Thursday, October 11, 2007
Kevin: Perfect Stories
Perfection seems to be the theme in local sports this week. Yale and UConn look to continue their perfect seasons Saturday. The Red Sox have yet to lose in the playoffs. And then there is the Cheshire High girls swim team: They haven't lost a regular season meet since 1986!
Let's start with UConn. Keeping that perfect record at Virginia will not be easy. The Cavaliers have won 5 in a row. But once again, I am picking the Huskies. There is a special quality about this group starting with their humble leader Tyler Lorenzen at Q.B. UConn 23-Virginia 20.
Yale will not only beat Lehigh Saturday at the Bowl, the Eli's may not lose this entire season. How hard is it to go 10-0? Not even hall of famer Carm Cozza had a Yale team that ran the table. But with New Britain's Mike Mcleod at running back, a veteran leader in Q.B Matt Polhemus and a nasty, tenacious and deep defense, I think this Yale team can do it. But in an Ivy League where parity reigns supreme, it will be very, very hard.
The Red Sox will probably make the World Series. And if they do make the Fall Classic, they will not lose to Arizona or Colorado. Please. But to think they could go undefeated throughout the entire playoffs is asking way too much. The Indians are good. Just ask the Yankees. Sabathia and Carmona should be good for at least two wins. So I will say Sox in 6 or possibly 7 games.
Lastly, Cheshire swimming. The Rams are the biggest lock of all of the aforementioned teams to keeping on winning. After all, coach Ed Aston and Cheshire have not lost a dual swim meet since Ronald Reagan was in office! That trend should continue. Cheshire can tie the national record for consecutive wins tomorrow night at home. And then they can break it on Monday. Cheshire has won 233 straight swim meets. Cheshire swimming is more automatic than taxes.
I actually know a little about going unbeaten. I played on an undefeated college football team in 1989. It is so hard to do. My Junior year at Dickinson we were one play away from a 10-0 season and lost the game on the very last play. My Senior year we were a 20 yard field goal away from a perfect season and the ball hit the upright. We settled for 9-0-1. Yale, UConn and the Sox would sign up for that right now. The Cheshire team probably would not.
Enjoy. We will cover all of these stories with extensive coverage over the coming days and weeks.
Let's start with UConn. Keeping that perfect record at Virginia will not be easy. The Cavaliers have won 5 in a row. But once again, I am picking the Huskies. There is a special quality about this group starting with their humble leader Tyler Lorenzen at Q.B. UConn 23-Virginia 20.
Yale will not only beat Lehigh Saturday at the Bowl, the Eli's may not lose this entire season. How hard is it to go 10-0? Not even hall of famer Carm Cozza had a Yale team that ran the table. But with New Britain's Mike Mcleod at running back, a veteran leader in Q.B Matt Polhemus and a nasty, tenacious and deep defense, I think this Yale team can do it. But in an Ivy League where parity reigns supreme, it will be very, very hard.
The Red Sox will probably make the World Series. And if they do make the Fall Classic, they will not lose to Arizona or Colorado. Please. But to think they could go undefeated throughout the entire playoffs is asking way too much. The Indians are good. Just ask the Yankees. Sabathia and Carmona should be good for at least two wins. So I will say Sox in 6 or possibly 7 games.
Lastly, Cheshire swimming. The Rams are the biggest lock of all of the aforementioned teams to keeping on winning. After all, coach Ed Aston and Cheshire have not lost a dual swim meet since Ronald Reagan was in office! That trend should continue. Cheshire can tie the national record for consecutive wins tomorrow night at home. And then they can break it on Monday. Cheshire has won 233 straight swim meets. Cheshire swimming is more automatic than taxes.
I actually know a little about going unbeaten. I played on an undefeated college football team in 1989. It is so hard to do. My Junior year at Dickinson we were one play away from a 10-0 season and lost the game on the very last play. My Senior year we were a 20 yard field goal away from a perfect season and the ball hit the upright. We settled for 9-0-1. Yale, UConn and the Sox would sign up for that right now. The Cheshire team probably would not.
Enjoy. We will cover all of these stories with extensive coverage over the coming days and weeks.
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