Well, after a lot of near misses, we finally got a couple more snow days, a welcome break. The days delay us getting out of school until almost June, but we'll deal with that when it comes.
UK lost miserably at Vandy last night, putting an end to their five-game winning streak. Along with their victory against Alabama Saturday, that brings their record to 12-10, 6-3 in the SEC. While still in contention for the East lead, they are more likely competing for the bye in the first round of the SEC tournament (second in the east will do it). Right now an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament looks improbable. I don't know about other Kentucky fans, but there seems to be a clear message from the officials in the league-Kentukcy will not get a fair shake. The controversy really broiled over some questionable intentional foul calls aginast us a few weeks ago where they said that there was an emphasis on fouls from behind on break-aways, and then last week a player took out Ramel Bradley hitting him from behind and knocking him flat, giving him a concussion. No intentional foul. The SEC officials reviewed the call in their weekly meeting, and the head of officiating declared it a good call as the player was hitting Bradley from the side. Aside from the nature of the play and that Bliss pushed him afterwards leaving him unable to control his fall, a still shot that showed the play labeled "Exhibit A to the league officials" clearly shows that Bliss hacked him from directly behind. Well, the SEC officials are untouchable and to show that they aren't to be messed with, are giving UK no love at all during games. It's petty, and it sounds like a conspiracy theory, but they are human and in a position of power, even if it is just over a ballgame. Very frustrating.
Moreso for the players. When one team can do whatever they want and the other team can't, it leads to frustration. That frustration where one team is beating up on the other without repurcussion can only end one way--a fight. It almost happened last night between Stevenson and Ogilvy; Ogilvy in a scrum through Stevenson violently to the floor and talked trash afterward, Stevenson popped up and there was a lot of anger there. Until there is a bench-clearing brawl, the league will not clean play up. I don't want to see that happen, as such acts tarnish the game, but the officials need to step up to prevent this sort of thing.
UK is not the only victim of this trend. Other teams in the league are suffering from poor officiating and injuries are at an all-time high.
The men from our Sunday School cooked for the women, our Valentine's Day treat for them. They ate it up, literally and figuratively. This may become a yearly thing.
The snow days are proving restful and I'm getting a lot done. Last night I ran from my night class to Volleyball and we only had five players including two pregnant women (I guess that means we had 7) and an asthmatic. The frigid weather mixed with exercise usually presents problems, even with the inhaler. We were down in both games 5-10. The match was exhausting, I could barely breathe, but I played hard and we all played well, taking the match. Ellice's timeouts when they got to 10 points turned the tide in both games. Next week we have an out of class assignment, so it looks like I'll make it to our double-header.
I still haven't finished any books this year and we didn't watch any movies in the theater, so no reviews. Maybe next week.
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you were a crazy man. Every time I turned around Brad had the ball. We passed well, used all our sets, and once we got in the grove did well for haing one girl who doesn't really play, two that can't jump casue they are pregnant, one guy with ADD that you have to refocuse every play or so and a asthmatic who had an asthma attack during a time out then came back and scored 8 points.
Don’t feel too bad about not finishing a book yet. I started a book January 1 and didn’t finish it until February 7. You work, do homework, church, volleyball, walking, and the list goes on; not to mention the company coming over for games.
Now that's an interesting game summary from your wife! Books - still putting some down halfway through and also find myself reading fluff books that in sane moments I would sneer at...right now it's all I have the mental capacity for!
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