How did we get to 4-1? Or, Where have I been?!?
It's been nearly 45 days since my last post. I keep swearing I'm not going to do that. And yet... I keep doing it. Only well.
My company finally released our software two Fridays ago and we've now moved onto another project that, at the moment, is a lot less grueling. We'll see how long that lasts!
In the meantime, a lot of things have been happening that I wanted to blog about.
- I was in London when the Hoos lost to Wyoming in seriously disappointing fashion. I couldn't get the game on TV and didn't even check the score until the next day at an internet cafe. What a disappointment. Seriously, not even a touchdown? But that's ok, because...
- We've gone on a 4 game winning streak, including 3 games against ACC Coastal Division foes since that game. While they certainly haven't been pretty wins the whole time (see Duke game and UNC 2nd through 4th quarters), we've come out victorious. Especially promising is that...
- We won very convincingly over Pittsburgh. We thrashed them in the first 13 minutes of the game and added another 17 points after that just for good measure. That was the type of game I've been looking forward to seeing us play. It was also nice that...
- We played a game not at noon! The Pittsburgh game was 7pm and was an absolutely gorgeous day in the Hook. We've got another couple weeks of reprieve from noon games as well - MTSU (albeit an away game) is also at 7pm and the UConn game is set for 3:30pm.
- Coach Leitao landed a great commitment from 4-star shooting guard Sylven Landesberg (Holy Cross, Queens, NY). Now we just need a big man or two and we're set!
- The lacrosse team has been practicing this fall with members of what may be the greatest recruiting class in collegiate lacrosse history. The Bratton twins are in the mix for starting (as everyone expected) and the other members of that stellar class are seeing some good practice time. There's a scrimmage this weekend in VA Beach and another one next weekend in Charlottesville. Hopefully I'll be able to hit the one in town next weekend and get a feel for the team. I can't wait for the season to start.
- Michael Vick pleaded guilty to some variety of charges and is now awaiting sentencing. I believe that's in December. In the interim, however, he managed to fail a drug test. Seriously, when you're under Federal investigation, just stay off the drugs for a few weeks. How hard can it be?!?
I think that's all for now. I'm sure there's more but if there is, I'll just write another post (I know you're excited to hear that).
As a side note: I have discontinued my season preview as, obviously, the season is well underway. Sorry to the two of you who were actually reading it.