What a Week it Was
If I can repeat myself, what a week it was! So much going on there was some talk of adding an 8th day. I think they were going to call it Doomsday.
Oh, wait. That’s this week.
Let’s see. On Thursday, I stayed up until 3am listening to the Minnesota-Hawaii match, which went five games and ended not so good. The next day I dragged my tired you-know-what to work and that ended up not so good, as well.
Upset of the Week? Has to be St. Louis taking down the mighty Cardinal. Stanford was taken to Fonke Town, when Hey Hey, You You, Sammi McCloud wasn’t casting her shadow far and wide. Who woulda thunk it? Not I. I picked St. Louis to upset the Illini, not the Color Red.
Miami of Ohio deserves an Honorable Mention for beating Wisconsin. They won’t get one, however, because I don’t give honorable mentions. Besides, as a lad born and raised in Athens, I’m not a huge Miami fan anyhow. You want an honorable mention? File the proper forms.
Must Have Been Fun Match: Florida is down 0-2 to The Beach, but manages to claw their way back for the win. This one brings up more questions than it answers. Are the youthful Gators Top Ten material? Are the LBSU ladies ready to bring that program back to the Top Ten? Have they cut off any blood flow wearing the usual 49er unis? The jury is still deliberating (they just ordered pizza).
Undeserved Ranking Award to the Huskies of UW, off to their usual 5-0 start without really being tested. Kudos to Portland State as the first team to reach 20 against Jim’s lasses. UW does head to the Islands this week for sand, sun and competition, however.
Toughest Week for a Ranked Team would have been Louisville’s -- they dropped two 5-gamers, to Valpo and Indi -- except I just noticed they aren’t ranked. Bummer. Well, they won’t be now, either. So that means I have to find another worthy recipient or delete this entire paragraph. Hmmmm, I don’t want to gang up on Stanford, so let’s give it to the Badgers. Not only did they lose to the Redmen*, or whatever they call themselves nowadays, they went to a 5th game with UNLV.
Match of the Upcoming Week? California @ Minnesota should be good. Cal Poly is in the tournament, too, so that’s another two matches to which to pay close attention. Others? UNI @ KSU, Texas A&M @ San Diego, Missouri-Pepperdine, BYU @ Wisconsin, Purdue and St. Louis @ Utah and against each other, Miami OH @ Western Kentucky, Washington @ Hawaii, Santa Clara and NMSU @ Stanford and against each other, and Florida @ Colorado State.
Yes, I relied on Rich for those matches.
Anyhow, we all die on Wednesday, so it’s probably moot. Moot!!
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*They claim it’s now RedHawks, with no space between red and hawks, and a capital H.
Oh, wait. That’s this week.
Let’s see. On Thursday, I stayed up until 3am listening to the Minnesota-Hawaii match, which went five games and ended not so good. The next day I dragged my tired you-know-what to work and that ended up not so good, as well.
Upset of the Week? Has to be St. Louis taking down the mighty Cardinal. Stanford was taken to Fonke Town, when Hey Hey, You You, Sammi McCloud wasn’t casting her shadow far and wide. Who woulda thunk it? Not I. I picked St. Louis to upset the Illini, not the Color Red.
Miami of Ohio deserves an Honorable Mention for beating Wisconsin. They won’t get one, however, because I don’t give honorable mentions. Besides, as a lad born and raised in Athens, I’m not a huge Miami fan anyhow. You want an honorable mention? File the proper forms.
Must Have Been Fun Match: Florida is down 0-2 to The Beach, but manages to claw their way back for the win. This one brings up more questions than it answers. Are the youthful Gators Top Ten material? Are the LBSU ladies ready to bring that program back to the Top Ten? Have they cut off any blood flow wearing the usual 49er unis? The jury is still deliberating (they just ordered pizza).
Undeserved Ranking Award to the Huskies of UW, off to their usual 5-0 start without really being tested. Kudos to Portland State as the first team to reach 20 against Jim’s lasses. UW does head to the Islands this week for sand, sun and competition, however.
Toughest Week for a Ranked Team would have been Louisville’s -- they dropped two 5-gamers, to Valpo and Indi -- except I just noticed they aren’t ranked. Bummer. Well, they won’t be now, either. So that means I have to find another worthy recipient or delete this entire paragraph. Hmmmm, I don’t want to gang up on Stanford, so let’s give it to the Badgers. Not only did they lose to the Redmen*, or whatever they call themselves nowadays, they went to a 5th game with UNLV.
Match of the Upcoming Week? California @ Minnesota should be good. Cal Poly is in the tournament, too, so that’s another two matches to which to pay close attention. Others? UNI @ KSU, Texas A&M @ San Diego, Missouri-Pepperdine, BYU @ Wisconsin, Purdue and St. Louis @ Utah and against each other, Miami OH @ Western Kentucky, Washington @ Hawaii, Santa Clara and NMSU @ Stanford and against each other, and Florida @ Colorado State.
Yes, I relied on Rich for those matches.
Anyhow, we all die on Wednesday, so it’s probably moot. Moot!!
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*They claim it’s now RedHawks, with no space between red and hawks, and a capital H.
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