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Happy New Year

Hopefully you made it through the switch. I did - barely. 

Here's to a great 2010!

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Merry Christmas

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Hopefully you get what you want from Santa. ;)

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What do you think of the new look?

As you can probably tell, Block U looks different. There was an upgrade earlier this morning and it changed the style quite a bit.

But do you like it? 

What do you like and don't like about it? 

Old style better? New style better? Let me know...

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What do you think of the new Block U?
Love it!
17 votes
It's good. Not great, not bad. Just good.
34 votes
It's okay, but I liked the last version better.
4 votes
I hate it! Go back! Change is bad!
1 votes
Wait...it changed?
29 votes
Who cares? I don't come here for the look.
15 votes

100 votes | Poll has closed

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Happy Easter

Yes, I know updates have been scarce and hopefully that changes this week. 

But until Monday, here's to a wonderful Easter.

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Merry Christmas

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Hopefully you get what you want from Santa. ;)

 

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VOTE!

It's election day and regardless of who you support, vote! It's your right, people died for that right. People fought for that right. This is a democracy and it is your duty as a citizen to keep it as such. That means you vote, even if you're not 100% behind the candidate you're supporting. 

This very well may be the most important election in your history, are you going to tell your kids and grandkids you sat this one out? I don't think so. 

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Block U featured in Deseret News

John Coon at the Deseret News did a really good article on sports blogging and interviewed yours truly for part of the story. Coon also sat down with the lead blogger at SLC Dunk, a Utah Jazz blog hosted here on SBNation

Though the interview was short, it's still pretty cool.

Like many students at the University of Utah, Sean Reynolds was intrigued when he first learned Jim Boylen had been hired as the newest men's basketball coach. But where it was merely an interesting news item for some fellow students, it meant a call to action for Reynolds.

With the little bit of spare time he had in between classes, he found a computer and posted the announcement of the hiring to Block U.com, his blog devoted to the Utes football and basketball teams. Reynolds followed later with several photos from the introductory press conference for Boylen.

For him, and other local sports fans, blogging about their team is not just a hobby. It has evolved into a full-time passion.

Reynolds uses whatever time he can find — typing posts on U.-related topics well past midnight at times — because he feels like he represents the fan's point of view.

"When I can do it from the perspective of a fan, I can get in there and tap into what so many readers are feeling," Reynolds said. "There is a lot of emotion because being a fan is tough at times."

Check the article out and of course, keep reading Block U!

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Uh...

This is driving me nuts, the months before football, of course. Still really too early to get pumped for next season and hardly any news to report.

But of course there is always Kansas.

Oh man...

Don't you love it? Yeah. For a 1970s-era Rock Band, they surely kick ass, even today.

Loves me some Kansas.

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