AU Watch Party
Fancy cheese and American foam fingers? Now that's a party.
Here's the thing about today: I have no voice. None. I'm unable to speak. It's been mentioned that it sounds as if I've been kissing Coach K. A video Q&A between the two of us right now might become the highlight of my life, but veteran college basketball scribes say the chances of that happening "do not exist."
Figuring my usefulness in an open-locker room setting might be minimal, other than for comic relief, I wandered around Gallery Place until I heard a roar coming from some back hallway of Clyde's. That would be the AU Young Alumni American Eagles watch party, an event that has no security. Just walk right in and grab your raffle ticket, some finger food, and, what's this, a massive cheese platter? Lovely. The young AU alums are wearing ironic headbands, and ironic "Property of American University Athletics" t-shirts, and ironic--or possibly non-ironic--double-pony-tail hair cuts.
That latter style was sported by Constantin Motnii, a 6-foot-9 Russian who was with American at the beginning of the season and no longer is. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I figured it would make for a great blog item, but for the fact that I can't bloody speak.
Anyhow, it's 29-22 Tennessee at the break, and although American has nobly played with the Vols for the entire first half, led for much of the early going and definitely kept the pace at the properly glacial tempo, the Eagles are still poised to lose by 20. Sorry.
By Dan Steinberg |
March 21, 2008; 1:19 PM ET
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Posted by: Rob Iola | March 21, 2008 01:35 PM
I don't know Dan. I think a 20 point game is out of the question this late in the game. It's gonna be tight the whole way through. If AU stops turning over the ball they have a shot to destroy everyones bracket!
Posted by: GQ | March 21, 2008 01:47 PM
Need more posts about cheese, I miss those good old days.
Posted by: alexandriamom | March 21, 2008 02:38 PM
Constantin wasn't academically eligible to play for the second semester. (I think)
Posted by: CH | March 22, 2008 06:47 AM
Yeah, that and he just plain got kicked off the team...
Posted by: Yeah | March 22, 2008 04:18 PM
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Dunno - chance here that AU becomes this year's George Mason (33-30 early in the 2nd). Enjoy the cheese!