Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Kevin: Perfect Records
Records are meant to be broken. Just don't count on it happening any time soon at Cheshire High where the girl's swimming and diving team set a national record for consecutive dual meet wins with 235. That's right. The last time Cheshire lost was October 1986.
I remember it well. Not the start of the Cheshire streak---but October '86. I was a Dickinson College freshman who wagered a few cases of adult beverages (very, very cheap stuff) on the Mets. Needless to say, no one paid up when the Mets won. I was that obnoxious.
There was far more humility in Cheshire last night. I am so happy for Coach Ed Aston, whose swimmers call him Ed. If my two girls ever play high school sports, I can only hope that they have a coach half as good as Ed. He's genuine, hard working and cares about these girls as people and it shows. Congratulations to everyone involved.
But perfect records are so tough to keep. Ten top 10 college football teams have lost to unranked teams already this season. UConn was not one of those ranked teams to fall. Just an unranked team that finally lost.
Had the Huskies beaten Virginia Saturday UConn may have gotten into the top 25 for the first time in school history. But unlike many of you, I saw a ton of positives in the 17-16 loss.
UConn is close--close to pulling an upset--perhaps a major upset. Louisville, #2 South Florida and Rutgers all visit Rentschler Field over the next three weeks. I think UConn can beat any one of these teams. They have the team speed, enough experience and depth. And a little, heck a lot of rain, Friday night against Louisville and their All-American q.b. Brian Brohm wouldn't hurt either.
And speaking of perfect, how bout those Rockies! Are you kidding me? They've won 21 out of 22. That is almost impossible to do. It should be a great World Series. But it may not feature the Red Sox. If it does, I won't bet against them as I did in '86. It looks like Kevin Youkilis has gotten his Bill Buckner post-season moments out of his system tonight.
The Sox have back to back to back homers tonight. But Red Sox Nation is concerned that their beloved Sox may suffer back to back to back to back losses.
I remember it well. Not the start of the Cheshire streak---but October '86. I was a Dickinson College freshman who wagered a few cases of adult beverages (very, very cheap stuff) on the Mets. Needless to say, no one paid up when the Mets won. I was that obnoxious.
There was far more humility in Cheshire last night. I am so happy for Coach Ed Aston, whose swimmers call him Ed. If my two girls ever play high school sports, I can only hope that they have a coach half as good as Ed. He's genuine, hard working and cares about these girls as people and it shows. Congratulations to everyone involved.
But perfect records are so tough to keep. Ten top 10 college football teams have lost to unranked teams already this season. UConn was not one of those ranked teams to fall. Just an unranked team that finally lost.
Had the Huskies beaten Virginia Saturday UConn may have gotten into the top 25 for the first time in school history. But unlike many of you, I saw a ton of positives in the 17-16 loss.
UConn is close--close to pulling an upset--perhaps a major upset. Louisville, #2 South Florida and Rutgers all visit Rentschler Field over the next three weeks. I think UConn can beat any one of these teams. They have the team speed, enough experience and depth. And a little, heck a lot of rain, Friday night against Louisville and their All-American q.b. Brian Brohm wouldn't hurt either.
And speaking of perfect, how bout those Rockies! Are you kidding me? They've won 21 out of 22. That is almost impossible to do. It should be a great World Series. But it may not feature the Red Sox. If it does, I won't bet against them as I did in '86. It looks like Kevin Youkilis has gotten his Bill Buckner post-season moments out of his system tonight.
The Sox have back to back to back homers tonight. But Red Sox Nation is concerned that their beloved Sox may suffer back to back to back to back losses.
Posted at 9:37 PM by kevin
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