COLUMN: An awesome top 10 list for an awesome top 10 week

    Hey there, sports fans! Let me tell ya, it’s been one heck of a week, which is generally the case here on Earth. In fact, it’s been so interesting I figured I’d take a little time and share it with you.

    In that spirit, I give you the Top 10 Things I Found Awesome This Week. (That’s right, no overly articulate intro this time.)

    10. “Spend a Day with Steve” is in full swing – I’m proud to say the response to my challenge in last week’s column has been pretty positive. I’ve already received several e-mails and Facebook comments, and to my luck nobody has yet to dig through my garbage and put candy bar wrappers in scrapbooks. You laugh, but it’s happened before – that is a different column for a different day.

    I’d still love to see more responses, so keep ‘em coming! I may even throw in free dinner.

    9. Ram Nation! – Any college basketball aficionado came just a few broccoli pieces worth of fiber from sincerely crapping themselves after this past weekend’s installment of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

    Among all the heartwarming and nail-biting stories, none were bigger than the rise of the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, who took heart, momentum and what has to be gallon upon gallon of Fierce Melon Gatorade and triumphed their way into the Final Four as an astounding 11th seed, posting the biggest underdog basketball story since, yep, you guessed it, “Air Bud.” Sure, the VCU thing actually happened, but, man, that golden retriever was friggin’ adorable.

    8. No Sheen Yapping – Lucky for the lot of us, and to many’s surprise, Charlie Sheen has rendered himself relatively quiet recently. The tiger’s bloodless tranquility has thus far been much appreciated, but I do have to say I’ve kind of missed the nonsense banter this past week. I even watched the first two “Major League” movies just to get my fill of Ricky Vaughn and his Indians changing baseball, or as the man himself might put it, “bi-come-from-behind-winning.”

    7. Frosted Cheerios – I’m not sure how it happened, but my cereal-enthusiast heart experienced a miracle. I was helping clean up after a recent fundraiser on campus when the head of the event started passing out food for everyone to take home, and what was placed in my hands? None other than the sweet, legendary gem that is Frosted Cheerios – the cereal so quick that Florence Henderson even endorsed it. 

    I was so ecstatic you would’ve thought it was a box of Reptar Cereal. I could go all night about this, but let’s just say breakfast the next morning was quite the pajama party in my mouth. It would have been more like a rave party, but I was out of Pop Rocks.

    6. My 50-nugget warm up – That’s right, thanks to a surprise gift card from a friend, I made my first attempt at eating a complete load of chicken nuggets in one sitting. So far my best is at around 40 of the 50 my card allowed me to have.  And if you’re one to see what more I can accomplish in the feats of poultry, then stay tuned for the first ever Logan-based “Man vs. Food,” coming in April.

    5. Five golden RIIIINGS! Sorry. I’ve just always wanted to do that.

    4. Spring is here – Amid the discerning weather outside, spring has finally come upon us, which means a whole lot more positive things than the entire student body leaving for the weekend to attend the “Festival of Colors,” or as I call it, the “One Stop Facebook Profile Picture Shop.” I’d explain what else to look forward to this spring, but I need to finish scraping ice off my windshield.

    3. Nectarines – Ever had one? Then you know why they are on this list.

    2. Kicking fierce tail on my accounting exam – Does anything make a week better than getting a sick-like-trickly awesome score on a test? I think not! My ace on last week’s accounting exam was as much of a relief as I’m sure that janitor guy felt at the end of “Rudy.”

    I’m not one to be too morally sound in these articles, but for your own good, make sure to study hard, because upstanding academic scores sure beat spending countless hours playing “Robot Unicorn Attack,” though I’m sure my roommate debate the issue.

    1. Ram Nation! – What an amazing victory by the Rams of VCU as they defeated the… wait… did I bring this one up already? Oh. Eh, who cares? It’s March.

– Think you’re Steve’s biggest fan? E-mail steve.schwartzman@aggiemail.usu.edu or find him on Facebook to enter the ‘Spend a Day with Steve’ campaign, going on now through April.