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It's safe to say that coming into this season, most eye balls were on Colorado's McKinley Wright IV. And for good reason, too. Wright was by far the best player on the roster, had a huge breakout season last year and for all intents and purposes was going to be the reason the Buffs made a run at the tournament. We also had the Evan Battey story line. Battey was a victim of the NCAA's own incompetency and in-cognizance. If you don't recall, Battey was ruled ineligible due course work that occurred his freshman year in High School. Since that time, Battey has been a model student and there was no logical reasoning to punish a kid for something that happened so long ago, especially given the NCAA's lack of consistency when dealing with academic scandals. Battey also suffered a stroke that forced him to undergo intense physical therapy that included relearning how to talk.
So as the 2018-19 college basketball season was about to get underway, the Buffs had two great story lines. Wright, the golden child and Battey, the comeback kid. As the season progressed, and fans and players alike rode the ups and downs that was the CU Men's Basketball Season. The 8-2 start, the losses to Indiana State and Hawaii, the 2-6 start in Pac-12 play and finally the 8-2 finish to conference play that saw the Buffs tied for 4th place at the end of the regular season. During this tumultuous season, one player emerged as one of the best players not just on CU but in the Pac-12, Tyler Bey. I love Tyler Bey and he has quickly become my favorite player on this team. This team is still at the bottom of the standings if Bey doesn't break out. He is the reason why the Buffs have a legitimate shot at stealing the Pac-12 tournament (seriously, I actually believe that). He leads the team in points per game, rebounds and blocks. This years turnaround does not happen if Bey doesn't become one of the Buffs and Pac-12's elite players. And today Bey, along with Wright, was named to the all Pac-12 1st Team. My word of advice: hammer the Buffs this week in Las Vegas. If you don't, then you're making a mistake. Bey and Wright are going to send this team dancing, I can feel it.
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MESA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) — A man and woman from Utah – who are first cousins – crossed state lines into Colorado to get married. In Utah it is illegal for first cousins to get married unless they are 65 years old, or 55 if they can prove they are infertile.The legality of cousins marrying varies from state to state. Colorado allows it, so Angie and Michael Lee came here and got married in the Grand Junction area. The Lees are hoping to change the law in Utah and started a Care2 petition to gather signatures. “My first cousin and I have been in love with each other our whole lives but we are prohibited from marrying in the state of Utah where we live. We believe that the law is outdated and it needs to be changed so that we can socially legitimize our love,” they wrote on the website.
They're cousins! That's why! They're fucking (pun intended) cousins! Listen, I'm not one to throw stones. Lord knows I have my fair share of flaws and have done my fair share of stupid things. Let a thousand blossoms bloom as they say. But this little line caught my attention: "In Utah it is illegal for first cousins to get married unless they are 65 years old, or 55 if they can prove they are infertile." The official stance of the State of Utah is "Eh, we don't give a shit. We're just not going to let you ruin societies' collective gene pool while you indulge in your repugnant fantasy ". I respect that stance. But that brings me to my next observation. Isn't everybody infertile until they're not? Like how do you know? How do you prove you're not infertile until, you know, you fertilize that egg? It's like being innocent until proven guilty. Infertile until proven fertile. I feel like that should be written in stone somewhere. To continue this rambling stream of consciousness, I'm going to start using infertile as an excuse every time my mother tries to guilt trip me for having not given her a grandchild yet. My go to excuse used to be that she didn't recycle and that I couldn't "in good conscious bring a child into a world that she was actively trying to destroy". That lasted for about a year until she finally caved and started recycling (you're welcome, planet earth) and I've been looking for a new excuse ever since. Well now I have it - infertility. Brilliant. |
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