I have a tiny brain and make tiny brain decisions all the time. Last year I bet my buddy $50 bucks Brennan O’Neil would never be a finalist for the Tewaaraton. I then told this same friend Duke wouldn’t cover the 7.5 spread Friday against Bobby Mo. Believe it or not I may have also said they would not cover the Sunday matchup against Vermont. It also took me six years to graduate from college, do we see the picture here?
Duke starts off the year hot going 2-0 on opening weekend. O’Neil leads the way with 9 goals followed by the usual suspects Robertson, Montgomery, and Williams. Maybe the old “duke in February” is starting to fade away, or watch them go 2-3 in there next 5 to make me continue to look like an idiot. Adler and Cornell were the real stars in this one going save for save in the first half. Cornell’s assist was one of the more exciting plays over the mid line a goalie has had since Blazes run a few years back. Vermont showed they are the real deal with some real scorers, defenders, and most importantly a goalie and face off guy. Duke just had more dudes then them yesterday but this will bowed well for them the rest of the year especially in conference.
Denver pulls out a close one on Saturday against the Utes on the back of Coach Ts defense. This might have been the best game of the weekend with all the back and forth and how close it was late into the game. Denver goes on a 4-0 run to start to pull away but the Utes didn’t go down with out a fight. Image 2 years ago if I told you Utah would be down 1 with the ball with a minute left in the game against Denver? Id be more shocked then when a PLL player literally got his finger bitten off.
Is Penn State calling out for help? Do we as a society need to step in and help these guys? What a fall from grace this is since there Final Four appearance a few years back. They lose Ament after the Covid year and now graduate the best goal scorer in college lacrosse history. I understand they ended up winning by 5 but to be down at half time to in my opinion the worst lacrosse team in the country is absurd. Penn State I am here for you and will continue to have my eye waiting for your call to help.
It is very sad that we have lost a branch of our armed forces this weekend. Mt. Saint Mary’s marched onto campus in Annapolis and murdered the best Navy in the world. Its not that Navy has been this power house for a long time but to lose to a team like Mt. Saint Mary’s is not a good sign of things to come. When teams like Army and Nany lose you can almost always grantee its not because they weren’t ready to go or weren’t into it. This is the Navy were talking about these guys are ready to go at a moments notice. This to me means they don’t have the talent to compete with most of the country.
Hopkins Vs Jacksonville was a confusing game to read. Is Jacksonville really on the rise to compete with a team like Hopkins? Is Hopkins falling off even more after last year to be a middle of the pack team? I think it may be a little bit of both. Jacksonville seems to have built a pretty solid roster that continues to get better every year. Hopkins who was on the decline at the end of Petros tenure is still in no mans land. Coach Millmans first recruiting class is now on campus so he still needs time before his culture takes over this program.
The CAA as a whole and Ohio state should be sent to prison for there actions this week. 8 dollars a month to watch the most middle of the pack conference in division 1 lacrosse is crazy. I saw on twitter they charger you for the entire year package you couldn’t even buy month to month, what a load of shit. Paying for quality lacrosse I have no problem with and that’s why I bought the big ten network. There is one huge problem I have, Ohio State are you serious with that live stream? High school games had better streams last year then THE Ohio State. Hofstra pulls out a close one against the D2 boys and no surprise Ohio State beats up on Detroit.
Bucknell over Mercer, Delaware over NJIT, Providence over Holy Cross, Michigan over bellarmine, Virginia over Air force, Maryland over High point, Rutgers over LIU. Pretty standard stuff here minus the first quarter for virginial that got a little scary. The Big Ten is real with Maryland leading the charge. High Point and Asher Nolting showed they have the offensive to play with anybody after putting up 13 on a stout Terps defense. Rutgers looked solid against a lower level roster and kept LaCalandra in check. Putting up 22 against anybody isn’t easy so maybe Michigan is moving in the right direction.
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