Monday, October 1, 2007
Kevin: Monday Morning Q.B.
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. For UConn Football , it is the age of victory. For the Mets, it is the age of despair. I am feeling the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat on both fronts today. Call it a tale of two teams.
The "we're taking it one game it a time" approach drives me crazy as a broadcaster. It results in in a string of useless, cliche filled sound bites. As Gerry Brooks often tells me, it is why he got out of sports (decades ago). But the truth is, that "one game at a time" mantra of the Huskies has worked. If only the Mets could have taken a page out of Randy Edsall's playbook. The Mets played with the focus of my three year old. Sorry Katie.
The Mets tried to take it "one month a time, " treating the last two weeks of September like a company softball outing. Check that. People play harder at the company picnic than the Mets did.
The "not so Amazins" led the Phillies by 7 games on September 12th and still lost the division. It is the worst collapse in baseball history. It is so bad I am not even sure that Red Sox fans can relate. On second thought, they can. See 1946, 1967, 1975, 1978, 1986....Yes, I am a bitter Mets fan today. How can I not be. I will be surrounded by Red Sox Nation and pinstripe wearing 26-time World Series champion bragging Yankee fans. That's where the UConn Football team comes in for me.
The Huskies are my positive sports story for the day. They are 5-0 for the first time since 1995 and 5-0 for the first time ever in division 1-A. As UConn creeps up towards the top 25 for the first time school history, they are getting more respect in the way of votes in the National polls right now than traditional powers like Penn State, Alabama and Michigan. Are you kidding me.
I really like this team on and off the field, and I am anxious to see what they do at Virginia in two weeks.
Will I be over the Mets by then? Probably not. Like I said, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. UConn Q.B. Tyler Lorenzen could have gotten more outs than Tom Glavine did yesterday. So keeping taking it "one game at a time" Huskies. You will end up playing in a bowl game. The Mets are done. Go Cubs!
The "we're taking it one game it a time" approach drives me crazy as a broadcaster. It results in in a string of useless, cliche filled sound bites. As Gerry Brooks often tells me, it is why he got out of sports (decades ago). But the truth is, that "one game at a time" mantra of the Huskies has worked. If only the Mets could have taken a page out of Randy Edsall's playbook. The Mets played with the focus of my three year old. Sorry Katie.
The Mets tried to take it "one month a time, " treating the last two weeks of September like a company softball outing. Check that. People play harder at the company picnic than the Mets did.
The "not so Amazins" led the Phillies by 7 games on September 12th and still lost the division. It is the worst collapse in baseball history. It is so bad I am not even sure that Red Sox fans can relate. On second thought, they can. See 1946, 1967, 1975, 1978, 1986....Yes, I am a bitter Mets fan today. How can I not be. I will be surrounded by Red Sox Nation and pinstripe wearing 26-time World Series champion bragging Yankee fans. That's where the UConn Football team comes in for me.
The Huskies are my positive sports story for the day. They are 5-0 for the first time since 1995 and 5-0 for the first time ever in division 1-A. As UConn creeps up towards the top 25 for the first time school history, they are getting more respect in the way of votes in the National polls right now than traditional powers like Penn State, Alabama and Michigan. Are you kidding me.
I really like this team on and off the field, and I am anxious to see what they do at Virginia in two weeks.
Will I be over the Mets by then? Probably not. Like I said, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. UConn Q.B. Tyler Lorenzen could have gotten more outs than Tom Glavine did yesterday. So keeping taking it "one game at a time" Huskies. You will end up playing in a bowl game. The Mets are done. Go Cubs!
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