BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Watched a bit of the Georgia/Georgia Tech game on TV last night and saw old friend
Brian Gregory patrolling the Yellow Jackets’ sideline, along with familiar faces Billy Schmidt and Josh Postorino. The thought crossed my mind as to what BG would have to say in the press room after these first two schizoid Flyer games of the 2013-14 season, were he still coaching here. I can guarantee you it would not be this:
“We’re not playing very well right now…it’s put us in a fog--feet stuck in the mud--mind in the mud.”
“We’re a team that dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, dribbles. We’ll just keep
dribbling. At the end of the day, everyone’s standing and watching.”
No one will ever accuse Archie Miller of attempting to blow smoke up the proverbial tailpipes of the
Flyer Faithful. You gotta love Coach Miller for his brutal honesty.
Let’s just hope Archie’s guys wake up and smell the coffee.
-- A preview of today’s noontime affair with St. Francis, courtesy of The Mid-Majority:
http://www.midmajority.com/p/3601
-- Who knew that dentists made emergency UD Arena calls?
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/...alftime/nbtCc/
-- It never should have come down to it, but watching the replay of Jordan Sibert’s game winning three vs. IPFW just never gets old, especially Archie’s contorted facial expressions (at 1:15 on the video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un0XiExt-A8
-- 29 of 31 UD games will be on some manner of TV, but precious few of those tilts will be available via webcast. Good news for Dayton-area residents; for us out-of-towners, not so much:
http://daytonflyers.com/news/2013/11...115131112.aspx
-- Archie got signed LOIs from both Steve McElvene and Darrell Davis. Davis’ Detroit Douglass Academy team will be featured at a couple of Detroit area HS tournaments:
The Horatio Williams Tipoff Classic
http://ipsbasketball.com/horatio_williams_2013_tip_off
The 19th annual Motor City Roundball Classic
http://ipsbasketball.com/19th_motor_...assic_schedule
-- I would venture a guess that former Flyer Juwan Staten is not a big fan of the new hand check rules, as they cost him two points and the publishing rights to a poster in WVU’s loss to Virginia Tech:
http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspor...taten-0-video/
-- Profiles on a couple of upcoming Flyer foes:
Iona: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/63905514/
UMass: https://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/14/...y-to-bust-out/
--
The Wall Street Journal provides us with details on the biology of a sports fan. Here comes the science!
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...77711462115086
-- RIP Blockbuster Video:
http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollyw...ideo-1985-2013
-- The “Sweet Tweet of the Week” comes to us from Evan Daniels of
Fox Sports:
“Dayton has received LOI's from Steve McElvene & Darrell Davis. Nice class for Archie Miller.”
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com