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So, who is the No. 1 college football team in America after the BCS National Championship game? it is hard to tell which team is the BCS National Championship team after watching Alabama and Texas muddle through uninspired play during the game in Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 7. Both teams seemed nervous and edgy from the onset of the game and neither one ever seemed to settle down and stake an undisputed claim as the BCS National Championship team. Fans all over the nation were saying, “Uh, oh!” after Alabama seemed to implode by giving up the ball on its first two series after the kickoff to decide the No. 1 college football team, only to see Texas settle for two field goals on possessions deep in Alabama territory. When QB Colt McCoy suffered a shoulder injury on Texas’ first offensive possession, the Uh, Ohs grew even greater and Alabama fans seized the moment in their quest for the title as the BCS National Championship team. With backup quarterback Garrett Gilbert making mistake after mistake and Texas coach Mack Brown making a terrible decision at the end of the first half, Alabama went into intermission with a 24-6 lead in the battle for the BCS National Championship. To its credit, however, Texas refused to quit for most of the second half, pulled within 3 points at 24-21 and seemed poised to make its own claim to become BCS National Championship team. Alabama, meanwhile, went into a shell in the second half and failed to produce any more points in the BCS National Championship game, only to take advantage of two mistakes by the freshman quarterback and stake its claim to the BCS National Championship with a 37-21 lead that wasn’t as impressive the final score sounds. The game should just give the Boise State’s of the world more reason to stake their claims to compete for the BCS National Championship. Continue reading “Alabama wins BCS National Championship over Texas but leaves room for doubt in uninspired play” »

As many as 20,000 animals ranging from tarantulas to turtles, snakes, wallabys and hedgdehogs were seized from a distributor of exotic pets in Arlington, Texas., Dec. 15, according to several news source, including dallasnews.com. The exotic pet distributor known as U.S. Global Exotics, is reported to have had dead animals found among the live ones in conditions that “are not within guidelines,” dallasnews.com quoted Arlington Animal Services’ Jay Sabatucci. The pets were being sold for higher prices than normal, according to sources. “There are animals in there literally starving to death,” Sabatucci is quoted as saying about the exotic animal pet business, reported to have been in business for 11 years. Continue reading “Exotic pet store in Texas raided; 20,000 animals seized” »