It's about time I gave you something new in this space. Sorry, it's been a rough couple of weeks.
Yes I'm still in Patriots denial. No way the 18-0 best team ever should have lost to the Giants. But, that's why they play the games. Congrats to Big Blue. Should be a very interesting Camp UAlbany this season. Hope the kinder and gentler Tom Coughlin returns. He can be a very funny guy when he lets his guard down a bit.
Siena got screwed by ESPN and the bracketbuster crew. ESPN360, who cares! I thought these BB games were going to be televised, not stuck somewhere in cyberspace where most everyone in the Capital Region can't see them. Wonder if it's too late for Siena to withdraw? Seriously, what could happen? Would the MAAC fine Siena for making the decision? My colleague and Siena beat writer Pete Iorizzo says it's a 20K trip to Boise for the Saints. Surely the fine wouldn't be that much. Might make a withdrawl economically the right thing to do. Nope, Fran McCaffery's got too much class for that. Privately, he might be angry. Publically, he'll get his team ready and make a trip that Will Brown will tell you is just no fun.
Speaking of UAlbany, is there anyone who thinks this team can't win the America East this season...or is there anyone who thinks this team will get knocked out in the first round of the America East this season. Yeah.. that's the way the Danes have been, a real life version of Jeckel and Hyde. As Forrest Gump might say, you never know what you're going to get. A very nice win over UVM last night at Patrick Gym after a not so nice loss to Hartford at SEFCU. Maybe the Danes are emulating the Giants, road warriors. Okay, you'd have to forget about the loss at UNH and the loss at UMBC, oh and the losses at Delaware and Bonaventure and... okay, forget the road warrior thing.
Many of you may have read in the Times Union or Gazette that FOX23 sports reporter and weekend anchor Brent Martineau is leaving us for Jacksonville. Sure are sad to see him go. Not only is he a great friend, but he's one of the top story tellers I've worked with. His efforts on stories like Mike Corso, a golfer who is blind, Mike Bennett, the Columbia teacher/coach who was injured in a shooting incident and former Shaker athlete Justin Perry are textbook lessons on how to convey emotion without overdoing it. Couple that with his everyday effort in covering UAlbany and our market in general and you've got someone who has not only been an asset to FOX23, but to the Capital Region as a whole. It's proof positive that good things do happen to good people. Brent will be a covering the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, auto racing, Florida, Florida State as well as the high school scene. We here wish him well. If you see him before his departure at the end of the month, make sure you do too!
Okay.. I'm out of thought. If you've made it this far, why not take a few extra minutes and add some yourself. We always want your ideas for the show, the web. What can we do to make sure our team and your team mesh. Let us know either here or by dropping me an e-mail to richbecker@fox23news.com
As jed Bartlet would say.. Okay.. what's next?
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