Tara Simon Photography » Olympics http://www.tarahog1980.com Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:34:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hog Wild http://www.tarahog1980.com/2008/08/hog-wild/ http://www.tarahog1980.com/2008/08/hog-wild/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:38:24 +0000 Tara http://www.tarahog1980.com/?p=328

A week from today begins the 2008 Arkansas Razorback football season and the Bobby Petrino era.  We’ll open our season hosting Western Illinois.  This should be a nice victory to start the season/era.  From there, we might not be so lucky.  We travel to Texas for week 3 and then our SEC (which has to be the toughest conference to be in) schedule starts with a visit to Fayetteville by Alabama.  I think 2008 is a great way to repeat as Alabama State Champions.  What do you think?

Did you know there is a debate going on about the most obnoxious fan base in SEC football?  Evidently, Arkansas either ranks 5th most or are practically tame.  Take your pick. Our fans are crazy (watch your cell phone usage) but I think we are polite fans that are crazy about our beloved Hogs.  Maybe I’m bias.

Speaking of the Arkansas Razorbacks…Congratulations to former hog Veronica Campbell-Brown who won gold for Jamaica in the 200-meter event in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.

]]> http://www.tarahog1980.com/2008/08/hog-wild/feed/ 0 And, They Are Under Way http://www.tarahog1980.com/2008/08/and-they-are-under-way/ http://www.tarahog1980.com/2008/08/and-they-are-under-way/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:15:28 +0000 Tara http://www.tarahog1980.com/?p=310 The Beijing 2008 Olympic games are now under way.  As of the writing of this post, the United States is leading the medal count with 3.  The announcers during the broadcast of the opening ceremonies last night said that the US is expected to lead the medal count at the end of the games.  I guess we’ll see.  My favorite sports during the summer games are gymnastics, swimming, and track & field.  The University of Arkansas is being represented by 10 athletes, all in track & field.  Go Hogs!

8/24/08 Update: The Olympics have now concluded.  As predicted, the United States did end up winning the overall medal count – 110 to 100 over China.  China did end up winning the gold medal count – 51 to 36 over USA.

My favorite part of the Olympics was watching Michael Phelps win 8 gold medals.  He is an awesome swimmer.

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