You thought I was busy before?
8 page CCSU basketball preview special section coming in Friday's paper.
News, notes and opinions on CCSU sports from Matt Straub of the New Britain Herald
8 page CCSU basketball preview special section coming in Friday's paper.
Wanted to catch up with some thoughts on the weekend before I go back to working on hoops previews. (Not sure exactly the schedule for the week, but I can promise you lots coming.)
yes, I realize I named the wrong old QB for Wagner in my story today. The point is the same and the quotes are accurate, I just named the wrong QB. What other team in the world has a 22 year old newcomer AND a 24-year old backup?
This was one I had to hold onto until Saturday in part because I wanted to see how big it would become, but now it seems less severe. Early in the week there was quite the flu bug going through the football team (not to mention a couple of other teams and now your favorite beat writer just sneezed as he wrote this), but by Friday afternoon I can report that many of the players were back at practice. I was told that Thursday night and saw it for myself Friday. I wouldn't be stunned if a player or two doesn't go Saturday because of it, but the worst seems to have passed. There was one star player I was particularly worried about, but since he practiced Friday I won't embarrass him by saying he was sick.
so you guys wouldn't think I forgot you. Obviously I'm writing like crazy for the paper this week with everything going on. Hope you're reading it all in the Herald or at NewBritainHerald.com.
Guys, I wouldn't freak out if Tull or any of the other freshmen aren't superstars on Day 1. Just because there's a need now doesn't mean we can expect the world from them right away. I've never said Tull won't contribute. Just saying it won't be fair to ask him to be Ken on Nov. 13.
For those who didn't see my blog Monday night (I know there wasn't much there but I wanted to get something up quick since it was big news) or Marc's report on TV on the 11 pm news, here's the full breakdown on Kenny's injury.
Obvioiusly, MUCH more to come on this in the next 2 days, but I do have to share with you a sad and surprising (at least to me) turn of events.