Remember the first Mighty Ducks movie? Emilio Estevez walks into his childhood hockey arena and surveys the scene. At the corner of his sight, he sees the championship banners of his hockey team, the Hawks. He looks at them one year at a time, but one blemish remains; the year he lost it for them. He reminisces to that moment and looks down, still disappointed.

I think that's how the team of De La Salle feels right now. Their high school football winning streak of 151 games, a span of 12+ years, was snapped. When I was going through high school, many of my friends on the team, which experienced its high point when I was there, expressed their desire to play them. One even insisted that negotiations were underway. But that wasn't meant to be. They weren't given a chance to make history. That honor instead goes to a team in Washington. To be fair, a team that lost most of its starters and is still reeling from the death of a former teammate set things up for a De La Salle loss at some point. But I don't thing anyone would have expected it to come so suddenly, and by such a margin (19 points). So congrats to them for an excellent streak, one that probably drove other teams to succeed as well. Next week, everything begins again.

In other sports news, Cal won its opener, 56-14 over Air Force. The defense looked pretty weak in the first half and while it shut down the Falcons' triple option offense in the second half, I still have my doubts. They need a much better performance against New Mexico State to convince me that they can beat the triple threat of Southern Miss, Oregon State, and USC. At least there is nothing to worry about in terms of the offense.

Finally, the guy I usually talk sports with, Datman himself, celebrates a birthday tomorrow, if I'm reading my calendar right. So happy birthday. Remember, you won't find him at a casino any time soon. He's got a bet going that he won't gamble for a year. Oh, I mean, there will be a penalty if he breaks his promise to not gamble for a year.