My wife was in New Jersey this weekend at a cheerleading competition with my daughter, so I got to spend much of it watching all kinds of soccer, from Tottenham/Arsenal at 7:30 Saturday morning, to DC United's season-opener in the snow against Atlanta United last night at 6. Coulda gone to that one in person, had I desired, but 32 degrees and wet snow ain't exactly a great recipe for a good time.
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| The Return of Lucharoo! |
While MLS is just getting underway, our Tribe closed out a very up and down regular season with a 70-66 road win over James Madison. W&M started the year 3-1 in conference play, lost seven of nine, and finished with five consecutive wins to secure the 4th seed in the CAA Tournament. The Wrens face Delaware, with whom they split during the regular season. The winner will likely get Hofstra, the class of the league this season - though the Tribe did extend the Pride to triple overtime in Williamsburg in January and only lost by six in Hempstead a few weeks ago. And we all know what can happen when W&M and Hofstra meet in the semifinals of the CAA Tournament.
Nathan Knight averaged 34 points per game over the final six contests. Even with a 1-9 stinker against Towson thrown in, Matt Milon made 47.6% of his threes over the final five, averaging 17.2 points per game over that stretch. I think the winning streak is a bit misleading, as four of the five teams W&M beat were the dregs of the league, and I'm still of the mind that next year is our year, but hope does spring eternal. As does disappointment.
(* One very intelligent commentator said, "This is fucking brilliant". I always liked that guy.)
Can't wait to catch Old Glory games live and in person. Hopefully they'll have a home game the same weekend as next year's CAA Tournament, to be held in D.C. I love it when a plan comes together.
Pour some out for Prodigy’s Keith Flint. He passed right before electronica was about to break through.
ReplyDeleteOnce again I liberated our cars, driveway and walkway from snow. When I came inside zwoman said "Thank you for taking care of all that snow in such a manly way, I really appreciate it." If you just read the transcript it sounds great but the tone of her voice made clear that this was a sly declaration of "Hey donkey, I know you and your friends have a blog and it's publicly available so I know you kvetch about how no one acknowledges your alleged manliness."
ReplyDeleteThat's better than the "Wow, you were out there a long while" after being outside for 2 hours shoveling and snow-throwing the 14" of snow we got.
ReplyDeleteAnd the zwoman lurks at G:TB? My wife could even find the blog given the name.
We need a Zlady guest post describing all your manly deeds
ReplyDeletesnow day for me and my wife! and a delay for the kids . . . this is the life. my younger son made fifty dollars shoveling before he went to school this morning . . . he may be shady as hell, but at least he likes to work.
ReplyDeletei don't think my wife ever visits here (aside from when i mistakenly post as her)
my daughter is an occasional visitor. last week, she found a post from several years ago in which i described her as 'compact'. she didn't find that flattering. but she is, in fact, compact.
ReplyDeleteshe also wants to write a guest post, which i'm encouraging.
I'm impressed by Dave's spawn. When I was a kid snow was money falling from the sky, I could get $10-$20 a driveway. There are absolutely zero kids in my neighborhood willing to shovel snow for money. They're all holed up in their teen suites using Facesnap and Chatstabook or whatever the hell they have on their iPhone XRs all of which were bought and paid for by their overly indulgent parents.
ReplyDeleteMy daughters have no idea G:TB exists. Probably good.
ReplyDeleteBoth of my wives and a few significant others have known about this space, but they rarely ever ventured here. I never quite understood that; they could learn a little something about me, they could get to know my friends, and they could be amused daily (at least bi-monthly) by becoming regular readers. Hell, they could even read some of my true confessions and learn my whereabouts. But no. What gives?
Some things are best left unknown. Willful blindness.
ReplyDeletewe might be less interesting than we believe.
ReplyDeletemy 8th grade son has been a snow shoveler for years. he has regular customers, makes phone calls to lock in client, etc. him and his buddy always go out and make cash. he's normally the quiet scheming one. my charming verbal son has no interest in making any cash. he knows we'll provide him with what he needs . . .
RIP Luke Perry. Massive stroke. Aged just 52.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a sad day in a certain zip code. Rock on, Dylan.
I'm trying not to care about Tribe hoops because they seem to play better when I'm *not* emotionally invested. My goal is to get through the next 10 days without starting to care, in order to give them the mojo they need for the CAA tourney. Because, of course, my emotional investment has an impact on the performance of the team...
ReplyDeleteOf course it does!
ReplyDeleteOne of Old Glory's owners is an old teammate of mine for years. Played for the USA in the '91 RWC. Got the game against the All Blacks in pool play and got to face the Haka. Paul Sheehy, would def know Hightower. Good dude, I've put in for seats in the owner's box. And to hold a clip board for the tryouts. We'll see.
ReplyDeletedoing my taxes. trump really fucked us in new jersey. yikes.
ReplyDeletei wish i meant that joke. it's dave, of course
ReplyDeletedave really fucked you guys in new jersey? i don't doubt that.
ReplyDeleteI hope you guys did the three things today. If so, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day.
ReplyDeleteOld Glory should get its own bar and call it The Old Glory Hole.
ReplyDeleteI went to a Harp League rugby match when I was 22. I ended up on an email list. The intensity was something I wasn't ready for. Folks were emailing with questions like "I have a ringer from Wales. Can somebody get him a job in NY and an apartment?" I realized it was a little above my head. Make that a lot above my head. I decided to hang out and let my fractured clavicle continue to heal in the wrong position, necessitating surgery 15 yrs later.
There is a bar called Old Glory in DC, or at least there used to be.
ReplyDeleteAnd no kickboxing tag?
Old Glory is gone, Squeak. RIP Old Luke Glory Perry.
ReplyDeleteBobby Moynihan will be on Drunk History at 10 PM tmrw on Comedy Central.
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