Yay…it’s finally here.  And yes, I’d normally say Friday, but this is no ordinary Friday, it is the Friday athletes have waiting four years for and London has probably been anticipating all that could go wrong today for a long time. D-day if you will.

But, let me go back to “football”, aka soccer.

Here are the results from the men’s games yesterday:

**Great Britain tied Senegal 1-1 (This is where I get my geography lessons…never heard of Senegal…and how do you end things in a tie??)

**Belarus beat New Zealand 1-0 (If I asked you to show me Belarus on a map right now, bet you couldn’t do it!)

**Brazil beat Egypt 3-2  (Did anyone have a clue Egypt played soccer? I’ve got to upgrade my thinking)

**Gabon tied with Switzerland 1-1 (Gabon?  Come on, seriously?  It sounds like the size of Cleveland)

‘The schedule today includes women’s soccer and should be very exciting….if you ignore all the just running part…Japan plays Sweden, New Zealand plays Brazil, Canada plays South Africa, USA against Colombia (USA players, don’t accept any coffee or drugs before the game), and Great Britain against Cameroon.

But tonight…….and I’ve heard it’s supposed to rain in London…….tonight is the opening ceremonies.  Well, actually, it’s mid-day for us in the States….but I’m banking on it being replayed for us during primetime.  NBC?

Here is the model of the opening night ceremonies that was in the UK paper:

(photo credit: Dailymail.co.uk)

I can’t really understand what it is telling us, but maybe if I watch the ceremonies it’ll all come together….

The plans for tomorrow you ask??  Well, I’d like to see the men’s qualifying rounds in gymnastics…and there are some men’s swimming races…and according to the London 2012 website, there will be medals given out tomorrow in cycling, fencing, judo, shooting, swimming, and weightlifting. 

So, here we go everyone….let the games begin…and GO USA!!!!