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| Jared probably likes grape slushees also... |
Jeff Walz and his team will have a tough ACC opener against Georgia Tech. The
Yellowjackets are 11-2 with their losses coming to Baylor and Georgia. The
Baylor loss was a blowout but the loss to the Bulldogs was by only a few
points. Keep an eye out for sophomore Francesca Pan. She hits threes nearly as
often as Asia does for us and can be an offensive threat if left open. Perhaps
Louisville’s stingy defense will be able to shut her and the rest of the team
down.
The schedule is completely clear for today- a rare occurrence
in UofL athletics, especially since we haven’t seen any teams with games in a
few days.
Football came out with news recently about Jaire Alexander
and James Hearns electing to miss the bowl game and enter the NFL draft. We at
Cardinal Couple wish them both the best.
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| Next launch pad. Jacksonville |
The rest of the team arrived in Orlando yesterday early
afternoon. If you were expecting warm weather down in Florida guess again. One
of my coworkers is a good friend of Dr. Shea, the team doctor, and spoke with
him on the phone about the 40-degree weather and mild winds. To those traveling
to the game please plan on a similar temperature Saturday.
If you’re traveling to Lexington on Friday just be prepared
for heavy traffic. Between the midday game and the preparation for New Years
weekend travel times will not be pleasant. Thankfully that game is indoors so
you won’t be suffering from the cold too much.
If you’re like me, you’ll be at work watching both the
basketball game and the bowl game on tv. If we can pull off wins in both games,
there is not much for me to complain about seeing that the 2017 year will have
closed out on a high note.
I wish everyone a safe travel to wherever your destination
may be this coming weekend and a safe and happy New Year!
Jared
PAULIE UPDATE
We are in Hot 'Lanta. Well, not really hot..it's mid-40's maybe here in the downtown area. It's said 'getting there' is half the battle and that held true for Wednesday, I Mapquested the trip at about seven hours but it took us over nine. Beside the usual "necessary" stops, we ran into two huge traffic delays...one on I-24 near Chattanooga and one on I-75 north of Atlanta. But...we're here. Conquered the men Interstates of Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia so far.
Found out that the Cards WBB won't be doing any post-game interview stuff after Georgia Tech Thursday night. It's pretty much play and then dash to the airport with a 10:50 p.m. flight back to the 'Ville. Tech a pretty good team from all accounts...just two losses. Baylor and Georgia. 11-2.
We plan a bit of sight-seeeing today before hoops tonight. McCoughtry's Ice Cream on the agenda and a few other "touristry" things before the game tonight. Day one in the books, at least we're eating well and not still in traffic. That could be interesting, driving to Jacksonville Friday.
Paulie
Jared
PAULIE UPDATE
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| We're not in Crescent Hill anymore, Toto. |
Found out that the Cards WBB won't be doing any post-game interview stuff after Georgia Tech Thursday night. It's pretty much play and then dash to the airport with a 10:50 p.m. flight back to the 'Ville. Tech a pretty good team from all accounts...just two losses. Baylor and Georgia. 11-2.
We plan a bit of sight-seeeing today before hoops tonight. McCoughtry's Ice Cream on the agenda and a few other "touristry" things before the game tonight. Day one in the books, at least we're eating well and not still in traffic. That could be interesting, driving to Jacksonville Friday.
Paulie
I might mention that Georgia ranks 37th by Jeff Sagarin and an unofficial RPI ranking. Both rankings are just two places behind South Dakota State and they played us tough. This is not a team to ignore or overlook.
ReplyDeleteGeorgia Tech beat MTSU by 3 points, the Cards beat them (MTSU) by 54 points. If the Cards are clicking on all cylinders, I'm predicting a blow out!
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QUESTION
ReplyDeleteHow is Stanford WBB still in the top 25 Ranking.
They dropped out.
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