Need to clear that last post out, as it seems to have had deleterious effects on the Olde Towne Team's fortunes. As always, a bit of brain sorbet to keep us moving from one thing to the next.
We'll start with a topic close to home, or at least close to the heart. Been a tumultuous few months in Boulder, at least for the University of Colorado football team. Coach Prime's proven to be a very good marketer, a master of garnering attention for the program, the school, and the community. As yet, he hasn't demonstrated the same acumen come game time, and he's spent a good part of the summer in a war of words with local media amidst a handful of unflattering stories about the program's culture and its apparent haves and have-nots hierarchy. Come Thursday, put up or shut up time commences in earnest as the Buffs host North Dakota State at 8:00 EST on ESPN. Tune in to watch my kid cheer, stay for the game.
I've said since Coach Prime got to Boulder that he wouldn't stay for more than three seasons, regardless of how his teams performed on the field. I stand by that, with an update that suggests another 4-8 season might find him looking for a way out. The good news is that the Buffs' 2024 schedule is markedly easier than last year's, which saw the the Black and Gold face seven top 25 opponents in the brutally competitive Pac-12. In fact, there's a decent chance Colorado heads into its October 12 Parents' Weekend showdown with current #18 Kansas State undefeated at 5-0.
Of course, given all of the turmoil of the offseason, this particular observer wouldn't be shocked if North Dakota State jumped up and won outright on Thursday night. And wouldn't that be a newsmaker?
Different home, still close, as Whit's toddler playgroup pal Barry Privett and Carbon Leaf have a new record coming out in late September. The band's 17th studio album is entitled Time Is The Playground, and if the opening single, "Backmask 1983", is any indicator, it may be a more pop-forward offering than previous collections. Which could make a few Leafheads a mite nervous.
New travel destination for your boy just dropped. My wife's cousin and her husband are moving to Madagascar next month. He's a newly-minted State Department foreign service specialist after a decade-plus as an IT guy at the Department of Justice. The two of them are about ten years younger than I am, and don't have kids, so they decided they'd give it a go. He'll be in charge of information services for the embassy in Antananarivo for the next two years. And why wouldn't we go to Madagascar? For what it's worth, I had no idea how big that place is - the world's 4th-largest island, as it turns out. We'll send pictures. Of all the lemurs.
And finally, while folks have rightfully paid a lot of attention to Caitlin Clark's outstanding play, there's another rookie setting assist records in her first year as a pro. Washington Spirit midfielder Croix Bethune (who earned a gold medal as an alternate on the U.S. Women's Olympic soccer team) tallied her 10th assist of the season yesterday, tying the great Tobin Heath for the all-time NWSL record. Bethune and the Spirit have nine matches left in the season, so she's an odds-on favorite to obliterate the record. Here's to diminutive attacking midfielders.
You can count me in on anything Wright Thompson related. The same goes for any Hampton Sides related. Currently working my way through his book on Capt James Cooks last mission “Wide Wide Sea”.
Also, update on the new dog. He’s my new best friend. Sleeping by my side as I type this. Dogs rule, I don’t care what Zoltan say.
dogs . . . the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
my cousin kim just got back from traveling in madagascar-- i haven't talked to her about it yet but my wife heard it was quite an epic adventure, that place is off the grid.
I’m in the Philly airport, headed home from a long weekend celebrating the life of my stepdad Ted. Sad but not without a big bucket of laughs.
On the flight here I was writing a couple of GTB pieces in Notes, a short one on the Mets and much longer work in progress for a later publish. Whilst composing the latter, I referenced Roy Williams. And then deplaned and walked right by him in PHL. Life can be very weird.
my neighbor needs to be on an active nfl gameday roster seven more times to qualify for his full pension. got cut by the commanders today after playing well (against deadenders, for sure) in their final preseason game. the quest continues.
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wright thompson has a new book coming out in september investigating the emmitt till murder and the crime scene. instant purchase.
You can count me in on anything Wright Thompson related. The same goes for any Hampton Sides related. Currently working my way through his book on Capt James Cooks last mission “Wide Wide Sea”.
Also, update on the new dog. He’s my new best friend. Sleeping by my side as I type this. Dogs rule, I don’t care what Zoltan say.
dogs . . . the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
my cousin kim just got back from traveling in madagascar-- i haven't talked to her about it yet but my wife heard it was quite an epic adventure, that place is off the grid.
You can have my dog. More importantly, set your DVRs: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_GoI55ROEN/?igsh=MTlxZmNiM3FrZzhpOQ%3D%3D
I’m in the Philly airport, headed home from a long weekend celebrating the life of my stepdad Ted. Sad but not without a big bucket of laughs.
On the flight here I was writing a couple of GTB pieces in Notes, a short one on the Mets and much longer work in progress for a later publish. Whilst composing the latter, I referenced Roy Williams. And then deplaned and walked right by him in PHL. Life can be very weird.
my neighbor needs to be on an active nfl gameday roster seven more times to qualify for his full pension. got cut by the commanders today after playing well (against deadenders, for sure) in their final preseason game. the quest continues.
So, he's rooting for qb injuries, I guess?
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