At the risk of talking to myself... The week yielded some interesting results and due to weather in Vancouver, the games will continue with a make-up game for WOU @ Simon Fraser on Martin Luther Kind day tomorrow.
Probably the most surprising result was Thursday's with CWU throttling UAA, followed closely by the fact that UAA lost on Saturday too. I'm not counting UAA out by any means; any team can have an off week, have some rough luck, etc, but the only thing I could really pin down when watching a bit of the NNU game with UAA was the lack of zeal with UAA; not sure if they all have a cold or it was just an off weekend, but usually Rusty's passion is transferred to his players to a certain degree. I'm sure NNU is feeling better after back to back wins at home this week; I thought they looked legit against both Alaska schools, so perhaps it has just taken them a bit to get organized.
In other games, it looks like the Wolves lost in OT again to Tsull's favorite team to hate. Remember, they get a second chance against everyone Tsull. I reckon WOU is still very talented, adjusting to a new coach and will be looking for payback against the Alaska schools, SPU, and WWU in the 2nd half of play. Looks like MSUB had a good week winning by a surprisingly big margin against SMU and playing SPU respectably well. And I'm sure Sparling had to feel good about getting a win in Ellensburg with over 1000 people in attendance. UAF will now face their other two rivals this week in UAA on Tuesday and MSUB on Saturday. I'm fortunate enough to have stuff going on in Anchorage this week, so will probably visit UAA's palace on Tuesday night to see the game. Very curious to see how UAA responds and how MSUB plays this week. Although the rivalry with Durham for UAF may be fading with only 2 Durham recruits left on UAF's team, I have no doubt that Durham would love to beat Rusty; things got volatile between those two in Durham's last year at UAF.
The big games this week seems to be Alaska schools on Tuesday, WOU @ SFU tomorrow and then WWU @SPU on Thursday, NNU @ WOU on Thursday and the Alaska's at MSUB.
Probably the most surprising result was Thursday's with CWU throttling UAA, followed closely by the fact that UAA lost on Saturday too. I'm not counting UAA out by any means; any team can have an off week, have some rough luck, etc, but the only thing I could really pin down when watching a bit of the NNU game with UAA was the lack of zeal with UAA; not sure if they all have a cold or it was just an off weekend, but usually Rusty's passion is transferred to his players to a certain degree. I'm sure NNU is feeling better after back to back wins at home this week; I thought they looked legit against both Alaska schools, so perhaps it has just taken them a bit to get organized.
In other games, it looks like the Wolves lost in OT again to Tsull's favorite team to hate. Remember, they get a second chance against everyone Tsull. I reckon WOU is still very talented, adjusting to a new coach and will be looking for payback against the Alaska schools, SPU, and WWU in the 2nd half of play. Looks like MSUB had a good week winning by a surprisingly big margin against SMU and playing SPU respectably well. And I'm sure Sparling had to feel good about getting a win in Ellensburg with over 1000 people in attendance. UAF will now face their other two rivals this week in UAA on Tuesday and MSUB on Saturday. I'm fortunate enough to have stuff going on in Anchorage this week, so will probably visit UAA's palace on Tuesday night to see the game. Very curious to see how UAA responds and how MSUB plays this week. Although the rivalry with Durham for UAF may be fading with only 2 Durham recruits left on UAF's team, I have no doubt that Durham would love to beat Rusty; things got volatile between those two in Durham's last year at UAF.
The big games this week seems to be Alaska schools on Tuesday, WOU @ SFU tomorrow and then WWU @SPU on Thursday, NNU @ WOU on Thursday and the Alaska's at MSUB.
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