Tiger planned many of his clandestine sexual conquests with the same passion and attention to detail he employs on the golf course. It's not his fault!At 4-1 in the Middleweight division, Bisping has the chance to elevate his reputation with his fight at UFC 110. When it looked like the season may continue on a downward spiral, Jordan Hamilton spit in the task master?s eye and went off.

The 26 year old also had his share of assists with only Cesc Fabregas notching more. Chauncey has the heart of a leader, Stuckey has the heart of a lion.So if Stuckey wants to be the heart of the team, he needs to look not at those behind him, nor beside him.He has to look within himself.Joe Dumars dropped the keys to the Piston's future in Stuckey's pocket So why draft a locksmith?We can trust Joe Dumar's judgement. Denver's asking price for Marshall will apparently start at first- and third-round draft picks, and Marshall, who will become a restricted free agent in March, could demand a heavily loaded long-term deal from whatever club he plays for in '10.Source: Pro Football Weekly This article is also featured on GridironFans . With all that said, let’s look at some of the highlights from this past week in sports.On Sunday we saw the crowning of the 2009-10 NFL Champion when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. The rub is this, though, they don't HAVE to beat Florida to win the East. Now, he will be coming back to welterweight for a shot at the belt.

I love auto-tuning.I can't get enough of it.So 30 seconds of auto-tuning is a great way to start this list.. But for my fellow Yankee Haters, this sentiment is shortsighted.If they didn?t spend so much money, it would take the fun out of watching them lose.Now this may seem like an odd time to make this argument, as the Yankees finally earned their 27th World Series ring last season. Sheamus got the last say on the evening by taking out both Cena and Triple H.And to think, all it took was the dismantle of Triple H tonight to receive his biggest "You Suck" chants since his join the WWE This means nothing but good for Sheamus Just on his bandwagon now I might have to. Lawrence Frank has likely already entered the contest with a chance to prove that he was let go much sooner than he should have been. Despite the Nets horrible record and dismal season, they have a lot of talent and will have a significant amount of cap space barring anything unforeseen.