Hoops

 So, tonight I went to the CSU game -- free tickets get me out of the house, and the way things have been going, getting out of work at the desired time was good.  And it was fun, save for the loss... $2 chicken tenders made not the healthiest dinner, but one deserves a cheat day (not me).  The game was interesting; CSU came out hot from three, but Oakland had a more balanced attack and led at the half.  That and the foul trouble -- we were 7-0 on calls against us at one point.  

I noticed an interesting dynamic among the head coaches; Coach Gates for CSU is younger and the more modern type, while Greg Kampe at Oakland is more the old school type (literally; he's been there 38 years!), sort of a Bob Huggins clone, if you will...yelling and more passionate.  On the other hand -- and this was noticed by the more perceptive types in the cheap seats -- his team was more successful in finishing plays, running an office, getting guys open.  Maybe it's a style thing, but it did seem he was coaching his team up, while Gates was more...letting them run, come what may.  Not sure one is better than the other -- athletes nowadays don't respond like they used to, which is probably good, but tonight the active style worked.

So, Synema blasted the idea of filibuster reform.  This amused me, not that she isn't 100% correct on this, but also because I love the idea of Democrats calling the bisexual woman a racist.  Given the long history of anti-LGBTQism in the African-American community, I can't wait for Synema and that community to fire back. Like the Iran-Iraq War, may it never end.