I randomly think, therefore I am

I guess I am human when it comes to writing sports columns. I try and come with some fresh material every week, but alas, I'm not Pharrell from the Neptunes.

While I never sample writing from another column, there just weren't any Tufts home games this weekend. So instead of speculating about what took place on the road or writing about some professional athletics, it is finally time for my random thoughts column.

-- A handout I read for black psychology class said that African Americans have much more stress and stress related problems than their white counterparts. While this problem is easily traced back to slavery and segregation, there are ways to break the trend and avoid stress related ailments such as high blood pressure and hypertension.

Placekicking is certainly not one of those activities.

Whether or not a reduction of stress is the reason, there aren't many black kickers out there. But Tufts students don't have to go far to see the uniqueness of a black kicker. I'm not going to lie; I thought the idea was crazy when I first saw it in action, way back in my freshman year. However, Marcellus Rolle has impressed me with his enthusiasm for the position and poise during tough situations this season.

While Rolle believes every position has its own type of stress, kicking is tough because the entire game can rest on one kick. However, the quarterback might feel stress throughout the entire game.

It's tough to quantify stress, but no doubt the kicking position has a lot of it.

But just to clarify the point of this random thought, the Tufts football team does have a black kicker. It used to make me chuckle, but Rolle has been performing this year, so now I maintain a serious face.

-- The "Mr. Toupee wearer" commercial is damn funny. In fact all those beer commercials, including the "Wingman", are damn funny because they are true. I've played wingman for Andy Katzenberg before and it is not what's up. What's this have to do with sports you ask? Play wingman and you will see that it's imperative that you hit the weight room before you tackle some of "the cute girl's friends."

-- While I've never watched this sport in my life because I can't imagine it being a spectator sport, I have much respect for cross-country runners. Who runs five miles (five kilometers for women) for any type of sport? I'll tell you: animals. Those cross-country athletes are beasts, rivaled only by water polo juggernauts. Both sports are a test of will and conditioning, and entirely too hard for me to ever try.

-- The women's tennis team plays two seasons, the main season in the fall and a shorter season in the spring. Men's tennis only plays in the spring. Same sport, two season standards. It's a little jaded and I haven't heard a good explanation as to why that is yet. But you know what, I don't care. As far as I'm concerned the women's tennis team can play all year including the hot and sticky summer months.

I try not to make that team one big sex object, but I blame that coach Jim Watson. Not only are his teams good at tennis, but also they are good at being pretty. Personally, even if they never won a match, each and every member of that team would be a winner in life.

-- The field hockey team as well as the men's and women's soccer teams lost in the first round of the NESCAC playoffs. To tell you the truth I was not surprised. While I know nothing about field hockey, I do know something about soccer. I did cover the men's team for the Daily last year, and more importantly, I am a "key" member of the future intramural indoor soccer champion "DaGooses."

Both soccer teams had a plethora of individual talent and should have placed better.

-- Tom Brady is a beast. Not only did he lead the Patriots to victory, he also led my fantasy football team "Baltimore The City That Breeds" to victory.

-- One thing that I haven't done all year is mention Super Nintendo's "Super Tecmo Bowl." With the franchise I have going in Madden, sometimes it's easy to forget your roots. Playmaker control is cool and everything, but only having eight plays to choose from (four run and four pass) is better, don't you think?

-- The swimming team began practices this week; I hope they can survive. Who has a sick pool? Humans get sick. Pools are supposed to be a small body of water with tons of chlorine in it just in case knuckleheads like me pee in the water. While it would take a considerable amount of money to correct the problem, we need it, considering the state of our pool.

If there is one thing I've learned from a random thoughts column, is that you need no rhyme or reason for anything written. I enjoyed that -- hope you did too.